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Date Sent: 2014-10-18
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, October 18, 2014 |
Protesters seize town halls in 3 Mexican cities demanding missing students' return
SWAT raid results in city settlement to Carrick family -- Kickstarter pulls Anonabox, a Tor-enabled router that raised over $585,000 -- Penn. lawmakers pass bill limiting inmates' right to make public statements -- Student's photo of skimpy Michelle O school lunch sparks outrage -- Revealed: how Whisper app tracks 'anonymous' users -- Federal court dismisses $200 million lawsuit in West Virginia fatal police shooting -- Mistrial Declared in Case Against Cop Who Shot 7-Year-Old Girl During Raid -- Tweet about Ferguson police brutality and a cop may call your boss to get you fired -- Jury awards $97 million in fatal shooting of SC ex-mayor by cop who was never charged -- WV 'bully' trooper won't be charged in shooting death of teen neighbor following feud -- Teen Who Potentially Faced Life For Pot Brownies Agrees To Plea Deal -- Ron Paul on Rand Presidential Run: 'I Think It's Great He's Doing It' -- Shock Video: Cop Calls Dog Over Before Point Blank Execution -- Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear -- Can Google Express deliver on same-day shopping? -- In Washington, legal skirmish over view-marring modular cabin comes to a happy end -- People Are Now Apparently Faking Ebola To Get Faster Medical Treatment !!
AZ: Liberty Amendment Dinner 2014 - Today Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 9:30 PM (PDT); Jordan Page to play concert at the Hancock's in Phoenix on October 24th, 2014; PrepperFest Expo, October 24-26, 2014, Westworld in Scottsdale, AZ
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News Link • Mexico
Protesters seize town halls in 3 Mexican cities demanding missing students' return
10-17-2014
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AFP
Protesters occupied 3 town halls in southern Mexico to demand the safe return of 43 students who disappeared after gang-linked police attacked them last month. Students and teachers had threatened to enter all 81 municipalities in Guerrero state
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, October 19, 2014 Edition
10-18-2014
John Semmens
Troops Being Deployed to Ebola Zone Get Skimpy Training
The US troops President Obama has ordered into West Africa to help in the battle against Ebola are receiving a scant 4 hours of training about the virus. Soldiers who have had the training ha
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
SWAT raid results in city settlement to Carrick family
10-17-2014
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The city of Pittsburgh will pay a Carrick family $107,500 to settle a civil rights lawsuit tied to a December 2010 SWAT team raid, an attorney for the family said Wednesday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Kickstarter pulls Anonabox, a Tor-enabled router that raised over $585,000
10-17-2014
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ars technica
Kickstarter removed a fundraiser for a popular Tor-based router project on Friday afternoon. The Anonabox, which was aimed to be an "open source embedded networking device designed specifically to run Tor."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Penn. lawmakers pass bill limiting inmates' right to make public statements
10-17-2014
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Reuters
The Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday sent to Governor Tom Corbett a bill that allows crime victims to sue to prevent inmates from making public statements that cause "mental anguish."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Student's photo of skimpy Michelle O school lunch sparks outrage
10-17-2014
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Lunch meat, a couple of crackers, a slice of cheese and two pieces of cauliflower qualified as lunch in Chickasha Public Schools Monday. Student Kaytlin Shelton took a photo of the skimpy lunch and showed it to her parents.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Revealed: how Whisper app tracks 'anonymous' users
10-17-2014
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The Guardian
The company behind Whisper, the social media app that promises users anonymity and claims to be "the safest place on the internet", is tracking the location of its users, including some who have specifically asked not to be followed.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Federal court dismisses $200 million lawsuit in West Virginia fatal police shooting
10-17-2014
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Reuters
A US federal court has dismissed a $200 million civil lawsuit filed by the family of a man being treated for schizophrenia who was shot 23 times by police in West Virginia, drawing criticism from the local chapter of a national civil rights group.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Mistrial Declared in Case Against Cop Who Shot 7-Year-Old Girl During Raid
10-17-2014
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OpposingViews.com
For the second time in two years, a mistrial has been declared in the officer-involved shooting death of a seven-year-old Detroit girl.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Tweet about Ferguson police brutality and a cop may call your boss to get you fired
10-17-2014
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Rawstory
A St. Louis police office is facing an Internal Affairs investigation for intimidation after he admitted on video that he had contacted an activist's employer because some of her tweets about police brutality were considered "incitement."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Jury awards $97 million in fatal shooting of SC ex-mayor by cop who was never charged
10-17-2014
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Rawstory
A jury awarded $97 million to the family of a former South Carolina mayor who investigators say was shot to death by a police officer who was never charged in the slaying. The pair had been feuding after Reeves objected to the officer arresting
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
WV 'bully' trooper won't be charged in shooting death of teen neighbor following feud
10-17-2014
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Rawstory
A West Virginia state trooper, who killed a teen after allegedly harassing the young man for months, will not face charges for the deadly June shooting. A Mercer County grand jury failed to hand down an indictment against trooper B.D. Gillespie
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Teen Who Potentially Faced Life For Pot Brownies Agrees To Plea Deal
10-17-2014
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Daily Paul.com
Does everybody remember the story of Texas teenager Jacob Lavoro, which we covered in an edition of The Morning Roar a few months ago?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul on Rand Presidential Run: 'I Think It's Great He's Doing It'
10-17-2014
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Daily Paul.com
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said "I think it's great he's doing it" when asked about his son Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) running for president in 2016 on Thursday's "PoliticKING with Larry King" on Ora.TV.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Shock Video: Cop Calls Dog Over Before Point Blank Execution
10-17-2014
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Daily Paul.com
"I kept calling the chief of cpd asking why this happened how it did bc he should have waited for animal control… He said, 'Ma'am, you do not know how your dog's act around other people,'" the post read. "
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear
10-17-2014
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thedailybeast.com
Rumors swirled among 4,000 people about why they weren't moving but no one imagined the reason was connected to the world's most terrifying virus.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
What would a world without fossil fuels look like?
10-17-2014
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newscientist.com
Our advanced civilisation is built on easily exploited coal, oil and gas. New Scientist explores an alternative history that holds lessons for us all
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Can Google Express deliver on same-day shopping?
10-17-2014
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newscientist.com
On Wednesday morning, I realised I was out of nail polish. Five hours later, I had a bottle of Scarlett O'Hara red delivered to my apartment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
New Study Indicates That Increased Natural Gas Use Will Not Slow Climate Change
10-17-2014
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redorbit.com
While the influx of natural gas could alter where the world gets its energy from, it is unlikely to slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions over the long term, according to new research published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A country with no water
10-17-2014
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ted.com
Imagine a country with abundant power â€" oil and gas, sunshine, wind (and money) â€" but missing one key essential for life: water. Infrastructure engineer Fahad Al-Attiya talks about the unexpected ways that the small Middle Eastern nation of Qatar
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
In Washington, legal skirmish over view-marring modular cabin comes to a happy end
10-17-2014
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mnn.com
A judge in Okanogan County, Wash. rules that Tom Kundig's sustainable but ill-sited hut must be moved from its landscape-altering perch above the Methow Valley.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
25 years after Bay Area quake, most don't have earthquake insurance
10-17-2014
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marketwatch.com
Premiums and deductibles are high, so most go uncovered
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
This Cart Proves That Electric Cars Could Be Powered By Radio Waves
10-17-2014
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gizmodo.com
They've been proven to be far more energy-efficient than their gas-powered equivalents, but limited range, long charging times, and high costs have prevented electric vehicles from really catching on.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
A Grandmother on Curbing the Chicken Little Virus
10-17-2014
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huffingtonpost.com
Chicken Little was in the woods one day when an acorn fell on her head. It scared her so much she trembled all over. She shook so hard, half her feathers fell out. "Help! Help!" she cried. "The sky is falling! I have to go tell the king!"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
SURESPOT Encrypted Messaging App - The Latest Encryption For The Masses
10-16-2014
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www.surespot.me
Surespot is a secure mobile messaging app that uses exceptional end-to-end encryption for every text, image and voice message returning your right to privacy.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Rosetta Spacecraft Spots 'Pyramid' Boulder on Comet (Photos)
10-16-2014
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space.com
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has sent home several spectacular images that show a large pyramid-shaped boulder studding the surface of its target comet.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Shielded from Justice: The High Cost of Living in a Police State
10-16-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
"It's been over five months since the night a SWAT team broke into the house in which we were staying…
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
Goodbye, Columbus
10-16-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
In 1492, "Columbus sailed the ocean blue" and discovered the New World. And Oct. 12 was once a celebrated holiday in America.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Don't trust Wesley Clark, generals on foreign policy
10-16-2014
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washingtontimes.com
Wesley K. Clark, a retired U.S. Army general and former NATO supreme allied commander, has sallied forth with wildly naive or misplaced views about the United States and China in his new book, "Don't Wait for the Next War:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
As it turns out, meth laws have unintended consequences
10-16-2014
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Washington Post
Nebraska gets a lesson that other states have already learned.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obamacare
Obama: Feds must tackle Ebola 'in a much more aggressive way'
10-15-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
Trying to calm fearful Americans weeks from a election, Obama promised a "much more aggressive" federal government response to Ebola, including health care SWAT teams to help hospitals cope with any new cases
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
GOP senators who opposed Obama 'czars' now want one for Ebola
10-15-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas was one of the first lawmakers to call on the Obama administration to appoint a czar to help coordinate the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis in Africa, along with a cluster of cases at home.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-cop Burge leaves prison, but his torture victim is left seeking reparations
10-15-2014
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On Thursday morning as disgraced former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge was released from federal prison to a Florida halfway house, one of his first torture victims, Anthony Holmes, stood at City Hall with tears in his eyes, recalling four decades of
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News Link • Energy
Lockheed makes breakthrough on fusion energy project
10-15-2014
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Reuters
Lockheed has made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be ready for use in a decade.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Transportation
ELON MUSK: In 5 To 6 Years, You'll Be Able To Get In Your Car, Go To Sleep, And Wake...
10-15-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
ELON MUSK: In 5 To 6 Years, You'll Be Able To Get In Your Car, Go To Sleep, And Wake Up At Your Destination.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Any resellers noticing a serious down turn stuff sold on craigslist and ebay?
10-15-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Seriously for anyone wanting deals on furniture, antiques, or anything craigslist, it is definitely a buyers market.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Denver jury: Deputies used too much force in death
10-15-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
DENVER (AP) â€" A federal jury on Tuesday found five Denver sheriff's deputies used excessive force against a homeless street preacher who died in the city's downtown jail and awarded his family a record $4.65 million in damages, a verdict an attorne
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA's mass Internet surveillance 'impinges on the very essence' of the right to privacy
10-15-2014
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Rawstory
Emmerson's study poses a direct challenge to the claims of both governments that their bulk surveillance programs, which the barrister finds endanger the privacy of "literally every internet user," are proportionate to the terrorist threat and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
The Secret Casualties of Iraq's Abandoned Chemical Weapons
10-15-2014
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New York Times
The US had gone to war declaring it must destroy weapons of mass destruction. Instead, American troops gradually found and ultimately suffered from long-abandoned programs, built in close collaboration with the West.
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News Link • Military
Semper Lie: Marine Corps Commandant James Amos padded resume
10-15-2014
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Washington Times
The Marine Corps is acknowledging that the retiring commandant, Gen. James Amos, did not attend the Corps' officers training school, though he told the Senate Armed Services Committee in a signed resume that he had graduated in 1972.
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News Link • China
Why China stays out of Islamic State fight, for now
10-15-2014
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arclein
China's rulers are reluctant to get more heavily involved for a number of reasons, say analysts here, ranging from their mistrust of American intentions to a fear of being sucked out of their depth into the Middle East maelstrom.
They are also d
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News Link • China
Can Beijing Survive Hong Kong Fever?
10-15-2014
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arclein
To allow students to block the city center and impede traffic shows weakness. Hong Kong's reputation as a financial center and tourist attraction will suffer. And Beijing cannot permit this to go on too long without risking supportive protests erupt
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons
10-15-2014
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Prison Planet
The city of Houston has issued subpoenas demanding a group of pastors turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity or Annise Parker, the city's first openly lesbian mayor.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Forfeiture & Seizure
Here They Come: Deficiency Judgements (Post-Forclosure Hell)
10-15-2014
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Daily Paul.com
Americans face post-foreclosure hell as accounts frozen, wages garnished, assets seized
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
3D-printed UAV now sports ducted fan motors
10-15-2014
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gizmag.com
Back in April, we first heard about a 3D-printed UAV airframe that could be fabricated within 24 hours.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Samsung announces super fast, 4.6 Gbps Wi-Fi technology
10-15-2014
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gizmag.com
Samsung Electronics has developed a new Wi-Fi technology that it says will soon allow users to download a 1 GB movie in less than three seconds, or stream uncompressed high-definition videos from mobile devices to TVs in real-time.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Print
White House pool reporters test own news distribution system
10-15-2014
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washingtonpost.com
White House journalists are creating an alternative system for distributing their media "pool" reports in response to the Obama administration's involvement in approving and disapproving certain content in official reports.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
2nd U.S. Health Care Worker Has Ebola
10-15-2014
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thedailybeast.com
The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed Wednesday that a second health-care worker who treated the first U.S. Ebola patient has tested positive for Ebola.
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