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Date Sent: 2012-11-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, November 20, 2012 PM edition |
Student Expelled for Refusing Location Tracking RFID Badge -- France stripped of prized AAA credit
Faster than NATO, France ends Afghan combat role -- TSA Issues Warning Over Opt Out And Film Week -- Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants -- Homeland Security promotes welfare to new immigrants in government ‘welcome’ materials -- DNI cut "al Qaeda" reference from Benghazi talking points, and CIA, FBI signed off -- 11-20-12 -- Brock Lorber In Studio -
LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- State Department Sends
Assistant Secretary to ... Minneapolis -- FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in
alleged terror plot -- How to deal with UK TV licensing officials [How-to VIDEO] -- Uruguay Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill -- KYLE BASS: There's A New School Of Economic Thought That Will 'Lead Sheep To The Slaughter' -- Confronting the Fed, Alan Grayson Returns -- What’s the Point of Having Laws Against Torture if They Don’t Apply to the Powerful? -- The Twinkie Manifesto -- The Watchmen: California Artist Arrested After TSA Spots Curious Watch -- Caught on Camera: Cop and clown brawl -- Another Superfluous War -- Israeli Troops Fire Into Syria, Kill Three Soldiers -- Defense spending: the most expensive ‘free ride’ in history -- Lakota Warehouse Bank? -- Ron Paul on Stossel: 'Hard
to divvy up loot when there's none left' - Nov 15 --
Congressional Briefing on Drones (full video 1 hr 14 min) -- Lew
Rockwell: Ron Paul's ‘Secret’ Plans for Continued Leadership
For The Liberty Movement -- Ben Swann: The Benghazi Story The
Media Isn't Telling You (11/16/12) -- Ex-NASA Programmer
Testifies on the Ease of Election Rigging -- I have been
identified by the US. Department of Health and Human Services -- Man Facing 80 Years In Prison On Federal Charges Over Medical
Marijuana In Montana! -- Israeli Airstrike Destroys Russia Today TV
Channel Office in Gaza -- Retiring Ron Paul to make his case for
liberty on college campuses next year -- A Phony Hero for a
Phony War -- Netanyahu Unaware of Camera -- Ben Swann - Will
community banks disappear? -- World Bank warns global temp.
could rise devastating 4 degrees this century -- U.S. still not
ready to fully embrace Syrian opposition -- Intoxicated patients
more likely to survive traumatic injuries, study finds -- Judge
orders Hostess to go into mediation with workers’ union -- UN
calls for tougher prosecution of pirates -- Republicans steamed over
Rice as possible top diplomat -- Israel’s Peres accuses Iran of
instigating Gaza violence -- Israeli Aggression: Dress
Rehearsal for Iran? -- Israeli Terror Attacks: Day 6 -- Marines’
First Frontline Stealth Fighter Lacks Vital Gear -- Human
Rights Watch Wants An International Ban On Autonomous Killer Robots
-- The Sudden Departure of Intel's CEO -- Fabrication Trick
Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
AZ: 2012 Arizona Activists Patriot Roast & "Contempt of Cop"
Fundraiser for 4409, Saturday, Dec. 15, 6PM
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Student Expelled for Refusing Location Tracking RFID Badge
11-20-2012
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InfoWars
After months of protesting a policy requiring high school students to wear an RFID-enabled ID badge around their necks at all times, Andrea Hernandez is being involuntarily withdrawn from John Jay High School in San Antonio
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News Link • Economy - International
France stripped of prized 'AAA' credit rating by Moody's
11-20-2012
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Daily Telegraph
France has suffered a serious blow to its economic credentials after being stripped of its prized AAA credit rating by Moody’s.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Faster than NATO, France ends Afghan combat role
11-20-2012
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AP
France on Tuesday ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, pulling hundreds of troops from a base in a volatile region northeast of Kabul and fulfilling promises to end its combat role on a faster track than other NATO allies.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Issues Warning Over Opt Out And Film Week
11-20-2012
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InfoWars
The TSA has officially acknowledged the Infowars Opt Out And Film week protest, and warned that despite the fact it is not prohibited to film at TSA checkpoints, local laws may allow police to intervene and prevent such activity.
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News Link • Internet
Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants
11-20-2012
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by Declan McCullagh (cNet)
Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans' e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files.
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News Link • Immigration
Homeland Security promotes welfare to new immigrants in government ‘welcome’ materials
11-20-2012
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The Daily Caller
Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your new country can do for you. “Welcome to USA.gov,” a website maintained by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),
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News Link • Obama Administration
DNI cut "al Qaeda" reference from Benghazi talking points, and CIA, FBI signed off
11-20-2012
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CBS News (video)
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence cut specific references to "al Qaeda" and "terrorism" from the unclassified talking points given to Ambassador Susan Rice on the Benghazi consulate attack - with the agreement of the CIA and FBI.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
State Department Sends Assistant Secretary to ... Minneapolis
11-20-2012
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Weekly Standard
"Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 19 where she will be hosted by Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) and participate in a series of discussions with
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Bionic Arm Provides Life Quality
11-20-2012
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arclein
Nigel Ackland, 53, has been fitted with a carbon fiber mechanical hand he can control with muscles in his upper arm to type on a computer keyboard or hold a raw egg without cracking it, The Sun reported.
Sensors in the $40,000 prosthesis react to
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News Link • Science
Brain in Decline?
11-20-2012
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arclein
“The basis for my wager comes from new developments in genetics, anthropology, and neurobiology that make a clear prediction that our intellectual and emotional abilities are genetically surprisingly fragile,” he says.
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot
11-20-2012
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AP
4 Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday.
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News Link • Activism
How to deal with UK TV licensing officials [How-to VIDEO]
11-20-2012
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LiveLeaks
TV in the UK is not supported by advertising. Every TV is taxed. The more TV's, newer, bigger, more advanced, the more tax. They come to inspect your home for unlicensed TVs. When the goons show up at your door this is what to do! :-D
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News Link • Drug War
Uruguay Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill
11-20-2012
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http://www.truth-out.org, TONY NEWMAN
Uruguay Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill; Poised to Become First Country in the World to End Marijuana Prohibition
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News Link • Food
The Era Of Cheap Food Is Over
11-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Simon Black
There are only a few people who get it: the era of cheap food is over.
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News Link • Economy - International
KYLE BASS: There's A New School Of Economic Thought That Will 'Lead Sheep To The Slaughter**
11-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
Kyle Bass is famous for his big, bearish comments (and bets) against highly indebted sovereign governments.
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News Link • Torture
What’s the Point of Having Laws Against Torture if They Don’t Apply to the Powerful?
11-20-2012
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www.truth-out.org
One thing brings these four men together. Hassan bin Attash, Sami el-Hajj, Muhammed Khan Tumani and Murat Kurnaz"they are all survivors of the systematic torture program the Bush administration authorized and carried out in locations including Afghan
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Twinkie Manifesto
11-20-2012
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http://www.nytimes.com, By PAUL KRUGMAN
The Twinkie, it turns out, was introduced way back in 1930. In our memories, however, the iconic snack will forever be identified with the 1950s, when Hostess popularized the brand by sponsoring “The Howdy Doody Show.”
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News Link • Homeland Security
The Watchmen: California Artist Arrested After TSA Spots Curious Watch
11-20-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Geoffrey McGann, 49, is an artist and the creative director of a media production company called Generator Content. It appears that he was too creative for those folks at TSA. The California artist was arrested at Oakland International Airport becaus
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News Link • Activism
Caught on Camera: Cop and clown brawl
11-20-2012
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http://www.wtsp.com,Written by CNN
It's the type of eyewitness video that is bound to be a web sensation. A local man dressed as a clown getting into a brawl with a Milwaukee police officer. And the incident is all caught on camera.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Troops Fire Into Syria, Kill Three Soldiers
11-20-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Officials Unclear if Rebels or Regime Gunfire Prompted Attack
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Defense spending: the most expensive ‘free ride’ in history
11-14-2012
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Bernard Keane, Crikey
One of the biggest disasters to befall the world’s major arms companies was when, entirely without meaning to, the United States won the Cold War. . . The great appeal of the War on Terror is its self-perpetuating quality that guarantees this is one
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Headhunter Tells Us Which Jobs Will Be Huge In 2013
11-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Vivian Giang
With the presidential elections over, companies now have a better idea of how to move forward with their hiring plans.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
CHART: This Has Been One Of The Worst Post-Election Sell-Offs Ever
11-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam Ro
The stock markets are rallying today. But they're still a long way from recovering the gigantic losses they've experienced since the election.
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Dealing with Hamas's human shield tactics
11-20-2012
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The Jerusalem Post
It was one of many occasions in which Israeli pilots were ordered to call off air strikes in the last moment, after real-time footage of the target area revealed the presence of Palestinian non-combatants.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Letter Re: Lakota Warehouse Bank?
11-20-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com
James Wesley:
Can you provide any insight on the banking services and the Lakota [copper, silver and gold] coins from the Lakota Bank? Thanks, - Bryan E.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul on Stossel: 'Hard to divvy up loot when there's none left' - Nov 15
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, eduardo89
Rep. Ron Paul, (R-Texas), on the current state of the economy and whether the administration can make corrections in the next four years.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congressional Briefing on Drones (full video 1 hr 14 min)
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, ProudAmericanFirst
Congress Hears Expert Testimony About Combat Drone Program
Opening statement
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Lew Rockwell: Ron Paul's ‘Secret’ Plans for Continued Leadership For The Liberty Movement
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
Lew Rockwell appears on the Alex Jones show and discusses what’s next for the liberty movements fight against statism.
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News Link • Government
I have been identified by the US. Department of Health and Human Services
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, dexterszyd
I received a letter over a month ago from the US Department Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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News Link • Drug War
Man Facing 80 Years In Prison On Federal Charges Over Medical Marijuana In Montana!
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Rebecca Richman Cohen
By state law, medical marijuana is legal in Montana. Federal law, however, is another matter, as Chris Williams sadly found out.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israeli Airstrike Destroys Russia Today TV Channel Office in Gaza
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Michellee
An Israeli airstrike on a media compound in the Gaza Strip has destroyed the office of Russia Today TV channel, the RT press office said on Sunday.
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Retiring Ron Paul to make his case for liberty on college campuses next year
11-20-2012
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http://thehill.com, By Molly K. Hooper
Retiring Rep. Ron Paul plans to deliver speeches on college campuses next year and beyond, continuing his message of liberty and reducing the size of the federal government.
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News Link • Military
A Phony Hero for a Phony War
11-20-2012
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http://www.nytimes.co, LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV
FASTIDIOUSNESS is never a good sign in a general officer.
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News Link • Israel
Netanyahu Unaware of Camera
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, EncryptedReality4
Netanyahu 'America Won't Get in Our Way..It's Easily Moved
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News Link • Government
Ben Swann - Will community banks disappear?
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, fyi2day
Coming to your local bank by New Year's! Big Banks get bigger and local funds forced to gravitate to the corrupt.
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News Link • Climate Change
World Bank warns global temp. could rise devastating 4 degrees this century
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The World Bank warned Sunday that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor.
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News Link • Military
U.S. still not ready to fully embrace Syrian opposition
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The United States said Monday it is closely monitoring the progress of a new Syrian opposition alliance as it weighs whether to recognize the body as the sole representative of the Syrian people.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Intoxicated patients more likely to survive traumatic injuries, study finds
11-20-2012
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Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com
In a somewhat paradoxical finding, being intoxicated on alcohol could help you survive a traumatic injury, according to a study to be published in the December issue of the journal Alcohol.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge orders Hostess to go into mediation with workers’ union
11-20-2012
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Dominic Rushe, The Guardian via RawStory.com
Troubled Twinkie maker Hostess Brands and the unions representing its striking workers agreed to start mediation hearings on Tuesday at the urging of a bankruptcy court judge.
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News Link • United Nations
UN calls for tougher prosecution of pirates
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The United Nations on Monday called for stronger prosecutions of pirates and more action by shipping companies to deter bandits at sea.
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News Link • Government
Republicans steamed over Rice as possible top diplomat
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
Nearly 100 Republican lawmakers warned President Barack Obama on Monday against nominating UN envoy Susan Rice to be his next secretary of state, saying she misled Americans over the Benghazi attack.
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News Link • Israel
Israel’s Peres accuses Iran of instigating Gaza violence
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
Israel’s President Shimon Peres accused Iran of encouraging the Palestinians to continue rocket attacks on Israel rather than negotiating a ceasefire, saying “they are out of their mind.”
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News Link • Military
Marines’ First Frontline Stealth Fighter Lacks Vital Gear
11-20-2012
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David Axe via WIRED.com
The U.S. Marine Corps has received its first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that, in theory, is meant for actual combat. But that doesn’t mean the pricey, long-delayed JSF is going to be dropping bombs on enemy targets anytime soon.
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News Link • Food
Like a Bad Sugar Rush, Twinkie Black Market Is Crashing
11-20-2012
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Sarah Mitroff via WIRED.com
Without fail our rapacious nature kicks in every time there is talk of a major consumer shortage in the U.S. Earlier this month we saw New Yorkers selling gasoline for $15 per gallon to those stranded by Hurricane Sandy.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Over 1 Million Apps Have Been Submitted to iOS App Store
11-20-2012
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Christina Bonnington via WIRED.com
Mobile app development hit a major milestone today when Apple accepted its one-millionth " yes, one-millionth " app for sale in the App Store, further underscoring Cupertino’s lead in the apps space
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News Link • Military
Silent but Deadly: Special Forces Seek Quiet, Subsonic Bullets
11-20-2012
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Robert Beckhusen via WIRED.com
Most bullets make small sonic booms when flying through the air, which to our ears sound like a loud, distinct “crack!” For the Pentagon’s special forces, that makes it hard to be sneaky about what they’re shooting.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
The Latest From iRobot's Research Lab
11-20-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Soft robotic fingers, robots that can open doors, and a robotic sea turtle--iRobot's R&D guys stopped by to show us their latest projects yesterday, and we're passing the awesomeness on to you.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Human Rights Watch Wants An International Ban On Autonomous Killer Robots
11-20-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
The threat of autonomous killer robots is very real and we have to stop them before it's too late. Such is the theme of many a sci-fi film, but it’s now also the official position of Human Rights Watch
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News Link • Israel
How Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Knocks Almost Every Incoming Missile Out Of The Sky
11-20-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
It’s tough to hit a moving rocket with a moving rocket. Here’s how Israel’s new domestic missile defense system is doing it with unprecedented accuracy.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Flying Helicopter Orb Guided By Brainwaves
11-20-2012
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Nidhi Subbaraman via TechnologyReview.com
A group called Puzzlebox is hoping to teach kids about neuroscience, open source coding, and focus, by luring them in with a spherical toy helicopter controlled by brainwaves.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Fabrication Trick Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
11-19-2012
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Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.com
Current hard-drive designs are reaching their limit in data storage, but a new manufacturing technique could allow drive capacities to keep expanding.
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