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Date Sent: 2013-03-07
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Thursday, March 7, 2013 |
UN: Legal pot violates drug treaties -- Bitcoins $48...Rises while FIAT currency continues fall
Societe Generale exiting Alabama county bankruptcy -- Dow Jones high on Fed steroids -- Government lets public pension funds raise stakes in infrastructure -- Utah judge OKs board for polygamous sect's lands -- Lawyer: State's main witness in George Zimmerman murder case lied -- Dred Scott decision still resonates today -- Banks urge judge to throw out Libor lawsuits -- TSA Will Permit Knives, Golf Clubs on U.S. Planes -- When the Minimum Wage was Paid in Silver -- Maryland, Raw Milk & the Dept. of Mental Hygiene -- Watch live: Rand Paul filibusters Brennan nomination for CIA
director -- Google Says the FBI Is Secretly Spying on Some of
Its Customers -- FBI Investigating Unidentified Drone Spotted
Near JFK Airport -- Bradley Manning Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
2013 -- The New Era in Gold Repatriation Will Affect
Everything -- Family mourns man killed in officer-involved
shooting -- Syrian rebels seize UN peacekeepers in Golan
(+video) -- The State Rep from Keene doesn't think the gas tax
discussion is worth 100% of her attention -- Russian Leader Demands
Investigation of Chavez’ Death -- Nationwide SWAT Teams being
investigated and not cooperating. -- Rand Paul On Hannity: Drone
Strikes on US Citizens on US Soil -- How Hugo Chavez
Masterfully Trolled the United States on Twitter, TV -- Over $8B
of the Money You Spent Rebuilding Iraq Was Wasted Outright --
Military Decides You Shouldn’t See Key Data on Afghan Insurgency
AZ: FIRST EVER PRIVATE GUN SHOW - this Sat, March 9th,
2013 in Lakeside, AZ; Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction
with Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, Apr. 13
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine March 1st, 2013 Edition READY
FOR DOWNLOAD!
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News Link • Drug War
UN: Colo., Wash. legal pot violates drug treaties
03-06-2013
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A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government on Tuesday to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws violate international drug treaties.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoins $48.00... Rises while FIAT currency continue to fall
03-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Hey Everyone,
Back here with an update on Bitcoin. It's trading at about $46.50 this morning and as I predicted well on it's way to $100 and over.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Watch live: Rand Paul filibusters Brennan nomination for CIA director
03-06-2013
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Rawstory
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took the the Senate floor to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “I’m here to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination to be director of CIA,”
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Societe Generale exiting Alabama county bankruptcy
03-06-2013
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Reuters
French bank Societe Generale is exiting America's biggest municipal bankruptcy, saying in court filings that it had sold its holdings of defaulted sewer warrants issued by Alabama's Jefferson County.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Dow Jones high on Fed steroids
03-06-2013
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USA Today
....the time is approaching to scale back the bond-buying spree and get ready to unwind some of the Fed's massive portfolio, which now tops $3 trillion. The longer the policy lasts, the more likely it will end unhappily.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Government lets public pension funds raise stakes in infrastructure
03-06-2013
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Reuters
The British government has made it easier for local authority pension schemes to invest in infrastructure by doubling the amount they can invest to up to 30% of their assets, paving the way potentially for billions of pounds of investment to be made
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Utah judge OKs board for polygamous sect's lands
03-06-2013
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The resolution of a lengthy legal battle over homes and land owned by a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs crept forward, when a Utah judge gave initial approval for the creation of a trustees board to oversee the properties on the Utah-Arizona bord
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Lawyer: State's main witness in George Zimmerman murder case lied
03-06-2013
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Trayvon Martin's girlfriend, the state's most important witness in the George Zimmerman murder case, was caught in a lie, it was revealed Tuesday.
It was not the first piece of misinformation tied to her, but it was the most damaging to date and l
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Dred Scott decision still resonates today
03-06-2013
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NCC
“There are two clauses in the Constitution which point directly and specifically to the negro race as a separate class of persons, and show clearly that they were not regarded as a portion of the people or citizens of the Government then formed,”
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News Link • Corruption
Banks urge judge to throw out Libor lawsuits
03-06-2013
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Reuters
Banks facing a barrage of lawsuits from customers accusing them of interest-rate rigging argued on Tuesday that the cases should be dismissed, saying there is no evidence of antitrust or other violations.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Will Permit Knives, Golf Clubs on U.S. Planes
03-06-2013
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Bloomberg
The TSA will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, along with golf clubs, hockey sticks and plastic Wiffle Ball-style bats to conform with international rules, takes effect
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
When the Minimum Wage was Paid in Silver
03-06-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The minimum wage in 1964 was raised to $1.15 in September; pretty close to the five quarters. The exact exchange would be four quarters and one and a half dimes, which today (March 4, 2013) equals $23.81, or more than three times the current federal
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News Link • Food
Maryland, Raw Milk & the Dept. of Mental Hygiene
03-06-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) Liz Reitzig of the Raw Milk Freedom Riders gives Mike Adams an update on raw milk legislation in Maryland that would undo the current raw milk ban.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Dita Von Teese Flaunts Fibonacci-Inspired, 3-D Printed Gown
03-06-2013
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Wired.com
Last year it was shoes. This year, full 3-D printed garments are hitting the runways, both in Paris and New York.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Roku 3 Raises the Bar for Set-Top Streamers
03-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Roberto Baldwin
Roku today introduced the new Roku 3 set-top box, and it promises to be the best streamer on the market.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Google Says the FBI Is Secretly Spying on Some of Its Customers
03-06-2013
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Wired.com
The terrorists apparently would win if Google told you the exact number of times the Federal Bureau of Investigation invoked a secret process to extract data about the media giant’s customers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
FBI Investigating Unidentified Drone Spotted Near JFK Airport
03-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it is investigating an unidentified black drone an Alitalia pilot said he encountered while approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
A Clear Screen Cover That Charges Devices
03-06-2013
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popsci.com
Juice your Kindle during a day in the park
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Tony Stark Summons a Squad of Iron Men in New Iron Man 3 Trailer
03-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Angela Watercutter
Man, these Iron Man 3 trailers really are pushing the action-plus-melodrama angle lately, huh?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Wireless, Implantable Interface Lets Monkeys Control Computers With Their Brains
03-06-2013
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popsci.com
Brown University researchers invented a small, rechargeable implant that can let subjects move freely.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Watch a Tumbleweed-Like ‘Mine Exploder’ Absorb a Blast
03-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Liz Stinson
Growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan, Massoud Hassani created his own toys"lightweight rolling objects made from scraps of material he found around the neighborhood.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Electric Motorcycle Racing Just Got Viable Thanks to FIM Partnership
03-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Damon Lavrinc
The folks who bring you top-tier Moto GP racing and the guy who invented the electric motorcycle grand prix are teaming up to bring e-bike racing to the masses.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Europa’s Oceans Might Taste Like Earth’s Oceans
03-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Adam Mann
The subsurface water on Jupiter’s moon Europa probably has a similar salty taste to Earth’s oceans.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2013
03-06-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Birgitta Jónsdótt
February 1st 2013 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement in the Icelandic Parliament, the Pirates of the EU; representatives from the Swedish Pirate Party, the former Secretary of State in Tunisia for Sport & Youth nominated Private Bradley M
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
The New Era in Gold Repatriation Will Affect Everything
03-06-2013
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http://www.thedailybell.com, By Staff Report
Mexico to audit its gold holdings at the Bank of England ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Syrian rebels seize UN peacekeepers in Golan (+video)
03-06-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
Syrian rebels are holding about 20 UN peacekeepers who monitor the Israel-Syria border in an attempt to force the withdrawal of Syrian Army forces from a nearby village.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Donald Trump invited to speak at CPAC. Is that a good idea?
03-06-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
Donald Trump will speak at next week’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Organizers on Tuesday announced that they’d invited the mogul/reality-show host to reprise his 2011 CPAC appearance and that he’d accepted.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
For next pope, cardinals want youngish, polyglot MBA-type
03-06-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
“Some factors are rudimentary: a man of faith and prayer, a good track record, a man with languages. I think we need somebody who is a strategist, a decision-maker, a planner, somebody who has got strong pastoral capacities already demonstrated so th
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News Link • Transportation
First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Cars Roll Out
03-06-2013
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http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep
They produce only water as exhaust.
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News Link • Government
The State Rep from Keene doesn't think the gas tax discussion is worth 100% of her attention.
03-06-2013
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FreeKeene.com
Cynthia Chase Photographed Playing Solitaire During State House Testimony
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
The Most Honest Three Minutes In Television History
03-06-2013
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www.youtube.com
It is not a country that is evil or good. Rather it is a personal choice of the people in any country to be either Good or Evil. And they do so through their actions.
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News Link • General Opinion
Oliver Stone, Sean Penn hail ‘hero’ Chavez
03-06-2013
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Prison Planet
US filmmaker and long-time Hugo Chavez supporter Oliver Stone hailed the late Venezuelan leader as a “great hero” on Tuesday, saying he will “live forever in history.”
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News Link • Conspiracies
Russian Leader Demands Investigation of Chavez’ Death
03-06-2013
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Prison Planet
Head of Communist Party says simultaneous cancers of Latin-American politicians was “far from a coincidence”
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News Link • Activism
Instructions for Making Homemade Butter
03-06-2013
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SMCC
Out of a gallon of raw Jersey milk, leaving about a half inch of cream on the top, I got 9 oz of butter, and 12 oz of buttermilk.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Police State
Nationwide SWAT Teams being investigated and not cooperating.
03-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Some times your enemies enemy can be your friend. And I know it's from that despicable HuffPost but I haven't seen this elsewhere.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Minimum Wage
03-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I would hope that all of us agree that the idea of a govt-mandated minimum wage has nothing to do with a free market. That said, I have a couple questions concerning it....
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News Link • WAR: About that War
You're Not Supposed To See This (For Your Protection)
03-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
War is hell. Your government loves you. When you love something you make it be free. Government protects you from seeing the hell they make.
They free you to not see. You are free. Now go away.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Idaho Aquaponics at Preparedness Fair
03-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
While the delightful keynote speaker Dr. Claudia Keyworth, gave her talk I got a moment to step out from behind our booth and take a little video. This shows the amazing turnout for an event hosted in a town of less than 350 people.
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News Link • Police State
Rand Paul On Hannity: Drone Strikes on US Citizens on US Soil
03-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Rand Paul exposes Obamas ability to attack American Citizens with drones. This is unconstitutional and basically gives him a license to kill!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Biodiversity Strengthens Agriculture
03-06-2013
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arclein
They found that seemingly stable grassland plots collapsed in one growing season and were subsequently invaded by trees. More diverse sites resisted woody plant invasion.
Diversity also affected fire itself. More diverse areas had less persistent
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News Link • Conspiracies
How Hugo Chavez Masterfully Trolled the United States on Twitter, TV
03-06-2013
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Wired.com
Chavez responded to the fall of Tripoli like this: “We must stop the unleashed imperial madness! World, good world, humane world, do not be overwhelmed by the barbarism!”
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News Link • Food
The City that Ended Hunger
03-06-2013
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arclein
To begin to conceive of the possibility of a culture of empowered citizens making democracy work for them, real-life stories help"not models to adopt wholesale, but examples that capture key lessons. For me, the story of Brazil’s fourth largest city,
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Malawi's Bountiful Harvests and Healthier Children
03-06-2013
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arclein
Malawi farmers, many of whom are women, also play a critical role in the program's success. They have embraced the initiative and constantly look to improve their efforts through testing of crop rotations, nutrient-enriched legumes, drought-tolera
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News Link • Iraq
Over $8B of the Money You Spent Rebuilding Iraq Was Wasted Outright
03-06-2013
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Wired.com
The legacy of all the money the U.S. wasted in Iraq might be summed up with a single quote. “$55 billion could have brought great change in Iraq,” Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently told the U.S.’s Iraq auditor
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News Link • Afghanistan
Military Decides You Shouldn’t See Key Data on Afghan Insurgency
03-06-2013
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Wired.com
One of the major metrics for the decade-long Afghanistan war is seriously flawed. Rather than fix the problem, the U.S.-NATO military command in Kabul has decided that you simply shouldn’t see the data.
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Kill Thrill: Watch Animals Capture Their Prey in Slow-Mo
03-06-2013
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Wired.com
Animals use a variety of strategies to capture prey, some of which clearly kick ass (see the sniper-like archer fish, which spits at flies from underwater).
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News Link • History
Holocaust Gets More Shocking
03-06-2013
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arclein
The documented camps include not only “killing centers” but also thousands of forced labor camps, where prisoners manufactured war supplies; prisoner-of-war camps; sites euphemistically named “care” centers, where pregnant women were forced to have a
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News Link • Energy
BMW’s Solution to Limited Electric-Vehicle Range: a Gas-Powered Loaner
03-06-2013
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Technologyreview.com
BMW’s approach to quelling range anxiety differs markedly from the tactics of other automakers.
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News Link • States' Rights
Indiana Senate calls for U.S. constitutional convention
03-05-2013
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nwitimes.com
Frustrated by what they perceive as federal government overreach on taxes and regulation, the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate on Tuesday approved three measures calling for a limited U.S. constitutional convention.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Michael Scheuer: The Rise of Homegrown Terrorism
03-05-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Former CIA head of the Bin Laden unit Michael Scheuer tells Fox Business' Tom Sullivan the State Department is sticking its nose where it doesn't belong rather than solving current foreign affairs.
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Iran
Ray McGovern: My Take
‘Talking Points’ for Hagel on Iran
03-05-2013
Ray McGovern
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern suggests, "You may wish to draw on some of the following talking points for today’s meeting, cast in the first-person, as though you were speaking."
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News Link • Military
Russia Fears Its Troops Will Riot if Cigarette Rations End
03-05-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Russia’s new defense minister wants to extinguish one of the Russian military’s most endemic health problems and martial perks: giving free cigarettes to troops.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
BOVARD: Let’s start by controlling police gun violence
03-05-2013
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http://www.washingtontimes.com
A 2001 Justice Department report entitled “Policing and Homicide, 1976-1998” labeled everyone in the nation who perished as a result of a police shooting as “felons justifiably killed by police.”
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