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Date Sent: 2011-03-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, March 7, 2011 PM edition |
Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi -- Economy Hits Ultimate Smokescreen: Bi-Flation
China plans to track
Beijing citizens through their mobiles -- Tracking Software Uses Reasoning to Figure Out Who and Where You Are --
Theatre Of The Absurd: House panel to look at radicalization of U.S.
Muslims -- Google's Self-Driving Car Performs Like a Precise Maniac -- Tissue Engineer Prints Kidney Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
-- Bloodhound Driver's Suit Survives Flamethrower Bombardment,
Withstanding 1,800 Degrees -- The Navy Wants a Swarm of Semi-Autonomous
Breeding Robots With Built-In 3-D Printers -- Obama Says NATO Considering Military Options Against Libya -- Fierce fighting rages in Libya -- Gates: U.S. Afghanistan Involvement Should Continue -- Greece slams rating agencies after Moody's cut -- Newsweek's Hillary Problem -- Interventionism Leads to Resentment and Anti-Americanism - by Ron Paul -- Dhimmitude of General Petraeus -- Artwork for a Peaceful Revolution -- French government comes under cyber attack -- Legalization activists slam Obama’s renewed commitment to drug war -- Libya: inside the SAS operation that went wrong -- Britain scrambles to explain SAS's Libya 'blunder' -- Saudi Arabia bans all protest and marches
AZ: Publisher of Freedom's Phoenix,
Ernest Hancock, to turn 50
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Economy Hit with the Ultimate Smokescreen: Bi-Flation
03-07-2011
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InfoWars.com/
You can tell when a Ponzi scheme is approaching its collapse by the number of increased smoke and mirrors needed to cover up the counterfeit foundation of the scheme.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics
Blackmail in OH: Don’t Call Union Firemen If House On Fire
03-07-2011
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www.drscoundrels.com
I want everyone to understand " I believe teachers, police and firefighters should be paid and paid well. One teaches our future, the other two protect our safety. I keep hearing about how much trouble the kids are today, and frankly that’s grist fo
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Politics
Shrillary Clinton: Al Jazeera Real News Unlike U.S. News
03-07-2011
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www.drscoundrels.com
Okay, how on earth is Al Jazeera “real news” as opposed to what we have here in America? And why are all the Libtards saying that we need to tune in? Is it REALLY because she thinks that the bad image America has overseas is due to Baywatch and WWE?
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Surveillance
China plans to track Beijing citizens through their mobiles
03-07-2011
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guardian.co.uk
Government claims technology will ease transport congestion, but experts warn it could be used to control dissent
Human rights activists believe the Chinese government is exploiting mobile technology to control unrest. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Technology: Software
Tracking Software Uses Reasoning to Figure Out Who and Where You Are
03-07-2011
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popsci.com
Researchers at SUNY Buffalo and Amrita University in India have managed to create a tracking network that works well even with the cheapest of cameras.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
'Optical Tweezers' App Lets Users Manipulate Microscopic Particles With an iPad
03-07-2011
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popsci.com
Just in time to take advantage of the latest round of iPad hysteria, optics researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Bristol are launching a novel new iPad app.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Propaganda
Theatre Of The Absurd: House panel to look at radicalization of U.S. Muslims
03-07-2011
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WashingtonTimes.com
Muslims in the America aren’t cooperating enough with law enforcement to counter the radicalization of young followers by al-Qaeda-linked groups, said a House leader on terrorism issues renewing debate about religion’s role in motivating extremists..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Google's Self-Driving Car Performs Like a Precise Maniac
03-07-2011
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popsci.com
Google's self-driving car project is ambitious at heart--working with DARPA, Google is aiming to cut the number of traffic-related fatalities by as much as half, saving fuel along the way.
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![Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]](https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Pix/023/03/023-0307104233.jpg)
News Link • Techno Gadgets
Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
03-07-2011
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popsci.com
One of PopSci’s favorite regenerative medicine specialists, Anthony Atala, printed a biocompatible model of a human kidney on stage at the 2011 TED conference Thursday, in a technique that could someday be used to create new organs from a patient’s o
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Bloodhound Driver's Suit Survives Flamethrower Bombardment, Withstanding 1,800 Degrees
03-07-2011
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popsci.com
As the Thrust SuperSonic Car team constructs the 1,000 MPH Bloodhound rocket car, separate teams are working on a protective suit for driver Andy Green, so he feels safe even while driving at ludicrous speed.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
The Navy Wants a Swarm of Semi-Autonomous Breeding Robots With Built-In 3-D Printers
03-07-2011
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popsci.com
It’s one thing for humans to make robots, but the idea of robots making robots tends to conjure all those sci-fi scenarios wherein Arnold Schwarzenegger or Keanu Reeves have to save what’s left of humanity.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Karl Denninger: For How Long Will You Believe?
03-07-2011
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Market-ticker.org
The entire premise of the alleged "recovery" is that "growth" will return as a consequence of debt increases. That velocity will increase.
How are they doing?
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
One Year Ago: THE Most Important Chart of the Century
03-07-2011
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EconomicEdge.blogspot.com/
Editor's note: I first posted this chart almost one year ago, but in light of our current economic circumstances I thought it was worth reviewing. It appears that current conditions are much worse than they were in March 2010.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military
Obama Says NATO Considering Military Options Against Libya
03-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that NATO was considering military options in response to the situation in Libya.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • World News
Fierce fighting rages in Libya
03-07-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
Opposition forces across the country are battling forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in their bid to overthrow his regime.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Gates: U.S. Afghanistan Involvement Should Continue
03-07-2011
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huffingtonpost.com
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States has no interest is setting up permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
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News Link • Economy - International
Greece slams rating agencies after Moody's cut
03-07-2011
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hosted.ap.org
Greece launched a tirade against credit ratings agencies Monday after Moody's downgraded its debt grade further below junk status, warning the bailed-out euro country might have to default on its massive borrowings.
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News Link • Internet
French government comes under cyber attack
03-07-2011
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RawStory.com
The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a "spectacular" cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, officials and reports said Monday.
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News Link • Drug War
Exclusive: Legalization activists slam Obama’s renewed commitment to drug war
03-07-2011
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RawStory.com
The pro-legalization group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition fretted that President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon were embarking on a counterproductive mission after the two pledged "renewed cooperation" on the drug war Thursda
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News Link • Government
Libya: inside the SAS operation that went wrong
03-07-2011
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telegraph.co.uk
As the diplomatic team in Libya were rescued by HMS Cumberland after their humiliating capture, the Ministry of Defence was left trying to work out what on earth went wrong.
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News Link • World News
Britain scrambles to explain SAS's Libya 'blunder'
03-07-2011
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www.breitbart.com
The British government was left red-faced Monday after a botched attempt by special forces to make contact with opposition forces in Libya ended in the team being seized by rebels.
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News Link • World News
Saudis mobilize thousands of troops to quell growing revolt
03-07-2011
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www.independent.co.uk
Saudi Arabia was yesterday drafting up to 10,000 security personnel into its north-eastern Shia Muslim provinces, clogging the highways into Dammam and other cities with busloads of troops in fear of next week's "day of rage" by what is now called th
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Free Speech Is a Basic Human Right
03-07-2011
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dailybell.com
The New York Times reported recently that "John Galliano, the talented and troubled designer who was fired by the fashion house Christian Dior for making anti-Semitic remarks in a drunken rant at a bar, will be put on trial for the offenses, the Pari
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News Link • Government
Do you know someone who has broken free?
03-07-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
It goes to show what little credibility the political establishment has, particularly over anyone with an independent streak.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Hugh Hefner Takes Playboy Private
03-07-2011
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www.hollywoodreporter.com
"Today marks the beginning of an exciting era for this company and our iconic brand," the founder says.
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News Link • Government
How 'Corporate Personhood' and 'Citizens United v. FEC' Has Gutted U.S. Democracy
03-07-2011
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www.bradblog.com
And something you can do about it...
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Indiana's New Republican Sec. of State Charged With Three Counts of Felony Voter Fraud
03-07-2011
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www.bradblog.com
The GOP 'voter fraud epidemic' continues...
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution
03-07-2011
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www.ted.com/talks
Wael Ghonim is the Google executive who helped jumpstart Egypt's democratic revolution ... with a Facebook page memorializing a victim of the regime's violence. Speaking at TEDxCairo, he tells the inside story of the past two months, when everyday Eg
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
FIRST EVER! " Austinites outbid Police in gun buyback counter-program (UPDATED)
03-07-2011
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deadlinelive.info
Activists were successful in buying TRUNKS full of usable firearms that would have otherwise been destroyed (or ended up in the hands of “terrorists” " as we have seen before how cops confiscate guns and resell them to cartels…)
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News Link • Art
BANKSY: The most exciting Street Artist since Basquiat
03-07-2011
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deadlinelive.info
BANKSY: The most exciting Street Artist since Basquiat " Demonstrates the Power of the Free Market as a Peace Tool
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Immigration and Drug Violence issues… Spawn Newest DHS Road Checkpoint Initiative in Texas
03-07-2011
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deadlinelive.info
We have WON every time they have attempted this in Texas. The TX and US Supreme CT has ruled the practice of road checkpoints unconstitutional, but that hasn’t stopped the Locals and the Feds from trying over, and over, and over again.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Prepare For Economic Disaster
03-07-2011
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TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com/
It is not just the United States that is headed for an economic collapse. The truth is that the entire world is heading for a massive economic meltdown and the people of earth need to be warned about the coming economic disaster that is going to...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
You Call This An Economic Recovery? 44 Million Americans On Food Stamps
03-07-2011
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TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com/
According to newly released numbers, over 44 million Americans are now on food stamps. That is a new all-time record and that number is 13.1% higher than it was just one year ago. So how many Americans have to go on food stamps before we...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Agriculture
Insect Food Culture
03-07-2011
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arclein
There is a rational, even persuasive, argument for voluntarily eating insects: Bugs are high in protein, require less space to grow and offer a more environmentally friendly alternative to the vertebrates we Westerners prefer, advocates of the bug fa
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday March 7th 2011
03-07-2011
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LewRockwell.com
Is Ron Paul Running for President?, Listen to his podcast with Lew Rockwell and decide - How Will We Fare in a Global Crack-Up Boom? - Should You Make the Chicken Run?, Doug Casey on becoming international
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Mothman at Conewago
03-07-2011
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arclein
little the place had changed. A flood of boyhood memories came over me while I walked around the cabins and the administration building. Andy wanted to know how long I planned to stay and that they were going to setup camp in the same area of the rep
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robert klein
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News Link • Energy
James Howard Kunstler: Reality Optional Nation
03-07-2011
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Kunstler.com
To George Will: If you think the action in the streets will be limited to these sandy outlands seven thousand miles away, then your last thoughts will not be comforting when the zombies you helped to create turn up slavering in your driveway.
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News Link • Economy - International
Poverty Decline
03-07-2011
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arclein
By 2015, we will not only have halved the global poverty rate, but will have halved it again to under 10 percent, or less than 600 million people, with India and China responsible for three-quarters of the reduction in the world’s poor expected betwe
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
Silver Rush Begins
03-07-2011
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arclein
It's obvious, as Sprott notes, silver data has been "very, very misstated." Sprott ends his speech saying, "There's $22 billion of silver available in the world, of which the ETFs already own half... and between you guys and us, we probably own
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robert klein
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News Link • Obama Administration
Daley: Obama Shouldn’t Support Prosecution of My Bankster Buddies
03-07-2011
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FireDogLake.com
President Obama’s White House Chief of Staff, William Daley, told the nation he didn’t think it was appropriate for a President to recommend criminal prosecutions for the banksters whose reckless behavior and massive fraud brought down...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Oil, Gold Rise And Silver Surges To Record On MENA Contagion
03-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Currency debasement on a scale never seen before in modern history continues in the U.S. and other countries. This is leading to a real risk of stagflation and possible even hyperinflation if sane monetary policies are not returned to soon.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Metrics Institute: Economic Contraction Hits 410 Days and Counting
03-07-2011
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www.consumerindexes.com/
The current economic contraction which started January15th, 2010, has now lasted for 410 days, and shows no signs of ending.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Brent $118, Crude $107, Silver & Gold At Highs, Dollar In Flight To Safety Free Fall
03-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
It is one of those days when the flight to new reserve currency is on, with gold and silver trading near overnight highs, same for the oil complex...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Precious Metals
Richard Russell Calls Buffett Ignorant, And Says Gold Is On Its Way To $6,000
03-07-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
With gold breaking to record highs, Dow theorist Richard Russell takes on the world's most famous gold bear, Warren Buffett...
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Feature Article • Conspiracies
The Kennedy Assassination
Thomas Costanzo
Assassination of President John F Kennedy, Our National “Who-dun-it?”. Historian Stephen Alvis explains the relationships of many of the players involved in the Coup d'état in the united States on November 22 1963. The New York Establishment led by
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News Link • Surveillance
Minority Report a Reality: Defense Scientists Probe ‘Biometrics Of Intent’
03-06-2011
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ottawacitizen.com
If successful in the real world, the “biometrics of intent” could, for example, help determine whether the anxious-looking man at the airport is just stressed-out or actually dangerous. Or if someone is just having a bad day at the office or...
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