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Date Sent: 2012-08-24
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, August 24, 2012 |
"We Need a Drug Dog So We Can Seize More Property and Raise More Money"
Is the Continued Prosecution of Robert Adams Part of a Land Grab? -- Florida man learns lesson when stolen gun returned with a message -- In Effort to Curb Money Market Funds, a Plan B Is Considered -- Ohio Man’s Shooting of Ailing Wife Raises Questions About ‘Mercy Killings’ -- Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges -- Ryan Crocker, former ambassador, charged with DUI, leaving the scene in Washington state -- "Power Up the Local Police": A Formula for Despotism -- 08-24-12 -- Barry Hess joins Ernest for some In-Studio fun...LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM. M-F- 9-Noon EST -- Does Louis Freeh Have ANY Credibility? -- Ruby Ridge: The Age of State Terrorism Begins - by William Grigg -- The Army's Quick Fix for Soldier Suicides: Anti-Depressive Nasal Spray -- Syria And Iran Dominos Lead To World War -- What Mitt Romney's Economic Adviser, Goldman Sachs (And The NY Fed) Really Think -- Israel's Iran Strike Routes -- Ecuador's leader says open to talks with Britain on Assange -- UK banks face scandal over toxic insurance products -- Jacob Rothschild, John Paulson And George Soros Are All Betting That Financial Disaster... -- Central Banks And Wall Street Insiders Are Rapidly Preparing For Something BIG --
More Than Half Of All Americans Are At Least Partially Dependent On The
Government -- BRITAIN MAKES A FOOL OF ITSELF OVER ASSANGE -- India cracks down on Internet over migrant exodus -- Syria Deputy PM ‘Ready to Discuss’ Assad Leaving -- Israel Demands Egypt Remove Tanks From Sinai -- Iraq to Receive First Batch of F-16s in 2014 -- Don't lose sight of why the US is out to get Julian Assange -- Video: DARPA's New Amphibious Tank Prototype Drives On Water -- Denver bans outdoor advertising for medical pot shops -- Bibi’s Game: Nuclear Blackmail? -- From the Archive, 18 August 1970: Kennedy Talked of Possibility of Killing Castro -- MF'ing Justice -- Gold's Little Brother Is Talking -- Pussy Riot, the Unfortunate Dupes of Amerikan Hegemony
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
“We Need a Drug Dog So We Can Seize More Property and Raise More Money”
08-23-2012
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The Agitator
Andrews told board members that the city is missing out on possible revenues that a K9 would bring. He said when you make traffic stops and the driver refuses to allow a search, their hands are tied. If a drug dog alerts on a vehicle, its gives offic
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Is the Continued Prosecution of Robert Adams Part of a Land Grab?
08-23-2012
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The Agitator
In my previous post about how the Sacramento Co. District Attorney continues to push the prosecution of Robert Adams for child molestation even though there is no evidence, I said it was part of the typical “bleed ‘em and plead ‘em” strategy employed
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News Link • Gun Rights
Florida man learns lesson when stolen gun returned with a message
08-23-2012
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The Sideshow
A Port St. Lucie man says he learned a valuable lesson in gun safety after his stolen gun was secretly returned"with a disturbing message. Mike Maisonneuve told local police that a gun with bullets and a knife were stolen from his unlocked car in his
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
In Effort to Curb Money Market Funds, a Plan B Is Considered
08-23-2012
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New York Times
Treasury Secretary Geithner and other top regulators were given sweeping powers after the 2008 financial crisis that would allow them to force new rules on money market funds, a popular type of mutual fund that has taken some of the blame for the cri
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News Link • Healthcare
Ohio Man’s Shooting of Ailing Wife Raises Questions About ‘Mercy Killings’
08-23-2012
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New York Times
But friends and relatives of the couple believe that Mr. Wise, 66, who had no criminal record and no known history of violence, meant only to end the suffering of his wife, Barbara, 65. She had been hospitalized since July 28, when Mr. Wise found her
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges
08-23-2012
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New York Times
After more than a decade of outrunning accusations that he had doped during his celebrated cycling career, Lance Armstrong, one of the best-known and accomplished athletes in recent history, surrendered on Thursday, etching a dark mark on his legacy
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Ryan Crocker, former ambassador, charged with DUI, leaving the scene in Washington state
08-23-2012
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Washington Post
Most recently, he was the ambassador to Afghanistan and had previously been ambassador to Iraq, where he served under President Bush during the military “surge.” Before that, he was posted to troubled hotspots around the globe,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Power Up the Local Police": A Formula for Despotism
08-23-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
New Hampshire State Rep. Robert Kingsbury exhorts Americans to support their “local” police as a buffer against the federal government. Were he to focus his attention on the behavior of police agencies in his own backyard, Rep. Kingsbury might
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News Link • Drones
Does Louis Freeh Have ANY Credibility?
08-23-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Bovard pointed out nearly 20 years ago that Freeh not only covered up criminal behavior at the FBI, but also lied to the public about the Bureau's activities. Writing about the aftermath of the infamous Randy Weaver case, Bovard notes:
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News Link • TERRORISM
Ruby Ridge: The Age of State Terrorism Begins
08-23-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Sara Weaver has forgiven the people responsible for murdering her mother Vicki and younger brother Samuel 20 years ago. Lon Horiuchi, the FBI sniper who shot Vicki in the head while she was holding a 10-month-old infant, is still being sheltered by t
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
The Army's Quick Fix for Soldier Suicides: Anti-Depressive Nasal Spray
08-23-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
The U.S. Army tallied 38 confirmed or suspected suicides among its ranks last month--that’s among both active- and non-active-duty members including the Army National Guard and Army Reserve--the highest rate of suicide within the branch yet observed.
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News Link • Syria
Guest Post: Syria And Iran Dominos Lead To World War
08-23-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Almost three years ago I wrote an analytical piece on the concept of deliberately engineering wars, big and small, by elitists to distract the masses away from particular global developments that work to the benefit of the establishment power structu
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What Mitt Romney's Economic Advisor, Goldman Sachs (And The NY Fed) Really Think
08-23-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Capital Markets Über Alles: What Mitt Romney's Economic Advisor, Goldman Sachs (And The NY Fed) Really Think
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News Link • Israel
Israel's Iran Strike Routes
08-23-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The jury is still out whether Israel will or will not attack Iran, despite the endless and relentless (dis)information in the media from all sides...
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Elisabeth Murdoch set for biggest speech of career
08-23-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Kate Holton
Elisabeth Murdoch steps out of the shadows this week to deliver the biggest speech of her career, a chance to show her credentials to take over father Rupert's empire as her brothers' claims to lead it out of scandal have faded.
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News Link • World News
Ecuador's leader says open to talks with Britain on Assange
08-23-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Eduardo Garcia
Ecuador is ready to negotiate over the fate of Julian Assange if Britain withdraws a threat to raid its embassy in London where the WikiLeaks founder has sought refuge, President Rafael Correa said on Tuesday.
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News Link • Economy - International
Special Report: UK banks face scandal over toxic insurance products
08-23-2012
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By Matt Scuffham and Myles Neligan
When businessman Colin Jones approached his local bank for a loan in 2007, he had little idea what an "interest rate swap" was, let alone a "structured collar".
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News Link • European Union
Jacob Rothschild, John Paulson And George Soros Are All Betting That Financial Disaster...
08-23-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Are you willing to bet against three of the wealthiest men in the entire world? Jacob Rothschild recently bet approximately 200 million dollars that the euro will go down.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
...Central Banks And Wall Street Insiders Are Rapidly Preparing For Something BIG
08-23-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
If you want to figure out what is going to happen next in the financial markets, carefully watch what the insiders are doing.
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News Link • Government
More Than Half Of All Americans Are At Least Partially Dependent On The Government
08-23-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com,
A very large segment of the population has figured out that it can use voting as a tool to get more money and benefits from the government, and that is a very dangerous thing.
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News Link • World News
BRITAIN MAKES A FOOL OF ITSELF OVER ASSANGE
08-23-2012
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http://ericmargolis.com, by Eric Margolis
Assange, founder of Wikileaks, sought political asylum two months ago in Ecuador’s London Embassy to escape Britain’s attempts to deport him to Sweden.
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News Link • Internet
India cracks down on Internet over migrant exodus
08-23-2012
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com, AFP
India has demanded social networking websites take down provocative messages and blocked some online content after anonymous threats sparked an exodus of migrants from southern cities.
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News Link • Israel
Israel Demands Egypt Remove Tanks From Sinai
08-23-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
After Pushing for Crackdown, Israel Now Blasts Egypt for Response
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq to Receive First Batch of F-16s in 2014
08-23-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Washington is desperately supporting the Iraqi dictatorship in a bid to maintain its influence
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Don't lose sight of why the US is out to get Julian Assange
08-23-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Seumas Milne
Ecuador is pressing for a deal that offers justice to Assange's accusers " and essential protection for whistleblowers
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News Link • Inventions
Video: DARPA's New Amphibious Tank Prototype Drives On Water
08-23-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
DARPA’s Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) program is a wide-ranging effort to pack standard ISO shipping containers with technologies that can assist during humanitarian disasters or aid military in solving other unconventional, internat
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Kiss rockers back ‘pretty’ Pussy Riot’s rights, but not their music
08-23-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Agence France-Presse
Members of veteran rock band Kiss said Tuesday they back Russia’s punk rockers Pussy Riot even if they don’t think much of their music.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Denver bans outdoor advertising for medical pot shops
08-23-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Keith Coffman
Denver has prohibited medical marijuana dispensaries from advertising their wares on billboards, bus-stop benches, handbills and other outdoor signs, just 2 1/2 months before Colorado votes on legalizing the drug for recreational use.
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News Link • History
From the Archive, 18 August 1970: Kennedy Talked of Possibility of Killing Castro
08-23-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Charlie Skelton
President Kennedy discussed the possibility of assassinating Fidel Castro during the 1960 presidential campaign, according to former Californian Senator George Smathers, a close friend who frequently accompanied the President on trips to the South.
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News Link • Precious Metals
Gold's Little Brother Is Talking
08-23-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Stewart Thomson
Early this morning, gold may have achieved an upside breakout from a key symmetrical triangle formation.
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News Link • General Opinion
Pussy Riot, the Unfortunate Dupes of Amerikan Hegemony
08-23-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Paul Craig Roberts
My heart goes out to the three Russian women who comprise the Russian rock band, Pussy Riot. They were brutally deceived and used by the Washington-financed NGOs that have infiltrated Russia. Pussy Riot was sent on a mission that was clearly illegal
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News Link • Military
Supporters Fear Facebook Marine Being ‘Disappeared’
08-23-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Brandon Raub forcibly transferred to psychiatric facility 3 hours away from legal team, family
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News Link • Police State
UPDATE: Judge Orders Release Of Detained Marine From Psychiatric Hospital
08-23-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
A circuit court judge has ordered that the Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a state psychiatric hospital because the original petition contained no facts, Catie Beck of CBS 6 News reports.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Army Sends Mobile 3-D Printing Labs to Afghanistan For On-Demand Gear
08-22-2012
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http://www.popsci.com By Colin Lecher
3-D printing has yielded items both fascinating and potentially troubling.
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News Link • Afghanistan
I Went Back To Afghanistan With The US Marines And It's Worse There Than Ever
08-22-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
I spent four years in the Marine Corps covering everything from combat patrols in Iraq to commanding generals cutting ribbons. It was challenging, exciting, life-changing and boring in almost equal measure.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Warren Buffett Cancels A Municipal Debt Bet 5 Years Early
08-22-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. terminated a large wager on the municipal-bond market five years early, the Wall Street Journal quoted a person familiar with the transaction as saying.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Rutherford Institute Files Notice of Appeal Challenging Arrest & Detention of Marine in Psych Ward
08-22-2012
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http://us4.campaign-archive2.com
CHESTERFIELD, VA" Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a Notice of Appeal in the General District Court of the City of Hopewell, Virginia, in the case of a former Marine, Brandon Raub, who was arrested by local police and FBI agents and
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed looks set to ease fairly soon barring swift rebound
8-22-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver another round of monetary stimulus “fairly soon” unless the economy improves considerably, minutes from the U.S. central bank’s latest meeting suggested.
Photo: A view shows the Federal Reserve building on
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News Link • Police State
1st Amendment Violated as Facebook Assists Police in Pre-Crime Investigations
8-22-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
On August 16th former US Marine Brandon Raub was arrested for posting his opinion about the US government on his Facebook page . Raub is currently being held in a psychiatric ward. In a statement by Raub, he explains : “I’m currently in John Randolph
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News Link • Voting and Elections
You Are Libertarian!
08-22-2012
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Mike Wasdin
If you are planning on voting for either one of the two major party candidates known as the Republicons and the Dumbocrats you may not know it, BUT YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! In fact you may be all of the problem!
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News Link • Internet
Would you give the government remote control over your router?
08-22-2012
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Ars Technica
Wireless routers already support a technology that might make the idea feasible"creation of guest networks that home owners can use to grant visitors access to the Internet. But the proposal"laid out in a new paper in the peer-reviewed International
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Activism
Full text, Brandon Raub’s proclamation: Take our Republic Back - Full Text of Brandon Raub's Pro
08/21/2012
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WTVR.comm, Alix Bryan
Full text of an on-line proclamation by Brandon Raub, posted Veteran's Day of 2011 (11/11/11). The same person who wrote this article is now in a mental ward. I, and likely others who frequent freedomsphoenix.com, sympathise with all of what he wr
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News Link • China
Africa Is Becoming China's New Oil Field, And The US State Department Is Not Happy
08-22-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ingrid Pederson
It didn’t surprise me today to read that China was irked by Clinton’s recent comments that African nations should be wary of China, as their relationships were based on a need for natural resources bountiful in numerous countries:
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News Link • Military
Attorney Statement on Brandon Raub; Raub to Be Detained Indefinitely
08-22-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a former Marine, 26-year-old Brandon Raub, who was arrested, detained indefinitely in a psych ward and forced to undergo psychological evaluations based solely on the controversial nature of lines f
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Consultant: Koch Brothers Bought Ryan’s Nomination With $100 Million Promise
08-22-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Misfit4Peace
Veteran Republican political consultant, unrepentant dirty trickster, and recently reborn libertarian Roger Stone yesterday published a startling accusation against Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney on his personal website, The Stone Zone.
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News Link • Police State
VIDEO: Worcester Police Gang Invade Liberty Love Fest II
08-22-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Yowan
Police officers decided they wanted to mess around with the people at Liberty Live Fest II. End the Police State!!!
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News Link • Media: Radio
Aimee Allen Exclusive: Brandon Raub, the NDAA tyranny and her new band The Interrupters
08-22-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Kurt Wallace
Aimee Allen music artist known for the Ron Paul Revolution song joins Daily Paul Radio with Kurt Wallace for ‘Aimee Allen Exclusive:
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Labor Department $100 Million Giveaway to Stop State Layoffs
08-22-2012
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www.thedailybell.com, by Mike "Mish" She
$100 million sounds like a lot of money but it does not go very far these days. It is less than .01% of the deficit.
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Allure of Mandates
08-22-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Tibor Machan
The major argument given for mandates such as Mr. Obama's preferred way to get people to insure their health care is that, well, by getting a lot of people to be part of the system, the cost of it all will not be as high as otherwise
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
The African Region that Western Elites have Subjected to War Is Now Larger than the Entire US
08-22-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Escalating violence and a vicious cycle of retaliation could leave Syria ungovernable even if a winner finally emerges from President Bashar al-Assad's battle with rebels.
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News Link • Military
Military "Cuts": Don't Believe the Hype
08-22-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Ron Paul
Grover Norquist, the influential conservative activist, recently made some very frank and sobering remarks about the US military budget
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What Jules Kroll Is Not Saying About Ratings Agencies
08-22-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Time and again, the traditional agencies' analyses have lacked any foresight, even after the lessons of the subprime mortgage debacle.
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