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Date Sent: 2014-03-11
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
Experian Lapse Allowed ID Theft Service Access to 200 Million Consumer Records
Florida Bill Would Put ‘Bullies’ In Jail For A Year -- Lawmakers look to dissolve corrupt Florida town with one cop for every 25 residents -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL TIPPING POINT -- We Are In FAR Worse Shape Than We Were Just Prior To The Last Great Financial Crisis -- The Fed Is Not Printing Money, It's Doing Something Much Worse -- Duncanville Police Shooting Victim Didn't Receive Medical Help Afterward, Autopsy Says -- Madigan bill would appropriate $100M for Obama library -- Even Obama seems to be losing faith in Obamacare -- Washington State senate passes anti-drone bill, 46-1 -- NSA chief says legislation to stop media leaks is only weeks away -- Court won't hear dispute over 'boobies' bracelets -- Gold Is Seasonal: When Is the Best Month to Buy? -- Secret Federal Reserve Location Revealed -- US Government Issues Loans for the First Nuclear Reactors in 30
Years -- Israel’s Commercial Jets Will Soon Be Firing Lasers -- U.S. Special Forces Award a $10 Billion Contract -- Obama And Putin Are Trapped In A Macho Game Of “Chicken” And The Whole World Could Pay The Price -- India Backs Russia's "Legitimate Interests" In Ukraine -- Seth Klarman On "Born Bulls", Bitcoin, & "The Truman Show" Market -- CPAC Audience: Legalize It! -- The grinding predicament of Canada, Australia, Europe and America: endless immigration -- Lawsuit challenges the legality of taxpayer funded primaries
AZ: Memorial for Steve Porak - Calvary Community
Church Thursday March 13th @ 2 p.m. - Phoenix, AZ -- PrepperFestAZ
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News Link • Identity Theft
Experian Lapse Allowed ID Theft Service Access to 200 Million Consumer Records
03-10-2014
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Krebs On Security
Posing as a private investigator operating out of Singapore, Ngo contracted with Court Ventures, paying for his access to consumer records via regular cash wire transfers from a bank in Singapore. Through that contract, Ngo was able to make available
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Florida Bill Would Put ‘Bullies’ In Jail For A Year
03-10-2014
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A Florida bill advanced in the Senate to make bullying a crime, including cyber-bullying online. The new offenses criminalize a range of “harassing” behavior, both in-person and on the Internet. And a second conviction would send perpetrators to jail
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News Link • Corruption
Lawmakers look to dissolve corrupt Florida town with one cop for every 25 residents
03-10-2014
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Rawstory
Auditors said the city government was filled with nepotism and could not account for at least $200,000 in speeding-ticket revenue, although the actual amount of misused revenue could be as much as $1 million. The city clerk, police chief, and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Constitution
THE CONSTITUTIONAL TIPPING POINT
03-10-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Last week, President Obama proceeded to add yet another suspension order to the health care law. It is part of a broader array of such unilateral actions that raise disturbing constitutional issues under the Separation of Powers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
We Are In FAR Worse Shape Than We Were Just Prior To The Last Great Financial Crisis
03-10-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
None of the problems that caused the last financial crisis have been fixed. In fact, they have all gotten worse. The total amount of debt in the world has grown by more than 40 percent since 2007, the too big to fail banks have gotten 37 percent la
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed Is Not Printing Money, It's Doing Something Much Worse
03-10-2014
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Forbes
The Federal Reserve’s seemingly endless program of quantitative easing (QE) begun under Ben Bernanke, and continuing at a slightly slower pace under Janet Yellen, has some of the punditry and much of the electorate up in arms. With good reason.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Duncanville Police Shooting Victim Didn't Receive Medical Help Afterward, Autopsy Says
03-10-2014
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They say Peterson was unarmed and running away when a cop shot him in the back of the head for no apparent reason. Peterson collapsed on a driveway. The cops then guarded the witnesses from Peterson leaving him there to die alone
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News Link • Obama Administration
Madigan bill would appropriate $100M for Obama library
03-10-2014
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House Speaker Madigan introduced a bill to the Illinois General Assembly that appropriates $100 million to build a presidential library and museum “dedicated to the legacy of President Barack Obama.” Illinois is sitting on $7.6 billion in unpaid bill
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News Link • Obamacare
Even Obama seems to be losing faith in Obamacare
03-10-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
President Obama this week approved yet another delay to provisions in the Affordable Care Act, giving insurers until 2016 to sell a type of insurance policy that’s supposed to be banned under the health-reform law. The ban, which was supposed to begi
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News Link • Surveillance
Washington State senate passes anti-drone bill, 46-1
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While the bill limits drone use by state and local government, it will have serious impact on results being pushed by the federal government. At this stage in the deployment of drones around the country, the federal government is working behind in s
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA chief says legislation to stop media leaks is only weeks away
03-10-2014
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The Daily Caller
National Security Agency head Gen. Keith Alexander said the “media leaks legislation” he proposed to prevent journalists from reporting on government surveillance programs like those leaked by Edward Snowden could be here within weeks.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Court won't hear dispute over 'boobies' bracelets
03-10-2014
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that tried to ban students from wearing ‘‘I (heart) Boobies!’’ bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness, that began with the suspension of middle-school girls who refused
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Secret Federal Reserve Location Revealed
03-10-2014
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Next News Network
In this Freedom Flashback we showcase the 2011 report on the revelation of the SECRET LOCATION of a discovered Federal Reserve Property. In a densely wooded area in Richmond Virginia lies the heavily guarded office building. According to a report, "
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Science of Poverty
03-10-2014
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arclein
Talking about poverty and inequality is all the rage these days. President Obama wants to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who delivered the official response to the State of the Union address,said that the probl
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
US Government Issues Loans for the First Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years
03-10-2014
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arclein
“The construction of new nuclear power facilities like this one -- which will provide carbon-free electricity to well over a million American energy consumers -- is not only a major milestone in the administration’s commitment to jumpstart the U.S.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Birth Of Memory
03-10-2014
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arclein
the precipitous growth of new cells in the hippocampus during infancy, known as neurogenesis. When brains are busy growing lots of new cells, they don’t store memories that would otherwise be long-term.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Israel’s Commercial Jets Will Soon Be Firing Lasers
03-10-2014
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arclein
The technological advancement is a direct response to the 2002 attempt by terrorists in Mombasa, Kenya in which two surface-to-air missiles were fired at an Israeli charter planeshortly after takeoff. The missiles missed their target and its more tha
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Defense News Roundup: U.S. Special Forces Award a $10 Billion Contract
03-9-2014
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Rich Smith, Motley Fool
The biggest contract awarded last week, bar none, accounted for nearly two out of every three dollars' worth of contracts awarded. 5 little-known contractors -- ADS, Federal Resources Supply, Source One Distributors, Tactical & Survival Specialties,
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Obama And Putin Are Trapped In A Macho Game Of “Chicken” And The Whole World Could Pay The Price
03-10-2014
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By Michael Snyder
The U.S. government and the Russian government have both been forced into positions where neither one of them can afford to back down.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Old milk jugs make fantastic, wicked cheap 3D printer ammo
03-10-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Robin Burks
There are currently millions of plastic milk and water jugs floating around in landfills. And although we can sit them out on the curb for recycling, or re-use them to make things like this awesome igloo, we need more options on what can be done with
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News Link • Transportation
Subaru Viziv 2 hybrid shames all other SUVs with its sick doors
03-10-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFadden
At last year's Geneva Motor Show, rather than a car, Subaru debuted what looked like a wing-flapping pig on wheels. The concept was called the Viziv, and its back again this year, thankfully with smaller scissor doors. The Viziv 2 is Subaru's newest
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News Link • World News
India Backs Russia's "Legitimate Interests" In Ukraine
03-10-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com,by Zachary Zeck
On Thursday a senior Indian official appeared to endorse Russia’s position in Ukraine in recent days, even as Delhi urged all parties involved to seek a peaceful resolution to the diplomatic crisis.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Seth Klarman On "Born Bulls", Bitcoin, & "The Truman Show" Market
03-10-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
With 40% of the portfolio in cash and having returned $4 billion to clients at year-end, Seth Klarman's Baupost Group has "drawn the line in the sand" as they reflect on the diminished opportunities in the so-called "Truman Show" market we see today.
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News Link • Drug War
CPAC Audience: Legalize It!
03-10-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Calgary4Paul
"There are things you expect to see at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and there are things you don't. One of the things you probably don't is an audience cheering and applauding arguments for legalizing pot and bemoaning the war
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News Link • Politics
Lawsuit challenges the legality of taxpayer funded primaries
03-09-2014
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Free Press Publications
Seven voters in New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the state government in federal court over the fact that independent voters are excluded from taxpayer funded primaries. The lawsuit, Balsam v Guadagno, states that because a voter must be a register
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News Link • Propaganda
Russian Troops Storm Ukraine Air Force Base In Crimea, Reuters Confirms
03-08-2014
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Prison Planet
Update 2: ARMED ATTACKERS LEAVE UKRAINE MILITARY BASE IN SEVASTOPOL: TV5
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
No Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life
03-08-2014
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Prison Planet
Over the decades various administrations, seeking to improve their economic record, monkeyed with economic statistics to the point that the statistics are no longer meaningful.
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News Link • Chickens and Turkeys
California humane chicken law ruffles feathers in other states
03-08-2014
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pbs.org
A California proposition set to go into effect at the beginning of 2015 is at the center of a lawsuit from five states.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing vanishes
03-08-2014
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bbc.com
South-east Asian states have joined forces to search waters between Malaysia and Vietnam after a Malaysia Airlines plane vanished on a flight to Beijing, with 239 people on board.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Free Speech
Houston Issues 'Cease-And-Desist' To Stop Residents From Communicating With Government
03-08-2014
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TechDirt
Uber had set up a petition for Houston residents, emailing city officials of their support for allowing Uber in that city. In response to this, the city of Houston issued a cease-and-desist, effectively telling Uber to stop asking Houston residents t
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Woman Posted Explicit Material Inside Walmart
03-08-2014
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An Ohio woman was charged yesterday with disorderly conduct for going into a Walmart and distributing sexually explicit material accusing a store employee of having an affair with her husband.
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News Link • NeoCons
In Ukraine, nationalists gain influence - and scrutiny
03-08-2014
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Reuters
Russia's president Putin claims Ukraine has fallen into the hands of far-right fascist groups, and some Western experts have also raised concerns about the influence of extremists. Yet many Ukrainians see the same groups as nationalist stalwarts
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security Used Intercepted Emails to Quiz Woman About Her Sex Life
03-08-2014
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Infowars
A senior lecturer at Indiana University was confronted by Department of Homeland Security officials after the federal agency obtained copies of her emails and began quizzing her about the details of her sex life.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Cyber Snake plagues Ukraine networks
03-08-2014
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The cyber weapon has been deployed most aggressively since the start of last year ahead of protests that climaxed two weeks ago with the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovich’s government.
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Reference Link • Gun Rights
Connecticut's Gun Ban Is Worse Than Hitler's Gun Ban
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The country is racing to disarm its citizens and strip them of the ability to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. The move is being led by Connecticut, but it spreading around the country like wildfire. Gun confiscation is a prelude to
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Who Was Behind Ukrainian Sniper Attacks?
03-07-2014
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Next News Network
Sniper attacks in the Ukraine are killing people without warning. Gunmen, perched on roofs around Independence Square in Kiev, have killed dozens of innocent people.
The deadly rifle fire is being blamed on supporters of former president Viktor Yanu
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 9, 2014 Edition
03-07-2014
John Semmens
Seriously Ill Hurt by Obamacare a “Tiny Minority”
As the number of seriously ill patients whose access to treatment has been impeded by the Affordable Care Act continues to increase, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius insists th
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Truth about Obama's Retirement Plan Takeover (myRA)
03-07-2014
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Are your retirement funds safe from the Federal Government? A new proposal called myRA by President Obama could require that Americans purchase treasury bonds. Some observers believe this would give the Federal government access to the retirement acc
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin founder revealed?
03-07-2014
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Next News Network
Has the mysterious founder of digital currency Bitcoin been found? Newsweek believes they have named the elusive person behind the movement.
Editors at Newsweek claim the digital currency was developed by Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, of Temple
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News Link • Conspiracies
Karen Hudes exposes the Global Puppet Masters
03-06-2014
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Next News Network
World Bank Whistelblower Karen Hudes joins Gary Franchi for an exclusive in studio interview and exposes the puppet masters pulling the strings of the criminal global banking syndicate.
Download your free Next News "Heroes & Villains" Poster her
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
U.S. General Sinclair to Admit Affairs
03-06-2014
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U.S. General Sinclair to Admit Affairs
Jeffrey Sinclair, a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, is prepared to admit to sexual affairs, but deny assault charges leveled against him. The military leader is telling the press he has maintained affairs with three women, including two junior of
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News Link • CAFRs - Your Government's Wealth Shown
Black Budget Spending with CAFR Expert Walter Burien
03-06-2014
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Next News Network
Every year, the Federal Government spends trillions of dollars. Budgets of states, counties and cities also put out vast sums of money for goods and services. Official agencies are required to document their spending, so these expenses can be viewed
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News Link • Media: Television
Russia Today responds to Liz Wahl quitting live on air
03-06-2014
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Next News Network
Liz Wahl, a news anchor on the television network Russia Today, quit her job on air. While doing so, the journalist cited disagreements on editorial policy with the station.
Russia Today is funded by the Kremlin. Wahl told viewers she could no long
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News Link • WAR: About that War
North Korean missile mishap
03-05-2014
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Next News Network
A missile launch by the military forces of North Korea came just a few minutes away from striking a passenger jet. The reclusive communist nation stated the launches were tests of defensive military systems. They claim these actions were justified un
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
CDC Report: Stop Breastfeeding and Vaccinate
03-06-2014
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Next News Network
Mayer Eisenstein Interview | Breastfeeding has gone in and out of favor for decades. In the 1950's government and health organizations encouraged new mothers to use artificial formula. By the 1970's, many women and health practitioners were back to
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News Link • WAR: About that War
LIVE from Ukraine: Russia not backing down
03-04-2014
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Next News Network
ODESSA, UKRAINE | The crisis in the Ukraine is a highly-dangerous situation. Few people outside the country know what is going on in the nation of 45 million people. Today, we bring you a live report from inside that war-torn nation. Confusion reigns
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News Link • Humor
Criminal lawyer's ad is subversive, sarcastic and pretty awesome
03-07-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
Busted for a crime in the Steel City? Plan to call Dan. Daniel Muessig, the criminal defense lawyer whose cheesy, over-the-top ad went viral yesterday, says Saul Goodman from "Breaking Bad" was definitely an inspiration for the commercial.
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