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Date Sent: 2013-01-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, January 25, 2013 PM edition |
DC man who shot dogs biting boy faces charges -- UN investigates civilian drone deaths
Confessions of a Gold Analyst: "It's All My Fault" -- I Put My Life on the Line Writing This Article! -- 11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will Use to Track You -- 01-25-13 -- Dr. Phranq Tamburri and Glenn Jacobs in studio - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon EST -- Bill To Set Limit For Driving While Stoned -- Number Of Nation's Sheriffs Refusing To Enforce Unconstitutional Gun Laws Snowballs -- China Successfully Tests 'Carrier Killer' Missile In The Gobi Desert -- Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Refuses To Enforce Gun Laws -- Here Comes New Home Sales -- Microsoft, HP & Amazon Will Be The Next Tech Firms Taken To The
Woodshed -- SHILLER: All This Housing Optimism Is Way Too Premature -- RAND PAUL: If The GOP Doesn't 'Adapt Or Evolve, We're
Going To Die' -- Why Serving In Combat
Does Not Serve Women (Or Anyone Else) Well -- The President of
Perpetual War -- 26 Cubans
Repatriated from Ecuador -- CDC admits to flu vaccine's
ineffectiveness -- Dianne Feinstein declares war on Bill of Rights -- Big Ag group trying to ban raw milk sales in South Carolina
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News Link • Gun Rights
D.C. man who shot dogs biting boy could face charges
01-25-2013
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Washington Times
D.C. police are investigating whether a man will face criminal charges for shooting a pit bull that was attacking a child in his neighborhood.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • United Nations
UN launches major investigation into civilian drone deaths
01-25-2013
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Antiwar.com
A UN investigation into the legality and casualties of drone strikes has been formally launched, with a leading human rights lawyer revealing the team that will carry out the inquiry.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Oshkosh Truck (OSK) Updates FY13 Earnings Guidance - OSK up 10% overnight
01-25-2013
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Jags Report
Check out Oshkosh truck, maker of heavy armored military noncombat vehicles, the ones they always need to replace.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
New Oregon law might make cigarettes prescription only
01-25-2013
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RT.com
Trying to quit smoking? You might want to move to Oregon. A new bill would classify cigarettes as a Schedule III controlled substance, making them illegal to purchase without a doctor’s prescription.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Thoughts Following the Inauguration of Septimius Severus
01-25-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
I’ve been thinking about fault lines, and fractures, and diversity, and when it’s all going to implode. I hope I’m still around because it is going to be one gorgeous show. Few things are as entertaining as a truly good disaster.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Yaron Brook visits Phoenix!
01-25-2013
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Phoenix Objectivists
On Tuesday, January 29th at 6:30 p.m. Ayn Rand Institute Executive Director Yaron Brook will appear at a speaking engagement and book signing at the Arizona Project Tea Party.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
I Put My Life on the Line Writing This Article!
01-25-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
America’s two biggest groups of scammers have got to be police officers and firefighters, whose union reps routinely tell Americans that their members put their lives on the line every day simply by slipping into their uniforms.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
A Strategy for Liberty
01-25-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
The title of this post is taken from chapter 15 of Murray Rothbard’s “For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto.” Throughout the book, Rothbard has laid out the case for the libertarian solution to the problems of politics and government.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Open Source, Powder-Based 3-D Printer Has Full-Color Potential
01-25-2013
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Wired.com
PWDR is an open source, inkjet-based 3-D printer that has the potential to bring a Wizard of Oz-like range of color to the previously black and white world of additive fabrication.
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News Link • Internet
Why Experts Think Twitter’s 6-Second Videos Could Be Huge
01-25-2013
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Wired.com
Tech journalists spent Thursday playing with, writing about, and reviewing Twitter’s clever and simple new system for video posts, Vine.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bill To Set Limit For Driving While Stoned Has A Good Chance
01-25-2013
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denver.cbslocal.com
A plan is in the works to set a limit for people driving while under the influence of marijuana, and this time lawmakers say they’ll get it done.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Number Of Nation's Sheriffs Refusing To Enforce Unconstitutional Gun Laws Snowballs
01-25-2013
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www.cnsnews.com
From Florida to California, a growing number of the nation's sheriffs are standing up to gun control measures proposed by both the administration and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
The Truth About Weight-Loss Pills and Energy Drinks, for Knowledge and Profit
01-25-2013
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Wired.com
Between medications and food, there’s a huge swath of edible products that don’t need approval from the Food and Drug Administration, including energy drinks, vitamins, weight-loss pills, and other supplements.
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News Link • China
China Successfully Tests 'Carrier Killer' Missile In The Gobi Desert
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
China's PLA "sunk" a U.S. aircraft carrier during a war game in remote China using its DF-21D "Carrier Killer" missile, reports Taiwan paper Want China Times.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Ad Execs Are Using This Blog To Get Revenge On Their Creepy Bosses And Clients
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
A blog called "The Creative Confessional" started life as a place where art directors and copywriters at ad agencies could go to anonymously confess their weird quirks and dislikes about the job.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
This Ad Is Really Footage Of A $20,000 Robbery
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Getting $20,000 worth of merchandise stolen right before Christmas is pretty awful. That's why Brazilian menswear store Reserva decided to make metaphorical lemonade out of its lemons.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Woz Says The Scene From New Steve Jobs Movie Is 'Totally Wrong'
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has come out and said that the preview scene from the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic is totally inaccurate, Gizmodo's Jesus Diaz reports.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Refuses To Enforce Gun Laws
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Infamous Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is among a number of sheriffs across the country who are vowing that they will not enforce any new gun laws imposed by the federal government.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Beyoncé's Super Bowl Set List Revealed " Here's Today's Buzz
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
In the wake of her National Anthem lip synching scandal, it's been revealed that Beyoncé will SING "Crazy in Love" during a solo set to kick off the Super Bowl.
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News Link • Internet
Facebook Is Hoarding Its Social Graph And Cutting Off Competitors Left And Right
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
In the past week, Facebook has prevented multiple services from using its Social Graph.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Housing
SHILLER: All This Housing Optimism Is Way Too Premature
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Yale professor Robert Shiller is one of the pre-eminent experts in house prices.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Evidence Against Actively Managed Investment Funds Is Staggering
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
The amount of evidence stacking up that hedge funds, mutual funds and even private equity do not provide value for their investors is just staggering.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
RAND PAUL: If The GOP Doesn't 'Adapt Or Evolve, We're Going To Die'
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul firmly staked out his place as a conservative firebrand this week, igniting the blogosphere and cable news punditry with his feisty interrogation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Don't Believe The Myth About Americans Living Beyond Their Means
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Brace yourself. In coming weeks you’ll hear there’s no serious alternative to cutting Social Security and Medicare, raising taxes on middle class, and decimating what’s left of the federal government’s discretionary spending.
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News Link • China
Fully Armed Chinese Z-10 Helicopter With Extra Fuel Tanks On 'Combat Status'
01-25-2013
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Business Insider
Alert 5 posts Chinese military hardware pictures straight from the ground, but they can lack context as PLA troops or brave civilians snap photos of classified military manuevers and post to Weibo.
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News Link • Activism
The Flobots: Reviving the Poetry of Politics
01-25-2013
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Common Dreams
In 2006, Neil Young told the Los Angeles Times that the silence of young songwriters during the Bush era compelled him to retake the stage as a protest singer:
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News Link • Economy - International
Reclaiming Our Imaginations from 'There Is No Alternative'
01-25-2013
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Common Dreams
We live in a time of heavy fog. A time when, though many of us dissent and resist, humanity seems committed to a course of collective suicide in the name of preserving an economic system that generates scarcity no matter how much is actually produced
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Why Serving In Combat Does Not Serve Women (Or Anyone Else) Well
01-25-2013
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Common Dreams
Crucial as it is for women to have the same opportunities and benefits as men who do comparable work, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s announcement that women can now serve in combat positions in the military should not be misconstrued.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Kerry: US Will ‘Do What We Must’ to Stop Iran
01-25-2013
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Antiwar.com
Confirmation Hearings Seen as Formality, Approval Could Come Tuesday
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Cuba
26 Cubans Repatriated from Ecuador
01-25-2013
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havanatimes.org
Ecuadorian authorities on Monday repatriated 26 Cubans who arrived at the International Airport in Quito without a letter of invitation, reported the Café Fuerte website.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Scary things contaminating our food supply
01-25-2013
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naturalnews.com
Before you read this article, be warned: you may never want to eat again.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama removing all military leaders from command if they will not fire on U S citizens
01-25-2013
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naturalnews.com
It is not a claim being made by some obscure personality who hosts a late-night "radio show" on shortwave, or by a known far-out lunatic seeking his latest 15 minutes of fame, but by none other than a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
CDC admits to flu vaccine's ineffectiveness
01-25-2013
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naturalnews.com
Untold thousands of people from nearly all 50 U.S. states have continued to flood hospital emergency rooms in recent weeks due to widespread outbreaks of flu-like symptoms.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Dianne Feinstein declares war on Bill of Rights
01-25-2013
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naturalnews.com
US Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced her highly-anticipated gun disarmament legislation yesterday,
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Big Ag group trying to ban raw milk sales in South Carolina
01-25-2013
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naturalnews.com
It has come to our attention that the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), a national non-governmental organization that claims to represent the interests of American farmers, is right now attempting to covertly eliminate the freedom of South Caro
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Marc Victor
The Attorney For Freedom Show
01-24-2013
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Examiner.com
Attorney Marc J. Victor hosts a weekly Internet radio show the Attorney For Freedom Show every Thursday at 1:00 pm MST on KQCK Live Radio. Tune in and listen to Marc give his perspective on things from a Libertarian point of view.
Archived shows are
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Police State
Greek riot police put end to Metro workers sit-in (PHOTOS)
01-25-2013
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Russia Today
Police stormed a Metro depot in Athens occupied by subway workers who refused to go to work for nine consecutive days. On Friday all public transport workers in the Greek capital joined the strike, putting the city on the verge of transport collapse.
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Multiple vaccine doses have resulted in up to 145,000 child deaths in past 20 years
1-24-2013
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Natural News
The recommended childhood vaccination schedule has changed dramatically over the years, with children now receiving upwards of 30 vaccines, including multiple combination vaccines, before the age of six. And in many cases, doctors and nurses administ
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Martial Law
Obama to Top Brass: Will you fire on American Citizens?
01-25-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Obama administration is openly escalating its campaign against private gun ownership, and shaking up the top ranks of the military command structure " but is it also preparing to make war on the American population? According to a person identifi
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Surveillance
San Francisco streetlights will spy on passersby
01-25-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
San Francisco, California is the second-most densely populated urban area in the US, but those nearly one million residents of the City by the Bay are about to lose what little amount of privacy they have.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commis
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Chris Menke
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Is US Involvement in Mali War Really ‘Limited’?
01-24-2013
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Antiwar.com
Washington claims its only direct involvement in France’s military intervention in Mali includes the US Air Force flying in French soldiers and 124 tons of equipment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
House passes 'no budget, no pay' bill, but is it unconstitutional?
01-23-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
The House passed its “no budget, no pay” bill, which suspends the debt ceiling and calls upon both chambers of Congress to pass a budget resolution for fiscal year 2014 by April 15. If lawmakers miss that deadline their salaries are withheld.
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News Link • Draft
Women in combat: Will they have to register for the draft?
01-23-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
Now that the Pentagon is lifting its ban on women in combat, does this mean that women could potentially be drafted, too? When women turn 18, will they now need to register, as men do, so that they can be conscripted in the event of a World War
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News Link • Police State
Leveson: EU wants power to sack journalists
01-23-2013
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Daily Telegraph
A European Union report has urged tight press regulation and demanded that Brussels officials are given control of national media supervisors with new powers to enforce fines or the sacking of journalists.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Pupil expelled after finding ‘sloppy coding’ that compromised security
01-23-2013
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A student has been expelled from Montreal’s Dawson College after he discovered a flaw in the computer system used by most Quebec Colleges, one which compromised the security of over 250,000 students’ personal information.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Financial Crisis Suit Suggests Bad Behavior at Morgan Stanley
01-23-2013
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New York Times
On March 16, 2007, Morgan Stanley employees working on one of the toxic assets that helped blow up the world economy discussed what to name it. “Subprime Meltdown,” “Hitman,” “Nuclear Holocaust” and “Mike Tyson’s Punchout,”
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News Link • Gun Rights
NYPD Commissioner says department will begin testing a new high-tech device
01-23-2013
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.nydailynews.com
The device, which tests for terahertz radiation, is small enough to be placed in a police vehicle or stationed at a street corner where gunplay is common
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