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Date Sent: 2013-03-06
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
Hugo Chavez, passionate but polarizing Venezuelan president, dead at 58
If There's No Penalty, It's Not Wrong -- Officer Claims Cops Sell LAPD Guns to Civilians and Dealers -- Why Barry and Michelle Lost Their Law Licenses -- "For Your Own Protection" - by William Grigg -- Trayvon Martin killer prefers trial over self defense hearing -- Senate committee approves Brennan for CIA post, 12 to 3 -- Gun advocates split with NRA on background checks -- The Myth of Jewish Settlements in International Law -- Here's What's At Stake In The Huge Trial Between Martha Stewart, JCPenney, And Macy's -- Shooting the Black Swan -- The Fed's Tightening Pipe Dream -- The Missing Recovery -- Military Patrol Austin Kite Festival in Martial Law Prep -- FEMA Censors Information About Bizarre ‘Zombie UFO Crash’ Exercise -- Checkpoint Content Contest Now Underway! --
Leaked Pentagon video - flu vaccine use to modify human behavior --
Ohio Man Charged With Shooting Robot -- Freedom’ license plate banned in
Washington D.C. -- Marines' 'Poster Boy' for Suicide Prevention Kills Self -- Montana House Votes 98-0 To Approve Anti-NDAA Bill -- Indiana Senate calls for U.S. constitutional convention -- Civilian Shoots Would-be Robber During Attempted Bank Hold-up -- Michael Scheuer: The Rise of Homegrown Terrorism -- Arizona SB1439 Legal Tender Act
AZ: FIRST EVER PRIVATE GUN SHOW - Sat, March 9th, 2013 in
Lakeside, AZ; Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction with
Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, Apr. 13
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News Link • World News
Hugo Chavez, passionate but polarizing Venezuelan president, dead at 58
03-05-2013
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Washington Post
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who went from a young conspiratorial soldier who dreamed of revolution to the fiery anti-U.S. leader of one of the world’s great oil powers, died March 5 in Caracas of complications from an unspecified cancer in his
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News Link • Bill of Rights
If There's No Penalty, It's Not Wrong
03-05-2013
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Simple Justice
Court records show that the Army veteran was set to start a new job with the state, with solid pay and benefits, until Chicago police hauled him out of his house in his boxer shorts. No judge had signed a warrant for [Frank] Craig's arrest.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Officer Claims Cops Sell LAPD Guns to Civilians and Dealers
03-05-2013
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Courthouse News
Los Angeles police officers bought and sold guns from the police armory for profit, and told the lieutenant in charge of the armory to "watch his back" after he reported it, the 25-year LAPD veteran claims in court.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Why Barry and Michelle Lost Their Law Licenses
03-05-2013
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
President Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a "lawyer". He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to escape charges he lied on his bar application. Michelle Obama "voluntarily surrendered" her law license after
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"For Your Own Protection"
03-05-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
According to the court, police were entitled to arrest, taze, and beat a teenager who had done nothing more sinister than speak to his mother on the street in front of their home. A police officer accosted the young man after he saw him approaching a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Trayvon Martin killer prefers trial over self defense hearing
03-05-2013
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New York Times
George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, is all but certain to take his case directly to a jury on June 10 and skip a highly anticipated pretrial self-defense hearing, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Senate committee approves Brennan for CIA post, 12 to 3
03-05-2013
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Washington Post
White House counterterrorism adviser John O. Brennan moved closer to becoming the next CIA director on Tuesday when the Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 in favor of his nomination for the spy post.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun advocates split with NRA on background checks
03-05-2013
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Washington Post
In behind-the-scenes talks with congressional staff members and others, gunmakers, dealers and other Second Amendment advocates have offered support for more instant criminal background checks, buoying the hopes of gun-control supporters, including P
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
The Myth of Jewish Settlements in International Law
03-04-2013
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The Algemeiner
By permitting Jewish residence in the West Bank, is Israel ignoring international law? Ruth Gavison, a law professor at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, seems to thinks so.
Gavison criticized the report issued last year by former Israeli Supreme Cou
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Russell Brand's Beautifully-Written Blog Post About What It's Like To Do Heroin
03-05-2013
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Business Insider
Actor-comedian-former drug addict-deep-thinker Russell Brand posted a poetic blog Tuesday morning titled "Give It Up" about his current desire to do heroin " and why he doesn't.
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News Link • Transportation
Lamborghini Unveils $3.9 Million Supercar To Celebrate Its 50th Birthday
03-05-2013
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Business Insider
The Geneva Motor Show is in full swing after opening to the press this morning, but things really kicked off last night when Lamborghini unveiled the highly anticipated supercar it created to mark its 50th birthday.
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News Link • Climate Change
In 2050 Ships Will Be Able To Sail Right Over The North Pole
03-05-2013
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Business Insider
A new study indicates the possible positive in the low sea ice levels throughout the Arctic: a new, faster trans-Atlantic shipping route by 2040.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Here's What's At Stake In The Huge Trial Between Martha Stewart, JCPenney, And Macy's
03-05-2013
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Business Insider
Martha Stewart is testifying in court today to explain why her contract to sell stuff at JCPenney doesn't violate her existing contract with Macy's.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed's Tightening Pipe Dream
03-05-2013
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The Daily Bell
Testifying before the US Senate this past Tuesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made an extraordinary claim about its bloated balance sheet:
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Missing Recovery
03-05-2013
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The Daily Bell
Officially, since June 2009 the US economy has been undergoing an economic recovery from the December 2007 recession. But where is this recovery? I cannot find it, and neither can millions of unemployed Americans.
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News Link • Police State
Military Patrol Austin Kite Festival in Martial Law Prep
03-05-2013
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Prison Planet
For the second year in a row, troops controlled civilian transportation at the Austin Kite Festival, which took place Sunday, March 3, utilizing disaster training to facilitate crowds numbering more than 30,000.
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Leaked Pentagon video - flu vaccine use to modify human behavior
03-05-2013
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Daily Paul.com
What you are about to hear is not science fiction or conspiracy theory but a glimpse of what is going on behind the closed doors of the United States Pentagon.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How To
CineChopper Aerial Video Flight School - Getting Started
03-05-2013
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youtube
CineChopper Aerial Video Flight School - Getting Started
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Behind The Scenes - Insane Canyon Rope Swing
03-05-2013
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youtube
Shay Carl, one of my favorite people in the world, and on youtube was
there for the adventure as well! See his vlog that he shot on location
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Ohio Man Charged With Shooting Robot
03-05-2013
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https://singularityhub.com, David J. Hill
In what is sure to be only the beginning of human vs. robot confrontations, a surveillance robot belonging to the police was recently shot after a six-hour standoff with a 62-year-old heavily inebriated man.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Freedom’ license plate banned in Washington D.C.
03-05-2013
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washingtonexaminer.com
The word “FREEDOM” is among the list of banned vanity license plate slogans for Washington D.C., according to a government file obtained by a Freedom of Information Request filed by the transparency website GovernmentAttic.org.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death
Marines' 'Poster Boy' for Suicide Prevention Kills Self
03-05-2013
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newser.com
Clay Hunt did 'everything right,' still couldn't be saved
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Robert Lee
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News Link • States' Rights
Montana House Votes 98-0 To Approve Anti-NDAA Bill
03-05-2013
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Daily Paul.com
[The words 'wow' and 'nullification' come to mind.]
UPDATE: Since this piece was published, the Montana legislature has updated the official vote count as 98-0.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • States' Rights
Indiana Senate calls for U.S. constitutional convention
03-05-2013
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nwitimes.com
Frustrated by what they perceive as federal government overreach on taxes and regulation, the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate on Tuesday approved three measures calling for a limited U.S. constitutional convention.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Self-Defense
Civilian Shoots Would-be Robber During Attempted Bank Hold-up
03-05-2013
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Civilian Shoots Would-be Robber During Attempted Bank Hold-up
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
My 3 Cents 0n Cancer: Jack Andraka at TEDxSanJoseCAWomen
03-05-2013
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youtube
Jack is a fifteen year old freshman in high school. He developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer in five minutes for as little as 3 cents. He conducted his research at John Hopkins University
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
Michael Scheuer: The Rise of Homegrown Terrorism
03-05-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Former CIA head of the Bin Laden unit Michael Scheuer tells Fox Business' Tom Sullivan the State Department is sticking its nose where it doesn't belong rather than solving current foreign affairs.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
World's Most Insane Rope Swing Ever!!! - Canyon Cliff Jump
03-05-2013
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youtube
World's Most Insane Rope Swing Ever!!! - Canyon Cliff Jump
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Flyboard - Coolest Water Jet Pack EVER!!!
03-05-2013
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youtube
Check out how to get a Flyboard in the link below!
Rocky Mountain Flyboard: http://RockyMountainFlyBoard.com
These guys are based in Utah and you can rent and buy Flyboards from them!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Nanoscribe claims world’s fastest commercially available nano-3D printer title
03-05-2013
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gizmag.com
Shoes, robots, houses and prosthetic hands, 3D printing has already gone well beyond the bounds of model making, and biotechnology is another of the new frontiers where the technology is set to make a huge impact.
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Opinion • Books
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Click! Choosing Love One Frame at a Time
03-05-2013
Frosty Wooldridge
“Carl Studna has written a brilliant book about how to be fully present and fully self-loving in each moment of our lives. I highly recommend this unique book to everyone who desires to live an inspired, deeply impassioned and purposeful life.”
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Arizona SB1439 Legal Tender Act
03-05-2013
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Morpheus
Contact the members of the Arizona Financial Institutions Committee TODAY.
Ask them to pass SB1439, the sound money bill.
The bill has passed the Senate and needs to get out of committee in the House so it can be voted on by the entire House
It wi
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Thomas Costanzo
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Opinion • Iran
Ray McGovern: My Take
‘Talking Points’ for Hagel on Iran
03-05-2013
Ray McGovern
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern suggests, "You may wish to draw on some of the following talking points for today’s meeting, cast in the first-person, as though you were speaking."
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News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
The Planned Obsolescence of Humanity
03-05-2013
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Farm Wars
We are living in a world where very powerful people behind the scenes hold license to decide who is to live and who is to die, and the rules always change.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Gun Rights
7-Year-Old Suspended, Teacher Says He Shaped Pastry into Gun
03-04-2013
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Prison Planet
Children at Park Elementary School went home with a letter today explaining there was a disruption in school.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Conservatives, liberals, media advocates rally behind man jailed for criticizing Indiana judge
03-04-2013
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FOX News
However, the group recently filed an amicus brief with the state Supreme Court arguing an appeals court decision in January upholding the felony intimidation charge threatens constitutionally protected speech about public officials.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The Sequester ‘Crisis’ And What Should Be Done - by Ron Paul
03-04-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Despite what the media and politicians would have us believe, the United States did not collapse last Friday when the package of spending reductions known as “sequestration” went into effect. The financial markets hardly blinked, as they have come to
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Virginia’s Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End
03-03-2013
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New York Times
The Washington metropolitan area, especially Northern Virginia, is in line to experience the largest economic hit of any region from the $85 billion in spending cuts that President Obama made official late Friday.
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News Link • Food
Milk Machine Aims to Hook Kids on Chemical Sweeteners
03-03-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Because the market is swamped with sugar beverages disguised as "vitamin water" and "energy drinks," milk is no longer the American household staple. Milk consumption has been declining rapidly, and while all sorts of reasons are trotted out
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News Link • Police State
Using Military Weapons on Americans: 20th Anniversary of Federal Attack at Waco
03-03-2013
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antiwar
Today is the 20th anniversary of the ATF’s attack on the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas. National Guard helicopters played a key role in the initial attack; 51 days later, Army tanks would lead the final assault.
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News Link • Intellectual Property
U.S. film and music industries roll out new anti-piracy program
03-03-2013
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AFP
The steps announced by the big Internet firms include pop-ups, which force users to acknowledge warnings, and mechanisms to slow a user’s access to near-dialup speeds.
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News Link • History
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
03-03-2013
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New York Times
THIRTEEN years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task of documenting all the ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps and killing factories that the Nazis set up throughout Europe.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
L.A. sees parks as a weapon against sex offenders
03-03-2013
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Los Angeles Times
On a tiny sliver of land is beginning construction on what officials believe will be the smallest park in Los Angeles and is being built to force 33 registered sex offenders to move out of a nearby apartment building.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Popular Standard Shotgun Could Be Banned Under Proposed Bill
03-03-2013
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CBS News
A popular hunting shotgun could be banned under one of the bills moving through the state Capitol. A pump or semi-automatic shotgun is the gun most hunters in Colorado use. It’s a gun state Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, says could be banned
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News Link • Afghanistan
NATO says troops kill two Afghan boys due to mistaken identity
03-03-2013
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Reuters
NATO forces accidentally shot dead two boys during an operation in Afghanistan's south, the alliance said, in the latest in a series of incidents involving allegations of civilian deaths at the hands of international troops.
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS built domestic surveillance tech into Predator drones
03-03-2013
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c/Net
The Department of Homeland Security has customized its Predator drones to carry out at-home surveillance tasks that have civil libertarians worried: identifying civilians carrying guns and tracking their cell phones, government documents show.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Update: Dragon Now Mated to Space Station
03-03-2013
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http://www.slate.com
Well, that was fast! This morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was successfully berthed to the International Space Station. After all the drama that started this mission, the successful orbital mating brought cheers"and a sigh of relief
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Bradley Manning: "I Have a Clear Conscience"
3-3-2013
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Free Press Publications
Bradley Manning, the Army private who has been held in custody since May 26, 2010 on suspicion of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks, offered a plea bargain during a pretrial conference on February 28. Manning’s guilty plea to 10 lesser charges
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Elderly Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses to Give Her CPR
03-03-2013
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abc News
A 911 dispatcher pleaded with a nurse at a Bakersfield, Calif., senior living facility to save the life of an elderly woman by giving her CPR, but the nurse said policy did not allow her to, according to a newly released audiotape of the call.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Redesigning Civilization through Permaculture - with Toby Hemenway
03-02-2013
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youtube
The freest humans in the world were wiped out by agricultural and mining interests. Humans have been conditioned into specialized laborers for authority. Permaculture can return humans to a more healthy way of life.
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News Link • Activism
The People v. Oppression
03-02-2013
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Prison Planet
Guest host Mike Adams breaks down top news stories of the day and how you can fight back against the system.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
NH Gun Store Depicts Obama As ‘Firearms Salesman Of The Year’
03-02-2013
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Prison Planet
One of the posters in the front window of a New Hampshire gun shop depicts President Obama as “Firearms Salesman of the Year.” Below the president are two AK-47 rifles.
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