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Date Sent: 2013-05-19
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
US Suspends Constitution in War on Terror (video) -- US Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
Sergey Brin: Why Google
Glass? -- Gen X And Late Boomers Face The Bleakest Retirements In
History -- CAREER EXPERT: Americans Are Wasting Their Time And Money
On College -- House Sells Out , While We Were Distracted By Scandals -- Porn
Stars Are Enraged That They're Being Denied Loans And Bank Accounts
-- IRS: “Please Detail The Content Of Your Members’ Prayers" --
Scandal: And They Shall Eat Their Own ... -- Gangster State America -- What TARP Boss Neil Barofsky Told Me Yesterday Should Shock You
-- Immigration: Apparent Effort to Fashion North American Union
Continues -- Rep. Mike Kelly Rips IRS Chief A New One, Gets Standing
O From Gallery -- Private Mars Flyby Mission Ponders NASA & Commercial Rockets --
Class of 2013: The Most Indebted Ever -- Evidence for Confiscation: 5 Examples That Show
the Threat Is Real -- Spying’s Amateur Hour -- State Drops Charges Against High School Student Arrested For
Science Experiment -- Rand Paul: I’m Not A Libertarian -- IRS SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEIZING MEDICAL RECORDS OF 60 MILLION AMERICANS
-- US tax dollars promote GM crops overseas -- IRS Handed Out
Nearly 100 Million In Bonuses Since 2009 -- IRS Scandal Headlines: More Than Meets the
Eye -- Haptic Technology Lets You "Touch" Virtual Objects -- Private Space Plane Arrives in
California for Key Flight Tests -- Odd Twist: US Solar Company Sells
Solar Panels To China -- New “Artificial Leaf” Concept Could Blow Up
Fuel Cell Market -- NASA Announces Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded -- 4409: Bomber conveniently leaves
Confession note in Boat -- Putin v. Obama et al
AZ: Worldwide ‘March Against Monsanto’ Protests Planned for
May 25th
AZ: Fundraiser raffle for Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment -
36" Ferret .50 BMG on an Olympic AR-15 Lower Receiver
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News Link • Military
US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror (with video)
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Sheehan told Congress yesterday that the AUMF authorized the US military to operate on a worldwide battlefield from Boston to Pakistan. Sheehan emphasized that the Administration is authorized to put boots on t
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Military
U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
05-18-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Jed Morey
Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Chicken Man kills himself after long fight with Roswell, GA government officials
03-27-2012
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Offgrid Survival
Somewhat dated, this is one of those stories that often never makes it to the Front Page of any newspaper or website. It’s a story about Property Rights and Eminent domain. It’s the story of one man who tried to fight back; and sadly it’s the story o
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Dennis Treybil
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News Link • How to Help
Fundraiser for Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment - 36" Ferret .50 BMG on Olympic AR-15 Lower
05-16-2013
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StevePorak.Com
Donate $20.00 per ticket towards the drawing to win this 36" Ferret .50 BMG on an Olympic AR-15 Lower with a 30mm Tasco Scope and a .50 cal Ammo can full of ammo to support Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment! (100 TICKETS LEFT)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Entire Audience at NJ Gun Hearing Disobeys Senators Orders, Recites Pledge (Videos)
05-08-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
As the gun control tyranny continues is the “sleeping giant” beginning to awaken? As is becoming common practice, when those elected officials are called upon to hear the voice of those that elected them and that they are to serve, they are told tha
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Google's Plan To Take Over The World
05-18-2013
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Business Insider
Google's big keynote at its I/O developers conference this week wore me out.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Slow, Agonizing Death Of The American Worker
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The middle class American worker is in danger of becoming an endangered species. The politicians are not telling you the truth, and the mainstream media is certainly not telling you the truth, but the reality is that there is nothing but bad news on
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gen X And Late Boomers Face The Bleakest Retirements In History
05-18-2013
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Business Insider
Unless Gen Xers and late baby boomers are able to make big changes in their savings, spending and debt habits, they are on track to become the nation's first generations to fare more poorly than earlier groups of retirees, according to a new study fr
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
CAREER EXPERT: Americans Are Wasting Their Time And Money On College
05-18-2013
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Business Insider
As the cost of education continues to rise, people are questioning the value of a degree.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Immigration
House Sells Out , While We Were Distracted By Scandals
05-18-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Steadfast
It seems rather typical, that behind closed doors, and afterwards refusing to expose any details the House of representatives agreed to sell our nation into permanent poverty by conspiring with the Gang of 8 upon the Immigration Bill that INCLUDES TH
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Constitution
Porn Stars Are Enraged That They're Being Denied Loans And Bank Accounts
05-18-2013
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Business Insider
Chanel Preston knows not everyone approves of her chosen profession.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
IRS: “Please Detail The Content Of Your Members’ Prayers"
05-18-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, JO4RP
Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill questions the IRS about targeting pro-life and conservative groups.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Scandal: And They Shall Eat Their Own ...
05-18-2013
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http://www.thedailybell.com, By Anthony Wile
Commentator Peggy Noonan has written a Wall Street Journal editorial entitled, "This Is No Ordinary Scandal: Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Gangster State America
05-18-2013
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http://www.thedailybell.com, By Paul Craig Roberts
There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What TARP Boss Neil Barofsky Told Me Yesterday Should Shock You
05-18-2013
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http://www.thedailybell.com, By Bill Bonner
The financial news is getting boring. The Dow goes only one way " up. But gold fell below $1,400 per ounce yesterday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • North American Union
Immigration: Apparent Effort to Fashion North American Union Continues
05-18-2013
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http://www.thedailybell.com, By Staff Report
House lawmakers reach tentative deal to revamp immigration ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Rep. Mike Kelly Rips IRS Chief A New One, Gets Standing O From Gallery
05-18-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Appearing before the House Weighs and Means Committee today, exiting IRS chief Steven Miller couldn’t do much more than just squirm in his chair as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa vented the frustrations felt by millions of Americans.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
What The 'End Of Ownership' Will Look Like
05-18-2013
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Business Insider
Silicon Valley is pushing America into a "share culture," which will completely change how we live and work.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Mars Flyby Mission Ponders NASA & Commercial Rockets
05-18-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Clara Moskowitz
The organizers of a private plan to send two people on a round-trip flyby of Mars in 2018 are choosing between a variety of commercial rockets and a NASA booster for the mission.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Class of 2013: The Most Indebted Ever
05-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
70% of graduates had at least some debt according to the latest poll from Fidelity Investments but as the Wall Street Journal reports the average student-loan debt for a borrower who received a bachelor's degree in 2013 is $30,000 - an all-time recor
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Evidence for Confiscation: 5 Examples That Show the Threat Is Real
05-18-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by S.H. Blannelberry
Gun control activists do not want to confiscate our guns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Spying’s Amateur Hour
05-18-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Eric Margolis
America owes Russia a big apology for the embarrassing case of bumbling CIA spy Ryan Fogel caught red-handed in Moscow trying to recruit a Russian agent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
370. The Police State
05-18-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com,
Brian Wilson talks to Lew Rockwell about the Boston bombing, the IRS, and Ron Paul.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
State Drops Charges Against High School Student Arrested For Science Experiment
05-18-2013
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http://www.popsci.com,
Florida state attorneys have decided not to file felony charges against a 16-year-old whose science experiment was actually not boring.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First American Mission To Sample An Asteroid Gets Green Light
05-18-2013
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http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep
OSIRIS-REx will scoop up a couple of ounces of dirt from the asteroid Bennu and bring it back to Earth.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Rand Paul: I’m Not A Libertarian "
05-18-2013
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http://libertycrier.com,
Earlier this spring, Sen. Rand Paul and his wife, Kelley, invited a crew from the Christian Broadcasting Network into their Kentucky home for what turned into two full days of reality TV.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
IRS SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEIZING MEDICAL RECORDS OF 60 MILLION AMERICANS
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Obama Administration is wasting no time in seizing the medical records of Americans from insurance companies. The bigger question is: Why is the IRS descending upon health insurance companies with search warrants? Breitbart reports:
An unnam
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Energy
Why green roofs never work
05-18-2013
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salon.com
Urban roof gardens should cut energy usage and reduce rainwater runoff. So far, the results have been unimpressive
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News Link • Politics
Rep. Mike Kelly Rips IRS Chief A New One, Gets Standing O From Gallery
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Appearing before the House Weighs and Means Committee today, exiting IRS chief Steven Miller couldn’t do much more than just squirm in his chair as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa vented the frustrations felt by millions of Americans.
Miller was immediately
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Chris Menke
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS Handed Out Nearly 100 Million In Bonuses Since 2009
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
There is a new report by the Washington Examiner claiming IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner took home tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses, and she is not alone. Nearly $100 million went toward agency bonuses since 2009 during the p
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US tax dollars promote GM crops overseas
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U.S.-based Monsanto Co and other seed makers, a report issued on Tuesday said.
A review of 926 diplomatic cables of correspondence to
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Energy
New “Artificial Leaf” Concept Could Blow Up Fuel Cell Market
05-18-2013
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http://cleantechnica.com, Tina Casey
The idea of an “artificial leaf” sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate enough hydrogen gas for powering a small fuel cell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Haptic Technology Lets You "Touch" Virtual Objects
05-18-2013
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livescience.com
Haptic technology like the Sensable Phantom makes manipulating 3D digital objects intuitive and responsive, allowing for a range of uses including prototyping, surgery practice, virtual sculpting, and interactive museum displays.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars
05-18-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Clara Moskowitz
Electric vehicles aren't just popular on the ground " it turns out they're all the rage in space these days, too.
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Robert Lee
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Feature Article • Prepping
Prepper quail for food
Thomas Costanzo
Leo Shares how easy it is to raise quail as a food source. You get 200 eggs per female bird 6-8 weeks after it is hatched. 6-8 days in the incubator. The cages are 2 x 2 x 8in high and you can keep 12 bird
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Self-driving car technology takes top prize at Intel science fair
05-18-2013
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sciencerecorder.com
In 2013, approximately 1,600 young high school scientists from more than 70 countries were selected to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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News Link • Science
Interstellar Hydrogen Clouds Confirmed
05-18-2013
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arclein
Now there are a lot more questions to answer: Did these clouds condense out of a hotter gas that we can't see? Were they pulled tidally from the Andromeda galaxy by another galaxy passing by, or will they eventually be cannibalized by the Andromeda
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News Link • Archaeology
Fabled Lost City Discovered in Honduras
05-18-2013
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arclein
The same appears to have been true of the Amazon rain forest, where extensive ruins suggesting the presence of an advanced civilization have been located. Infertile jungle soils throughout the region have been extensively altered by ancient human enr
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News Link • Science
Increasing Average Human Intelligence
05-18-2013
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arclein
A single brain cell is more complex by many orders than anything most of us have ever imagined, a comparison with the best of our technology would be laughable. Sub atomic, atomic and molecular engineering of extraordinary elegance, a whole dynamic e
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Avoidable risk in West, Texas
05-18-2013
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arclein
The April 17 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, that killed 14 people and nearly obliterated a small town has renewed calls for the EPA to act on this proposal, which would grant the agency authority under the Clean Air Act to require facilit
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests
05-18-2013
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space.com
A private space plane has arrived at a NASA facility in California to undergo tests that will help vet its ability to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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News Link • Energy
Odd Twist: US Solar Company Sells Solar Panels To China
05-18-2013
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http://cleantechnica.com, Nicholas Brown
Solaria, an American solar panel manufacturer, is going to sell a good chunk of its solar panels to China, counter to the much more common scenario of China manufacturing solar panels (and other goods) for the US.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
05-18-2013
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http://www.latimes.com, By Deborah Netburn
It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Announces Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded
05-18-2013
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newswatch.nationalgeographic.com, Andrew Fazekas
A boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, igniting an explosion so bright that anyone looking up at the right moment might have spotted it, NASA announced Friday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Michigan Tech Sponsors A 3D Printers For Peace Contest
05-18-2013
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http://techcrunch.com, John Biggs
Now that Defense Distributed is on the defensive, it’s time to think a bit harder about what 3D printing really means.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • B.O.R.G.
Transportation Stop Action Script
05-18-2013
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Eddie Craig
“Transportation Stop” Action Script.
This information is provided by Eddie Craig (a former deputy sheriff, and due process expert)
TO BE PRACTICED AND MEMORIZED!
If necessary, print this out and keep it in your car for easy reference, but it
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Thomas Costanzo
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
“There Is A Conspiracy”
05-17-2013
Chuck Baldwin
The title of today’s column, “There Is A Conspiracy,” is a direct quote from Ezekiel 22:25. In this passage, God instructed Ezekiel to blow the whistle on the conspiracy of Israel’s prophets to deny people truth, to devour people’s souls, to defraud
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, May 19, 2013 Edition
05-17-2013
John Semmens
Attempt to Morph “Bad Luck” into Scandals “Unfair,” Says Carney
President Obama's Press Secretary Jay Carney bristled at the suggestion the Administration is embroiled in three major scandals. “What scandals?” Carney demanded to know. “The Preside
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News Link • Economy - International
The Experiment Begins: Cashless Society Arrives in Africa Biometric Natl Identity Smart Card
05-16-2013
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www.dailypaul.com
"As part of the program, in its first phase, Nigerians 16 years and older, and all residents in the country for more than two years, will get the new multipurpose identity card which has 13 applications including MasterCard’s prepaid payment technolo
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