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Date Sent: 2013-07-21
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Sunday, July 21, 2013 |
Florida Nurse Terrorized by US Marshals in Warrantless Raid
Neutrality Toward Syria Is a Non-Aggressive Policy, But Obama Wants Assad Out -- Jenny McCarthy Target of Vaccination Pressure Groups (Video) -- Facebook Page Dedicated to Dog Shot by Cops Bans Dog's Owner from Posting -- In Tempe, It’s Coercion -- Detroit’s rise and fall (Video) -- What Happened to Michael Hastings? -- Courts get tough on jury duty no-shows -- New Pentagon ‘Terminator’ Robot Developed for Street Use -- Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science
Opportunities -- Houston Police Discover Several People Being Held
Against Their Will For Years -- NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say -- State Police Officer Relieved Of Duty After Leaking Incredible Photos Of Boston Bombing Suspect -- AIPAC Cowboys Up For War With Iran 17 -- Original Schindler’s List to be sold on eBay for $3 million -- Liz Cheney Is Getting Destroyed In The First Poll Of Wyoming's Senate Race -- GARRY KASPAROV: It's Now Clear That Vladimir Putin Has 'Declared War On The Opposition' -- Greenwald: 'Explosive' NSA Spying Reports Are Imminent -- Watch A 'Kraken' Crawl Out Of A Pile Of Fiery Chemicals -- Ender's Game (2013) -- CIA Is Funding Government Led Chemtrailing Project -- No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe -- Striking Back at Police State Amerika -- HAARP Silenced (for now) -- Welcome to PlantVillage – Free and Easy Interactive Planting Resource! -- Israel's Duplicitous Prisoner Release Offer -- Helen Thomas, pioneer journalist, dies at 92
AZ: The Jackalope Freedom Festival is right around the corner! Aug
2-4, 2013 in northeast Arizona
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News Link • Police State
Florida Nurse Terrorized by US Marshals in Warrantless Raid
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
It was a typical evening after work when Sarasota, Fl., resident Louise Goldsberry finished dinner and began to clean up.
The nurse, employed by the Sarasota Doctors Hospital, proceeded towards the kitchen sink to clean the dishes when she gazed o
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Syria
Neutrality Toward Syria Is a Non-Aggressive Policy, But Obama Wants Assad Out
07-20-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Neutrality toward Syria is the only clearcut non-aggressive policy that Obama can adopt. All his non-neutral policies are policies of entering the war in various degrees, and they must be aggressive policies since Syria is no threat to America.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Jenny McCarthy Target of Vaccination Pressure Groups (Video)
0720-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
HOLLYWOOD " Former model, actress, comedienne, and author Jenny McCarthy is facing a backlash after being offered a spot as a new co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View. This is not because of her stint as a Playboy centerfold, or her ribald a
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Internet
Facebook Page Dedicated to Dog Shot by Cops Bans Dog's Owner from Posting
07-20-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
the video of a California cop killing a dog while arresting its owner for video recording them, I wanted to provide this follow-up.
The story went completely viral, so a Facebook page went up called Justice for Max the Rottweiler " Murdered by Haw
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
In Tempe, It’s Coercion
07-20-2013
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Simple Justice
The silliest part of any guilty plea is the part when the court asks if anyone has threatened or coerced the defendant into pleading guilty.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
The Final Shakedown
07-20-2013
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Jonathan Turley
As the United States draws down its military presence in Afghanistan, the Afghan government of Hamid Karzai has discovered yet another gimmick to extort money from the Americans. Karzai is demanding that the US pay $1000 for each
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Detroit’s rise and fall (Video)
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A CBC News interview with Heidi Ewing discussing the economic plight facing the city and residence of Detroit, Michigan along with her documentary Detropia.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
What Happened to Michael Hastings?
07-20-2013
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Jonathan Turley
I explore the possibility that his death was no accident. In a world where American Presidents openly arrogate to themselves the right to kill people deemed enemies of the United States, all things suddenly become possible.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Courts get tough on jury duty no-shows
07-20-2013
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FOX News
Quintton Jones was fined $100. He showed up for his court date, but left before being excused, saying he had to take care of his sick grandmother. "I did take it seriously I just couldn't stay at all I thought he'd let me off but he didn't," said Jon
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Inspiration
Grandma Drummer Proves You’re Never Too Old To Rock & Roll (Video)
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
This was enjoyable and wanted to share. The videos are provided thanks to TheCoalitionDrumShop in La Crosse, Wisconsin and to Joseph Stix Davis.
I guess a few things can be proven here.
1) Age is a unit of measure, not a factor in ability.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Food
Do You Know These 9 Facts About Gluten?
07-20-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Edward Group
Gluten sensitivities and gluten intolerance are on the rise, making gluten a very popular topic. Because it’s a subject with many facets, here are 9 facts for you to consider to make a sound, rational decision as to whether you should monitor, or po
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
New Pentagon ‘Terminator’ Robot Developed for Street Use
07-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
The U.S. military is trying to develop and deploy a real life terminator. A research agency associated with the Pentagon has unveiled pictures of a robot that looks and walks like a man
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Prepping
39 Fantastic Prepping Tips
07-20-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Gaye Levy
People often ask where my ideas and where my knowledge comes from.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Offers Enticing Science Opportunities
07-20-2013
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space.com
With all the attention being given to Virgin Galactic's impressive list of future celebritynauts (Ashton! Branson! Beiber!), its spaceship's impressive capabilities for microgravity research have been largely overlooked
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
Journalist Michael Hastings' Body Cremated By Authorities Against Family's Wishes
07-20-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Michael Allen
Journalist Michael Hastings’ body was reportedly cremated by Los Angeles authorities against his family’s wishes, destroying possible evidence of his mysterious death in a car accident on June 18.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Anthropology
Chimps, Orangutans Have Human-Like Memories
07-20-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Virginia Morell
single cue"the taste of a madeleine, a small cake, dipped in lime tea"was all Marcel Proust needed to be transported down memory lane.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Houston Police Discover Several People Being Held Against Their Will For Years
07-20-2013
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Business Insider
Four men who range in age from 54 to 79 have been found in a Houston house where they were reportedly held for years in what police describe as a "prison room," according to the local ABC news station.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say
07-20-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit, telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call metadata in the United States is in the “public interest,” does not breach the constitutional rights of A
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
American Golfer Drains A Ridiculous 100-Foot Putt At The British Open
07-20-2013
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Business Insider
American golfer Robert Garrigus is in danger of missing the cut at the British Open, but he hit the shot of the tournament on the 15th hole today.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
State Police Officer Relieved Of Duty After Leaking Incredible Photos Of Boston Bombing Suspect
07-20-2013
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Business Insider
This is how Sean Murphy thinks the Boston Bombing suspect should be remembered.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
AIPAC Cowboys Up For War With Iran
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07-20-2013
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http://mjayrosenberg.com,
Speaking on Face The Nation on Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Iran is about to cross the nuclear red line he set down last September and that the United States had better do something about it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • History
Original Schindler’s List to be sold on eBay for $3 million
07-20-2013
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http://www.timesofisrael.com
Document containing names of 801 Jews rescued from Nazis by German industrialist will be auctioned by California collectors.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Liz Cheney Is Getting Destroyed In The First Poll Of Wyoming's Senate Race
07-20-2013
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Business Insider
The first poll of the Republican primary in Wyoming's Senate race next year shows challenger Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, in rough shape against incumbent Mike Enzi.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
GARRY KASPAROV: It's Now Clear That Vladimir Putin Has 'Declared War On The Opposition'
07-20-2013
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Business Insider
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his former business partner were released from custody Friday, one day after they were each sentenced to at least four years in an embezzlement case.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Greenwald: 'Explosive' NSA Spying Reports Are Imminent
07-20-2013
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http://www.spiegel.de,
Journalist Glenn Greenwald says new reports from the trove of NSA data supplied by whistleblower Edward Snowden can be expected in the next few days. Speaking on a German talkshow, he said they would be even "more explosive in Germany" than previous
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Ender's Game (2013)
07-20-2013
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cinemablend.com
In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Chemtrails
CIA Is Funding Government Led Chemtrailing Project
07-20-2013
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Prison Planet
Spy agency to help study “security impacts” of geo-engineering
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe
07-20-2013
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Prison Planet
No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Ben Swann Interviews Jordan Page (Video)
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Jordan Page, liberty rockstar, talks with Ben Swann one on one about why he supports the Truth in Media project.
Hear why Jordan is so passionate about Truth in Media and check out his upcoming album at www.jordanpagemusic.com
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Surveillance
MIT Moves to Block the Release of the Aaron Swartz Files
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Unfortunately, this is just further proof that most of our celebrated institutions, including prestigious palaces of “higher learning,” are nothing more than apologists and gatekeepers for plutocratic power. It was only a little less than two weeks a
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Surveillance
Fatal Consequences of Living in the NSA Surveillance State " Marcy Wheeler (Video)
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the consequences of living in the NSA Surveillance State, Marcy Wheeler, known to civil libertarians by the cyber-nickname “Emptywheel,” had something to say about it. She has been a full-time commentator on in
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Everything Is Fine, But…
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Everything is going to be just great. Haven’t you heard? The stock market is at an all-time high, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that inflation is incredibly low, and the official unemployment rate has been steadily declining since earl
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Detroit bankruptcy: Is it a warning sign of things to come?
07-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The fact is, long after Detroit’s decline had become obvious, the city’s government kept borrowing and lenders kept lending.
Some of the municipal debt against the future was hidden in the city’s own books in the form of off-balance-sheet pension
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Getting Egypt Wrong
07-20-2013
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arclein
The Egyptian people’s defiance of Brotherhood rule is a serious popular challenge to the most significant strategic reordering of the region perhaps since the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916. Still, there was a clear conservatism when it came to projec
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News Link • Inspiration
An Inspired Life from Rock to a Hard Place
07-20-2013
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arclein
Everman was born on a remote Alaskan island. “My birth certificate says Kodiak, but I’m pretty sure it was Ouzinkie, where my parents lived in a two-room cabin with a pet ocelot named Kia.” That odd precision is how he talks. He’ll describe soldiers
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robert klein
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News Link • Anthropology
Human Origins
07-20-2013
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arclein
Why for example do we have only 46 chromosomes when the Hominoids we evolved from have 48? Traditional science postulates that the 2nd and the 3rd chromosome have spontaneously mutated together creating 23 pair
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Reference Link • Criminal Justice System
Striking Back at Police State Amerika
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
It is time people for the spirit of civil disobedience to rear its head. Short of not complying with any form of gun confiscation. The type of peaceful revolution that I am proposing can be effective without ever firing a shot.
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News Link • HAARP
HAARP Silenced (for now)
07-20-2013
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Fairbanks News-Miner
The military-run High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP facility near Glennallen, Alaska, has shut down. No one's saying how long the closure will last. Considered by some to be a "weather-weapon", and suggested as capable of caus
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Gene Kernan
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News Link • Food
Welcome to PlantVillage " Free and Easy Interactive Planting Resource!
07-19-2013
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Farm Wars
Have you got questions about planting and growing your own food? Don’t know where to find answers? PlantVillage is totally free, and built on the premise that all knowledge that helps people grow food should be openly accessible to anyone.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Death
Helen Thomas, pioneer journalist, dies at 92
07-20-2013
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AP
On a videotape circulated on the Internet, she said Israelis should “get out of Palestine” and “go home” to Germany, Poland or the United States. The remark brought down widespread condemnation and she ended her career.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 21, 2013 Edition
07-19-2013
John Semmens
AG Assails Zimmerman Verdict
The acquittal of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin spurred an incensed Attorney General Eric Holder to vow to rein-in “the senseless concept of self-defense.” A Florida jury decided that Zimmerm
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News Link • Propaganda
US Government-Funded News Comes Home
07-18-2013
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antiwar.com
Following the amendment of a long-standing US law, people in this country will now be exposed to news which is produced by the US government.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
West must fight Syria's Assad if it wants to topple him: UK general
07-18-2013
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Reuters
The outgoing head of the British Army said on Thursday the West would need to fight a war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it wanted to have a "material impact" on his calculations.
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News Link • Drones
Colorado Town Debates Bounty On Drones
07-18-2013
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popsci.com
If the bill passes, it's open season on government drones.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Gen. Dempsey: US Considering Use of Force in Syria
07-18-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
The nation's top military officer told a Senate panel Thursday the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people
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News Link • Racism
Thoughts From a Libertarian Perspective About Saint Trayvon
07-18-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
The one-sided racialism and non-thought I hear endlessly about Saint Trayvon is literally boggling.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA is More Than Just a Spy Network, it’s Global Fascism
07-18-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Despite the size and scope of Edward Snowden’s NSA whistleblowing, there’s little sign of Washington DC changing its practices, and even less of an indication that any of its European allies will actually hold it to account.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
The Un-Noticed Story On Sovereign Privilege
07-16-2013
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Karl Denninger at Market Ticker
Obama Administration may be siding with Argentina in NML Capital v. Argentina.
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Palestinians Torpedo Kerry Plan to Restart Negotiations
07-18-2013
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Gil Ronen, writing for Arutz Sheva
Fatah demands that Kerry state publicly that the talks are based on pre-1967 lines, as US denies talks "imminent"
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News Link • New World Order
Snowden Did What He Believed Right
07-18-2013
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arclein
"I did not seek to enrich myself," he said. "I did not seek to sell US secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of u
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