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Date Sent: 2014-01-22
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
FBI Cointelpro Program - How Government Agents Neutralize Liberty Activism
On Borrowed Time: “They’re Going to Turn the Blame Directly on You”
-- After the Collapse: Six Likely Events That Will Follow an Economic Fed Banker Tries Criticizing Bitcoin, Ends Up Perfectly Describing The Fed -- Track N Go system adds tracks to trucks -- Child-Tracking Wristbands Edge us Closer to a Dystopian Future -- America to Obama: We’re Not Listening -- Obama’s Lies, NSA Spies, and the Sons of Liberty -- How To Kill a Law Enforcement Career: Criticize Revenue Farming -- The End of Ownership: Why You Need to Fight America’s Copyright Laws -- FEMA Accelerates Preparations For Pandemic -- Iran sends warships to Atlantic Ocean in historic first -- Why the Future of War Will Be Even Bloodier -- Cynical New PR Stunt Greases Skids For “Humanitarian” Invasion of Syria -- Facebook May Lose 80% of Its User Base by 2017 -- Organic food shortage hits US -- What Did Our Wars Win? -- Florida student kicked out of school for performing in porn -- The Federal Budget, Per Person -- Wood Village, Oregon Drops Effort to Fluoridate Public Water -- US: Syria Talks Must Focus on Regime Change -- Radiation levels at Fukushima plant increases to 800% of government
standard -- Syrian Peace Talks: DOA -- Beating Up on Russia -- New York Times Editors: On the Wrong Side of
History
AZ: Freedom Tech Workshop #1 - Saturday February
1st 2014; Freedom Summit 2014 Meetup
NV: Ernie Hancock at Passport to Freedom 2014, Jan.
23-25, 2014, starts this Thursday
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
After the Collapse: Six Likely Events That Will Follow an Economic Crash
01-21-2014
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shtfplan.com
It’s not too difficult to understand that we are well on our way to a paradigm shift in America; in fact we’re in the midst of it right now. The writing is on the wall and can no longer be ignored.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
America to Obama: We’re Not Listening
01-21-2014
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ANDREW ROSENTHAL, NY Times
Obama has come before the American people so many times now to promise transparency, declare his respect for civil rights and privacy, and vow to create a rational policy on government spying, that no one seems to be listening anymore.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Internet
Facebook May Lose 80% of Its User Base by 2017
01-21-2014
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vocativ.com
Social networks function like infectious diseases, according to Princeton researchers. They spread fast"and then disappear
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
The End of Ownership: Why You Need to Fight America’s Copyright Laws
01-21-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Kyle Wiens
Just the other day, I got a card in the mail for my 30th birthday. When I opened it up, the card started singing “Happy Birthday.” And that little thing " pealing out at the top of its automated lungs " made me laugh. What a strange thing to computer
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Fed Banker Tries Criticizing Bitcoin, Ends Up Perfectly Describing The Fed
01-20-2014
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BitCoin Magazine
In an article for Fox News, senior economist Francois Velde of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago describes Bitcoin. “Although some of the enthusiasm for Bitcoin is driven by a distrust of state-issued currency, it is hard to imagine a world where t
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Syria
Cynical New PR Stunt Greases Skids For “Humanitarian” Invasion of Syria
01-21-2014
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Prison Planet
Dubious defector’s claims emerge after think tank called for “realpolitik” ploy
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Despite Small Glitch, The Comet-Chasing Craft Rosetta Has Awoken After Years Of Sleep
01-21-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Douglas Main
Rosetta had to reboot itself twice, giving engineers a small scare.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Lies, NSA Spies, and the Sons of Liberty
01-21-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by John W. Whitehead
Will You Choose Dangerous Freedom or Peaceful Slavery?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
What Did Our Wars Win?
01-21-2014
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original.antiwar.com, by Patrick J. Buchanan
“He ended one war and kept us out of any other,” is the tribute paid President Eisenhower.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The Federal Budget, Per Person
01-21-2014
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nytimes, By Wilson Andrews and Alicia Parlapiano
The House and Senate last week passed a hefty spending bill that included $1.1 trillion in discretionary spending for 2014 and provided funds for some mandatory programs (though the bill does not control the levels of that spending).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Texas Health Clinic Accepting Bitcoin
01-21-2014
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thelibertybeat.com
A North Texas health clinic has begun to accept bitcoin as payment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
US: Syria Talks Must Focus on Regime Change
01-21-2014
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http://news.antiwar.com,
Assad Wants to Talk al-Qaeda, But US Driving the Process
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Crisis Reality: “Within An Hour the Stores Were Emptied”
01-21-2014
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shtfplan.com
When toxic chemicals spilled into the Elk River in Charleston, West Virginia a couple of weeks ago we got another glimpse into what the world might look like in the aftermath of a major, widespread disaster.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Facing US Complaints, UN Uninvites Iran to Syria Talks
01-21-2014
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http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz
UN Officials Feign Anger at Iran After Giving in to US Pressure
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
On Borrowed Time: “They’re Going to Turn the Blame Directly on You”
01-21-2014
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shtfplan.com
If you regularly follow establishment media and you’ve fallen for the notion that the stock market is the primary measure for economic health in this country, then you probably also believe that the recovery has taken hold,.....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
"Sooper Bowl" Now this is oh so very Clever.
01-21-2014
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DailyPaul.Com
The two states that legalized pot are getting together for a "Super Bowl"
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Track N Go system adds tracks to trucks
01-21-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
You may think that your 4 x 4 with its lugged tires is pretty good in the snow, but it's never going to match the traction and flotation offered by a tracked vehicle.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Family
Child-Tracking Wristbands Edge us Closer to a Dystopian Future
01-21-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Rory Carroll
Parents will soon be able to track, log and judge the every movement of their offspring. God help those children
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Lies, NSA Spies, and the Sons of Liberty:
01-21-2014
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https://www.rutherford.org, By John W. Whitehead
“All governments are run by liars.”"Independent journalist I.F. “Izzy” Stone
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Cimagine introduces true markerless augmented reality system
01-21-2014
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gizmag.com
When you want to augment a digital image creation onto the real world, you'll likely need to point your smart device's camera at the kind of markers found in Sony's TV Size Guide tool or on the front cover of magazines like Esquire.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
How To Kill a Law Enforcement Career: Criticize Revenue Farming
01-21-2014
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http://www.freedominourtime.blogspot.com,
The arrival of a 450-ton, 380-foot-long “megaload” of oil refinery equipment near Marsing, Idaho last Christmas attracted the attention of protesters, spectators, and revenue farmers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
WunderBar lets app developers break off a piece of the Internet of Things
01-21-2014
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gizmag.com
Lack of progress toward an "Internet of Things" has been attributed to a variety of factors. Indeed, enabling devices from different manufacturers to communicate in an effective and useful manner is no simple task.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran sends warships to Atlantic Ocean in historic first
01-21-2014
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Prison Planet
Iran’s state-run media said on Tuesday that its navy has sent warships to the Atlantic Ocean " a historic first for the Islamic Republic.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Why the Future of War Will Be Even Bloodier
01-21-2014
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wired.com, By Geek's Guide to the Galaxy
Joe Haldeman is a leading science fiction author with dozens of novels to his name.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
The Monorail Gets a Second Life in São Paulo
01-21-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Keith Barry
Just in time for the 2014 World Cup, the Brazilian city of São Paulo is getting a monorail.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
The Search For Actually Useful Apps On Google Glass
01-21-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Andrew Rosenblum
Ones that make smart glasses seem cool rather than creepy
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Organic food shortage hits US
01-21-2014
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myfoxny.com
Organic and cage free eggs are becoming popular to the point that that some major grocery chains are reporting shortages.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Florida student kicked out of school for performing in porn
01-21-2014
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clickorlando.com
18-year-old says his work was legal, did not disrupt school
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
3D-printed fetuses show what to expect when you're expecting
01-21-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick Lavars
While some expectant parents are steadfast in their desire to conceal the sex until they see their newborn with their own eyes, others just can't wait.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Reality Check: Feiglin may be controversial, but he doesn’t jump on any bandwagon
01-21-2014
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http://www.jpost.com, By JEFF BARAK
Far-right Likud MK Moshe Feiglin is one of the most dangerous men in Israeli politics.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Random Acts of Revolution for the Everyday Revolutionary
01-21-2014
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Daily Paul.com
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery. This means that if you are a slave today, it’s either illegal, or you have voluntarily accepted your servitude.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
What Your State Wants, According to Google Autocomplete
01-21-2014
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mashable.com
Google Autocomplete is notorious for taking a standard search and anticipating something completely ridiculous.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Archaeology
Sumatra Coastal Cave Records Stunning Tsunami History
01-21-2014
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arclein
The limestone opening, close to Banda Aceh, retains the sandy deposits washed ashore by huge, earthquake-induced waves over thousands of years.
Scientists are using the site to help determine the frequency of catastrophes like the event of 26 Decemb
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
The Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni
01-21-2014
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arclein
When archaeologists began uncovering the site, they found a massive underground structure consisting of three levels carved into stone. It has been estimated that more than 2,000 tonnes of stone would have needed to be removed for its construction.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
When the body Dies
01-21-2014
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arclein
Death is the final outcome for 100 percent of patients. But there's growing evidence that revival is possible for at least some patients whose hearts and lungs have stopped working for many minutes, even hours. And brain death - when the brain irrev
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robert klein
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News Link • American History
Understanding the Ruling Elite
01-21-2014
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arclein
What psychologically motivates this elite, however? What kind of minds are we really dealing with? How can we attempt to understand them, so that solutions and strategies for dealing with their actions may become clearer?
The Elite and its Motivat
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robert klein
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Radiation levels at Fukushima plant increases to 800% of government standard
01-21-2014
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naturalnews.com
Radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has now exceeded more than eight times the radiation limit set by the Japanese government - presenting new concerns for problems that many say are exacerbating.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oklahoma cop arrested for selling colleague’s gun to felon
01-20-2014
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Rawstory
A police officer in Union City, Oklahoma, was arrested for allegedly stealing a former colleague’s gun and selling it to a convicted felon. 32-year-old Officer Scottie Brothers was charged with possession of stolen property and providing firearms
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Outrage of the Kelly Thomas Cops’ Acquittal
01-20-2014
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Simple Justice
As much as we may believe the acquittal is an outrage, and our sense of justice is fundamentally offended by this outcome, it’s time to step back from the emotional reaction and consider the doctrinal consequences of this call for reprosecution.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Being anxious and afraid does not justify attempting to execute a man on his way to go surfing
01-20-2014
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by Radley Balko (Washington Post)
Except apparently it does, if you work in law enforcement. The quote is from the lawyer for David Perdue, one of 3 people police in California mistakenly fired upon during last February's manhunt for cop killer (and former cop) Christopher Dorner.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Philadelphia teen suffers ruptured testicle and hit with misdemeanors during police patdown
01-20-2014
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Rawstory
A straight-A student suffered a ruptured testicle during a patdown by Philadelphia police and was then charged with resisting arrest. Darrin Manning got off the subway on his way to play in a high school basketball game with 12 teammates
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News Link • Gun Rights
Jackson: Gun owner unarmed, unwelcome in Maryland
01-20-2014
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So there the Filippidises were on New Year’s Eve eve, southbound on Interstate 95 just barely out of the Fort McHenry Tunnel into Maryland, blissfully unarmed and minding their own business when they noticed an unmarked patrol car.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
America’s Great Game: The C.I.A.’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East
01-19-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Intelligence historian Hugh Wilford discusses his new book, America’s Great Game: The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East. Here is a New York Times review of the book. His previous books include The Mighty Wurlitzer: How t
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News Link • Bill of Rights
2d Circuit: Aw, Come On. That Can’t Be True
01-19-2014
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Simple Justice
One of the great joys of sitting on an appellate bench is that one is never compelled to accept as fact things that were hashed out at enormous length and effort before the trial court. As Appellate Squawk likes to point out, facts are for kids.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
My Doctor Can Disclose Our Medical Records to the NSA Without Our Authorization
01-19-2014
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We may sometimes use or disclose the PHI of armed forces personnel to the applicable military authorities when they believe it is necessary to properly carry out military missions. We may also disclose your PHI to authorized federal officials
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News Link • Mexico
Vigilantes reclaim another town in western Mexico
01-19-2014
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AFP
Self-defense groups made up of Mexican farmers and other local people have taken over another town that had been overrun by drug traffickers in the restive state of Michoacan. About 80 men armed with high-powered rifles Friday moved into the village
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News Link • Food
First comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food
01-19-2014
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They developed a test they call "MACRO," which stands for: multiplex amplification on a chip with readout on an oligo microarray. It combines 2 well-known genetic methods to flag about 97% of the known commercialized modifications,
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Congress Just Authorized $1.1 Trillion in Spending … And Nobody Read the Bill
01-19-2014
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On Capitol Hill, CNSNews.com asked Rep. Blumenauer: “The omnibus bill yesterday, it was 1,582 pages, did you have a chance to read all the pages before voting on it?” Blumenauer laughed and said: “Nobody did!” “Nobody did?” asked the
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News Link • Police State
Paul Revere, 9/11 and the NSA
1-19-2014
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Free Press Publications
President Obama recently gave a speech about possible reforms at the NSA. Obama began his speech by invoking the name Paul Revere. He stated that Revere and the Sons of Liberty “would patrol the streets, reporting back any signs that the British were
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News Link • Bush Administration
Can you believe we actually fell for this?
01-18-2014
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Daily Paul
Uploaded on Jun 21, 2008
Bush press conference, ABC, 11:06, 9/13
Can you believe we actually fell for this?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vin Suprynowicz's Columns Archive
Hey, it was just an innocent question
01-18-2014
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vinsuprynowicz.com
The Brietbart Web site reported Dec. 5 that Barry Greenfield, an elected Selectman in Swampscott, Mass., “is pushing a measure to give police the
authority to conduct home searches to check proper storage of firearms.”
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