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Date Sent: 2013-03-13
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
Pentagon creating offensive teams to launch cyberattacks as threat grows
LA archdiocese settles 4 sex abuse cases for $10M -- The Maddening Financial Times: Inflation Is Our God and Bernanke is His Holy Prophet -- How Can the U.S. be at War with Al-Qaeda and Support It? -- US citing security to censor more public records -- Record 89,304,000 Americans 'Not in Labor Force' -- Recess Appointments Ruling to Be Appealed -- Head Of TSA Questioned On Criminal Conduct Within TSA & Body
Scanner Safety -- Government School’s Communist Thought
Indoctrination Process -- The Early Stages of ObamaCare -- NASA
Launches Space Radiation Challenge for Students -- Mars Colony
Project Signs Deal to Study Spacesuits, Life Support -- More
CDC Nonsense About the Flu Vaccine -- The War Against Bradley
Manning – A War Against All Who Speak Out Against Injustice --
Staring Armageddon in the Face But Hiding It With Official Lies --
Who’ll Rule Us? The Crips or the Bloods? -- For Detroit, a Crisis of
Bad Decisions and Crossed Fingers -- State Dept Reiterates
Sanctions Threat Against Pakistan Over Iran Pipeline -- North
Korea declares 1953 armistice invalid -- Banks saved, but Europe
risks "losing a generation" -- Found: Peptide In Humans'
Brains That Keeps Us Alert And Happy -- Who Speaks Now for the GOP?
-- Rand Paul’s Misplaced Celebration -- Woman accused of exposing
breasts at cameras -- 'Four trucks filled with bodies' after
Reynosa firefight -- Feds stop calling dry land 'water' --
Brooklyn neighborhood on police lockdown following protest -- House
Democrats Demand Answers from Obama about Drone Killings -- Shocker:
80% of NYC graduates unable to read -- Alabama’s Appeal of the
1965 Voting Rights Act: States’ Rights Over Voting Rights? -- US
lost almost half a billion dollars due to Daylight Saving Time
AZ: Silver Circle at Pollack Tempe Cinemas -
April 11th, 2013 - Tempe, AZ -- Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction
with Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, Apr. 13
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News Link • Internet
Pentagon creating offensive teams to launch cyberattacks as threat grows
03-12-2013
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Washington Post
The Pentagon’s Cyber Command will create 13 offensive teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks from abroad, Gen. Keith Alexander testified to Congress on Tuesday, a rare acknowledgment of the military’s abili
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News Link • Religion: Believers
LA archdiocese settles 4 sex abuse cases for $10M
03-12-2013
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AP
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four cases alleging abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told Cardinal Roger Mahony nearly 30 years ago he had molested children, attorneys confirmed on Tuesday.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Maddening Financial Times: Inflation Is Our God and Bernanke is His Holy Prophet
03-12-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The Financial Times covers Ben Bernanke with adulation that would have made Caligula blush, claiming the heroic "helicopter Ben" saved the economy through inflation. Thus, he has not become "lawnmower Ben" who would be "shredding the green shoots of
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News Link • TERRORISM
How Can the U.S. be at War with Al-Qaeda and Support It?
03-12-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The U.S. has provided material support to terrorists that call themselves al-Qaeda or otherwise link themselves to this term, whatever organization of umbrella beliefs it stands for. How can the U.S. be at war with al-Qaeda AND be providing
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News Link • Obama Administration
US citing security to censor more public records
03-12-2013
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Washington Examiner
The Obama administration answered more requests from the public to see government records under the Freedom of Information Act last year, but more often than it ever has it cited legal exceptions to censor or withhold the material
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Record 89,304,000 Americans 'Not in Labor Force'
03-12-2013
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CNS News
The number of Americans designated as "not in the labor force" in February was 89,304,000, a record high, up from 89,008,000 in January, according to the Department of Labor.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Recess Appointments Ruling to Be Appealed
03-12-2013
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New York Times
The Obama administration decided it will appeal a sweeping ruling by an appeals court that President Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate in making 3 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Head Of TSA Questioned On Criminal Conduct Within TSA & Body Scanner Safety
03-12-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Video - Sierra Adamson questions John Pistole, Administrator of the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on the criminal conduct of TSA workers and the safety of the body scanners used at checkpoints.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Government School’s Communist Thought Indoctrination Process
03-12-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Vanessa Richardson tells me she is “a homeschool mom. My son” " and, presumably, her student " “and I made a video in regards to the insane over-reaction of school officials over toy/imaginary guns in schools.” Her video not only exposes the ideolog
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
The Early Stages of ObamaCare
03-12-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Here is a great talk given at The 21 Convention in 2012, by Doug McGuff, MD, a prominent member of the ancestral health (paleo-primal) community: “Fitness, Health, and Liberty.” Doug, an emergency room physician, is well known for his ‘Body By Scienc
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Launches Space Radiation Challenge for Students
03-12-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Mike Wall
The danger of space radiation is one of the biggest obstacles to the manned exploration of deep space, and NASA is hoping today's kids can help overcome it.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mars Colony Project Signs Deal to Study Spacesuits, Life Support
03-12-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Mike Wall
A non-profit organization that aims to land four astronauts on Mars in 2023 has signed its first deal with a supplier for the ambitious space colonization effort.
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News Link • Government
The War Against Bradley Manning " A War Against All Who Speak Out Against Injustice
03-12-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by John W. Whitehead
Time and again, throughout America’s history, individuals with a passion for truth and a commitment to justice have opted to defy the unjust laws and practices of the American government in order to speak up against slavery, segregation, discriminati
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Staring Armageddon in the Face But Hiding It With Official Lies
03-12-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Paul Craig Roberts
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy created 236,000 new jobs in February. If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I’ll let you have at a good price.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
For Detroit, a Crisis of Bad Decisions and Crossed Fingers
03-12-2013
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nytimes.com, By MONICA DAVEY and MARY WILLIAMS WAL
This city was already sinking under hundreds of millions of dollars in bills that it could not pay when a municipal auditor brought in a veteran financial consultant to dig through the books.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Chinese Knockoff iPhone 5S Runs on … Android
03-12-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Christina Bonnington
The ethically questionable Chinese smartphone maker GooPhone is at it again with another iPhone knockoff, an “iPhone 5S” that runs … Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
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News Link • Iran
State Dept Reiterates Sanctions Threat Against Pakistan Over Iran Pipeline
03-12-2013
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Antiwar.com
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland has reiterated US threats to impose economic sanctions on Pakistan if it dares to follow through on the oft-delayed plans to build a gas pipeline to neighboring Iran.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Get in the hole!
03-12-2013
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk,
Mark Mihal was with friends at the Annbriar Golf Course near Waterloo when he suddenly disappeared into the turf on the fairway of the 14th hole
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Why I Hacked Donkey Kong for My Daughter
03-12-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Mike Mika
As a gamer dad, there’s nothing better than when your child asks you to play a videogame. I remember when my son asked if I wanted to play Atari with him.
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News Link • Internet
Kim Dotcom’s Floating Head Speaks to SXSW via Skype
03-12-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Aaron Colter
In one of the more surreal discussions at SXSW, Kim Dotcom, the notorious founder of Megaupload, spoke to an audience via Skype on Monday afternoon, appearing in front of an all-black background and in all-black clothes that gave him the floating-hea
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News Link • WAR: About that War
North Korea declares 1953 armistice invalid
03-12-2013
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edition.cnn.com
The North Korean army has declared invalid the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953, the official newspaper of the country's ruling Workers' Party said Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Banks saved, but Europe risks "losing a generation"
03-12-2013
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http://www.reuters.com, By Luke Baker
Europe has spent hundreds of billions of euros rescuing its banks but may have lost an entire generation of young people in the process, the president of the European Parliament said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Who Speaks Now for the GOP?
03-12-2013
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Antiwar.com
Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul rose on the Senate floor to declare a filibuster and pledge he would not sit down until either he could speak no longer or got an answer to his question about Barack Obama’s war powers.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Rand Paul’s Misplaced Celebration
03-12-2013
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fff.org
With his 13-hour filibuster of President Obama’s nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director, U.S. Senator Rand Paul has drawn the nation’s attention to the issue of whether President Obama claims the authority to assassinate American citizens here
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Woman accused of exposing breasts at cameras
03-12-2013
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http://www.myfoxny.com,
Barnegat, N.J. police arrested a woman after they say she got out of her car, lifted her shirt and bra and exposed her breasts to surveillance cameras.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You
03-12-2013
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popsci.com
Another nail in the coffin for Facebook privacy: An algorithm can accurately predict your demographic info, political preferences, and more, just by looking at your "likes."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Mexico
'Four trucks filled with bodies' after Reynosa firefight
03-12-2013
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http://www.themonitor.com, Ildefonso Ortiz
Fear and panic filled the streets of Reynosa on Sunday night as rival gunmen battled during a three-hour firefight that saw automatic weapons and grenades used. Surprisingly, Mexican authorities were absent for most of the melee.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Frozen Android phones give up data secrets
03-12-2013
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http://www.bbc.co.uk
Freezing an Android phone can help reveal its confidential contents, German security researchers have found.
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News Link • Government
Feds stop calling dry land 'water'
03-12-2013
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http://www.wnd.com, byBob Unruh
A lawsuit by a New Mexico couple whose dry, sandy homestead had been classified as a wetland by federal government regulators is being dropped after Washington agreed to stop mislabeling the land.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Hacked Pool Tables Use A Kinect To Track and Disco-Fy Your Game
03-12-2013
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popsci.com
The Kinect eyes the table, and a projector displays spacey swirls.
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Would You Play A Virtual Reality "Erotic Adventure"?
03-12-2013
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popsci.com
Before it's even released, the world's best virtual reality headset--the Oculus Rift--gets a porn game.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Brooklyn neighborhood on police lockdown following protest
03-12-2013
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http://rt.com
Police intervened after more than 100 people joined together for a candlelit vigil in the East Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, where 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot multiple times by police on Saturday.
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News Link • Obama Administration
House Democrats Demand Answers from Obama about Drone Killings
03-12-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Jon Queally
'Targeted killing' program sets 'a dangerous precedent'
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Manning Statement Audio Leaked in Opposition to 'Extreme Secrecy in Our Courts'
03-12-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Jacob Chamberlain
First time the public has heard Manning's voice since his initial arrest in early 2010
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Alabama’s Appeal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: States’ Rights Over Voting Rights?
03-12-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By William Boardman
Though the Voting Rights Act was overwhelming reauthorized by Congress in 2006, the five Republican justices on the U.S. Supreme Court may gut the law in the name of “states’ rights.” Justice Scalia led the way with provocative, offensive and even we
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Shocker: 80% of NYC graduates unable to read
03-12-2013
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http://rt.com
New York City’s literacy rates are on the decline: nearly 80 percent of high school graduates lack basic skills like reading, writing and math and are required to relearn them before qualifying for community college.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US lost almost half a billion dollars due to Daylight Saving Time
03-12-2013
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http://rt.com
Americans lost more than just an hour of sleep when they set their clocks ahead over the weekend to switch to Daylight Savings Time: a new report says the transition took nearly half a billion from the US economy.
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Feature Article • B.O.R.G.
Creativity Enhancement Mastermind Project
Thomas Costanzo
Everything that exists in the world has been manifested as the result of someones creativity. Everything you have in your life is the result of YOUR Creativity. Imagine how much better your life would be if your creativity could be multiplied! Improv
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Staring Financial Armageddon In The Face But Hiding It With Official Lies
03-11-2013
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http://www.activistpost.com, Dr. Paul Craig Robert
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy created 236,000 new jobs in February.
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News Link • United Nations
Rose Koire and Christina Tobin Discuss Agenda 21 and the Non-Partisan Effort to Defeat It
03-11-2013
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Daily Paul.com
According to Rosa Koire the United Nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development program is the action plan and blueprint to inventory and control every person and thing on the planet.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gabby Giffords's Husband Buys AR-15
03-11-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an "assault weapon," he called it)"which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws.
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News Link • Syria
Unreal Combat Footage Shot From Syrian Government Tank Shows Complete Devastation
03-11-2013
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Business Insider
The footage below, uploaded to YouTube by the U.K.'s Channel 4, gives a startling glimpse into the Syrian war from an unusual perspective " the turret of a Syrian government tank.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
SWAT: Is America Coming Under Martial Law?
03-10-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Many of the articles detail doors suddenly smashed open, flash grenades and gas grenades tossed into the home, people thrown to the floor handcuffed and left for hours in that position, by invading SWAT teams that either had the wrong house, faulty l
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News Link • Internet
DoD Plans to Use Preemptive Deadly Force on Hackers, Cyber Threats
03-10-2013
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...described the best types of bombs to use on hackers to be "Global selective strike systems e.g. penetrating bomber, submarines with long range cruise missiles, Conventional Prompt Global Strike, survivable national and combatant command,"
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News Link • Martial Law
Obama to Top Brass: Will you fire on American Citizens?
03-10-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
After viewing this extremely shocking interview consider the information presented in this equally shocking article.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Where's That Warrant Now?"
03-10-2013
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Simple Justice
Landau is said to have responded by stepping toward the officers and quizzing them about whether or not they had a warrant " at which point they began punching him in the face. The attack caused Landau to fall, but the beating continued
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News Link • Syria
Balkanization of Syrian War
03-10-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The rebel war against the Syrian government has become Balkanized. Literally. The UK Telegraph is reporting the United States has facilitated the shipment of some 3,000 tons of weapons left over from the Balkan wars of the 1990s to Syria via Croatia.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Congress, Drones, and The Imperial Presidency
03-11-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Last week Senator Rand Paul held a 13-hour filibuster to force the Obama administration to state whether it believes the President has the right to kill American citizens with drones on US soil. I find it tragic that there has to be a discussion
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News Link • Drug War
Navy Might Lose Its Technological Testing Ground " The Drug War
03-11-2013
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Wired.com
Budget cuts have forced the Navy to cancel its deployments to Latin America supporting the drug war. And what happens in Latin America doesn’t stay in Latin America.
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News Link • Activism
Seattle Bar Bans Google Glasses, Threatens "[Rear] Kickings" For Violators
03-11-2013
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Business Insider
A Seattle bar dive just deemed that Google Glass will not be allowed inside its building.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
US Companies Keeping Even More Money Offshore
03-11-2013
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Business Insider
U.S. companies are keeping more of their profits offshore, choosing overseas tax havens amid talk in Washington about closing corporate tax loopholes, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Organized Crime Hackers Are The True Threat To American Infrastructure
03-11-2013
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Business Insider
CHINESE hackers may get all the notoriety, but their cyber-security exploits against American targets are chickenfeed compared with the damage done by organised crime.
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