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Date Sent: 2012-06-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, June 28, 2012 PM edition |
Supremes: 'We own you' on Healthcare -- Court: Shooting 'spitwads' is 'violent criminal conduct'
Stocks Tumble 1% After Health-Care Ruling -- Supreme Court strikes down military medal lying law -- 06-28-12 -- Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - (MP3 Loaded) -- Cuccinelli: "Dark Day for American Liberty" -- Google Internet glasses on the way -- Colorado Springs is Burning and the President Wants a Photo-Op? -- Clerk reprimanded for refusing welfare card to pay for cigarettes -- Houston's Strip Clubs Hit by New 'Pole Tax' -- Rachel Maddow - GOP forcing Ron Paul supporters to sign 'loyalty oaths' to Mitt Romney -- This Gives Me Hope! (IRANIANS WE LOVE U: a message to Iran from Israel) -- Texas college hacks government drone -- Can The World Survive Washington’s Hubris? -- 10
Disturbing SHTF Threats that most Preppers Haven’t Prepared For --
Celente Launches 2nd American Revolution: Puts His Money Where His Heart
Is -- German Court Rules Circumcision Unlawful -- How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism | Stephan Kinsella (youtube video) -- Killing Coal in America -- Goodlatte handily wins GOP primary -- State of War in Syria
AZ: Jackalope Freedom Festival in
Arizona; "SICK and SICKER" Screening; Help Bring Jordan Page to the Jackalope Freedom Festival!
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News Link • Healthcare
Supremes say 'we own you bitches' on Healthcare
06-28-2012
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The Ticket
In a victory for President Obama, the Supreme Court upheld his signature health care law's individual insurance mandate in a 5-4 decision, upending speculation after hostile-seeming oral arguments in March that the justices would overturn the law.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Court: Shooting 'spitwads' is 'violent criminal conduct'
06-28-2012
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www.wnd.com
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that shooting spitwads at school is “violent criminal conduct.”
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News Link • Healthcare
Stocks Tumble 1% After Health-Care Ruling
06-28-2012
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www.cnbc.com
Stocks extended their losses Thursday, wiping out all of the previous session's gains, amid skepticism that European leaders would be able to form a solution to tackle the ongoing debt crisis and following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the health-car
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News Link • Military
Supreme Court strikes down military medal lying law
06-28-2012
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Reuters
The Supreme Court struck down a crime to lie about receiving a military medal, ruling it violated constitutional free-speech rights. By a 6-3 vote, in a case about how far the government may go to prosecute false claims about military honors
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News Link • Environment
How Vancouver Got its Green On: A Talk With Andrea Reimer
06-28-2012
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arclein
But evidently, all this is not enough. In 2009, Mayor Gregor Robertson announced his intention to make Canada’s largest west coast city the greenest in the world. Three years, thousands of expert opinions, and an outpouring of public support later, t
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News Link • Economy - International
Germans back euro by small majority, poll finds
06-28-2012
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www.ft.com
If a referendum were to be held in Germany tomorrow on membership of the euro, those in favour of retaining the common currency would have a very narrow majority over those wanting to bring back the Deutschmark, according to a new opinion poll.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Custom Organ Current State
06-28-2012
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arclein
And these developments may be just the tip of the iceberg. From skin to blood vessels to solid organs, work is underway to offer more options for patients with faulty or damaged body parts.
Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute
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robert klein
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Help Bring Jordan Page to the Jackalope Freedom Festival!
06-28-2012
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http://www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com
If you are looking for information on the Jackalope Freedom Festival, please visit www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com If you would like to see Jordan Page preform, please help by donating: http://jordanpagemusic.chipin.com/bring-jordan-page-to-az
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Agorist Alma
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News Link • Healthcare
Cuccinelli: "Dark Day for American Liberty"
06-28-2012
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www.nbcwashington.com
Cuccinelli filed a separate lawsuit against the law, but a federal judge's ruling in his favor was overturned when a federal appeals court ruled that Virginia lacked legal standing to challenge the law.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Google Internet glasses on the way
06-28-2012
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www.ca.news.yahoo.com
Google glasses that overlay the Internet on daily lives should hit the market within two years -- technology the tech giant hopes will someday make fumbling with smartphones obsolete.
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News Link • Politics
Colorado Springs is Burning and the President Wants a Photo-Op?
06-28-2012
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Tres Melton for Green Dragon Tavern
Colorado Springs is in dire straits. The President, as many do in times of crisis, wants to tour the 'disaster' for himself. Avoiding all the Photo-op claims, for the moment, I wish to examine what that really means for the city of Colorado Sprin
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Clerk reprimanded for refusing welfare card to pay for cigarettes
06-28-2012
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“I made the statement, ‘do you think myself, that lady and that gentlemen should pay for your cigarettes?’ and he responded ‘yes,’ ” Whiton said.
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News Link • Inventions
Massimo Banzi: How Arduino Is Open-Sourcing Imagination
06-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine -- from toys to satellite gear.
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Houston's Strip Clubs Hit by New 'Pole Tax'
06-28-2012
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Wall Street Journal
The city of Houston is turning to an unusual source to help fund rape investigations: strip clubs.
The City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that requires strip clubs to pay a $5-per-visitor fee to help pay for the analysis of biological evid
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rachel Maddow - GOP forcing Ron Paul supporters to sign 'loyalty oaths' to Mitt Romney
06-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Rachel Maddow reports on the Massachusetts Republican Party making delegates take an oath to vote for Mitt Romney -an effort to purge their ranks of infiltrating Ron Paul supporters.
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News Link • LOVE
This Gives Me Hope! (IRANIANS WE LOVE U: a message to Iran from Israel)
06-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Wow! I was so happy to see this video. I know many of my Iranian friends will be very happy to see this. I have watched so many damn NWO and WW3 videos of Iran, I saw this and it made my made day.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
Texas college hacks government drone
06-28-2012
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Russia Today
After being challenged by his lab, the DHS dared Humphreys’ crew to hack into their drone and take command. Much to their chagrin, they did exactly that.
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News Link • Politics
Can The World Survive Washington’s Hubris?
06-28-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
When President Reagan nominated me as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, he told me that we had to restore the US economy, to rescue it from stagflation, in order to bring the full weight of a powerful economy to bear on the Sov
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
10 Disturbing SHTF Threats that most Preppers Haven’t Prepared For
06-28-2012
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www.offgidsurvival.com
When planning for a SHTF scenario, there’s really only one thing that we can be sure of; Survival will be a bigger challenge than you ever believed possible. While you can defiantly take measures to prepare yourself for what’s to come, when you’re ta
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Celente Launches 2nd American Revolution: Puts His Money Where His Heart Is
06-28-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Gerald Celente
Gerald Celente’s forecast is clear " The 2nd American Revolution is on the horizon. And this American Patriot has done more than just sign up to join the fight, he’s established its headquarters.
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News Link • Healthcare
German Court Rules Circumcision To Be Unlawful
06-28-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
It may be me but there is something particularly unnerving about Germans declaring circumcisions illegal. Yet, a court in Cologne has declared that Jewish and Muslim parents who circumcise their sons for religious reasons are committing child abuse.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism | Stephan Kinsella (youtube video)
06-28-2012
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www.youtube.com
Presented by Stephan Kinsella at the 2010 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: "The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie." Recorded in Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Killing Coal in America
06-28-2012
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iceagenow.info
“The war on coal waged by major environmental organizations, combined with Obama’s hostility to coal is depriving Americans of a cheap, abundant source of energy.”
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Goodlatte handily wins GOP primary
06-28-2012
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www.nvdaily.com
U.S. Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte will run for re-election to the House of Representatives in Virginia's 6th District after defeating challenger Karen U. Kwiatkowski in the Republican Party primary Tuesday.
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt to Block Jewish Pilgrims from Holy Site
06-27-2012
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Arutz Sheva - Israeli National News
Egypt's post-Mubarak government has decided it would not be 'appropriate' for Israelis to visit the grave of a famed 19th century rabbi.
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News Link • Environment
Court Backs E.P.A. Over Emissions Limits
06-26-2012
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New York Times
A federal appeals court upheld a finding by the EPA that heat-trapping gases from industry and vehicles endanger public health, dealing a decisive blow to companies and states that had sued to block agency rules.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leaders sue to block receiver
06-26-2012
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Reuters
The City Council in Pennsylvania's capital of Harrisburg sued the state on Tuesday to halt work by a receiver overseeing the city's fiscal recovery plan.
The federal lawsuit challenges the state's takeover of Harrisburg, claiming that state lawmak
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Supercameras Could Capture Never-Before-Seen Detail
06-26-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Charles Q. Choi
A supercamera that can take gigapixel pictures " that's 1,000 megapixels " has now been unveiled.
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News Link • Food
Case worker gives the inside scoop on US food stamps
06-26-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com
The American entitlement system has grown immensely since the founding of the country. Only 53% of Americans pay federal income tax and the amount of people on food stamps have hit record highs.
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News Link • Economy - International
Signs point towards a new global currency
06-26-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com,
With the extension of operation twist and and the inevitable QE3, continued volatility and devaluation of the USD is the in the near future.
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News Link • European Union
Forget The Election Results - Greece Is Still Doomed And So Is The Rest Of Europe
06-26-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
The election results from Greece are in and the pro-bailout forces have won, but just barely. It is being projected that the pro-bailout New Democracy party will have about 130 seats in the 300 seat parliament, and Pasok (another pro-bailout party)
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News Link • China
Will Toledo, Ohio Be The First Major American City To Be Owned By China?
06-26-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
It has been said that there are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One way is by using the sword, and the other is by using debt.
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News Link • History
History is the enemy as 'brilliant' psy-ops become the news
06-26-2012
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http://www.johnpilger.com
Arriving in a village in southern Vietnam, I caught sight of two children who bore witness to the longest war of the 20th century. Their terrible deformities were familiar. All along the Mekong river, where the forests were petrified and silent, smal
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
So You Think You Can Be a Hair Braider?
06-26-2012
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http://www.nytimes.com, By JACOB GOLDSTEIN
Jestina Clayton grew up in a village in Sierra Leone where every girl learns traditional African hair-braiding. Then, when she was 22, she moved to Centerville, Utah, a place where no one learns traditional African hair-braiding.
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News Link • Surveillance
Why Is the Government Collecting Your Biometric Data?
06-26-2012
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http://www.alternet.org, ByTana Ganeva
EFF's Jennifer Lynch discusses the expansion of biometric data collection, the growth of databases and the impact on increased surveillance.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
What Is the Point of My Libertarian Anarchism?
06-26-2012
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http://www.voluntaryist.com, By Robert Higgs
After I began work as a professor, in 1968, I gravitated quickly from my collegiate New Leftism toward classical liberalism. As I learned more about Austrian economics, political economy, public choice, and history, I became increasingly libertarian
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News Link • Police State
Iraq War vet faces 10 years in prison after photographing police
06-26-2012
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RT
After exercising his constitutional rights, Iraq war vet Antonio Buehler may be facing serious prison time for photographing cops possibly abusing an intoxicated woman while arresting her.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney brags to donors and Bill Kristol: I’m briefed by Israelis
06-26-2012
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The question must be asked, Why is Mitt Romney willing to adopt the most hawkish positions on Israel, now bragging about being briefed by Israeli officials on foreign policy?
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Phoenix police: Officer shoots man who punches him
06-26-2012
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Arizona Republic
A Phoenix police sergeant shot a man in south Phoenix after authorities said the man assaulted the officer in his car, officials said.
The sergeant was driving in an unmarked car
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/06/26/2012
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News Link • Activism
Profanity Rally Protesters Slam Town's Anti-Swearing Law
06-26-2012
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MSNBC
The protest rally was organized by Adam Kokesh, a libertarian who publishes podcasts online from a Virginia studio. He says police can "steal from you if they don't like what's coming out of your mouth."
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stockton, Calif. to take up bankruptcy budget plan
06-26-2012
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Reuters
Stockton, California was poised to take a major step toward becoming the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy after talks with its creditors. Negotiations aimed at averting bankruptcy may press on informally
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA agent spills grandfather’s ashes in confrontation with passenger
06-26-2012
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Raw Story
A TSA agent opened a jar of ashes of a relative belonging to a passenger, proceeded to stick her finger in the ashes spilling them, and then laughed about it. Another example of the cream of the crap working for the Testicle Squeezing Authoritarians.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Extreme Judicial Makeover
06-26-2012
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http://jonathanturley.org, Deseret News
I have previously and repeatedly written against the use of shaming and novel sentencing by judges around the country (here and here and here).
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
The Fascist Threat
06-26-2012
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http://www.mises.org,
Everyone knows that the term fascist is a pejorative, often used to describe any political position a speaker doesn't like.
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News Link • Government
The ABCs Of State Liquor Control
06-26-2012
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http://jonathanturley.org,
We have previously discussed the socialistic nature of state liquor boards even in conservative states.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Hands-On Accountability for the Police Murder of Stanley Gibson
06-26-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by William Norman Grigg
Stanley Gibson, a disabled Gulf War veteran, was murdered in a Las Vegas parking lot last December 12. He was shot seven times in the back of the head, without provocation, by a stranger wielding an AR-15 rifle.
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News Link • Currencies
Moment in monetary history - bitcoin by vending machine at PorcFest 2012
06-26-2012
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http://www.youtube.com
Moment in monetary history - bitcoin by vending machine at PorcFest 2012
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News Link • Surveillance
40 Years of Growing Surveillance
06-26-2012
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http://www.cato.org, by Nat Hentoff
The Watergate legacy of disabling opponents by wiretaps and other suspensions of the Bill of Rights has since been protected by the current administration in federal court.
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News Link • Political Parties
Ron Paul’s Task: Build Up the Remnant
06-26-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com,by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Few people in public life ever stray from the three-by-five card of approved opinion.
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