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Date Sent: 2013-07-30
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, guilty of all other charges including espionage
Should You Trust Your Instincts on Gold? -- Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right to Keep
Foreign Aid From Egypt, and Here's Why -- The Fascist’s Guide to
Business Success -- 07-30-13 -- Alma Sommer (Jackalope Freedom Festival)
- Leo Magpoc - (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Aquaponics Combines Fish and Vegetables --
Conrad
Black on the British Monarchy -- Pepsi forks over $9 million settlement, agrees to stop calling Naked
Juice 'natural' -- Society's insanity plea: the real cause behind
global mass poisoning and the downfall of ..... -- Monogamy evolved
to keep baby-killers away -- Shiny new teeth concocted from mice and
human urine -- Scientists to Discuss Universe's Strange Dense Spot
Wednesday: Watch Live -- Vermont
Utility tries to bill for off-grid power -- Profiting from
War: A Look Into the World of Israeli Arms Dealing -- JFK Second
Shooter? New Documentary Makes Radical Claim -- “We Steal
Secrets”: A Masterclass in Propaganda. The Assassination of Julian
Assange -- Another Win for Monsanto: US Raises Allowable Levels
of Glyphosate Roundup Herbicide in Food Crops -- Next
Generation Science Standards In Kentucky Draw Hostility From
Religious Groups -- JPMorgan Accused By FERC Of Manipulating
Power Market, To Be Fined $400 Million -- Scientists Catch An
X-Ray Eclipse Of A Planet Where It Rains Glass -- The Illusion of
Israeli/Palestinian Peace for Our Time -- Waging the Battle of Syria
THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY AUGUST
3RD, 2013
AZ: The Jackalope Freedom Festival is right around the corner! Aug
2-4, 2013 in northeast Arizona
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Breaking News: Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, guilty of espionage . . . .
07-30-2013
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AP
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy for sharing classified documents with the web site WikiLeaks. He was found guilty of ALL of the other charges including 5 espionage charges and will rot the best years of his life
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News Link • Events: Arizona
The Jackalope Freedom Festival is right around the corner! Aug 2-4, 2013 in northeast Arizona
07-19-2013
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The Jackalpe Freedom Festival
The Jackalope Freedom Festival is where liberty loving individuals come to be left alone to connect with each other. (BTW - $300 fine for not having both a License Registration for Off Road Vehicle (ORV) AND a new ORV from the State of Arizona.)
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning found not guilty of aiding the enemy
07-30-2013
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Julie Tate and Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
Bradley Manning verdict: An Army judge finds Pfc. Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy by disclosing secret U.S. government documents. Military prosecutors had argued that the largest leak in U.S. history had assisted al-Qaeda. But th
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Egypt
Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right to Keep Foreign Aid From Egypt, and Here's Why
07-30-2013
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Arthur Stern
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) plans to propose an amendment to a transportation and housing spending bill that would use $1.5 billion in foreign aid originally allocated to Egypt for domestic infrastructure projects.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Fascist’s Guide to Business Success
07-30-2013
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FreemansPerspective.Com
We’re giving the average schmuck exactly what he wants: orders to follow and someone to blame. And we get paid a lot of money for it.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Agriculture
Aquaponics Combines Fish and Vegetables
07-30-2013
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arclein
As the fledgling aquaponics industry grows, the need for trained greenhouse-system managers has emerged. UW-Stevens Point has responded by becoming a leader in aquaponics education. In partnership with Nelson and Pade Aquaponics, a Montello-based pro
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Brain Signal Creates Inner Voice
07-30-2013
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arclein
Experiments suggest a brain signal called corollary discharge, which helps us distinguish the sensory experiences we produce ourselves from those produced by external stimuli, plays an important role in our experiences of internal speech, he said.
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robert klein
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News Link • Geology
Permian Extinction Update
07-30-2013
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arclein
The latest clues in the prehistoric puzzle, which reinforce the volcanism theory, come from Ellesmere Island and nearby Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic, where five researchers from the University of Calgary and the Geological Survey of Can
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News Link • History
Conrad Black on the British Monarchy
07-30-2013
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arclein
And I recall various people solemnly, and no doubt sincerely, informing tourists from Europe and North America this tragic loss was not in vain, as it had set in train the republicanization of the country. A number of people announced quite confident
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robert klein
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Pepsi forks over $9 million settlement, agrees to stop calling Naked Juice 'natural'
07-30-2013
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naturalnews.com
The Pepsi-owned Naked Juice brand will soon be getting a labeling makeover following a lawsuit that challenged the processed food giant's indiscriminate and deceptive use of the word "natural."
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News Link • General Opinion
Society's insanity plea: the real cause behind global mass poisoning and the downfall of .....
07-30-2013
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naturalnews.com
There are over five thousand species of mammals on planet Earth, but only one of them is insane. It also turns out there is only one species of mammal that intentionally poisons itself (and its children) by injecting toxic, neuro-damaging ........
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientists to Discuss Universe's Strange Dense Spot Wednesday: Watch Live
07-30-2013
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space.com
An odd dense spot in the universe populated by a surprising amount of matter has been puzzling scientists since it was revealed in March in an all-sky map made by the European Planck satellite.
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News Link • Books
'New Frontiers of Space' Book Brings Universe Down to Earth
07-30-2013
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space.com
A new book celebrates the past and future of human exploration of the cosmos.
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News Link • Energy
Vermont Utility tries to bill for off-grid power
07-30-2013
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http://www.off-grid.net, by BOB
Idaho Public Utilities Commission recently rejected a proposal to raise monthly fees paid by homeowners who install solar panels.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Profiting from War: A Look Into the World of Israeli Arms Dealing
07-30-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Eilat Maoz
War in Israel has become a constant source of profit, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip used as experimental sites for arms dealers backed up by intellectuals. These are the protagonists of ‘The Lab,’ a new film by Yotam Feldman. In its exceptional i
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Movies
JFK Second Shooter? New Documentary Makes Radical Claim
07-30-2013
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Huffington Post
A new documentary alleges that a Secret Service agent was the second (and accidental) shooter in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
“We Steal Secrets”: A Masterclass in Propaganda. The Assassination of Julian Assange
07-30-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Jonathan Cook
I have just watched We Steal Secrets, Alex Gibney’s documentary about Wikileaks and Julian Assange. One useful thing I learnt is the difference between a hatchet job and character assassination. Gibney is too clever for a hatchet job, and his propaga
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Another Win for Monsanto: US Raises Allowable Levels of Glyphosate Roundup Herbicide in Food Crops
07-30-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Russia Today
Biotech giant Monsanto has been awarded yet another victory by the federal government thanks to a recent Environmental Protection Agency decision to allow larger traces of the herbicide glyphosate in farm-grown foods.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Next Generation Science Standards In Kentucky Draw Hostility From Religious Groups
07-30-2013
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Huffington Post
Supporters and opponents of the Next Generation Science Standards sparred during hearings in Kentucky last week, as critics took issue with the standards’ teaching of evolution and climate change.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
JPMorgan Accused By FERC Of Manipulating Power Market, To Be Fined $400 Million
07-30-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-29/jpmorgan-
And now we look forward to learning how many hundreds, or maybe even thousands, of cents the settlement will be, which will also include a full wristslapping pardon of Blythe Masters of course.
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientists Catch An X-Ray Eclipse Of A Planet Where It Rains Glass
07-30-2013
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http://www.forbes.com, Alex Knapp
Earlier this month, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope studied exoplanet HD 189733b and determined that it was a deep blue color, thanks to silicates in its atmosphere that can create storms akin to raining glass.
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Robert Lee
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Feature Article • Activism
Ernest Hancock - Activism By Example - PorcFest X
Drew
Instead of trying to convince others to advocate your perspective, try to help others understand why you are soooo convinced. Then, demonstrate by the example of your life choices. Ernest will provide many examples from his own life.
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News Link • Drones
Protesting the Killer Drones
07-27-2013
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The International Libertarian
The description from the Facebook event page reads:
It has been announced that a multi-million-dollar Drone Command Center will be established by Oct. 1 at the Horsham Air Guard Station, controlling deadly Hunter/Killer MQ-9 "Reaper" Drones. The
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Cenk Uygur: ‘It’s over’ if Obama appoints Larry Summers to the Federal Reserve
07-28-2013
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Rawstory
“If he appoints Larry Summers it is over,” he remarked. “There is no one that can make the case that President Obama is actually a progressive at heart. ‘Oh, wait for the second term. In the second term he’ll be really progressive.’
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News Link • Surveillance
Is Your Cable Box Spying On You?
07-28-2013
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IBT
Should a TV-mounted box have the ability to track our movements, record our voices and monitor our behaviors? Should cable providers and tech companies be allowed to collect such information without our consent?
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Where's America These Days? - by Cathy L.Z. Smith
07-28-2013
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
A man who has told the truth to the world is declared"by a man who has never told the truth"to be a criminal, and his life, future, and freedom hang in limbo, a captive of all the 21st Century wannabe dictators who currently infest this planet,
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Among the Many Things We've Lost... - by Cathy L.Z. Smith
07-28-2013
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
We lost this thing the very moment that one individual member of the species homo sapiens accepted the authoritarian assertions of another member of the species homo sapiens over his own life (which is his right), but then agreed not only to accept,
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News Link • Constitution
Questions for Constitutionalists - by Paul Bonneau
07-28-2013
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
I earlier wrote an article explaining why anarchists ought to stop their Constitution-bashing and start talking with Constitutionalists. Now I want to hit it from the other end, asking what Constitutionalists are prepared to give. l
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Glyphosate, Brain Damaged Babies, and Yakima Valley " A River Runs Through It
07-28-2013
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Farm Wars
Could Glyphosate, used for years on both land and in the river to control weeds, have caused an increase in anencephaly?
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News Link • Heroes
Heroes Three
07-28-2013
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
One of the most unmistakable indications that a civilization is in decline is when it is no longer capable of telling its heroes from its villains. Three heroic individuals, recently in the news, come to mind.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: A House Divided Over NSA Spying on Americans
07-28-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Last week’s House debate on the Defense Appropriations bill for 2014 produced a bit more drama than usual. After hearing that House leadership would do away with the traditional “open rule” allowing for debate on any funding limitation amendment, it
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning: Enemy of "The State"
07-28-2013
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Free Press Publications
The faux trial of Bradley Manning is almost over. Closing arguments ended on Friday July 26, nearly two full months after the trial began on June 3.
Defense lawyer David E. Coombs said in his closing arguments that Bradley Manning is a whistleblow
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Debt limit needs to be raised . . . yet again
07-28-2013
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AP
Congress needs to raise the debt limit and take away the "cloud of uncertainty" about the nation's ability to pay its bills, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt warns sit-ins as weekend death toll climbs
07-28-2013
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AP
Egypt's interior minister pledged to deal decisively with any attempts to destabilize the country as the death toll in weekend clashes between Morsi's Islamist backers and security forces near one of those sit-ins reached 72,
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News Link • Surveillance
Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have 'Powerful and Invasive' Search Tool
07-28-2013
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ABC News (video)
"The NSA has trillions of telephone calls and emails in their databases that they've collected over the last several years," Greenwald said. "These programs are very simple screens...where all an analyst has to do is enter an email address
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News Link • Syria
Syria rebels 'execute 51 soldiers' in northern town
07-27-2013
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youtube
New film has emerged apparently showing the aftermath of another massacre in Syria.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan Audits Reveal Billions in U.S. Taxpayer Waste
07-27-2013
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Wired.com
As the U.S. prepares to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, the government watchdog charged with overseeing nearly $100 billion in contracts to reconstruct the country has found almost $2 billion in potential waste, fraud and abuse in the last three...
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hackers can seize control of automobiles and make them crash on command
07-27-2013
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naturalnews.com
As technology advances, it is becoming more of a double-edged sword, improving our quality of life while at the same time making us more vulnerable to hazards and unconstitutional behavior in ways we've never been.
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News Link • States' Rights
Hemp is legal to grow in nine states, but feds still threaten raids and prison time for farmers
07-27-2013
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naturalnews.com
If you think civics class and studying the Constitution wasn't important in junior high, you missed out on some really good life training.
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News Link • LOVE
The Nature of True Love
07-27-2013
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Christine Smith's blog
There is no controversy as to how to relate to any other in life if love is truly the guide, for it seeks not to control another, but is the ultimate respect of the individual.
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News Link • Media: Internet
JP Morgan Chase to end commodities trading
07-27-2013
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http://www.examiner.com/article/jp-morgan-chase-to
Capping off a week that saw increased scrutiny into the role large banks play in commodities trading, JP Morgan Chase & Co made a surprise announcement Friday that they plan to explore "a sale, spinoff or strategic partnership" for its physical arm
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
MAX KEISER: “Deutsche Bank Is OFFICIALLY On SUICIDE WATCH….WILL Be The NEXT LEHMAN that Triggers COL
07-27-2013
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http://investmentwatchblog.com/max-keiser-deutsche
My Geneva fund contact: Deutsche Bank is officially on suicide watch. DB will be the next ‘Lehman’ moment that triggers new collapse..
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News Link • Drones
The Drone Gender Gap: Big Differences in How Men and Women View Strikes
07-27-2013
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Wired.com
A new report on global attitudes about the U.S. from the Pew Research Center shows something that isn’t terribly surprising:
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News Link • States' Rights
Surprised_ Obama Admin Ignores State Marijuana Right
07-27-2013
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liveleak.com
"DEA raids in Seattle targeted several medical-marijuana dispensaries in
the Puget Sound region of the state. The DEA raids happened on Tuesday, but authorities are not saying just how many dispensaries they raided, according to the Seattle Times..
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News Link • Israel
Occupation 101 US Aid to Israel-Tax Money
07-27-2013
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liveleak.com
Occupation 101 US Aid to Israel-Tax Money
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