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Date Sent: 2014-06-30
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, June 30, 2014 |
Don't You Dare Criticize Officers For Shooting Dogs, Whines SLC Top Cop
Israel finds bodies of kidnapped teens -- Washington's militarized land-grabs: Targeting the Sioux
Indian Reservation in South Dakota -- Cold War Renewed With A
Vengeance While Washington Again Lies -- Muslims take PorcFest,
impose Shariah Law! -- Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004
back in US -- Woman Sues Boss Over Rush-Hour Traffic -- The
Kronies: Laughing All The Way to the Export-Import Bank --
Zero-proof crypto scheme can divine truths from nothing -- Pope says
communists are closet Christians -- Bumpy road ahead for legal pot
in Washington -- How Prince Charles influenced key policies: --
50 VA hospital workers claim retaliation for blowing whistle on
the horrors they saw -- Turf war brewing: Libertarian Party
proclaims they're the only 'real deal' -- What Should We Make of
Enemy's Shocking Ending? -- The Japanese Government's Bet Against
Tesla -- A left-wing Tea Party may be closer than you think -- The
Supreme Court's baffling tech illiteracy is becoming a big problem
-- The lost promise of the Internet: Meet the man who almost
invented cyberspace in 1934 -- Why I Left 60 Minutes -- Why
liberals should stop trying to 'help' black Americans -- Blackwater
threatened to kill US investigator in Iraq -- Ukrainians
crowdfund to raise cash for 'people's drone' to help outgunned army
-- Central Bankers, Worried About Bubbles, Rebuke
Markets -- Bulgaria Has Resources to Stop Run on Banks,
President Says -- Mexico arrests high-profile vigilante leader
-- Why Democrats insist on lying about how 'poor' they are
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Don't You Dare Criticize Officers For Shooting Dogs, Whines SLC Top Cop
06-30-2014
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http://reason.com, J.D. Tuccille
Perhaps feeling a bit besieged after dog owner Sean Kendall posted a video of his impassioned confrontation with Salt Lake City police after one of their fellow officers entered his yard and shot his dog, Geist, Police Chief Chris Burbank stepped in
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Officials: Israel finds bodies of kidnapped teens
06-30-2014
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Associated Press
The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest gr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Ukrainians crowdfund to raise cash for 'people's drone' to help outgunned army
06-30-2014
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theguardian.com, Oksana Grytsenko, Luke Harding
With Ukrainian soldiers buying their own uniforms, volunteers are now stepping in to equip the troops facing rebels in the east
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Blackwater threatened to kill US investigator in Iraq
06-30-2014
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AFP
The top manager in Iraq of the notorious private security firm Blackwater threatened to kill a US State Department investigator for probing the company's performance weeks before Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 civilians
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico arrests high-profile vigilante leader
06-30-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, By Katia Lemus
Mexican officials on Friday announced the arrest Jose Manuel Mireles, the face of a powerful anti-crime vigilante group in the western state of Michoacan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Internet
Foreigner Arrested For Smashing Statues Of Buddha At Sensoji
06-30-2014
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Japan CRUSH
A Saudi Arabian man who is a graduate student at one of Japan's most prestigious universities was arrested for smashing ancient Buddhist statues after he was reported to police for doing so at one of Tokyo's major temples.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Spirituality
Trouble With the Pineal Gland?
06-30-2014
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arclein
Every chakra has its own significance and our inner and outer symmetry is very dependent on their interaction.
People seem to disregard what they refer to as lower chakras and only go for the pineal. It's like building a house, but only the top
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Laser Therapy Can Recover damaged Teeth
06-30-2014
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arclein
Researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute have been working on methods to stimulate this type of natural tooth repair, and they think they have found a winner using an infrared laser technique called low-level light therapy. They drilled ho
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
The Global Financial Ponzi Scheme
06-30-2014
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arclein
The numbers that you are about to see are likely to shock you. They prove that the global financial Ponzi scheme is far more extensive than most people would ever dare to imagine. As you will see below, the total amount of debt in the world is now
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robert klein
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Washington's militarized land-grabs: Targeting the Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota
06-30-2014
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sott.net
In the wake of a Bundy Ranch crisis sparked by a militarized federal land-grab effort in Nevada, it seems that the Department of Interior has set its sights on a new prize - this time targeting once protected Indian reservation land on Pine Ridge in
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Tonke's "Desert Yacht" camper combines classic look with modern solar design
06-30-2014
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gizmag.com
The Tonke Fieldsleeper International is one of the latest camping vehicles making its way to the road.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Cold War Renewed With A Vengeance While Washington Again Lies
06-30-2014
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Prison Planet
The Cold War made a lot of money for the military/security complex for four decades dating from Churchill's March 5, 1946 speech in Fulton, Missouri declaring a Soviet "Iron Curtain" until Reagan and Gorbachev ended the Cold War in the late 1980s.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Muslims take PorcFest, impose Shariah Law!
06-30-2014
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veteranstoday.com
The Porcupine Freedom Festival is a prickly place.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Zero-proof crypto scheme can divine truths from nothing
06-30-2014
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theregister.co.uk
Boffins scheme to help blow up nukes could also be handy for electronic voting
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Secrets of the Creative Brain
06-30-2014
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theatlantic.com
A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ"and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope says communists are closet Christians
06-30-2014
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Reuters
Pope Francis, whose criticisms of unbridled capitalism have prompted some to label him a Marxist, said in an interview published on Sunday that communists had stolen the flag of Christianity.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A form of liver disease has quickly emerged as a public health threat
06-30-2014
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mcclatchydc.com
Renee Terney, who traveled to Erie, Pa., earlier this month to ride the slides at Splash Lagoon, has come a long way in the 2 1/2 years since she was struck by a form of liver disease that has quickly emerged as a public health threat and a challenge
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Bumpy road ahead for legal pot in Washington
06-30-2014
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Associated Press
Pete O'Neil saw Washington's legalization of marijuana in 2012 as a path to retirement, or at least to his kids' college tuition.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
Beer on sale for less than water:
06-30-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
World Cup deals mean consumers can drink more than recommended daily amount for less than £1
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Marriage
The secret of a happy marriage?
06-30-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
Sleep naked: People who wear nothing in bed are most content in relationships
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Seriously?
Now children get checklist on how to play outside!
06-30-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
Council introduces 13-point code to tell youngsters exactly what to do
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Now THAT'S what you call a super soaker!
06-30-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
Engineer builds 'world's most sophisticated machine gun water pistol' with 40ft firing range
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
How Prince Charles influenced key policies:
06-30-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
Ex-Labour ministers reveal how heir to the throne 'consorted' with government to push his own agenda on climate change and GM crops behind closed doors
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
50 VA hospital workers claim retaliation for blowing whistle on the horrors they saw
06-30-2014
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washingtontimes.com
Say others are afraid to come forward
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Sleep in Luke Skywalker's Childhood Home
06-30-2014
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slate.com
Star Wars fans who need a fix while awaiting the J.J. Abrams installment of their beloved franchise have the option of takng a trip to Tunisia and staying in Luke Skywalker's childhood home.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
What Should We Make of Enemy's Shocking Ending?
06-30-2014
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slate.com
The ending of Denis Villeneuve's new movie Enemy has been called perhaps "the scariest ending of any film ever made."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Tea Party
A left-wing Tea Party may be closer than you think
06-30-2014
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salon.com
A few liberal pols get all the press, but the real work of movement-building is happening in the states
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
The Supreme Court's baffling tech illiteracy is becoming a big problem
06-30-2014
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salon.com
If one thing was clear from decisions handed down this week, it's that SCOTUS is clueless on technology
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
The lost promise of the Internet:Meet the man who almost invented cyberspace
06-30-2014
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salon.com
In 1934, a little-known Belgian thinker published plans for a global network that could have changed everything
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Racism
Why liberals should stop trying to 'help' black Americans
06-30-2014
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nypost.com
The civil-rights struggles of the mid-20th century were liberalism at its best.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Legion Survey: PTSD/TBI Care Not Working
06-30-2014
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http://www.military.com, by Steve B. Brooks
Two disturbing numbers stand out in The American Legion's recent survey of veterans dealing with traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder: 59 percent and 30 percent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Central Bankers, Worried About Bubbles, Rebuke Markets
06-30-2014
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http://www.nytimes.com, By JACK EWINGJUNE
An organization representing the world's main central banks warned on Sunday that dangerous new asset bubbles were forming even before the global economy has finished recovering from the last round of financial excess.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Bulgaria Has Resources to Stop Run on Banks, President Says
06-30-2014
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bloomberg.com, By Elizabeth Konstantinova
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said the eastern European nation has the resources to fight attempts to destabilize its financial system as it grapples with the worst run on banks in 17 years and prepares for early elections.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Experiencing the Least-Connected Country on Earth
06-30-2014
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http://www.newser.com, By Matt Cantor
Eritrea, the United Nations says, is the planet's least-connected country.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Hidden amid the foliage and scrap metal...
06-30-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Amanda Williams
Planes were lovingly collected by scrapyard worker Walter Soplata in his back garden in Newbury, Ohio, in 1940s
But since his death the planes lie at the abandoned graveyard amongst overgrown foliage and scrap metal
The haunting images of the aviat
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Why Democrats insist on lying about how 'poor' they are
06-30-2014
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http://nypost.com, By Kyle Smith
Hillary Clinton claimed that, at the moment she and her husband were signing up for $18 million in book deals, that they were "dead broke."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
San Francisco parking app refuses shut-down order
06-28-2014
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Associated Press
The company behind a mobile app that allows San Francisco drivers to get paid for the public parking spaces they exit has rejected an order from the city attorney to stop its operations.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Navy's Floating Prisons
06-28-2014
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defenseone.com
Right now, a suspected terrorist is sitting in the bowels of a U.S. Navy warship somewhere between the Mediterranean Sea and Washington, D.C. Ahmed Abu Khattala, the alleged leader of the September 2012 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya..
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News Link • Police State
Oregon Celebrates Independence Day… With 'No Refusal' Blood Checkpoints
06-28-2014
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Infowars
During Independence Day weekend, a time to celebrate US freedom and unalienable rights, Americans in Oregon will be subjected to a "blitz" of 'no-refusal' blood-draw checkpoints, as part of a disturbing trend that now extends nationwide.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Will Little Pink House Become the Erin Brockovich of the Eminent-Domain Abuse Movement?
06-28-2014
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reason.com
Former Reason TV producer Ted Balaker and his wife Courtney Balaker are producing a movie based on the travails of Suzette Kelo, whose fight against eminent domain abuse resulted in the landmark case Kelo v. City of New London.
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News Link • Government
Video Evidence Proves City Unlawfully Refusing To Produce Records
06-27-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The City of Albuquerque has been rocked by the scandal over its pattern of abuse and police culture involving misuse of force. More citizens have been shot dead than in most major metropolitan areas combined.
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News Link • Iraq
'Worst is Over' in Iraq, Ex-General in US-Led Invasion Says
06-27-2014
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AFP
"The ISIS are probably surprised themselves with their degree of success." But "they will not mess with the Kurds, they will not be able to take Baghdad and they can't go into the south where the oil fields are because it's all Shiite territory".
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Deputies cleared in fatal shooting of naked 'crazed' man who attacked several people
06-27-2014
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Officers involved in the shooting of a crazed, naked suspect in Delray Beach on Feb. 4 have been cleared of any wrongdoing. In a letter to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, State Attorney Dave Aronberg said no charges will be filed and the matt
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Prohibition and Plunder: The Respectable Racketeers of Malheur County, Oregon
06-27-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Dugan's desire to imprison Esbensen and Kangas, was left unrealized: They were sentenced to probation after being found guilty of "providing marijuana for consideration" under a statute that is no longer in effect.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES ALL CHARGES AGAINST DR. SAMI AL-ARIAN
06-27-2014
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Jonathan Turley
It is with a great sense of relief and thankfulness I can now report all charges are dropped against my client Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Minutes ago, US District Judge Anthony Trenga dismissed the indictment against Dr. Al-Arian.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 29, 2014 Edition
06-27-2014
John Semmens
President Tries to Fend Off Evidence of Incompetence
With a cascade of scandals dominating the news, a desperate President Obama pleaded with voters to "not give up hope. The mistakes of a tiny minority can easily overwhelm the good work of the ma
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Florida death row inmate has sentence overturned after 28 years in prison
06-27-2014
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theguardian.com
Paul Hildwin, 54, will remain on death row as he waits to find out whether Florida intends to prosecute him for a second time
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Navy SEAL who became a woman hits out at accusations she has become a Pentagon poster child
06-27-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
A former Navy SEAL who identified herself as transgender after 20 years serving on the elite team is fighting claims that she's became a tool in Pentagon efforts to recruit transgender people
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Russia warns Europe over re-selling gas to Ukraine
06-27-2014
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Associated Press
Russia's state-controlled gas company, Gazprom, warned its European customers Friday that it could limit supplies to countries that intend to re-sell the natural gas on to Ukraine.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Report: Mexican Military Chopper Crosses Into US, Shoots At Border Agents
06-27-2014
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lasvegas.cbslocal.com
Border Patrol agents in Arizona were reportedly fired upon by a Mexican military helicopter that traveled across the border.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Protestors Launch a 135-Foot Blimp Over the NSA's Utah Data Center
06-27-2014
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Wired.com
Plenty of nightmare surveillance theories surround the million-square-foot NSA facility opened last year in Bluffdale, Utah.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Jordan Klaffer, who was ordered to take down police officer's name and picture from Internet....
06-27-2014
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Washington Post
Jordan Klaffer, who was ordered to take down police officer's name and picture from Internet, gets apology and payment of damages and attorney fees
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