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Date Sent: 2012-12-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 17, 2012 PM edition |
Connecticut Police Threaten To Arrest Anyone Who Questions Their Version Of The Story
Connecticut Conspiracy? - by Neale Osborn -- A Political Menagerie - by L.Neil Smith -- Pakistan blast: Market bomb 'kills 17' in Khyber -- 'Sandy Bill' Becomes Mini Auto Bailout -- Unexploded Ordnance Kills 10 Afghan Children -- Today, I was "This Guy" - by Kent McManigal -- Cat fight pits government against Hemingway museum -- Europe must work hard to maintain welfare system: Germany’s Merkel --
From Desperation to Innovation: Necessity Entrepreneurship in Latin
America -- They Saw It Coming: The 19th-Century Libertarian Critique of
Fascism -- Bath School disaster -- Ecuador Implements "World's First" Countrywide Facial- and Voice-Recognition System -- Low-income Americans languish in jail because they can’t afford bail -- Gerard Depardieu gives up French passport and sells Parisian mansion
to protest huge tax hikes -- Building Food Revolution -- Right to Work is Part of Economic Liberty - by Ron Paul -- Foreign holdings of US debt hit record $5.48T -- The Military Industrial Complex: A Capitalist System Running Amok -- Newtown, Connecticut: our violent culture - by Frosty Wooldridge
AZ: 2012 Doomsday/End of the World Party, Friday, 6:30PM-
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Connecticut Police Threaten To Arrest Anyone Who Questions Their Version Of The Story
12-17-2012
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govtslaves.info
Maybe they should prosecute the MSM. Posting truth,info,questions or not believing official story Related to Mass Shooting In Newtown Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School will result in arrests and prosecutions of perpetrators of WHISTLEBLOWIN
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
Connecticut Conspiracy? - by Neale Osborn
12-17-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
I know it makes one think of tinfoil hats (mine looks like a Stetson), but I see conspiracies in the mass of mass shootings. We've got Aurora, Oregon, and Connecticut, to name a few, just in the last few months.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
A Political Menagerie
12-17-2012
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
Another 38 individuals have been murdered within the last few weeks, deliberately herded into traps where they were physically unable or illegally forbidden to defend themselves, and I know that those most responsible will never be formally accused
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Today Here, Tomorrow...
12-17-2012
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Common Dreams
Over the weekend, there were shootings in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, (a three-year-old died) Michigan (two incidents), Utah, Tennessee and California, where police said there was "no connection" to the Sandy Hook shootings - though, obviously, they are
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Pakistan blast: Market bomb 'kills 17' in Khyber
12-17-2012
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bbc.co.uk
At least 17 people have been killed and more than 70 hurt in a car bomb attack on a market in the Khyber tribal area in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Welfare: Political
'Sandy Bill' Becomes Mini Auto Bailout
12-17-2012
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Weekly Standard
The legislation to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy has been turned into a mini auto bailout, with the Obama administration's request. The request includes millions of dollars worth of cars, to be paid for by the federal government.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Unexploded Ordnance Kills 10 Afghan Children
12-17-2012
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news.antiwar.com
Ten Afghan girls between the ages of 9 and 13 were killed, and two others wounded in critical condition
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Today, I was "This Guy" - by Kent McManigal
12-17-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Today her kindergarten class had a Christmas concert (complete with State-sponsored Christianity). I was shocked, although I probably shouldn't have been, when they began the program with a Nazi ritual: the Pledge of Allegiance. I did not stand or ch
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News Link • Government
Cat fight pits government against Hemingway museum
12-17-2012
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NBC News
The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the federal government has the power to regulate the dozens of cats that live at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West, Fla. " a notion the attraction has fought for years.
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe must work hard to maintain welfare system: Germany’s Merkel
12-17-2012
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AFP
Europe will have to work “very hard” to maintain its generous welfare system and remain competitive, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “If Europe accounts for just over 7.0% of the world’s population, produces 25% of global GDP and has to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
From Desperation to Innovation: Necessity Entrepreneurship in Latin America
12-17-2012
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triplepundit.com
When we think about developing countries in the Latin America, our faces might light up with hope as we come across increasing initiatives that are arising to fight extreme poverty, promote equality and increase education coverage.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
They Saw It Coming: The 19th-Century Libertarian Critique of Fascism
12-17-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
To speak of a 19th-century libertarian critique of fascism might seem anachronistic, since fascism is understood as a 20th-century phenomenon. But it did not spring from nothing, and the libertarians of the 19th century saw it in the making.
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News Link • History
Bath School disaster
12-17-2012
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Wikipedia (h/t The Libertarian Enterprise)
The Bath School disaster is the name given to 3 bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 elementary school children, 2 teachers, and 4 other adults; at least 58 people were injured. The perpetrator killed his wife first,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Technology: Software
Ecuador Implements "World's First" Countrywide Facial- and Voice-Recognition System
12-17-2012
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slate.com
The United States is often considered a world leader when it comes to deploying the latest biometric security and surveillance technologies. But it could have an unlikely new competitor: Ecuador.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Low-income Americans languish in jail because they can’t afford bail
12-17-2012
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Christian Science Monitor
On any given day, three-quarters of a million people are jail inmates and two-thirds of them haven't been convicted of anything. They are awaiting trial, and an estimated 80% of them cannot afford to pay bail. Most won't go to prison:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Gerard Depardieu gives up French passport and sells Parisian mansion to protest huge tax hikes
12-17-2012
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Daily Mail
Legendary actor Gerard Depardieu is to give up his French passport in protest at huge tax hikes imposed by the country's Government. Depardieu, 63, star of films including Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac, is furious at French President Francois Hol
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anthropology
Human Evolution Enters an Exciting New Phase
12-17-2012
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arclein
“Most of the mutations that we found arose in the last 200 generations or so. There hasn’t been much time for random change or deterministic change through natural selection,” said geneticist Joshua Akey of the University of Washington, co-author of
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News Link • China
Sky City China
12-17-2012
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arclein
s, will be able to withstand earthquakes of up to 9.0 magnitude, will be fireproof resistant for up to three hours and have 10 fire escape routes for evacuation of a floor within 15 minutes during an emergency.
Sky City will also have 15cm th
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News Link • Food
Building Food Revolution
12-17-2012
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arclein
This month marks the release of the 25th anniversary edition of Diet For A New America, and it couldn't come at a more opportune time. People are taking an increasing interest in the way that the animals raised for food are treated. In fact, a poll
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Foreign holdings of US debt hit record $5.48T
12-17-2012
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AP
Foreign ownership of U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record level in October, a sign that overseas investors remain confident in U.S. debt despite a potential budget crisis. Total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasurys rose to $5.48 trillion in Octobe
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolving Door
The Military Industrial Complex: A Capitalist System Running Amok
12-14-2012
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Rev. Richard Skaff, Global Research
The CREW report found that 70 percent (or 76) of the 108 three-and-four star generals and Admirals who retired between 2009 and 2011 took jobs with defense contractors or consultants. In at least a few cases, the retirees have continued to advise the
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Leon Felkins
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Feature Article • Gun Rights
Ban all guns now!
Goshe King
Let us get rid of knifes, stones, and whatever it is that mankind has ever used to harm another human. That would solve it all. It is only common sense
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Reference Link • Internet
The Best Replacements for Privacy-Invading Services
Lifehacker (h/t Claire Wolfe)
These days, everyone's out to violate your privacy. But even if you care about privacy, you probably don't want to leave the internet forever, so here are some of the best alternatives to major services that actually respect your privacy.
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Feature Article • TERRORISM
What would Muhammad do?
Goshe King
I thought long and hard about the title of this article and there was no simple answer. Some of my readers may already be wondering what this article is all about so I’ll cut to the chase, and in all honesty the question at hand is, what would Muhamm
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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 • 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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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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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 • 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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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 • Internet
Gov Haslam Begs Congress To Allow Internet Sales Tax!
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gov. Bill Haslam and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire have sent a letter to two U.S. Senate Finance Committee leaders urging action before the end of the year on legislation allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet sales. The bill is known as
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Chris Menke
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
On The Controlled Media Matrix and Collateral Damage
12-14-2012
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The Daily Bell
You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
12-14-2012
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Associated Press
The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act, a Warrantless Spying Bill
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
We could be celebrating the New Year by ripping out the fiber optic cables that are sending copies of all our emails to the National Security Agency.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Samsung TVs Can Be Hacked to Spy on Viewers
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
Security firm exposes dangers of so-called “smart” products
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
The Next Twenty Years
12-14-2012
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arclein
"The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today," the report concludes. "By 2030, no country -- whether the U.S., China, or any other large country -- will be a hegemonic power."
The report also finds that the empowerment o
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robert klein
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Calls Bomb Specialist On Wheelchair Bound 12-Year-Old Girl With Bone Disorder
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
The TSA continues to keep Americans safe from terrorists, once again thwarting a dangerous threat, this time from a wheelchair bound twelve-year-old girl with a genetic bone disorder.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill
12-14-2012
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Common Dreams
“The Farmers Assurance Provision” is the title of a rider, Section 733, inserted into the House of Representatives 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Elite Neo-Nazis ... Is Russia Today (RT) Part of the Controlled Media Matrix
12-14-2012
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The Daily Bell
This is perhaps the biggest Trojan Horse-oriented story I may ever write.
I use the term "I" advisedly because much of what goes on here at The Daily Bell is a team effort. But it's my mug that goes on these editorials. And I stand behind them.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Marc Victor
The Attorney For Freedom Show #2
12-14-2012
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KQCK Radio
The Attorney For Freedom Show 12-13-12 on KQCK Live Radio with special guests Ernest Hancock and Butler Shaffer.
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