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Date Sent: 2014-01-18
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, January 18, 2014 |
Obama Declares “Reforms” While Dismissing Influence Of Snowden on NSA
Elderly Hollywood man’s home still heading to tax sale -- Washington State Woman Proudly Posts Weight Loss Picture . . . Facebook Removes It -- Oklahoma Highway Police Accused Of Beating Elderly Deaf Man For Failing To Respond To Oral Commands --
Dallas Cops Fight For the First Rule of Policing -- Bullied Student
Files Internal Affairs Report Against Lying, Mocking Cop as Dad Records
-- 4409: WTF is Veterans Court? -- Federal judge sent hundreds of bigoted emails -- Abu Mazen Admits Lacking Legal Authority to Make Peace with the Jews -- Al-Jazeera: Why can’t Arab armies be more humane like the Israel Defense Forces? -- The Great Global Warming Swindle -- Why the DEA Let the World's Tech-Savviest Drug Cartel Do As It Pleased for 12 Years -- Proof that the Bible is Anti-Government -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 19, 2014 Edition -- US Spending Bill Keeps Full $3.1 Billion in Israeli Aid -- Maliki Wants Arms, US Troops for Training -- Congress Blocks Plan to Transfer Drone Control From CIA to Pentagon -- Bitcoin Breaks Out, You Can Now Pay The IRS In Cryptocurrency -- The Minimum Wage Law -- Judge Rules No Fly List Unconstitutional -- Study: Chris Christie's New Jersey Least Economically Solvent State in U.S. -- Pushback Against Federal Roadside Checkpoints Increasing
AZ: In Remembrance of Joan Walling TODAY;
Freedom Tech Workshop #1 - Saturday February 1st 2014; Freedom
Summit 2014 Meetup
CA: 5th Annual Southern Calif Libertarian
Regional Conference today, 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 • Obama Administration
Obama Declares “Reforms” While Dismissing Influence Of Snowden on NSA
01-17-2014
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Jonathan Turley
I just listened to the NSA speech by Obama and as expected there is precious little in terms of real change. It is a nothing burger served hot and with a sympathetic smile. It is much of the same. Another review board of government officials.
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Elderly Hollywood man’s home still heading to tax sale
01-17-2014
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This week, the home of Combs Toney is still scheduled to be sold at tax sale in March to cover unpaid bills of $719 due to the St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission, though the 88-year-old man has never used MetCom’s services.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Washington State Woman Proudly Posts Weight Loss Picture . . . Facebook Removes It
01-17-2014
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Jonathan Turley
We recently discussed a weight-loss advocate who was taken off Facebook for potential hate speech in criticizing a plus-sized clothing ad campaign. Now, Marilyn McKenna of Washington State says that a similar thing happened to her. McKenna posted an
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oklahoma Highway Police Accused Of Beating Elderly Deaf Man For Failing To Respond To Oral Commands
01-17-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Police in Oklahoma highway police are facing questions this week after beating an elderly deaf Oklahoma man, Pearl Pearson, 64, after he allegedly refused to comply with their orders during a routine traffic stop.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Dallas Cops Fight For the First Rule of Policing
01-17-2014
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Simple Justice
Some think it’s a joke, or at least a half-joke, that the First Rule of Policing is make it home for dinner. Police in Dallas aren’t finding it funny at all. It’s the First Rule, the prime motivation. And because of the shooting of 19-year-old Kelv
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Bullied Student Files Internal Affairs Report Against Lying, Mocking Cop as Dad Records
01-17-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The 14-year-old kid who was suspended for school last week after a deputy accused him of “instigating” a fight, even though a video shows him trying his best to walk away from the bully trying to instigate the fight, filed an internal affairs complai
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Federal judge sent hundreds of bigoted emails
01-17-2014
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AP
A former Montana judge who was investigated for forwarding a racist email involving President Barack Obama sent hundreds of other inappropriate messages from his federal email account, according to a judicial review panel
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Abu Mazen Admits Lacking Legal Authority to Make Peace with the Jews
01-13-2014
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Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi
The current political negotiations, or any future negotiations, cannot bring about a signed, stable, and lasting political agreement that will bring an end to the conflict and all claims. The first Palestinian objective in their order of priorities i
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News Link • Free Speech
The French Were Right to Ban Dieudonné’s Offensive ‘Performance Art’
01-14-2014
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
Dieudonné, the ‘performance artist’ banned by the French high court, was not a satirist or comedian of any kind. He was an incendiary, anti-Semitic ideologue whose silencing poses no threat to real freedom of speech.
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News Link • Syria
Al-Jazeera: Why can’t Arab armies be more humane like the Israel Defense Forces?
01-14-2014
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Al-Jazeera Arabic
Al Jazeera Arabic argues about humane treatment of demonstrators, argues that Israel and France are more humane and popular in Syria than the various sunni fighters there.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 19, 2014 Edition
01-17-2014
John Semmens
DOJ Refuses to Press Charges for IRS Abuses
After investigating the IRS's discriminatory treatment of the President's political opponents, Barbara Bosserman, a lawyer in the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, has determined that “no ch
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Video: A First-Person View Of Falcons Taking Down Crows
01-17-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Collin Lecher
Getting minor panic attacks for these crows
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
The First Totally Open Source Laptop Is Almost Real
01-17-2014
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Wired.com
Is your laptop secure? In the age of widespread snooping from the NSA and so many others, do you really know that your machine is safe?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
This Phone Lets You Send Smells, Not Texts
01-17-2014
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Wired.com
We have all sorts of ways to communicate with one another: text messages, emails, Gchats and, according to my sources, even phone calls.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
The 15 Must-See Movies at Sundance This Year
01-17-2014
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Wired.com
For 30 years, the Sundance Film Festival has been the place where little indies make big names for themselves.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Maliki Wants Arms, US Troops for Training
01-17-2014
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http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz
Seeks Assault Rifles and Artillery
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Congress Blocks Plan to Transfer Drone Control From CIA to Pentagon
01-17-2014
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Wired.com
An effort by President Obama to transfer America’s lethal, highly classified drone program from the CIA to the Pentagon appears to have been thwarted by lawmakers wielding a secret weapon of their own.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Google Stole Its Smart Contact Lens From Microsoft. And That’s a Good Thing
01-17-2014
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Wired.com
Google latest bombshell of a research project is a smart contact lens diabetics can use to read blood sugar levels through the tears in their eyes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Breaks Out, You Can Now Pay The IRS In Cryptocurrency
01-17-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, twilson1utk
As bitcoin moves away from being known only to the tech cognoscenti and becomes a real viable currency that is adopted broadly, more organizations arise that look to leverage all this attention and add something of value to bitcoin holders.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Rules No Fly List Unconstitutional
01-17-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Paul Joseph Watson
A judge has ruled that the U.S. government must remove a Malaysian academic from the no fly list, rendering the infamous policy unconstitutional.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Study: Chris Christie's New Jersey Least Economically Solvent State in U.S.
01-17-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Frances Martel
Study: Chris Christie's New Jersey Least Economically Solvent State in U.S.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States.
01-17-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, sethr11
I just watched this 10 part series and thought it was excellent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
01-17-2014
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http://www.moviefone.com,
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Pushback Against Federal Roadside Checkpoints Increasing
01-17-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
With some 60 cities participating in federal checkpoints, pushback from citizens and local police and sheriff’s departments is increasing.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Hershey and 3D Systems join forces to develop 3D-printed food technology
01-17-2014
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gizmag.com
We've seen a cornucopia of 3D food printers specialized for consumer and prosumer chefs, from the multipurpose Foodini to 3D Systems' ChefBot.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Live Free and High: N.H. House Votes to Legalize Pot
01-16-2014
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Daily Paul.com
After a passionate debate, the New Hampshire House of Representatives endorsed a bill Wednesday that would legalize marijuana in the state.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
The truth about Israel's secret nuclear arsenal
01-16-2014
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theguardian.com
Israel has been stealing nuclear secrets and covertly making bombs since the 1950s. And western governments, including Britain and the US, turn a blind eye. But how can we expect Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions if the Israelis won't come clean?
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell open to the idea of players using medical marijuana
01-16-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk,
Medical marijuana is a banned substance in the NFL, even for players in states where it is legal
Many argue marijuana could better treat pain for NFL players than prescription narcotics
Former NFL player suspects half of all current players current
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News Link • Israel
Israel Lobby Thwarted in Iran Sanctions Bid for Now
01-16-2014
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antiwar.com
In what looks to be a clear victory " at least for now " for President Barack Obama, a major effort by the Israel lobby and its most powerful constituent, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), to pass a new sanctions bill against Iran
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News Link • Teen View
More Than 11 Million Young People Have Fled Facebook Since 2011
01-16-2014
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http://business.time.com, By Christopher Matthews
Skeptics of Facebook’s business model have long pointed to anecdotal evidence that the social network is losing its luster with teens as evidence that the firm will ultimately be unable to justify its $140 billion valuation.
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News Link • China
Beijing air pollution at dangerously high levels
01-16-2014
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http://hosted.ap.org
Beijing's skyscrapers receded into a dense gray smog Thursday as the capital saw the season's first wave of extremely dangerous pollution, with the concentration of toxic small particles registering more than two dozen times the level considered saf
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News Link • TERRORISM
Return of al-Qaida
01-16-2014
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unz.com
How did al-Qaida, a tiny anti-Communist group in Afghanistan that had no more than 200 active members in 2001 become a supposed worldwide threat?
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News Link • China
Chinese Defense Ministry Confirms Hypersonic Missile Test
01-16-2014
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http://freebeacon.com, Bill Gertz
Two-sentence statement says high-speed experimental vehicle not targeting any country
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Half of Every Mortgaged Home in America Still Completely Underwater-Fabian Calvo
01-16-2014
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usawatchdog.com
Forget what you are hearing about stiffer mortgage lending requirements. It’s not true. Real estate expert Fabian Calvo says, “If you can fog up a mirror or you have a pulse, they will give you a home loan.
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Pat-Down At DIA Leads To Sex Assault Investigation
01-16-2014
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http://denver.cbslocal.com, By Brian Maass
Denver police have initiated a sexual assault investigation focused on Transportation Security Administration officers at a checkpoint at Denver International Airport.
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News Link • Drones
Senator recounts personal run-in with drone
01-16-2014
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Stephen Dinan
Sen. Dianne Feinstein opened her testimony at a hearing on unmanned aerial vehicles Wednesday by recounting the time she made a drone crash.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying
01-16-2014
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http://nytimes.com, By PETER BAKERJAN
As a young lawmaker defining himself as a presidential candidate, Barack Obama visited a center for scholars in August 2007 to give a speech on terrorism.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data
01-16-2014
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http://www.bloomberg.com, By Ian Katz
China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record $1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Irena Sendler Smuggles 2500 children out of Warsaw ghetto
01-16-2014
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Denise (Dede) Snyder
During WWII, Irena Sendler got permission from the Nazi's to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing / Sewer specialist.
She had an ulterior motive. Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried. She also carried
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News Link • Internet
Federal Court Guts Net Neutrality Rules
01-16-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
A federal appeals court today nullified key provisions of the FCC’s net neutrality rules, opening the door to a curated approach to internet delivery that allows broadband providers to block content or applications as they see fit.
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News Link • Internet
What Google Really Gets Out of Buying Nest for $3.2 Billion
01-16-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Marcus Wohlsen
When Google announced yesterday its $3.2 billion cash purchase of Nest, the jokes flew. “If your house is burning down you’ll now get gmail ads for fire extinguishers,” Valleywag’s Sam Biddle tweeted.
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News Link • Internet
Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp...
01-16-2014
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https://www.rutherford.org, By John W. Whitehead
Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp: The Many Ways That You’re Being Tracked, Catalogued and Controlled
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News Link • Agriculture
EU To Ban Heirloom Seeds and Criminalize Unregistered Gardens
01-16-2014
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http://www.theorganicprepper.ca, by: Daisy Luther
Last year, I wrote an article called “Garden Rebels: 10 Ways to Sow Revolution in Your Back Yard“. Little did I realize that the EU would completely lock down gardening in Europe.
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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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