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Date Sent: 2011-12-12
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 12, 2011 |
US Troops Deploying on Jordan-Syria Border / MF Global's Regulation T
Guest Post: Plan B For "Breakup" -- 40th anniversary of Nixon speech that led to Libertarian Party -- Watch David Cameron Explain To UK Parliament Why He Broke Away From The Eurozone Group Of 27 -- Italian Yields Are Zooming Even Higher -- BRAND NEW NUMBERS: 20 Banks That Are Praying Europe Doesn't Go Bust -- Local Grain Storage Bins Being GPSed
-- One alarming indicator from China -- The most powerful force in the world -- New Jersey Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov Has Announced His Bid To Be Russian President -- SARKOZY: There Are Now 'Two Europes' -- 16 Years In The Life Of Charlize Theron -- Who Makes More Money: Nice People Or Mean People? -- It's Official, The NBA-er Formerly Known As Ron Artest Has 'World Peace' On His Jersey -- MF Global's US And UK Customers Got Screwed By A Little Thing Called Regulation T -- Latvia Bank Run: This Is What Your ATM Will Look Like During a Banking Panic -- Here's Why Romney's $10,000 Wager May Be Fatal -- The Collapse Of MF Global Basically Started On Corzine's Day 1 -- Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday 12-12-2011 -- Alec Baldwin Apologizes To Himself For Getting Kicked Off Flight On 'SNL' (VIDEO) -- The Gray Market Role of Defunct Coinage in a Cashless Society -- Supreme Court to Rule on Immigration Law in Arizona -- The Wall Street Journal: A Sewage Blunder Earns Engineer a Criminal Record -- Book: How to Live a Life of Adventure, by Frosty Wooldridge -- Bill Still Running for POTUS as a LIbertarian -- BREAKING: US Troops Deploying on Jordan-Syria Border -- Former Gov. Granholm predicts surge for Ron Paul -- Is the United States Too Big to Succeed? -- Iran army declines comment on MP's Hormuz exercise remarks -- Hands-On With New Xbox Kinect Features -- Stossel Show: Could Successful CEOs Start Businesses Today? --
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News Link • Corruption
MF Global's US And UK Customers Got Screwed By A Little Thing Called Regulation T
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
The Canadian customers of MFG got their money back within 10 days of the MFG bankruptcy. The accounts that have lost money are either USA or UK based. In Canada, re-hypothecation is not permitted
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
BREAKING: US Troops Deploying on Jordan-Syria Border
12-12-2011
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YouTube.com
According to first-hand accounts and reports provided to Boiling Frogs Post by several sources in Jordan, during the last few hours foreign military groups, estimated at hundreds of individuals, began to spread near the villages of the north-Jordan c
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • European Union
Guest Post: Plan B For "Breakup"
12-12-2011
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zerohedge.com
Contingency planning for an unraveling of the [euro] involves cutting investment, moving money to Germany, transferring headquarters to northern Europe from southern, and even going out of business, according to interviews with more than 20 executive
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
40th anniversary of Nixon speech that led to Libertarian Party
12-12-2011
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http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases
In the speech, Nixon announced two measures that were of particular concern to libertarians. First, a government-imposed freeze on wages and prices. Second, an end to the convertibility of dollars to gold.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • European Union
Watch David Cameron Explain To UK Parliament Why He Broke Away From The Eurozone Group Of 27
12-12-2011
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zerohedge.com
Last week's biggest political shock was David Cameron telling Europe to shove its authoritarian ambitions and breaking away from the Group of 27, in effect killing any chance of a favorable summit outcome.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Italian Yields Are Zooming Even Higher
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
We mentioned earlier how Italian yields were higher on the day -- thus setting the tone for everything being negative -- and it's gotten worse.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
BRAND NEW NUMBERS: 20 Banks That Are Praying Europe Doesn't Go Bust
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
The newest round of European Banking Authority tests of bank capital came out this week, and one thing is clear: everyone's deleveraging, and fast.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Food
Local Grain Storage Bins Being GPSed
12-12-2011
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http://stevequayle.com
applied for a local building permit to build a grain storage - Gov't GPSed it and the 2 other storage bins while she was there. She said it was so that in an emergency, the government would know where all the grain is at so they could take control of
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • China
One alarming indicator from China
12-12-2011
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SovereignMan.com
“We will deliver economic growth and improvements in your material living standards. You will meekly do as you are told, refrain from dissent, work hard, save a huge percentage of your money, and ignore obvious corruption.”
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
The most powerful force in the world
12-12-2011
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SovereignMan.com
...yes, politicians and central bankers around the world are hitting the accelerator as they drive off the cliff. But properly applied, human ingenuity is the most powerful force on the planet.
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News Link • World News
New Jersey Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov Has Announced His Bid To Be Russian President
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
Prokhorov will need to receive two million signatures in support of his candidacy to be included on ballots next March.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • European Union
SARKOZY: There Are Now 'Two Europes'
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
Nicolas Sarkozy is pretty clear in his thoughts on a "two-speed" Europe in an interview today with Le Monde.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
16 Years In The Life Of Charlize Theron
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
Charlize Theron isn't just one of the most beautiful actresses working today -- she's one of the most selective.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Who Makes More Money: Nice People Or Mean People?
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
A new study finds that agreeable workers earn significantly lower incomes than less agreeable ones. The gap is especially wide for men.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
It's Official, The NBA-er Formerly Known As Ron Artest Has 'World Peace' On His Jersey
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest) is an interesting human being. When he finally got his name changed to Metta World Peace, after paying off some traffic tickets, the whole world wondered what the back of his jersey would say.
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News Link • Economy - International
Latvia Bank Run: This Is What Your ATM Will Look Like During a Banking Panic
12-12-2011
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YouTube.com
Thousands of Latvians lined up at bank counters and ATMs in an attempt to withdraw their savings from Swedbank, the country's largest banking institution. VIDEO
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Here's Why Romney's $10,000 Wager May Be Fatal
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
If it seems the only moment from Saturday night's Republican debate anyone is talking about is Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet, it's because Romney nearly torpedoed his campaign on stage.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Collapse Of MF Global Basically Started On Corzine's Day 1
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
Dealbook reported that when Jon Corzine visited MF Global's Chicago office shortly after becoming CEO in 2010, discovering that a young trader was successfully using a small account to trade the firm's capital, he was enthralled.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday 12-12-2011
12-12-2011
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LewRockwell.com
Ron Paul Hits It Out of the Park - Can a Libertarian Oppose Ron Paul? - The Libertarian Movement Is Booming, No thanks to the Brothers Koch. Article by Justin Raimondo - QE3 in Drag, Jim Rogers on lies - Detainment Camps Go Live
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Alec Baldwin Apologizes To Himself For Getting Kicked Off Flight On 'SNL' (VIDEO)
12-12-2011
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BusinessInsider.com
Alec Baldwin laughed off last week's American Airlines drama during a "Weekend Update" skit on Saturday's episode of "SNL."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gold and Silver
The Gray Market Role of Defunct Coinage in a Cashless Society
12-12-2011
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SurvivalBlog.com
There are some that have argued that a currency collapse will be used as the pretense to implement a multi-continental or even global digital currency. Most likely it would be in the form of a debit card, similar to what has been popularized in Germa
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Supreme Court to Rule on Immigration Law in Arizona
12-12-2011
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NYTimes.com
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Arizona may impose tough anti-immigration measures.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Former Gov. Granholm predicts surge for Ron Paul
12-12-2011
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Raw Story
“Ron Paul going into this debate was essentially tied with Mitt Romney, and Newt [Gingrich] of course was ascendant,” Granhold said. “I think Ron Paul may end up seeing a surge as a result of this.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Is the United States Too Big to Succeed?
12-12-2011
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Mises.Org
There are no prominent protests in Europe calling for less governmental help as there are in the United States. Murray Rothbard's essay "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty" refers to the United States as "the great home of radical liberalism."
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iran army declines comment on MP's Hormuz exercise remarks
12-12-2011
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www.reuters.com
(Reuters) - A member of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee said on Monday that the military was set to practice its ability to close the Gulf to shipping at the narrow Strait of Hormuz.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Hands-On With New Xbox Kinect Features
12-12-2011
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Tech News Daily
The system update offers quite a few new features, including a new interface; enhanced voice- and gesture-control for Kinect owners; easier ways to connect and play with friends; and access to live television channels and on-demand movies that will r
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Stossel Show: Could Successful CEOs Start Businesses Today?
12-12-2011
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FoxBusiness.Com
Members of the “Job Creators Alliance” break down why current regulations and financial practices have made job creation very difficult.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Stossel Show: True Job Creators
12-12-2011
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FoxBusiness.Com
Members of the “Job Creators Alliance” discuss how their companies have created jobs and helped boost small businesses in the U.S.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
ETF And Central Bank Gold Lent To Banks Being Relent Into Market?
12-12-2011
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www.zerohedge.com
With concerns about liquidity and solvency in the European banking system, there is lending and possibly even selling of gold by banks to raise much needed cash. This may be creating short term weakness in gold bit is bullish for gold in the long ter
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Response to a Jewish Opponent of Ron Paul
12-12-2011
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lewrockwell.com/Walter Block
Aaron Biterman posted his list of "Top 25 Reasons to Oppose RON PAUL's 2012 Campaign." I repeat his list below, exactly as it appeared on the web site Jewish Libertarians on 12/7/11, interspersed with my commentary (
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News Link • Books
Tolstoy on War and State
12-12-2011
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lewrockwell.com/Vasko Kohlmayer
In the process of explaining that insidious co-option, Tolstoy elucidates the nature of the state and explains why violence and war are necessary for its successful functioning.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Consistent Candidate: Ron Paul 2012
12-12-2011
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youtube.com
"Here's the latest Ron Paul video, focused on two important points that every voter needs to know. Dr. Paul has been consistent in his message for over 30 years, and the other candidates have been jumping on his bandwagon.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gerald Celente Forecasts Economic Martial Law
12-12-2011
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lewrockwell.com/Gerald Celente
Trends analyst Gerald Celente joins RT to discuss the real state of unemployment as well as the passage of the Senate bill that repeals the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gambling Mormons - Romney Seeks to Deflect Rivals’ Attacks Over $10,000 Wager
12-12-2011
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www.businessweek.com
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who didn’t qualify for the debate because his poll numbers were too low, released a video replaying the incident and started a website attacking Romney’s health-care record.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Airport search complaints prompt calls for on-site advocates
12-12-2011
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AP
Two New York politicians urged the Transportation Security Administration on Sunday to provide passenger advocates on site at airport screenings after four elderly women complained of intrusive searches by security agents in recent months.
Senator
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News Link • Iran
Iran says it's almost done decoding US drone
12-12-2011
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AP
Iranian experts are in the final stages of recovering data from the U.S. surveillance drone captured by the country's armed forces, state TV reported Monday.
Tehran has flaunted the drone's capture as a victory for Iran and a defeat for the United
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Billboard campaign hopes to dispel atheist stereotypes
12-12-2011
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www.azcentral.com
Holly and Freddie don't believe in God. And, earlier this year, they decided it was time to "come out of the closet" in a big way about who they are.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold set for largest fall in three months
12-12-2011
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Reuters
Gold was set for its biggest one-day fall in three months on Monday, under pressure from a robust dollar, which in turn choked off demand from consumers in key regions such as India.
Last week's summit of European Union leaders yielded a historic
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News Link • Economy - International
Euro zone fiscal pact fails to restore confidence
12-12-2011
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Reuters
A European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the euro zone failed to restore financial market confidence on Monday, forcing the European Central Bank to step in again gingerly.
The euro fell, stocks slid and borrowing costs for Italy
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News Link • Activism
Undercover police spied on protesters at Occupy LA
12-12-2011
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Reuters
Undercover police officers infiltrated Occupy LA's tent city last month to spy on people they suspected of stockpiling human waste and crude weapons for resisting an eventual eviction, police and city government sources said.
Authorities also used
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News Link • Activism
Police to test laser that 'blinds rioters'
12-12-2011
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Daily Telegraph
A shoulder-mounted laser that emits a blinding wall of light capable of repelling rioters is to be trialled by police under preparations to prevent a repeat of this summer's looting and arson.
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
News channel 5 confirms door-to-door questioning of food supplies in Tennessee while canneries downp
12/12/2011
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godlikeproductions.com
The story first broke on godlikeproductions.com as a school "homework assignment"....and now its made msm news. heres the original glp discussion url http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1724815/pg1 theres also a link at natural news
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News Link • Depression
Copper Thieves Targeting DISD Campuses
12-12-2011
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dfw.cbslocal.com
Miller said there is a two-prong investigation " trying to find out who is stealing the copper and also who is buying it. “Recently, there was 200 feet of copper that was taken and there’s obviously a market in metal recycling where this product is s
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News Link • Economy - International
Latvia's largest bank fights off depositor run after rumours of imminent collapse
12-12-2011
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com
Weekend rumours that Swedbank was facing legal and liquidity problems in Estonia and Sweden sent thousands of Latvians to bank machines on Sunday, with some lines reaching as many as 50 people.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Report: US drones helping local police agencies
12-12-2011
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msnbc.com staff
Predator drones are being used in domestic law enforcement cases, raising concerns that the aircraft are being deployed beyond the missions that Congress originally authorized them for, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israel's Mona Lisa
12-12-2011
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arclein
Monalisa not only asked to enlist in the Israeli Defense Forces but signed up for an elite combat unit named “Karkel,” in which both men and women serve side by side on the front lines. Karkel is the name of a wild desert cat that lives in Israel’s
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Saudi Arabia's Hidden Arab Spring
12-12-2011
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arclein
There is a long history of discord between the kingdom’s Sunni rulers and the Shiite minority concentrated in the east, Saudi Arabia’s key oil-producing region. Shiites make up 10 percent of the kingdom’s 23 million citizens and complain of discrimin
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News Link • Science
Vesta is a Differentiated Planetoid
12-12-2011
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arclein
s is a world with a rich geochemical history. It has quite a story to tell!"
Like Earth and other terrestrial planets, Vesta has ancient basaltic lava flows on the surface and a large iron core.
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News Link • Climate Change
Durban Salvages One More Kick At The Can
12-12-2011
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arclein
But environmental groups said negotiators had failed to show the ambition necessary to cut emissions by levels that would limit global temperature rises to no more than 2C and avoid "dangerous" climate change.
The EU had come to the talks in Dur
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