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Date Sent: 2012-08-12
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, August 12, 2012 |
Three-Star General Was Behind Torture of Bradley Manning, Defense Alleges
We Have Met the Enemy & It's DHS -- American Tragedy: Someone Asked Me For Directions, And I Didn't Have My Gun -- 'No Charges' Against Goldman Sachs, say Feds -- Caravan for Peace: Mexican Victims of Violence Take Aim Against US Firearms -- Manning Defense Calls for Dismissal of Charges over Cruel and Unusual Punishment in Detention -- Victory for Anti-Nuclear Power Movement in the US -- US politicians urge Bahrain to free activist -- This Will Ferrell Movie Pisses Off the Koch Brothers -- Test of shame! Lebanese protest against anal probe for suspected gays -- Iran Earthquakes Kill 250, Thousands Injured -- Austerity Hastens Economic Decline -- Wired reporter hack
reveals perils of digital age -- Exynos 5 Dual chip is unrobed by
Samsung -- Curiosity Mars rover installing smarts for driving --Why
Mars Rover Curiosity Is Likely to Find 'Martians' -- Severed Hands
Discovered in Ancient Egypt Palace
Several Libertarian candidates in the Arizona primary election are
write-in candidates
POOL PARTY AT HANCOCK'S SUNDAY, AUG 19, 2012 from 1 P.M. TIL ??
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News Link • Military
Three-Star General Was Behind Harsh Treatment of Bradley Manning, Defense Alleges
08-11-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Kim Zetter
An order to submit WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning to harsh and allegedly illegal treatment in prison apparently came from the upper echelons of the Marine Corps.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
POOL PARTY AT HANCOCK'S SUNDAY, AUG 19, 2012 from 1 P.M. TIL ??
08-11-2012
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Ron Paul Revolution Phoenix
Ernest and I have not had much time to visit with anyone this summer since we have been on the road so much, so we would like to extend an invitation for you to beat the heat and come cool off with us before the summer's over!
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News Link • Gun Rights
American Tragedy: Someone Asked Me For Directions, And I Didn't Have My Gun
08-12-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Abby Zimet
This is a real story. Walt Wawra, a police officer from Kalamazoo, Michigan who had left his gun at home because he was told he wouldn't need it, was visiting Calgary's bucolic Nose Hill Park with his wife when he was approached by two young men in "
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News Link • Justice and Judges
'No Charges' Against Goldman Sachs, say Feds
08-12-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Without accountability, says former watchdog, the 'unending parade of megabanks scandals will inevitably continue'
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News Link • Mexican United States Relations
Caravan for Peace: Mexican Victims of Violence Take Aim Against US Firearms
08-12-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Emilio Godoy
Mexican peace activists month long tour starting Sunday Aug. 12
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Manning Defense Calls for Dismissal of Charges over Cruel and Unusual Punishment in Detention
08-12-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
110-page motion alleges excessive and "retaliatory" treatment
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News Link • Energy
Victory for Anti-Nuclear Power Movement in the US
08-12-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Matthew Rothschild
Score two for the movement against nuclear power in this country.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
US politicians urge Bahrain to free activist
08-12-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera and agencies
Members of Congress write to the government urging release of Nabeel Rajab and others jailed over free-speech cases.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
This Will Ferrell Movie Pisses Off the Koch Brothers
08-12-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Asawin Suebsaeng
It's sophomoric in its satire and cheap in its sight gags, but at its core, the new Will Ferrell comedy is an earnest endorsement of campaign finance reform.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney Picks the Man With the Plan to End Medicare
08-12-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Tim Murphy
Late Friday, NBC News and the Huffington Post reported that Mitt Romney had chosen Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his vice presidential nominee.
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News Link • World News
Test of shame! Lebanese protest against anal probe for suspected gays
08-12-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Lebanese are protesting in Beirut against the use of anal examinations on men suspected of homosexuality and “virginity tests" for women.
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News Link • Iran
Iran Earthquakes Kill 250, Thousands Injured
08-12-2012
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http://www.voanews.com
Rescue teams are still searching for victims in collapsed buildings after two strong earthquakes hit northwestern Iran, killing at least 250 people and injuring 2,600 others.
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News Link • Food
Future Foods
08-11-2012
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arclein
But insects will need an image overhaul if they are to become more palatable to the squeamish Europeans and North Americans, says Gaye, who is a member of the Experimental Food Society.
"They will beco
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News Link • Geology
Magnetic Field, Mantle Convection and Tectonics
08-11-2012
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arclein
It is known that the Earth's magnetic field is produced by convection currents of an electrically conducting iron-nickel alloy in the liquid core, about 3,000 kilometers below the earth's surface. The geomagnetic field is highly variable, there are
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
White - Brown Fat Conversion Understood
08-11-2012
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arclein
Scientists have known that TZDs promote the browning of white fat by activating a cell receptor called peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor"gamma (ppar-gamma), but the exact mechanism was not clear. To learn more, Dr. Accili and his colleague
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Why Paul Ryan is a BAD Choice…
08-11-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Republican Party has chosen another big-government fake conservative to run on the ticket in 2012. Looks like they are gearing up to have their base stay home (again) this year likely causing Obama to get reelected. Perhaps in 2016 they will lear
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Wired reporter hack reveals perils of digital age
08-11-2012
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http://phys.org, by Glenn Chapman
The perils of modern dependence on Internet-linked gadgets and digitally-stored memories remained a hot topic on Friday in the wake of a hack that wiped clean a Wired reporter's devices.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Exynos 5 Dual chip is unrobed by Samsung
08-11-2012
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http://phys.org, by Nancy Owano
Samsung has released details about its next-generation Exynos 5 Dual. This is a dual-core mobile CPU based on ARM Cortex-A15 architecture.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Curiosity Mars rover installing smarts for driving
08-11-2012
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http://phys.org, byJPL/NASA
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm.
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
Olympic Physics: Diving and the Moment of Inertia
08-11-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Rhett Allain
Diving is among the most popular spectator events in the Olympics, a graceful sport that combines elements of gymnastics and dancing. It’s also an excellent example of physics in action.
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News Link • Books
As Women's Status Rises, So Do Literary 'Shes'
08-11-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Megan Gannon
The prevalence of female pronouns " she, her, hers, herself " in American books could be used to track the changing status of women in the 20th century, according to a new study, which found the he/she ratio after the late 1960s mirrored advances in
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Why Mars Rover Curiosity Is Likely to Find 'Martians'
08-11-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Benjamin Radford
With the rover Curiosity now safely on Mars, the world will be seeing lots of video in the coming months and years from the planet's surface.
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News Link • Archaeology
Severed Hands Discovered in Ancient Egypt Palace
08-11-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Owen Jarus
A team of archaeologists excavating a palace in the ancient city of Avaris, in Egypt, has made a gruesome discovery.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Live Bullfrog Trade Implicated in Amphibian-Killing Disease
08-11-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, by LiveScience Staff
Bullfrogs, often shipped live between continents to be eaten, are spreading the deadly chytrid fungus that is threatening amphibians worldwide, new research indicates.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Dyslexia May Be Caused by Signal Processing Problem in Brain
08-11-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, HealthDay News
The learning disability dyslexia is caused by a problem with signal processing involving speech recognition in the brain, according to a new study.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Daily Aspirin May Cut Cancer Deaths, Another Study Finds
08-11-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, By Steven Reinberg
People who take a low-dose aspirin daily may not only be helping their hearts, but also reducing their odds of dying from cancer, according to American Cancer Society researchers.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Prenatal whole genome sequencing: Just because we can, should we?
08-11-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Susan Gilbert
With whole genome sequencing quickly becoming more affordable and accessible, we need to pay more attention to the massive amount of information it will deliver to parents and the fact that we don't yet understand what most of it means, concludes an
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Internal Campaign Memo Reveals Romney Still Won't Take A Stand On Paul Ryan's Budget
08-11-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Grace Wyler
It's only been a few hours since Mitt Romney announced House Budget Chair Paul Ryan as his running mate, but the Republican presidential candidate is already distancing himself from Ryan's signature policy achievement.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
The United States and its Comrade-in-arms, Al Qaeda
08-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by William Blum
Afghanistan in the 1980s and 90s ...
Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s ... Libya 2011 ... Syria 2012 ...
In military conflicts in each of these countries the United States and al Qaeda (or one of its associates) have been on the same side.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
"A Shift Towards a Gold Standard"?
08-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Bryant Brown
In early August, the FDIC1 and the Fed2 issued a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" stating that it intends to adopt the Basel III3 capital requirements.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Heat Wave: The Best Reporting on Our Rising Temperatures
08-11-2012
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propublica.org, by Cora Currier and Suevon Lee
July was the hottest month ever in the continental U.S., and the past twelve months have been hotter than any such period on record.
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News Link • Surveillance
Stratfor emails reveal secret, widespread TrapWire surveillance system
08-11-2012
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http://rt.com
Former senior intelligence officials have created a detailed surveillance system more accurate than modern facial recognition technology " and have installed it across the US under the radar of most Americans, according to emails hacked by Anonymous.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Blink! U.S. Debt Just Grew by $11 Trillion
08-10-2012
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Bloomberg
What are the numbers on the real national debt? With a projected $11 trillion fiscal gap in the past year, it looks more and more unlikely that this massive debt will ever be able to be repaid.
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News Link • Corruption
New Mexico finance officials arrested for faked audit
08-10-2012
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Reuters
The New Mexico Finance Authority, which issues debt to help local government with public works, suspended two executives on Thursday following the arrest of the agency's chief operating officer and a former controller, an official said.
Chief Oper
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Japan lawmakers vote to double sales tax
08-10-2012
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AFP
The legislation, which at the same time makes provision to revamp the country's precarious social security system, has been the main focus of Yoshihiko Noda's 11-month premiership.
The bill is a rare tangible achievement in the revolving door worl
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Strip Search Mom, "Forcibly" Pull Tampon Out of Her for Maybe Rolling Through Stop Si
08-10-2012
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Chris Sweeney/New Times
A woman who was pulled over for allegedly making a rolling stop was humiliated and brutalized as cops detained her and strip searched her on the side of the road in front of her two young children and passing cars.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Which CEO Made $5 Million Stealing Your Kid's Lunch Money?
08-10-2012
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http://tv.globalresearch.ca, Brave New Foundation
ALEC is working to ensure that public education dollars get diverted to private profits.
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News Link • Military
Soldiers Who Refuse to Kill
08-10-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by David Swanson
One of the most inspiring events thus far at the Veterans For Peace National Convention underway in Miami was a presentation on Thursday by several veterans who have refused to participate in war.
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News Link • Activism
At Drone Convention, Zero Tolerance for Peace
08-10-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Medea Benjamin
When are we, as a nation, going to have a frank discussion about drones and remote-controlled killing?
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
There is 'no safe dose of radiation' from TSA naked body scanners
08-10-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by: J. D. Heyes
Besides the fact that they are being operated by an agency that demonstrates on a daily basis a disdain and disregard for discretion, privacy, and professionalism, the Transportation Security Administration's full-body backscatter x-ray machines are
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News Link • World News
Chavez claims arrested US citizen could be linked to alleged plot to destabilize Venezuela
08-10-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
President Hugo Chavez announced Thursday that security forces arrested a U.S. citizen and suspect he is a mercenary who could be involved in an alleged plot to destabilize Venezuela if the opposition’s candidate loses the upcoming presidential elect
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News Link • Martial Law
US Army Tactical Manuals Describe How to Control Domestic Insurrection
08-10-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In 2010, the US Army’s Operating Concept 2016-2028 was published and explains how armed forces in the US and overseas will behave in the future. Specific tactical operations, special “theater”, and organized forces are outlined along with the capabil
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
San Bernardino Bankruptcy May Start Trend for California Cities: Moody's
08-09-2012
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Reuters
The recent bankruptcy filing by San Bernardino, California, underscores the financial stress faced by cities in the state and the potential that more might seek Chapter 9 protection from their creditors, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday.
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News Link • Surveillance
Army Tests Spy Blimp Over NJ
08-09-2012
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NBC News (video)
The Army is testing its $517 million spy blimp in the skies over the New Jersey military base where the German airship Hindenburg crashed in 1937.
The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle spent more than 90 minutes around Joint Base McGuire-
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News Link • Internet
Pentagon proposes more robust role for its cyber-specialists
08-09-2012
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Washington Post
The Pentagon has proposed that military cyber-specialists be given permission to take action outside its computer networks to defend critical U.S. computer systems " a move that officials say would set a significant precedent.
The proposal is part
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Russian security firm found new computer virus circulating in Middle East
08-09-2012
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AP
A new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East, expanding the electronic arsenal deployed by the U.S. and Israel against their rivals in the region.
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Arizona Election Fraud: Is Stealing Two Billion in Taxes a Crime too Big to Prosecute?
08-09*2012
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The Intercept
After Arizona's appellate courts ruled in favor of the Libertarian argument for prospective relief for rigged elections, serious efforts were initiated to ensure that justice remained an unobtainable dream. The goal of the lawsuit, of course, is to
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA harassment sends rape victim to emergency room
08-09-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
What would have likely been a routine flight out of a Florida airport this weekend ended with a woman being sent to the emergency room after TSA agents insisted on groping a traumatized rape victim in a security pat-down that put her in the hospital.
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News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
Social Media Creates Modern Day Nastazi Spies for the Global Elite
08-09-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Facebook and its infiltration into our modern society is now the barometer of whether or not a person is “suspicious” or not. Some psychologists are even suggesting that not having a Facebook profile means that you are a psychopath.
The link betwe
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News Link • Police State
Microsoft and Bloomberg Collaborate on Sophisticated Pre-Crime Technology
08-09-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor for New York and Raymond Kelly, police commissioner, are collaborating with Microsoft to create pre-crime and counterterrorism technology to aid federal intelligence and local law enforcement agencies domestic and internatio
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News Link • World News
Behind the Scenes in the Libor Interest Rate Scandal
08-09-2012
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Spiegel Online
What are the details of the Libor scandal? Is it possible that it is one of the largest cases of fraudulent manipulation by bankers in history? Should we question what else could be being manipulated in light of this corruption?
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
The Problem of Political Ignorance
08-09-2012
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Ilya Somin
What is the most effective path to changing the status quo? In this informative lecture, Ilya Somin points out that political ignorance makes voting for politicians less effective and more harmful to the majority than voting with your feet.
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News Link • Government
The State of Oregon v. Rain Man
08-09-2012
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Mark Freeman/Mail Tribune
"It's a story state police and water managers have heard for more than a decade and still consider irrelevant. Ditto for state courts that three times over an 11-year span have convicted Harrington of illegally storing water without a permit. On Wedn
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News Link • Police State
My Day In Court
08-09-2012
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Mike Wasdin
Okay, let's stop pretending... speeding tickets have little if anything to do with 'public safety' and everything to do with raising revenue for the police state. I am not talking about reckless endangerment or someone traveling at a rate of speed
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Your "Duty" To Protect and Serve the Police
08-09-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Police have no enforceable duty to protect an individual threatened by criminal violence. A lawsuit recently filed in New Hampshire demonstrates that police are taught to assume that citizens have a moral and legal duty to protect them.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
GRAY STATE Official Concept Trailer #1
08-09-2012
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www.youtube.com
The world reels with the turmoil of war, geological disaster, and economic collapse, while Americans continue to submerge themselves in illusions of safety and immunity. While rights are sold for security, the federal government, swollen with power,
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Notorious Firm Blackwater to Pay $7.5 Million Fine While Dodging Prosecution
08-09-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
The notorious private military contracting firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million that allows it to avoid prosecution for 17 charges including arms smuggling
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