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Date Sent: 2014-02-25
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
The TSA is looking for Bitcoin -- ATF: Gun production tripled since 2000
Is Google the civilian DARPA? -- Vigilantes with a Badge: The War Against the American People --
Challenging the Long-Held Notion That Israeli Settlements Are ‘Illegal’
-- S&P 500 Surges To New All-Time Highs -- 02-25-14 -- Ken Krawchuk - Michael Belfiore - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Russia Awakes... -- President Obama Tells The Governors What They Need To Do -- Did IMF Just Win The War Of Ukraine Debt Annexation? -- "The Stock Market Is A Mood Ring For Faith In The Fed" -- YOU Have Been Targeted for Internment & Resettlement -- SPLC: ‘More Than Half of White Americans’ Anti-Black -- Democracy Murdered By Protest — Ukraine Falls To Intrigue and violence -- Piers Morgan Admits Gun Control Advocacy Led to Show Being Axed -- Dropbox Addresses Government Spying -- Obama Seizes Control of Late Night TV -- Cyber-Security Experts Ask If Apple “Flaw” Was Really NSA Backdoor -- The moment woman jogger in headphones is knocked to the floor and
handcuffed by cops... -- Dow Jones Industrial Average -- Nowhere to Hide
-- The War Against Truth -- Why the Comcast-Netflix Pact Threatens Our Internet Future -- Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level -- News From Venezuela–but Where Is It Coming From? -- The 'Internet Of
Things' Will Be Bigger Than The Smartphone, Tablet, And PC Markets
Combined -- BITCOIN EXCHANGE MTGOX DISAPPEARS -- Mark my words, big news
is coming down the pike! -- Gold Rigging Goes Mainstream -- Marshall Swing: Commercials Preparing to Crash Gold & Silver! --
This Guy Wants To Buy All The Silk Road Bitcoins Seized By The FBI -- Wall Street Journal Reinvented History - by Stephen Lendman
Larken Rose needs help getting home. If you can help,
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News Link • Bitcoin
The TSA is looking for Bitcoin
02-25-2014
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DailyAnarchist.Com/Davi Barker
Here is my full write up of my encounter with the TSA leaving Liberty Forum. Please spread. It's important...TSA "saw" Bitcoin in my bag and wanted to count it
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Self-Defense
ATF: Gun production up 31 percent, nearly tripled since 2000
02-25-2014
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http://www.guns.com, by Chris Eger
The gun production numbers are in from 2012 and one can reasonably conclude that the Obama administration is great for the firearms industry.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Is Google the civilian DARPA?
02-25-2014
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Michael Belfiore
The bots were babies this year, for the most part needing lots of human help just to get from place to place. But DARPA Deputy Director Steven Walker told me at the event that he fully expects the machines to be zipping around like the Boston Dyanmic
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Vigilantes with a Badge: The War Against the American People
02-25-2014
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The Rutherford Institute/John Whitehead
The following incidents are cautionary tales for anyone who still thinks that they can defy police officers, even if it’s simply to disagree about a speeding ticket, challenge a search warrant or defend oneself against an unreasonable or unjust charg
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Challenging the Long-Held Notion That Israeli Settlements Are ‘Illegal’
02-25-2014
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The Blaze
It’s an almost undisputed consensus in diplomatic circles and much of the media that Israeli settlements are “illegal” or “illegitimate.” The truth, however, is that the settlements are neither.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • World News
Russia Awakes...
02-25-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Russia Awakes: Accuses Ukraine's New Government Of "Armed Mutiny", Says It Poses "Real Threat To Our Interests, Citizens"
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News Link • Economy - International
Did IMF Just Win The War Of Ukraine Debt Annexation?
02-25-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew "urged" Ukraine's interim leader Yatsenyuk to start talks with the IMF as he and Lagarde agreed the fund would be the best foundation for advice and financing (if sought by a fully established Ukrainian government).
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News Link • Government
YOU Have Been Targeted for Internment & Resettlement
02-25-2014
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Dave Hodges
As a followup to his many informative articles that include an expansive investigation into FEMA camp locations around the United States, Dave Hodges of The Common Sense Show blows the doors open on the legislation, executive orders and policies that
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News Link • Racism
SPLC: ‘More Than Half of White Americans’ Anti-Black
02-25-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mikael Thalen
During an interview with CNN last week, Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center boldly claimed that more than half of white Americans hate blacks.
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News Link • Activism
Democracy Murdered By Protest " Ukraine Falls To Intrigue and violence
02-25-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
Who’s in charge? Certainly not the bought-and-paid-for-moderates that Washington and the EU hoped to install as the new government of Ukraine. The agreement that the Washington and EU supported opposition concluded with President Yanukovich to end th
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News Link • Gun Rights
Piers Morgan Admits Gun Control Advocacy Led to Show Being Axed
02-25-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Decision sends clear message that Americans are rejecting networks acting as state media mouthpieces
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News Link • Surveillance
Dropbox Addresses Government Spying
02-25-2014
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http://www.nextgov.com, Aliya Sternstein
Dropbox, a cloud storage app the government recommends for federal teleworkers, has revised its privacy policy to address concerns about other federal workers spying on users’ data.
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News Link • Surveillance
Cyber-Security Experts Ask If Apple “Flaw” Was Really NSA Backdoor
02-25-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Security hole appeared just one month before NSA bragged it had penetrated Apple servers
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News Link • 3D Printing
New bioprinting technique creates thicker, healthier tissue
02-25-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick Lavars
The notion of 3D printed biological tissue holds all kinds of possibilities for drug testing and the reparation of damaged cells, though replicating the complexities of human tissue in a lab presents some very big challenges.
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
The moment woman jogger in headphones is knocked to the floor and handcuffed by cops...
02-25-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co, By Snejana Farberov
The moment woman jogger in headphones is knocked to the floor and handcuffed by cops because she didn't hear when they tried to ticket her for jaywalking
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News Link • Surveillance
Nowhere to Hide
02-25-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Theodore Dalrymple
People who were charged with a crime in England used to be told by the police that they did not have to say anything, but that anything they did say might be taken down and used as evidence against them. I think we should all be given this warning wh
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News Link • Government
The War Against Truth
02-25-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Butler Shaffer
February 22nd was the 71st anniversary of the murder of Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Christopher Probst. They were young people, in their early twenties, who lived in Munich, Germany. They, along with other members of a peaceful, anti-war
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Why Amazon’s Next Conquest Will Be Your Television
02-25-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Marcus Wohlsen
Amazon started as an online bookseller, and it transformed the entire publishing industry. Now, Jeff Bezos and company are assembling the pieces they need to do much the same thing with a far bigger medium: television.
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News Link • Internet
Why the Comcast-Netflix Pact Threatens Our Internet Future
02-25-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Klint Finley
After its popular streaming video service endured months of declining performance on home internet connections provided by Comcast " the country’s largest cable TV and broadband internet provider " Netflix has agreed to pay a fee for more direct acce
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News Link • Military
Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level
02-25-2014
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By THOM SHANKER and HELENE COOPER
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to shrink the United States Army to its smallest force since before the World War II buildup and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets in a new spending proposal that officials describe as the first P
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News Link • Activism
News From Venezuela"but Where Is It Coming From?
02-25-2014
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http://www.fair.org, By Jim Naureckas
There's a post from the blog Caracas Chronicles (2/20/14) that's been making its way around social media, called "The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night-"and the International Media Is Asleep at the Switch," written by Francisco Toro.
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News Link • Internet
The 'Internet Of Things' Will Be Bigger Than The Smartphone, Tablet, And PC Markets Combined
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
The numbers being forecast for the Internet of Things (IoT) are truly mind-boggling.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
BITCOIN EXCHANGE MTGOX DISAPPEARS
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
MtGox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, has gone offline.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Future Predictions
Mark my words, big news is coming down the pike!
02-25-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, entanglementtheory
Well, the story of the FCC wanting to monitor the newsrooms is making this all clear.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
I Explored China’s Biggest Ghost City And It’s Even Crazier Than People Think
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
Built for over a million people, the city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Car-Size Meteorite Crashes Into Moon .....
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
On Sept. 11, 2013, Spanish telescopes recorded a massive meteorite crashing into the moon, creating the longest and brightest lunar flash ever seen, researchers reported Sunday in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold Rigging Goes Mainstream:
02-25-2014
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http://www.silverdoctors.com, By The Doc
The Financial Times reports this morning that global gold prices may have been manipulated on 50% of occasions between January 2010 and December 2013, according to analysis by Fideres, a consultancy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
The 10 Highest Paying Work-From-Home Jobs
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
It's natural to think that all work-from-home jobs would pay significantly less than their office counterparts, but a new joint study from online job resources FlexJobs and PayScale shows that it's a common misconception.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Marshall Swing: Commercials Preparing to Crash Gold & Silver!
02-25-2014
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http://www.silverdoctors.com, By The Doc
Extremely interesting developments in the open interest in both gold and silver this week!!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Natural Gas Prices Saw Their Biggest Drop In More Than Half A Decade Today
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
The harsh U.S. winter has turned natural gas into the second-best performing commodity year-to-date.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Cambodia: Homemade Bamboo Trains
02-25-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, goldenequity
Cambodia has one rail line. It is not well built, not maintained, and generally unsafe.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
In One Chart, Here's How Elon Musk's Solar Company Is Crushing Everyone Else In The Industry
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
Elon Musk-chaired SolarCity shares are sliding after hours. The company failed to report full earnings on time due to new accounting delays from new acquisitions and changing overhead costs.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
ERIC SCHMIDT: Here's What Humans Can Do That Computers Will Never Be Able To Do
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
Google chairman Eric Schmidt said in conversation with Glenn Beck that "there's something about humans that technologists always forget. Humans are creative and unpredictable."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
This Guy Wants To Buy All The Silk Road Bitcoins Seized By The FBI
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
Brett Stapper is co-founder of Falcon Global Capital and is offering to buy all of the Bitcoins the FBI seized from the Silk Road, an estimated 27,000 Bitcoins that would be worth ~$14.8 million today.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Eric Schmidt Was Just Asked If Google Bid $10 Billion For WhatsApp " Here's His Response
02-25-2014
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Business Insider
Google executive Eric Schmidt was on CBS this morning promoting his new book and announcing a $1 million giveaway to tech innovators.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Did Susan Rice Just Threaten Russia With War?
02-23-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The US and EU got its regime change in Ukraine (for now). The legal government has been overthrown by an armed mob in the streets. As in Egypt, where the military overthrow of the democratically-elected Morsi government was called
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News Link • Drones
Anti-drone Activist Kidnapped Just Before Due to Give Testimony - Intelligence Agencies Accused
02-23-2014
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On February 10th journalist and anti-drone activist Kareem Khan was kidnapped from his home in Rawalpindi. He was due to testify before the European parliament about the U.S. drone program the following Saturday.
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News Link • Drones
Obama violated his own rules with Yemen drone strike
02-23-2014
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
President Obama violated his own rules for the use of drone strikes in a December 2013 strike on a wedding procession in Yemen, a new report from Human Rights Watch says. The US military initially claimed that the procession
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Austin police chief says jaywalkers should be happy they’re not sexually assaulted by cops
02-23-2014
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Rawstory
The arrest of an Austin jogger on jaywalking charges " dragged screaming to a cop car after apparently failing to present ID " has become viral after Austin’s chief of police tells the public they should be glad his cops aren’t treating people worse.
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News Link • New World Order
The Deep State
02-23-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Mike Lofgren is a former congressional staffer who served on both the House and Senate budget committees. As a bacterium within the bloated belly of the DC beast he has seen firsthand the rise of the insidious and extra constitutional Deep State
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New Jersey man escapes 5 year sentence after dash cam footage clears him, indicts cops
02-23-2014
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Rawstory
Evidence from a dashboard camera on a police cruiser ended a nightmare for a New Jersey man facing false charges of eluding police, resisting arrest and assault. Prosecutors dismissed all the criminal charges against Marcus Jeter, 30, of Bloomfield,
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News Link • Activism
Sophie and Hans Scholl, and Christopher Probst, RIP
02-23-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
71 years ago today, 3 young persons " in their early twenties " were guillotined by the Nazi regime following a hurry-up trial for “high treason.” Their offense was distributing leaflets informing the German people of the criminal acts " particularly
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Adrian Thomas Wins, But What Of The Rest Of Us?
02-23-2014
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Simple Justice
The initial reaction to a huge win is always the same: Elation. It doesn’t happen often, and it means one more innocent life is snatched from the belly of the beast. And so the Court of Appeals decision in People v. Adrian Thomas, suppressing
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Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Freedom Summit Pictures...
Donna Hancock
Pictures from the Freedom Summit 2014 in Phoenix, AZ - Patrick Byrne, Larken Rose, Will Grigg, Anthony Gregory, Tim Frey, Meghan Kellison, Davi Barker, John Buttrick, Charles Goyette, Paul Rosenberg,Tarrin Lupo, Cody Wilson, John Bush, Catherine Blei
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banks Are Obsolete: The Entire Parasitic Sector Can Be Eliminated
02-23-2014
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OfTwoMinds.Com
Technology has leapfrogged the banking sector, rendering it as obsolete as buggy whips. So why are we devoting 9% of our economy to an obsolete parasite?
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News Link • Secession
Six Californias initiative begins a new secession debate
02-23-2014
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Free Press Publications
Voters in California may be asked to vote on a proposal to split the state into six Californias. The plan, called “Six Californias” by Tom Draper, the venture capitalist behind the idea, must first obtain signatures from over 800,000 registered voter
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News Link • Government
BREAKING: FCC Stonewalls Investigation Into Government Newsroom Hijacking
02-23-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Alex Jones and Infowars reporter David Knight discuss the FCC’s plan to install newsroom monitors/censors into communities across the country under the guise of helping women and minorities.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Universities in FCC Newsroom Probe Have Close Ties to Soros, Got $1.8M in Funding
02-23-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, CNS News
The FCC may have suspended its invasion into American newsrooms, but the controversial “Critical Information Needs” study also has George Soros’ fingerprints all over it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
All Drugged Up: The Overmedication And Overschooling Of Today’s Youth
02-23-2014
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zerohedge.com
What are we going to do about those little monsters called children? They won’t be quiet, won’t sit still and won’t pay attention.
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