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Date Sent: 2012-08-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, August 13, 2012 AM edition |
MS accused of running ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ -- US & Turkey study Syria no-fly zone
Drought crop damage worsens, ethanol waiver urged -- Google to downgrade pirate sites in search results -- Apologetic Swiss banks sweat it out as U.S., Europe mull redress -- Top NY Homeland Security Cop Sues Napolitano; Alleges Obama DHS Officials’ Demands for Oral Sex --
Unicycling teen gets sidewalk summons tossed -- A Marine Sergeant
Speaks Out -- ‘Green-on-blue’ attacks spike in Afghanistan -- How US Military Plans To Kill Americans -- Venezuela's Chavez says U.S. detainee was Marine -- Court defies Congress, heads to Hawaiian junket -- The Civil War of 2016 -- Doylestown Teens Ticketed For Chalk Drawings In Parking Lot -- U.S. banks told to make plans for preventing collapse -- Family loses 120-year claim to land near Tempe -- Judge OKs JPMorgan $100 million credit card settlement -- Boeing Demonstrates Drones That Perform Like ‘Swarm Of Insects’ -- 'Warning behaviors' sought to stop killings -- Parish Louisiana (Bayou Corne) Sinkhole growing -- Collapse: Peak Oil and the End of Industrialized Civilization (VIDEO) -- Utah wants to Register Gardens! Agenda 21? -- Social Security Ponzi Scheme: Ripping Off The Next Generations --
U.S. basketball team defeats Spain to win Olympic gold medal
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 • Education: Government Schools
Mississippi county accused of running ‘school-to-prison pipeline’
08-12-2012
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Rawstory
"The agencies have helped to operate a school-to-prison pipeline whereby children arrested in local schools become entangled in a cycle of incarceration without substantive and procedural protections required by the US Constitution.
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News Link • Syria
U.S., Turkey to study Syria no-fly zone
08-12-2012
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Reuters
The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of Damascus
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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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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Food
Drought crop damage worsens, ethanol waiver urged
08-12-2012
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Reuters
The worst drought in more than 50 years has caused more damage than expected to corn crops escalating a food-versus-fuel debate centered on a law that dictates 40% of the corn crop must be converted into ethanol.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Google to downgrade pirate sites in search results
08-12-2012
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AP
Google is altering its search results to de-emphasize the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers of music, movies and other content.
The move is a peace offering to Hollywood and the music recording
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Apologetic Swiss banks sweat it out as U.S., Europe mull redress
08-12-2012
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Reuters
Swiss banks hoping to atone for decades of complicity in tax evasion may be left to sweat it out for months as the United States and Germany ponder the right level of punishment.
Switzerland has long dodged U.S. accusations of hiding money for wea
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Top NY Homeland Security Cop Sues Napolitano; Alleges Obama DHS Officials’ Demands for Oral Sex
08-12-2012
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New York’s top Department of Homeland Security cop is suing Department of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano in an explosive but heretofore unnoticed federal lawsuit alleging Homeland Security employment discrimination against straight male age
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Unicycling teen gets sidewalk summons tossed
08-12-2012
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New York Post
Isaih explained it was a unicycle, but the judge didn’t budge.
After learning what an ACD was, Isaih didn’t want to take it " and asked to go back before the judge to ask for a trial.
Delury had read up on the law by Isaih’s second appearance a
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News Link • WAR: About that War
A Marine Sergeant Speaks Out
08-12-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
When I first joined the military I was a good, George Bush conservative who wanted to serve my country. But after three deployments to the Middle East as an infantryman I came to several realizations.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
‘Green-on-blue’ attacks spike in Afghanistan
08-12-2012
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AFP
Seven international soldiers have been killed by their local colleagues in a bloody week of violence in Afghanistan, further eroding trust between foreign troops and the Afghans they work with.
Six died on Friday alone " three American soldiers we
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
How US Military Plans To Kill Americans
08-12-2012
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Adam Strange - Before It's News
Think it can’t happen here? It’s happening"or at least the groundwork is being laid for a future event where the United States military forces go to war against American citizens. Most frightening of all, the American ‘enemy’ is not envisioned to be
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Venezuela's Chavez says U.S. detainee was Marine
08-12-2012
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Reuters
An American arrested in Venezuela while entering illegally from Colombia is a former U.S. Marine and is refusing to explain himself under interrogation, President Hugo Chavez said on Friday.
The United States is expressing skepticism over the late
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Court defies Congress, heads to Hawaiian junket
08-12-2012
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Washington Examiner
This weekend, judges, lawyers and staff of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will convene in Hawaii, for a government-funded conference they refused to cancel despite pressure from GOP lawmakers who balked at the junket's $1 million price tag.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Doylestown Teens Ticketed For Chalk Drawings In Parking Lot
08-12-2012
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CBS News (video)
On the streets of Doylestown, Connor Logan never expected his artwork would get so much attention. “I kind of started to draw a shape and it looked like a turtle, so I just went with it,” said Logan.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. banks told to make plans for preventing collapse
08-12-2012
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Reuters
Regulators directed 5 of the country's biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious problems, emphasizing the banks could not count on government help.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Family loses 120-year claim to land near Tempe
08-12-2012
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Arizona Republic
In 1892, 20 years before Arizona became a state, a pioneer family settled a dusty patch of desert along the Salt River near what is now Tempe Beach Park.
Through the decades, that land passed from one generation down to the next.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Judge OKs JPMorgan $100 million credit card settlement
08-12-2012
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Reuters
JPMorgan Chase & Co won a federal judge's preliminary approval of a $100 million class-action settlement with credit card customers who accused the bank of improperly trying to generate higher fees by boosting their minimum payments.
The settlemen
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News Link • Police State
Boeing Demonstrates Drones That Perform Like ‘Swarm Of Insects’
08-12-2012
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CBS News
Boeing engineers and researchers from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory successfully demonstrated a “swarm” of drones to be used in battle.
According to a Boeing press release, the researchers and engineers conducted the test fli
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
'Warning behaviors' sought to stop killings
08-12-2012
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Arizona Republic
It's often possible to identify people who fall into high-risk groups and take some action to intervene -- from requiring counseling to restricting someone's access to weapons to seeking involuntary commitment, or many other steps
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
UPDATE! Assumption Parish Louisiana (Bayou Corne) Information " Sinkhole growing
08-12-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Assumption Parish Louisiana (Bayou Corne) Information " Sinkhole growing, what a salt cavern is " Videos & Google Earth Pictures of the areas
If you aren’t aware (due to MSM, more concerned about celebrities) there is a serious problem happening i
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
The Childishness of Presidential Election 2012
8-12-2012
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Free Press Publications
In early August the Presidential election slipped to a new low. This is the most childish Presidential election I can remember, but the mudslinging is not as bad as it's been in the past. I recall learning of some fairly low-brow elections from the
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Collapse: Peak Oil and the End of Industrialized Civilization (VIDEO)
08-12-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Propaganda perpetuated by former and current US Presidents have claimed that clean energy will replace oil and set the economy straight however behind closed doors, the march toward further acquisition of oil reserves in foreign nations have been the
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Utah wants to Register Gardens! Agenda 21?
08-12-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The State of Utah wants citizens to register their gardens to keep track of food resources. (Video)
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Social Security
Social Security Ponzi Scheme : Ripping Off The Next Generations
08-12-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
ocial Security is debt slavery for the young. Plain and simple , just one of the many failings of government, who simply is incapable of doing business and can only steal and borrow money in order to spend it.The reward for working hard is to have ha
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
U.S. basketball team defeats Spain to win Olympic gold medal
08-12-2012
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http://www.miamiherald.com, BY MICHELLE KAUFMAN
Miami Heat’s LeBron James’ three-pointer late in fourth-quarter helps seal the victory in a close game with Spain.
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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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 • 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 • 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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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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Robert Lee
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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 • Technology: Software
Swiss scientists use new algorithm to track anything viral to its original source
08-11-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Agence France-Presse
Scientists in Switzerland said on Friday they had devised software that can swiftly trace terror suspects, computer viruses, rumour-mongering and even infectious diseases back to their source.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
August 12, 2012 Edition
08-10-2012
John Semmens
Ad Blaming Romney for Woman's Death Defended
An Obama PAC ad blaming Mitt Romney for a woman's death because Bain Capital closed the plant where her husband worked has come under fire for its inaccuracies. The gist of the ad's pitch is that when t
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News Link • Surveillance
At America's Biggest Drone Show, the Focus Shifts Toward Domestic Skies
08-10-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
If you want to know what the future looks like, sit down and have a talk with Roy Minson. He’s the senior vice president and general manager of unmanned aircraft systems at Aerovironment, the manufacturer of nearly 85 percent of the Department of Def
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News Link • Healthcare
Potassium Iodide tablets being distributed to PA residents living near Nuclear Power Plants
08-10-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Adan Salazar
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is giving away Potassium Iodide tablets to anyone living near any of the five nuclear power plants located throughout the state.
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News Link • Constitution
FBI: Constitution Stands In Way of Government Thwarting “Extremist” Groups
08-10-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
According to Homeland Security News Wire, the federal government considers “extremist domestic organizations” as dangerous, if not more so, than foreign terrorist organizations.
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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://www.prisonplanet.com, Susanne Posel
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.
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News Link • European Union
Arithmetic Problem in Europe and Why the Eurozone Cannot Possibly Survive Intact
08-10-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, Mike "Mish"
Problem in Europe is Arithmetic, Not Confidence; Why the Eurozone Cannot Possibly Survive Intact
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
High-ranking Mexican Drug Cartel Member Makes Explosive Allegation...
08-10-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by fedup911
A high-ranking Mexican drug cartel operative currently in U.S. custody is making startling allegations that the failed federal gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious” isn’t what you think it is.
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Ben Swan.... Operation Fast and Furious Was Really About U.S. Supporting a Drug Cartel?
08-10-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Furious Primate
Ben Swan Reality Check: Operation Fast and Furious Was Really About U.S. Supporting a Drug Cartel?
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Free Guns For Everyone! The Printable Gun with Cody Wilson.
08-10-2012
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http://www.kittyfeet.com
3D printing technology allows objects and even simple machines to be printed from a freely-distributed computer file. Cody Wilson wants to do this with guns and share it with the world.
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News Link • Government
Boy Whose Hot Dog Cart Was Shut Down by the City of Holland Now Homeless
08-10-2012
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Ann Schieber
An update on the sad case of Nathan Duszynski, whose hot dog stand he had saved for months to acquire was shut down by city officials in order to protect brick and mortar restaurants from competition.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Bioterrorism
They Kill with Smiles on their Faces
08-10-2012
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Farm Wars
Open letter to GMO pushers: How much money does it take to effectively eviscerate a conscience? Inquiring minds want to know...
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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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Bob Ross
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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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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Stuxnet, Flame...Gauss: New spy virus found in Middle East
08-10-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A new virus dubbed Gauss has attacked computers in the Middle East spying on financial transactions, emails and picking passwords to all kind of pages.
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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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