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Date Sent: 2012-03-12
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, March 12, 2012 AM edition |
U.S., Partners Weigh Military Moves To Curb Syrian Carnage
Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine? --
Politics 101: Walter Karp and Power Elite Analysis -- Jared Cohen,
Revolutions, and Social Media -- Nuclear Fallout -- Squealer suing IRS for not being paid
a reward -- French aerospace firms want help on China
refusing to pay tax -- Iraq
militia stone youths to death for "emo" style -- 03-12-12
-- Criminal Defense Attorney Marc
J. Victor In Studio - LISTEN LIVE, M-F, LRN.FM, 9-Noon
(EST) -- Centrist Women Tell of Disenchantment With Republicans --
Great Lakes ice coverage falls 71 percent over 40 years, researcher
says -- Ron Paul: 'It's Liberty That We Need' -- Marines change
recruiting pitch to include humanitarian missions -- Vets groups suing DOD, CIA over secret
chemical tests on soldiers -- In Afghanistan it's lies that
are really killing our soldiers -- Why
Does the Military Love Ron Paul? -- Pot Legalization Foe
Getting Rich off the Drug War -- Ag-Gag
Law Blows Animal Activists' Cover -- An Example To Avoid:
City Of Stockton On The Brink -- MORE PRO-WAR BILGE from the WEEKLY
STANDARD! SAY NO! VOTE RON PAUL! BE READY FOR INTENSE PEACEFUL -- Egyptian army doctor cleared
over 'virginity tests' on women activists -- Student loans seen as potential ‘next
debt bomb’ for U.S. economy -- Food Storage Part 1 – A
Primer on Oxygen Absorbers -- 11 Steps for GMO Eradication: -- Did
BP Cause Damage to the Gulf Sea Floor? -- Evolving Global Financial
Crisis. Selling "Foreclosed Homes"
AZ: Richard Gage, AIA, and Founder
of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, in Phoenix March
16-18; Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th,
2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S., Partners Weigh Military Moves To Curb Syrian Carnage
03-11-2012
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Washington Post
The Obama administration and its allies and international partners have begun serious discussions about potential military involvement in Syria, even as they continue to press for nonviolent solutions to the carnage there.
With little progress mad
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
03-10-2012
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meetup.com
Come and celebrate Donna's 50th birthday - it will be a fun time to touch base with people you may not have seen in a while, and to take a break from the troubles of the world and relax and enjoy a great afternoon/evening!
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Richard Gage, AIA, and Founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, in Phoenix March 16-18
03-09-2012
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www.ae911truth.org
"The people of New York need to see the light--that a third WTC skyscraper not hit by any plane was destroyed on September 11th. They have been deceived about what happened on that terrible day.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
03-11-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
This excellent analysis of what appears the next phase in false-flag interventionist propaganda -- the use of so-called "social media" with heavy celebrity representation to push for a US military goal under cover of a highly selectively reported hum
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Politics 101: Walter Karp and Power Elite Analysis
03-11-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
I have been an enthusiastic fan and promoter of the works of the great Walter Karp. Karp was a masterful prose writer and political analyst, a true Jeffersonian republican and foe of the plutocratic oligarchy which has dominated our nation-state sinc
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News Link • NeoCons
Jared Cohen, Revolutions, and Social Media
03-11-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
I first heard of Jared Cohen and movements.org just a couple of days ago in two of the hacked Stratfor e-mails, which can be read here. Cohen co-founded movements.org, and the latter link has info on what this organization does. But it does not have
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News Link • Government
Nuclear Fallout
03-11-2012
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New York Times
Rocky Flats, the Colorado bomb factory, produced plutonium “triggers” for nuclear weapons in the US from 1952 to 1989. There were countless fires, leaks and accidents at Rocky Flats; after decades of weapons production, and little environmental overs
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Squealer suing IRS for not being paid a reward
03-11-2012
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Washington Post
Joseph A. Insinga was the ultimate whistleblower. The former executive with a Dutch bank says he divulged to the Internal Revenue Service details about how for years his employer helped U.S. companies dodge taxes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
French aerospace firms want help on China refusing to pay tax
03-11-2012
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Reuters
European plane-maker Airbus has teamed up with French flag-carrier Air France and supplier Safran to call for France's help in resolving tensions with China over the European Union's controversial carbon emissions tax, which they say is threatening o
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq militia stone youths to death for "emo" style
03-11-2012
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Reuters
At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shi'ite militants against youths wearing Western-style "emo" clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources say.
Militants in
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Centrist Women Tell of Disenchantment With Republicans
03-11-2012
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By SUSAN SAULNY http://www.nytimes.com
As baby showers go, the party Mary Russell attended to celebrate her niece’s first child was sweet, with about a dozen women offering congratulations over ice cream and cake.
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News Link • Environment
Great Lakes ice coverage falls 71 percent over 40 years, researcher says
03-11-2012
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usnews.msnbc.msn.com By msnbc.com staff
Great Lakes ice coverage declined an average of 71 percent over the past 40 years, according to a report from the American Meteorological Society.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul: 'It's Liberty That We Need'
03-11-2012
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http://hazelwood.patch.com, By Joe Scott
The presidential candidate addressed a crowd of supporters at Lindenwood University's Robert Hyland Arena near Hazelwood Saturday.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Marines change recruiting pitch to include humanitarian missions
03-11-2012
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http://www.latimes.com, By Tony Perry
After a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps is tweaking its recruiting pitch to emphasize not just combat prowess but also the Marines’ involvement in humanitarian missions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Vets groups suing DOD, CIA over secret chemical tests on soldiers
03-11-2012
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http://www.stripes.com,
Three veterans groups are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit they filed in 2009 against the Defense Department, the CIA and the Army
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
In Afghanistan it's lies that are really killing our soldiers
03-11-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk
The phoney oratory of British national security so beloved of Cameron and his generals has lost all contact with reality
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Why Does the Military Love Ron Paul?
03-11-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Adam Weinstein
Servicemembers are giving way more cash to the anti-war GOP candidate than any other"but not for the reason you might think.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Pot Legalization Foe Getting Rich off the Drug War
03-11-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Josh Harkinson
The lobbyist who helped kill California's Proposition 19, the 2010 ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana, has constructed an entire business model around keeping pot illegal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Ag-Gag Law Blows Animal Activists' Cover
03-11-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Kathleen Masterson
After a series of videos revealing apparent cruel treatment of farm animals went viral, Iowa has made it a crime for people to misrepresent themselves to gain access to a farm.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Events: America
Losing Sleep, Saving Time: Set Your Clock Forward This Weekend
03-11-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Korva Coleman
Daylight saving time goes into effect at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Remember the adage, "Spring forward, fall back," and set your clock ahead by one hour before you go to bed tonight.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
To Woo South, Romney Needs More Than A Twang
03-11-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Debbie Elliott
Mitt Romney picked up some support in Saturday's contests, but there may be trouble lurking for him in the near future as the GOP race moves to the Deep South.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
An Example To Avoid: City Of Stockton On The Brink
03-11-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Richard Gonzales
The city of Stockton, Calif., about 90 minutes east of San Francisco, is broke and on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Nuclear Woes Push Japan Into A New Energy Future
03-11-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Christopher Joyce
The tsunami that struck Japan last year destroyed four nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station on the east coast of the country.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NeoCons
MORE PRO-WAR BILGE from the WEEKLY STANDARD! SAY NO! VOTE RON PAUL! BE READY FOR INTENSE PEACEFUL
031112
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www.varight.com
This is the talking points from the leading neo-con journal of opinion, the Weekly Standard: Go to war in Syria! But we need to SAY NO! VOTE RON PAUL! BE ready to PEACEFULLY PROTEST THROUGHOUT THE NATION! Signs need to be ready for TV and radio
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • World News
Egyptian army doctor cleared over 'virginity tests' on women activists
03-11-2012
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The Guardian
An army doctor has been acquitted of carrying out forced "virginity tests" on female protesters in Egypt last year, dealing a blow to activists and the women at the centre of the case.
Ahmed Adel was found not guilty of public indecency by a milit
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Student loans seen as potential ‘next debt bomb’ for U.S. economy
03-11-2012
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Washington Post
In most cases, those clients could not meet the federal hardship standards that are necessary to discharge a student loan through bankruptcy. Many of these parents who co-signed the student loans face the prospect of losing their life savings, cars o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Crushes 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Claims
03-11-2012
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http://www.scientificamerican.com, By Natalie Wolc
The agency's Near-Earth Objects Program head points out many fallacies, including the claim that an imaginary planet will collide with Earth in December. Thousands of astronomers have not seen this
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
The Yoga of Eating " Part 2 of 3
03-11-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Carmen Allgood
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine " PCRM " a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization formed in 1985, brings a lot of evidence to the table about the correlation between what we eat and our physical and mental health.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The Positive Health Benefits of Dry Skin Brushing
03-11-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Kyla Miller
Everybody has five major paths of elimination; the colon, kidneys, liver, lungs, and skin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
Food Storage Part 1 " A Primer on Oxygen Absorbers
03-11-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Gaye Levy
Oxygen absorbers. You have heard about them and if you have done even the most basic research into long term food storage
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
11 Steps for GMO Eradication:
03-11-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Jack Adam Weber
By now you likely have plenty of information and encouragement for why not to purchase GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). What we need now is to band together and take action.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
10 Simple Postures That Boost Personal Performance
03-11-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By spring.org.uk
Psychological research suggests simple actions can project power, persuade others, increase empathy, boost cognitive performance and more.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
13 years since NATO aggression against Serbiathe Province of Kosovo and Metohija
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Zivadin Jovanovic
The struggle for peace and the struggle for full respect of universal human rights, as defined by UN Declaration on protection of human rights, are interdependent and non-separable.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Future Predictions
Global Scenarios for 2012: How the World is Changing
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Daniele Scalea
No scenarios for 2012 can be traced, without taking due account of the events of 2011. There is no doubt that last year would be remembered as the year of the “Arab revolts” and there are two different perspectives from which we can look at this: an
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
The Politics of Imagined Opinion
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. James Tracy
Where do you locate yourself on the political spectrum? Are you liberal or conservative? On “the left”, “the right”, or perhaps you’re a bit of both (“moderate”).
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News Link • Environment
Did BP Cause Damage to the Gulf Sea Floor?
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Washington's
Has BP Made “Natural” Oil Seeps In the Gulf Larger?
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News Link • Environment
Monsanto’s Roundup Shown to be Ravaging Butterfly Population
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Mike Barrett
Monsanto’s Roundup, containing the active ingredient glyphosate, has been tied to more health and environmental problems than you could imagine.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Evolving Global Financial Crisis. Selling "Foreclosed Homes"
03-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Bob Chapman
The government is preparing to package and sell foreclosed homes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
US soldier opens fire on Afghan civilians
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
A US soldier has killed more than a dozen civilians in a shooting spree in southern Afghanistan before being detained, officials say.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Politicians Won’t Return Ponzi Payoffs
03-11-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Michael Winship
On Tuesday, Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was convicted in a Houston federal court on 13 out of 14 criminal counts of fraud. As The New York Times reported:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Death toll climbs after Israeli raids on Gaza
03-11-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
A 12-year-old boy been killed in a fresh Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll from Israeli attacks to 18 since Friday, according to Palestinian medical sources.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
US: Turning war-fear into warfare
03-10-2012
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RT
Ever since its creation, the US has had a role to play in combat operations worldwide. Today the country’s public opinion is dominated by warfare, making American society all-too-easily manipulated and turned against practically any country.
The
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Holder to Americans: We Can Kill You Without Trial
3-11-2012
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Free Patriot Press
Attorney General Eric Holder recently gave a speech in which he said the U.S. military can execute American citizens without trial, because “'[d]ue process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national s
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News Link • Afghanistan
Guantanamo Taliban inmates 'agree to Qatar transfer'
03-10-2012
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bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia
Five senior Taliban fighters held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be moved to custody in Qatar as part of a peace plan, Afghan government officials say.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
NSA Whistle-Blower: Obama “Worse than Bush”
03-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Thomas Drake and
Thomas Drake, the whistle-blower whom the Obama administration tried and failed to prosecute for leaking information about waste, fraud and abuse at the National Security Agency
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Issues Statement on Unemployment Figures
03-10-2012
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businesswire.com
“…further proof of the failure of the Keynesian spend-borrow-tax-and-inflate policies embraced by the beltway leadership of both parties”
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Misinformation Machine
03-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Tim Karr
Dirty politics is a growth industry with few happy customers. In the run-up to Super Tuesday, television viewers nationwide had to endure an onslaught of negative and deceptive political ads
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News Link • European Union
'War on Terror is War on Liberty' - Nigel Farage launches e-petition
03-10-2012
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http://www.youtube.com
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage launches an e-petition during the UKIP 2012 Spring Conference - 3 March 2012
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Kaptur Defeats Kucinich 94% to 4% on 100% Unverifiable E-Vote Systems in Toledo, OH?
03-10-2012
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http://www.bradblog.com,By Brad Friedman on 3/9/20
Earlier today, we highlighted Rachel Maddow's latest report on the "GOP War on Voting" which, among many other important things, referenced the ridiculously close results from Ohio's GOP Presidential Primary last Tuesday
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News Link • Gun Rights
Federal Court: If your boss can't have a gun, you can't either
03-10-2012
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Suppose you work at a convenience store, at night, and you keep a gun on you because it can be dangerous employment. Now suppose the store owner you work for has a felony record. You have violated federal law.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
‘Pink slime’ in school lunches: Government is buying 7 million pounds worth
03-09-2012
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Washington Post
When McDonald’s and other fast-food chains announced last month that the infamous “pink slime” was no longer being used in their burgers, some thought the ammonium hydroxide-treated beef cuts had disappeared from our food supply once and for all.
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