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Date Sent: 2013-02-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, February 22, 2013 |
New Whistleblower Describes How Bank of America Flagrantly Violates Duel Tracking
The Herd: Wrong About Alaska, Wrong About Gold -- SWAT Team Raids Home With Armored Car, Kills Unarmed Occupant, and Costs Millions In Damages -- Identity Politics Über Alles - by Wendy McElroy -- Washington Appeals Court Approves Blocking Of Anti-Camera
Initiatives -- Brennan confirmation leads Obama to bargain on Benghazi
instead of disclosing on drones -- Ammo Prices Have Doubled Since December At 'America's Largest Gun Shop' -- UN rejects claim that peacekeepers spread cholera epidemic in Haiti -- Illinois state senator pushes anti-anonymity bill -- "No Hesitation" -- Washington state bill would forgive all minor marijuana convictions -- Whistleblower fired for revealing cops threatened Obama while protecting him -- Nothing Can Stop The Implosion Of Office Supply Chain Stores -- More Expats Are Heading To The Cayman Islands Than Ever -- Video(s): McCain Defends Immigration Plan During Angry Townhall -- John Stossel - States Vs Feds -- Paradigm Shift - Water Fluoridation -- Reality Check: Are sequestration cuts as big as Congress and White House are making them out to be? -- Drones Large and Small Coming to US -- On Point: Farmer Bowman vs Monsanto, and who owns life. -- Silver Circle Opens in NYC March 22nd! Exclusive look at the trailer on iTunes. -- Next Private Spacecraft Launch to Space Station Set for March 1 --
Private Moon Travel Startup Launches Crowdfunding Campaign -- White House Must Respond Publicly to Ban on Mobile-Phone Unlocking -- New Device Treats Brain Injury By Zapping Nerves On The Tongue --
Axiom 4: A Blueprint To Restore The Articles of Confederation
AZ: "No Dinosaurs in Heaven" Screening
(The Objectivists host) Thurs. 28th
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News Link • Whistleblowers
New Whistleblower Describes How Bank of America Flagrantly Violates Duel Tracking
02-21-2013
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nakedcapitalism.com
Remember that big, ballyhooed mortgage settlement of early last year?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
SWAT Team Raids Home With Armored Car, Kills Unarmed Occupant, and Costs Millions In Damages
02-21-2013
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Jonathan Turley
5 Connecticut towns will pay $3.5 million in a bizarre raid by a heavily armed SWAT team after a report of drugs in the house of a Norwalk man. The team hit the home with flash grenades while snipers and officers surrounded the property.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Draft
Identity Politics Über Alles - by Wendy McElroy
02-21-2013
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Future of Freedom Foundation
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is backing a bill to reinstate the draft, but he wants to include women this time. Gender and liberal feminists seem to have arrived at the same conclusion: an endorsement of drafting women.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Washington Appeals Court Approves Blocking Of Anti-Camera Initiatives
02-21-2013
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The Newspaper
Washington state's second highest court believes the public should never be allowed to vote on red light or speed cameras. The Court of Appeals ruled a judge could decide on his own which issues should be presented to voters on a ballot.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Brennan confirmation leads Obama to bargain on Benghazi instead of disclosing on drones
02-21-2013
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Rawstory
To get his pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the Senate, President Barack Obama has opted to bargain with Republicans on Benghazi instead of disclosing secret drone warfare memos to members of his own party, The New York Time
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ammo Prices Have Doubled Since December At 'America's Largest Gun Shop'
02-21-2013
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CNS News
The price of his store's ammunition has more than doubled since mid-December, says Larry Hyatt, owner of Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte, N.C., which bills itself "America's Largest Gun Shop."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • United Nations
UN rejects claim that peacekeepers spread cholera epidemic in Haiti
02-21-2013
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AFP
The United Nations rejected massive damages claims filed by lawyers after UN peacekeepers were accused of introducing a cholera epidemic to Haiti.pointing to a 1946 convention laying out the UN’s immunities for its actions.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Illinois state senator pushes anti-anonymity bill
02-21-2013
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The Daily Caller
A recently introduced bill in the Illinois state Senate would require anonymous website comment posters to reveal their identities if they want to keep their comments online.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"No Hesitation"
02-21-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Obama’s advertised purpose was to combat the scourge of gun violence. The substantive purpose was to promote state monopoly on gun violence, exercised by people who are trained and authorized to kill pregnant women, children, and the elderly.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Washington state bill would forgive all minor marijuana convictions
02-21-2013
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Rawstory
Washington state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D) has a novel idea: now that marijuana is legal in the state, he wants people convicted of minor, state-level marijuana offenses to get a clean slate.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Whistleblower fired for revealing cops threatened Obama while protecting him
02-21-2013
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Rawstory
A Richmond police officer who reported fellow cops for allegedly threatening President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama has been fired from his job on the force.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nothing Can Stop The Implosion Of Office Supply Chain Stores
02-21-2013
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Business Insider
Office Depot and OfficeMax have announced a merger, teaming up to fight industry big boy Staples and competition from general merchandise juggernauts Walmart and Amazon.
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News Link • Economy - International
More Expats Are Heading To The Cayman Islands Than Ever
02-21-2013
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Business Insider
The Cayman Islands has seen a rise in foreign workers despite increasing levies they pay and announcing plans to lift the lid on the tax haven.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Apple's Answer To Google Glass Has Moved Past The Experimental Stage
02-21-2013
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Business Insider
Rumors are swirling around Cupertino that Apple has a team of 100 people working on a smartwatch " or, iWatch.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
This Virtual Reality Headset Can Be Yours For $125,000
02-21-2013
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Business Insider
As Google unveiled more photos and videos of its much anticipated Google Glass yesterday, Canon introduced to us its own computerized glasses-like device.
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News Link • Immigration
Video(s): McCain Defends Immigration Plan During Angry Townhall
02-21-2013
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Daily Paul.com
McCain defends immigration plan during angry town hall
The Daily Rundown’s Chuck Todd shares details from the tense meeting which took place in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Fishy's Dome - a special slideshow
02-21-2013
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Daily Paul.com
It is an odd thing, to feel "called" (for lack of a better word) to teach people. "Teach" is not even the right word, they just need to remember. Right now, many people just don't want to know... and whatever calling I may feel, I am not ready to giv
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News Link • Surveillance
Drones Large and Small Coming to US
02-21-2013
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news.yahoo.com
Most of the drones that have begun to appear in the skies above the U.S. homeland don't resemble the Predators or Reapers flown by the U.S. military and CIA above Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Agriculture
On Point: Farmer Bowman vs Monsanto, and who owns life.
02-21-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I heard parts of this while driving around yesterday on WBUR, the NPR station based at Boston University.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Silver Circle Opens in NYC March 22nd! Exclusive look at the trailer on iTunes.
02-21-2013
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Daily Paul.com
The film event the liberty movement has all been waiting for (aside from an impeccable documentary on Ron Paul*) is kicking off their theatrical release.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Which Small Generator is the Toughest?
02-21-2013
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popularmechanics.com
For many homeowners it takes only one loss of power overnight to spur the purchase of a generator. So, even as Hurricane Sandy raged through our area, PM tested four 2000-watt units to find out which is best.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Next Private Spacecraft Launch to Space Station Set for March 1
02-21-2013
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space.com
The next private cargo mission to the International Space Station is slated to blast off March 1, NASA announced today (Feb. 14).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Moon Travel Startup Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
02-21-2013
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space.com
A private startup aiming to launch manned lunar expeditions has started a crowdfunding campaign to get the public involved.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Skylon Space Plane: The Spacecraft of Tomorrow
02-21-2013
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space.com
It’s difficult not to be impressed by the towering rockets used around the world to launch spacecraft into orbit. From the colossal Saturn V rockets developed in the 1960s to the SpaceX Falcon 9, one of last year’s highlights, rockets are practically
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Pushback
02-21-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Something very good " though very dangerous to the congealing police state (but not to liberty-minded people) has occurred:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
For the Children: Save Yourself, Get Expelled
02-21-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Hi Kids,
Do you find yourself locked down at your local dangerous public school between the hours of 7am and 3pm five days a week (six if you have Saturday school) for nine months a year (ten if you have Summer school)?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Grapefruit Seed Extract
02-21-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Nature has bestowed us with everything that will help us lead a life free of diseases and disorders- one such thing is grapefruit seed extract.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images
02-21-2013
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Wired.com
Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House Must Respond Publicly to Ban on Mobile-Phone Unlocking
02-21-2013
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Wired.com
The President Barack Obama administration must enter the mobile-phone-unlocking fray.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Apple Insights on the Post-Jobs Era From Jony Ive, Woz and Art Levinson
02-21-2013
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Wired.com
Apple spends almost as much time naming products as it does designing them, and things are “weird” in the post-Jobs era as the company struggles to keep from “losing its edge.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Computer Program Knows When You're Struggling With Math By Looking At Your Face
02-21-2013
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popsci.com
Researchers are working to create math programs that watch kids' faces and adjust problem difficulty based on how users feel.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Toddler in wheelchair heading to Disney cries during run-in with TSA agents
02-21-2013
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wftv.com
A family’s run-in with Transportation Security Administration screeners at Missouri's Lambert-St. Louis International Airport as they were heading to Orlando on vacation was caught on camera, and is raising questions about airport security rules.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Axiom 4: A Blueprint To Restore The Articles of Confederation
02-21-2013
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The Daily Bell
This is the fourth of the "12 Axioms of Freedom Restoration" set forth in my introductory article on this topic, "How to Restore the West."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
'Geologic event' closes U.S. 89 in Arizona
02-21-2013
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The Spectrum
ARIZONA - U.S. 89 in northern Arizona is closed because a 150-foot section of pavement buckled this morning about 25 miles south of Page, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
"No Dinosaurs in Heaven" Screening
02-20-2013
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Phoenix Objectivists
For their second February meeting, to be held next Thursday the 28th, Phoenix Objectivists will host a screening of the documentary "No Dinosaurs in Heaven".
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Drug War
FBI Investigates 6 Philly Cops
02-20-2013
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NBC News (video)
The FBI is now investigating six former Philadelphia narcotics officers, according to police. In December, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams wrote a letter to Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey stating that the testimony of the six officer
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Mentally ill roundup plan after train pushes
02-20-2013
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New York Post
The city is making a major push to sweep the streets of dangerous, mentally ill New Yorkers " and has even compiled a most-wanted list. The measure follows a pair of high-profile subway-shove fatalities from December allegedly involving mentally ill
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News Link • World News
Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests
02-20-2013
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Reuters
Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after mass protests against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during four years of debt crisis.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Upcoming Election " U.S. Working to Install Pro-U.S. Leaders in Mali?
02-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
It’s a matter of time until the United States becomes more involved with the Malian occupation. However with indication from Senator Chris Cons, that involvement could come through politics. So far, the U.S. has provided logistical support, refueling
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
This Isn't Hard, Mr. President: Do You Think You Can Kill Us on American Soil or Not?
02-20-2013
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The Atlantic Wire
Does President Obama think that he has the power to kill American citizens on U.S. soil? It's an easy question. Answering it wouldn't jeopardize national security in any way. So why do Obama Administration officials keep dodging it?
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Where Have All the Watchdogs Gone?
02-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
There was a day, I think back when the dinosaurs were still alive, when journalism schools taught their students about asking hard questions and the importance of being the public’s watchdog against all-too-often-corrupt government.
Woodward and B
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Will Obama Confiscate Guns and Gold? - by Wendy McElroy
02-20-2013
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If guns in America are also 'nationalized', then the 1933 gold grab may have insights on how the state could proceed and how American public may react.
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News Link • Mexico
Mexican authorities participated in civilian disappearances, report says
02-20-2013
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Washington Post
Describing what it called “the most severe crisis of enforced disappearances in Latin America in decades,” a report with grim implications for the thousands of Mexican civilians who have gone missing in the country’s shadowy drug fight.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Peter Schiff: Markets Will React Big When Reality Sets In (Video)
02-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Peter Schiff on Fox Business explains past and future trends, the market reaction and potential future of gold prices along with the effects of inflation here in the US and abroad.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Foreign Aid
‘Recovering politician’ Kerry defends foreign aid from cuts
02-20-2013
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The Ticket
In his first formal policy speech as the Secretary of State, John Kerry branded calls to cut foreign aid as politically easy but strategically dumb, and said his department helps create American jobs and advance American values.
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News Link • Activism
National Day of Resistance Set to Oppose Obama Agenda, Gun Control
02-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Conservatives, libertarians, Tea Party groups, and liberty-minded citizens are organizing a nationwide "Day of Resistance" on February 23 to oppose President Obama’s radical agenda " especially his "executive order" assaults on the Second Amendment.
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News Link • Gun Rights
California Democrat Introduces Bill to Tax Concealed Carry
02-20-2013
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Prison Planet
Rep. Linda Sánchez, a California Democrat with a history of attacks on the Second Amendment, introduced H.R. 793last week.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
3D-printing Gun Site DEFCAD Now Attracting 3K Visitors An Hour, 250K Downloads Since Launch
02-20-2013
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The Liberty Crier
DEFCAD is website for the 3D printing of guns born by fire and bathed in controversy. But that’s not preventing it from growing.
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News Link • Activism
Bogus flier taped to trash cans worries neighbors
02-16-2013
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http://www.kpho.com
TEMPE, AZ (CBS5) - A bogus flier from the fictional "Office of Information Awareness" is being taped to trash cans in Tempe, and it has some neighbors worried.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judges, Justice, Public officials and Corruption in taking of property. Eviction-Unlawful Detainer.
Feb 20, 2013
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http://voidmortgage.socialgo.com/
Where does one begin to understand the depth of involuntary servitude, not only in the united States of America, but throughout the world? When will the masses wake up and say *%#& YOU! Here is a outstanding, real example of courage and fearless
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Christine Fitzpatrick
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News Link • Immigration
Yale University to use immigrants as test subjects
02-20-2013
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Prison Planet
The Ivy League university of Yale in Connecticut has agreed to team up with the US Department of Defense to teach soldiers how to effectively interrogate subjects.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Despite Annual Drop, Afghan Civilian Deaths on the Rise
02-20-2013
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Antiwar.com
The overall death toll among Afghan civilians dropped slightly in 2012, to 2,754 killed nationwide and 4.805 wounded.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
31 Killed in Missile Strike on Syria’s Aleppo, Including 14 Children
02-20-2013
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Antiwar.com
Rocket Destroyed 'Entire Neighborhood' in Poor District
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News Link • Homeland Security
How much more evidence do you need?
02-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
I really didn't want to cover this subject, but a warning has to be issued to Natural News readers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Mexico
Horrific Cult Broken Up In Northern Mexico
02-20-2013
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Business Insider
A sect named Defenders of Christ that was broken up in Mexico last month forced women to participate in orgies, discouraged baths and made people eat raw animal organs, the wife of a cult leader said Tuesday.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Demonstration / Confrontation 101
02-20-2013
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Ammoland
American patriots being pushed around by the cops? Wild Bill sets them straight.
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