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Date Sent: 2013-02-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, February 11, 2013 AM edition |
‘Obama Has Put In Place’ Secret Database With ‘Everything On Everyone’
Learning From America's History of Assassinations -- The
inside story of Aaron Swartz’s campaign to liberate court filings --
Student committed to mental ward for 30 days after cursing at professor -- Top U.S. general backed arming Syrian rebels "conceptually" -- Whole Foods CEO: ‘Capitalism Is the Greatest Creation Humanity Has Done for Social Cooperation’ -- Rising Voice of Gun Ownership Is Female -- With Inquiry, an Attempt to Reassure Los Angeles -- Damascus on Edge as War Seeps into Syrian Capital -- U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign -- 4409: LAPD slams a woman's face on concrete then FIST BUMP -- 4409: LAPD chase man EXECUTE him Claim Self Defense -- $1 million reward offered for fugitive LA ex-cop -- Ahmadinejad: ‘I’m ready for direct talks with US if pressure stops’ -- US allies provide Syrian rebels with weapons 'at the wink and nod' of Washington -- Budget cuts may force Pentagon to cut armed forces – US top military chief -- Iran: Proof New Fighter Jet Not A Hoax --
Solar Panel Makers Continue To Ship Tons Of Toxic Waste Thousands Of
Mile Away -- Matt Damon Is Bewildered By Critics Who Didn't Love His New
Anti-Fracking Film -- Yes, Of Course We Should Cut Military Spending! -- I Was Wrong... It Looks Like A Very Bad Piece Of Fiscal Policy Is
About To Go Into Place -- Iran marks revolution anniversary with
soaring, defiant rhetoric -- Brown University’s student health plan will cover sex changes -- Sperm smuggling alleged at terror prison -- Unintended Consequences (Book in PDF) -- Egyptian court bans YouTube for a month -- Drones Across America -- In the near future, your phone is your doctor -- FULL Reality Check Special: Gun Control HD -- Tracking killer space
rocks -- Police seeking Dorner opened fire in a SECOND case of
mistaken identity -- This Is It! China Surpasses U.S. As Number One
Global Trading Power
11 inventions that help make the grid obsolete
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News Link • Obama Administration
‘Obama Has Put In Place’ Secret Database With ‘Everything On Everyone’
02-10-2013
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http://www.westernjournalism.com, By Daniel Noe
“The President has put in place an organization with the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life,” Representative Maxine Waters told Roland Martin on Monday.
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News Link • Police State
Learning From America's History of Assassinations
02-10-2013
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Huffington Post
It is unfortunate that senior administration officials making life and death decisions today on when, where, and against whom drone strikes should be launched did not live through the 1975-76 discovered plots by our government to assassinate foreign
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
The inside story of Aaron Swartz’s campaign to liberate court filings
02-10-2013
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ARS Technica
Years before the JSTOR scraping project that led to Aaron Swartz's indictment on federal hacking charges the open-data activist scraped documents from PACER, the federal judiciary's paywalled website for public access to court records.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Student committed to mental ward for 30 days after cursing at professor
02-10-2013
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After cursing at a professor during a Spanish final, former Columbia-Juilliard student Oren Ungerleider was involuntarily committed to St. Luke’s Hospital and kept there against his will for 30 days, according to a lawsuit he filed against the Univer
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News Link • Syria
Top U.S. general backed arming Syrian rebels "conceptually"
02-10-2013
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Reuters
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he thought arming the rebels might help end the crisis more quickly and avert the collapse of government institutions, which could lead Syria to become a failed state.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Whole Foods CEO: ‘Capitalism Is the Greatest Creation Humanity Has Done for Social Cooperation’
02-10-2013
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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey " author of the new book “Conscious Capitalism” " was on Glenn Beck’s radio program on Thursday and unashamedly endorsed capitalism in an interview that will have capitalists and libertarians standing up and applauding.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Rising Voice of Gun Ownership Is Female
02-10-2013
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New York Times
Ms. Froebe, 42, a small-business owner who described herself as a “virgin gun shooter,” concentrated and pulled the trigger. “It was awesome,” she said, her face flushed, after emptying the 10-round clip. “The sense of control, of being in charge of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
With Inquiry, an Attempt to Reassure Los Angeles
02-10-2013
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New York Times
Police Chief Beck stood in front of a bank of television camera facing 2 impossible tasks: luring in a fugitive former police officer accused of 3 murders and simultaneously assuring the public that his department was not backsliding on accusations
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Damascus on Edge as War Seeps into Syrian Capital
02-10-2013
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New York Times
Unkempt government soldiers, some appearing drunk, have been deployed near a rebel-held railway station in the southern reaches of this tense capital. Office workers on 29th of May Street, in the heart of the city, tell of huddling at their desks, tr
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News Link • China
U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign
02-10-2013
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Washington Post
The National Intelligence Estimate identifies China as the country most aggressively seeking to penetrate the computer systems of American businesses and institutions to gain access to data that could be used for economic gain.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
$1 million reward offered for fugitive LA ex-cop
02-10-2013
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RT.com
Amid a massive manhunt for the fugitive LA ex-cop suspected of having killed three people, authorities announced a reward of $1 million for information leading to his arrest.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Ahmadinejad: ‘I’m ready for direct talks with US if pressure stops’
02-10-2013
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RT.com
Iran’s president has said he is ready for directs talks with the US if the West stops pressuring his country.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
US allies provide Syrian rebels with weapons 'at the wink and nod' of Washington " Churkin t
02-10-2013
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RT.com
Washington has a lot of influence on countries like Qatar, which is reportedly the main source of weapons and support for the Syrian rebels, so they are not absolved from responsibility, Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin told RT.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Budget cuts may force Pentagon to cut armed forces " US top military chief
02-10-2013
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RT.com
The Pentagon may cut the size of its military forces for the second time in as many years if spending reductions of $470 billion over 10 years take effect, according to America’s top military chief. One third of the cuts would affect armed forces.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Risk as women buy abortion drug RU486 online and have home abortions alone
02-10-2013
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news.com.au
WOMEN are buying abortion drug RU486 online and having abortions on their own at home because they cannot afford a doctor's prescription or cannot get to a clinic.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
The 10 Best Restaurants In Las Vegas
02-10-2013
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Business Insider
Las Vegas is known for gambling, show girls, and wild bachelor parties a la The Hangover, but it is also becoming a new food mecca of the world.
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News Link • Iran
Iran: Proof New Fighter Jet Not A Hoax
02/08/2013
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Big Hairy News
TEHRAN (BHN) - In response to western claims that a recently introduced Iranian fighter jet is a "pathetic hoax," Iran presented evidence Friday they say proves the Queefer F-313 Air Death is a real, functioning aircraft.
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News Link • Energy
Solar Panel Makers Continue To Ship Tons Of Toxic Waste Thousands Of Mile Away
02-10-2013
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Business Insider
Homeowners on the hunt for sparkling solar panels are lured by ads filled with images of pristine landscapes and bright sunshine, and words about the technology's benefits for the environment " and the wallet.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Matt Damon Is Bewildered By Critics Who Didn't Love His New Anti-Fracking Film
02-10-2013
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Business Insider
Matt Damon defended his new anti-fracking feature, Berlin film festival contender "Promised Land", Friday against poor reviews and ticket sales and said it was getting harder to make "issue movies".
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
I Was Wrong... It Looks Like A Very Bad Piece Of Fiscal Policy Is About To Go Into Place
02-10-2013
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Business Insider
A key policy goal right now is to minimize short term austerity since the deficit as a percent of GDP is already shrinking quickly, and the deficit should continue to shrink over the next few years.
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News Link • Iran
Iran marks revolution anniversary with soaring, defiant rhetoric
02-10-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
On the 34th anniversary today of the Iranian revolution, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected Western pressure to negotiate over Iran's nuclear program 'at the point of a gun.'
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Brown University’s student health plan will cover sex changes
02-10-2013
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dailycaller.com
Students at Brown University who decide they want to change genders will now be covered under the school’s generous student health insurance plan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Sperm smuggling alleged at terror prison
02-10-2013
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edition.cnn.com
Dalal al-Ziben holds her son and kisses his head. Al-Ziben never thought she would have another baby considering her husband has been inside an Israeli prison for 16 years and will likely never get out.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Egypt
Egyptian court bans YouTube for a month
02-10-2013
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Washington Post
An Egyptian court ordered a one-month ban on YouTube on Saturday, after it said the video-sharing Web site had failed to remove an American-made anti-Islam video.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Northeast digs out from deadly blizzard
02-10-2013
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wgntv.com
The mammoth blizzard that buried the Northeast under feet of snow has drifted away, leaving millions on a path of hefty recovery.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Chemtrails
Well, Well Evergreen Aviation Admits to (chemtrail) Weather Modification Contract w/USAF
02-09-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Evergreen Aviation, one of the worlds largest private aviation companies admits to weather modification service. On their own website in the Markets section for their New Super Tanker they state Weather modification among other interesting services.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Drones Across America
2-10-2013
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Free Press Publications
Senator Lindsey Graham recently told reporters today that his colleagues in Congress need to get behind Obama's targeted killing program, and protect the president from "libertarians and the left." And a leaked Department Of Justice white paper ex
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
In the near future, your phone is your doctor
02-10-2013
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NBC News
Why pay hundreds of dollars for EKGs, ultrasounds, blood tests, heart monitoring and other things when there's an app for that? What if your phone could tell you were about to have a heart attack?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Gun Rights
FULL Reality Check Special: Gun Control HD
02-10-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) Full length video from Ben Swann with another edition of Reality Report. This report covers the true statistics regarding gun and other violence, our individual rights and the founders meaning and reason for the second amendment. Also discus
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police seeking Dorner opened fire in a second case of mistaken identity
02-10-2013
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Los Angeles Times
David Perdue was on his way to surf before work when police flagged him down. They asked who he was and where he was headed, then sent him on his way. Seconds later, a police cruiser slammed into his pickup and officers opened fire
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News Link • Currencies
This Is It! China Surpasses U.S. As Number One Global Trading Power
02-10-2013
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http://www.activistpost.com, Brandon Smith
Back in 2008, at the onset of the derivatives and credit collapse, I wrote several economic editorials discussing what I saw as the single most vital trend in the global fiscal system, and how it would cause a disastrous upheaval that would leave the
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Hemp: Uses and Cures (Ghee and Herbal Extract Recipes Included!)
02-10-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Yolanda Bertaud
Hemp, Cannabis sativa, is one of the world’s oldest sources of food and medicine, with a history that dates back ten thousand years.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Couple Addicted to Coffee Enemas, Up to Four Times a Day
02-10-2013
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abcnews.go.com
Mike and Trina swear by their coffee. He enjoys a fine espresso grind, which is "on the cold side"; she prefers a "saturated blend" that is "warm and thicker."
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Radio survey of most promising exoplanets finds no aliens (yet)
02-10-2013
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dvice.com
Over the past several years, astronomers have detected a handful of exoplanets that seem like promising candidates for supporting some kind of life. Maybe even something intelligent.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Studies Find Flu Shots Can Harm Your Heart, Infant And Fetus
02-10-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Sayer Ji
Flu vaccines, according to the best scientific evidence available today, will only work against 10% of the circulating viruses that cause the symptoms of seasonal epidemic influenza.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
11 inventions that help make the grid obsolete
02-10-2013
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dvice.com
As of last year, 1.3 billion people world-wide were living in areas that had no access to electricity.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Joss Whedon teases us all with this amazing Firefly Magazine
02-09-2013
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http://io9.com, Meredith Woerner
What is this? Joss Whedon shared a picture of a Firefly Magazine on his Facebook Page.
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News Link • Police State
Lawmakers propose giving federal judges role in drone strikes, but hurdles await
02-08-2013
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Washington Post
A proposal to give federal judges a direct role in the nation’s drone campaign gained new momentum this week with a signal from senior lawmakers that they intend to consider creating a special court to oversee the selection of targets for lethal str
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News Link • Government
Obama to propose 1 percent pay hike for federal employees
02-08-2013
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Washington Post
President Obama will propose a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees in the administration’s fiscal 2014 budget proposal, the Washington Post has learned.
At the same time, the House plans to vote soon on legislation that would extend
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS budget woes, shrinking staff threaten to derail agency
02-08-2013
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As the Internal Revenue Service prepares to enter tax season full-bore, the agency is faced with a tightened budget, a shrinking workforce and an ever-more complex and increasing workload.
That combination, along with leadership changes at the top
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Debt crisis looming as Washington 'hides the real fiscal cliff numbers’
02-08-2013
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Russia Today
The US national debt is twenty times higher than is officially reported, approaching $222 trillion, and today’s children could soon be paying their parent’s debts, reputed American economist Laurence Kotlikoff told RT.
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News Link • Anonymous
FBI launches probe into Anon’s Federal Reserve hack
02-08-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The FBI has launched an investigation into a recent Anonymous hack of a Federal Reserve database in retaliation for the US harassment of Aaron Swartz, who recently committed suicide. The hackers reportedly obtained 4,000 personal records in the attac
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Tea party students to protest butt-plug giveaway at NC State Univ.
02-08-2013
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Rawstory
Young Americans for Liberty, originally formed to support Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign, expressed outrage at the use of student funds for the event. “The fact that a public university is going to spend mandatory student fees on such
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News Link • Bush Administration
Hacker reveals George W. Bush’s naked self-portraits
02-08-2013
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Rawstory
Personal information stolen from several email accounts belonging to people close to the Bush family reveals the nation’s 43rd president has developed an affinity for painting himself bathing, of all things.
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News Link • Economy - International
Has WWIII already begun? Gerald Celente breaks down the Past, Present, and Future
02-08-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gary Franchi and Next News Network interview Trends forecaster Gerald Celente covering our current condition and future paths. Topics discussed cover the economy, the power play behind ever expanding wars and the natural resources involved, Wall Str
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News Link • Constitution
Hanover students, teacher renew push for Constitution bucks
01-19-2013
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Times Dispatch
After battling for 15 years to convince Congress that a shortened version of the U.S. Constitution should be printed on the back of $1 bills, a Hanover County middle school teacher took the fight to a new battleground on Tuesday: YouTube.
Randy Wrig
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Sandy Hook: Law Enforcement Officials Now Admit Possibility Of Multiple Shooters
02-08-2013
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govtslaves.info
In a shocking twist of events lending credence to it has now been admitted by officials that there is a potential that multiple shooters carried out the bloody massacre that took place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School the morning of December 14, 2
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Storm Panic: Bank Of America Warns Get Cash, FEMA Sees Blackouts
02-08-2013
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govtslaves.info
In what may be the first full digital storm panic, federal, state and business officials worried about the snow headed for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have taken to Twitter warn that a potential disaster is coming.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
15 Year Old Jack Andraka Invents Full Proof Method That Detects Multiple Cancers For Pennies
02-08-2013
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govtslaves.info
Jack Andraka is a 15-year-old Maryland high school student who has invented an inexpensive and sensitive dipstick-like sensor for the rapid and early detection of pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Sad Reality Of The 'Economic Recovery' For American Workers
02-08-2013
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Business Insider
Despite optimism-mongering in the media and in certain quarters of Washington and elsewhere, we’ve had indication after indication in the economic data that whatever lousy progress has been made in nudging up GDP, American workers have not benefitted
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News Link • Afghanistan
This Before And After Image Of Afghanistan Is Really Hard To Believe
02-08-2013
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Business Insider
This image of Afghanistan might be hard to wrap your head around, but it's totally accurate.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Women delivering newspapers in Torrance shot in manhunt for ex-cop
02-08-2013
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Los Angeles Times
2 women were shot by Los Angeles police during a massive manhunt for an ex-LAPD officer were delivering newspapers. One was shot in the hand and the other in the back. Their blue pickup truck was riddled with bullet holes and newspapers lay in the st
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
What's behind the punishment for fake guns in schools?
02-08-2013
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naturalnews.com
In the latest episode of Ban Fake Guns, we have a boy suspended from school in Florence, Arizona, for carrying, yes, a picture of a gun on his computer. Screen saver.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun control push causing mass awakening among conservatives about psychiatric drugs
02-08-2013
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naturalnews.com
Well, Natural News has been making the connection for some time now, and it appears that, finally, other media outlets are beginning to do the same thing:
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