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Date Sent: 2014-10-07
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
U.S. air strikes in Syria targeted French agent who defected to al Qaida
Florida 'speed trap' town disbands police force -- Pennsylvania Justice Identified In Pornographic Email Scandal -- U.S. helicopters join fight against Islamic State in Iraq -- Kurdish woman suicide bomber attacks ISIS in Syria, killing a number of members -- Illinois cop shoots family's dog in front of kids, gives mom a ticket -- Protesters carry firearms into Walmart where cop gunned down black man over toy gun -- How to herd your tax cattle: Corbett Report Episode 296 -- How Florida works: Kill a man, go free. Fire a warning shot and injure no one: 20 years -- WATCH: Ohio man films himself in tense verbal battle with cop over his ID -- Let Slip the Useful Idiots of War -- Sports Stadiums: Temples to Crony Capitalism -- Why We Cannot Trust the White House on Ebola -- Pennsylvania's Elephant Petroglyph on the Allegheny River -- Prison For Profit: Meet The Profiteers -- The UN Just Passed The Global Patriot Act -- Rolls-Royce to add 'robotic' chauffeur -- 'Where's the global warming?' Expert says public are growing skeptical of climate -- An eye-popping 20% of U.S. residents abandon English at home -- The penises grown in a lab: Scientists say organs could be tested on humans within... -- Report: Two dead after explosion in Iranian nuclear facility -- War, Peace, and Financial Fireworks -- Germany Abolishes Tuition For University Students -- Even if we defeat the Islamic State, we'll still lose the bigger war -- Kill the Messenger (Movie) -- FBI director warns of Khorasan attack -- Joe Biden Grovels Before Qatari Prince for Daring to Speak Half Truth About ISIS -- The Real Status of Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq -- Total Lunar Eclipse On Wednesday Will Be a Rare 'Selenelion' -- After Feigning Love for Egyptian Democracy, U.S. Back To Openly Supporting Tyranny
AZ: PrepperFest Expo, October 24-26, 2014, Westworld in Scottsdale, AZ; Survival Rendezvous – Young, AZ – November 8-11, 2014
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News Link • Syria
U.S. air strikes in Syria targeted French agent who defected to al Qaida
10-06-2014
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McClatchy News Service
A former French intelligence officer who defected to al Qaida was among the targets of the first wave of U.S. air strikes in Syria last month, according to people familiar with the defector's movements and identity.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida 'speed trap' town disbands police force
10-06-2014
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Associated Press
The tiny town of Waldo in north Florida has such a notorious reputation as a speed trap that AAA erected billboards to warn drivers about it, but all that may be about to change.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Pennsylvania Justice Identified In Pornographic Email Scandal
10-06-2014
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Jonathan Turley
There is a growing scandal over pornographic emails that has now snared a State Supreme Court Justice. There has been an ongoing investigation over pornographic emails being shared by employees at the attorney general's office.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
U.S. helicopters join fight against Islamic State in Iraq
10-06-2014
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McClatchy News Service
The US sent helicopters into combat against Islamic State targets west of Baghdad, the first time low-flying Army aircraft have been committed to fighting in an engagement that the Obama administration officials has promised would not include "boot
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Kurdish woman suicide bomber attacks ISIS in Syria, killing a number of members
10-06-2014
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Illinois cop shoots family's dog in front of kids, gives mom a ticket
10-06-2014
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Rawstory
A mother in Berkeley, Illinois was given a citation after police shot her dog in front of her two young children. Gina Marie Stone told WMAQ that the shooting happened while her children, ages 4 and 5, were playing outside on Friday.
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News Link • Activism
Protesters carry firearms into Walmart where cop gunned down black man over toy gun
10-06-2014
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Rawstory
Gun enthusiasts openly carried firearms Sunday in to an Ohio Walmart store where police fatally shot a black man holding a toy rifle. About 40 open-carry activists protested the Aug. 5 police shooting of 22-year-old John Crawford III at
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News Link • New World Order
How to herd your tax cattle: Corbett Report Episode 296
10-07-2014
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corbettreport.com
Good morning, Mr. President. I'm a representative of the shadow government that put you into power. Did you ever wonder how we keep people fighting with each other? Or obeying our silly rules? Or actually loving their captors and slavemasters? This
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News Link • Gun Rights
How Florida works: Kill a man, go free. Fire a warning shot and injure no one: 20 years
10-06-2014
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Rawstory
A Florida man is serving a maximum 20-year prison term for firing a warning shot at a teenager threatening his family. No one was injured in the shooting, but 59-year-old Lee Wollard was convicted in 2009 of shooting into a building
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
WATCH: Ohio man films himself in tense verbal battle with cop over his ID
10-06-2014
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Rawstory
An Ohio police officer threatened to take away a couple's baby after the father refused to show his ID during a traffic stop. Officer Christopher Denny stopped 30-year-old Kathryn Said after watching her pick up 34-year-old Andre Stockett
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Let Slip the Useful Idiots of War:
10-06-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
Good news from the (perpetual) battle front in the (battered) Middle East! The Pentagon has finally found a purpose for its latest exercise in corrupt squander, the Lockheed-Martin F-22 'Raptor' (Julian Barnes, WSJ):
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Sports Stadiums: Temples to Crony Capitalism
10-06-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
The NFL is running one of its own games on the public, and as one of the most subsidized non-profit organizations in American history, the NFL excels at tackling the American taxpayer.
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News Link • Pandemic
Why We Cannot Trust the White House on Ebola
10-06-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
On Thursday morning, I received my first well-produced Facebook message mocking those deluded souls, presumably on the right, who are worried about the spread of Ebola.
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News Link • Government
The Hidden Government Group Linking JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra and 9/11
10-06-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Peter Dale Scott is considered the father of "Deep Politics"â€" the study of hidden permanent institutions and interests whose influence on the political realm transcends the elected, appointed and career officials who come and go.
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News Link • Government
Idealization of a tragedy
10-06-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Meet Jack and Jill. Don't they make a lovely couple? Off to fetch a pail of water, hand in hand they go, smiles on their faces and the spirit of co-operation in their hearts. They're off to conquer the world.
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News Link • Climate Change
'Where's the global warming?' Expert says public are growing sceptical of climate...
10-06-2014
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http://www.express.co.uk
'Where's the global warming?' Expert says public are growing sceptical of climate change.
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News Link • Census
An eye-popping 20% of U.S. residents abandon English at home
10-06-2014
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http://www.washingtontimes.com
Cultural changes prompt surge in foreign languages.
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News Link • Iran
Report: Two dead after explosion in Iranian nuclear facility
10-06-2014
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http://www.jpost.com
The incident occurred at the Parchin military compound, not far from the Iranian capital, according to the Iranian Students News Agency.
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News Link • Economy - International
War, Peace, and Financial Fireworks
10-06-2014
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http://www.caseyresearch.com
Politics has long been a driver of international markets and fickle financial systems alike. Everything is connected. Here are some voices from the just-concluded Casey Research Fall Summit talking about cause, effect, and war.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Germany Abolishes Tuition For University Students
10-06-2014
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http://jonathanturley.org
Germany has long shown far greater foresight than the United States in the investment into science, infrastructure, and alternative energy â€" investments that are now giving the country huge returns as a leading economic system.
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News Link • Future Predictions
Even if we defeat the Islamic State, we'll still lose the bigger war
10-06-2014
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http://www.washingtonpost.com
As America's efforts to "degrade and ultimately destroy" Islamic State militants extend into Syria, Iraq War III has seamlessly morphed into Greater Middle East Battlefield XIV.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Kill the Messenger (Movie)
10-06-2014
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STARTS FRIDAY. Thriller based on the true story of the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets…and further alleges the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the US
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News Link • Government
FBI director warns of Khorasan attack
10-06-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
The head of the FBI said in an interview broadcast late Sunday that the U.S. is preparing for an imminent terrorist attack.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Joe Biden Grovels Before Qatari Prince for Daring to Speak Half Truth About ISIS
10-06-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
On Sunday Vice President Joe Biden called Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, and apologized for telling the truth.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
The Real Status of Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq
10-06-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
After 13 years of war in Afghanistan â€" the longest in US history â€" the US government has achieved no victory.
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News Link • World News
Total Lunar Eclipse On Wednesday Will Be a Rare 'Selenelion'
10-06-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com
Observers of Wednesday morning's total lunar eclipse might be able to catch sight of an extremely rare cosmic sight.
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News Link • Pandemic
US journalist with Ebola to arrive in Nebraska Monday
10-06-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com
Washington (AFP) - Doctors in Nebraska are set for the Monday arrival of Ashoka Mukpo, an NBC television cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, the hospital where he will be treated said.
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News Link • Internet
Gapple and Oogle, Our Defenders
10-06-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
I read that Apple and Google have begun encrypting the data of customers so that nobody, including Apple and Google, have plaintext access to it.
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News Link • World News
Hong Kong: Tempest in a Teapot â€" Or Something Much Bigger?
10-06-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
Hong Kong is at a gentle boil. As of this writing, tens of thousands of students have been politely demonstrating, calling for the Beijing-appointed chief executive, C.Y. Leung, to resign and be replaced through free elections.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
MythBuster Adam Savage Reveals Why He's Obsessed With Recreating Movie Props
10-06-2014
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http://www.wired.com
In 1981, a young Adam Savage was dead set on seeing the movie Excalibur. John Boorman's tale of King Arthur and his knights was what Savage describes as a "hard 'R'" movie.
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News Link • Government
After Feigning Love for Egyptian Democracy, U.S. Back To Openly Supporting Tyranny
10-06-2014
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https://firstlook.org
It is, of course, very difficult to choose the single most extreme episode of misleading American media propaganda, but if forced to do so, coverage of the February, 2011 Tahrir Square demonstrations in Egypt would be an excellent candidate.
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News Link • Marriage
MAJORITY RULE
10-06-2014
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday set the United States on a historic civil rights path, paving the way for the majority of Americans to reside in states where same-sex marriage is legal.
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News Link • Israel
Noam Chomsky: Only One Thing Will Make Israel Change Course
10-06-2014
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http://inthesetimes.com
Israel's brutalization of Palestinians through exercises like "mowing the lawn" will persist without a change in U.S. policy.
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News Link • World News
North and South Korea 'agree to talks'
10-06-2014
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http://www.bbc.com
North and South Korea have agreed to resume formal high-level talks that had effectively been suspended since February, reports from South Korea say.
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News Link • Syria
Kurds clash with Turkish security forces on Syria border
10-06-2014
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http://www.bbc.com
The BBC's Paul Adams says there is a sense of a "gradual squeezing" of the area by IS.
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Overton window
10-06-2014
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http://en.wikipedia.org
At any given moment, the "window" includes a range of policies considered politically acceptable in the current climate of public opinion, which a politician can recommend without being considered too extreme to gain or keep public office.
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News Link • Activism
Mobs linked to TRIAD gangs try to drive Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters...
10-06-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Mobs linked to TRIAD gangs try to drive Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters off the streets as demonstrations turn into running brawls.
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News Link • Transportation
Navy: Self-guided unmanned patrol boats make debut
10-06-2014
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http://hosted.ap.org
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Self-guided unmanned patrol boats that can leave warships they're protecting and swarm and attack potential threats on the water could join the Navy's fleet within a year, defense officials say, adding the new technology could on
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope backs reform as Church begins review on family, marriage
10-06-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com
Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis on Sunday issued a strong signal of support for reform of the Catholic Church's approach to marriage, cohabitation and divorce as bishops began a landmark review of teaching on the family.
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Feature Article • WAR: About that War
Presidents and the War Power
Ivan Eland
President Barack Obama's claim that he doesn't need congressional authorization for his current war in Iraq and Syria is troubling. The country's founders would pass out upon hearing his claim that the post-9/11 congressional approval of force in 200
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
More Bad News From The Jobs Front
10-05-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
The Bureau of Labor Statistics headline this morning reads: "Payroll employment increases by 248,000 in September; unemployment rate declines to 5.9%."
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Government Is A Bigger Threat To Our Liberties Than ISIS
10-05-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Alex Jones speaks with former Congressman Ron Paul about liberty and where America has failed in keeping them.
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News Link • Syria
International Syrian Correspondent: America Has Made The Middle East Perfect For ...
10-05-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
International Syrian Correspondent: America Has Made The Middle East Perfect For Radical Islam
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News Link • Pandemic
More U.S. troops being sent to battle Ebola
10-05-2014
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Tom Vanden Brook and David Jackson
As Obama administration officials sought to reassure Americans about efforts to contain Ebola in the wake of the first U.S. case, the military announced Friday that an additional 1,000 troops could be sent to West Africa to help fight the virus.
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News Link • Pandemic
Dallas Schools to Install Remote Temperature Monitors to Detect Ebola
10-05-2014
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http://www.infowars.com, by Mikael Thalen
Five schools to be monitored until further notice
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News Link • Activism
Mobs linked to TRIAD gangs try to drive Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters off ...
10-05-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co, By Steve Hopkins
Mobs linked to TRIAD gangs try to drive Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters off the streets as demonstrations turn into running brawls
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News Link • Activism
Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized "Cop Watch"...
10-05-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, By Candice Bernd
Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized "Cop Watch" Groups Across the US
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News Link • Pandemic
Did the Pentagon start the Ebola outbreak?
10-05-2014
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Globe Newswire
Less that 2 months before the outbreak was first recorded in March, the DOD began human trials in the stricken region involving gene alteration.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
US corporate cartels benefit from war on ISIL: Reports
10-04-2014
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PressTV
Major US corporate cartels are reportedly geared to become the main beneficiaries of the so-called US-led coalition against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
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News Link • World News
BREAKING: North Korea Overthrows Dictator Kim Jong-un
10-04-2014
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http://www.thepcmdgazette.com
North Korea's Organization and Guidance Department (OGD), the country's most powerful group of officials, has stopped taking orders from Kim Jong-un. amid reports that the dictator has been overthrown.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ghost Gunner Weekend
10-04-2014
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Defense Distributed
Our batches for shipment for Holiday 2014 at the original promotional prices are now all sold out, but we have decided to extend the order period at $1299 for those still interested for the next 17 days.
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News Link • Iraq
ISIS TAKES ABU GHRAIB â€" Within Artillery Range of Baghdad Airport
10-04-2014
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thegatewaypundit.com
ISIS begun their assault of one of the Iraq's largest military bases.
The Sunni terrorists held a massive military parade in Abu Ghraib in March.
But only recently took control of the key cities in the region.
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News Link • Secession
Catalans defy Spanish court in independence duel
10-04-2014
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yahoo.com
Catalan leaders forged ahead for a vote on independence, defying a court challenge by the national government in their bid to redraw the map of Spain.
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News Link • Government
The NSA and Me
10-04-2014
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https://firstlook.org
The tone of the answering machine message was routine, like a reminder for a dental appointment. But there was also an undercurrent of urgency. "Please call me back," the voice said. "It's important."
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