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Date Sent: 2010-05-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, May 7, 2010 |
Greek Debt Crisis On Verge Of 'Going Global': Pimco -- New US Push to Regulate Internet Access
Democracy Now! journalists sue police, Secret Service over 'violent'
RNC arrests -- Plan to audit Federal Reserve appears poised to clear
Senate -- Immigration and REAL ID: Remember where you heard this -- A Note on the Sovereign Debt Crisis: Abandon Ship! - by Bill Bonner -- Randomly Stopped and Searched for WMD's in North Texas! -- Freddie Mac asks for fresh $10.6 billion dollar bailout
-- UK budget deficit 'to surpass Greece's as worst in EU' -- While Oil
Slick Spread, Interior Department Chief of Staff Rafted with Wife -- New recycling bins with tracking chips coming to Virginia -- Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees -- Oil Starts To Wash Ashore Off Louisiana -- Court blocks release of jailed militia members -- Stocks extend plunge on concerns about Greece -- Military Law – No Longer Just for the Military: Article 32 Redefined -- Nashville Flooding: The Not-Ready-for-PrimeTime Disaster -- Jim Rogers Sees Two Bubbles: US government bond market is one
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News Link • Economy - International
Greek Debt Crisis On Verge Of 'Going Global': Pimco's El-Erian
05-06-2010
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CNBC.com
"We've seen a crisis start in a country"Greece"become regional, impact the whole of the Euro zone and is on the verge of truly going global," said El-Erian, CEO of the world's biggest bond fund.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Internet
New U.S. Push to Regulate Internet Access
05-06-2010
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Wall Steet Journal
In a move that will stoke a battle over the future of the Internet, the federal government plans to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks. The decision, by Federal Communications Commission
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, open to citizenship stripping
05-06-2010
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Politico
Lieberman's legislation would give the State Dept. the ability to revoke citizenship for any American citizen who "is found to be involved in a foreign terrorist organization,"
To be sure, Pelosi seemed open to the legislation but drew an obtuse par
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
Colbert: Anti-gay psychiatrist needed male callboy to help him ‘hoist his sack’
05-06-2010
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youtube
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert took on prominent anti-gay psychiatrist George Rekers Wednesday night, who was caught by a Miami newspaper taking a ten-day European sojourn with a male escort
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA drones have broader list of targets
05-06-2010
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LA Times
The CIA received secret permission to attack a wider range of targets, including suspected militants whose names are not known, as part of a dramatic expansion of its campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan's border region,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Retired general: GOP is undermining national security
05-06-2010
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Rawstory
Major General Eaton said, "I am a little surprised that we're here to defend our Constitution against a Republican senator and a Republican representative's attack on it." Sen. John McCain and Rep. Peter King have suggested it was an error
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Homes lost to mistaken foreclosures
05-06-2010
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Rawstory
Millions of people face losing their homes in the continuing foreclosure crisis, but homeowners often have more than the struggling economy and slumping house prices to worry about: Disorganization within the big banks that service mortgages has made
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Japan’s Brainwave Initiative: Mind-Reading Bots by 2020
05-06-2010
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H+ magazine
In Japan, a short cryptic statement made a startling announcement about a somewhat different vision of the future " a goal to make available commercial mind-reading devices and personal assistant bots within the next 10 years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Faisal Shahzad on Homeland Security List Since 1999
05-06-2010
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CBS News
Would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appeared on a Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list - Traveler Enforcement Compliance System between 1999 and 2008 because he brought approximately $80,000 cash or cash instruments into the U
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Student photographer still fighting for his rights in cop cow-chasing incident
05-06-2010
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Although the student photographer who was handcuffed for photographing loose cows at Ohio State University has received absolutely no support from his school, he has been receiving support from journalism organizations throughout the country, includi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Another American-born citizen jailed in Arizona because her skin was brown
05-06-2010
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Even though the controversial Arizona law that allows cops to use skin color as probable cause has not gone into effect, authorities have wasted no time in detaining American-born citizens simply because they looked too Hispanic.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
ObamaCare, Arizona Illegal Immigration Law: Which One Demands you Show Your Papers?
05-06-2010
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BigFurHat
ObamaCare or Arizona’s new law: which one requires that you show the government your papers?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Internet
New U.S. Push to Regulate Internet Access
05-06-2010
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Prinson Planet
WASHINGTON"In a move that will stoke a battle over the future of the Internet, the federal government plans to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks.
The decision, by Federal Communicati
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks plunge; Dow has record drop, then recovers
05-06-2010
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AP Business Writer Tim Paradis
NEW YORK " The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials fell to a loss of almost 1,000 points in less than half an hour on fears that Greece's debt problems could halt the global economic recovery.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Democracy Now! journalists sue police, Secret Service over ‘violent’ RNC arrests
05-06-2010
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RawStory.com
Goodman said her producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were injured as police took them to the ground, with Salazar's nose bloodied and Kouddous's arm severely twisted. The whole time, they were demanding police not place them under arre
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Plan to audit Federal Reserve appears poised to clear Senate
05-06-2010
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RawStory.com
RELATED: Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), founder of 'Audit the Fed' movement, insists amendment allows Fed to keep its secrets
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - May 6th 2010
05-06-2010
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LewRockwell.com
You're Being Told Lies - Decentralist Revolt - The Worst Enemy of Black Americans - A Ron Paul Home School Curriculum - What I Learned in Afghanistan - Shorts, Longs, Gold, Commodities, Currencies - The Best Guide to Expatriation
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Immigration and REAL ID: Remember where you heard this
05-06-2010
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downsizedc.org
This is a quick guide to what SB1070 (REAL ID, Jr.) is really about. In short, it is about controlling YOU, not Mexicans. REAL ID implementation was shut down because it intended to make every American carry an internal (your papers, please) passport
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Mike Dugger
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News Link • Obama Administration
Robert Gibbs Attacks Warren Goler Over Non-Quote
05-06-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Robert "The Tool" Gibbs: Is that a Sharpie in your pants or are you just happy to see me? The White House press secretary attacks Fox News’ Warren Goler over a non-existent quote by a guest on Neal Cavuto’s show the day before. Robert “The Tool” Gibb
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Dead Cat Has Landed
05-06-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
The problems in Greece and the other PIIGS are in a certain sense the result of a lack of new money being printed, money which would inflate away the debt problems for the PIIGS. The Federal Reserve is simply not printing money...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Behind the Scenes, European Banks Freak Out About Lending to Each Other
05-06-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
Behind the scenes, banks are starting to question each other on their exposures to Greek sovereign debt. Its why BNP Paribas and Societe Generale mentioned it in their recent earnings calls.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
New political party in AZ?
(Personally I hope not but that's just me)
5-6-2010
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Florence Blade Tribune / Letter to the Editor
It has come to my attention that a new political party called the "American Third Position" who look to become a political party in Arizona. To do so they will need a petition signed by at least one and one third percent of past election votes
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Concerned Patriot
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News Link • Police State
Randomly Stopped and Searched for WMD's in North Texas!
5/510
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You Tube
No wonder the WMD's were never found in Iraq! They were in North Texas!
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Ken Demyen
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Freddie Mac asks for fresh $10.6 billion dollar bailout
05-06-2010
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AFP
Troubled US government-backed mortgage firm Freddie Mac on Wednesday asked for an additional 10.6 billion dollars from the Treasury Department to cover losses.
Announcing a 6.7 billion dollar loss in the first quarter, Freddie Mac said it would ne
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
UK budget deficit 'to surpass Greece's as worst in EU'
05-06-2010
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The Guardian
The European commission warned the British budget deficit would swell this year to become the biggest in the European Union, overtaking even Greece putting the UK budget deficit at 12% of GDP " the highest in the European Union and worse than Treasur
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
While Oil Slick Spread, Interior Department Chief of Staff Rafted with Wife
05-06-2010
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ABC News
Though his agency was charged with coordinating the federal response to the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Dept. of the Interior chief of staff was in the Grand Canyon with his wife participating in activities that included white-water raftin
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
U.S. not accepting foreign help on oil spill
05-06-2010
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Foreign Policy
When State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley refused to tell reporters which countries have offered assistance to help respond to the BP oil spill, the State Department press corps was flabbergasted.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
New recycling bins with tracking chips coming to Virginia
05-06-2010
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Washington Examiner
Residents will have to pay for larger home recycling bins featuring built-in monitoring devices. That will pay for recycling carts equipped with computer microchips, which will allow the city to keep tabs on its bins and track resident participation
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Field trip for black students sparks controversy
05-06-2010
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AnnArbor.com
In hindsight, this field trip could have been arranged in a better way. As I reflect upon the look of excitement and enthusiasm I saw in these children's eyes ... it gave them an opportunity to see this type of achievement is possible even for them.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees
05-06-2010
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NBC News
On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and 4 friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Worker Jailed After Scanner Reveals His Small Package
05-06-2010
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NBC News
Perhaps the new airport body scanners are a bit too revealing. A TSA worker in Miami was arrested for assault after he attacked a colleague who'd made fun of his small genitalia after he walked through one of the new high-tech security scanners
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
Oil Starts To Wash Ashore Off Louisiana
05-06-2010
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AP
"We have teams that have confirmed oil on the beach, at the south end of the Chandeleur Islands, at Freemason Island," coastguard Connie Terrell said. "This is the first confirmation that Unified Command has received of oil on a shoreline," she added
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Court blocks release of jailed militia members
05-06-2010
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AP
A federal appeals court on Thursday issued an emergency stay blocking, at least temporarily, the release of nine jailed Michigan militia members accused of conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks extend plunge on concerns about Greece
05-06-2010
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AP
Stocks extended their plunge into a third day Thursday as investors succumbed to fears that Greece's debt problems would spread. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 354 points in afternoon trading. The Dow and broader indexes dropped more than 3%.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
CameraFRAUD To Hold Press Conference
05-06-2010
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Freedom's Phoenix Exclusive
[Phoenix, AZ] May 6th, 2010 - In reaction to the news that the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) will not renew their contract with Redflex Traffic Systems of Australia, to operate the state-wide freeway photo traffic enforcement system, a pr
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Retail Sales Confirm That Wall Street Got Way Too Optimistic
05-06-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
According to the data below sourced from CNBC, 15 companies have missed their same store sales expectations vs. 9 meeting or beating expectations.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Currencies
John Taylor: "Dead Man Walking...The Euro Is Finished"
05-06-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Europe is dead. The European nations are the victors, and the way ahead will be one hell of a mess. Without taxing and borrowing power, there is no way to square the inter-euro trade balances between the countries except ‘internal devaluation,’
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Greek Crisis Is A Demographics Wake-Up Call
05-06-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
Granted, there are no easy answers but something’s got to give if we want to avoid the obvious path towards the bankruptcy of many nations. Greece must be viewed as an important wake-up call. Mr. Obama...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military
Military Law " No Longer Just for the Military: Article 32 Redefined
05-06-2010
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Lt. Eric Shine
No “Branch” of Military, or anyone who comes under Title 10 and the UCMJ is at any time supposed to be “deciding” or adjudicating civilian affairs.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Police State
Couple Arrested At U.S. Border For Asking Questions
05-05-2010
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www.infowars.com
In another perfect illustration of why the U.S. tourist industry is in free fall, audio has emerged of a Canadian couple who were interrogated and arrested by immigration officials after they dared to inquire as to why they were being asked such poin
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Nashville Flooding: The Not-Ready-for-PrimeTime Disaster
05-06-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Nashville TN has experienced what may be the largest non-hurricane disaster in U.S. history. Where's the news coverage? It's down at the Gulf, waiting for the spill to roll in. Meanwhile, Tennesseans is largely handling the aftermath by themselves.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Jim Rogers Sees Two Bubbles: US government bond market is one
05-06-2010
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economictimes.Indiatimes.com
"I only see two bubbles in the world, one is the Chinese urban to real estate and the other is the United States’ government bond market".
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
European Bank Credit Default Swaps Go Vertical
05-06-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
Major European banks are feeling the pressure from the Greek crisis and starting to show significant signs of market worry in their CDS. BNP Paribas, which has seen its CDS dramatically rise throughout April...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dead Man Walking: California Is Ready To Be Strapped Into The Chair
05-06-2010
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MyBudget360.com
Solving the California state budget crisis just got that much tougher. Estimated tax revenues came in nearly $3 billion less than expected wiping out a steady stream of months where things seemed to be improving at least on the revenue front.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
America's Latest Internet Addiction: War Porn
05-06-2010
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theweek.com/
Scholars have identified America's latest internet addiction " "war porn." That's what soldiers and academics call combat-footage videos of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan showing graphic violence and death.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Homeland Security
Seriously, Democrats, Can You Get Any Creepier Than the BELIEVE Program?
05-06-2010
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FireDogLake.com
Under this plan, the government would create a national biometric database cataloging every person in the country. On top of that, Democrats chose possibly the creepiest, Orwellian name they could think of for this national ID card...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Political and Bureaucratic Elites Don't Get It
05-06-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
We have wars that suck up billions upon billions. And in the White House, I am convinced we have a man who when he first heard the words "supply and demand" thought it was some kind of whitey rock group and never looked further...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • TERRORISM
Among Criminal Muslims
05-06-2010
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arclein
My experience from working with Muslims is that the culture developed under Islamic influence supports the development of certain psychological characteristics. I had Muslim clients from most of the Muslim world: most of the Middle East, Muslim count
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Chokecherry Extract Regulates Weight
05-06-2010
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arclein
the rats consuming the chokeberry-spiked water weighed less than the controls; both levels of chokeberry had the same effect in this regard. Similar beneficial effects of chokeberry consumption were found for body fat (specifically, that of the lower
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robert klein
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News Link • Corruption
Modern Sex Slave Trade Numbers
05-06-2010
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arclein
You have wearied the Lord with your words...by saying,...”Where is the God of justice?”‘ (Malachi 2:17 NIV)...The more I have come to know him, the harder it has become for me to ask such a God to explain where he has been.
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Nitrogen Storage Unexpectedly Large
05-06-2010
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arclein
"We expected to find nitrogen stored in organic matter in these soils, but didn't realize how much," said Tom Nolan, USGS hydrologist, who led the study. "If mobilized, the large reservoirs of nitrogen could significantly impact water quality."
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robert klein
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona Drops Redflex Freeway Speed Camera Contract
5/06/10
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The News Paper
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's administration has officially canceled the state contract that authorized Redflex Traffic Systems to issue automated freeway speeding tickets. The program, started in 2008 by Brewer's Democratic predecessor Janet Napol
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Anonymous Watchman
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