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Date Sent: 2012-12-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
27 DEAD IN SCHOOL SHOOTING; SHOOTER KILLED FAMILY MEMBERS AND HIMSELF
Shooter reportedly tried to buy rifle, was denied, mental problems-- Secretary of State Clinton faints, sustains concussion -- Senate Republicans Are Splitting With House Over Taxes -- Delta Airlines: ‘We failed’ double-amputee Marine on recent flight -- 'Ron Paul Made Me an Anarchist' -- More Drug Raid Collateral Damage -- China stabbing spree hurts 22 schoolchildren -- A Benghazi conspiracy that would make Watergate pale by comparison! -- TechJect’s Dragonfly micro UAV flies like a bird and hovers like an
insect -- NDAA Indefinite Detention Opponents File Emergency Supreme
Court
Motion -- Double Tap Drones: What Has Happened to the United
States? -- Greeks earning 42,000 Euros to be taxed at top
rate under plan -- Every human emotion now classified as a
mental disorder in new psychiatric manual DSM-5 -- Revolution
Is Coming to a Country Near You -- Florida To Reach One Million
Concealed Weapons Permits Next Week, State Says -- Don’t Kill
the Messenger: Looking Back at the Death of Reporter Gary Webb -- The US Continues Along an Alarming Continuum -- GOP Civil
War? Ousted Conservatives Not Going Quietly -- NY Times: HSBC $2
B Settlement. Too Big to Indict December, 2012. -- Indefinite
Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial Is TREASON -- CIA
training internet trolls -- Justin Amash talks to Neil Cavuto
on Fox Business -- Politico: Amash, Huelskamp, and Schweikert are
"egregious a-holes" -- IMF Sounds The Alarm On The Hong Kong
Housing Bubble -- FED WILL KEEP RATES LOW -- The Welfare Cliff
AZ: 2012 Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast
& Fundraiser tonight December
15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm; 2012 Doomsday/End of the World
Party, Friday, 21st
PA: East Coast Bitcoin Summit: Philadelphia, today, Dec. 15,
12:30 - 6PM
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News Link • Death
27 DEAD IN SCHOOL SHOOTING; SHOOTER KILLED FAMILY MEMBERS AND HIMSELF
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley
Twenty six people " including 20 children " were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. today, and several others were found dead elsewhere.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Lanza reportedly tried to buy rifle, was denied
12-15-2012
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NBC News (video)
NBC's Pete Williams reports that Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza attempted to purchase a rifle earlier this week at a sporting goods store in Danbury, Conn.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Secretary of State Clinton faints, sustains concussion
12-15-2012
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AP
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting. Aides do not expect her to testify as scheduled at congressional hearings into the Sept. 11 attack against
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Senate Republicans Are Splitting With House Over Taxes
12-15-2012
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New York Times
A split developing between House Republican leaders and Senate counterparts who are increasingly open to extending the expiring Bush-era tax cuts only for the middle class is adding to pressure on Speaker Boehner to cut a deficit reduction deal with
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Delta Airlines: ‘We failed’ double-amputee Marine on recent flight
12-15-2012
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Washington Post
Delta Airlines failed Marine Cpl. Christian Brown, the double amputee prevented by a flight crew from taking a first-class seat offered by strangers after he was clumsily wheeled down the length of the plane to the last row in coach.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
More Drug Raid Collateral Damage
12-15-2012
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Huffington Post
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong confirms Martoiya Lang, 32, died as a result of her injuries. She has been with the Memphis Police Department since June 2003. "We are asking that the city continue to keep her and her family in your prayers,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Food Subsidies vs. Junk Food Taxes
12-15-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Here's Penn & Teller on the cognitive dissonance of the government's HFCS subsidies to make food cheaper vs. the government's crusade to tax HFCS-loaded beverages to make them more expensive. WARNING: the usual profanity involved.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Norway Set To Test The 'Energy Source Of The Future'
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Lucas Kawa
The Norwegian government, in concert with U.S.-based Westinghouse and Norway’s Thor Energy, is facilitating a trial of what could potentially be the energy source of the future: thorium.
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News Link • World News
China stabbing spree hurts 22 schoolchildren
12-15-2012
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MSN Canada
A knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one adult outside a primary school in central China as students were arriving for classes Friday, police said, the latest in a series of periodic rampage attacks at Chinese schools and kindergartens.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Conspiracies
A Benghazi conspiracy that would make Watergate pale by comparison!
12-15-2012
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The Political Commentator
A story that looks at the question of whether there is there any possibility, as remote as that might be, that the September 11 attack on the US embassy in Benghazi, Libya was part of some larger plan gone wrong by the Obama administration to manufac
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News Link • Housing
Poseidon Resorts completes underwater hotel design
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Antonio Pasolini
The buzz around Poseidon Undersea Resorts has been around for a few years now (c.f. our 2007 report on the conceptually-similar Hydropolis in Dubai).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Concorde meets railgun " SpaceX founder's plan for future rapid transport
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam Williams
Taking to the stage at this year's Economist Innovation Awards, Elon Musk of SpaceX let slip a few more choice details about his "Hyperloop" high-speed transportation system
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Saphonian bladeless turbine boasts impressive efficiency, low cost
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam Williams
Tunisian green energy startup Saphon Energy has created a new bladeless wind turbine which draws inspiration from the design of a ship’s sails, and promises to convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity at up to double the efficiency " a
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
TechJect’s Dragonfly micro UAV flies like a bird and hovers like an insect
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
Given their impressive flight capabilities, it’s not surprising to see researchers turning to the world of flying insects for inspiration when developing new kinds of micro UAVs.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
NASA using 3D laser printing to create complex rocket parts
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy
NASA engineers are using a 3D laser printing system to produce intricate metal parts such as rocket engine components for its next-generation Space Launch System (SLS).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
Innovative waterproof backpacks power the new sport of seatrekking
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By C.C. Weiss
ÁETEM is a German company that was created by a group of people passionate about experiencing the world in a new way " that new way is called seatrekking.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Optical camouflage turns car's back seat transparent
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
When you turn around to look behind your car as you’re reversing, what do you see?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
World's first 3D printing photo booth set for scan
12-15-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Jason Falconer
Ever wanted a life-like miniature of yourself or loved ones?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
...TV Star Todd Hoffman Saved His Family's Finances By Turning To Gold Mining
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob Wile
After His Business Collapsed In 2008, TV Star Todd Hoffman Saved His Family's Finances By Turning To Gold Mining
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News Link • Economy - International
Greeks earning 42,000 Euros to be taxed at top rate under plan
12-14-2012
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myfoxny.com
Greeks earning more than €42,000 ($55,000) per year will now be taxed at a new top rate of 42 percent, under a major new tax reform bill submitted to the country's parliament late Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Double Tap Drones: What Has Happened to the United States?
12-14-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
What we call the Internet Reformation can be seen clearly in reports like this. A young man uses 'Net technology to track every drone strike and makes a horrible discovery.
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News Link • Future Predictions
Are they being a bit premature? Nasa releases Mayan apocalypse video 10 days early
12-14-2012
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independent.co.uk
Nasa appears so confident about their prediction that he world will not come to an end that they have released the video early
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe In The News: Ominous Prospects
12-14-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by Michael F.
It appears as if there are some new developments going in on the Continent, that unfortunately appear to be old memes being resurrected for the 21st Century.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA training internet trolls.
12-14-2012
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Daily Paul.com
"According to Lynnae Williams, former CIA clandestine service trainee and DIA analyst, the FBI and CIA use trolls to monitor social media and interact with users to discredit information disseminated on the web.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
IBM integrates optics and electronics on a single chip
12-14-2012
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gizmag.com
In what is likley a significant development for the future of optical communications, IBM researchers have managed to shrink optical components to fit alongside their electrical counterparts on a single chip.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Interview: Aeros CEO Igor Pasternak
12-14-2012
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gizmag.com/pasternak-aeroscraft-aeros/2
The Aeroscraft airship, with its minimal fuel consumption, vertical take-off and landing capabilities and point-to-point delivery is promising to revolutionize aviation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China
12-14-2012
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http://www.courant.com
BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
I am a gun owner (video)
12-14-2012
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JoePlummer.com
99.999% of legally armed American citizens will NEVER (never) go on a shooting rampage. Therefore, disarming them will reduce the chances of them engaging in mass murder by exactly ZERO.
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News Link • Military
The 25 Most Effective Weapons In The US Arsenal
12-14-2012
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Geoffrey Ingersoll and Robert Johnson
American ingenuity is an incredible force, and nowhere more so than on the battlefield.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
These Animals Are Turned Into Zombies By Parasites
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jennifer Welsh
Some species of viruses, fungi, protozoans, wasps, and tapeworms take over the brains and actions of the animals and insects they infect " making them do whatever their new master wants.
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News Link • Energy
SolarCity Market Debut Is All Sunshine
12-14-2012
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Wired.com
Shares of solar panel installer, sales and leasing company SolarCity (SCTY) had a stellar Nasdaq debut Thursday, climbing from $8 to end the day at $11.79, a 47 percent gain.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
NDAA Indefinite Detention Opponents File Emergency Supreme Court Motion
12-14-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Ian56
Opponents of the post-9/11 use of indefinite military detention have filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to block a law they say allows innocent American citizens to be locked away without trial.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
So About That ‘Glowing’ Cigarette…
12-14-2012
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Wired.com
By the end of the 1920s, scientists already knew that tobacco smoke contained a small encyclopedia’s worth of risky chemical compounds:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Now Reuters Opinion-Maker Endorses National Socialist Economics
12-14-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
This excerpt from an opinion piece posted at Reuters entitled "Ethical economy: A tale of two half-centuries" was written by Edward Hades but it could have been written by any one of a number of people functioning within the power elite orbit.
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
The Fall of the House of Labor
12-14-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Patrick J. Buchanan
In 1958, Senate Minority Leader William Knowland, his eye on the 1960 GOP nomination coveted by fellow Californian Richard Nixon, went home and declared for governor.
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News Link • Death
20 Children Among 27 Dead In Newtown Elementary School Massacre
12-14-2012
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newyork.cbslocal.com/
Twenty children are among 27 people who were killed Friday morning after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
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News Link • Healthcare
Every human emotion now classified as a mental disorder in new psychiatric manual DSM-5
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
The industry of modern psychiatry has officially gone insane.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Florida To Reach One Million Concealed Weapons Permits Next Week, State Says
12-14-2012
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Huffington Post
If there were any doubt about the Sunshine State becoming the "wild, wild west," Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced Wednesday that Florida will soon notch its millionth concealed carry weapons permit.
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News Link • Drug War
Don’t Kill the Messenger: Looking Back at the Death of Reporter Gary Webb
12-14-2012
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veteranstoday.com
Gary Webb reported treasonous activities within the US govt relating to the Contra rebels and lost his life in a most unusual manner.
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News Link • Political Parties
GOP Civil War? Ousted Conservatives Not Going Quietly
12-14-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) lost his seat on the House Financial Services Committee last week,
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
NY Times: HSBC $2 B Settlement. Too Big to Indict December, 2012.
12-14-2012
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Daily Paul.com
It is a dark day for the rule of law. ~ Federal and state authorities have chosen not to indict HSBC, the London-based bank, on charges of vast and prolonged money laundering, for fear that criminal prosecution would topple the bank
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial Is TREASON
12-14-2012
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Daily Paul.com
By now anyone who pays attention to politics knows that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 contained a provision that allows for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without charge or trial.
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Why Is Patriotism Thought To Be Blind Loyalty To The Government
12-14-2012
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Daily Paul.com
A common fallacy people make in political debate is the association of a collective “we” with all government action, whether good or bad.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Politico: Amash, Huelskamp, and Schweikert are "egregious a-holes"
12-14-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Politico: Did Amash and the others get purged from their committee positions due to their principled stances on tough issues (that were often at ends with the Republican Establishment)?
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News Link • Future Predictions
CHART: What America Will Look Like In 2060
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob Wile
America's population will grow 40 percent through 2060 after growing 60 percent for most of the 20th century, according to new Census data.
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News Link • Economy - International
IMF Sounds The Alarm On The Hong Kong Housing Bubble
12-14-2012
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Agence France Presse
The International Monetary Fund has warned that Hong Kong could see an abrupt fall in property prices after years of dramatic increases in one of the world's most expensive housing markets.
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News Link • How To
16 Ways To Find Out If You're A Genius
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dina Spector
A few months ago we published a list of the 16 smartest people in the world.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Apple Is Quietly Testing Designs For A High-Res, Big-Screen TV
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Alyson Shontell
Apple is testing multiple high resolution, big-screen TV-set designs, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
UFOs Spotted Over San Francisco And Brooklyn
12-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Marc Lallanilla
The Mayan apocalypse believed by some to be taking place on Dec. 21, 2012, has apparently been preceded by multiple sightings of alleged UFOs hovering over major U.S. cities.
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Opinion • Obama Administration
Ray McGovern: My Take
Growing Doubts About Susan Rice
12-13-2012
Ray McGovern
Republicans have blasted U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice for her TV comments about the fatal attack in Benghazi, Libya, but her real unfitness to be Secretary of State rests in her excessive careerism and insufficient compassion, says ex-CIA ana
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