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Date Sent: 2013-02-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, February 28, 2013 AM edition |
White House says ICE acted on its own in releasing detainees ahead of sequester
The Hidden History of Water Torture -- Louisiana Forces Homeless Shelter To Destroy $8,000 Worth Of Deer Meat -- Philly Cop Found Not Guilty for Punching Woman on Camera -- Cash Alternatives: Making Money Work for You -- The Drone War Doctrine We Still Know Nothing About -- Banana Republics Have Nothing on New York City -- California High School Principal Orders Student to Delete Video of Teacher Stealing --
Senate approves Lew as new Treasury chief -- In Greece: As 'Austerity'
Ignites Masses, Elites Turn To Imperial Stormtroopers -- Top DHS checkpoint refusals -- Mercedes Makes an Electric Speed Boat Look Like a Good Idea -- Pentagon Downgrades Specs for Its Premier Stealth Jet — Again -- The Wildly Ambitious Quest to Build a Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton by 2014 -- Private Plan to Send Humans to Mars in 2018 Might Not Be So Crazy -- 3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel, Half the Weight, and Nearing Production -- Musk Says Tesla Will Pay Off Its Loans in Half the Time -- Canadian Tour Companies Launch Private Spaceflight Deals -- SpaceX
Fires Up Private Rocket for Friday Launch to Space Station -- U.S. prosecutors quit and side with cocaine traffickers to fight ‘wrong’ drug policy -- Two Mighty Libertarian Brains to Debate Copyright and IP? -- Unintended Consequences - DOWNLOAD PDF, MOBI, OR AZW File of book -- NDAA Lawsuit - Tangerine Bolen vs Obama -- 02-27-13 -- Jacek Spendel, David and Jacob (from Poland) - In Studio - (Video & MP3 Loaded) -- Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush
AZ: "No Dinosaurs in Heaven" Screening (The Objectivists
host) Thurs. 28th; Arizona Breakfast Club Sat., March 2nd.; FIRST EVER PRIVATE GUN SHOW - Sat, March 9th, 2013 in Lakeside,
AZ; Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction with Keynote
Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack
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News Link • Immigration
White House says ICE acted on its own in releasing detainees ahead of sequester
02-27-2013
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The Ticket
On Wednesday, a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced its decision to release several hundred illegal immigrants from detention centers facing budget cuts, the White House stressed it had no hand in the decision.
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News Link • Torture
The Hidden History of Water Torture
02-27-2013
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antiwar
Water torture has been a U.S. military staple since the beginning of the twentieth century, when it was employed by Americans fighting an independence movement in the Philippines. American troops would continue to use the brutal tactic in
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Louisiana Forces Homeless Shelter To Destroy $8,000 Worth Of Deer Meat
02-27-2013
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CBS News
Louisiana’s State Health Dept forced a homeless shelter to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because it was donated from a hunter organization. The Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission lost 1,600 pounds of venison because the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Philly Cop Found Not Guilty for Punching Woman on Camera
02-27-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Even when it is caught on camera, even when it gets him fired, it is still nearly impossible to convict a cop for physically abusing a citizen. A judge found former Philadelphia Police Lt. Jonathan Josey not guilty of punching a woman out in the vide
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Drone War Doctrine We Still Know Nothing About
02-27-2013
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Pro Publica
“What about the people who aren’t U.S. citizens and who aren’t on a list?” asks Naureen Shah. Of the few thousand people killed, Shah notes, “it’s hard to believe all of these people are senior operational leaders of Al Qaeda.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Banana Republics Have Nothing on New York City
02-27-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
In a nation that incarcerates more people than any other, New York City hopes to jail a hefty proportion of its residents, too. The City now boasts more than a million "open bench warrants" for such heinous "crimes" as "drinking a can of beer
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
California High School Principal Orders Student to Delete Video of Teacher Stealing
02-27-2013
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Reuters
A high school student in California who caught her gym teacher on video rummaging through student’s belongings, possibly stealing items, took the video to the principal in the hopes he would take action. He assured her he would investigate.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Senate approves Lew as new Treasury chief
02-27-2013
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Reuters
The US Senate confirmed Jack Lew as President Obama's new Treasury secretary, putting the former White House chief of staff in the middle of political brawls over the government's budget. Senators backed Lew 71-26, with all 53 Democrats voting in fav
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
In Greece: As 'Austerity' Ignites Masses, Elites Turn To Imperial Stormtroopers
02-27-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The usually reserved waitress at our favorite Greek-owned Sunday breakfast place approached us in dismay. Her daughter and son-in-law were escaping Greece for the US. Even middle class professionals were finding themselves digging in the garbage
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Top DHS checkpoint refusals
02-27-2013
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youtube
Checkpoints (some would say illegal checkpoints) have been popping up quite frequently in the USA. As you see in this video, you DO NOT have to comply with their question's or demands. Don't forget, you have rights.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Mercedes Makes an Electric Speed Boat Look Like a Good Idea
02-27-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Alexander George
Mercedes-Benz has created a stupid-fast electric speed boat inspired by its SLS AMG Electric Drive concept, compete with retina-searing yellow paint job.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Boondoggle and white elephants
Pentagon Downgrades Specs for Its Premier Stealth Jet " Again
02-11-2013
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David Axe, for Wired.com
America’s latest stealth fighter just got heavier, slower and more sluggish.
For the second time in a year, the Pentagon has eased the performance requirements of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The reduced specs " including a slower accelera
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Wildly Ambitious Quest to Build a Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton by 2014
02-27-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Greg Miller
Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis went on The Daily Show in 2011 and told Jon Stewart that he would develop a robotic body suit that would allow paralyzed people to walk again simply by thinking about it " and he’d do it in just 3 or 4 years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Plan to Send Humans to Mars in 2018 Might Not Be So Crazy
02-27-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Adam Mann
An ambitious private manned mission to Mars aims to launch a two-person crew to fly around the Red Planet and return to Earth in 501 days, starting in January 2018.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel, Half the Weight, and Nearing Production
02-27-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Alexander George
Picture an assembly line not that isn’t made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Musk Says Tesla Will Pay Off Its Loans in Half the Time
02-27-2013
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
Tesla’s CEO claims the company is a success, and partially credits the DOE loan program.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Canadian Tour Companies Launch Private Spaceflight Deals
02-27-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Elizabeth Howell
Two high-end Canadian tourism companies are adding space to their list of exotic destinations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Fires Up Private Rocket for Friday Launch to Space Station
02-27-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Mike Wall
A private rocket has flexed its muscles in a key pre-launch test, firing up in preparation for lofting the next commercial cargo mission toward the International Space Station this Friday (March 1).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. prosecutors quit and side with cocaine traffickers to fight ‘wrong’ drug policy
02-27-2013
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Raw Story
US prosecutors and other senior officials who spearheaded the war against drug cartels have quit their jobs to defend Colombian cocaine traffickers, saying their clients are not bad people and that United States drug policy is wrong.
Senior former
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday February 27th 2013
02-27-2013
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LewRockwell.com
Ron Paul 2.0 / Repudiate the Federal Debt / Law Enforcement Is Corrupt and Criminal / Let's Throw Poor People Out of Work, Walter Williams on the minimum wage / Anarchy, State, and Gun Ownership / Father Shoots 2 Armed Home Invaders
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Two Mighty Libertarian Brains to Debate Copyright and IP?
02-27-2013
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The Daily Bell
As for [Stephan] Kinsella's prediction that I won't debate him, I will walk through hell, if I have to, to debate him and chop up his defect laden anti-IP views. " Robert Wenzel
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Cost of Dropping Citizenship Keeps U.S. Earners From Exit
02-26-2013
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Bloomberg
The U.S. taxes citizens on their worldwide income even if they live in another country. The U.S. government generally imposes an exit tax on high earners to discourage them from expatriating as a way of avoiding taxes.
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News Link • Internet
The Pirate Bay sets sail for Norway and Spain following legal woes in Sweden
02-26-2013
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Following threats of increased legal action from a local anti-piracy group, Sweden’s Pirate Party will no longer host the The Pirate Bay, a website it has provided bandwidth to for the last 3 years. Responsibilities of hosting the file-sharing site
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bernanke: Fed bond-buying is bearing fruit, will stay in place
02-26-2013
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Washington Post
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke reaffirmed the central bank’s commitment to its massive stimulus program on Tuesday, tamping down speculation about a pullback that spooked stock markets last week.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Supreme Court weighs DNA ‘fingerprinting’
02-26-2013
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Washington Post
The Supreme Court debated whether Maryland’s decision to collect DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes represents an unconstitutional invasion of privacy or a crime-solving breakthrough with the potential to be the “fingerprinting of th
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News Link • Gun Rights
Unintended Consequences - DOWNLOAD PDF, MOBI, OR AZW File of book (UPDATED 2019-09-18)
02-20-2013
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Accurate Press
The next printing is going to be softcover and will probably be priced at $28.95 and $6 shipping. Download PDF, MOBI or AZW of entire book - NOW While you still can. Also available on AccuratePress.Net and Amazon (links provided)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
NDAA Lawsuit - Tangerine Bolen vs Obama
02-27-2013
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Gary Franchi
The NDAA has been called the death of our republican form of government. That acronym refers to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which contains a provision allowing the president to order the indefinite military detention of anyone acc
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush
02-27-2013
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arclein
The Los Angeles Times reported on a case where a teacher’s group health plan was billed $87,500 by an “out of network” provider for a knee procedure that normally costs $3,000. Her health plan was willing to pay it. Outraged, the teacher ratted on th
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robert klein
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News Link • Gun Rights
Unintended Consequences - DOWNLOAD PDF, MOBI, OR AZW File of book (UPDATED 2019-09-18)
02-20-2013
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Accurate Press
The next printing is going to be softcover and will probably be priced at $28.95 and $6 shipping. Download PDF, MOBI or AZW of entire book - NOW While you still can. Also available on AccuratePress.Net and Amazon (links provided)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
UK takes 9/11 truth to court
02-26-2013
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Jeffrey Phelps
Despite the many efforts over the years to squash the 9/11 truth movement, the debate rages on, but this time across the pond in the UK.
On Monday, February 25, in the small town of Horsham in the United Kingdom, an unusual opportunity for the 9/1
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Financial Transactions Tax
02-26-2013
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arclein
The essence of her piece was a suggestion to engage in a quantitative easing (or "QE") policy for households and consumers. To date, the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, has pumped more than $3 trillion directly into banks, speculators and ot
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News Link • Government
U.S. dairy industry petitions FDA to approve aspartame
02-26-2013
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Prison Planet
You probably already know that the FDA has declared war on raw milk and even helped fund and coordinate armed government raids against raw milk farmers and distributors.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Gov’t Preparing for Soviet Style Purge of Americans
02-26-2013
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Prison Planet
Alex & Paul Joseph Watson talk about DHS-funded drones targeting gun owners.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Kim Dotcom's Mega To Expand Into Encrypted Email
02-26-2013
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Business Insider
Kim Dotcom, the German-born internet entrepreneur fighting extradition from New Zealand over US claims of "criminal" copyright infringement, says he plans to launch an end-to-end encrypted email service to go with his Mega encrypted file storage offe
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News Link • China
Radio Jamming " Not A Thing Of The Past
02-26-2013
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Business Insider
AMID all the fevered talk and high-tech details surrounding the “cyber cold war” that China seems to be waging"and perhaps winning"against America and many other nations,
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News Link • China
Chinese Pollution Study 'Blocked On Grounds Of State Secrecy'
02-26-2013
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Business Insider
China's leading environmental watchdog has refused to disclose the results of a major national soil pollution study on grounds of state secrecy, according to a lawyer who requested the report's disclosure.
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News Link • Economy - International
ITALIAN STOCKS PLUNGE NEARLY 5% " Borrowing Costs Surge After Upset On Election Night
02-26-2013
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Business Insider
It is a very rough start for Italian markets, following last night's shock elections, which are likely to result in a hung government.
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News Link • Draft
The Draft: Forcing the Appearance of Equality
02-26-2013
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globalwealthprotection.com
The draft takes the perceived iniquity of targeting the poor, and evens the playing field so everyone has an equal chance at dying on a battle field… as opposed to the equal chance not to.
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News Link • Activism
Jury Nullification Activist Jailed 145 Days for Distributing Info
02-26-2013
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Activist Post
Vietnam Era Veteran, peaceful freedom activist, and local small businessman, Mark Schimdter, has been jailed for 145 days by Judge Belvin Perry. Schmidter's sentence began Thursday after he was found guilty for distributing jury nullification info ou
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James Babb
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News Link • Obama Administration
Joe Biden Firearms Instruction Video (funny)
01-25-2013
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dailypaul.com
Vice President Joe Biden explains the simplicity of home protection, and how there is always one solution to fit all needs of the American People.
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Jack Spratt
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Washington Hypocrisy Skyrockets, Credibility Plummets
02-25-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Obama supports a UN treaty on "illicit arms trafficking and proliferation". At the same time, the US and ally Saudi Arabia are sending heavier arms into Syria. These shipments to Syria violate the UN charter to which they solemnly pledged to adhere.
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News Link • Syria
US Congress: 'Fight Terrorism, Arm The Terrorists!'
02-25-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
What is a Member of the US House who strongly and passionately supports the State of Israel doing introducing legislation that would result in a gusher of arms flowing to "the fastest-growing al Qaeda front in the world, attracting fighters from
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News Link • Death Penalty
Court Nixes Va. Appeal in Case of Low IQ Inmate
02-25-2013
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AP
The lower court had concluded that Winston's lawyers did not try hard enough to show Winston was mentally disabled, and thus, ineligible to be executed under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling. The state argued Winston waited too late to
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News Link • Immigration
Obama to Meet on Immigration With McCain, Graham
02-25-2013
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AP
President Barack Obama will meet with two top Republican lawmakers Tuesday to discuss overhauling the nation's immigration laws.
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News Link • TAXES: State
The California tax that terrifies tech
02-25-2013
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CNN
Entrepreneurs and investors in California can expect a rude shock in the mail if they sold their company in the last 4 years. Not only did the state's Tax Board eliminate a tax break on capital gains, it announced the tax would be retroactive to 2008
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News Link • Precious Metals
Shining a light on the heavily manipulated silver market... The NeoAbolition Silver Index
02-25-2013
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neoabolition.com
The NeoAbolition Silver Index is a project of NeoAbolition.com in an effort to highlight government and corporate manipulation of the silver commodity market vs. the free market, person-to-person selling price of ‘junk’ US minted silver coins. The i
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