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Date Sent: 2012-10-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, October 17, 2012 PM edition |
Obama seeks to revive assault weapons ban -- Bin Laden driver's conviction reversed by US court
Communist Party Promoted in Arizona High Schools -- 10-17-12 -- Gary Johnson, Marc Victor, Vaughn Treude, Al O'Malley, Devon & Derek Miller on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio -- Republican
Senator releases Waste Book 2012; Congress tops list of waste (Video) -- Closing arguments given by Marc J. Victor in missing AZ baby case -- New York Times Admits Stanford Organic Food Study Flaws, Apologizes -- Threats to Assassinate Romney Explode After Debate -- Leaked Documents Reveal "Monopoly-Like" Control of Presidential Debates -- The Future Of Gold, Oil, And The Dollar --Moody's Refuses To Junk Spain Ahead Of US Election, Raffirms Baa3 Rating --
Iraqi Shi'ite militants fight for Syria's Assad -- Greece Is Not Poor -
It Actually Has Massive Uptapped Reserves Of Gold, Oil And Natural Gas
-- Electron ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Could Lead to New Kinds of Electronics -- Cubans May Now Travel Outside The Country For The First Time In More
Than 50 Years -- Don't Believe What Either Party Is Saying About The
Benghazi Attack -- Green Party candidate arrested outside debate site -- You need an ID to buy gun magazines -- EU Wages War on Free Expression - by Stephen Lendman -- The scariest video you have ever watched in the name of science
AZ: Fruit Trees 4 Community offered by Garden Pool - Deadline for
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama suggests he would seek to revive ban on assault weapons
10-17-2012
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Reuters
Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney engaged in a rare tussle over gun control, and Obama opened the door to pushing for a ban on assault weapons if he wins a second term.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Bin Laden driver's conviction reversed by U.S. court
10-17-2012
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Reuters
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that providing support for terrorism was not a war crime at the time of Hamdan's alleged conduct from 1996 to 2001 and therefore could not support a conviction.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday October 17th 2012
10-17-2012
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
DIY Cold and Flu Remedies / I'm Being Stalked by Republicans! / The US and the UK Knew, to the Day, About Pearl Harbor, But they kept it secret to get the US into WWII / Never, Ever Call the Cops / Football: Just Another Government Rip-Off?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Government Waste
Republican Senator releases Waste Book 2012; Congress tops list of waste (Video)
10-16-2012
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Andrew Moran, Examiner.com
Senator Tom Coburn (R) released his annual Waste Book, a report that highlights government waste at the federal and state level. This year, congress is this year's biggest waste of taxpayers' money.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Science
ReGenesis With George Church
10-17-2012
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arclein
George's work towards a synthetic self replicating self sustaining minimal cell will enable many of the functions of Drexler's assembler. It will be a milestone in synthetic biology that will take it to another level of productivity and capability.
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News Link • Anthropology
Madagascar's Peopling
10-17-2012
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arclein
Genetic and linguistic studies suggest the island’s native Malagasy people are mainly of Indonesian descent. The idea of early Indonesians traveling 3,000 miles to the island intrigued Cox. “It’s a surprisingly long distance to come,” he says. So he
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
MS Breakthrough
10-17-2012
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arclein
prevented the progression of MS by inhibiting the molecule, known as PI3Kgamma, which activates the cells that cause the immune system to attack itself and cause the nerve damage.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney Victory Predicted
10-17-2012
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arclein
Putting these pieces together, clearly President Obama is in electoral trouble. To be sure, he enjoys some advantages. First, Obama’s successful campaign in 2008 gives him a substantial leg up. He can lose some states that he carried four years ago w
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Closing arguments given by Marc J. Victor in missing AZ baby case
10-17-2012
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www.kpho.com
Defense attorney Marc Victor told the jury during his closing arguments Tuesday that the case is not "about whether or not you like Elizabeth Johnson." (Also, link to live streaming of trial.)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Food
New York Times Admits Stanford Organic Food Study Flaws, Apologizes
10-17-2012
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Prison Planet
We broke the story of Stanford’s ridiculous organic food study the very night of its publication.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Threats to Assassinate Romney Explode After Debate
10-17-2012
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Prison Planet
Despite numerous media outlets attempting to downplay the issue, Twitter exploded last night following the debate with new threats from Obama supporters to assassinate Mitt Romney if he defeats Obama in the presidential race.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Green Party Candidates Arrested Outside Presidential Debate
10-17-2012
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Common Dreams
Presidential candidate Jill Stein and running mate Cheri Honkala barred from attending then arrested
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Armstrong steps down from charity; Nike drops sponsorship
10-17-2012
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Reuters
Lance Armstrong has stepped down as chairman of the cancer charity he founded, Livestrong, after U.S. anti-doping officials issued a scathing report detailing his use of performance-enhancing drugs for years as one of the world's premier cyclists, th
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Sand Flea Jumping Robot
10-17-2012
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youtube
Sand Flea is an 11-lb robot with one trick up its sleeve: Normally it drives like an RC car, but when it needs to it can jump 30 feet into the air
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Battery Project
Edison Battery Construction Nickel Iron
10-17-2012
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youtube
Thanks to the help of a Phd battery expert, I have massive improvements now to the cell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Battery Project
iron oxide tutorial1.13 nife battery construction
10-17-2012
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youtube
changing lithium carbonate to lithium hydroxide a nife battery additive
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Battery Project
CBA IV 4 Computerized Battery Analyzer
10-17-2012
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powerwerx.com
Scientifically Analyze Battery Performance. Test any type of battery. Test quickly at real world load conditions, 40 amps max. Results are graphically displayed with easy to use software. USB interface.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
The Future Of Gold, Oil, And The Dollar
10-17-2012
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zerohedge.com/news
The ability of reflationary policy to mute the worst risks of debt deflation has been a source of enormous frustration for stock market bears ever since the 2008 collapse.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
In Another Blow For "Green Industry" A123 Files For Bankruptcy
10-17-2012
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zerohedge.com/news
That troubled battery-maker A123 has just filed for bankruptcy
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Moody's Refuses To Junk Spain Ahead Of US Election, Raffirms Baa3 Rating
10-17-2012
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zerohedge.com
For those who are curious why Tim Geithner has been invisible in the past 2 months, the answer is he has been manning the phones
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Iraqi Shi'ite militants fight for Syria's Assad
10-17-2012
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Reuters
Scores of Iraqi Shi'ite militants are fighting in Syria, often alongside President Bashar al-Assad's troops, and pledging loyalty to Iran's supreme Shi'ite religious leader, according to militia fighters and politicians in Iraq.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Greece Is Not Poor - It Actually Has Massive Uptapped Reserves Of Gold, Oil And Natural Gas
10-17-2012
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
It turns out that the poster child for the European debt crisis is not actually poor at all.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Electron ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Could Lead to New Kinds of Electronics
10-17-2012
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technewsdaily.com
The same technique that is being used to make objects invisible to light could also help hide particles from passing electrons and lead to new kinds of electronics, scientists say.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Cuba
Cubans May Now Travel Outside The Country For The First Time In More Than 50 Years
10-17-2012
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Business Insider
Fidel Castro's little brother Raul is continuing to loosen restrictions in Cuba, now letting his people take a vacation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Don't Believe What Either Party Is Saying About The Benghazi Attack
10-17-2012
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Business Insider
While Hillary Clinton jumps on a live hand grenade for the Benghazi attack, the White House has leaked to the AP its latest spin on the situation in Libya.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Green Party candidate arrested outside debate site
10-17-2012
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Washington Post
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested outside Long Island’s Hofstra University ahead of tonight’s debate. [And where was Gary Johnson?]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
You need an ID to buy gun magazines
10-17-2012
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Country sports enthusiasts are furious at a decision by Britain's biggest newsagent to ban children from buying shooting magazines after a campaign by animal rights activists.
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Opinion • Libya
Ray McGovern: My Take
The Real Blame for Deaths in Libya
10-16-2012
Ray McGovern
If you prefer charade to reality, inquisition to investigation, trees over forest " the House Government Oversight Committee hearing last Tuesday on “Security Failures of Benghazi” was the thing for you.
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News Link • Books
Why The Rich Keep Getting Richer
10-16-2012
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Business Insider
Do you dream of becoming rich but aren't sure how to make your millions"or better yet, billions?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Natives join 'hipsters' in reviving Detroit
10-16-2012
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Christian Science Monitor
A burst of youthful energy " from native Detroiters and new immigrants " debunks the opinion that nothing can be done to jumpstart the Motor City.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Desperation: Greece To Allow Sale of Expired Foods to Citizens
10-16-2012
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Prison Planet
In just a few years we’ve seen the country of Greece go from being a popular tourist destination in one of the world’s largest economic regions, to being on the brink of complete and utter collapse.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Evacuations & Catastrophe
Poisonous cloud sparks mass evacuation after Kraft Foods leak in Germany (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
10-16-2012
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RT.com
Seven hundred firefighters are struggling to extinguish a blaze at a German Kraft Foods factory, hours after a chemical leak triggered a mass evacuation. One thousand eight hundred people were removed from the area.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Switzerland arming in preparation for European meltdown?
10-16-2012
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RT.com
The Swiss Army is preparing contingency plans for violent unrest across Europe. A nation mostly famous for its banks, watches and chocolate fears it may face a massive influx of European refugees in the near future.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Panama plans to add euro to dollar
10-16-2012
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RT.com
Panama is considering introducing the euro as legal tender alongside the US dollar, the country’s President Ricardo Martinelli has announced.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Don’t Vote for Evil: Evil is Evil
10-14-2012
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PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
As Gerald Celente says in the Autumn Issue of the Trends Journal, when confronted with the choice between two evils, you don’t vote for the lessor evil. You boycott the election and do not vote. “Lessor or greater, evil is evil.”
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Agriculture
Fruit Trees 4 Community offered by Garden Pool - Deadline for orders is November the 10th
10-10-2012
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www.gardenpool.org
The Fruit Tree 4 Community, or FT4C, is a program to strengthen the local community with the benefits of a bulk-order wholesale discount on a great assortment of fruit trees that were hand-picked to do well in our climate
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Free Speech
President Obama Has Turned Journalists into Criminals
10-16-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If by “change” President Obama meant criminalizing journalism in the United States, then he’s succeeded.
Why should you care? The investigative journalism that Obama has silenced could have exposed more corruption in the U.S. government, military
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Libya
White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack
10-15-2012
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AP
The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali " if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Beat Homeless Man
10-15-2012
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The Agitator
Police were called about a man who was sleeping in the lounge of the Aliyah Center on East New York Ave. The caller may have mistakenly believed that the homeless man was loitering on the center’s property without permission.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Memo suggests Utah trooper Steed was falsifying arrest reports
10-15-2012
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Salt Lake Tribune
"This is something that needs to be addressed before defense attorneys catch on and her credibility along with the DUI squad’s credibility is compromised," Nixon wrote
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News Link • Libya
U.S. Rushes to Help Create Commando Force in Libya
10-15-2012
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New York Times
The Pentagon and State Dept are speeding efforts to help the Libyan government create a commando force to combat Islamic extremists like the ones who killed the American ambassador in Libya and help counter fractious militias,
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News Link • Police State
NDAA: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
10-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Darrin McBreen, Our Man on The Street, ask the people what they think of the passing of the NDAA Bill by the Senate. (VIDEO)
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
John McCain: Citizens United Is 'Worst Decision Ever' ... 'Money Is Money,' Not Free
10-15-2012
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Huffington Post
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continued his harsh criticism of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, calling it the bench's "worst decision ever." “They said money is free speech. Since when is money free speech?” McCain asked a crowd.
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News Link • Obama Administration
CNN: Clinton takes ‘full responsibility’ for security before Benghazi attack
10-15-2012
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Washington Post
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told CNN that she takes “full responsibility” for security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi before the attack that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, the network reported Monday evening.
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News Link • Transportation
Martyn Ashton - Road Bike Party [WOW!!!!]
10-15-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Martyn Ashton takes the £10k carbon road bike for a ride with a difference. A plan to push the limits of road biking as far as his lycra legs would dare, Martyn looked to get his ultimate ride out of the awesome Pinarello Dogma 2.
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News Link • Drug War
Colorado's Amendment 64: How the amendment affects the state's budget
10-15-2012
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www.boulderweekly.com
Amendment 64 isn’t about legalizing marijuana. It’s about money.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Scalia Explains Why Only Jews And Catholics Are On The Supreme Court
10-15-2012
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Business Insider
Justice Antonin Scalia said recently the public's declining interest in religion has made it possible for the Supreme Court to have no Protestants for the first time ever, the National Catholic Register reports.
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News Link • World News
The British Are Scoffing At The Idea Of An Independent Scotland
10-15-2012
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Business Insider
Today has seen the formal announcement of a 2014 referendum that could see Scotland leaving the United Kingdom and becoming an independent nation.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Here's Everything We Know About IFA, The iPhone Tracking Technology In Apple's iOS 6
10-15-2012
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Business Insider
Apple consumers are a dedicated bunch, but how do they feel about advertisers tracking their every move while using their beloved iPhones and iPads?
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