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Date Sent: 2012-12-06
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, December 5, 2012 PM edition |
Dennis Kucinich on DIA: "Big Brother Getting Fat On Tax Dollars! While We Have Less Freedom!'
Bureaucrat Says it is Wrong to Advise Citizens to Arm Themselves in Self-Defense -- Golden Showers As Goldman Tells Clients To Sell Gold -- ‘Stupid and criminal’: Lawyer for Bradley Manning speaks out -- Legalized it! Washington pot possession ballot kicks in -- One dead, scores injured as Bangladeshi police use live ammunition on protesters -- GOP Offers to Throw Middle Class, Elderly Over the “Fiscal Cliff” -- Israel and Iran Are Key to Nuclear-Free Middle East -- Extreme Drought Continues, Could be Most Extreme Weather Event This Year -- 12-05-12 -- Jordan Page - Michael Badnarik - (Video & MP3 Loaded) -- NATO calls on North Korea to cancel rocket launch -- How foreign firms tried to sell spy gear to Iran -- Typhoon kills at least 283 in Philippines -- Euro zone downturn eases; U.S. services perk up -- Adelson to Keep Betting on the GOP -- The Coming Derivatives Panic That Will Destroy Global Financial Markets -- Why Does Changing The Party In Power Never Change Policy? -- Is a Global Gold Supply Crunch Forming? -- The Jesse Benton Approach to Ugly Politics -- Facebook accused of massive 'data grab'.. --
Ben Swann Talks About Boehner Giving Fiscal Conservatives The Boot --
The Most Profitable Oil Field In The World Is Right Here In America -- 10 Things You Never Knew About Grover Norquist, The Man Behind The GOP's 'No New Taxes' -- A Century-Old Rule Is Keeping The US From Becoming A Dominant Force In Global Oil -- A Genius Investor Thinks Billions Of People Are Going To Starve To Death — Here's Why -- If Peter Thiel And Garry Kasparov Are Right About The Innovation Crisis, Then We're In Trouble -- Montgomery Burns Explains The Fiscal Cliff -- The endangered American beast of burden -- Vending machines used to dispense medical marijuana? -- Judge rules in favor of Arizona's medical marijuana dispensaries -- Documents: PHX officials decided to place kidnapping stats whistleblower under investigation -- Fox News Is Taking Karl Rove Off The Air -- Solar Startup Silevo Scales Up, Even as Others Shut Down -- 3D Printer Could Transform Moon Dirt Into Lunar Base -- Orbital Sciences Replaces SpaceX on Stratolaunch Project -- Does New
Photo Prove Trayvon Martin Killing Was Self-Defense? -- NATO votes to deploy Patriot missiles on Turkey-Syria border -- Gun Control INCREASES Gun Crime -- Nanotubes That See Everything
AZ: Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th,
2012, 6:30 p.m. til ???; America's First Monument to the Bill
of Rights - Arizona Dedication Ceremony, Saturday
December 15th 10:00 am; 2012 Arizona Activist Awards,
Patriot Roast & Fundraiser Saturday December 15th 6:00 pm -
10:00 pm
Liberty Tour 2013 with Jordan Page and Oathkeepers
Scott Beiser needs his friends - Wife E.J. Passes
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News Link • Surveillance
Dennis Kucinich on DIA: "Big Brother Getting Fat On Tax Dollars! While We Have Less Freedom!'
12-05-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Looks like Dennis has taken a few steps down the Rabbit Hole.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012 6:30 p.m. til ???
11-27-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
It's that time of year again for a holiday party - it has been a very busy year for all of us, so come and share in the fun and relaxation we all need - We will be raffling off a brand new Kindle Fire ($5/ticket) - Bring extra lawn chairs if you have
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bureaucrat Says it is Wrong to Advise Citizens to Arm Themselves in Self-Defense
12-05-2012
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Prison Planet
San Bernardino City Attorney James Penman had to clarify comments he made about firearms and self-defense to members of the city council who found his remarks “inappropriate,” according to the Huffington Post.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Golden Showers As Goldman Tells Clients To Sell Gold
12-05-2012
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Prison Planet
It’s around that time of day again " when precious metals are sold hard for whatever reason you care to come up with (collateral requirements, margin calls, alchemy perfected).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Confirmed: British singer Brightman to blast off to space
12-05-2012
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RT.com
The Space Adventures agency has confirmed that Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman has signed an agreement with the Russian Space Agency and secured herself a space trip in 2015.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Seriously?
California teachers create an animated video depicting the rich peeing all over the "not rich**
12-05-2012
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The Political Commentator
"Tax the Rich: An Animated Fairy Tale" courtesy of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT)!
Taking a page out of Barack Obama's playbook, the video created by the CFT paints a picture of the rich as a class of people who got to where they a
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Whistleblowers
‘Stupid and criminal’: Lawyer for Bradley Manning speaks out
12-05-2012
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RT.com
The lawyer representing Bradley Manning, the US Army private accused of leaking classified information to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has issued a damning indictment of his client’s “criminal” treatment in solitary confinement.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Legalized it! Washington pot possession ballot kicks in
12-05-2012
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RT.com
Marijuana is set to become legal in Washington following a ballot initiative that has put the state at loggerheads with the federal government, despite record levels of support for nationwide legalization.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
One dead, scores injured as Bangladeshi police use live ammunition on protesters
12-05-2012
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RT.com
At least one person has been killed and scores injured and detained by police as a protest organized by Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party turned violent, with police reportedly using live ammunition against the rioters.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Offers to Throw Middle Class, Elderly Over the “Fiscal Cliff”
12-05-2012
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Common Dreams
The Republican Party has a message for the American people: Meet the new deal, same as the old deal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel and Iran Are Key to Nuclear-Free Middle East
12-05-2012
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Common Dreams
A recent UN General Assembly resolution renews attention on the need to create a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Extreme Drought Continues, Could be Most Extreme Weather Event This Year
12-05-2012
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Common Dreams
It's been overshadowed by other extreme weather events recently, but the extreme drought that plagued the U.S. this summer continues.
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Robert Lee
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
12-05-12 -- Jordan Page - Michael Badnarik - (Video & MP3 Loaded)
Jordan Page (musician of the r3VOLution) talks about his work on a new album (with a more anarchist theme) and his upcoming military base tour - Michael Badnarik (author, teacher and constitutional scholar) on his new book 'Secret to Sovereignty' (av
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News Link • NATO
NATO calls on North Korea to cancel rocket launch
12-05-2012
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Reuters
NATO on Wednesday called on North Korea to cancel plans for its second rocket launch of 2012, saying it would violate U.N. resolutions and could further destabilize the Korean peninsula.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
How foreign firms tried to sell spy gear to Iran
12-05-2012
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Reuters
In the summer of 2008, Iranian security agents arrived at the family home of Saleh Hamid, who was visiting his parents during a break from his university studies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Typhoon kills at least 283 in Philippines
12-05-2012
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Reuters
Blocked roads and severed communications in the southern Philippines frustrated rescuers on Wednesday as teams searched for hundreds of people missing after the strongest typhoon this year killed at least 283 people.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Euro zone downturn eases; U.S. services perk up
12-05-2012
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Reuters
The euro zone's economic downturn appeared to ease slightly in November, while U.S. and worldwide data provided indications that the chill that has gripped the global economy is improving.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Adelson to Keep Betting on the GOP
12-05-2012
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online.wsj.com
After spending more than $100 million mostly on losing Republican election campaigns this year, casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson said he planned to stay in the game and double down on his political donations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Coming Derivatives Panic That Will Destroy Global Financial Markets
12-05-2012
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
When financial markets in the United States crash, so does the U.S. economy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Why Does Changing The Party In Power Never Change Policy?
12-05-2012
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dailypaul.com
I can’t think of a more appropriate time to discuss the charade of the two-party system than when it is on full public display as it is currently is with the much hyped “Fiscal Cliff” negotiations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science
Nanotechnology Simplifies Hydrogen Production
12-05-2012
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arclein
clean energy hydrogen can be produced from water splitting by using very small metal particles that are exposed to sunlight. In the article, “Outstanding activity of sub-nm
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Exploring Martian Caves
12-05-2012
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arclein
The space agency's next steps at Mars are geared toward mounting a sample-return mission, which is widely viewed as the best way to look for signs of Red Planet life. Such signs are perhaps more likely to be found in material pulled from the subsurf
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Voyager Tastes Magnetic Highway
12-05-2012
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arclein
, unanticipated region of space near the edge of the solar system--a "magnetic highway" where charged particles take the "exit ramp" to interstellar space.
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Upper Atmospheric Variation
12-05-2012
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arclein
e whether previous findings of a "discernible human influence" on tropospheric and stratospheric temperature were sensitive to current uncertainties in climate models and satellite data.
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robert klein
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News Link • Political Parties
The Jesse Benton Approach to Ugly Politics
12-05-2012
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economicpolicyjournal.com
On speculation that film actress Ashley Judd may run against Jesse Benton client Senator Mitch McConell in 2014.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Facebook accused of massive 'data grab'..
12-05-2012
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dailypaul.com
"Facebook accused of massive 'data grab' with new service that automatically uploads your phone pictures"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ben Swann Talks About Boehner Giving Fiscal Conservatives The Boot
12-05-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Ben Swann on The Jerry Doyle Show today talking about Boehner's latest power grab....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
The Most Profitable Oil Field In The World Is Right Here In America
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
We recently told you how people now think America could become the next Saudi Arabia of oil production.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
10 Things You Never Knew About Grover Norquist, The Man Behind The GOP's 'No New Taxes'
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
With less than 30 days to go until the deadline to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff...
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News Link • Energy
A Century-Old Rule Is Keeping The US From Becoming A Dominant Force In Global Oil
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
The Eagle Ford shale formation lies south of our headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, giving the U.S. Global investment team a firsthand, tacit perspective on the oil and gas industry’s growing natural resources phenomenon.
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News Link • Agriculture
A Genius Investor Thinks Billions Of People Are Going To Starve To Death " Here's Why
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
Investor Jeremy Grantham of GMO recently published a startlingly depressing outlook for the future of humanity.
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News Link • Economy - International
If Peter Thiel And Garry Kasparov Are Right About The Innovation Crisis, Then We're In Trouble
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
As one year of sluggish growth spills into the next, there is growing debate about what to expect over the coming decades. (VIDEO of Oxford Debate)
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Hugh Hefner And 26-Year-Old Fiancee Get A Marriage License
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris are again taking steps toward the altar, more than a year after the centerfold canceled their previous engagement and was branded a "runaway bride" in Playboy.
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News Link • Activism
Liberty Tour 2013 with Jordan Page and Oathkeepers
12-04-2012
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Liberty Tour
What this tour seeks to accomplish is to provide a clear picture to our troops of what their oath to defend the constitution really means, and to empower them to do so through peaceful means.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Vending machines used to dispense medical marijuana?
12-05-2012
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www.kpho.com
Vending machines provide a plethora of products: a candy bar, a bag of chips, coffee, a sandwich, fingernail clippers, combs and toothpaste among them. But medical marijuana?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Drug War
Judge rules in favor of Arizona's medical marijuana dispensaries
12-05-2012
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www.eastvalleytribune.com
State and county officials cannot refuse to process applications for medical marijuana dispensaries just because the drug remains illegal under federal law, a trial judge ruled.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Documents: PHX officials decided to place kidnapping stats whistleblower under investigation
12-4-2012
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ABC 15 Phoenix AZ
Top Phoenix city and police leaders met in an undisclosed meeting and decided to place a whistleblower under investigation, according to documents obtained by the ABC15 Investigators.
Officials have repeatedly denied that they retaliated against Sgt
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
REPORT: Fox News Is Taking Karl Rove Off The Air
12-05-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Grace Wyler
New York's Gabriel Sherman reports that Fox News is scaling back airtime for Republican pundit Karl Rove, in what appears to be a reprimand for Rove's meltdown during the network's live election broadcast.
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News Link • How To
Making Our Bug Out Bags Work: Shaving Weight
12-05-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by Big Bob
We could endlessly debate which threats are of immediate risk during a wilderness bug out.
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News Link • Energy
Solar Startup Silevo Scales Up, Even as Others Shut Down
12-05-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
The company thinks its novel solar technology can take on competitors in China.
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News Link • Currencies
Custom Chips Could Be the Shovels in a Bitcoin Gold Rush
12-05-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom Simonite
Devotees of the digital currency are ratcheting up their technology in a race to generate new coins.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mars Rover Finds Puzzling Organic Traces in First Soil Sample
12-05-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Maggie McKee
Curiosity sees tantalizing hints of compounds needed for life, but further analysis is needed to make sure it’s not contamination from Earth.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
3D Printer Could Transform Moon Dirt Into Lunar Base
12-05-2012
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http://www.space.com, Megan Gannon
For space scientists dreaming up a manned base on the moon, 3D printing with lunar dust looms as an attractive possibility.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Orbital Sciences Replaces SpaceX on Stratolaunch Project
12-05-2012
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http://www.space.com, Space News
After the exit of launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Corp. as its rocket subcontractor, Stratolaunch Systems has turned to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to keep the world's largest air-launch-to-orbit system on
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News Link • Race Baiting
Breaking: Does New Photo Prove Trayvon Martin Killing Was Self-Defense?
12-05-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
A newly released color photo showing injuries sustained by George Zimmerman during his altercation with Trayvon Martin
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News Link • NATO
NATO votes to deploy Patriot missiles on Turkey-Syria border
12-05-2012
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http://rt.com
NATO foreign ministers have voted to approve Ankara’s request for Patriot missiles to be deployed on the Turkey-Syria border. Ankara requested the deployment over fears that Syria could attack with missiles and chemical weapons.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Control INCREASES Gun Crime
12-05-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
Would banning handguns in America reduce gun crime? After handguns were banned in Britain, gun crime more than DOUBLED. Gun control only creates victims who cannot defend themselves against criminals. More guns = less crime.
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News Link • Inventions
8 Cool Raspberry Pi Projects for Diminutive Computing Fun
12-05-2012
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http://www.wired.com,
Raspberry Pi, the new and novel credit-card-sized computer, has inspired the minds and workshops of an entire hacking community, who not only develop software projects for it, but are creating external interfaces with clever abandon.
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday December 5th 2012
12-05-2012
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LewRockwell.com
How Would Anarcho-Capitalism Work? We don't need state overlords, says Murray Rothbard / Doing Away With Debt Ceiling Drama, It could backfire on the government. Let's hope, says Peter Schiff / What Will You Do When the Lights Go Out?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Former drug policy adviser ‘can’t imagine’ feds allowing marijuana legalization
12-03-2012
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Rawstory
Kevin Sabet, who served as a senior drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, said it was unlikely the federal government would allow states to legalize marijuana. “I think the administration has been very clear and the president has been very
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Couple faces $97K in fines for using their own driveway
12-03-2012
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The Grays obtained permission from a Clearcreek to use their residential driveway to get to buildings on the Montgomery County portion of their land. The buildings house the Grays’ storage and landscaping businesses. But following complaints from nei
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Punishing the Paulians
12-03-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
"According to a source, Schweikert was told that he was ousted in part because his 'votes were "not in lockstep with leadership." Goose-step is more like it.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Oh, the Irony!
12-03-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The Federal Register quietly advises that "TSA also is creating and maintaining a watch list of individuals who are disqualified from eligibility from TSA PreCheck. Anyone it rejects winds up on another of the police-state’s watchlists,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
GOP serves up $800 billion in new taxes
12-03-2012
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Washington Post
House Republican leaders endorsed a far-reaching plan Monday to rein in the national debt that would raise $800 billion in new tax revenue, slice $600 billion from federal health programs and apply a stingier measure of inflation to Social Security b
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