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Date Sent: 2012-03-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, March 11, 2012 |
US soldier opens fire on Afghan civilians -- Politicians Will Not Return Ponzi Payoffs
Afghanistan: "Reducing the Number of Troops" -- Eminent domain: Being a bondholder ain't what it used to be! -- Israel in the NYT Corrections Box -- America Gets Stupid, Again, on Iran -- Deadly grenade attack in Kenyan capital -- Death toll climbs after Israeli raids on Gaza -- US: Turning war-fear into warfare -- Israel Buffer Zone State Terror -- Holder to Americans: We Can Kill You Without Trial -- Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant sees tsunami defense in (very big) wall -- Guantanamo Taliban inmates 'agree
to Qatar transfer' -- Children orphaned by tsunami
struggle to cope -- Israel kills five more Gaza militants; rockets hit
Israel -- Toll from Israel Gaza strikes now 14 militants --
4409: "YOU" are the one! -- NSA
Whistle-Blower: Obama “Worse than Bush” -- The Bloody Road
to Damascus: The Triple Alliance’s War on a Sovereign State -- 'Game
Change': How accurate is the movie about Sarah Palin? -- "The Mother of All Bombs": a “great
weapon” to use on Iran, says US air force chief -- Suspect
on the run after attack on officer, judge -- Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse -- Ron Paul Issues Statement on
Unemployment Figures -- The Misinformation Machine -- The Dirty War on WikiLeaks --
NAACP Looks to UN in Fight Against Increasing US Voter Suppression
-- Palestinians fire 92 rockets at southern Israel -- Arabs ask
Russia to back them on Syria crisis -- Kaptur Defeats Kucinich 94%
to 4% on 100% Unverifiable E-Vote Systems in Toledo, OH? -- Federal Court: If your boss can't have
a gun, you can't either -- Heavy Metal Pollution Causes
Severe Declines in Wild Bees -- Surprising Explosions on Venus -- Obama Plans More Middle East Wars - by Stephen Lendman -- Israel's
Ruthless Golani Brigade - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Richard Gage, AIA, and Founder
of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, in Phoenix March
16-18; Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
Exposing the CIA's Control of Agenda 21's Takeover of Your Community ... tonight
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News Link • Afghanistan
US soldier opens fire on Afghan civilians
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
A US soldier has killed more than a dozen civilians in a shooting spree in southern Afghanistan before being detained, officials say.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Politicians Won’t Return Ponzi Payoffs
03-11-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Michael Winship
On Tuesday, Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was convicted in a Houston federal court on 13 out of 14 criminal counts of fraud. As The New York Times reported:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan: "Reducing the Number of Troops".
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
In order to be able to claim "no more troops on the ground" in Afghanistan by 2014, the Pentagon envisaging transferring its special operations forces to the CIA, thus "making them spies" and "reducing the number of troops".
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Street Smarts
03-11-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Abby Zimet
NYPD: Making the Crime Numbers Look Good, Seemingly At Any Cost
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
The Tale of J.R. Simplot's Two-Headed Trout
03-11-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Jim Hightower
The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the pursuit of profit appears to be boundless.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Eminent domain: Being a bondholder ain't what it used to be!
03-11-2012
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The Political Commentator
Pity the poor bondholder who faces the wrath of government!
Senior debt, bond indentures and full faith and credit are investing terms that don't seem to mean what they used to mean!
For those bond buyers who may choose to go for the added sec
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Israel in the NYT Corrections Box
03-11-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, byPeter Hart
Anyone who doubts how the extent of pressure on media outlets when it comes to covering Israel should pick up the New York Times.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
America Gets Stupid, Again, on Iran
03-11-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Lawrence Davidson
It is estimated that up to a million people died as a function of George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, which Bush later said was based on “faulty intelligence,” the ex-president’s way of passing the blame.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Call for boycott of Eurovision in Azerbaijan
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
There are calls for a boycott of this year's Eurovision song contest in Azerbaijan due to the country's poor human rights record and dissident clampdown.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Deadly grenade attack in Kenyan capital
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
A series of explosions at a bus station in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have killed at least four people and wounded 40 others, the Kenyan Red Cross has said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Death toll climbs after Israeli raids on Gaza
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
A 12-year-old boy been killed in a fresh Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll from Israeli attacks to 18 since Friday, according to Palestinian medical sources.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Bomb blast targets Pakistan funeral
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
At least 15 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a funeral in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, local police officials say.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Syrian forces assault Idlib amid peace talks
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
The Syrian president has told Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy, that no political solution is possible in Syria while "terrorist" groups are destabilising the country.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan marks twin disaster anniversary
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
Japan is marking the first anniversary of a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami in the northeastern part of the country, which triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
US: Turning war-fear into warfare
03-10-2012
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RT
Ever since its creation, the US has had a role to play in combat operations worldwide. Today the country’s public opinion is dominated by warfare, making American society all-too-easily manipulated and turned against practically any country.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
03-10-2012
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meetup.com
Come and celebrate Donna's 50th birthday - it will be a fun time to touch base with people you may not have seen in a while, and to take a break from the troubles of the world and relax and enjoy a great afternoon/evening!
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Breed of 'Nuclear Clocks' Could be 100 Times More Accurate than Today's Atomic Timek
03-10-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
An international team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, the University of Nevada, and Georgia Tech have propsed a new kind of atomic timekeeper that wouldn’t lose or gain 1/20th of a second in 14 billion years
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Holey Optochip! The One-Trillion-Bits-Per-Second Chip is Here
03-10-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
The high data loads of the future--and even the present--require that optical communications platforms continue to get faster, leaner, and cheaper.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Open Carry Meet and Eat - Ridley Township, PA
03-10-2012
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The International Libertarian
At a dinner organized by the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Mark Fiorino was interviewed by the Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky . Mark became the target of the Philadelphia Police Department last year when he was arrested for legally open
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Police State
Nashville Police Steal a Bike
03/10/2012
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www.lpmndc.org
On Saturday March 10, at 8:20 pm two Metro Nashville police officers and a Nashville MTA supervisor stole a bicycle chained to a post at Nashville’s Music City Central bus terminal.
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Daniel Lewis
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Holder to Americans: We Can Kill You Without Trial
3-11-2012
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Free Patriot Press
Attorney General Eric Holder recently gave a speech in which he said the U.S. military can execute American citizens without trial, because “'[d]ue process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national s
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant sees tsunami defense in (very big) wall
03-10-2012
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ByPeter Ford, Staff writer csmonitor.com
Japan's controversial Hamaoka nuclear plant, shut down after Fukushima, wants to reopen once a 54-ft.-high, mile-long wall is finished. But the plant also sits on a seismic fault line, raising more than a few doubts.
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News Link • Healthcare
Out of bed! Hospitals aim to keep elderly strong
03-10-2012
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Associated Press stltoday.com
Bob Landorf walked miles during his hospital stay, dragging his IV pole along, too, on a mission to upend disturbing statistics for patients his age.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Guantanamo Taliban inmates 'agree to Qatar transfer'
03-10-2012
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bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia
Five senior Taliban fighters held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be moved to custody in Qatar as part of a peace plan, Afghan government officials say.
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News Link • World News
Protest leaders weigh new tactics as anti-Putin rallies shrink
03-10-2012
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ByFred Weir, Correspondent csmonitor.com
Thousands of Moscow residents rallied Saturday against Vladimir Putin. But crowds were smaller, and protest leaders say they need fresh ideas to counter disillusionment and divisions.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Paul: Tapping youthful vein in Lawrence?
03-10-2012
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By Tim Carpenter cjonline.com
Young, motivated Republicans have an opportunity Saturday to flex their political muscle in a university town that generously serves as safe harbor for Democrats in a very, very dark red state.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israel kills five more Gaza militants; rockets hit Israel
03-10-2012
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi reuters.com
Israeli warplanes killed five militants in Gaza on Saturday, the second day of cross-border violence in which Palestinian fighters have fired dozens of rockets into Israel, both sides said.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Toll from Israel Gaza strikes now 14 militants
03-10-2012
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By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press
The worst violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip in nearly a year entered its second day on Saturday, as Israeli aircraft killed 14 militants, according to Palestinian health officials.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
NSA Whistle-Blower: Obama “Worse than Bush”
03-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Thomas Drake and
Thomas Drake, the whistle-blower whom the Obama administration tried and failed to prosecute for leaking information about waste, fraud and abuse at the National Security Agency
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Bloody Road to Damascus: The Triple Alliance’s War on a Sovereign State
03-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. James Petra
There is clear and overwhelming evidence that the uprising to overthrow President Assad of Syria is a violent, power grab led by foreign-supported fighters who have killed and wounded thousands of Syrian soldiers, police and civilians, partisans of t
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
New iPad 3: Apple fails to surprise
03-10-2012
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blogs.computerworld.comBlogs by Richi Jennings
Here's the new iPad (not the 'iPad 3') from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Release date is March 16. Aside from the name, not much else was a surprise (except to those who backed the wrong rumors).
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
'Game Change': How accurate is the movie about Sarah Palin?
03-10-2012
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ByGloria Goodale, Staff writer csmonitor.com
Words have been flying between supporters of Sarah Palin, who charge the ‘Game Change’ filmmakers with a smear job, and the producers, who insist they’re committed to accuracy.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
"The Mother of All Bombs": a “great weapon” to use on Iran, says US air force chief
03-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
A top US Air Force general has described the biggest conventional warhead " the 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb " as “great” for a military strike on Iran.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Welfare Reform"From Bad to Worse
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Greg Kaufmann
A stunning report released by the University of Michigan’s National Poverty Center reveals that the number of US households living on less than $2 per person per day
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Issues Statement on Unemployment Figures
03-10-2012
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businesswire.com
“…further proof of the failure of the Keynesian spend-borrow-tax-and-inflate policies embraced by the beltway leadership of both parties”
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Misinformation Machine
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Tim Karr
Dirty politics is a growth industry with few happy customers. In the run-up to Super Tuesday, television viewers nationwide had to endure an onslaught of negative and deceptive political ads
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
The Precarious Jobs Recovery
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Robert Reich
February’s 227,000 net new jobs " the third month in a row of job gains well in excess of 200,000 " is good news for President Obama and bad news for Mitt Romney.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
NAACP Looks to UN in Fight Against Increasing US Voter Suppression
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org
The NAACP is sending representatives next week to a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland to argue that minority community members are facing clear voter suppression efforts in the United States
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Palestinians fire 92 rockets at southern Israel
03-10-2012
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jpost.com By YAAKOV LAPPIN
Iron Dome intercepts 25 rockets aimed city centers; 8 injured, including 1 critically from rocket shrapnel on Friday night in rural region; Safety instructions in place for residents living within 40 km of Gaza.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Dear Tucson Students, It Gets Better
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Jeff Biggers
It's spring-time in the Sonoran Desert, and as la maravilla of the wild flowers stretches across the valleys of southern Arizona, caravans of literary heroes and national education advocates will be descending on the Old Pueblo this weekend for a ser
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Fighting Austerity: Spanish Unions Call for General Strike
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org
Spain's two main unions, the General Workers Union and the Workers Commissions, have called for a general strike on March 29 to protest the government's austerity push.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Arabs ask Russia to back them on Syria crisis
03-10-2012
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reuters.com
Arab League countries pressed Russia on Saturday to back their efforts to end violence in Syria at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday attended by Russia's Sergei Lavrov.
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News Link • Activism
'Save Our School!': Students 'Hunger Strike' to Protest Budget Cuts
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org
3 California high schoolers forgo food to protest devastating layoffs and the gutting of programs
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Returning the Favor: Protecting Men From Themselves and Their Too-Often Iffy Judgment
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Abby Zimet
Following their God-given nurturing instincts, women legislators are increasingly proposing bills aimed at monitoring sexual health issues for men clearly ill-equipped to make those decisions for themselves.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Global Warming May Force Pacific Nation of Kiribati to Move to Fiji
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Abby Zimet
In what could be the first climate-induced relocation of a country, the leaders of the low-lying archipelago of Kiribati plan to buy nearly 6,000 acres on Fiji in case rising tides force their entire population to leave.
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News Link • European Union
'War on Terror is War on Liberty' - Nigel Farage launches e-petition
03-10-2012
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http://www.youtube.com
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage launches an e-petition during the UKIP 2012 Spring Conference - 3 March 2012
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Kaptur Defeats Kucinich 94% to 4% on 100% Unverifiable E-Vote Systems in Toledo, OH?
03-10-2012
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http://www.bradblog.com,By Brad Friedman on 3/9/20
Earlier today, we highlighted Rachel Maddow's latest report on the "GOP War on Voting" which, among many other important things, referenced the ridiculously close results from Ohio's GOP Presidential Primary last Tuesday
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News Link • Gun Rights
Federal Court: If your boss can't have a gun, you can't either
03-10-2012
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Suppose you work at a convenience store, at night, and you keep a gun on you because it can be dangerous employment. Now suppose the store owner you work for has a felony record. You have violated federal law.
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News Link • Agriculture
Heavy Metal Pollution Causes Severe Declines in Wild Bees
03-10-2012
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arclein
The results clearly show that the most polluted sites had no, or only single wild bees, in artificial nests, whereas in unpolluted sites, the same nests contained 4 to 5 different species of wild bees, with up to ten individuals.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Two Crystals Linked Through Quantum Entanglement
03-10-2012
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arclein
at allows them to verify that they've actually managed to release one, and only one, photon, a condition essential to the success of the experiment, a second de- vice "slices" this particle in two. [surely photon is meant here]
This splitting a
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Public Sector Banks
03-10-2012
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arclein
Focusing on the financing of real businesses and economic growth seems to be the secret of the BRICs, which are leading the world in economic development today. But the BRIC phenomenon is more than just a growth trend identified by an economist. It
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News Link • Science
Surprising Explosions on Venus Sparked by Space Weather
03-10-2012
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arclein
"At Venus, since there's no protective magnetic field, the explosion happens right above the surface of the planet," study lead author Glyn Collinson, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said in a statement.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Presidential campaign inevitably boosts war with Iran
03-10-2012
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David Horsey, Los Angeles Times
Americans had become used to fighting wars with ambiguous results. War is now simply what we do. It is part of our national identity; facing any foe, bearing any burden in the twilight struggle to defend freedom.
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