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Date Sent: 2014-03-09
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
Russian Troops Storm Ukraine Air Force Base In Crimea
Israel says Naval Raid Seizes Iranian Shipment of Advanced Rockets
Bound for Gaza Militants -- The Pentagon’s Swampland Of Waste And
Budget Lies -- DARPA's ARES program developing unmanned modular delivery
aircraft -- Judge Strikes Down FAA's Ban On Commercial Drones -- Watch A
Stun Gun Drone Tase An Intern -- Doctor Exposes Big Pharma’s Largest Secret -- No
Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life -- Bitcoins Funding
Space Travel -- Another Bitcoin Exchange Goes Under -- The
“Pacifist” Advocates of Violence Lie Again -- Ukraine and Crimea has
disturbed the flow of 7.62x39 ammo for us here in the U.S. --
Why Bitcoin
Doesn’t Want a Real Satoshi Nakamoto -- Wastewater Injection Triggered Oklahoma's Earthquake
Cascade -- Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing vanishes
AZ: PrepperFestAZ - March 21-23, 2014
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News Link • Propaganda
Russian Troops Storm Ukraine Air Force Base In Crimea, Reuters Confirms
03-08-2014
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Prison Planet
Update 2: ARMED ATTACKERS LEAVE UKRAINE MILITARY BASE IN SEVASTOPOL: TV5
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel says Naval Raid Seizes Iranian Shipment of Advanced Rockets Bound for Gaza Militants
03-08-2014
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arclein
"At a time when it talks with the world powers, at a time when Iran is smiling and saying all sorts of pleasantries, that same Iran is sending lethal weapons to terror organizations and it is doing it with an elaborate network of covert global opera
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robert klein
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The Pentagon’s Swampland Of Waste And Budget Lies
03-08-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
About three decades ago I called the Pentagon a “swamp of waste” during an off-the-record interview that ended-up on the evening news.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
DARPA's ARES program developing unmanned modular delivery aircraft
03-08-2014
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gizmag.com
Helicopters are an invaluable military resource for transporting supplies, carrying out surveillance and reconnaissance, and evacuating casualties from rugged terrain.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Strikes Down FAA's Ban On Commercial Drones
03-08-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey Atherton
The first major victory in domestic drone court.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Archaeology
Doggerland
03-08-2014
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arclein
Doggerland, a huge area of dry land that stretched from Scotland to Denmark was slowly submerged by water between 18,000 BC and 5,500 BC.
Divers from oil companies have found remains of a 'drowned world' with a population of tens of thousands -
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Voynich Manuscript Decoded by University of Bedfordshire Professor
03-08-2014
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arclein
I look forward to reading the final text as it is likely a useful document to compare to other sources then and even later.
It appears that the Aztec language speculation will likely be limited to specific names which is likely good. We will take
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robert klein
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News Link • Inventions
A Slick Lego Competitor Built for Tiny Kids and Infinite Creativity
03-08-2014
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Wired.com
Legos are exquisitely engineered, capable of constructing stunning structures, and totally frustrating to those lacking fine motor skills.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How To
How to Make a Microscope Out of Paper in 10 Minutes
03-08-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Greg Miller
A new microscope can be printed on a flat piece of paper and assembled with a few extra components in less than 10 minutes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Tomorrow’s Apps Will Come From Brilliant (And Risky) Bitcoin Code
03-08-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Primavera De Filippi
For many, bitcoin " the distributed, worldwide, decentralized crypto-currency " is all about money … or, as recent events have shown, about who invented it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Propaganda
Vlad the Bad Advances his Knight
03-08-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Soviet leader Josef Stalin used to shrug off critics by his favorite Central Asian saying: “The dogs bark; the caravan moves on.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
How It Felt to Experience Game of Thrones Through an Oculus Rift
03-08-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Laura Hudson
From a winch elevator at the base of the Wall, the 700-foot structure that bisects the land of Westeros in Game of Thrones, I can see the stone buildings of Castle Black illuminated by torches.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Artificial Organs May Finally Get a Blood Supply
03-08-2014
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Technologyreview.com
Artificial tissue has always lacked a key ingredient: blood vessels. A new 3-D printing technique seems poised to change that.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Marginally Useful
03-08-2014
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Technologyreview.com
Bitcoin itself may fail as a currency, but the underlying technology is beginning to suggest valuable new applications.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Watch A Stun Gun Drone Tase An Intern
03-08-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Colin Lecher
It's exactly what it sounds like.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Rolls-Royce outlines vision for robotic ships of the future
03-08-2014
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gizmag.com
Running away to sea has been a dream of escape for centuries, but unless you plan to be a tap dancer on a cruise ship, that door may be closing.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
An Otter Eats An Alligator And Other Amazing Images From This Week
03-08-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Gabe Bergado
Uh, so everything you thought about otters being the cuddliest animal ever is probably torn apart after seeing this image. Crocodiles, beware: you might be next.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
MIT researchers propose gas stations in space
03-08-2014
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gizmag.com
Getting into space is an expensive business where every little bit of extra weight, which includes the fuel powering the spacecraft, can add thousands of dollars to the cost of a mission.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Lucid dreaming made easier with the Aurora EEG headband
03-08-2014
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gizmag.com
Lucid dreaming is believed by many to aid in practicing skills, improving creativity, or just exploring adventurous new worlds, but requires practice and awareness to master.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Doctor Exposes Big Pharma’s Largest Secret
03-08-2014
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Prison Planet
Anthony Gucciardi interviews Dr. Group about some shocking statistics following antidepressant prescriptions:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
No Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life
03-08-2014
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Prison Planet
Over the decades various administrations, seeking to improve their economic record, monkeyed with economic statistics to the point that the statistics are no longer meaningful.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoins Funding Space Travel
03-08-2014
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thelibertybeat.com
The Winklevoss twins want to take a trip to outer space, and they’re using bicoin to get there.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Another Bitcoin Exchange Goes Under
03-08-2014
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thelibertybeat.com
Canadian police are investigating the reported theft of nearly $600,000 in bitcoin loses.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
The “Pacifist” Advocates of Violence Lie Again
03-08-2014
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The International Libertarian
They seem to be all for non-violence until is is time to disarm peaceful people like us activist gun owners. Then the violence and bullying become OK.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Proposed California Law Would Free SeaWorld’s Orcas
03-08-2014
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Wired.com
A California lawmaker has proposed a ban on keeping killer whales in captivity for purposes of human entertainment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin Doesn’t Want a Real Satoshi Nakamoto
03-08-2014
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Wired.com
In the hours after Newsweek claimed to have discovered the identity of the mystery-shrouded creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency " pointing fingers at a 64-year-old retired engineer named Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto " a gaggle of reporters showed up on
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
The Grand Budapest Hotel
03-08-2014
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rollingstone.com
The rap on Wes Anderson is that he doesn't make movies so much as build castles in the air. To Anderson haters, from Bottle Rocket and Rushmore to Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom, his films reek of pressed flowers, too stale and studied to fee
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
'Spinal Tap' at 30: No One Knows Who They Were or What They Were Doing
03-08-2014
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rollingstone.com
Happy thirtieth birthday to This Is Spinal Tap, which licked the world's love pump this week in 1984.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
George Bush Lost an Entire Generation for the Republican Party
03-08-2014
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motherjones.com
Pew has released a new survey about the social and political attitudes of various generations, and it makes for interesting reading.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
CEO of bitcoin exchange found dead in Singapore
03-08-2014
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Washington Post
The American CEO of a virtual currency exchange was found dead near her home in Singapore.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Wastewater Injection Triggered Oklahoma's Earthquake Cascade
03-08-2014
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livescience.com
One of Oklahoma's biggest man-made earthquakes, caused by fracking-linked wastewater injection, triggered an earthquake cascade that led to the damaging magnitude-5.7 Prague quake that struck on Nov. 6, 2011, a new study confirms.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Chickens and Turkeys
California humane chicken law ruffles feathers in other states
03-08-2014
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pbs.org
A California proposition set to go into effect at the beginning of 2015 is at the center of a lawsuit from five states.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing vanishes
03-08-2014
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bbc.com
South-east Asian states have joined forces to search waters between Malaysia and Vietnam after a Malaysia Airlines plane vanished on a flight to Beijing, with 239 people on board.
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Robert Lee
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Reference Link • Gun Rights
Connecticut's Gun Ban Is Worse Than Hitler's Gun Ban
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The country is racing to disarm its citizens and strip them of the ability to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. The move is being led by Connecticut, but it spreading around the country like wildfire. Gun confiscation is a prelude to
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 9, 2014 Edition
03-07-2014
John Semmens
Seriously Ill Hurt by Obamacare a “Tiny Minority”
As the number of seriously ill patients whose access to treatment has been impeded by the Affordable Care Act continues to increase, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius insists th
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
US Supreme Court Considers Limits Of Deadly Force In Police Chases
03-05-2014
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The Newspaper
Justices of the US Supreme Court began deliberating whether it is acceptable for police to kill a driver and a passenger after a high-speed pursuit that started from a minor infraction. The legal implications of the shooting that left Donald Rickard
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Washington’s Arrogance, Hubris, and Evil Have Set the Stage for War
03-05-2014
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In some quarters public awareness is catching up with Stephen Lendman, Michel Chossudovsky, Rick Rozoff, myself and a few others in realizing the grave danger in the crisis that Washington has created in Ukraine.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Russia And China Stand In Agreement On Ukraine " And That Is Very Bad News For The US
03-05-2014
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So much for “isolating” Russia. The Chinese government is publicly siding with Russia on the crisis in Ukraine, and that is very bad news for the United States. Not only does it mean that the U.S. is essentially powerless to do anything about
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
When Prosecutors Admit to Cheating
03-05-2014
The story of Laura Duffy, the prosecutor, and the wrongfully convicted man, is inspirational. Not because Duffy acted professionally throughout this case"she and her colleagues surely did not. Not because prosecutors promptly acknowledged their
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
DeKalb officer accused in false arrest turns himself in to jail
03-05-2014
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Officer Demetrius A. Kendrick was indicted Thursday by a DeKalb grand jury on the charge of violation of oath by public officer, authorities said.
The man Kendrick arrested, Alphonso Eleby, says video footage showed Kendrick planting drugs before
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Let’s See If California Decides We Have the Right to Know Which Cops Shoot People
03-05-2014
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Reason Magazine
A Los Angeles Times reporter wanted to know the names of the officers who shot Long Beach man Douglas Zerby to death in 2010 for the deadly crime of holding a garden hose nozzle. Long Beach officials refused to tell him, nor provide
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US to bolster military support to Poland, Baltic
03-05-2014
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AFP
The US plans to expand military cooperation with Poland and Baltic states to show "support" for its allies after Russia's intervention in Ukraine, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said. "This morning the Defense Department is pursuing measures to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Los Angeles moves to ban e-cigarettes, joining NY, others
03-05-2014
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Reuters
The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban the use of electronic cigarettes, also known as "vaping," from restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other public spaces in the nation's second-largest city. A spokeswoman for Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obamacare
2-year extension offered for canceled health plans
03-05-2014
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AP
Warding off the specter of election-year health insurance cancellations, the Obama administration Wednesday announced a two-year extension for individual policies that don't meet requirements of the new health care law.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules it’s Legal to Record up Women’s Skirts in Public
03-05-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Massachusetts, which currently has the toughest wiretapping law in the country, forbidding you from secretly recording cops even if they have no expectation of privacy, is now one of the only states that allows you to secretly record up a woman’s ski
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Control Advocates Want Social Networks To Eliminate Online Firearms Talk
03-05-2014
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Personal Liberty Digest
Bloomberg and others anti-rights groups threaten Facebook and Instagram to make changes that would ban gun-related pages and posts, which they say are facilitating gun sales and trades.
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Chip Saunders
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