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Date Sent: 2012-11-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
Right-Wing US Politicians Pressured Banks to Blockade WikiLeaks
The Myth of the Clinton Surplus -- The Dollar Collapse Revisited and a Bull Market in US Treasuries w/Peter Schiff! -- How to Play Your Gold Stocks Now -- The American Holocaust Is
Beginning -- Lines on the Resignation of Director Petraeus -- How To End the
Tragedy in Gaza -- China Unveils New Killer
Drones, Aims Them at Russia -- Exclusive:
Inside Google Spanner, the Largest Single Database on Earth -- Pentagon: A Human Will Always Decide When a Robot Kills You -- Elon
Musk Wants to Build 80,000-Person Mars Colony -- Likud Primary Shows Dramatic Rightward Shift in Israel’s
Ruling Party -- How to End the Gaza Violence -- Egypt Meeting Fails,
Mursi Maintains Unchecked Power -- This British Reporter Lived Life On A Female Chain
Gang In The Blazing Arizona Desert -- Why Finland's Unorthodox
Education System Is The Best In The World -- What's Happening Right
Now In Congo Exposes The Folly Of Western Aid -- CASE-SHILLER: HOUSE
PRICES RISE 3% FROM LAST YEAR -- China's Communist Party Newspaper
Gets Duped By Onion Article -- Egyptians challenge Mursi in
nationwide protests -- Bloomberg Vaguely Threatens Landlords Who Don’t Get the Lights Back On -- Portugal debates future of welfare state
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday; Christmas Party at the
Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012 6:30 p.m. til ???
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012 6:30 p.m. til ???
11-27-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
It's that time of year again for a holiday party - it has been a very busy year for all of us, so come and share in the fun and relaxation we all need - We will be raffling off a brand new Kindle Fire ($5/ticket) - Bring extra lawn chairs if you have
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
This Land is Mine
11-27-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
It tells the story of the wars in the land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant, since the cavemen until today, all so musical and poetic. [FUNNY and tragic]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
The Myth of the Clinton Surplus
11-27-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
I've known about this for years, but Craig Steiner has laid it all out with the numbers and the facts. Steiner also explains that it was the usual doublespeak and government "arithmetic" that made it look like the U.S. government had a surplus.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Dollar Collapse Revisited and a Bull Market in US Treasuries w/Peter Schiff!
11/27/2012
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XRepublic.TV
US Cyber Monday sales broke records as online shoppers shelled out 30 percent more on web deals compared to 2011. Is this good for an economy on the edge of recession or is it inconsequential, as many of the purchases were for items manufactured abro
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Istvan Lettang
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Reference Link • New World Order
The American Holocaust Is Beginning
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
In evaluating whether or not America is in the beginning stages of genocidal holocaust being perpetrated against the people by a corrupt government, one must consider three fundamental questions which needs to be answered
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Back To The Future - 25 great closing lines in films
11-27-2012
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telegraph.co.uk
In the first Back to the Future, a 1985 film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg, Dr. Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd) says to Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox):
"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads."
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News Link • Poetry
Lines on the Resignation of Director Petraeus
11-27-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
So Farewell " for now "
David Howells Petraeus
General, US Army (retired), late Director of the CIA,
Son of Sixtus,
sea captain who commanded a Liberty ship for FDR.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
How To End the Tragedy in Gaza
11-27-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
As of late Friday the ceasefire in Gaza seems to be holding, if tentatively. While we should be pleased that this round of fighting appears temporarily on hold, we must realize that without changes in US foreign policy it is only a matter of time.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Parting Company
11-27-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
For decades, it has been obvious that there are irreconcilable differences between Americans who want to control the lives of others and those who wish to be left alone.
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News Link • China
China Unveils New Killer Drones, Aims Them at Russia
11-27-2012
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Wired.com
Watch out, Vladimir Putin: China’s drone fleet is getting real. And judging from how Beijing is promoting its robots to the outside world, they’re aimed straight at Russia.
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Self-Filling Water Bottle Mimics Desert Beetle’s Wings
11-27-2012
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Wired.com
A US startup is developing a self-filling water bottle that sucks moisture from the atmosphere to create condensation, in the same way the humble Namib desert beetle does.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Tiny Swarming Robots Play Beethoven
11-27-2012
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Wired.com
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have taught a fleet of tiny robots to play Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” on a virtual keyboard.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon: A Human Will Always Decide When a Robot Kills You
11-27-2012
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Wired.com
The Pentagon wants to make perfectly clear that every time one of its flying robots releases its lethal payload, it’s the result of a decision made by an accountable human being in a lawful chain of command
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News Link • Future Predictions
The Highway Patrol Cop Of The Future Is A Robotic Unicycle
11-27-2012
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popsci.com
Or maybe an aerial drone. The LA Auto Show's annual Design Challenge suggests the patrol car of the future is optionally manned, self-driving, and armed with autonomous robots.
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News Link • Future Predictions
What The Future Will Look Like, According To Famous Science Fiction
11-27-2012
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popsci.com
Our science fiction isn't always on the nose. 1984 didn't look exactly like 1984, and 2001 didn't bring us the kind of Space Odysseys we envisioned.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Samsung Thinks It'll Release Flexible OLED Displays Next Year
11-27-2012
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popsci.com
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Samsung is "in the last stage of development" for flexible plastic OLED displays, and that the displays will be released in the first half of 2013.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
How to End the Gaza Violence
11-27-2012
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antiwar.com
As of late Friday the ceasefire in Gaza seems to be holding, if tentatively. While we should be pleased that this round of fighting appears temporarily on hold, we must realize that without changes in U.S. foreign policy it is only a matter of time.
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News Link • Activism
Something Inspirational Is Happening In New York's Most Storm Damaged Community
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
The Rockaways in Queens, NY was one of the communities hit hardest by Sandy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Samsung Under Fire For Allegedly Giving Employees 16-Hour Workdays, One Day Off Per Month
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
Samsung came under renewed criticism from a rights group on Tuesday for illegal work practices at its Chinese suppliers, a day after the South Korean electronics giant admitted excessive overtime and fines for employees in China.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
This British Reporter Lived Life On A Female Chain Gang In The Blazing Arizona Desert
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
Up at 5am and dressed in prison stripes, they march to order and labour in temperatures of 40°C. Nigel Farndale meets members of the world’s only female chain gang " the pride of 'America’s toughest lawman’
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Why Finland's Unorthodox Education System Is The Best In The World
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
A new global league table, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit for Pearson, has found Finland to be the best education system in the world.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
What's Happening Right Now In Congo Exposes The Folly Of Western Aid
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
Africa is covered in epithets, like graffiti. It has been labeled dark, lost, hopeless.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
CASE-SHILLER: HOUSE PRICES RISE 3% FROM LAST YEAR
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
The widely followed house price index showed prices rising 3.0% year-over year, just a tad ahead off expectations of 2.95%.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
China's Communist Party Newspaper Gets Duped By Onion Article
11-27-2012
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Business Insider
It appears that People's Daily, the big Chinese Communist party newspaper, has fallen for an Onion gag, naming Kim Jong Un the Sexiest Man Alive in 2012 (via Adam Minter)
The website has just published a huge 55 page slideshow on the news.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Egypt
Egyptians challenge Mursi in nationwide protests
11-27-2012
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Reuters
Tens of thousands Egyptians protested on Tuesday against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest rallies since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Study: Porn Stars More Religious, Have Higher Self-Esteem Than Other Women
11-27-2012
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http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/11/26/study-porn-
Stop thinking that all porn actresses are “damaged goods.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Bloomberg Vaguely Threatens Landlords Who Don’t Get the Lights Back On
11-27-2012
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politicker.com
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, properties throughout the city’s flooded neighborhoods saw critical infrastructure collapse along with everything else in the storm’s path.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Woman photographed riding a manatee in Florida is arrested
11-26-2012
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latimes.com
A St. Petersburg, Fla., woman was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant Saturday after being photographed two months ago riding a manatee.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Breitbart: GOP Reaps Its Abandonment of Limited Government
11-26-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by SFTS
The GOP ought to have been able to win ample libertarian support this election, as the campaigns were fought where the two philosophies intersect, namely government spending and regulation.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
NH's New Governor Open to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
11-26-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by legalizeliberty
New Hampshire’s new governor, who is open to legalizing medical marijuana, may lead to the state joining the rest of New England in legalizing the drug.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul on Benghazi and Price Gouging w/ Fox News' Geraldo
11-26-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by eduardo89
Ron Paul discusses 'Benghazigate,' Price Gouging, Free Markets and is even asked about Rand Paul running in 2016.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Journalists Educate The TSA at Buffalo Airport
11-26-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by sharpsteve
"Opt Out And Film The TSA" campaign, Dan Dicks of Press For Truth and Ashley Jessica went to the Buffalo International airport to help raise awareness about the intrusive and invasive TSA procedures.
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
The Osama bin Laden Myth
11-26-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Paul Craig Roberts
The interview below with Osama bin Laden was conducted by the Karachi, Pakistan, daily newspaper, Ummat, and published on September 28, 2001, 17 days after the alleged, but unsubstantiated, al Qaeda attack of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Ce
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News Link • Media: Internet
Copyright Bombshell: New Study Finds Megaupload's File-Sharing Supported Box Office
11-26-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
It is common knowledge that if one copies intellectual property, one is stealing. Only crazy libertarians and crackpot anarchocapitalists would ever adopt a belief that helping oneself to intellectual property was not a criminal offense.
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News Link • Activism
Brzezinski: “Populist Resistance” is Derailing the New World Order
11-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Rise in “populist activism” a threat to “external control”
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA supervisor uses airport cop to keep from being filmed
11-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Filming a TSA checkpoint for opt and and film week, Adam Kokesh runs into a predictably unfriendly TSA supervisor and an unpredictably intelligent cop.
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Pentagon Boss Announces Expansion of Drone and Commando War in Africa
11-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
Obama’s Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, said during a speech last week at the Center for a New American Security that the drone and commando war waged by the United States will intensify and expand outside the declared combat zone over the next f
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News Link • Activism
Opt Out Activists Threatened With Arrest For Handing Out Flyers
11-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Derek Broze Live Free
Derrick Broze and Adam Kokesh went to Reagan Airport to pass out info and film as part of National Opt Out and Film the TSA week.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Georgia Cop Arrests Man Video Recording him during Traffic Stop
11-26-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Andrew Ogiba, 19, was charged with obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers, because he chose to narrate into his video camera after signing the citation instead of tearing out of the parking lot within seconds of receiving it.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Texas Cop Takes Pride in Kneeing Teen in Head on Video
11-26-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
To this cop’s credit, he didn’t have a problem being video recorded. In fact, he took pride in it, sticking his face in the camera and spouting his name and badge number to ensure the citizen had captured him ramming his knee into the head of a 17-ye
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
California Man Jailed Four Days for Recording Cops
11-26-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A California man was jailed for 4 days for attempting to record police officers on a public street. Daniel J. Saulmon was charged with resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer but the video shows he was standing well out the way of a traffic st
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News Link • Homeland Security
A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky Is Persecuting Atheists
11-26-2012
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AlterNet
In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
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News Link • Economy - International
Goldman Sachs now owns Bank of England (Canada)
11-26-2012
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Daily Telegraph
The 47-year-old banker also has strong ties with the UK " he is married to a British woman, studied at Oxford University and lived in London for a time while working for Goldman Sachs.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul Krugman Outright Calls for Printing Money and Lots of It
11-26-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
In his NY Times column Paul Krugman lets himself go and calls for an outright "inflation solution." The government, he says, does not have to worry about debt, since it can print as much money as it wants and investors apparently never
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News Link • TAXES: State
Don't Roll Your Own Cigarettes in Michigan. It's Against the Law.
11-26-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
One heroic smoke shop owner in Michigan is now in the business of buying and selling rolling machines for customers who want to conduct their rolling at home.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Nobody Rushing to Move Into University of Colorado’s “Gun Dorms”
11-26-2012
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David Burnett, of Students for Concealed Carry on campus, said students who met all legal requirements for concealed-carry shouldn't have to move into segregated dorms. "You've proven you're legally, responsibly and morally able to carry
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News Link • Afghanistan
Training Afghan Allies, With Guard Firmly Up
11-26-2012
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New York Times
“They come here and they look like they [US soldiers] are going to fight us,” said Sgt. Abdul Karim Haq, 25, an Afghan soldier at the outpost. “They are always talking down to us like we are little children.”
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
TriHealth fires 150 employees for not getting flu shots
11-26-2012
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NBC News
One of Cincinnati’s largest employers fired approximately 150 employees Wednesday for failing to get a required flu shot.
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