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Date Sent: 2013-12-13
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, December 13, 2013 |
VA lobotomized 2,000 disturbed veterans -- Missing American in Iran was CIA
Syrian opposition seeks Islamists' protection against al Qaeda --
Christian mob hunts down Muslims in Central African Republic -- UN report concludes chemical weapons used in Syria -- North Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor -- A US budget
shutdown-free future is in the cards -- The Most Dangerous Woman In
America -- Top official in Obama birth mystery killed --
Scientist create 'robotic sperm' to help with fertilization and drug
delivery -- Pat Kingsley Finally Talks: Tom Cruise, Scientology and What
She's Doing Now -- US Backs Off December Ultimatum for Karzai Pact -- MIT researchers discover possible ‘vaccine’ for post-traumatic stress disorder -- NYPD: Super Bowl Security Will Be High-Tech And Unprecedented -- U.S. Government Nastygram Shuts Down One-Man Bitcoin Mint --
200-Kilometer-High Jets of Water Discovered Shooting From Europa -- On
Persuading the Faithful To Reject the National Security State -- Government Spies Are Forcing Privacy Email Services To Shut Down Because They Can’t Spy On Emails -- Congress Rushing to Approve 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- Houston Cancer Doctor Burzynski Receives Warning from the FDA -- The Biggest Deception in Healthcare -- International Space Station
Coolant Leak Has Caused a Shutdown of Some Systems -- Public Health
Still Threatened as Toothless FDA Antibiotic Plan Slammed -- Fake Interpreter at Mandela Services Has Violent Past And Was Hallucinating Next To Obama
AZ: Christmas Party @ the Hancock's - tomorrow Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
NV: Passport to Freedom - Las Vegas, NV - January
23-25, 2014
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine December, 2013 Edition
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News Link • Military
Report: VA lobotomized 2,000 disturbed veterans
12-12-2013
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armytimes.com
The U.S. government lobotomized roughly 2,000 mentally ill veterans " and likely hundreds more " during and after World War II, according to a cache of forgotten memos, letters and government reports unearthed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Missing American in Iran was CIA
12-12-2013
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AP
In March 2007, Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler and organized crime figures. Days later after a meeting with an admitted killer, he vanished. For years the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
How the NSA reportedly uses Google cookies could be next privacy flash point
12-12-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
One particular cookie called Google PREF, is almost ubiquitous in the online world, is of particular value to the NSA " acting as a digital homing beacon for agency operatives to target individual computers and implant spyware inside them
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dent, Faber, Celente, Maloney, Rogers " What Do They Say Is Coming In 2014?
12-12-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Some of the most respected prognosticators in the financial world are warning that what is coming in 2014 and beyond is going to shake America to the core. Many of the quotes that you are about to read are from individuals that actually predicted th
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Syria
Syrian opposition seeks Islamists' protection against al Qaeda
12-12-2013
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Reuters
Syria's Western-backed opposition said on Thursday its military arm had invited Islamist fighters to secure its weapons depots on the Turkish frontier after an attack by al Qaeda militants.
The United States and Britain suspended non-lethal aid to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Christian mob hunts down Muslims in Central African Republic
12-12-2013
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AP
African peacekeepers fired into the air Thursday in Central African Republic's chaotic capital, trying to disperse a mob bent on hunting down and killing Muslims taking refuge in a church compound.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
UN report concludes chemical weapons used in Syria
12-12-2013
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AFP
The final report said the mission "collected clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale" on that day in Ghouta. "A number of patients/survivors were clearly
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
North Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor
12-12-2013
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AP
North Korea said Friday that it had executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's No. 2 official.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
A shutdown-free future is in the cards
12-12-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
In the end, conservative groups couldn’t muster enough opposition, and enough Democrats came on board to pass the bill.
The result will be a future untainted by the threat of government shutdowns for the next two years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Scientist create 'robotic sperm' to help with fertilisation and drug delivery
12-12-2013
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independent.co.uk
The sperm's tail acts like a tiny outboard motor inside a metal nanotube; the resulting biobot could be used to deliver drugs and guide sperm to the egg
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Pat Kingsley Finally Talks: Tom Cruise, Scientology and What She's Doing Now
12-12-2013
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hollywoodreporter.com, by Stephen Galloway
Hollywood's once-most-feared woman opens up for the first time about being fired by Cruise (and the role Scientology played in their split), why she had to fire her longtime business partner Leslee Dart and her "selfish" life following an unprecedent
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
MIT researchers discover possible ‘vaccine’ for post-traumatic stress disorder
12-12-2013
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http://www.myfoxdc.com, FOX News
It's a breakthrough that could help thousands of American soldiers returning from dangerous deployments.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
NYPD: Super Bowl Security Will Be High-Tech And Unprecedented
12-12-2013
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com
MetLife Stadium And Midtown Will Be Under Intense Anti-Terror Initiatives
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
U.S. Government Nastygram Shuts Down One-Man Bitcoin Mint
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
Mike Caldwell spent years turning digital currency into physical coins. That may sound like a paradox.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
200-Kilometer-High Jets of Water Discovered Shooting From Europa
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be showing us its insides. Data from the Hubble space telescope suggests that enormous jets of water more than 200 kilometers tall (roughly twice as high as Earth’s atmosphere) may be spurting intermittently from the moo
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Track Asteroids. Make History.
12-12-2013
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http://b612foundation.org,
Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing our story of how the B612 Foundation grew from an idea to an internationally-renowned private planetary defense mission.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Netflix Beats CBS/ABC/NBC in Golden Globe Nominations
12-12-2013
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http://www.breitbart.com, By DAVID BAUDER
Netflix, which didn't exist as an original television programming source until February, snagged six Golden Globe nominations on Thursday _ more than stalwarts ABC, CBS and NBC.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
On Persuading the Faithful To Reject the National Security State
12-12-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
In the past year or two, we in the liberty movement seem to have made a lot of progress in getting across the ideas of freedom and peace to a larger group of people. Live and Let Live is not totally dead yet.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Heizer Defense gets new website, ‘Pocket Shotgun’ shipping this month
12-12-2013
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guns.com
Heizer Defense, inventor of the “Pocket Shotgun” .410/.45 Colt single-shot derringer, is launching a new website and gearing up to ship their pocket pistol later this month.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Cardsharp folding knife goes full metal
12-12-2013
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http://www.gizmag.com, By C.C. Weiss
The Cardsharp, designed by Iain Sinclair, is a nifty, little pocket knife that folds as flat as a card.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
SOAK "eco-bathhouse" concept calls for shipping container-based bathing
12-12-2013
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gizmag.com
Shipping containers have been used to revolutionize housing, and have also given rise to wacky ideas like an extreme sports theme park.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Government Spies Are Forcing Privacy Email Services To Shut Down Because They Can’t Spy On Emails
12-12-2013
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Prison Planet
PrivateSky developers speak out after being issued national security warrant
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress Rushing to Approve 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
12-12-2013
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Prison Planet
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees havereached an agreement on the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Foodini 3D food printer customizes and automates your kitchen prep
12-12-2013
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Heidi Hoopes
If you don’t regularly prepare your own food, is it because of the time involved?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Houston Cancer Doctor Burzynski Receives Warning from the FDA
12-12-2013
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thelibertybeat.com
On Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted letters online accusing Houston based doctor Stanislaw Burzynski of exaggerating the success rates of his experimental treatment known as antineoplastons.....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Huge reserves of freshwater lie beneath the ocean floor
12-12-2013
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Antonio Pasolini
Scientists in Australia have reported the discovery of huge freshwater reserves preserved in aquifers under the world's oceans.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
The Biggest Deception in Healthcare
12-12-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Lindsay Mack, D.C.
The biggest deception there ever was in healthcare is that your body is incapable of achieving optimum health without modern medicine.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
International Space Station Coolant Leak Has Caused a Shutdown of Some Systems
12-12-2013
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http://govtslaves.info, News.com
NASA has confirmed the station is having problems with its coolant system due to a faulty valves.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Washington Escalates Phony “Human Rights” Campaign Against China
12-12-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Tom Peters
On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry fired the latest shot in Washington’s campaign over the Chinese government’s “human rights” abuses.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Is US Congress on Verge of Sabotaging Iran Nuclear Deal?
12-12-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Jon Queally
Despite warnings against new sanctions, both chambers appear willing to move ahead
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Public Health Still Threatened as Toothless FDA Antibiotic Plan Slammed
12-12-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Andrea Germanos
Food safety advocates are warning that the voluntary regulation on antibiotics is too little, too late.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Fake Interpreter at Mandela Services Says He Has Violent Past And Was Hallucinating Next To Obama
12-12-2013
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Jonathan Turley
It now turns out that it not only allowed a perfect stranger and fake sign interpreter to stand near Obama but Thamsanqa Jantjie has said that he becomes violent “a lot” and was hallucinating during the event.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Speech
"City of Keene" Handed Defeat by Supreme Court
12-12-2013
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Free Keene
Free State Project participant defeats "the City" without an attorney. If you have been following the blog at Free Keene for the last 18 months, you may recall the raid on the Keene Activist Center that occurred in the summer of 2012
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Donna Hancock
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Opinion • Surveillance
Ray McGovern: My Take
Obama Urged to Fire DNI Clapper
12-11-2013
Ray McGovern
Last March " before Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s sweeping collection of phone and other data " Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said no such operation existed. Now, a group of ex-national security officials urge President Obama to
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Document Suggests U.S. Lied About Biological, Chemical Weapon Use in the Korean War
12-11-2013
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http://dissenter.firedoglake.com, Jeff Kaye
According to a CIA document declassified in March 2006, the U.S. government lied publicly about pushing for a United Nations “on-the-spot” investigation into Soviet, Chinese and North Korean charges of U.S. use of biological weapons (BW) during the K
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Stay Out of Petty Island Disputes in East Asia
12-11-2013
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com, Ivan Eland.
One of the most dangerous international disputes that the United States could get dragged into has little importance to U.S. security -- the disputes nations have over small islands (some really rocks rising out of the sea) in East Asia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai Slams US Threats, Demands End to Strikes on Civilians
12-11-2013
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antiwar.com
US Envoy Admits 'Nowhere Near' Deciding to Leave
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Russian diplomats accused of $1.5M Medicaid fraud
12-11-2013
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USA Today
Dozens of current or former Russian diplomats and their spouses enjoyed luxury vacations and spent tens of thousands of dollars on concert tickets, fine clothing and helicopter rides as they lied about their incomes to get the U.S. government to pay
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Privacy Rights
It won’t be long before you no longer have any rights in your own home
12-11-2013
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The Rutherford Institute/John Whitehead
If the government can tell you what you can and cannot do within the privacy of your home, whether it relates to what you eat, what you smoke or whom you love, you no longer have any rights whatsoever within your home.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
#HoodieTheHomeless Lands in San Francisco
12-11-2013
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BitcoinNotBombs.Com
Bitcoin Not Bombs has completed our crowd-funding campaign to purchase 325 hoodies to be distributed to the homeless of San Francisco, CA on December 22, 2013.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Movies
The Pirate Bay resurfaces at a new domain following seizure
12-11-2013
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TheVerge
Can't keep them down!
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Agorist Alma
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News Link • Military
Best Military in the World, Really?
12-1-2013
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JOHN LaFORGE, CounterPunch
US aggression, occupation, torture of prisoners, massacres, drone attacks, offshore penal colonies and sexual assaults against our own service members, take the luster from our official self-image of ‘exceptionality.’
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Self-Defense
Taking a Stand: Resistance & Survival
12-11-2013
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East Valley JCC
Date: January 11, 2014Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Location: Chandler Center for the Arts - 250 North Arizona Ave.- Chandler, AZ 85225 USA
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
Couchsurfing’s Sex Secret: It’s The Greatest Hook-Up App Ever Devised
12-11-2013
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Business Insider
Riccardo G.’s profile on CouchSurfing.com, the website that partners intrepid wanderers with willing hosts, notes that he lives in the “best neighborhood to go out and have drinks,” .....
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News Link • Bitcoin
How To Buy Bitcoins Completely Anonymously
12-11-2013
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Business Insider
As Bitcoin is a decentralized monetary system, it has a certain appeal to hardcore libertarian types who'd prefer to keep their money out of the government's sight and reach.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
A US Spy Agency Came Up With The Worst Possible Logo " And Jon Stewart Ripped It To Shreds
12-11-2013
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Business Insider
Last week The National Reconnaissance Office launched a new satellite called NROL-39 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and a lot of people noticed a picture of a massive octopus straddling the earth.
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