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Date Sent: 2015-02-15
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Sunday, February 15, 2015 |
Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Keeping America in dark about UFOs
2 deadly shootings within hours in Copenhagen; 5 wounded -- NSA Braced for New Leaks -- Gene-Altered Apples Get U.S. Approval -- Here are the high-tech weapons Russia is buying with its record military budget -- This weekend, parts of the Northeast could be the coldest they've been -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'I wasn't 100 percent sober' at State Of The Union -- David Tepper dumped all of his Alibaba and Facebook shares -- One of the most corrupt sheriffs in America just got convicted -- Citigroup, Goldman and UBS are paying $235 million cash -- Another 'monster storm' is set to hit the Northeast this weekend -- Venezuela is fraying -- World's Largest Shipbuilder Reports $3 Billion Loss As Baltic Dry Index Hits -- Post-Minsk Russia Bashing -- Regular sex is 'a miracle cure', say doctors -- Tucson's KOLD Investigates Internal Checkpoints -- ATF proposes banning commonly owned M855 ball 5.56 ammunition used in millions of rifles -- Anonymous are about to wage war on rich and powerful covering up child sex abuse -- Videos Released Of Cops Paralyzing Grandfather For Walking -- Apple has 'several hundred' workers designing new electric car, codenamed 'Titan' -- The Untold Story Of A Ukrainian Sniper Who Took Part In The Maidan Massacre -- Regular sex is 'a miracle cure', say doctors -- Obama amnesty creates loophole for illegal immigrants to vote in elections -- In Thirst For War, Sen. Inhofe Releases Fake Photos Of Russian Troops In Ukraine -- Obama's War on Leaks Skirts the Constitution -- Another Bubble Pops: Price Of Farmland Suffers First Annual Decline Since 1986 -- Senate confirms new Pentagon chief -- Second Thoughts On US Official Gold Reserves Audits -- Arms Manufacturer Makes Bizarre Rifle For Canadian Armed Forces -- Mattel And Google Turning View-Master Into Virtual Reality Headset -- Kiev Breaches Minsk Agreement -- Telomere-Lengthening Procedure Turns Clock Back Years in Human Cells -- New Research Reveals the Real Causes of Depression -- Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Boiled Earth's Atmosphere -- Islam 101 -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE, February 15, 2015 Edition
AZ: Arizona Sci Tech Gila County Festival - February 26-28, 2015; Heirs of the Republic Constitutional Study Group - Larry Reed Speaker - 03/11/15 - Tucson, AZ; BitcoinSummit.info - March 14th 2015 9am-5pm & Evening Party; World Liberty Conference Bali 2015 - June 29 - July 3rd, 2015 (ISIL)
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Keeping America in dark about UFOs
02-14-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com, By Caitlin Dickson
Outgoing senior Obama adviser John Podesta reflected on his latest White House stint Friday, listing his favorite moments and biggest regrets from the past year. Chief among them: depriving the American people of the truth about UFOs.
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News Link • TERRORISM
2 deadly shootings within hours in Copenhagen; 5 wounded
02-14-2015
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Associated Press
A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
NSA Braced for New Leaks
02-14-2015
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freebeacon.com
The National Security Agency, still reeling from massive leaks caused by Edward Snowden, is preparing to be hit with another major loss of secrets, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Gene-Altered Apples Get U.S. Approval
02-14-2015
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http://www.nytimes.com, By ANDREW POLLACK
The government on Friday approved the commercial planting of genetically engineered apples that are resistant to turning brown when sliced or bruised.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New contact lenses will help people see with inbuilt telescope
02-14-2015
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telegraph.co.uk
A tiny device in new contact lenses, aimed at hundreds of thousands of people suffering from age-related eye problems, could increase user's vision nearly three fold
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Art
Art world shakeup: Painting by Hitler sells for three times a Picasso
02-14-2015
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washingtonexaminer.com
Further proof that World War II and Nazi artifacts are on fire in the collectors world, a watercolor painted by Adolf Hitler before he became Germany's mad man dictator sold at auction this week for $35,235, three times the winning bid of an origin
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Here are the high-tech weapons Russia is buying with its record military budget
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,MIKE BIRD
Russia may be in the middle of an economic crisis, but the country's defence budget is surging.
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News Link • Books
Elon Musk is getting $3.5 million to write a book about Earth and Mars
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,NICHOLAS CARLSON
Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, is taking on a new project.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Spacecraft captures one of the closest photos of Mercury we've ever seen
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, ANDREW R. BROWN
The valiant MESSENGER spacecraft made Earth, Venus and Mercury flybys before its Mercury orbit four years ago. Soon it'll crash into Mercury, but for now … new images!
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News Link • Government
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'I wasn't 100 percent sober' at State Of The Union
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,CATHERINE THOMPSON,
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's rabid Internet following is sure to go nuts over the admission that she dozed off at the President's State of the Union address after drinking a fine wine.
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
David Tepper dumped all of his Alibaba and Facebook shares
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, LA ROCHE
Hedge fund giant David Tepper cut his entire stake in Chinese ecommerce site Alibaba as well as his position in Facebook, according to his fund's 13F filing.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Science answers how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie pop
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, STEPHANIE PAPPAS
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a lollipop?
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News Link • Justice and Judges
One of the most corrupt sheriffs in America just got convicted
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,CHRISTINA STERBENZ
An Ohio jury found Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly guilty of 18 charges on Friday, addressing about a third the crimes he stood accused of committing.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Another 'monster storm' is set to hit the Northeast this weekend
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,BOB SALSBERG
Exasperated New Englanders still digging out from three major storms that left 6 feet or more of snow in many areas are bracing for what's expected to be another punishing blast of winter this weekend.
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News Link • Economy - International
Venezuela is fraying
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
On a Wednesday evening around 30 pensioners have gathered for a meeting in a long, brightly lit room in a largely abandoned shopping gallery in Santa Teresa, a rundown and overcrowded district in the centre of Caracas.
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News Link • Transportation
Apple may have hundreds of people working on an electric car that looks like a minivan
02-14-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,MATT ROSOFF
Adding to the recent reports about an Apple vehicle, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has hundreds of people working on an electric vehicle under the code-name Titan.
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News Link • Economy - International
World's Largest Shipbuilder Reports $3 Billion Loss As Baltic Dry Index Hits...
02-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com,by Tyler Durden
World's Largest Shipbuilder Reports $3 Billion Loss As Baltic Dry Index Hits New Record-er Low
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News Link • WAR: About that War
This Weekend on LewRockwell.com - Feb. 14th 2015
02-14-2015
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www.LewRockwell.com
Americans Don't Want Another War by Pat Buchanan - Bring Back Measles Parties - The Greeks have out-maneuvered the EU - Total War, Total Destruction, Is that the Fourth Turning? - 5 Thing To Know About Police Roadblocks
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • LOVE
The Mathematics of Love
02-14-2015
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http://www.ted.com/talks
Finding the right mate is no cakewalk -- but is it even mathematically likely? In a charming talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows patterns in how we look for love, and gives her top three tips (verified by math!) for finding that special someone.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Regular sex is 'a miracle cure', say doctors
02-14-2015
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http://metro.co.uk, Harry Redhead
Regular exercise like having sex and dancing are 'miracle cures staring us in the face', leading doctors have said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
ATF proposes banning commonly owned M855 ball 5.56 ammunition used in millions of rifles
02-14-2015
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ATF
ATF proposes banning commonly owned M855 ball 5.56 ammunition used in millions of rifles. ATF will consider comments, as appropriate, received on or before March 16, 2015. ATF will not acknowledge receipt of comments.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anonymous
Anonymous are about to wage war on rich and powerful covering up child sex abuse..
02-14-2015
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http://www.independent.co.uk
Masked protesters will march on the homes of "elite" paedophiles and public figures they claim have been involved in the "nightmarish" cover-up of child sex abuse.
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News Link • Police State
Videos Released Of Cops Paralyzing Grandfather For Walking
02-14-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Officer fired, arrested, faces charges of third-degree assault
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Apple has 'several hundred' workers designing new electric car, codenamed 'Titan' -
02-14-2015
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http://appleinsider.com, By Sam Oliver
The smoke surrounding rumors of an Apple-branded vehicle has begun to thicken, as a new report says that Apple is indeed working on an all-electric vehicle that would take the shape of a minivan, with a huge team tasked to the project.
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News Link • Conspiracies
The Untold Story Of A Ukrainian Sniper Who Took Part In The Maidan Massacre
02-14-2015
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zerohedge.com
One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the February 2014 US-staged coup in Ukraine and the violent overthrow of then president Yanukovich, is "who started shooting first".....
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama amnesty creates loophole for illegal immigrants to vote in elections
02-14-2015
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Stephen Dinan
Driver's licenses, social security numbers facilitate improper registration, officials warn
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Propaganda
In Thirst For War, Sen. Inhofe Releases Fake Photos Of Russian Troops In Ukraine
02-14-2015
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zerohedge.com
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee first viewed the graphic pictures in December.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's War on Leaks Skirts the Constitution
02-14-2015
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theamericanconservative.com, By Philip Giraldi
Convicted under the kangaroo court conditions of the Espionage Act, Jeffrey Sterling never had a chance.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Another Bubble Pops: Price Of Farmland Suffers First Annual Decline Since 1986
02-14-2015
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zerohedge.com
One of the bigger asset bubbles in recent US history has nothing to do with stock, bonds or commodities, and unlike the real estate bust of 2007 (which has since rebounded only for the ultra-luxury segment), barely batted an eyelid during the Great F
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News Link • Obama Administration
Senate confirms new Pentagon chief
02-14-2015
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http://thehill.com, By Kristina Wong
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Ashton Carter as President Obama's new secretary of Defense in a 93-5 vote.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Second Thoughts On US Official Gold Reserves Audits
02-14-2015
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zerohedge.com
What is not often covered in the media or blogosphere are the audits of the US official gold reserves stored at the US Mint, which is the custodian for 95 % (7716 tonnes) of the stash ??"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Arms Manufacturer Makes Bizarre Rifle For Canadian Armed Forces
02-14-2015
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http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. Atherton
A smart gun for old wars
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Mattel And Google Turning View-Master Into Virtual Reality Headset
02-14-2015
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http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey Kratochwill
It's like Google Cardboard, but for kids!
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Telomere-Lengthening Procedure Turns Clock Back Years in Human Cells
02-14-2015
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arclein
Telomeres are the caps at the ends of our chromosomes that protect the DNA code of the genome. Linked to aging and disease, they are 8,000 to 10,000 nucleotides long in young people, but this decreases as we age (a nucleotide is an organic molecule t
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Research Reveals the Real Causes of Depression
02-14-2015
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arclein
The basis of this new view is blindingly obvious once it is pointed out: everyone feels miserable when they are ill. That feeling of being too tired, bored and fed up to move off the sofa and get on with life is known among psychologists as sickness
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News Link • Geology
Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Boiled Earth's Atmosphere
02-14-2015
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arclein
This all happened 65m years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth. Suddenly, between 60 and 80% of all living species became extinct. Until the 1980s, this catastrophic loss of life was a mystery, but then sci
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Islam 101
02-14-2015
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arclein
Islam 101 is meant to help people become better educated about the fundamentals of Islam and to help the more knowledgeable better convey the facts to others. Similarly, my book and documentary are meant to serve as concise explanations of the major
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE, February 15, 2015 Edition
02-13-2015
John Semmens
Amnesty "Loophole" May Allow Illegals to Vote
Secretaries of state from Ohio and Kansas say that the documents--driver's licenses and Social Security numbers--being provided to the illegal immigrants granted amnesty by President Obama open a
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News Link • Art
'Lost' Leonardo da Vinci painting seized by Italy
02-12-2015
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The Telegraph
After being lost for centuries, the painting was rediscovered in 2013 in a collection of 400 artworks kept in a Swiss vault. The authorities then were alerted to the existence of the painting, but it went missing again.
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News Link • Property Rights
Barking dog could cost Seattle family their home
02-12-2015
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Yahoo! News blog
Like bullies and illnesses, lawsuits can be ignored, but they won't go away. Denise Norton learned this valuable lesson the hard way when she found out that a lawsuit she has ignored could wind up costing her home.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wayne County Michigan â€" Following Detroit into Bankruptcy
02-12-2015
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Union Watch
Just as Detroit is coming out of bankruptcy, the entire county is about to go under. This will be especially aggravating because Detroit pensioners are already extremely upset with the pension haircuts they received.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
U.S. Makes Another Awful Decision to Harm Somalis
02-12-2015
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Reason Magazine
Some bad news for people in Somalia who rely on monetary remittances from America--and that's a lot of people: Merchants Bank of California is expected to close the accounts of all Somali-American money transfer companies on its books.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
La Isla Del Gordo: Puerto Rico Considers Tax For Obese Children
02-12-2015
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Jonathan Turley
Puerto Rico is considering an extreme response to childhood obesity: a fat tax. Sen. Valle introduced a bill to fine parents of obese children as a form of neglect. The bill suggests that fines would be imposed when the obesity is viewed as
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Brian Williams: A Necessary Sacrifice to the State-Media Complex
02-12-2015
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Liberty.me
Nobody within the liberty movement should be surprised, then, at how quickly the media turned on NBC anchor Brian Williams after he admitted to having spun tall tales about his time in Iraq in 2003. His downfall was ultimately caused not by the fact
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News Link • Homeland Security
FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades
02-12-2015
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The Guardian
Newly declassified documents from the FBI reveal how the US federal agency under J Edgar Hoover monitored the activities of dozens of prominent African American writers for decades, devoting thousands of pages to detailing their activities and critiq
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Samsung Warns Users Not to Discuss Personal Info in Front of TV
02-12-2015
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Next News Network
As earlier reported by Paul Joseph Watson of Infowars.com, certain models of Samsung's newest "smart" TVs include terms of service language and privacy policies that contain a shocking new warning. Users personal conversations will be recorded by the
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Schools to Start Depression Screenings = Big $$$ for Big Pharma
02-12-2015
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Next News Network
While the screenings are supposedly aimed at preventing more student suicides, the establishment fails to inform parents that many child and teen suicides are most likely the result of the same anti-anxiety and anti-depression medications that will b
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Demands Internal Passport for Domestic Travel
02-12-2015
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safehaven.com
Precedents exist for requiring citizens to produce special ID for domestic travel; they include Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa and Russia (both Imperial and Soviet).
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS apologizes for seizing bank accounts of small businesses
02-11-2015
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Associated Press
The IRS said it is changing its policies and apologizing for seizing banks accounts from otherwise law-abiding business owners simply because they structured bank transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
CNN Journalist 'Governments Pay Us To Fake Stories', Shocking Exposé
02-11-2015
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Your News Wire
According to Amber Lyon, a 3-time Emmy award winning journalist, CNN is paid by the US and foreign governments to selectively report on events. The Obama administration pay CNN for editorial control over their content.
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News Link • Drones
Holder: We've Droned 4 Americans, 3 by Accident. Oops.
02-11-2015
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Wired
In an extraordinary admission, Attorney General Eric Holder has told Congress that U.S. drone strikes since 2009 have killed four Americans -- three of whom were "not specifically targeted."
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News Link • Currencies
Anarchapulco Has Its Own Crypto/Silver Coin
02-12-2015
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Anarchapulco - Jeff Berwick
After a bit of a talk they (Max Keiser and Jose Rodriquez) decided to create a special, collector's edition coin, for Anarchapulco.
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