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Date Sent: 2012-09-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, September 11, 2012 PM edition |
Germany: Great Uncertainty About US Debt -- Moody’s to cut US rating unless lower debt/GDP ratio
Army Wants Tiny Suicidal Drone to Kill From 6 Miles Away -- Defense firms confirm layoff warnings -- EU Bites the Hand that Feeds It: Gazprom Will Bite Back -- Gary Johnson will not appear on Michigan ballot ... no not that Johnson...well, him too. -- 16 Year Old Boy Questioned By FBI Over His Ron Paul YouTube Video -- Pirate Bay co-founder deported -- Lauren Lyster from Russia Today interviews Dr. Keith Smith -- "Secret" Syria strike helps Israel signal resolve on Iran -- GoDaddy sites go offline; Anonymous member claims responsibility -- Dripping Hypocrisy Defined: Charles G. Koch -- Rasmussen: Gary Johnson Still Well-Done -- Answers On 9/11? -- $83,046 For A 3 Hour Hospital Visit - Why Are Hospital Bills So Outrageous? -- The Real Unemployment Numbers Are Worse Than You Are Being Told -- Talkin' 'bout a Revolution -- Judge Napolitano on the Virtues of Private Justice -- Spinning Bad Financial News Into Good -- Elites Play Waiting Game with Europe -- India's 100th Space Mission Launches Satellites Into Orbit -- How Private Spaceships Will Inspire Future Generations: Q&A with Paul Kostek -- Observation Deck: The Beautiful Science of Weaponry -- Chicago
teachers strike updates: Lewis, others, end talks for night -- Chicago Teachers v. Rahm Emanuel -- State Terror: Official Israeli Policy
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Germany Says 'Great Uncertainty' About US Debt
09-11-2012
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CNBC
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble questioned how the United States could deal with its high levels of government debt after November's presidential election. [Pssst don't fret Fritz, they will print money to pay you off.]
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Moody’s expects to cut US rating without deal to lower debt/GDP ratio
09-11-2012
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Budget negotiations likely to determine AAA rating and outlook. If budget talks do not produce downward trend in debt-to-GDP ratio, rating likely to be lowered to AA1. Assumes “relatively orderly” process for increasing debt limit.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Freedom's Phoenix
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine - READY FOR DOWNLOAD - Sept 7th, 2012 Edition
09-07-2012
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Freedom's Phoenix Magazine
POWER to the People: The Philosophy of Individual Empowerment (when we no longer need to be on the grid and can supply our own electricity, what would the world look like?)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
Army Wants Tiny Suicidal Drone to Kill From 6 Miles Away
09-11-2012
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Wired
Killer drones just keep getting smaller. The Army wants a “Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System.” It’s for when the Army needs someone dead from up to six miles away in 30 minutes or less.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Defense firms confirm layoff warnings
09-11-2012
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Politico
Major defense contractors have confirmed they’ll send tens of thousands of employee layoff warnings shortly before Election Day, according to correspondence released Monday by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Arme
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
EU Bites the Hand that Feeds It: Gazprom Will Bite Back
09-11-2012
Gazprom has Europe’s natural gas market in a stranglehold and Europe is attempting to fight back, first with a raid last year on the Russian giant’s offices and then with a probe launched earlier this week against its allegedly illicit efforts to con
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Staffoilpricedotcom Erik
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News Link • Science
Have Three Photons Broken Theoretical Physics
09-11-2012
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arclein
But first, an introduction: Scientists have long wondered about the nature of space and time. Albert Einstein envisioned the two concepts as an interwoven fabric that extends smoothly and continuously throughout the universe, warping under the weight
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Sleep Learning Investigated
09-11-2012
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arclein
But the latest research shows that the sleep conditioning persists even after they wake up, causing them to sniff strongly or weakly on hearing the relevant tone " even if there was no odour. The participants were completely unaware that they had lea
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Coconut Oil Halts Tooth Decay
09-11-2012
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arclein
They found that coconut oil, once ingested, should be able to halt the growth of most strains of Streptococcus bacteria, including Streptococcus mutans. This type of bacteria is a primary cause of cavities because it produces tooth-damaging acid.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Organic Chemistry Networked
09-11-2012
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arclein
250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network -- a chemical Google on steroids. This “immortal chemist” will never retire and take away its k
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robert klein
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News Link • Police State
16 Year Old Boy Questioned By FBI Over This YouTube Video
09-11-2012
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Daily Paul/Infowars
A sixteen year old boy was questioned after completing a video for an assignment in his American Government class. After putting the video on Youtube and despite receiving an A+ on the project, the FBI showed up at the boy's house.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Property Rights
Pirate Bay co-founder deported
09-11-2012
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AP
Cambodia has deported a Swedish founder of the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay who is wanted in his homeland for copyright violations. Swedish police officers were waiting at the plane's door. Svartholm Warg was sentenced to a year in prison
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Lauren Lyster from Russia Today interviews Dr. Keith Smith
09-11-2012
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Market Ticker
Ernie, get this guy on your show. This is such a great interview of the current scam known as "Health Care Reform" or "ObamaCare". Dr. Smith presents the case for a free-market in health care. Great Stuff!!!!!
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Israel
"Secret" Syria strike helps Israel signal resolve on Iran
09-11-2012
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Reuters
An Israeli cabinet minister invoked his country's ostensibly secret 2007 air raid on an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor to suggest Israel could successfully strike Iran without U.S. support. Israel has never formally acknowledged the bombing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
GoDaddy sites go offline; Anonymous member claims responsibility
09-11-2012
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
GoDaddy confirmed via tweet that it is working to clear up an issue that took many of its sites offline Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
No Joke: Jay Leno Took Pay Cut of 50%
09-11-2012
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http://live.wsj.com
Late-night talk show host Jay Leno took a 50% pay cut as part of NBC's budget-chopping effort last month at "The Tonight Show," the network said, detailing the scope of the changes for the first time as well as the reasoning behind them.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Do Our Gadgets Really Threaten Planes?
09-11-2012
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wsj, By DANIEL SIMONS and CHRISTOPHER F. CHABRIS
The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes, not on hard evidence"because there isn't any
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Geography
Geography Strikes Back
09-11-2012
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http://online.wsj.com, By ROBERT D. KAPLAN
To understand today's global conflicts, forget economics and technology and take a hard look at a map
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Dripping Hypocrisy Defined: Charles G. Koch
09-11-2012
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http://market-ticker.org, Charles G. Koch
It shouldn't surprise us that the role of American business is increasingly vilified or viewed with skepticism.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Rasmussen: Gary Johnson Still Well-Done
09-11-2012
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http://market-ticker.org
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows President Obama attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns 45% of the vote.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Answers On 9/11?
09-11-2012
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http://market-ticker.org,
US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled last week that AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc. must appear in court to be tried over accusations that inattention on part of the companies contributed to the terrorist attac
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
$83,046 For A 3 Hour Hospital Visit - Why Are Hospital Bills So Outrageous?
09-11-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com,
The fastest way to go broke in America is to go to the hospital.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Are You Better Off? 40 Statistics That Will Absolutely Shock You
09-11-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com,
Are you better off today than you were four years ago?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Real Unemployment Numbers Are Worse Than You Are Being Told
09-11-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com,
According to the Obama administration, the unemployment rate in the United States has been slowly coming down over the past couple of years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
09-11-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com
It is called Revolution. The pilot episode of the new post-power grid collapse television series is now available at the NBC web site, and on Hulu.com.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Judge Napolitano on the Virtues of Private Justice
09-11-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, with Anthony Wile
The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Spinning Bad Financial News Into Good
09-11-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Paul Craig Roberts
Friday's payroll jobs report says that 96,000 new jobs were created in August and that the unemployment rate (U.3) fell from 8.3% to 8.1%.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Elites Play Waiting Game with Europe
09-11-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
The euro crisis is not over and is about to get interesting ... Supposedly the euro crisis is all over.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
India's 100th Space Mission Launches Satellites Into Orbit
09-11-2012
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http://www.space.com, Peter B. de Selding
India successfully launched its 100th space mission on Sunday (Sept. 9) using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to send two new satellites into orbit.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
How Private Spaceships Will Inspire Future Generations: Q&A with Paul Kostek
09-11-2012
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http://www.space.com, by Denise Chow
As a new fleet of private spaceships prepare to take flight by 2015, the age of commercial spaceflight may be just around the corner.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Observation Deck: The Beautiful Science of Weaponry
09-11-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Adam Rogers
We can be non-violent " maybe even anti-war? " and still be deeply impressed by the science and technology of weapons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Unpublished Photos of Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley’s Early Days Finally Surface
09-11-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Jakob Schiller
"Steve gives a rousing pep talk to his employees shortly before the launch of NeXT Computer, while also indulging in a short rant about revenge on Apple and John Sculley."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
‘Things We Start’ Shows Where in the World We Kickstart
09-11-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Nathan Hurst
Kickstarter has been growing " OK, skyrocketing " since its start in 2009, raising nearly $300 million and launching 70,000 projects.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Chicago teachers strike updates: Lewis, others, end talks for night
09-11-2012
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http://www.chicagotribune.com, Jodi Cohen
CTU President Karen Lewis and other principal negotiators finished up for the evening about 9:45 p.m.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Private Debt Kills the Economy
09-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Washingon's B
Too Much Government Debt Hurts the Economy … But Too Much Private Debt Kills It
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Ruling Shields Torturers and War Criminals
09-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Ray McGovern
When Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu said last week that the ex-leaders of the U.S. and U.K. should be made to “answer for their actions” in attacking Iraq on the basis of lies, Western savants and pundits greeted the remarks from the retired archbishop
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Dangerous Crossroads: America Pressures ASEAN Bloc to Contain China
09-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Tony Cartalucci
US reveals ASEAN as neo-imperial consolidation as Clinton calls on bloc to present a “united front” against China.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
President of Italy’s Supreme Court To Refer 9/11 Crimes To International Criminal Court
09-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Washington's
Says that 9/11 was “False Flag” Terror, Just Like the Strategy of Tension in Italy
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Forget Iran, it’s Israel’s Nuclear Gun Pointed at Obama’s Head:
09-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Jonathan Cook
It is possibly the greatest of American political myths, repeated ad nauseam by presidential candidates in their election campaigns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
America's Refusal to Extradite Bolivia's Ex-President to Face Genocide Charges
09-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Glenn Greenwald
Obama justice officials have all but granted asylum to Sánchez de Lozada " a puppet who payrolled key Democratic advisers
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
No shooting at protest? Police may block mobile devices via Apple
09-10-2012
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http://rt.com
Apple has patented a piece of technology which would allow government and police to block transmission of information, including video and photographs, from any public gathering or venue they deem “sensitive”, and “protected from externalities.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
FBI begins installation of $1 billion face recognition system across America
09-10-2012
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http://rt.com
Birthmarks, be damned: the FBI has officially started rolling out a state-of-the-art face recognition project that will assist in their effort to accumulate and archive information about each and every American at a cost of a billion dollars.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Greek coalition leaders fail to agree on crucial cuts
09-10-2012
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http://rt.com
The leaders of the three parties in Greece's coalition government have failed to agree on a package of spending cuts worth 11.5 billion euro, which the Prime Minister says are crucial to restoring the country’s financial credibility.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Nita Ghei’s Column On BATFE’s New Asset Forfeiture Authority
09-09-2012
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The Agitator
In practice, expanding BATFE authority to seize and administratively forfeit for controlled substance offenses is granting BATFE authority to use fill-in-the-blank catch-alls for seizures and forfeitures.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Did a Creepy Secret Society Steal Geronimo's Bones?
09-09-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Prescott Bush, father of George H.W. and grandfather of George W.--and all three members of the power-elite Skull & Bones--robbed the grave of an opponent of the US imperialism, Geronimo, and installed his skull and bones in the occult
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News Link • Police State
Maryland legislator’s efforts to curtail NFL player’s support for marriage equality
09-09-2012
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Rawstory
A Maryland delegate who voted against legalizing same sex marriage in the state is under fire after he wrote the owner of the Baltimore Ravens demanding that the team stop one of its players from voicing support for marriage equality.
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News Link • Corruption
Attorney General and Comptroller Play Down Their Roles in Settlement
09-09-2012
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New York Times
In late May, a lawyer for the New York State Assembly sent a note to his colleagues in the attorney general’s and comptroller’s offices, soliciting their advice.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Treasury to Sell $18 Billion Worth of Additional A.I.G. Shares
09-09-2012
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New York Times
The Treasury Dept said it was planning its biggest sale of shares in the American International Group to date, making the federal government a minority shareholder in the bailed-out insurer for the first time since it took control
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Outrage in Flagstaff, judge issues apology for blaming sex assault victim
09-09-2012
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
A Coconino County Superior Court judge issued an apology for telling a sexual assault victim that she would not have been assaulted had she not been at a bar comments made during the sentencing of former Dept. of Public Safety officer
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Opinion • Day of Reckoning
Malthus was right...sort of
09-09-2012
Glenn Jacobs
We may well be facing a Malthusian catastrophe--in which the world's population proves unsustainable in regards to the resources available--in the near future. But it won't be the fault of the free market.
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News Link • General Opinion
Ayn Rand's first appearance on Johnny Carson: Hardly entertainment! Ha!
09-09-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by JohnPhillipSousa
17 solid minutes of AR talking about "Objectivism", defense of Capitalism, Free Markets, Morality of Individual Rights, Right to Privacy, WAR...
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News Link • Food
One Cantaloupe Farmer Calls It Quits After Surviving Listeria Recall This Summer
09-09-2012
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One particular listeria recall focused on 580 crates of cantaloupes from Burch Farms. Luckily, no consumers fell ill from the fruit. Nonetheless, Burch Farms announced it will no longer grow cantaloupes, citing risk of contamination is too high.
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News Link • Gun Rights
DOJ gives ATF orders to commit civil forfeiture against medical marijuana gun owners
09-09-2012
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Washington Times
Not charged with a crime, never prosecuted (maybe), but all your guns will be taken, because the Department of Justice has said its OK for ATF to do so,...mere suspicion of drug abuse is all that is required. (And defines "suspicion" anyway?)
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