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Date Sent: 2013-01-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, January 28, 2013 AM edition |
FBI is increasing pressure on suspects in Stuxnet inquiry -- Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force
Total Surveillance: NYPD places full body scanners on the streets of New York -- State regulators crack down on grocery chain for selling cheap milk -- Chile finance minister would support central bank intervention on peso -- Calling local army recruiters. Young Lady has basic questions about military recruiting ethics -- Seven Years Later: Gaza’s Reality Under Hamas -- Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Iceland president ‘Let banks go bankrupt’ (Video) -- Machine gun fire from military helicopters flying over downtown Miami Fl. -- Cell phone video exonerates teen in food fight assault case -- Venezuela prison riot kills 61, government mum -- 1.8 gigapixel ARGUS-IS. World’s highest resolution video surveillance platform by DARPA -- Egypt declares emergency, curfew in 3 provinces after more than 50 die in weekend riots -- Kissinger: The Iran Nuclear Situation Will Come To A Head In The 'Very Foreseeable Future' -- The Fed's Presence In The Markets Is Pretty Clear -- No Budget, No Pay? No Thanks! -- A Point-By-Point Refutation Of The Treasury's List Of Tim Geithner's Accomplishments -- Innocent Man Spent 37 Years In Jail Due To A Galling Technicality -- Facebook Is To Blame For The Outbreak Of Global 'Currency Wars' -- James Turk: Central Banks Are Losing The War to Suppress Gold &
Silver Prices -- Italian Scandal Widens As
Italy's Third Largest Bank Set To Get Third Bailout In 3 Years -- Guest Post: The Gold Guarantee Blowing Up
In Singapore? -- Marc Faber Fears 1987 Redux As "Markets Will Punish
Interventionists" -- Obama Executive Order to ban full-contact
college football due to head injury concerns! -- Taleb On "Skin In
The Game" And His Disdain For Public Intellectuals -- Ethanol scam
driving up food prices -- The “Suiciding” of Pedophile Investigators
-- Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over Airport
Arrest -- Russia's Vladimir Putin
says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback' -- Government Persecution, From Aaron
Swartz to Bradley Manning -- NATO says 1st missile defense battery
deployed to Turkey is operational -- Barak: US plans 'surgical strike' if Iran sanctions fail
-- Shock: Politician Tells Unadulterated Truth! --
Sheriff Mack to Obama:
“you have NO AUTHORITY to tell me what kind of gun I can own!” -- Bank of America returns
to the scene of the crime -- Michael Badnarick Responds to Gun Grab
Hysteria -- WI sheriff tells residents to get ‘in the game’ and arm
themselves -- Iodine Madness! Oregon’s Pre-Crime Law -- Unauthorized unlocking of
smartphones becomes illegal Saturday -- Kim Dotcom Wants to Encrypt
Half the Internet - This guy is taking on the Feds -- Tim Geithner's
Annotated Exit Interview: "F--- The Banks" And Other Pearls
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
FBI is increasing pressure on suspects in Stuxnet inquiry
01-27-2013
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Washington Post
Federal investigators looking into disclosures of classified information about a cyberoperation that targeted Iran’s nuclear program have increased pressure on current and former senior government officials suspected of involvement.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force
01-27-2013
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Washington Post
The Pentagon approved a major expansion of its cybersecurity force over several years, increasing its size more than 5 fold to bolster the nation’s ability to defend critical computer systems and conduct offensive computer operations
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Total Surveillance : NYPD places full body scanners on the streets of New York (Ja
01-27-2013
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
NYPD testing technology that would detect concealed weapons on citizens
NYPD Testing Scanners To Detect Hidden Guns; Technology Could Curtail Use Of Stop-And-Frisks
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
State regulators crack down on grocery chain for selling cheap milk
01-27-2013
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The Daily Caller
Louisiana state regulators recently cracked down on a supermarket chain’s weekly promotional deal because it was selling milk too cheaply " which violates state law.
The upscale Fresh Markets was selling gallons of milk for $2.99 as part of a week
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Some Good News, and a Surprise
01-27-2013
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Wendy McElroy
In a major triumph for property rights, a federal court in Massachusetts dismissed a civil forfeiture action against the Motel Caswell, a family-run motel, handing a complete victory to owners. In one of the most contentious civil forfeiture fights
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
They Shoot Video, Don't They?
01-27-2013
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Simple Justice
Allen Bass, 50, sued Trooper Dellagicoma and others, claiming they punched and kicked him multiple times, causing him to urinate on himself, after he complied with their commands to get off his bicycle at Ellis Avenue and Clinton Avenue
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News Link • Economy - International
Chile finance minister would support central bank intervention on peso
01-27-2013
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Reuters
The peso, which has been boosted by Chile's robust economic growth and healthy prices for top export copper, ranked among the strongest foreign currency performers against the U.S. dollar among 152 currencies tracked by Reuters in 2012.
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News Link • Military
Calling local army recruiters. Young Lady has basic questions about military recruiting ethics
01/27/2013
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Daily Paul
"After realizing that my school has army recruiters there all the time, I decided to ask some local recruiters my questions."
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Jack Spratt
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News Link • Israel
Seven Years Later: Gaza’s Reality Under Hamas
01-25-2013
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Hamas Terrorism 101 - idfblog.com
[link fixed] Seven years have passed since Hamas won the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. They made a lot of big commitments, and promised the people of Gaza a better life. Today, seven years after Hamas proudly presented its platfo
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News Link • Economy - International
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Iceland president ‘Let banks go bankrupt’ (Video)
01-27-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson tells Al Jazeera’s Stephen Cole that Europe should let banks that are ran “irresponsibly” go bankrupt. Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Grimsson also held his country as a model of economi
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Martial Law
Machine gun fire from military helicopters flying over downtown Miami Fl.
01-27-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The night skies over Miami Florida were invaded by military blackhawk helicopters while conducting a joint exercise with local police, while gun fire was heard from overhead. (Video)
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Cell phone video exonerates teen in food fight assault case
01-27-2013
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
Conner Floyd was a freshman when the food fight broke out. He was tackled by a teacher as he tried to leave. That teacher claimed Conner assaulted him. With support from the school, the teen was charged with aggravated assault -- a felony.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Sgt. Reunited With Baby Given Up for Adoption
01-27-2013
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ABC News
An army drill sergeant whose estranged wife put his daughter up for adoption without his knowledge or permission while he was stationed in another state, has been reunited with the little girl, following a nearly two-year battle to get her back.
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News Link • World News
Venezuela prison riot kills 61, government mum
01-27-2013
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Reuters
A prison riot in southwestern Venezuela killed 61 people, a hospital official said on Sunday, although the government has refused to give an official death toll in the bloody standoff that highlighted chaos in the country's jails.
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News Link • Surveillance
1.8 gigapixel ARGUS-IS. World’s highest resolution video surviellience platform by DARPA
01-27-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) 1 million terabytes a day saved forever.
The ARGUS array is made up of several cameras and other types of imaging systems. The output of the imaging system is used to create extremely large, 1.8GP high-resolution mosaic images and video.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt declares emergency, curfew in 3 provinces after more than 50 die in weekend riots
01-27-2013
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Washington Post
Egypt’s president declared a state of emergency and curfew in 3 provinces hit hardest by a wave of unrest that left more than 50 dead, using tactics of the ousted regime to get a grip on discontent over his Islamist policies and the slow pace of chan
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News Link • Gun Rights
Christ’s Law Of The Sword
01-27-2013
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http://chuckbaldwinlive.com
This message was preached by Chuck on Sunday, January 13, 2013, during the service at Liberty Fellowship.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Sarah Palin Is Leaving Fox News
01-27-2013
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Business Insider
After a three-year run as a paid contributor to the nation’s highest-rated cable news channel, Sarah Palin and FOX News have cut ties, according to a source close to the former Alaska governor.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Iran
Kissinger: The Iran Nuclear Situation Will Come To A Head In The 'Very Foreseeable Future'
01-27-2013
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Business Insider
Henry Kissinger recently gave an ominous forecast on the future of Iran's nuclear program: that it will be taken care of one way or another very soon.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed's Presence In The Markets Is Pretty Clear
01-27-2013
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Business Insider
There has been an burst of exuberance as of late as the market, after four arduous years, got back to its pre-crisis levels.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
No Budget, No Pay? No Thanks!
1-27-2013
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Free Press Publications
The US House of Representatives recently passed H.R.325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. The No Budget, No Pay Act passed by a vote of 285-144 with 86 Democrats joining 199 Republicans to support this measure, 33 Republicans joined 111 Democrats
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Mercedes Provided More Than 70 Cars To Be Destroyed In 'A Good Day To Die Hard'
01-27-2013
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Business Insider
When the fifth installment of "Die Hard" comes up Valentine's Day, there will be a lot destruction, explosions, and seriously totaled Mercedes.
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News Link • Activism
Drunk On Liberty Episode 75
01-27-2013
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www.drunkonliberty.com
Obama inauguration, drone flew over the liberty lounge, TurboTax new slogan, guy didn’t know how to pump gas, Ryan Jaye’s powerful immune system, booze news 5 bizarre uses for vodka, Ireland to allow drunk driving, budweiser’s shady attempt at craft
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News Link • Books
Innocent Man Spent 37 Years In Jail Due To A Galling Technicality
01-27-2013
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Business Insider
Barry Siegel's book "Manifest Injustice" chronicles the saga of Bill Macumber, who was falsely was imprisoned for 37 years for the murder of two people in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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News Link • Economy - International
How Iceland Overthrew The Banks: The Only 3 Minutes Of Any Worth From Davos
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
"Why do we consider banks to be like holy churches?" is the rhetorical question that Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimson asks (and answers) in this truly epic three minutes of truthiness from the farce that is the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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News Link • Activism
Drunk On Liberty Episode 74
01-27-2013
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www.drunkonliberty.com
Drunken Entertainment podcast from a liberty perspective, public restroom noises, fire alarm drill while on the shitter, Alex Jones calls himself the leader of the liberty movement, booze news, american drinking more booze than juice and milk, booze
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Daniel Hannan Destroys The 3 Unquestionable Myths Of Our Crisis
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
The past and present bailouts of each and every bank (and 'important' industry) will, one day, be seen as a generational offense is how MEP Daniel Hannan begins this thoroughly British demolition of the three critical myths surrounding the crisis
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News Link • Gold and Silver
James Turk: Central Banks Are Losing The War to Suppress Gold & Silver Prices
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
My guess is that 2013 and 2014 are going to be big up year for the precious metals, but we still have to contend with the central planners and the various government policies,
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News Link • Economy - International
Italian Scandal Widens As Italy's Third Largest Bank Set To Get Third Bailout In 3 Years
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
While little has been said in the mainstream western press about the ongoing fiasco surrounding Siena's Banca Monte dei Pasci, Italy's third largest bank and the world's oldest which may get its third bailout in three years-
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News Link • Biofuel
Is Ethanol a Cost Effective Solution to Climate Change?
01-17-2013
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John Miller, The Energy Collective
The energy balances show that 0.78 million Btu (MBtu) and 1.13 MBtu of fossil fuels are consumed in the overall WTW lifecycles of corn ethanol and petroleum gasoline respectively (for every 1.0 MBtu of finished motor fuel produced-delivered).
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Eric Sprott On Ignoring The Obvious
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
Not a day goes by without hearing about the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling or another political deadlock. We would not disagree that some of these are important issues that need resolving but, in the grand scheme of things, they are relatively superf
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Guest Post: The Gold Guarantee Blowing Up In Singapore?
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
Today's reminder of the importance of taking physical delivery of gold at the best price possible comes from Singapore.
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News Link • Politics
Obama Executive Order to ban full-contact college football due to head injury concerns!
01-27-2013
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The Political Commentator
Barack Obama has expressed concern over the real possibility that college football players could sustain head injuries that would severely impact their futures and lives. Could an Executive Order banning the college game be looming on the horizon?
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Books
Taleb On "Skin In The Game" And His Disdain For Public Intellectuals
01-27-2013
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zerohedge.com
Nassim Taleb sits down for a quite extensive interview based around his new book Anti-Fragile.
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News Link • Environment
Ethanol scam driving up food prices
01-11-2013
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ANDREW P. MORRISS, Tulsa World
For more than two decades, special interests have persuaded Congress to mandate Americans buy ethanol whether they want to or not. As a result, 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop is now used for ethanol rather than food.
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Leon Felkins
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Reference Link • Conspiracies
The “Suiciding” of Pedophile Investigators
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
This article is written in the spirit of speaking up for those who cannot speak up for themselves. Specifically, I am referring to children who are the victims of the heinous crimes of kidnapping, the sex slave trade and even murder
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over Airport Arrest
01-27-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
A Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area won a trial Friday in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly cond
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Russia's Vladimir Putin says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback'
01-27-2013
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http://www.csmonitor.com, By Fred Weir
Moscow is criticized for weak support of the Arab Spring, and for actively backing Bashir al-Assad in Syria. But the Kremlin says its policies are consistent and the West is exporting revolt.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Government Persecution, From Aaron Swartz to Bradley Manning
01-27-2013
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thenation.com
“Prosecutors destroy a life.” That could be a headline in every newspaper every day in a land where the answer to every problem (and many nonproblems) is police and prisons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
NATO says 1st missile defense battery deployed to Turkey is operational
01-27-2013
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washingtonpost.com
The first of six Patriot missile batteries being deployed to Turkey to protect against attack from Syria was declared operational and placed under NATO command, the international organization said Saturday.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Holder begins gun-control push
01-27-2013
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thehill.com
The Justice Department is taking the first steps toward carrying out President Obama’s executive actions on gun control.
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News Link • World News
Shock: Politician Tells Unadulterated Truth!
01-27-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) Belgian MP LAURENT LOUIS stands against war in Mali and exposes the international neo-colonial plot at the Belgian Parliament.
On January the 17th, 32 years old Belgiam MP Laurent Louis, the most controversial and demonized national politi
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sheriff Mack to Obama: “you have NO AUTHORITY to tell me what kind of gun I can own!”
01-27-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) Mack to Obama, “you have no authority to tell me what kind of gun I can own, how big of a clip I can own, or even that I have to go through your stupid background checks. I’ll own whatever kind of gun I want, and it’s NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSIN
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
This Weekend on LewRockwell.com - Sat/Sun January 26th 2013
01-26-2013
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LewRockwell.com
The Ban List / Peak Oil Bites the Dust / NY Gun Registration Spawns Massive Civil Disobedience / How To Beat the State, Lessons from internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom
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News Link • Bailouts
Bank of America returns to the scene of the crime
01-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Home buyers beware: Bank of America is returning to the home loan market. According to the Wall Street Journal, BofA is “girding for a new run at the U.S. mortgage business.”
It apparently wants to reclaim a share of the fat profits that rivals su
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News Link • Gun Rights
Michael Badnarick Responds to Gun Grab Hysteria
01-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) Former Presidential Candidate, Libertarian Author, and Constitutional Scholar, Michael Badnarick sits down with Gary Franchi to respond to the recent Gun Grab Hysteria.
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News Link • Gun Rights
WI sheriff tells residents to get ‘in the game’ and arm themselves
01-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A Wisconsin sheriff has drawn criticism from other public officials for a radio commercial telling residents not to wait for authorities to help them and to arm themselves for protection.
According to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Coun
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News Link • Police State
Iodine Madness! Oregon’s Pre-Crime Law
01-26-2013
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Farm Wars
If you don’t own a vehicle registered with the DMV, then you either have to have someone else present his/her vehicle registration papers to the proper authorities, or your iodine buying days in Oregon are over.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Unauthorized unlocking of smartphones becomes illegal Saturday
01-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
The feds mandate fidelity between carriers and users: New rule under DMCA outlaws unlocking new handsets without carrier permission.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Kim Dotcom Wants to Encrypt Half the Internet - This guy is taking on the Feds
01-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I like this guy
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Tim Geithner's Annotated Exit Interview: "F--- The Banks" And Other Pearls
01-26-2013
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zerohedge.com
Today is Tim Geithner's last day as Treasury Secretary. Below are some quotes from various exit interviews and recaps conducted with the former NY Fed president.
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