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Date Sent: 2010-05-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
Homegrown terrorism part of National Security -- 32 States Borrow to Fund Unemployment Insurance
Sestak White House scandal called 'impeachable offense' -- NYC community board OKs ground zero mosque -- US troops won’t be used to stop illegal immigration -- UK gov't discloses size of its nuclear stockpile -- Workers Describe Failures on Oil Rig -- TSA Worker Violence, Not Passengers, The Real Story -- Ex-Customs officer convicted in skimming case -- Activists blast Mexico's immigration law -- Rand Paul Gets Same Treatment as His DAD! -- Oil Guru Matthew Simmons: It Could Be 24 Years Before Gusher Ends
-- Crisis or Recovery: Tales From a Conflicted Economy - by Bill Bonner
-- Handicapping the LNC Chair Election -- Exit Through the Gift Shop -
a Banksy Film -- US Soldiers Hurls Insults at Iraqi Children -- Dollar Primed for Collapse by End of June? -- RFID chip implanted into man gets computer virus -- Hire, Fire, Hire Census Game: Why the Unemployment Data Shows Improvement
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News Link • Obama Administration
Homegrown terrorist threat to be part of National Security Strategy
05-26-2010
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CNN.com
When the Obama administration unveils its National Security Strategy on Thursday, it will be the first time any president "explicitly recognizes the threat to the United States posed by individuals radicalized here at home," National Security Adviser
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Thirty Two States Borrow to Fund Unemployment Insurance
05-26-2010
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arclein
The state of California has borrowed $6.9 billion. Michigan has borrowed $3.9 billion, Illinois $2.2 billion.
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Reported by:
robert klein
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News Link • Obama Administration
Sestak White House scandal called 'impeachable offense'
05-26-2010
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WorldNetDaily
If Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak is to be believed, there's someone in the Obama administration who has committed a crime " and if the president knew about it, analysts say it could be grounds for impeachment.
"This scandal could be enormous,"
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Moody’s Reiterates U.S. Spending Risks Credit Rating
05-26-2010
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Bloomberg
The U.S. government’s Aaa bond rating will come under pressure in the future unless additional measures are taken to reduce projected record budget deficits, according to Moody’s Investors Service Inc.
The U.S. retains its top rating for now becau
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Mysterious Bug-Eyed Ancient Creature Discovered
05-26-2010
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LiveScience
It's not the mythical kraken, but an ancient creature belonging to the largest, nimblest and probably smartest group of invertebrates has jumped out of the fossil record with a different identity than previously thought. That finding restructures a b
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Divers Explore Cleopatra's Sunken Palace
05-26-2010
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AP
Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over heaps of limestone blocks hammered into the sea by earthquakes and tsunamis more than 1,600
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
NYC community board OKs ground zero mosque plans
05-26-2010
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AP
After hours of contentious public comment, a New York City community board voted late Tuesday to support a plan to build a mosque and cultural center near ground zero.
The meeting was unruly, with project opponents jeering at speakers and yelling
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
US troops won’t be used to stop illegal immigration: State Dept.
05-26-2010
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AFP
US National Guard troops being sent to the Mexican border will be used to stem the flow of guns and drugs across the frontier and not to enforce US immigration laws, the State Department said Wednesday.
The clarification came after the Mexican gov
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
UK gov't discloses size of its nuclear stockpile
05-26-2010
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AP
Britain offered its first public accounting of its nuclear arsenal Wednesday, disclosing that it has a stockpile of 225 warheads in a move that offers transparency to non-nuclear states in hope of winning stricter global controls on the spread of ato
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
Workers Describe Failures on Oil Rig
05-26-2010
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AP
As the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig burned around him, Chris Pleasant hesitated, waiting for approval from his superiors before activating the emergency disconnect system that was supposed to slam the oil well shut at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
USA Today: TSA Worker Violence, Not Passengers, The Real Story
05-26-2010
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Mondo Frazier
USA published a story on violence and the Transportation Security Administration"and wrote the lede as if the violence was coming from frustrated passengers at airports. However, readers going deep into the story find out that it’s the TSA employees
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Activism
CopBlock Sponsors Cop Watch Video Contest
05-26-2010
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CopBlock.org
The basics of the contest are simple:
* Film police conducting their duties
* Submit to Cop Block; I’ll discuss how below
* Do not post your video on line before contacting Cop Block
The submissions will be judged on content (what’s actually
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Corruption
Ex-Customs officer convicted in skimming case
05-26-2010
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Arizona Daily Star
Prosecutors say 58-year-old Jose Lopez, of Sierra Vista, was found guilty Friday by a federal jury in Tucson of one count of theft of government money and 26 counts of making false statements to the Department of Homeland Security. He's scheduled to
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Welcome to the Spaceport America Website!
05-26-2010
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spaceportamerica.com
The next chapter in space transportation is being written right now in the State of New Mexico. Forward-thinking pioneers are developing both vertical and horizontal launch vehicles using the power of free-market enterprise.
As the world’s first
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Mexico
Activists blast Mexico's immigration law
05-26-2010
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USA Today
Arizona's new law forcing local police to take a greater role in enforcing immigration law has caused a lot of criticism from Mexico, the largest single source of illegal immigrants in the United States.
But in Mexico, illegal immigrants receive t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers
05-26-2010
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Politico
"I voted for you," the caller said in a voice mail to Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler’s district office. “If you vote for that stimulus package, I’m gonna kill you. Simple as that.” The FBI says the caller was a 70-year-old resident of Shuler’s North Ca
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Rhode Island can't afford to give back tax refunds
05-26-2010
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The Providence Journal
Thousands of Rhode Island income-tax refunds are being delayed longer than previously reported because of state cash-flow problems. Overall, the state has delayed payment of about 53,000 individual income-tax refunds " totaling about $36.3 million "
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israel Boycotts biased UN meeting
05-26-2010
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Jerusalem Post
To protest the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinians, Israeli officials refused to attend the organization’s two-day international meeting on the peace process, which opens in Turkey on Wednesday.
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Reported by:
Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Drug War
2 year old smokes 40 cigarettes a day
05-26-2010
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youtube
Man he sure likes his smokes. We should introduce him to 4409's kid. Maybe they puff the same brand.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Woman sues TSA for stealing her $24,000 Rolex
05-26-2010
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Florida Times-Union
Imagine being ordered by airport security workers to put your very expensive watch on a scanning belt, over your objections. Then imagine going to retrieve it and it’s gone. A Baker County woman says that experience at Norfolk International Airport i
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Positive News
Rand Paul Gets Same Treatment as His DAD!
05-26-2010
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RealityReport.TV
Have you seen what the mainstream media has done to derail Rand Paul's 2010 campaign? Why do lawmakers really want to pass the Arizona Immigration Bill? Why do more and more American's NOT want ObamaCare? Is America preparing for war with North Kor
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Reported by:
Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Oil Guru Matthew Simmons: It Could Be 24 Years Before Gusher Ends
05-26-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
By far the most pessimistic take on the oil spill comes from oil guru Matthew Simmons, who was on The Dylan Ratigan Show this afternoon. His warning: There may be no way to stop the leak, and it could take 9000 days (over 24 years)...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Scameras fail to respond to court summons
05-26-2010
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Athens Banner-Herald
Lawyer Regina Quick, defending two clients from charges that they were photographed running red lights, subpoenaed five traffic cameras at the West Broad Street-Alps Road intersection to testify that her clients did indeed barge through on red.
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Tracy Twyman
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Handicapping the LNC Chair Election
05-26-2010
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Kn@ppster
My [Knapp's] guess is that either Root will win a surprise first-ballot majority, or that it it will go to four or more ballots, and that Myers will be eliminated on the first ballot and Hancock on the second.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Political Parties
GOP announces website that pretends to listen to Americans' concerns
05-26-2010
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CNN
House Republicans are launching a new website to show their 2010 midterm policy agenda will stem directly from a conversation with Americans about what policies they think Congress should be tackling.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Mickey Kaus: Barbara Boxer a No-Show, So Kaus Debates a Box
05-26-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Mickey Kaus, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, showed up for a debate with incumbent Barbara Boxer (D-Greece). Boxer continued her dodge of Kaus, so a stand-in for the Senator was utilized. Many in the audience noticed no difference.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Military
Best and Brightest: Moronic US Soldier Hurls Insults at Iraqi Children
05-26-2010
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informationclearinghouse.info/
A short video on how some in the US military 'Make Friends and Influence People'.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Art
Pinup Agitprop Posters: Combining Business with Pleasure
05-26-2010
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Mondo Frazier
The People’s Cube features a fine line-up of fantasy Soviet Agitprop which combines the best of faux Soviet-style propaganda posters with American pin-up calendar for some oddly-satisfying results. Do readers agree?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul Farrell: End Of Capitalism And Great Depression II Imminent
05-26-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
This may not be a correction. Not even a bear. What's coming could be worse than the 2000 dot-com crash and the 2008 meltdown combined, a "Super-Bubble" says Soros.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Should we wait for a perfect world to get rid of force?
05-26-2010
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wendymcelroy.com
In the February, 1898 issue of his periodical The Free Life, Auberon Herbert reprinted and answered an intriguing question posed by a reader...
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Currencies
Dollar Primed for Collapse by End of June?
05-26-2010
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CNBC.com
This is not a true parabolic curve because as the trend accelerates the curve changes shape until it becomes vertical. It’s the vertical section of the curve which is most useful because it provides a exact date when the trend will inevitably collaps
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Environment
Tony Blair to earn millions as climate change adviser
05-26-2010
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www.thisislondon.co.uk
Tony Blair is set to earn millions of pounds advising an American businessman on how to make money from tackling climate change.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - May 26th 2010
05-26-2010
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LewRockwell.com
The Trouble With the '64 Civil Rights Act, Ron Paul on federal power vs. freedom - Property Rights, Liberty, and Immigration, Glenn Jacobs " Kane " says the traditional libertarian approach is the right one.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Hire, Fire, Hire Census Game: Why the Unemployment Data Shows Improvement
05-26-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
The worker, Naomi Cohn, told The Post that she was hired and fired a number of times by Census. Each time she was hired back, it seems, Census was able to report the creation of a new job to the Labor Department.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Falling home prices stir fears of a new bottom
05-26-2010
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AZcentral.com
The numbers are especially disturbing because they show that improved sales due to the tax credits didn't translate into higher prices, said David M. Blitzer, chairman of the S&P index committee.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Phoenix Housing Propagandists Create New Index: Prices to rise this summer
05-26-2010
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AZcentral.com
Phoenix-area home prices will climb slightly in June, take a small dip in July and then start to climb again in late August.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Durable Goods Orders: Once You Factor Out Transports It Was A Huge Miss
05-26-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
This was the fourth increase in the last five months and followed a slight March decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 1.0 percent.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
MBA: Mortgage Purchase Applications at 13 Year Low
05-26-2010
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
There was a spike in purchase applications in April, followed by a decline to a 13 year low last week. "The data continue to suggest that the tax credit pulled sales into April at the expense of the remainder of the spring buying season."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • WAR: About that War
North Korea Mobilizes
05-26-2010
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arclein
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, in a military broadcast, placed his million plus armed forces on “combat readiness,” causing concern worldwide about North Korean intentions as well as a drop in major stock markets.
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Economy: 25 Questions To Ask Delusional Believers In The Recovery
05-26-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that enrollment in the food stamp program will exceed 43 million Americans in 2011. Is a rapidly increasing number of Americans on food stamps a good sign or a bad sign for the economy?
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Super Disc Advance
05-26-2010
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arclein
If the smallest particle is used, the new disc could hold more than 1,000 times as much information as a Blu-ray disc, provided that matching data-writing and reading equipment are developed.
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robert klein
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News Link • History
Trail of Oldest Man Made Structure Part I
05-26-2010
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arclein
Adam’s Calendar " Should actually be called ENKI’s calendar. The flagship ruin at the centre of the largest and most mysterious ancient city on Earth.. The Sumerian tablets tell us that this was a special place of observation built by ENKI in the de
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
One in Three Chance of Quake in Fifty Years in NorthWest
05-26-2010
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arclein
"Perhaps more striking than the probability numbers is that we can now say that we have already gone longer without an earthquake than 75 percent of the known times between earthquakes in the last 10,000 years," Goldfinger said. "And 50 years from
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robert klein
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