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Date Sent: 2012-07-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, July 31, 2012 AM edition |
Army Buys Riot Gear As Fears Over Civil Unrest Grow -- Ex-Blackwater mercs in Syria backed by US
07-31-12 -- Richard Grove - Sarah Sandy - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Truck owner wants DEA to pay up after botched sting -- Drought spurs ethanol push-back; World Bank watchful -- 5 ATF Officials Singled Out in GOP Report --
Trickle of Libor lawsuits from rate-fixing scandal likely to become
deluge -- As ‘fiscal cliff’ looms, debate over pre-Election Day layoff
notices heats up -- How to FREE Your Mind: The Occulted Keys of Wisdom -- Keep the Guns; Abolish the Police -- Agenda 21 EXPLAINED, full version -- America's Syrian Jihad -- UN Earth Summit 1992 - Making World Government a Reality -- This Cute Chat Site Could Save Your Life and Help Overthrow Your Government -- Chicago steals cars if passenger has drugs -- Christine Smith's New Website and Blog -- GM Ramps Up Risky Subprime Auto Loans To Drive Sales -- Tell Your Senators to Support Audit the Fed Bill -- Video: Romney the Vampire meets Obama the Zombie -- Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars ~ Future Libertarians? -- The Fed, Caught RED Handed -- Letter from Former Maine State Director for Ron Paul Campaign -- Olympics Empty Seats Row: LOCOG Calls in the Army (Again) -- War, Syrian-Style? Has Assad Ordered Mass Rapes? --
Ron Paul supporters photobomb Mitt Romney’s visit to Poland -- Join the
Smiley Cult of the Five Circles? Sorry, but I Have a Democratic Right
To Be Bored -- At Defcon, hackers get their own private cell network: Ninja Tel -- Why Are Republicans Calling To Disarm The American People? -- Civilian Drones to Search for Downed Power Lines During Blackouts
Jackalope Freedom Festival - Detailed Directions &
Descriptions - August 3rd – 5th 2012
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News Link • Homeland Security
U.S. Army Purchases Riot Gear As Fears Over Civil Unrest Grow
07-30-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com
It’s not just the Department of Homeland Security that is gearing up for the prospect of civil unrest in America. The U.S. Army also recently purchased a stock of riot gear including batons, face masks and body shields.
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News Link • Syria
War Under Table: Ex-Blackwater mercs in Syria 'backed by US'
07-30-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
The opposition fighters in Syria might be getting help from a different source - in the form of training from the US private security firm, formerly known as the notorious Blackwater group. Security circles reportedly confirmed the information which
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
07-31-12 -- Richard Grove - (Video & MP3 LOADED)
Richard Grove (TragedyAndHope.Com) talks with Ernest about the Omnibus Trade Competitive Act of 1988 (which is what started Ernest down the rabbit hole of truth) - (Sarah Sandy will be on the show Wed, Aug 1st, 2012)
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News Link • Drug War
Truck owner wants DEA to pay up after botched sting
07-30-2012
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Houston Chronicle
The truck had been everywhere but in the repair shop.. Commandeered by one of his drivers, who was secretly working with federal agents, the truck had been hauling marijuana from the border as part of an undercover operation.
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News Link • Food
Drought spurs ethanol push-back; World Bank watchful
07-30-2012
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Reuters
The debate over using crops for fuel burst back onto the political stage on Monday as U.S. ranchers and poultry producers sought "a little help" from the government by waiving its ethanol mandate in the face of a dire drought.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
5 ATF Officials Singled Out in GOP Report
07-30-2012
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AP
After an 18-month investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, a Republican congressional draft report concludes that five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives share much of the blame for what went wrong with the gun
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Trickle of Libor lawsuits from rate-fixing scandal likely to become deluge
07-30-2012
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Washington Post
Lawsuits are mounting against some of the world’s biggest banks over the manipulation of the global interest rate known as Libor as smaller lenders, municipalities and investors take stock of losses tied to the widening scandal.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • United Nations
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
07-30-2012
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www.un.org
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
As ‘fiscal cliff’ looms, debate over pre-Election Day layoff notices heats up
07-30-2012
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Washington Post
The deep federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect at the start of next year may trigger dismissal notices for tens of thousands of employees of government contractors, companies and the warnings may start going out before the election.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
How to FREE Your Mind: The Occulted Keys of Wisdom
07-30-2012
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www.tragedyandhope.com
“I had written a presentation titled “How to Free Your Mind”, based on the use of the Trivium Method of critical thinking and creative problem solving; this was to be presented at the “Free Your Mind” Conference, in a lecture given by Jan Irvin of Gn
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Keep the Guns; Abolish the Police
07-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Anderson " who saw enough to recognize that a robbery was underway " had spied a uniformed officer in a marked police car The cop replied he was off duty and said to call 911. He then rolled up his window and drove away.
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News Link • New World Order
Agenda 21 EXPLAINED, full version
07-30-2012
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www.youtube.com
Here is a detailed presentation on what is really in Agenda 21 and the sustainable development movement as defined by the UN. How it will ultimately compromise your property rights..
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Syria
America's Syrian Jihad
07-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Americans can be forgiven for scratching their heads at the reality that the US government is actively supporting in Syria what it has spent the last eleven years fighting just a few thousand miles away in Afghanistan.
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News Link • New World Order
UN Earth Summit 1992 - Making World Government a Reality
07-30-2012
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www.youtube.com
This classic video produced by George Hunt exposes how the progenitors of the hijacked environmental movement, people like Maurice Strong, the Rothschild family and David Rockefeller, always intended the scam to achieve global population reduction al
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
This Cute Chat Site Could Save Your Life and Help Overthrow Your Government
07-30-2012
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Wired
21-year-old student Nadim Kobeissi is the creator of Cryptocat, a project “to combine my love of cryptography and cats,” he explained to an overflowing audience of hackers at the HOPE conference on Saturday, July 14.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Chicago steals cars if passenger has drugs
07-30-2012
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An Illinois appellate court rejected Ivy Jackson’s challenge to Chicago Municipal Code which provides the owner of a vehicle found to contain controlled substances or cannabis is liable for the taking of their vehicle.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Peter Jackson says ‘The Hobbit’ to be split into three movies
07-30-2012
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The Raw Story.com
The film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” will be split into three movies, rather than two as originally planned, New Zealand director Peter Jackson said Tuesday.
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Thousands Gather For Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Love’ Event At Cowboys Stadium
07-30-2012
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By Susy Solis, CBS 11 News
More than 65,000 people filled Cowboys Stadium to see one of the most polarizing figures in America: conservative radio host Glenn Beck.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GM Ramps Up Risky Subprime Auto Loans To Drive Sales
07-30-2012
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By DAVID HOGBERG INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
President Obama has touted General Motors (GM) as a successful example of his administration's policies. Yet GM's recovery is built, at least in part, on the increasing use of subprime loans.
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News Link • Humor
Video: Romney the Vampire meets Obama the Zombie
07-30-2012
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dailypaul.com
An original stop motion video made with loving care from a Ron Paul supporter in Nashville, TN.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars ~ Future Libertarians?
07-30-2012
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dailypaul.com
I believe when people reach this point... of losing everything... like I did... they are ready to clear away all the nonsense and get down to business... they are inclined to living free, prosperous and in service to their fellow man.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Letter from Former Maine State Director for Ron Paul Campaign
07-30-2012
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Daily Paul.com
As you may have heard today, Jan Staples---the Maine Republican National Committeewoman who was defeated for re-election at the 2012 Maine Republican Convention---is striking back.
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
Olympics Empty Seats Row: LOCOG Calls in the Army (Again)
07-30-2012
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by Robert Booth and Owen Gibson The Guardian
Soldiers have been drafted in to fill empty seats at the London 2012 Olympics after prime seating at the aquatics centre, gymnastics arena and basketball venue again went unused on the second day of competition.
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News Link • Syria
War, Syrian-Style? Has Assad Ordered Mass Rapes?
07-30-2012
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by Russ Baker WhoWhatWhy.com
A growing refrain out of Syria is that widespread rape is taking place " and sanctioned by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul supporters photobomb Mitt Romney’s visit to Poland
07-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Mitt Romney was greeted by Polish supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul as his motorcade passed through Gdansk on Monday. Volunteers from the Romney campaign struggled in vain to use umbrellas to block a large Ron Paul banner from sight, Bonney Kapp of C
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
Join the Smiley Cult of the Five Circles? Sorry, but I Have a Democratic Right To Be Bored
07-30-2012
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by Peter Hitchens lewrockwell.com
Enthusiasm is compulsory only in totalitarian dictatorships. Anywhere else, we are free to be keen if we want to, and bored if we want to.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Why Are Republicans Calling To Disarm The American People?
07-30-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson
The recent deluge of attacks against the second amendment were completely predictable in the aftermath of the Colorado massacre, but what perhaps wasn’t so expected was the fact that a lot of them have come from so-called Republicans.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
At Defcon, hackers get their own private cell network: Ninja Tel
07-30-2012
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by Dan Goodin
The WiFi at the annual Defcon hacker conference has long been inhabited by a battery of live and automated mischief makers that sniff packets, scan ports, and exploit whatever weaknesses can be found.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Civilian Drones to Search for Downed Power Lines During Blackouts
07-30-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Today in ways the impending domestic drone explosion is going to change your life: a number of utilities are testing new technologies that will allow them to quickly diagnose grid problems and rapidly restore electricity to areas stricken by blackout
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News Link • Science
Levitated Light
07-30-2012
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arclein
Rieger describes the creation of the levitation mechanism for LevLight as the simple part of the project. He modified a Hall Effect Levitator circuit designed by Eirik Taylor to include 300 meters (984 feet) of 20awg wire for the electromagnetic driv
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
MASL Stalls Metastasis
07-30-2012
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arclein
a, MASL may also be useful to treat and prevent a variety of other cancers that express PDPN. Dr. Goldberg's group has collaborated with the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the National Cancer Institute of the NIH to find that MASL can effecti
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Soybean Oil Extends Tire Life
07-30-2012
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arclein
reduce its use of petroleum-based oil by up to seven million gallons (26.5 million liters) a year, while the tread life of the tires would increase by approximately ten percent.
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robert klein
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News Link • Activism
On Courage and Cowardice - by L. Neil Smith
07-29-2012
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
Almost immediately, however, a few participants began to object to the name and to the logo that went with it. It was "too edgy", someone said. It looked too "aggressive" (believe me, the posture involved is one of pure self-defense).
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Wall Street Week Ahead: Rolling out red carpet for central bankers
07-29-2012
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Reuters
Stocks took off at the end of the week, drawn by the allure of a helping hand from the world's two most powerful central banks. The US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank meet to stimulate economic growth and, in the case of the ECB, tackl
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Saturn’s moon Enceladus holds promise of alien life
07-29-2012
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Robin McKie, The Observer
Enceladus is little bigger than a lump of rock and has appeared, until recently, as a mere pinprick of light in astronomers’ telescopes. Yet Saturn’s tiny moon has suddenly become a major attraction for scientists.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Seattle reaches police reform deal with government
07-29-2012
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Reuters
The settlement, which grew out of a federal investigation of the city's police department, will allow the city to avoid a civil rights lawsuit that U.S. officials threatened to bring over complaints of excessive force by officers.
Such a lawsuit w
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
FBI says it may probe Anaheim police following shootings
07-29-2012
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Reuters
The FBI said on Friday it will consider investigating police in the city of Anaheim, following several high profile shootings by officers that have led to protests and civil unrest in the southern California city.
The announcement came the same da
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News Link • Government
Correction: Government Files Lawsuit to Halt Sales of Buckyballs, Buckycubes
07-29-2012
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http://www.giftsanddec.com, Tina Benitez-Eves
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has filed a lawsuit against the makers of Buckyballs and Buckycubes asking the firm to stop sales of its magnetic desk accessories due to serious choking hazards.
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News Link • Self-Defense
89-year-old woman scares away burglars with pistol
07-29-2012
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http://www.carolinalive.com, by Tonya Brown
When burglars invaded the home of Ruby Hodge, 89, they got a lot more than they bargained for.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Pakistan official slams drones ahead of CIA talks
07-29-2012
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AP
In a frank debate with White House war adviser Douglas Lute, Ambassador Sherry Rehman said the drone attacks have already succeeded in damaging Al Qaeda but are now only serving to recruit new militants.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail -- for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
07-29-2012
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http://cnsnews.com, By Kendra Alleyne
A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater.
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News Link • Military
Russia wants naval bases abroad: report
07-29-2012
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http://news.yahoo.com, Reuters
Russia hopes to establish its first naval base abroad since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and is looking at Cuba, Vietnam and the Seychelles as possible locations, state-run RIA news agency quoted the navy chief as saying on Friday.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security and Military Vehicles " Pictures I Captured while in Kentucky
07-29-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Posted by Sherrie Questioning All
I was in Kentucky this last week. While driving up there I came across at least 10 different trucks hauling military vehicles going North. I even came across them in the small town of Winchester Kentucky, which
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News Link • Drug War
US war on drugs " now in Africa
07-29-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
While first running for the White House, Barack Obama campaigned on ending America’s war. Not it seems though that the focus now shifting away from the war on terror and toward the war on drugs. And that war is expanding from Latin America to Africa,
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News Link • Surveillance
DHS Prepares for Civil Unrest as Obama Poised to Destroy 2nd Amendment
07-29-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Surveillance drones have a new mission. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) they will be used for “public safety”. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the DHS, told a House Committee meeting on Homeland Security that the more than 30,00
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News Link • Police State
Police Defendants Pay $210,000 To Settle Illegal Roadblock Lawsuit
07-28-2012
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www.checkpointusa.org
3,451 days after being seized, detained, dragged out of my vehicle & arrested at an illegal general law enforcement roadblock conducted by Tohono O'odham Police Dept. officers with the assistance of Senior Special U.S. Customs agents along with dozen
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News Link • Afghanistan
Auschwitz-Like Conditions at U.S. Funded Afghan Hospital was Covered Up by U.S. General
07-28-2012
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http://politicalvelcraft.org
A high rank US commander in Afghanistan has come under scrutiny after US military officials accused him of opposing a probe into poor conditions and the ill-treatment of patients at an Afghan-run US-funded hospital in Kabul.
Lieutenant General Wil
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