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Date Sent: 2014-01-07
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, January 7, 2014 |
It’s not just your phone calls – it’s YOU they are listening to
Parents Must Tell School They Own A Gun Under Missouri Bill -- Missouri State Senator Proposes Anti-ObamaCare Bill -- Parting Company - by Walter Williams -- The Fed Is Hiring: Lots Of Cops -- Senate confirms Yellen to chair Federal Reserve --
GREAT Video on Snowden and Greenwald -- Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Beer
Brewer is Opened by Archaeologists for the First Time in 3,200 Years -- States turn against electric cars as gas tax revenues fall -- Delivery Drones Already Exist — And They’re Way Bigger Than Amazon’s -- Rand Paul v. NSA Spying -- Are we on the brink of war? Academic draws comparisons between 1914 and present -- 01-06-14 -- Bob Anderson (MP3
& VIDEO LOADED) Fun Show! -- Let Gravity Store the Energy -- How
Hawaii's Big Island Became GMO-Free -- Board of Directors Lockheed
Martin & Gannett Media connection... if any -- How To Heat Your Home Using Just Tea Lights And Flower Pots -- Government Labels People Like Snowden ‘Traitors’ -- Watch What Happens When Guns Are Banned! (Australia) -- Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education -- Police break 13 year old's nose for refusing to confess to something he didn't do (Video) -- How Hitler used Universal Healthcare in Holocaust -- FBI Drops Law Enforcement as 'Primary' Mission -- Civilians Flee as Iraq Vows ‘Major Attack’ on Fallujah -- Iraq: The ‘Liberation’ Neocons Would Rather Forget -- NSA Admits to Spying On Congress -- Parrot shows off new 'MiniDrone' and 'Jumping Sumo' -- New York State Is Set to Loosen Marijuana Laws -- Colorado’s Pot Shops Say They’ll Be Sold Out Any Day Now -- PETA’s okay with militarized police killing defenseless, innocent pets -- Parents call police for help, cops show up and kill their 18-year-old son -- Peter King and Rand Paul's Grand Republican Puppet Theatre For The Deluded Faithful -- TEPCO - Tokyo Electric Power Company -- On The
Coldest Day In America In 20 Years, Here Are Al Gore’s Stupidest
Global Warming Quotes -- America Greatest Threat to World Peace
AZ: Freedom Summit 2014 Meetup
NV: Ernie Hancock at Passport to Freedom 2014, Jan.
23-25, 2014
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News Link • Surveillance
It’s not just your phone calls " it’s YOU they are listening to
01-06-2014
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This is the 21st Century. A grand era of technology. Buck Rogers and H.G. Wells would be so proud of our technological advancements. But so would Stalin, Mao and Hitler. The NSA’s recently leaked shopping catalog is chilling and would
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Parents Must Tell School They Own A Gun Under Missouri Bill
01-06-2014
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A proposed state law in Missouri would make it a crime for parents or guardians not to tell school officials if they have guns in their home. Parents could be prosecuted for gun crimes committed by their children under the same law even if the crimes
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News Link • Healthcare
Missouri State Senator Proposes Anti-ObamaCare Bill
01-06-2014
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The state Senate of Missouri will soon say to the Obama administration, “Show me where the Constitution authorizes the federal government to demand that Americans pay for health insurance."
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Parting Company - by Walter Williams
01-06-2014
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If one group of people prefers strong government control and management of people's lives while another group prefers liberty and desires to be left alone, should they be required to enter into conflict with one another and risk loss of life in order
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News Link • Humor
A Glorious Event!
01-06-2014
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Strike The Root
But today--today!--they arrived. I knew as soon as I saw the envelope with the return address: Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Department. My hands trembled as I ripped it open--and there they were: glorious yellow, highly reflective,
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed Is Hiring: Lots Of Cops
01-06-2014
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zero hedge
Some may have forgotten, or not be aware, that the Federal Reserve system has its own police force. Well, it does: "The U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United Sta
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Senate confirms Yellen to chair Federal Reserve
01-06-2014
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AP
The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, elevating an advocate of fighting unemployment and a backer of the central bank's efforts to spur the economy with low interest rates and massive bond purchases.
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News Link • Drug War
Cannabis re-legalized in Colorado
1/5/2014
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Free Press Publications
On January 2, Ed Krayewski from Reason wrote, “[New Year's Day] marked the beginning of a legal market in recreational marijuana in Colorado, the first time government-licensed shops have ever sold marijuana anywhere in the world.”
There is, howe
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News Link • Archaeology
Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Beer Brewer is Opened by Archaeologists for the First Time in 3,200 Years
01-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a leading Ancient Egyptian beer brewer.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
States turn against electric cars as gas tax revenues fall
01-06-2014
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http://dailycaller.com, Michael Bastasch
States are quickly learning that promoting electric cars is coming with a high price tag.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Delivery Drones Already Exist " And They’re Way Bigger Than Amazon’s
01-06-2014
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Wired.com
If Jeff Bezos really wants to launch his own delivery drones, he might take a look at the flying bots that are already making deliveries for an even larger operation: the U.S. Marines.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Why Did The FBI Drop Law Enforcement As Its Primary Mission?
01-06-2014
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thecable.foreignpolicy.com
Last week Catherine Austin Fitts stated the the banks had stolen $40 trillion dollars from the American public during the housing and banking crisis of 2007-2009, and they were happy the statute of limitations is near. I hear crickets, Tea Party!
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
ARES system to put energy storage on the right track
01-06-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
ARES’ technology uses heavy rail cars that are pushed to the top of a grade using excess power from renewable energy plants or when electricity demand is low.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Are we on the brink of war? Academic draws comparisons between 1914 and present
01-05-2014
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A CENTURY ago, a simple assassination was enough to topple a tenuous balance between the old and new worlds. The resulting war killed millions and spanned the globe. Is history about to repeat itself?
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
01-06-14 -- Bob Anderson (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) Fun Show!
Bob Anderson, in studio, to discuss energy, market conditions, future predictions, and Freedom's Phoenix Headline News - Electric car & Motorcycle racing - Rocket Racing League - Elon Musk 3D CAD and Printing of Rocket Engines - Solar Power
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News Link • Energy
Let Gravity Store the Energy
01-06-2014
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http://www.powermag.com, Dr. Robert Peltier, PE
Gravity Power LLC"a startup based in Santa Barbara, California"has developed a low-cost, quick-start, and fast dynamic response energy storage technology that competes with classical pumped storage hydro and gas turbines for peaking and intermediate
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Prepping
Pat's Product Review: Leatherman Surge - Improved
01-06-2014
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http://www.survivalblog.com,
If you don't know about Leatherman multi-tools, you must have had your head in the sand for a lot of years.
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News Link • Food
How Hawaii's Big Island Became GMO-Free
01-06-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep
One council member's educated decision to vote against the ban makes an excellent primer on the science of genetically modified foods.
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
Board of Directors Lockheed Martin & Gannett Media connection... if any.
01-06-2014
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lockheedmartin.com
What I am trying to document is that Lockheed Martin Corp. (F-35 Fighter production) owns Gannett Media (Arizona Republic - NBC Affiliate Ch 12 TV Phoenix and USA Today)... I'll explain why later :)
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How To
How To Heat Your Home Using Just Tea Lights And Flower Pots
01-06-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dina Spector
As parts of the United States prepare for record-breaking cold temperatures, a YouTube video showing an alternative way to heat your home might come in handy.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
...Government Labels People Like Snowden ‘Traitors,’ ...
01-06-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by emalvini
Glenn Greenwald To Fox's Eric Bolling: Government Labels People Like Snowden ‘Traitors,’ History Calls Them ‘Patriots’ (VIDEO)
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News Link • Self-Defense
Watch What Happens When Guns Are Banned! (Australia)
01-06-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Sheepherder911
I'm not sure how accurate the numbers given are (Armed Robberies UP 69%!!?) but deductive reasoning suggests trends in crime would increase when a populace is disarmed of "The Great Equalizer".
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Police break 13 year old's nose for refusing to confess to something he didn't do (Video)
01-06-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by richybear
A 13-year-old boy says he was brutalized by Waukegan police late last month, and now two unnamed detectives and the city are facing a federal lawsuit.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
This silver orb is a 1TB portable hard drive
01-06-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Raymond Wong
There is only company that can make a hard drive not look like a boring hard drive. If you saw the Sphère on a desk, you wouldn't have ever guessed it was a hard drive.
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News Link • Government
FBI Drops Law Enforcement as 'Primary' Mission
01-06-2014
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http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com, BY John Hudson
The FBI's creeping advance into the world of counterterrorism is nothing new. But quietly and without notice, the agency has finally decided to make it official in one of its organizational fact sheets.
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News Link • Iraq
Civilians Flee as Iraq Vows ‘Major Attack’ on Fallujah
01-06-2014
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Maliki: Military Will End 'Disunity' in Anbar
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Vegas Jackpot: The 8 Coolest Gadgets We Saw on the First Day of CES
01-06-2014
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Wired.com
The 2014 International CES is underway. The expo floor doesn't open for another day, and the crowds and the spectacle haven't even hit full strength yet. But we've gotten an early peek at some of the year's newest gear.
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq: The ‘Liberation’ Neocons Would Rather Forget
01-06-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Rep. Ron Paul
Remember Fallujah? Shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US military fired on unarmed protestors, killing as many as 20 and wounding dozens. In retaliation, local Iraqis attacked a convoy of US military contractors, killing four. The US then l
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA Admits to Spying On Congress
01-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
After Senator Bernie Sanders asked the NSA whether it spied on members of congress, the NSA responded:
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News Link • Drones
Parrot shows off new 'MiniDrone' and 'Jumping Sumo'
01-06-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Raymond Wong
Parrot, the maker of the AR.Drone (and Zik bluetooth headphones and Flower Power sensor) is back with two new 'bots: a tiny drone that rolls and a two-wheeled robot that can jump.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
iOptik augmented reality contact lens prototype to be unveiled at CES
01-06-2014
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gizmag.com
Though most of the attention surrounding the race to commercialize connected eyewear has focused on Google Glass, a lesser known player has been quietly toiling away
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News Link • Drug War
New York State Is Set to Loosen Marijuana Laws
01-06-2014
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nytimes.com, By SUSANNE CRAIG and JESSE McKINLEY
Joining a growing group of states that have loosened restrictions on marijuana, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York plans this week to announce an executive action that would allow limited use of the drug by those with serious illnesses, state officials
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News Link • How To
The Best of Art of Manliness 2013
01-06-2014
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by Brett & Kate McKay
Merry Christmas! The crew at the Art of Manliness will be taking the coming week off to spend time with family and reboot before the new year. So we won’t be publishing anything new on the site until January.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Colorado’s Pot Shops Say They’ll Be Sold Out Any Day Now
01-06-2014
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http://business.time.com, By Brad Tuttle
A few days into the experiment, the new world of legal-recreational-marijuana sales in Colorado appears to be a big success " so much so that pot shops are finding it impossible to keep up with demand.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Why Robots May Be the Future of Interplanetary Research (Op-Ed)
01-06-2014
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space.com
Doug Turnbull, a hard-science fiction writer whose majority of books, novellas and short stories confront problems faced by early settlers of other worlds, contributed this article to SPACE.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Meanwhile, In The Non "Polar Vortex" World...
01-06-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
While America is preparing to usher in the coldest days of the 21st century, some other places around the globe are hardly as worried. Below is a photo from Rio's Ipanema beach over the weekend, where temperatures hit 51 degrees. Celsius.
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News Link • Animals and Pets
PETA’s okay with militarized police killing defenseless, innocent pets
01-06-2014
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http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com
Doing a search on Google, I can find no articles where PETA and HSUS lash out against the actions of the cops. Instead, I found the following:
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
InAiR displays internet content "in the air" between you and your 3D TV
01-06-2014
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gizmag.com
Are you one of those people who keep your TV and computer on at the same time, simultaneously watching the one while looking things up on the other?
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News Link • Afghanistan
Always Turning the Corner in the Afghan War
01-06-2014
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http://www.fair.org, By Peter Hart
Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution is what you might call a part of part of foreign policy elite, constantly churning out op-eds and TV-ready soundbites about current and pending US wars, and generally being taken seriously.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Parents call police for help, cops show up and kill their 18-year-old son
01-06-2014
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http://dailycaller.com, Robby Soave
Two North Carolina parents are in shock after local police shot and killed their 18-year-old son in their own home, while they watched helplessly.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
New on Netflix: 11 Must-Watch Movies to Stream in 2014
01-06-2014
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Wired.com
Netflix rang in the new year by trimming traditional blockbusters like Roman Holiday to cult classics like Brick and Requiem for a Dream from its offerings.
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News Link • Police State
NSA Software Program Bugs iPhone (Publisher Recommended)
01-02-2014
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news.firedoglake.com
30th Chaos Communication Congress Jacob Applebaum revealed the existence of an NSA software program known as DROPOUTJEEP which turns a user’s iPhone into a surveillance device for the government. (MUCH more in VIDEO)
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News Link • Surveillance
Neocon Lashes Rand Paul With A Wet Noodle In Republican Punch and Judy Show
01-06-2014
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Washingtonpost.com
Switchblade is here to give you an example of neocon Republican logic in the "Theatre of the Absurd". He is perhaps one of the only Republicans whose foreign policy would be worse than Obama’s.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Switchblade Dares You To Ask: Who Are The Real Mafioso That Are Bleeding You Dry?
01-06-2014
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Youtube.com
I am Switchblade, and I will spare no one from the wrath of my rhetorical blade.
In the video "Sin City" I ask you to consider that your entire life you have lived in a land where the populace is the most propagandized on the face of the earth.
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News Link • Surveillance
Peter King and Rand Paul's Grand Republican Puppet Theatre For The Deluded Faithful
01-06-2014
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Huffingtonpost.com
The wanton bloodlust of Republican Congressman Peter King is hard to watch but is nearly matched by the creepiness of Senator Rand Paul's need to cave to his Likud Party masters.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
It Seems That The Wheel Can Be Re-invented!
01-06-2014
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arclein
I love this design concept. It will take some effort to lock it in and properly adjust rider weight but it also looks to be robust enough and that means bullet proof.
Let us hope someone takes a run at this and produces a commercial device that we
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Airships Rising
01-06-2014
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arclein
A few of the engineers crowdedinto the compact glass-and-aluminum cockpit suspended below the hull. At the push of a button, the imposing airship lifted from the concrete, becoming airborne for the first time. It rose 10, 20, and finally 35 feet in t
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News Link • Chemtrails
Look UP!
01-06-2014
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SkyderAlert
This POWERFUL NEW Documentary explores GeoEngineering, SRM, Solar radiation Management, Weather Modification and "chemtrails" and introduces to the public to new way to protest and petition this dangerous initiative by using the all new mobile app Sk
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Environment
On The Coldest Day In America In 20 Years, Here Are Al Gore’s Stupidest Global Warming Quotes
01-06-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
America could actually use some global warming right about now. It is being projected that low temperatures across the Midwest could be 30 to 50 degrees below average on Monday morning. On Sunday, fans that attempted to tailgate before the playoff
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
America's Internal Checkpoints
01-03-2014
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reason.com
For now, America still awaits a champion who can win a major victory against internal checkpoints at the Supreme Court. But the minor everyday victories on YouTube are slowly helping to restore our constitutional rights.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
U.S. judge asks: Why haven't the financial executives been prosecuted?
01-03-2014
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Washington Post
It's unsurprising to find Rakoff emerging as a critic of the government's hands-off treatment of Wall Street and banking big shots in the aftermath of the financial crisis: He's never shown much patience for the settlements in which the DOJ
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News Link • Surveillance
Black Robed Rubberstamps: NSA to keep collecting phone records
01-03-2014
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AP
A secretive US spy court has ruled again the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American’s telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constituti
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 5, 2014 Edition
01-03-2014
John Semmens
Difficulty Adding Newborns to Obamacare Not a “Glitch” Says Sebelius
While admitting that the process for adding a new baby to a family's Affordable Care Act insurance coverage is “difficult,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
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