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Date Sent: 2012-09-04
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, September 4, 2012 AM edition |
GOP Shocker: Value-Added Tax Plank -- How Plan to Help City Pay Pensions Backfired
The CFR, the CIA, and the Banks -- A Point of Law on Taxation of Gold -- China Says Syria Situation Worsening, Still Opposes Intervention -- Project Aims to Harness the Power of Waves -- CIA chief visits Turkey for regional talks: official -- Sudan can end economic crisis with cuts, better tax collection: IMF -- Brent steady around $116, central bank meetings spur stimulus hopes -- What Goes Around Comes Around -- Sucking Up Shamelessly to Israel -- 09-04-12 -- Chris Duane - John Brakey - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Morgan Stanley collapse is imminent- Is this the October Surprise of this election cycle? -- This Chart Showing That Most Debt Growth Came Under Republican
Presidents Is Accurate, But... -- 8 German Judges Hold The Fate Of The
Euro In Their Hands -- Peter Schiff: "Romney is the lesser of two evils." -- New! Ron Paul Delegates speak out against RNC Corruption -- Why Billionaire Frank Giustra Is Making A Massive Bet On Inflation -- That's it. I'm done. No more GOP, LP, GJ, or any of it. I'll tell you why - you can tell -- Ron Paul TX Straight Talk 9/3/12: The Doomed Dollar & the Case For a Stable Currency -- The Republican Convention and the Ron Paul Revolution
AZ: Birthday Party for Ed Vallejo
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
GOP Shocker: Value-Added Tax Plank
09-04-2012
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Barron's
The 2012 Republican Platform calls for a complete overhaul of the federal tax system. No surprise there. But then it endorses a value-added tax or national sales tax as one possible solution to the nation's budget problems. This is shocking.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How Plan to Help City Pay Pensions Backfired
09-04-2012
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New York Times
A finance professor in Stockton, Calif., took a hard look at his city’s bankruptcy and thought he saw a smoking gun: a dubious bond deal that bankers had pushed on Stockton just as the local economy was starting to tank in 2007, he said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
The CFR, the CIA, and the Banks
09-04-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
While most conservatives were opposed to the Wall Street bank bailouts under Bush and Obama, they haven’t a clue that protection of the CFR oligarchs' bankocracy has always been paramount. It has its deepest roots in the origins the CIA:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gold and Silver
A Point of Law on Taxation of Gold
09-04-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
It's impossible to use gold as money when it's taxed as a collectible. Does the Constitution implicitly forbid such a tax? I think such a case can be made under Article 1, Section 10:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
China Says Syria Situation Worsening, Still Opposes Intervention
09-04-2012
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Reuters
China said on Tuesday the situation in Syria was worsening but that it still opposed any outside armed intervention in the country, ahead of a visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Project Aims to Harness the Power of Waves
09-04-2012
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New York Times
About 15 years ago, this environmentally conscious state with a fir tree on its license plates began pushing the idea of making renewable energy from the ocean waves that bob and swell on the Pacific horizon. But then one of the first test-buoy gener
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA chief visits Turkey for regional talks: official
09-04-2012
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AFP
CIA chief David Petraeus is visiting Turkey for meetings on regional issues, a U.S. official told Agence France Presse on Monday.
The official would not say with whom the CIA chief would be meeting and where.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Sudan can end economic crisis with cuts, better tax collection: IMF
09-04-2012
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Reuters
The outlook for Sudan's struggling economy has brightened since the government passed a tough austerity package but it still needs to improve tax collection to overcome the loss of oil revenues, the International Monetary Fund said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Brent steady around $116, central bank meetings spur stimulus hopes
09-04-2012
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Reuters
Brent futures rose for a fourth day to around $116 per barrel, helped by persistent hopes for stimulus measures from central banks in the United States and Europe, with key policy meetings scheduled for this week and next.
Prices were also underpi
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
09-04-12 -- Chris Duane - John Brakey - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Chris Duane (founder of Sons of Liberty Academy and 'Greatest Truths Never Told' on his YouTube channel) talks about 'Stop the Revolution Start the Evolution' video on opting out of 'the system' - John Brakey on the Libertarian case in Pima County, A
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Morgan Stanley collapse is imminent- Is this the October Surprise of this election cycle?
09-03-2012
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OccupyCorpratism.com
The fall of the House of Morgan has begun as stock prices on the global market at Morgan Stanley (MS) begin to fall on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
This Chart Showing That Most Debt Growth Came Under Republican Presidents Is Accurate, But...
09-03-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Henry Blodget
A reader sent us the following chart and asked whether it was accurate.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - International
8 German Judges Hold The Fate Of The Euro In Their Hands
09-03-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
Germany's Constitutional Court holds the fate of the euro in its hands when it rules next week on whether a crucial euro zone financial rescue fund can go ahead.
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News Link • Battery Project
Effects of the covalent linker groups on the spin transport properties...
09-03-2012
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http://jcp.aip.org
Effects of the covalent linker groups on the spin transport properties of single nickelocene molecules attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes
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News Link • Battery Project
Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Réaumur, andRankine Conversion Formulas
09-03-2012
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http://www.csgnetwork.com
This is the lean and chart oriented version of the temperature converter and related formulae.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Battery Project
The Synthesis of Nickelocene
09-03-2012
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http://www.sciencemadness.org, benzylchloride1
Bis(cyclopentadienyl)nickel(II) or nickelocene is a widely studied organotransition metal complex due to its interesting chemical properties.
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News Link • Battery Project
Nickelocene
09-03-2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org
Nickelocene is the organonickel compound with the formula Ni(η5-C5H5)2. Also known as bis(cyclopentadienyl)nickel or NiCp2, this bright green paramagnetic solid is of enduring academic interest,[1] although it yet has no practical applications.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why Billionaire Frank Giustra Is Making A Massive Bet On Inflation
09-03-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Tommy Humphreys
We had the opportunity to sit down with Frank Giustra last week, the lion behind Lionsgate Films, and an early architect of countless resource companies
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Republican Convention and the Ron Paul Revolution
09-03-2012
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www.veteranstoday.com
The Grand Old Party produced a scripted appeal to the faithful. The 2012 Republican Party convention in Tampa, designed to sell a filtered image of a country club version of conservatism, begs the historic substance of a traditional embodiment of tru
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley About Obama Admin’s War On the Constitution
09-03-2012
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www.truth-out.org
I don't know how to bring myself to vote for a constitutional law professor, or even a constitutional realist, who throws away due process and claims the authority that the executive branch can assassinate American citizens. I just don't know if I ca
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
That's it. I'm done. No more GOP, LP, GJ, or any of it. I'll tell you why - you can tell
09-03-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
After this week, I know that we have already crossed the event horizon and that the system is beyond repair. I should have known this already.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Free Speech
Rutherford Institute Warns PHX Officials Not to Discourage Acts of Charity by Religious Individuals
09-03-2012
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The Rutherford Institute
Moreover, not only does the ordinance create a substantial burden on the religious exercise of countless churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious institutions and individuals who may be compelled to perform acts of charity on their own priva
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Birthday Party for Ed Vallejo
09-03-2012
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Ed Vallejo himself
No signwaves, no protests, no voting - just a gathering of friends and family getting together to celebrate LIFE. It IS good, IF you work to make it so...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • World News
Venezuela’s Oil Refinery Blaze: Seven Good Reasons to Suspect Sabotage
09-03-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By James Petras
“You can’t exclude any hypothesis … It’s practically impossible that here in an [oil] installation like this which is fully automated everywhere and that has thousands of responsible workers night and day, civilian and military, and that there is a g
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
NATO Terrorists to Target Syria’s Civilian Airports
09-03-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Tony Cartalucci
In violation of international law, NATO-backed terrorists plan civilian airport raids.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
OWS march rolls through Charlotte ahead of Democratic convention (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
09-03-2012
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http://rt.com
Hundreds of people have taken part in the March on Wall Street South event in Charlotte, carrying banners, banging drums and chanting slogans against corporate greed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Top US military commander: 'I don't want to be complicit' if Israel attacks Iran
09-03-2012
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http://rt.com
The highest ranking officer in the United States military has announced that he is against American participation in any Israeli-led attack on Iran, even as pressure to destroy the Islamic Republic’s rumored nuclear program remain unrelieved.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Security rules for Democratic National Convention cause concern
09-03-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Muriel Kane
A new ordinance for “extraordinary events” put in place by the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is hosting the Democratic National Convention this week, have left attendees as well as protesters uncertain of what seemingly innocent possession
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush and Blair Should Be Sent to The Hague
09-03-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
South African Nobel Peace Prize Winner says former leaders should face international criminal court for war crimes
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
ICE chief of staff resigns amid allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace
09-02-2012
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Washington Post
A senior Obama administration political appointee and longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigned amid allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior lodged by at least 3 Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm arrested in Cambodia
09-02-2012
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BBC News
The site was founded in 2003, and claims to have more than 30m users worldwide.
No copyright content is hosted on the site's web servers. Instead, it hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.
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News Link • Activism
Police admit to infiltrating Occupy Austin, may have acted as provocateurs
09-02-2012
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Rawstory
They may also have gone further, acting as provocateurs to encourage the use of lockboxes or “sleeping dragons” " lengths of PVC pipe into which protestors insert their arms to make it harder for police to remove them during a demonstration.
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News Link • Drug War
Two killed in Brazil slum drug sweep
09-02-2012
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AFP
2 people were killed during a counter-narcotics operation by an elite police in a Brazilian slum, angering residents who blocked a main road into the city. The mayor’s central operations office in Rio de Janeiro reported that Brasil Avenue, which run
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Public Burnings of Voter Registration Cards
08-31-2012
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The Vote for Nobody Campaign
A different election boycott group has called for public burnings of voter registration cards at local polling places everywhere on this coming election day " Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. This is not only a great idea, but it’s a great opportunity fo
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Economy - International
In Italy, world’s oldest bank faces uncertain future
09-02-2012
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Washington Post
Tucked away in this Tuscan city, the oldest bank in the world has survived the Borgias, pestilence and too many wars to count. Now, a mundane foe has proved far more dangerous: Italian government debt.
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News Link • Food
The era of cheap food may be over
09-02-2012
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The Guardian
The last decade saw the end of cheap oil, the magic growth ingredient for the global economy after the second world war. This summer's increase in maize, wheat and soya bean prices " the third spike in the past five years " suggests the era of cheap
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S. Halting Program to Train Afghan Recruits
09-02-2012
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New York Times
Training of Afghan Local Police and special operations forces has been put on hold while their American trainers conduct stricter vetting to try to root out any infiltrators or new recruits who could pose risks to the coalition troops working with th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Why are we building private prisons when crime is down?
09-02-2012
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Arizona Republic
On Friday, the state of Arizona plans to award one lucky " or perhaps just well connected -- company the contract to build and operate 1,000 private prison beds for medium security inmates. This, despite the fact that we have
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News Link • Economy - International
Japan Manufacturing PMI Hits 16 Month Low, New Orders Plunge
09-02-2012
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thedailybell.com
Output and new orders down at accelerated rates
Near-stagnation of employment
Purchasing costs fall to greatest extent since November 2009
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
John Butler on Free-market Economics and the Upcoming 'Great Crisis'
09-02-2012
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Anthony Wile The Daily Bell
John Butler is a Marin County native who studied economics, history, philosophy and international politics at university before embarking on a career in the financial industry.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Property Rights
The Rulers And The Ruled
09-02-2012
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zerohedge.com
The truth that without property rights, no other rights are possible has been known for millennia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Eco-commune flourishes as Greek economy withers
09-02-2012
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Reuters
Web designer Apostolos Sianos and three friends startled Greek villagers when they quit well-paid jobs in Athens to set up a self-sufficient commune that lives in yurts and grows its own vegetables.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
It Is Not Just Your Imagination - American Families ARE Getting Poorer
09-02-2012
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Did you know that median household income in the United States is lower today than it was when the last recession supposedly ended?
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Robert Lee
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