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Date Sent: 2014-01-18
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, January 17, 2014 |
NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep -- Adam Kokesh released
01-17-18 -- Charles Goyette (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Questions about Income Inequality -- PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH TURNING -- Five Ways North Koreans Are Defying the Regime -- Russell Brand rules out ‘little ejaculations’ like voting — he wants revolution ‘b*kkake’ -- Stop And Frisk Solved? Top Cop Delivers Bold Statement -- Man gives
change to homeless person, is handcuffed and held by police for an
hour -- Drug Smuggling DEA calls Marijuana Legalization
‘Reckless and Irresponsible’ -- 01-17-18 -- Charles Goyette - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Gun owners
beware: Man pulled over, harassed for having permit but no gun --
Some crazy person just gave robots their own Internet -- Famous
Whistleblower Has Some Good Advice For Edward Snowden -- 25% Of
U.S. Teens Have Abandoned Facebook -- Americans Still See
Government As Their Biggest Problem -- Who Are The Top Holders
Of US Treasurys -- WikiLeaks Releases Entire TPP Draft –
Still, We Have Our Suspicions -- My Doctor Can Disclose My
Medical Records to the NSA Without My Authorization (and so can
yours) -- Medical Marijuana Likely to Make Florida Ballot -- Aaron
Swartz Documentary: SOPA and The Day We Fight Back -- China
Mobilizes 100,000 Troops In Preparation For Korean Peninsula Crisis
-- Nigel Farage Booms “Europe Is Now Run By Big Banks, Big
Business, And Big Bureaucrats” -- Al Gore On GeoEngineering
the Planet: “Delusional” -- FEMA Seeking Contractors Who Can
Supply Biohazard Disposal Facilities, Tarps and .... -- The
Internet is Getting Dangerously Close to Collapsing -- Supreme
Court Gives Monsanto Full Ability to Sue Farmers -- SeeThru
AR headset sets its sights on the daredevil in us all -- Jim
O’Neill: Global income redistribution could be coming --
Image of the Day: Next-gen zipper wonderment -- I Bought A
3D-Printed Wallet From Shapeways And It's Awesome -- Why Seth
MacFarlane Killed Brian Griffin -- How Dolphins See The World
Compared To Humans -- Japanese Scientists Have An Ingenious Plan To
Clean Up Space -- CIA Enlists Lawmakers to Maintain Edge in Turf
War, Keep Authority to Launch Drone Strikes -- Obama's War on
Freedom -- Obama: Stop Government Rape!
AZ: In Remembrance of Joan Walling tomorrow;
Freedom Tech Workshop #1 - Saturday February 1st 2014; Freedom
Summit 2014 Meetup
CA: 5th Annual Southern Calif Libertarian Regional
Conference tomorrow, Jan 18, 2014 Noon-5 p.m. Ontario, CA
NV: Ernie Hancock at Passport to Freedom 2014, Jan.
23-25, 2014
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep
01-17-2014
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The Guardian
The National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million text messages a day from across the globe, using them to extract data including location, contact networks and credit card details, according to top-secret documents.
The National Securit
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
01-17-18 -- Charles Goyette (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Charles Goyette (Author of The Dollar Meltdown and Red and Blue and Broke All Over and co-host of Ron Paul's America) comes on the show to provide an economic update and forecast.
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Opinion • Economy - Economics USA
Questions about Income Inequality
01-17-2014
Menckens Ghost
Once again we’re being drowned in inanities, banalities, sophistries, platitudes, nostrums, tropes, canards, lies, half-truths, statistical distortions, and propaganda.
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News Link • Media: Television
Five Ways North Koreans Are Defying the Regime
01-17-2014
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PBS Frontline
In Secret State of North Korea, which airs Tuesday at 10 p.m. EST, FRONTLINE follows several North Koreans who are working to fight back against the regime.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Belly Fat Protocol?
01-17-2014
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arclein
The reason for why most diets fail, in our opinion, is that they impose unrealistic restrictions on how you live your life. Some advocate eating tons of protein others emphasise carbohydrates. In either case, you're left with having to make rather d
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
The Ancient Code?
01-17-2014
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arclein
Researchers have discovered connections between sacred structures and powerfully charged areas of the globe where the Earth’s electromagnetic energy gathers. These locations were important and held meaning to the an
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News Link • Science
Halley's Comet May Be Linked to Famine 1,500 Years Ago
01-17-2014
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arclein
he Eta Aquarid dust may be responsible for a period of mild cooling in 533, Abbott said, but it alone cannot explain the global dimming event of 536-537, during which the planet may have cooled by as much as 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsiu
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robert klein
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Paul Hellyer and UFO Disclosure
01-17-2014
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arclein
The reason for this, he said, was that man was stupid enough to invent the atomic bomb. Aliens are frightened that we're going to use it again (and again) and that this will affect the whole balance of the cosmos.
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Feature Article • Future Predictions
PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH TURNING
Donna Hancock
Picture yourself and your loved ones in the midst of a howling blizzard that lasts for
several years. Think about what you would need, who could help you, and why your fate
might matter to anybody other than yourself. That is how to plan for a saec
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Russell Brand rules out ‘little ejaculations’ like voting " he wants revolution ‘b*kkake’
01-17-2014
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Rawstory
“They’re only in charge of us if we allow it,” Brand said. “Complete noncompliance, complete disobedience, then the alternatives will emerge. We need to create a paradigm that makes the old one obsolete. That’s what we have to do. Not comply to it,
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Stop And Frisk Solved? Top Cop Delivers Bold Statement
01-17-2014
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According to Commissioner Bratton, the problem of stop and frisk is more or less solved. He says, "The number of stops has fallen dramatically and in some instances it has stopped altogether."
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News Link • Drug War
Man gives change to homeless person, is handcuffed and held by police for an hour
01-17-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
Greg Snider was in a Houston, Texas parking lot, on the phone making a business call. While in the lot, a homeless man approached his car and asked for change. Snider gave him 75 cents and then drove off. The shocking thing that happened next
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News Link • Police State
Gun owners beware: Man pulled over, harassed for having permit but no gun
01-17-2014
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bizpacreview.com
Those who support the Second Amendment rights often get harassed " even when they’re not exercising those rights. It happened to a Tampa-area businessman recently, and it wasn’t pretty.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Some crazy person just gave robots their own Internet
01-17-2014
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dvice.com
Well, they've finally gone and done it, folks. Scientists have doomed us all. In one fell swoop, a small team of think-for-yourselfers based in the European Union (EU) has given robots all the tools they need to rise up and crush humanity.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Famous Whistleblower Has Some Good Advice For Edward Snowden
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
Daniel Ellsberg " the leaker of the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers " did a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AmA) this week, during which he talked about the NSA surveillance state and explained why Edward Snowden should never come home.
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News Link • Internet
25% Of U.S. Teens Have Abandoned Facebook
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
There are three million fewer teens using Facebook in the U.S. than there were in 2011, according to iStrategy Labs, a digital agency that has tracked "addressable" Facebook users in the Facebook ad system.
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News Link • General Opinion
Americans Still See Government As Their Biggest Problem
01-17-2014
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zerohedge.com
While the "economy in general" and "jobs" remain a close second (with the latter rising rapidly despite a plunging - and entirely useless - unemployment rate), Americans polled by Gallup still see the number 1 problem facing the US is "dissatisfation
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Who Are The Top Holders Of US Treasurys
01-17-2014
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zerohedge.com
Yesterday, when the Treasury released its TIC data early by mistake, the update that China's holdings rose to a record $1.317 trillion caused a stir.
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News Link • Free Trade
WikiLeaks Releases Entire TPP Draft " Still, We Have Our Suspicions
01-17-2014
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thedailybell.com
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) ... WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs' Report.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
My Doctor Can Disclose My Medical Records to the NSA Without My Authorization (and so can yours)
01-17-2014
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dissenter.firedoglake.com
You can learn a lot about a person from their medical records" what’s that STD test all about?
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News Link • Activism
Aaron Swartz Documentary: SOPA and The Day We Fight Back
01-16-2014
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Daily Paul.com
One year after Internet activist Aaron Swartz's death, a group of activists and online platforms are uniting for a day of activism against the National Security Agency's surveillance tactics.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China Mobilizes 100,000 Troops In Preparation For Korean Peninsula Crisis
01-17-2014
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Prison Planet
PLA source says number of troops involved is unusually rare
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News Link • European Union
Nigel Farage Booms “Europe Is Now Run By Big Banks, Big Business, And Big Bureaucrats”
01-17-2014
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Prison Planet
With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras settling into his role as EU President, UKIP’s Nigel Farage stunned the “Goldman Sachs puppet” with a 150-second tirade of truthiness he has likely never experienced.
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
FEMA Seeking Contractors Who Can Supply Biohazard Disposal Facilities, Tarps and ......
01-17-2014
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shtfplan.com
FEMA is seeking contractors who can supply medical biohazard disposal capabilities and 40 yard dumpsters to 1,000 tent hospitals across the United States;
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News Link • Just For Fun!
The Internet is Getting Dangerously Close to Collapsing
01-17-2014
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Tarrin Lupo
How the Internet works is a complete mystery to most people, and might as well be considered magic. Even prominent leaders like Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens told the world, “The internet is not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.”
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Supreme Court Gives Monsanto Full Ability to Sue Farmers
01-17-2014
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theorganicprepper.ca
Do you remember the 2011 lawsuit from the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association 80+ plaintiffs (farmers and small businesses) against Monsanto?
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
SeeThru AR headset sets its sights on the daredevil in us all
01-17-2014
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dvice.com
Laster Technologies has been in the augmented reality (AR) business since 2005. Since 2011, we've been hearing word of an imminent AR headset from the Paris-based company, and this year we've finally got it.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Jim O’Neill: Global income redistribution could be coming
01-17-2014
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CNBC.Com
With discussion of income inequality reaching a fever pitch"from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's "tale of two cities" message to the headline-grabbing sermons of Pope Francis"former Goldman Sachs asset management chairman Jim O'Neill believes th
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News Link • 3D Printing
I Bought A 3D-Printed Wallet From Shapeways And It's Awesome
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
I've never owned a 3D-printed anything, so I leapt at the chance to spend a Shapeways gift card on myself and buy a new wallet.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Why Seth MacFarlane Killed Brian Griffin
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
Seth MacFarlane said the sudden, albeit temporary death of Family Guy's martini-sipping dog Brian was an attempt to show audiences that nothing is truly sacred in the animated sitcom's universe, Entertainment Weekly reports.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Japanese Scientists Have An Ingenious Plan To Clean Up Space
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
Japanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tonnes of planetary clutter, they said Thursday.
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News Link • Food
9 Ways That Eating Processed Food Made The World Sick And Fat
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
Processed foods are bad. They are the main reason why people all over the world are getting fat and sick.
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News Link • China
If You Want To See Sunrise In China, You Have To Watch It On This Giant Outdoor Screen
01-17-2014
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Business Insider
Smog in China is currently so bad in Beijing that if you want to see the sunrise, you have to see it on video.
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News Link • Self-Help: Rational Living
20 Aphorisms That I Thought Were Dumb as a Boy But Now Appreciate as a Grown Man
01-17-2014
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artofmanliness.com
When I was a young man, I would scoff at well-intentioned adults who would sometimes offer up little aphorisms when I got in trouble or had a problem.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Enlists Lawmakers to Maintain Edge in Turf War, Keep Authority to Launch Drone Strikes
01-17-2014
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dissenter.firedoglake.com
President Barack Obama’s reported plan to shift control of armed drone operations from the CIA to the Pentagon has apparently been disrupted by lawmakers who have stepped in to help the CIA stay in the killing business, according to a report from The
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News Link • Surviving the Collapse
Farming Detroit
01-16-2014
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Makezine.Com
I’ve seen terrible urban ghettos in my time, but nothing prepared me for the shock of driving through Detroit neighborhoods where so many houses were crumbling, boarded up or missing altogether. In the midst of that depressing landscape I met Paul We
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News Link • Drug War
How Jury Nullification Accelerates the Drug War’s Demise
01-16-2014
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flexyourrights.org
I recently had the privilege of joining three jury nullification heavyweights on a panel hosted by the International Drug Policy Reform Conference. The discussion focused on how strategic jury nullification can be used to dismantle the War on Drugs.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Wells Fargo Holds Bitcoin Summit
01-16-2014
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thelibertybeat.com
A summit held Tuesday by Wells Fargo focused on bitcoin, and ways the largest U.S. bank can get into the bitcoin business.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Overstock CEO Slams "Unethical" Krugman; Hopes "Bitcoin Destroys Central Banking"
01-16-2014
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zerohedge.com
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne goes to town on Keynesian Crony Paul Krugman in this brief interview. Byrne blasts Krugman for everything from his "unethical" involvement in the Enron debacle to his present day view that "the market failed so we need mor
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Ditch the NSA with the security-centric 'Blackphone'
01-16-2014
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dvice.com
Despite reports that call into question the effectiveness of the NSA's bulk surveillance of the American public, the government isn't likely to quit the snooping business anytime soon.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Bank Of America Just Confirmed The Fed's Fears About The US Mortgage Market
01-16-2014
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Business Insider
Bank of America just reported an earnings beat, but its mortgage business " a sector everyone's been watching " was a disappointment.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Level Of Economic Freedom In The United States Is At An All-Time Low
01-16-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Americans have never had less economic freedom than they do right now. The 2014 Index of Economic Freedom has just been released, and it turns out that the level of economic freedom in the United States has now fallen for seven consecutive years.
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Reference Link • Obama Administration
America's Trojan Horse
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
JFK warned America that we would be conquered from within and we do have a Trojan Horse in our midst as Obama works feverishly to destroy everything this country stands for.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Big Sandy Shoot 2014
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mgshooters.com
A twice a year, three day weekend of friends, weapons, targets and gear in Arizona's high, western desert. With a quarter mile long firing range, populated by hundreds of shooters, The Big Sandy is the largest machine-gun shoot in the United States.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
No Books For Students In NYC School But Principal Drives BMW
01-15-2014
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New York Post
And the principal " Marcella Sills, who joined PS 106 nine years ago " is a frequent no-show. On Wednesday, The Post found her at home in Westbury, LI, all day before emerging at 2:50 p.m. " school dismissal time. Wearing a fur coat, she
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News Link • Immigration
Probe Sought of Border Patrol Checkpoint Actions
01-15-2014
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AP
Border Patrol agents at southern Arizona checkpoints routinely violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens with illegal searches and other actions despite the agency's mandate that stops be limited to immigration enforcement, a complaint alleg
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
01-15-2014
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Simple Justice
What I see is the machinations of the government to create plausible deniability, documents sufficient to assure that a witness is never allowed to board a plane but inadequate to be admitted into evidence. What I see is an angry judge who has
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Kid Gets Bullied Before Getting Suspended for "Instigating"” Fight After Cop Lies
01-15-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A California high school student was suspended after a deputy accused him of instigating a fight with another boy despite a video clearly shows he was walking away from the boy who kept pushing and shoving and hoping to instigate a fight.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop Who Pulled Gun On Man For 'Holding Up McDonald's Drive-Thru Line' Gets Probation
01-15-2014
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Blacklisted News
Detective Sgt. Scott Biumi, 48, of the DeKalb County PD was caught on video pulling a gun on Ryan Mash, 18, who was at the front a McDonald's drive-thru line, because he felt the young man was responsible for "holding up" the line.
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News Link • Drug War
Big Banks Launder Hundreds of Billions of Illegal Drug Cartel Money
01-15-2014
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Washingtons Blog
The big banks have laundered hundreds of billions of dollars for drug cartels. See this, this, this, this, this and this (indeed, drug dealers kept the banking system afloat during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis). The HSBC employee who
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News Link • Books
"Government: Indicted" (Book Review #6)
01-15-2014
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Strike The Root
It’s now been almost 11 years since the publication and release of Marc Stevens’ first book, Adventures in Legal Land, a volume which has heretofore " along with Marc’s radio show " served as a primary point of reference for Voluntaryists and others
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News Link • Drug War
Nations Largest Cocaine Smuggler Revealed: The DEA (Video)
01-15-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
For decades, it has been rumored the United States government was secretly sponsoring the smuggling of cocaine into the country. Federal officials have long denied such speculation, pointing out the billions of dollars spent intercepting drugs. Newly
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Air Strike Killed Woman, Seven Kids in Central Afghanistan
01-15-2014
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AntiWar.com
Another US air strike against an Afghan village has ended in tragedy last night, with reports that the attack destroyed a home, killing a woman and seven children, and injuring at least one other civilian.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed t
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News Link • China
Gold Statue Of Chairman Mao Found In A Chinese General's Home
01-15-2014
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Business Insider
A senior military official was caught with an Aladdin's Cave of supposedly ill-gotten goods including a “pure gold” state of Mao Zedong it emerged this week, as China’s president warned “drastic medicine” was needed to rid his country of corruption.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Mint Reopens After Nastygram From Feds
01-15-2014
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Wired.com
If you want to get your hands on some cold hard bitcoins " literally " you’re in luck. The Utah entrepreneur who mints metal versions of the world’s most popular digital currency is at it again.
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News Link • Israel
A Blank Check For War on Iran
01-15-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
As we approach the centennial of World War I, we will read much of the blunders that produced that tragedy of Western civilization.
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