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Date Sent: 2014-01-03
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, January 3, 2014 |
9th Circuit Rules Innocent Driving Suspicious -- NSA Propaganda Memo for families of NSA workers
Republicans and Light Bulbs -- The connection between foreign aid and poverty -- The Kool-Aid of Reasonable Suspicion -- Female Marine Recruits Are Failing -- Backdoor in wireless DSL routers lets attacker reset router, get admin -- Life in the Emerging American Police State: What’s in Store for Our Freedoms in 2014? -- Is the NSA Changing Bank Accounts? -- Tow truck driver charged with murder after police say he ran down man who robbed him -- Iranian Billionaire Promoting "PetroGold" With Turkey Arrested -- Budget Cuts Imperil Federal Court System, Roberts Says -- Plenty of Blame to Go Around for ‘Disappearing’ Warship -- Antivirus bods grilled: Do YOU turn a blind eye to government spyware? -- How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks 'at speed of light': Spy tech catalog -- Bitcoins, Quantum Computers, and Robot Dinosaurs -- War, Empire, and the Military -- America, Outsourcing A Declaration of War? -- Herbalism, Not Big Pharma, is Oldest and Most Effective Medicine -- 71 U.S. Sailors Who Responded to Fukushima Have Cancer, Radiation Sickness -- Indoctrination: 4-H Sells Its Soul to Monsanto and the US Soybean Council -- 40 Items to Barter in a Post-Collapse World -- US Voted Most Significant Threat to World Peace in Survey of 68 Countries -- Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower -- ELON MUSK: Here's How We Can Fix Mars And Colonize It --
Stocks Have Worst Start To Year Since 2008 -- New Trend Guarantees
Higher Gold Prices -- This Fake Ad For A For-Profit University Shows How
Ridiculous They Can Be -- No 501-C-3 Church Can Be a Church of God
AZ: John Stuart is being sentenced on TODAY, January 3, 2014 at 8:30 am Maricopa County Superior Court -- AZ Breakfast Club TOMORROW, Saturday January 4th,
2014, 8-10 a.m. @ Coco's (PV Mall) - NEW LOCATION, Dave Hodges speaking; Freedom Summit 2014 Meetup
NV: Ernie Hancock at Passport to Freedom 2014, Jan. 23-25, 2014
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Ninth Circuit Rules Innocent Driving Is Suspicious
01-02-2014
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The Newspaper
A combination of non-suspicious driving characteristics can give rise to the suspicion of criminal activity in the opinion of the full Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals. In a Christmas Eve ruling, the judges weighed whether Border Patrol agents were
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
John Stuart is being sentenced on January 3, 2014 at 8:30 am Maricopa County Superior Court
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John Stuart is being sentenced on January 3, 2014 at 8:30 am Maricopa County Superior Court South Court Tower floor 5 room 5c at 175 W. Madison St. Phoenix, AZ. 85003-2243
Please be respectful of the Court, come and show your support for John by sh
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Republicans and Light Bulbs
01-02-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The Energy Independence and Security Act was signed into law by a Republican president and passed with the votes of ninety-five Republicans.
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News Link • Foreign Aid
The connection between foreign aid and poverty
01-02-2014
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by Wendy McElroy
FIAN is a human rights organization founded to help starving people. They did a study of foreign aid to find out where it was needed most. It was discovered there was a direct correlation between aid and poverty, but not the one they expected.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
The Kool-Aid of Reasonable Suspicion
01-02-2014
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Simple Justice
Nothing good ever starts with a quote by Michael Chertoff. Ever. The holding was that plaintiffs lacked standing to maintain the action. Often unrecognized by non-lawyers, Article III of the Constitution limits federal court jurisdiction to matters i
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News Link • Military
Female Marine Recruits Are Failing
01-02-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The Marine Corps is desperately trying to certify that women are combat ready but it is not working. It seems that a majority of females cannot meet the standard for pullups"three. “Fifty-five percent of female recruits tested at the end of boot camp
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News Link • Internet
Backdoor in wireless DSL routers lets attacker reset router, get admin
01-02-2014
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ars technica
The backdoor requires the attacker be on the local network, so this isn’t something that could be used to remotely attack DSL users. It could be used to commandeer a wireless access point and allow unfettered access to local network resources.
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News Link • Police State
Life in the Emerging American Police State: What’s in Store for Our Freedoms in 2014?
01-02-2014
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by John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute)
What remains to be seen is whether 2014 will bring more of the same or whether “we the people” will wake up from our somnambulant states. Indeed, when it comes to civil liberties and freedom, 2013 was far from a banner year. The following is just a s
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News Link • Surveillance
Is the NSA Changing Bank Accounts?
01-02-2014
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by Wendy McElroy
If the NSA is monitoring transactions in the Middle East and Germany, how likely is it to be tracking money within US borders? Especially likely given that leaked documents from Snowden indicate the NSA has been tracking the Visa credit card system.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Jumpin’ At The Boneyard " Fine script/direction from Jeff Stanzler (a film with Tim Roth)
01-02-2014
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Christine Smith's Blog
A good drama is rare. I do so appreciate films with stories which are realistic and break the mold. Such is Jumpin’ at the Boneyard...
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Tow truck driver charged with murder after police say he ran down man who robbed him
01-02-2014
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Washington Post
Kevin Lewis Crouch walked into a tow lot and pulled a gun on a tow truck driver who was trying to help him and demanded money. The driver was struck twice in the head with the butt of a gun. The driver then heaved his wallet against a fence
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News Link • Currencies
Iranian Billionaire Promoting "PetroGold" With Turkey Arrested
01-02-2014
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zero hedge
....blowback has reached Iran where billionaire Babak Zanjani was arrested yesterday on corruption charges, although in reality his chief transgression was allowing the Petrogold system to show that the Petrodollar is no longer irreplaceable.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Budget Cuts Imperil Federal Court System, Roberts Says
01-02-2014
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http://www.nytimes.com, By ADAM LIPTAK
Budget cuts have imperiled the ability of the federal court system to deliver prompt justice and to protect the public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote on Tuesday in his annual report on the state of the federal judiciary.
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News Link • Military
Plenty of Blame to Go Around for ‘Disappearing’ Warship
01-02-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By David Axe
Austal, America’s newest warship-builder, is still scrambling to recover from the late-June revelation that the USS Independence, the Littoral Combat Ship it just built for the U.S. Navy, is “aggressively” disintegrating.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Antivirus bods grilled: Do YOU turn a blind eye to government spyware?
01-02-2014
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http://www.theregister.co.uk, By John Leyden
AS IF G-men would tell us about state-sponsored badness, scoff AV firms
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoins, Quantum Computers, and Robot Dinosaurs...
01-02-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Daniela Hernandez
Bitcoins, Quantum Computers, and Robot Dinosaurs: WIRED’s Top Business Stories of the Year
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News Link • Books
War, Empire, and the Military
01-02-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Laurence M. Vance
Introduction to Laurence M. Vance, War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy (Vance Publications, 2014), 528 pgs.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Life-Saving, Mega-Dose IV Vitamin C can be Achieved Orally Now
01-02-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Paul Fassa
Until recently, miraculous-healing mega-dose vitamin C could only be delivered through IV, and not orally. Those levels either blow out the bowel tolerance level or get urinated out before they can do their work. But now, you can achieve the results
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News Link • Foreign Policy
America, Outsourcing A Declaration of War?
01-02-2014
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http://www.thedailybell.com, Wendy McElroy
A draft version of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013 was introduced in the United States Senate on December 19.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Herbalism, Not Big Pharma, is Oldest and Most Effective Medicine
01-02-2014
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http://naturalsociety.com, by Christina Sarich
While many pharmaceutical medications are disruptive to the overall functioning of the body, numerous herbs actually support the natural healing powers of our own bodies. Herbs can be so effective at healing that we are still using them even after th
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News Link • Just For Fun!
10 New Year’s Resolutions That Every Prepper Should Make in 2014
01-02-2014
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http://www.theorganicprepper.ca, Daisy Luther
Every year, people make a series of New Year’s Resolutions that are usually forgotten by the time you flip the page of the calendar over to February.
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News Link • Military
71 U.S. Sailors Who Responded to Fukushima Have Cancer, Radiation Sickness
01-02-2014
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http://www.theorganicprepper.ca, Daisy Luther
EcoWatch is reporting that 71 U.S. Navy sailors, many only in their 20s, who responded to the Fukushima earthquake and destruction at TEPCO’s Daiichi nuclear power plant have come down with radiation poisoning and cancers after water from the wrecked
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News Link • Corruption
Indoctrination: 4-H Sells Its Soul to Monsanto and the US Soybean Council
01-02-2014
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http://www.theorganicprepper.ca, Daisy Luther
4-H is the nation’s largest youth development and empowerment organization, reaching more than 7 million 4-H youth in urban neighborhoods, suburban schoolyards and rural farming communities. Fueled by university-backed curriculum, 4-H’ers engage in
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News Link • Propaganda
NSA Propoganda Memo for families of NSA workers.
01-02-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, DistalDub
NSA Propoganda Memo for families of NSA workers.
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News Link • Prepping
40 Items to Barter in a Post-Collapse World
01-02-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Gaye Levy
Do you know how to barter? In preparedness circles, the term barter is used a lot when describing a post SHTF situation when goods and services may no longer be available through normal channels.
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News Link • Testing
39 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time
01-02-2014
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http://distractify.com, Jake Heppner
Now this is what I call thinking outside the box.
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News Link • Obama Administration
US Voted Most Significant Threat to World Peace in Survey of 68 Countries
01-02-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Michael Nystrom
The US has been voted as the most significant threat to world peace in a survey across 68 different countries.
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News Link • Media: Print
Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower
01-02-2014
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http://www.nytimes.com, THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Seven months ago, the world began to learn the vast scope of the National Security Agency’s reach into the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe, as it collects information about their phone calls, their em
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
ELON MUSK: Here's How We Can Fix Mars And Colonize It
01-02-2014
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businessinsider.com, Kamelia Angelova
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains how Mars can become a livable planet and help ensure the future of our species.
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News Link • Transportation
Tandem electric car is like a road-going jet fighter
01-02-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Michael Trei
Car designer Charles Bombardier has an enviable job.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
World's Largest K'nex Ball Machine - Teaser
01-02-2014
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http://www.youtube.com, austron
This is a short teaser for my latest construction project, the world's largest K'nex ball machine, at The Works Museum in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Crude's Worst Day In 13 Months Sends Trannies Tumbling
01-02-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
WTI crude is back below $95.50 - its lowest in a month - as the price of the front-month has dropped over 3% today - its biggest single-day drop since November 2012.
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News Link • Government
Four Key Lessons From 2013
01-02-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
When politicians steal, and there are no consequences, they’re going to keep stealing.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks Have Worst Start To Year Since 2008
01-02-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
Despite the best efforts of 330RAMP CAPITAL, US equity indices ended the first trading day of the year with the biggest loss (on that day) since 2008.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
This Fake Ad For A For-Profit University Shows How Ridiculous They Can Be
01-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Veix
For-profit universities are kind of a well-known scam at this point, exploiting people desperate to improve their lives by offering mostly useless degrees for a nominal fee.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What Will The Housing Market Look Like In 2014?
01-02-2014
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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Home prices are rising in the Sun Belt and most big cities. Everybody talks about rising housing prices as a good thing, but it’s not so great for people trying to buy a house.
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News Link • Spirituality
25 Past life Reports
01-02-2014
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arclein
When my mom asked what was wrong when we got in the car, I told her he took me away from my first mom and hid me under his floor and made me sleep for a long time until I woke up with my new mom.
I then refused to sit in the seat of the car on the r
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Are US Supercarriers Useless?
01-02-2014
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arclein
The services don't change. I'm not sure all the service chiefs get this yet… Are we focusing on new types of destroyers? Is anybody willing to question the existence of aircraft carriers? If you look at history this may be the battleship all over a
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Warren Buffet and his Curious Bet on Rail
01-02-2014
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arclein
This is all probably just convenient luck for Warren Buffet. The environmental lobby and their money is mainly what is considered to be the reason Obama made the decisions he has on the Keystone pipeline.
The Burlington northern railroad is wor
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Russians Make Major UFO Disclosure Statement
01-02-2014
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arclein
Missile units were even given a directive in case of detection of UFOs. The main task was not to create opportunities for reciprocal aggression. In 1983-1984 at the testing grounds of the Academy of Sciences by Vladimirovka, the Ministry of Defense a
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News Link • Mexico
Mexican sales tax hike raises rebellion along US border
01-01-2014
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AP
The tax increase spawned Facebook pages with renegade slogans for Mexican border states. "Republic of Baja California" has 140,000 likes, and "Republic of Chihuahua" has 36,000 likes.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Report: 'Fast and Furious' gun turns up at Mexico shootout scene
01-01-2014
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The Hill
A gun from the failed US operation known as "Fast and Furious" turned up at the scene of a shootout between Mexican authorities and alleged cartel gunmen. At least one AK-47 could be traced back to the failed gun-walking scheme
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News Link • Surveillance
Feds Consider Vehicle Location Tracking in New Cars
01-01-2014
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Infowars
In a few weeks, federal officials may require new vehicles to have trackable GPS “safety” devices which could be hacked to cause automobile accidents and may even usher in mileage taxes. “Who has access and how do you secure the data?”
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News Link • Surveillance
Apple denies working with NSA
01-01-2014
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The Hill
Documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showing the spy agency can intercept nearly all forms of communication sent from an iPhone. The DROPOUTJEEP program gives the NSA the power to gain access to contact lists,
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
The Great Italian Auto Bailout " Courtesy of U.S. Taxpayers
01-01-2014
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At the beginning of 2014, Detroit may be bankrupt, but they’re cheering the 5-year-old US auto bailout in Italy. That’s because after being the beneficiary of billions in US taxpayer largesse, Fiat, the leading Italian auto company, is going to buy i
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Thieves Are Using “Mystery Gadgets” To Electronically Unlock Cars And Steal What Is Inside
01-01-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
All over America, criminals are using improvised electronic devices to electronically unlock vehicles and steal whatever they find inside. These “mystery gadgets” reportedly recreate the same signals that the key fobs that so many of us carry around
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News Link • Drones
U.S. Navy testing underwater drones
01-01-2014
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thelibertybeat.com
The United States Navy is planning to launch its $56 million underwater drone project in 2014.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Russian Banks Buy 181.4 Tons Of Gold In 2013
01-01-2014
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zerohedge.com
With headlines crowing of gold's worst year since 1981 as a signal that the status quo is winning and proof positive that fiat-currency naysayers must be wrong, it would appear that the rest of the world's central banks (and banks) have used the pric
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How Will The Economy Improve In 2014 If Almost Everyone Has Less Money To Spend?
01-01-2014
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Is the U.S. consumer tapped out? If so, how in the world will the U.S. economy possibly improve in 2014?
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Is America About To Reach A Breaking Point? Anger Grows As Unemployment Benefits Get Cut
01-01-2014
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
In America today, there are close to 50 million people living in poverty and there are more than 100 million people that get money from the federal government every month.
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News Link • Future Predictions
Gerald Celente's 2014 Predictions - War, Financial Crisis in Q2 & Gold Prices Going Up (video)
01-01-2014
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Daily Paul.com
Gerald Celente, Publisher of The Trends Journal, predicts, "Absent the war card, I think we will see a financial crisis before the end of the second quarter of 2014."
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Businesses brace for 'serious cuts' as city enacts highest-in-nation $15 minimum wage
01-01-2014
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Daily Paul.com
As talk builds on Capitol Hill over hiking the federal minimum wage, one city in Washington state is poised to set the highest rate in the nation.
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News Link • Homeland Security
“Preparations Have Been Finalized to Respond to a Crisis of Unprecedented Magnitude...
01-01-2014
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shtfplan.com
Editor’s Note: One of the questions oft asked in alternative news circles is why, if elements within the U.S. government intend to collapse our economy and implement martial, no one within these circles has spoken out.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Going Under: Over One Million Lose Unemployment Benefits " Will Hit Five Million By End of 2014
01-01-2014
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shtfplan.com
Earlier this year government benefits for nutritional assistance were reduced after the expiration of emergency legislation that was enacted following the 2008 financial collapse.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Federal Judge Upholds Most Of N.Y. State Law Banning 'Assault' Rifles
01-01-2014
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Business Insider
A federal judge upheld most of New York state's tough gun-control law on Tuesday, but struck down a provision that limits the number of bullets in a weapon to seven.
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