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Date Sent: 2012-08-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, August 17, 2012 |
Federal Judge: Your Location is No More Private Than the Color of Your Car
U.S. Government's Foreign Debt Hits Record $5.29 Trillion --
Priest chased boy down street in his underwear -- No Criminal
Case in Loss at MF Global -- Will Bernanke Save the Equity
Markets? -- "The Threat of Authority" - by William Grigg -- Judge orders trial for Manhattan 'madam' -- TSA
'chat-downs' investigated at Boston's Logan airport --
Russian attack submarine sailed in Gulf of Mexico undetected for
weeks, U.S. officials say -- Bond insurer sues California over
development agencies -- 'Black box' standards coming for cars
-- South African police open fire on striking Lonmin miners,
several dead -- Dave Mustaine: Obama Staged ‘Batman’ Massacre
-- Genetically engineering ‘ethical’ babies is a moral
obligation, says Oxford professor -- A Mechanical Road Crew
for Filling Potholes Quickly and Cheaply -- Mothers To
Regulators: We Will Not Comply! -- The Military's
Version Of The Onion Is Now So Popular Its Server Just Crashed -- Is
The Woman At The Center Of China's Most Important Trial For
Decades An Impostor? -- China Is Replacing Its Workers With
Robots -- See The Insane Amounts Of ADHD Drugs Prescribed To
Children In The Last Decade -- NASSIM TALEB WARNS: Stay Out
Of The Investment Industry -- ROUBINI: The Eurozone Is Betting
The House To Save The Garage -- 11 People killed in
Afghanistan Thursday -- 08-16-12 -- Pete Eyre - Brock Lorber -
Alan Korwin (MP3 & Video LOADED)
POOL PARTY AT HANCOCK'S SUNDAY, AUG 19, 2012 from
1 P.M. TIL ??
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News Link • Surveillance
Federal Judge: Your Location is No More Private Than the Color of Your Car
08-16-2012
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PC World
In United States v. Skinner it ruled that because we all know cell phones have GPS transponders that can broadcast our locations at any time, we have no reasonable expectation of privacy when we carry them.
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News Link • Activism
How Do We Change the System?
08-16-2012
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Matthew Schnackenberg
To change the system of government, we must first gain a much louder voice. A voice that simply "being that other party" tends to lack. Generally, we do not even have to switch parties to assist gaining that voice. There is a growing number of yout
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Government's Foreign Debt Hits Record $5.29 Trillion
08-16-2012
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CNS News
The money the U.S. government owes to foreign entities rose to a record $5.2923 trillion in June, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury. In May, the U.S. Treasury had owed $5.2581 trillion to foreign entities. On net, in June, the U.S. gove
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Priest chased boy down street in his underwear
08-16-2012
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It was close to midnight Sunday when James Curths saw the 12-year-old boy running down the street. The child begged for help, telling him a man was chasing him. Moments later, a man rounded the corner wearing only underwear.
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News Link • Corruption
No Criminal Case in Loss at MF Global
08-16-2012
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The Atlantic Wire
With the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal charges despite "borrowing" money from its customer's accounts to try and salvage its own losses.
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News Link • Police State
"The Threat of Authority"
08-16-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Skepticism, Santayana observed, is “the chastity of the intellect.” In similar fashion, resistance " not compliance " is the default response of a free person to a directive issued by someone acting in the name of “authority.”
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Judge orders trial for Manhattan 'madam'
08-16-2012
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AFP
A suburban mother charged with running an upscale, urbane escort service is headed for trial after a judge declined Thursday to throw out the case.
The judge set an Oct. 15 trial date in Anna Gristina’s case, which has been spiced with prosecutors
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA 'chat-downs' investigated at Boston's Logan airport
08-16-2012
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USA Today
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating complaints from airport security officers that the "chat-down" program at Boston's Logan airport has become a magnet for racial profiling.
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News Link • World News
Russian attack submarine sailed in Gulf of Mexico undetected for weeks, U.S. officials say
08-16-2012
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A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks and its travel in strategic U.S. waters was only confirmed after it left the region, the Washington Free Beac
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Exclusive: Bond insurer sues California over development agencies
08-16-2012
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Reuters
Bond insurer Syncora Guarantee has filed a lawsuit to prevent California from eliminating the state's 400 local redevelopment agencies, claiming that the plan unfairly deprives bondholders of money they are owed.
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News Link • Surveillance
'Black box' standards coming for cars
08-16-2012
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The Hill
New federal standards for "black boxes" that record information leading up to auto accidents will will take effect Sept. 1, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ruled on Tuesday.
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News Link • Police State
South African police open fire on striking Lonmin miners, several dead
08-16-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT " South African police open fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine, killing at least a dozen men in the deadliest episode of a week of union violence. The SAPA domestic news a
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Genetically engineering ‘ethical’ babies is a moral obligation, says Oxford professor
08-16-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Richard Alleyne
Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children”.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A Mechanical Road Crew for Filling Potholes Quickly and Cheaply
08-16-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Katharine Gammon
A quarter of America’s major metropolitan roads have stretches in substandard condition, and drivers pay the consequences"potholes alone cost car owners an average of $335 a year in tires, repair and maintenance.
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News Link • Activism
Mothers To Regulators: We Will Not Comply!
08-16-2012
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Farm Wars
August 18, 2012 a group of mothers and others, members of the advocacy groups, the Raw Milk Freedom Riders and Lemonade Freedom Day, will take their raw milk and lemonade to the lawn of the US Capitol to celebrate their right to “voluntary exchange.”
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Media: Internet
The Military's Version Of The Onion Is Now So Popular Its Server Just Crashed
08-16-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Walter Hickey
The satirical news site for the military, published by BI Smoke Pit Contributor and owner of CollegeVeteran.com Paul Szoldra, was brought down this morning after a link in an Army Times article about the blog overloaded the site with traffic.
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News Link • China
Is The Woman At The Center Of China's Most Important Trial For Decades An Impostor?
08-16-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Daniel Goodman
The trial of ousted Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife for the murder of British man Neil Heywood may have only lasted 7 hours, but its still throwing up twists.
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News Link • China
China Is Replacing Its Workers With Robots
08-16-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Max Nisen
Credit Suisse is out with a massive report on the growth of industrial automation. Yesterday we highlighted their favorite seven stocks in the sector.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
See The Insane Amounts Of ADHD Drugs Prescribed To Children In The Last Decade
08-16-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ashley Lutz
This graphic by Allied Health World shows that doctors prescribed children 46 percent more ADHD drugs from 2002 to 2010.
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News Link • General Opinion
NASSIM TALEB WARNS: Stay Out Of The Investment Industry
08-16-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew Boesler
Nassim Taleb " the man behind the term "black swan" " just published a new paper taking aim at Wall Street titled Why It is No Longer a Good Idea to Be in The Investment Industry.
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News Link • Economy - International
ROUBINI: The Eurozone Is Betting The House To Save The Garage
08-16-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew Boesler
NYU economist Nouriel Roubini is worried that Europe may be throwing good money after bad as it hooks up peripheral banking systems to ECB life support.
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Feature Article • Afghanistan
11 People killed in Afghanistan Thursday
Angel Clark
NATO is reporting that 11 people, including seven American troops, were killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The other casualties were "three members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one civilian interpreter" acco
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News Link • Gun Rights
Today on LewRockwell.com - Thursday August 16th 2012
08-16-2012
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
One Difference Between a Free Man and a Slave?, The right to own weapons and defend yourself, says Doug Casey. - Why Is AK47 Demand Soaring? - Murray Rothbard on what the Puritans did to the Quakers - Big Pharma Hunts for an Expensive Cure
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Martial Law
Arch Crawford " The Stars Are Pointing To Delayed Election and Martial Law
08-15-2012
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Financial Survival Network
Arch Crawford's financial astrology service is highly regarded in the financial world, having made many prescient calls on major market events. According to Crawford, when it comes to turmoil and upheaval, we ain't seen nothing yet.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Government
Top 10 Reasons Why the Mafia is Better than the State
08-15-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
http://freestateproject.org
Emily delivered the winning rant at the Soapbox Idol competition from Porcfest 2011. Porcfest is short for the Porcupine Freedom Festival which is held annually in NH by the Free State Project. The judges panel includ
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Pockets of City See Higher Use of Force During Police Stops
08-15-2012
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New York Times
Police officers from the nearby 44th and 46th Precincts patrol the streets, from time to time stopping and frisking young men, mostly black and Latino. And when they do they use physical force far more often than the police do anywhere else
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
N.Y. Fed says municipal bond defaults higher than ratings agency counts
08-15-2012
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Washington Post
Defaults on municipal bonds for decades have been far higher than reported by rating agencies, bringing into question the true risk of a common investment widely considered to be safe, according to a study released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Approval of Congress falls to all-time low
08-15-2012
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AP
Just one in 10 Americans approves of the job Congress is doing, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, tying the branch's lowest approval rating in 38 years. Congress originally hit the 10% mark in February, before
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Muslim group blasts judge over "sea monster" comparison
08-15-2012
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Reuters
A Muslim rights group criticized a federal judge, complaining he had compared the civil liberties of Muslim Americans to a "hideous sea monster" while tossing out a lawsuit over the infiltration of California mosques by an FBI informant.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
7 Banks Subpoenaed Over Rate-Fixing
08-15-2012
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AP
The attorneys general of New York and Connecticut have issued subpoenas to seven banks over the possible manipulation of a global interest rate, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Britain threatens to storm Ecuador embassy to get Assange
08-15-2012
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Reuters
The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months.
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Arizona Election Fraud: "In the Spirit of Cooperation, Let's Not Look Into the Past"
08-152012
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The Intercept
By "taking the matter under advisement", Judge Kyle Bryson kicked the can a little farther down the road last Monday and further postponed the hearing granted to the Libertarian Party by the appellate courts for prospective relief in rigged electio
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News Link • Military
Military’s Mach 5 Missile Fails, Again
08-15-2012
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Robert Beckhusen and Noah Shachtman via WIRED.com
A crucial test for the Air Force’s experimental Mach 5 missile has ended in failure, according to the Air Force. Tuesday’s test is also the third time the hypersonic X-51A Waverider cruise missile has fallen short. But this time could be the last.
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News Link • Police State
DHS Says Veteran Lone Wolf Extremists Will Carry Out More Violent Attacks
08-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Michael Chertoff, former director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have brought the influence of the Israel Defense Force to local police departments across America. By using Zionist training, local police are being mentally and physicall
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News Link • Police State
DHS classifies ammo purchase following controversy
08-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Federal agency blacks out amount of bullets being bought
The Department of Homeland Security has redacted information relating to the quantity of bullets it is buying following a controversy concerning the agency’s purchase of over a billion round
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News Link • Iran
Report: Obama to Tell Israel US ‘Will Attack Iran by June 2013′ If Diplomacy Fails
08-15-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
It could be a tactic to stave off an Israeli attack before the November elections, but such talk is incredibly dangerous
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News Link • Government
House members' VIP loans from Countrywide excluded from subpoena, report says
08-15-2012
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http://www.foxnews.com, Associated Press
A Democratic committee chairman overrode his own subpoena three years ago in an investigation of former subprime mortgage lender Countrywide to exclude records showing that he, other House members and congressional aides got VIP discounted loans from
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News Link • Food
Price of Ground Beef Hits Record High
08-15-2012
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http://cnsnews.com, By Terence P. Jeffrey
The average price of ground beef hit a record high in the United States in July, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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News Link • Social Security
Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets
08-15-2012
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http://www.infowars.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Preparing for civil unrest? Ammunition to be delivered to 41 locations across U.S.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Message to the Voting Cattle - Larken Rose
08-15-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by FreiwilligFrei
These are the words of a fictional character in the book, and he says quite a bit more. And yes, the character is rather harsh in his condemnation of state-worship, but for a reason. If you have the story context of who is saying it, where, when, and
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The assault on freedom is just beginning
08-15-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
...British government is doing its damnedest to outdo the US as the WORST place to travel in, out, and through in the entire world. And if you plan on traveling, this is important information to know.
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News Link • Imperialism
Imperialist Adventurism: Payback for America’s Unholy Military Alliance
08-15-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Finian Cunningham
The Western-instigated and Turk, Saudi, Israeli-backed terrorist monster running amok in the Middle East could turn out to be the mother of all chickens that comes home to roost for these powers.
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News Link • Torture
Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad: How Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life
08-15-2012
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globalresearch.ca, by Prof. Alfred W. McCoy
After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that
rests on two unsustainable policies: impunity at home and rendition abroa
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Opinion • WAR: About that War
Ray McGovern: My Take
Israel’s ‘Bomb Iran’ Timetable
08-12-2012
Ray McGovern
As the clock ticks down to the U.S. elections in November, another clock is ticking in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, whether Israeli forces should exploit the American political timetable to pressure President Obama to support an attack on Iran’s nuclear s
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Suppressed Details Of 9/11: Insider Trading Leads Directly To The CIA`s Highest Ranks
08-15-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Michael C. Ruppert
Although uniformly ignored by the mainstream U.S. media, there is abundant and clear evidence that a number of transactions in financial markets indicated specific (criminal) foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS & GAO Warn Of Vulnerable Power Grid
08-15-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, All Gov
Federalism"the division of power between federal and state governments"is making the nation’s electrical grid less safe and more vulnerable to attack by thieves as well as by terrorists.
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News Link • Immigration
DHS Launches New “Immigration” Job Program
08-15-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, AP
The Obama administration on Tuesday directed young illegal immigrants to fill out new forms and pay $465 if they want to apply under a new program that would let them avoid deportation and obtain a U.S. work permit.
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News Link • Economy - International
Government And Banks Make Preparations For A Financial Collapse
08-15-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Michael Snyder
All over the globe, governments and big banks are acting as if they are anticipating an imminent financial collapse.
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News Link • Syria
Rebels claim responsibility for Syria blast
08-15-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera and agencies
Spokesperson of Free Syrian Army unit that planned Damascus bombings tells Al Jazeera they targeted military, not UN.
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News Link • United Nations
Agenda 21 Propaganda Invades Hotels, Lectures Travelers
08-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
As a sometimes frequent traveler, I’ve repeatedly been bombarded by mindless propaganda at hotels across the United States lecturing about the use of towels in relation to saving the environment. Apart from a few hotels in actual desert regions devoi
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News Link • Iran
Israel hasn't decided on Iran strike: Pentagon
08-14-2012
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Reuters
The US does not believe Israel has made a decision on whether to attack Iran over its nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, following sharp rhetoric from Israeli officials that has put financial markets on edge.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
FBI Muslim spying lawsuit against U.S. is tossed by judge
08-14-2012
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Los Angeles Times
A federal judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government and the FBI over the agency’s spying on Orange County Muslims, ruling that allowing the suit to go forward would risk divulging sensitive state secrets.
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News Link • Gun Rights
The Right to Self-Defense Applied to Mass Shootings - by Paul Koning
08-14-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Houston officials released a video on how to respond if they are caught in a mass shooting situation. Among the suggestions is "run, hide, or fight" and the idea to "...fight back as a last resort by using makeshift weapons such as a fire extinguishe
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
WikiLeaks’ Paul Ryan exposure
08-14-2012
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Salon
Ryan, in a meeting with Argentine legislators, “cited monetary policy and protecting jobs as critical issues that consume the attention of the Congress.” It doesn’t exactly sound like the sort of thing a true believer in austerity might say.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Pentagon Kiddie Porn Kings
08-14-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The federal government has a problem: It seems that one of the favorite pastimes of federal employees, and especially the bureaucrats and officers in the Pentagon, is viewing child porn.
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
The FEMA Faceoff: Truth as an Urban Legend
08-14-2012
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http://www.strategic-living.net, The Two Gs
We both harbor a great deal of concern over what we see happening in our country but in fairness to the PTB, wanted to come to terms with real facts. Our goal was to uncover the truth and debunk what we thought were internet myth’s about FEMA and FE
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