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Date Sent: 2014-10-11
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, October 11, 2014 |
Government Role in Your Home - An Interview with Ernest Hancock
New York Times Reporter: "Obama Hates The Press" -- Body cam video shows suspect begging cop to call off out-of-control K9 -- 'Get that camera off my face': NYPD harasses reporter interviewing students -- Local Use of Military Surveillance Equipment and Training Needs Attention -- What A Pack Of Cigarettes Costs Now, State By State -- Airtime is money -- Why the Rockefellers are betting on renewable energy -- New Artificial Materials Open Possibilities for Manned Space Exploration -- SpaceX launching Seattle-area office, recruiting squadrons of Microsoft engineers -- The Politics of Food -- Same as It Ever IS: Just Another Government Threat - by Bill Buppert -- This Is The Safe That Killed Whiskey Distiller Jack Daniel -- Endless War In Africa - Leon Panetta Confirms My Suspicions: A Chinese Blockade -- Kentucky Democrat Repeatedly Refuses To Admit That She Ever Voted For Obama -- Killing Americans on the White House Lawn Is Wrong -- The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (Video Documentary) -- Private Inflatable Room Launching to Space Station Next Year -- Iraq Needs Boots on the Ground - Ivan Eland Interview -- Guards at Concentration Camps Were Just Doing Their Jobs
AZ: PrepperFest Expo, October 24-26, 2014, Westworld in Scottsdale, AZ; Survival Rendezvous – Young, AZ – November 8-11, 2014
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News Link • Police State
Police State: Obama Planning Mass Arrests?
10-09-2014
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veteranstoday.com
Is the Obama regime preparing for mass arrests of Americans? Some indicators suggest this is a real possibility.
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News Link • Politics
Government Role in Your Home - An Interview with Ernest Hancock
09-23-2014
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Next News Newtwork
The issue of when or IF parents should spank their children gained the national spotlight when the case involving Vikings running back, Adrian Peterson. He's been suspended after using a switch to punish his four year old son. The gruesome repo
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
New York Times Reporter: "Obama Hates The Press"
10-10-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Risen was targeted after he wrote about a failed CIA operation to disrupt Iran's nuclear weapons program. Democrats who decried such actions under Bush have largely remained silent in the face of a far worse record under Obama.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Body cam video shows suspect begging cop to call off out-of-control K9
10-10-2014
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Rawstory
Police in Carroll County, Arkansas, have released disturbing body-cam video of a K9 police dog attacking a compliant and handcuffed suspect after the dog broke free from his handler.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
'Get that camera off my face': NYPD harasses reporter interviewing students
10-10-2014
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Rawstory
A NYC police officer broke the lens guard off of an NY1 news camera while reporter Lindsey Christ was interviewing students on a public street about reports officers assigned to schools routinely tell Black and Latino students to leave
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News Link • Surveillance
Local Use of Military Surveillance Equipment and Training Needs Attention
10-10-2014
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EFF
Military technology, and suspicionless mass surveillance, are based on a military mindsetâ€" everyone is a possible enemy and no one deserves privacy. Some lawmakers justify this shift by pointing to the "war on drugs" and "the war on terror,
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News Link • Currencies
Kenya: Equity Bank challenges M-Pesa's monopoly with Smart SIM
10-10-2014
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http://www.itnewsafrica.com
Taisys Technologies has revealed that Kenya's Equity Bank will be issuing a ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM, which incorporates technology from Taisys.
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News Link • Currencies
Watch out M-Pesa, Equity Bank wants to transform mobile money in Kenya
10-10-2014
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http://www.theguardian.com
An innovative sim card is challenging M-Pesa's mobile banking monopoly. But will the competition increase financial inclusion?
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News Link • Drug War
What A Pack Of Cigarettes Costs Now, State By State
10-10-2014
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Smokers, flee New York City and head to Kentucky, where a pack of Marlboro Reds will cost you practically a third of what you're paying now. And while you're on the road, steer clear of New Hampshire and Vermont, too
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News Link • Energy
Why the Rockefellers are betting on renewable energy
10-10-2014
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http://theweek.com
Sure, it's mostly symbolic. But the global energy business is also on the cusp of a dramatic transformation.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
New Artificial Materials Open Possibilities for Manned Space Exploration
10-10-2014
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http://singularityhub.com
Space exploration has many challenges, but one inconvenient fact in particular â€" the lack of oxygen in much of the universe â€" poses a real challenge to making offworld exploration and living a reality.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX launching Seattle-area office, recruiting squadrons of Microsoft engineers
10-10-2014
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http://www.geekwire.com
Space Exploration Technologies, the Elon Musk-owned company better known as SpaceX, has been heavily recruiting engineers from Microsoft and other companies in the region as it gears up a new Seattle-area office.
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News Link • Food
The Politics of Food
10-10-2014
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You may not realize it yet, but you do not have the legal right to grow and eat anything that you want, and food has become a very complex issue. However, this right was not lost overnight, because originally food was not political.
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News Link • Transportation
Watch Elon Musk Unveil The New Tesla In True 'Iron Man' Fashion
10-10-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
On Thursday night with much pomp and circumstance, Elon Musk announced Tesla's new line of cars â€" the "Tesla D," which is actually an all-wheel-drive version of the Model S. We were there to witness the theatrics.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Same as It Ever IS: Just Another Government Threat by Bill Buppert
10-10-2014
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zerogov.com
IS, formerly ISIL and ISIS, jumped to the front of the queue as the primary global bogeyman since the Western commentariat was starting to wonder at and wear thin the myth of Al Qaeda as the latest Islamic pandemic to make the rulers fill their pants
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
$10 Smartphone to digital microscope conversion!
10-10-2014
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http://www.instructables.com
The world is an interesting place, but it's fascinating up close. Through the lens of a microscope you can find details that you would otherwise never notice. But now you can.
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News Link • American History
This Is The Safe That Killed Whiskey Distiller Jack Daniel
10-10-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
One of the surprising moments on the Jack Daniel Distillery tour in Lynchburg, Tenn. was seeing the thing that killed the famous whiskey founder.
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News Link • World News
Endless War In Africa - Leon Panetta Confirms My Suspicions: A Chinese Blockade
10-10-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Leon Panetta recently confirmed the policy agenda of the US government - and it's exactly as I predicted.
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News Link • 3D Printing
The Germans Have Figured Out How to 3-D Print Cars
10-10-2014
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http://www.wired.com
The assembly line isn't going away, but 3-D printing is going to reshape how we make cars. The EDAG Genesis points the way, with an beautifully crafted frame made from a range of materials and inspired by a turtle's skeleton.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Kentucky Democrat Repeatedly Refuses To Admit That She Ever Voted For Obama
10-10-2014
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Jonathan Turley
One of the most painful 40 seconds of this election cycle. Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) was asked a simple question: did you vote for President Obama. What followed was how bad this election is becoming for Democrats and how
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News Link • Homeland Security
Killing Americans on the White House Lawn Is Wrong
10-10-2014
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The Secret Service has not announced what will happen to the next homeless person with PTSD who rushes the White House, but the Outrage Machine is demanding blood. "We're going to take you down. I want overwhelming force."
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News Link • Bitcoin
The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (Video Documentary - Watch NOW)
10-10-2014
Journey through the rapidly growing world of Bitcoin. Along the way, we'll follow the stories of entrepreneurs and startups that are helping shape the new financial frontier. We'll look at the competitive mining market and the various subcultures
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News Link • Just For Fun!
In need of your spirits being lifted? This should do it....
10-10-2014
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The Bleacher Report
Jack Hoffman, 7 year old cancer patient, scores a 69 yard touchdown in the 2013 Nebraska Spring Game. You can't not smile...
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News Link • Transportation
The Model D Is Tesla's Most Powerful Car Ever, Plus Autopilot
10-10-2014
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Wired.com
Tesla's next car, the P85D, will have two motors and all-wheel drive.
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News Link • General Opinion
Why I'm Giving Wikipedia 6 Bucks a Month
10-10-2014
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Wired.com
I pay Weight Watchers $8 a month, just in case I decide to start dieting again. I haven't used it in a year, but cancelling my subscription would mean admitting defeat.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Inflatable Room Launching to Space Station Next Year
10-10-2014
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http://www.space.com, Elizabeth Howell
A privately built inflatable room for astronauts on the International Space Station is on track to launch into orbit next year.
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News Link • Transportation
Rower prepares to cross the Atlantic in futuristic boat
10-10-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
Like many fathers with young children, experienced rower Andras Bakos is concerned about what sort of shape the environment will be in by the time his son grows up.
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq Needs Boots on the Ground - Ivan Eland Interview
09-22-2014
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Next News Newtwork
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testified at the House of Representatives Thursday morning, facing questions about President Obama's strategy to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. During the hearing, he admitted that this War Against t
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
You May Be Strong . . . But Are You Tough?
10-10-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com
As a little boy, I was scrawny, weak, and prone to illness (much like a certain former president). For a long time, I thought I was just doomed to be pathetic, until my dad took me canoeing.
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News Link • How To
How to Gird Up Your Loins: An Illustrated Guide
10-10-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com
If you've read the Bible, then you've probably come across the phrase "gird up your loins." I've always thought it was a funny turn of phrase. Loins….heh.
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News Link • How To
A Manly Handshake: An Illustrated Guide
10-10-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/08/22/manly-han
I've been wanting to incorporate a more visual element into the Art of Manliness, but I have no artistic talent whatsoever. But lucky for us, former So You Want My Job interviewee Ted Slampyak does.
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News Link • Military
Guards at Concentration Camps Were Just Doing Their Jobs
10-10-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
The lamest, most ignorant, and most intellectually lazy excuse given to justify the actions of U.S. soldiers (and sailors, airmen, and Marines) is that they are just doing their job.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Andreas Antonopoulos Explains Bitcoin to the Canadian Senate
10-09-2014
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CryptoCoinsNews
Andreas M. Antonopoulos promoted Bitcoin at the 11th meeting of the Canadian Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, on October 8th, 2014, dedicated to the Committee's study on the use of digital currency.
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
RoomAlive transforms your living room into an interactive video game
10-09-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com
Microsoft Research has moved on from IllumiRoom, its concept for adding visuals to the periphery of gamers' television sets.
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News Link • Pandemic
The CDC Does Nothing As Ebola Potentially Spreads from Dallas to Portland to Payson (AZ) to NYC
10-10-2014
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thecommonsenseshow.com
The CDC: Missing In Action
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, October 12, 2014 Edition
10-10-2014
John Semmens
Former Obama Press Secretary Says GOP Unfairly Exploiting Administration's Failures
The incoherence of President Obama's foreign policy and the cascade of domestic policy scandals are being unfairly exploited for political gain according to former
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News Link • Government
Little Girl's Playset Is in Her Own Backyard, City Wants It Destroyed Anyway
10-09-2014
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Reason Magazine
Santa Fe Springs, California officials told Jessica Torres and Felix Miranda to destroy their backyard playsetâ€"a gift to their handicapped 10-year-old daughter from the Make-A-Wish-Foundationâ€"because it is a "public nuisance,"
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News Link • Gun Rights
Can we fight Police Brutality with "Massive Servility"?
10-09-2014
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Decision time: speak softly and carry big sticks…or protest loudly with empty hands and get beaten by big sticks?
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Not First Offense for NYPD Cop Caught on Camera Pistol-Whipping Teen
10-09-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The NYPD officer who used his gun to bludgeon an unarmed Brooklyn teenager in the face has been suspended without pay and might be indicted, after video footage of the violent August arrest went public this week.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Harry Reid's Bodyguard Physically Attacks "Crapitalism" Author Jason Mattera
10-09-2014
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One of Harry Reid's bodyguards accosted a conservative journalist for asking a few basic questions about the Senate Majority Leader's wealth. "How did you become so rich working in government?" The senator refused to answer.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Road-raging off-duty Detroit cop arrested for brandishing Glock at family in minivan
10-09-2014
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Rawstory
A Detroit police officer was arrested after a family said he pointed a gun at them during a "road rage" incident. A Beverly Hills couple contacted 911 after someone cut off their minivan, and then began driving erratically. At some point,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NY state trooper, NYC cop charged with sex assault at NJ casino
10-09-2014
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Rawstory
2 law enforcement officers from New York have been arrested in the sexual assault of a woman at an Atlantic City casino. Officer Andrei Torres, a 32-year-old New York City police officer, and Trooper Devon Thomas, a 35-year-old
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News Link • Drug War
NYPD officer accused of punching 17-year-old over a cigarette
10-09-2014
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Rawstory
Another New York City police officer was under investigation on for allegedly punching a 17-year-old boy who was already laying down on the ground. The family of Marcel Hamer filed a $5 million civil rights lawsuit against the police
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD cop takes $1,300 from man, pepper-sprays him in the face when he complains
10-09-2014
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Rawstory
New York City police officer use pepper spray on a man and his sister after they complained the cop had taken more than $1,000 during a stop-and-frisk search. Joye confronted officers who roughed up a young man nearby
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News Link • Activism
Attorney shuts down police stop of black handyman: 'Now please leave our neighborhood'
10-09-2014
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Rawstory
The video shows white attorney Jody Westby coming to the aid of black handyman Dennis Stucky, who has been stopped by two officers and is sitting on a curb in the upscale Foxhall Crescent neighborhood.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
"Crush the Seed of Ishmael": A "Final Solution" to the "Muslim Problem"
10-09-2014
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We have reached a point in our nation's descent into psychotic tribalist fear where people of stature and apparent sobriety unabashedly use the expression "final solution" when discussing the existence of Muslims.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
German Journalist Blows Whistle On How The CIA Controls The Media
10-09-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com
"I was bribed by billionaires, I was bribed by the Americans to report…not exactly the truth."
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Oregon rolls out legal-pot plan far different from Washington's
10-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Oregon voters will decide this fall whether to allow recreational marijuana use. The initiative calls for lower taxes and the ability to possess more pot than is allowed under Washington's new law.
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News Link • Police State
Police State USA: Civil Forfeiture Under Presumption of Guilt
10-09-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Where in the world can police confiscate your money and your property, not charge you with any crime, then tell you there is absolutely nothing you can do about it?
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Notice that ISIS Isn't Beheading Swiss Citizens
10-09-2014
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When President Obama and his army began their bombing campaign against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria, they cited as their justification the Islamic State's (aka ISIS) beheading of a private American citizen.
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News Link • China
China currency push takes aim at dollar
10-09-2014
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usatoday.com
Protests over democracy in Hong Kong may be preoccupying the Chinese leadership, but a subject of still greater international importance is being played out this week behind closed doors in Washington.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Weighing the Cost of Perpetual War with Matthew Hoh
09-19-2014
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Next News Newtwork
A new report in the New York Times shows President Barack Obama's approval rating in foreign policy is at an all-time low. This comes on the heels of multiple videos published online where it appears to show Islamic State extremists beheading A
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News Link • Police State
Police Department Disbands After Ticket Quota Scheme Exposed
10-09-2014
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thelibertybeat.com
A scandal laced police department in Florida has been forced to close following an exposed ticket quota scheme and lack of funding.
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