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Date Sent: 2011-10-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, October 27, 2011 PM edition |
'Rogue websites' bill introduced in US House -- The US departure from Iraq is an illusion
Blair & Bush To Be Tried For War Crimes -- Sheriff Joe Predicts
Obama Investigation to be a 'Shock' --Hacked From Above: A DIY Spy Plane
Takes Flight -- Rule Change Would Allow Government to Lie About Whether Records Exist -- Support for Second Amendment at Record High -- Stewart: ‘What the f*ck happened in Oakland?’ (Video) --
Japanese Defense Ministry shows world's first spherical flying machine
-- Olbermann: Oakland mayor must fire police chief or resign -- Police who nearly killed Iraq vet at OCCUPY protests trained by Israeli military -- Stocks Are Up – But Why? -- Only Unlimited Money Printing Will 'Help' the EU Now -- Whitney Wasn't All Wrong: Muni Bonds Still Face Dangers -- Ron Paul names his pick for Federal Reserve chairman -- Ron Paul on FOX - 'Special Report' w/Bret Baier 10/26: Paul in the Center Seat -- ‘I Am The 1%’: Wall Street CEO Peter Schiff Debates
#OccupyWS in a banned video -- Exxon profit rises 41 percent but output
down -- The US Is Fast Becoming a Third World Police State -- The Coming Derivatives Crisis That Could Destroy The Entire Global Financial System -- Ten things you need to know about buying or selling a home -- LEAP: Legalizing drugs may benefit the country --
European leaders agree on plans to shore up banks in effort to contain
debt crisis -- China seeks military bases in Pakistan -- U.S. economy grows nearly twice as fast in 3rd quarter -- Ten Years of Trading Liberty for Security -- "Rising" to Empire, Falling from Grace -- Gangs infiltrate US military -- Defense Industry: Keep Paying Us or the Economy Dies -- Why Libya Was Attacked - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: "Politics
On The Rocks" With Gary Johnson, today, Thurs Oct 27, 2011, 5:30
p.m.; Phoenix -
Rock the Revolution Tour is now set; Project Appleseed 2011 Tour - November
5-6, 2011
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
'Rogue websites' bill introduced in US House
10-27-2011
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Breitbart.com
US lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday that would give US authorities more tools to crack down on websites accused of piracy of movies, television shows and music and the sale of counterfeit goods.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The US departure from Iraq is an illusion
10-27-2011
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www.guardian.co.uk
there is a huge gap between rhetoric and reality surrounding the US departure from Iraq. In fact, there are a number of avenues by which the US will be able to exert military influence in the country. These can be divided into four main categories:
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Blair & Bush To Be Tried For War Crimes
10-27-2011
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http://wakeup-world.com
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 October 2011 - On November 19-22, 2011, the trial of George W Bush (former U.S. President) and Anthony L Blair (former British Prime Minister) will be held in Kuala Lumpur. This is the first time that war crimes charges will be heard
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
"Politics On The Rocks" With Gary Johnson, Thurs Oct 27, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
10-24-2011
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Meetup.com
Republican Presidential Candidate, Gary Johnson, will be the Featured Guest at Politics On The Rocks at The Mint, 7373 E Camelback Road; Scottsdale, AZ this Thrusday, October 27th, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Sheriff Joe Predicts Obama Investigation to be a 'Shock'
10-27-2011
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World Net Daily via e-mail
...Arpaio said, "I can't tell you everything, but there could be a shock there somewhere that my guys came up with. I can't talk too much about it. It's in the process."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Hacked From Above: A DIY Spy Plane Takes Flight
10-27-2011
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ActivistPost.com
But does this latest announcement reveal a weak spot in national security, or is it simply propaganda to usher in stricter Internet and communication controls with even more funding for the military-industrial complex to combat this "new" threat?.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Rule Change Would Allow Government to Lie About Whether Records Exist
10-27-2011
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Mother Jones
A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents that records don't exist"even when they do.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Support for Second Amendment at Record High
10-27-2011
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Prison Planet
It’s bad news for gun-grabbers and other enemies of the Second Amendment " only 26% of respondents to a recent poll believe the government should ban handguns.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Stewart: ‘What the f*ck happened in Oakland?’ (Video)
10-27-2011
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart via RawStory.com
On Wednesday night’s show, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart shamed authorities in Oakland who used tear gas, rubber bullets, bean-bag bullets, concussion grenades, flashbombs, sound cannons or other forceful methods to disburse protesters.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
WikiSensor app turns an iPhone into a peripheral-free radiation detector
10-27-2011
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www.gizmag.com
Earlier this month, we reported on the Scosche RDTX-Pro that connects via a dock connector to turn an iPhone or iPod touch into a radiation detector. That device is set to go on sale in Japan from next month but if you're not in Japan or just don't w
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Guitar and iPad join forces as the iTar
10-27-2011
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www.gizmag.com
The phenomenal success of music-related mobile apps has forced many of us old timers to have a good rethink about the way we make music in the 21st Century.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Scott Olsen, marine wounded by Oakland police, in ‘critical condition’
10-27-2011
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RawStory
While the video does not show what hit Olsen, it suggests that he was shot in the head by a tear gas canister at near point-blank range.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Japanese Defense Ministry shows world's first spherical flying machine
10-27-2011
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www.gizmag.com
the world's first spherical air vehicle will likely be deployed in search and rescue operations deemed unsuitable for traditional aircraft. As for other possible uses, the sky just may be the limit.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Olbermann: Oakland mayor must fire police chief or resign
10-27-2011
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RawStory
Keith Olbermann on his show Wednesday night called on Oakland Mayor Jean Quan to fire the city’s acting police chief after officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse “Occupy Oakland” protesters. (video)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
China to Launch Spacecraft On First Docking Test Flight in November
10-27-2011
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Space.Com
China will launch an unmanned spacecraft in November to make the country's first in-space docking, state media reported Wednesday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Food
High-Tech Hydroponic Farm Transforms Abandoned Bowling Alley
10-27-2011
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Wired
On top of an old bowling alley in industrial northern Brooklyn sits an expansive translucent greenhouse. Inside, a bounty of produce thrives under the supervision of a computer-controlled network of sensors, motors and plumbing.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Stocks Are Up " But Why?
10-27-2011
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The Daily Bell
The world's biggest traders and investors thus have the certainty that market itself is backed by unlimited funding. Between artificial market supports and endless fiat-money availability it is a wonder American stock markets especially have not blas
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Playboy’s Million-Dollar Modeling Offers
10-27-2011
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www.cnbc.com
some reportedly in excess of $1 million " to encourage well-known celebrities to pose for featured spreads. In the most recent example, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan had reportedly been offered close to $1 million to appear in Playboy.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • European Union
Only Unlimited Money Printing Will 'Help' the EU Now
10-27-2011
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The Daily Bell
Of course, by now you know the EU has announced another "miraculous" bailout. But this article, written by one of our favorite mainstream journos, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, shows why it won't work, can't work and NEVER WILL work.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
So you think you have a great idea for an app? (3:31)
10-27-2011
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www.reuters.com
Tech Tonic: Yesterday we looked at the creative process behind making an app. In Part II of our industry of apps series with Anthony DeRosa, what makes an app succeed?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Whitney Wasn't All Wrong: Muni Bonds Still Face Dangers
10-27-2011
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www.cnbc.com
Though fears of a financial armageddon have come and gone, the municipal bond market still faces dangers due to the continued global debt crisis and tougher conditions closer to home.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul names his pick for Federal Reserve chairman
10-27-2011
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www.dailypaul.com
During the online portion of Fox News’ “Special Report with Brett Baier,” Paul said that he would “probably” pick economist Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, for the position.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Exxon profit rises 41 percent but output down
10-27-2011
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Reuters
Exxon Mobil Corp's profit rose 41 percent in the third quarter, as gains in crude oil prices and higher refining margins boosted results while production disappointed.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
The US Is Fast Becoming a Third World Police State
10-27-2011
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by Jeff Berwick via LewRockwell.com
I have travelled to nearly 100 countries. During those travels there has always been one defining moment, upon entry into a country, which shows that the country is what is generally thought of as a "third world country".
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
The Coming Derivatives Crisis That Could Destroy The Entire Global Financial System
10-27-2011
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TheEconomicCollapse.Com
Most people have no idea that Wall Street has become a gigantic financial casino. The big Wall Street banks are making tens of billions of dollars a year in the derivatives market, and nobody in the financial community wants the party to end.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Reaping what we have sown
10-27-2011
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TheEconomicCollapse.Com
What Have We Gotten For The Trillion Dollars We Have Spent On Wars In Afghanistan, Iraq And Libya?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Housing
Ten things you need to know about buying or selling a home
10-27-2011
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Washington Post
After staying put during the economic recession, you might be tempted by stabilizing real estate prices and low mortgage interest rates to sell your house and buy your next place. What you may not realize is how long and complicated the process of bu
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
LEAP: Legalizing drugs may benefit the country
10-27-2011
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www.stgeorgeutah.com
According to a report released by the FBI in September, 1.6 million individuals were arrested on drug-related offenses in 2009. That is an arrest every 19 seconds. The same report indicated that 82 percent of the drug arrests were for drug possession
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • European Union
European leaders agree on plans to shore up banks in effort to contain debt crisis
10-27-2011
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Washington Post
European leaders moved early Thursday to stem the debt crisis gripping the continent by agreeing to a plan that imposes steep losses on investors holding troubled Greek bonds and boosts the firepower of the region’s bailout fund to at least a trillio
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
China seeks military bases in Pakistan
10-27-2011
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www.atimes.com
Beijing believes that similar to the United States military presence in Pakistan, a Chinese attendance would enable its military to effectively counter the Muslim separatists who have been operating from the tribal areas of Pakistan for almost a deca
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. economy grows nearly twice as fast in 3rd quarter
10-27-2011
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Washington Post
But GDP, the broadest measure of economic activity, was not strong enough to represent a “catch-up” effect that could bring the unemployment rate down substantially over time.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Cost of Empire
Ten Years of Trading Liberty for Security
10-27-2011
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The Independent Institute/Anthony Gregory
To those who pit Americans against immigrants, citizens against non-citizens, to those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish ou
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
"Rising" to Empire, Falling from Grace
10-27-2011
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FreedomInOurTime.blogspot.com/Will Grigg
“If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
Gangs infiltrate US military
10-26-2011
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RT.com
The Blood and Crips have found themselves working the same turf, but the bullets being shot by members of the notorious American gangs aren’t being aimed at each other. The unlikely pair, rather, are teaming up within divisions of the US Military.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Defense Industry: Keep Paying Us or the Economy Dies
10-26-2011
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Spencer Ackerman, Wired
Lockheed Martin had a totally sweet quarter, raking in $700 million and looking forward to the same this time next year. So it raises eyebrows when Lockheed’s anointed mouthpieces predict mass economic disaster if Congress touches the defense budget.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Gang of Twelve Becomes Normal Intra-Leadership Negotiation Process
10-26-2011
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David Dayen , FDL
I love this perception that the trigger must be avoided at all costs, or the evil across-the-board cut will be initiated. Of course, the cuts don’t begin until January 2013, giving Congress ample time to change them or just flat-out nullify them. Sta
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Activism
A chart of banking industry salaries; Is this what Occupy Wall Street is complaining about?
10-27-2011
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The Political Commentator
The average base salary at the large banks for various positions and job titles makes you wonder what some in the Occupy Wall Street movement are talking about!
In any company there will always be executives or major contributors to the bottom-lin
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Economy - International
Five Global Changes This Century
10-27-2011
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arclein
Currently, it's a well-known fact that China is the most populous country in the world, and that Africa, though riddled with problems, is not necessarily overpopulated considering its size. These facts will drastically change. China's one-child pol
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Fukushima Was Much Worse
10-27-2011
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arclein
The study also suggests that, contrary to government claims, pools used to store spent nuclear fuel played a significant part in the release of the long-lived environmental contaminant caesium-137, which could have been prevented by prompt action. Th
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Oldest Observed Super Nova Located
10-27-2011
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arclein
"This supernova remnant got really big, really fast," said Brian Williams, an astronomer at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, in a statement. "It's two to three times bigger than we would expect for a supernova that was witnessed explod
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robert klein
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Feature Article • China
Sovereign Man - Reporting From: Shanghai, China
Donna Hancock
Recent reports from the National Bureau of Statistics show that home prices have fallen up to 50% in many parts of the country in the period from July to September. But who gives a damn about government reports? The real evidence is on the ground.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
3 Candidates Running for POTUS introduce themselves 10/26/11
Jim Burns (Libertarian) and James Ogle (USParliament.org), and Tina Cook (Independent) are running for president in 2012. They share their views on the Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock show Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
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