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Date Sent: 2013-12-19
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
Anti-coca spraying halted in Colombia after 2 U.S. pilots shot down
College Police Forces Increasingly Expand Reach -- Russian Ukrainian Aid v. US/EU Neoliberal Harshness -- 12-18-13 -- Alma Sommer (MP3
& VIDEO LOADED) -- Space Suit for Asteroid Work -- Bipartisan
Budget Agreement Doesn't Make Partisan Bickering Look So Bad -- Billyrock's Statement About Arrest: All Charges Are FALSE -- See Agorist Alma at the NH Liberty Forum -- Colorado Shooting over in 80 seconds..... --
Tomorrow Is Bernanke's Last-Ever Scheduled FOMC Press Conference -- Pat Buchanan Tells The Truth About Vladimir Putin That American
Conservatives Don't Want To Hear -- Afghan Military Cedes Checkpoints
to Taliban in Helmand -- Edward Snowden offers to help Brazil over
US spying in return for asylum -- DOD official: Snowden ‘stole
everything — literally everything’ -- White House names former
Microsoft exec to run Healthcare.gov -- It Only Took This Army Vet 3
Minutes To Destroy Obama’s Gun Control Plan -- Sheriff Arming
Civilians to Fight Feds! "No Hope Short of Bloodshed" -- Meet The
New Bundesbank Hawk At The ECB -- Recession in
2014: “The Government Will Not Be Able to Save the Economy” --
Eyewitness to Hitler Warns: “Keep Your Guns and Buy More Guns” -- NSA Official Says First Amendment Should Be “Reformed” -- Taper or no
taper, the Fed will never end QE: Marc Faber -- US Treasury Warning
Letters On Bitcoin Have 'Chilling Effect' On Businesses -- US Scholars Endorse Boycotting Israel -- I'm not
voting anymore
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News Link • Drug War
Anti-coca spraying halted in Colombia after 2 U.S. pilots shot down
12-18-2013
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latimes.com
One pilot was killed after his crop-duster was brought down, apparently by leftist rebels. FARC rebels are also believed to have shot down the other plane.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
College Police Forces Increasingly Expand Reach
12-18-2013
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Officer.com
WASHINGTON (AP) " The police officers who patrol America's colleges are empowered these days to do far more than respond to campus emergencies.
Campus police around the country are increasingly expanding their jurisdiction beyond the school and
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
12-18-13 -- Alma Sommer (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Alma Sommer (Agorist Marketplace) comes on the show to talk about Satoshi Square at Tempe Farmer's Market this weekend - Ernest goes over the dangers of collectivized activist networking and the dependance on Facebook/Google etc.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Space Suit for Asteroid Work
12-18-2013
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arclein
The biggest advance came when the Gemini astronauts started doing spacewalks and the suits had to be modified with more flexible joints and gauntlets, so the astronauts wouldn’t be floating around looking like crouching balloons, and could get in and
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
'Estate Recovery' via Obamacare and Medicaid?
12-18-2013
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healthydebates.com via Rense.com
"But there will be people caught unaware that their houses effectively belong to the government because the government forced them into Medicaid coverage."
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News Link • Activism
Billyrock's Statement About Arrest: All Charges Are FALSE
12-18-2013
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YouTube.Com
Police get newspapers from which to declare their false accusations against me. But thankfully we live in the day of the internet - my platform will take the truth further than their newspapers take their lies.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
See Agorist Alma at the NH Liberty Forum
12-18-2013
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BitcoinStarter
Alma will be activating an old plane ticket to get to NH. There will be a fee to reenact the ticket. Any help is appreciated.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science
IceCube Observatory and Cosmic Rays
12-18-2013
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arclein
The origin of cosmic rays, and what could be accelerating the particles in them, has been a mystery since their discovery more than 100 years ago. That's partly because cosmic rays are electrically charged, and as a result, the particles get deflect
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Treasure of the Llanganates
12-18-2013
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arclein
Some of those involved believe it could be the mausoleum of Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor who was captured by the conquering Spaniards, or hold the Treasure of the Llanganates, a vast haul of gold and other riches amassed by his followers to pay
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Marco Annunziata: Welcome to the age of the industrial internet
12-18-2013
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ted.com
Everyone's talking about the "Internet of Things," but what exactly does that mean for our future? In this thoughtful talk, economist Marco Annunziata looks at how technology is transforming the industrial sector, creating machines that can see, feel
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Colorado Shooting over in 80 seconds.....
12-18-2013
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concealednation.org
You heard it right, gun grabbers. The recent shooting in Colorado at Arapahoe High School happened to have a Deputy Sheriff on school grounds who was working as a school resource officer, according to a CNN report.
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News Link • Internet
I Spent A Month On Infidelity Dating Site Ashley Madison ...
12-18-2013
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
I'm happily married. But if I wasn't and I wanted to spice up my life with a bout of infidelity, there are several dating websites designed with that in mind.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Tomorrow Is Bernanke's Last-Ever Scheduled FOMC Press Conference
12-18-2013
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Business Insider
Ben Bernanke invented the practice of giving an occasional press conference after an FOMC decision as a way to further explain monetary policy decisions. Indeed, one of Bernanke's legacies has been his commitment to transparency and better Fed commun
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News Link • General Opinion
Pat Buchanan Tells The Truth About Vladimir Putin That American Conservatives Don't Want To Hear
12-18-2013
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Business Insider
"Is Vladimir Putin a paleo-conservative?" right wing commentator Pat Buchanan wrote in a column for Townhall yesterday. "In the culture war for mankind's future, is he one of us?"
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News Link • Technology: Software
This iPad Drawing App Brings Tracing to the Touchscreen
12-18-2013
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Wired.com
There are scores of drawing apps for the iPad, ranging from full-featured artistic suites to kid-friendly offerings complete with skeuomorphic crayons and markers. Trace might be the only one built expressly for designers
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News Link • Just For Fun!
The Window: Watch the Mesmerizing High-Speed Flight of Your Christmas Tree
12-18-2013
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Wired.com
For 11 months each year, farmers in the Pacific Northwest grow some 8 million Christmas trees just in time for the holidays. But getting those trees cut, moved, and loaded into big rigs " and doing it quickly " requires air support.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Look at These Clothes Made of 3-D Printed Chainmail
12-18-2013
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Wired.com
It might be hard to believe, but 3-D printers are already passé. Sure, there’ll be a steady flow of cool hardware and neat materials in the years to come, but the reality is that low-cost 3-D printers are basically machines that are great at cranking
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Edward Snowden offers to help Brazil over US spying in return for asylum
12-18-2013
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The Guardian
NSA whistleblower says in letter he is willing to help in wake of revelations that President Dilma Rousseff's phone was hacked
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News Link • Whistleblowers
DOD official: Snowden ‘stole everything " literally everything’
12-18-2013
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dailycaller.com
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden stole vastly more information than previously speculated, and is holding it at ransom for his own protection.
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News Link • Gun Rights
It Only Took This Army Vet 3 Minutes To Destroy Obama’s Gun Control Plan
12-18-2013
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Daily Paul.com
If there has ever been a speech that everyone needs to see regarding Obama’s plan to take our guns. This is the one!
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News Link • European Union
Meet The New Bundesbank Hawk At The ECB
12-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
Following Joerg Asmusen's somewhat surprisingly short 2-year stay at the ECB, stepping down as board member to become Germany's secretary of state for labor, the voice of economic reason in Europe has proposed 49-year-old female Sabine Lautenschlaege
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Previewing Tomorrow's Fed Announcement From A Game Theory Perspective
12-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
A few observations on what to look for in the language of the FOMC announcement tomorrow from a game theoretic perspective…
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Strong 2 Year Auction Punctuated By Highest Bid To Cover In Over A Year
12-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
In last month's 2 Year bond auction we highlighted that the end of the declining Bids to Cover trend has arrived for good, after the 3.54 BTC priced at the second highest since February.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Recession in 2014: “The Government Will Not Be Able to Save the Economy”
12-18-2013
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Gonzalo Lira
If policymakers were gunfighters, they’d be out of bullets: They have run out of effective policy tools to improve the economy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Eyewitness to Hitler Warns: “Keep Your Guns and Buy More Guns”
12-18-2013
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shtfplan.com
Editor’s Note: The warning signs are everywhere. History has shown us exactly what happens to the citizenry of nations who are disarmed by their governments. The comparisons between Nazi-controlled Austria and a socialist-controlled America are frigh
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bill of Rights
NSA Official Says First Amendment Should Be “Reformed”
12-18-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Adds that Obama should crack down on free press
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Letter Re: Firearms Selection for Times of Ammunition Shortages
12-18-2013
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Survivalblog.com
Dear JWR,
Last spring, with the ammo shortage clearing the shelves everywhere, I found myself in a position to expand my collection.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Taper or no taper, the Fed will never end QE: Marc Faber
12-18-2013
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http://www.cnbc.com, Alex Rosenberg
When the Federal Reserve announces its next move on Wednesday, some expect it to reduce its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program, targeting an eventual end to quantitative easing in late 2014.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
US Treasury Warning Letters On Bitcoin Have 'Chilling Effect' On Businesses ..
12-18-2013
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Business Insider
The U.S. Treasury Department's anti money-laundering unit is warning businesses linked to the digital currency Bitcoin that they may have to comply with federal law and regulation as money transmitters, a Treasury spokesman said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
16 Signs That “Global Warming” Was A Lie And That We Have Now Entered A Period Of Global Cooling
12-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Back in 2009, Al Gore boldly declared that “the entire north polar ice cap during some of the summer months could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years.” Well, it turns out that was a lie along with almost everything else that A
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Kerry Forces Israel’s Moment of Decision
12-16-2013
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Caroline B. Glick for The Jerusalem Post
Facing the Palestinians’ continued defiance of the very notion of peaceful coexistence with Israel, Kerry is planning to present his own peace deal next month and try to force Israel to accept it.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
I'm not voting anymore
12-17-2013
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www.dailypaul.com
Government requires violence to exist. Taxation is theft, etc. If the system you support does NOT require violence, then it is not government. Government is by definition violent.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Why Amanda Billyrock’s Stand Is Undeniably Right
12-16-2013
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Free coast
The big news of the weekend in our liberty community was the arrest of recent mover and activist Amanda Billyrock. Billyrock made a name for herself with her Youtube channel and social media presence, where she has catalogued her personal and ideolog
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News Link • Constitution
Montana Mountain Man Arrested for Trying to Feed Himself, Leaves Judge Speechless
Nov. 20
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RealFarmacy.com
(Video) In a packed courtroom, 52-year-old Ernie Tertelgte told the judge “I am a living man protected by natural law and I have the right to forage for food when I am hungry… You are trying to create a fictitious, fraudulent action.” Charged with fi
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News Link • History
The 240th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
12-16-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Today is the 240th anniversary of the act of civil disobedience against taxation, corporatism, and colonialism known as the Boston Tea Party. The economics of the situation that precipitated the event were quite complex, however, and about more than
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News Link • Military
Breaking the silence
12-16-2013
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The Sun spoke with 7 former service members who say they were sexually assaulted while in uniform. Those attacks date from the 1970s to as recently as 2009. All described long-lasting impacts, including depression, anxiety, flashbacks,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
When Guns In Police Hands Spontaneously Fire Themselves
12-16-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Krystal Barrows, a 35-year-old mother of three, was resting on the couch in her living room in Chillicothe, Ohio when her life was needlessly brought to a violent end by a police officer during a narcotics raid. Barrows was not a suspect.
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News Link • Crony Capitalism
Meet Christopher Onesti: Former Cop, Impenitent Welfare Parasite
12-16-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Somewhere, there is probably a “Wounded Heroes in Blue” roster that pays tribute to former New Jersey police officer Christopher Onesti, who retired on disability in 2006 following an on-duty incident in which he injured the ring finger of his left h
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Zagmuk Conquers All!
12-16-2013
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
For the past few years, I have written several essays in response to various conservatives' false claim that America is a "Christian country".
Rather than reiterate what I said, I would ask the curious reader to consult with Thomas Paine or Haym S
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News Link • Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson Confirmed By Senate As Secretary Of Homeland Security
12-16-2013
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The Huffington Post
“Jeh has a deep understanding of the threats and challenges facing the United States,” Obama said. “As the Pentagon’s top lawyer, he helped design and implement many of the policies that have kept our country safe, including our success in
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News Link • Government
Last light: Final phaseout of incandescent bulbs coming Jan. 1
12-16-2013
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FOX News
It’s lights out for the light bulb.
On Jan. 1 it will become illegal to manufacture or import traditional 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs, thanks to a 2007 bill that set strict minimum efficiency standards " and effectively outlawed the ord
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Iceland - Example for a new American Revolution
12-16-2013
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Their message is that only turmoil and tribulation result from removing the heavy hand of oppression; that either anarchy or another even worse tyrant will result.
But let’s “imagine,” for a moment, a peaceful revolution that worked.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
We Can't Arrest Our Way to Safer Schools
12-16-2013
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US News
Hard cases make bad laws. Policymakers' overly punitive and police-centric response to high profile school shootings demonstrate this fact. But if you have doubts, ask the six-year-old child who was handcuffed to a chair as punishment after he
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA testing lighter space suits for asteroid work
12-16-2013
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http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy
Sometimes you have to take a step back to take a step forward. NASA is carrying out initial tests on a new, lighter spacesuit for use by the crew of the Orion spacecraft that is currently under development.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Happy 100th Birthday To The Fed - Live Feed
12-16-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The Federal Reserve System was created on December 23, 1913, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Rules NSA's "Indiscriminate & Arbitrary" Invasion Of Privacy...
12-16-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Judge Rules NSA's "Indiscriminate & Arbitrary" Invasion Of Privacy Likely Unconstitutional
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Victory for Self Defense as Judge Rules Students Can Keep Guns on College...
12-16-2013
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
Victory for Self Defense as Judge Rules Students Can Keep Guns on College Campuses
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ben Swann Debates Gun Control On RT America...
12-16-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by chris cudnoski
Ben Swann Debates Gun Control On RT America with Jill Stein and Richard Feldman. Abby Martin Moderates
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
12-16-2013
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http://www.nytimes.com, By ERICA GOODE
When Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County explains in speeches why he is not enforcing the state’s new gun laws, he holds up two 30-round magazines.
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
500 Innocent Americans Killed by Cops Each Year
12-16-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Lily Dane
“Knock and announce” police raids are on the rise. They are estimated to occur as many as 40 " 50,000 per year. Back in the 1970s, military-style police raids used to be a rare event, occurring only a few hundred times per year.
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