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Date Sent: 2014-10-24
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, October 24, 2014 |
Man Calls a Suicide Prevention Hotline, SWAT Team Shows Up and Kills Him
Minimum Wage Backfire: McDonald's Goes Touchscreen -- Obama has 'given up' on the United States -- A sick society and obnoxious empire - by Menchen's Ghost -- 10-24-14 -- Michael w/ MOX News - Alma Sommer - Anthony Miller - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F -- 'Stop the Toxic Treadmill': EPA Sued for Approving Controversial Herbicide -- US Official: Bombing Oil Pipelines in Syria a 'Viable Option' -- Craig Spencer Tests Positive For Ebola In New York City -- Ebola: Acting or Reacting? - Interview with Dr. Meryl Nass -- BREAKTHROUGH: 'Back to the Future' Hoverboard Invented -- DOJ Paid Millions to Nazi War Criminals -- Ron Klain: Is Ebola His Final Solution? -- W.H.O. Memo: We Failed Ebola Containment -- Top 25 Most Censored Stories in 2014 - Mickey Huff Interview Part 1 -- Investigator Questions Sandy Hook Shooting -- Water Shortage
AZ: TONIGHT Jordan Page to play concert at the Hancock's in Phoenix on October 24th, 2014; STARTS TODAY PrepperFest Expo, October 24-26, 2014, Westworld in Scottsdale, AZ; Tomorrow, Chandler's Culinary Festival - Saturday October 25th, 2014, 6-10 p.m.
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News Link • Police State
Man Calls a Suicide Prevention Hotline, SWAT Team Shows Up and Kills Him
10-24-2014
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thefreethoughtproject.com
A Roy, Utah man, Jose Calzada, 35, placed a call to a suicide prevention hotline at 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and threatened to kill himself, seven hour later he was shot and killed by police, according to law enforcement.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Minimum Wage Backfire: McDonald's Goes Touchscreen
10-23-14
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Next News Network
The rise of the machines may be here sooner than we first thought. And it's showing up the most in two places: Wall Street and the minimum wage movement. It's the ultimate battle of class warfare, now complicated by the tech industry.
Stu
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama has 'given up' on the United States
10-24-2014
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arclein
On October 6, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared that President Barack Obama approaches the problems he faces as Chief Executive like a law professor. Speaking to Andrea Mitchell on ABC, Panetta - who also served as chief of the CIA
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News Link • Environment
'Stop the Toxic Treadmill': EPA Sued for Approving Controversial Herbicide
10-24-2014
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commondreams.org
Green groups slam the agency for green-lighting Dow Chemical's Enlist Duo, whose key ingredient 2,4-D is also found in Agent Orange
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
US Official: Bombing Oil Pipelines in Syria a 'Viable Option'
10-24-2014
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commondreams.org
Critic warns move would be 'foolhardy' and lead to civilian casualties, massive spills and environmental damage
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
Craig Spencer Tests Positive For Ebola In New York City
10-24-2014
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huffingtonpost.com
A New York City doctor who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the disease on Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Ebola: Acting or Reacting? - Interview with Dr. Meryl Nass
10-23-14
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Next News Network
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is raising health concerns here in the US, and worldwide. But as concerns are on the rise, so are questions and doubts about the capabilities of the current public healthcare leadership. The CDC has been racing t
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News Link • Transportation
BREAKTHROUGH: 'Back to the Future' Hoverboard Invented
10-23-14
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Next News Network
Hook on, folks, you won't believe what you're about to hear. A couple of engineers out in California have successfully invented a hoverboard. Or at least something extremely close to it. They're calling it the world's first viable hoverbo
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News Link • American History
DOJ Paid Millions to Nazi War Criminals
10-22-14
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Next News Network
A new report by the Associated Press is raising a few eyebrows, especially from the last remaining World War Two veterans here in the US. We know now at least 4 living Nazi War Criminals and SS guards are STILL being paid directly from Social Sec
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News Link • Healthcare
Ron Klain: Is Ebola His Final Solution?
10-22-14
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Next News Network
President Obama's Ebola response coordinator, also known as the Ebola Czar, officially starts his new job. But now, we have video footage of this man, Ron Klain, and he says Africa already has too many people living in it.
Two key things st
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News Link • Healthcare
W.H.O. Memo: We Failed Ebola Containment
10-21-14
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Next News Network
The threat of Ebola spreading into other countries has grabbed the attention of top leaders all over the world. The United Nations Security Council spent a large portion of their time, working on a plan to fight Ebola. And the World Health Organi
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Top 25 Most Censored Stories in 2014 - Mickey Huff Interview Part 1
10-20-14
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Next News Network
Every year, Project Censored puts out a NEW list of the Top 25 Most Censored Stories from the last 12 months. There are some rather compelling headlines included in the list, so we reached out to the director of the project to find out HOW he cam
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News Link • Conspiracies
Investigator Questions Sandy Hook Shooting
10-16-214
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Next News Network
Back in December of 2012, the entire nation watched on TV as Newtown Connecticut was the staging ground for a mass shooting, carried out by 20-year-old Adam Lanza. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy says the gunman used "an assault weapon to li
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Cannabis Cures Cancer
10-24-2014
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arclein
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Researchers have observed expression of CB1 (24%) and CB2 (55%) in NSCLC patients. They have also shown that the treatment of NSCLC cell lines (A549 and SW-1573) wi
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News Link • Science
Water Shortage
10-24-2014
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arclein
Newly released images created from NASA satellite data illustrate the staggering effect the California drought has had on groundwater supply in the state. As Mashable's Patrick Kulp explains, the images show the amount of water lost over the past 12
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Diabetes Diet
10-24-2014
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arclein
Traditionally, medical treatments for diabetes have focused on lowering the blood levels of sugar in diabetic patients. Originally, injectable insulin was the drug of choice. In recent years, more medications have been added to the diabetes-fighting
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Opinion • Voting and Elections
"The Spirit Of Party"
10-23-2014
Chuck Baldwin
When I started my radio talk show back in 1994--and for the next six years hosting the show--I was considered a hero by conservatives everywhere. Between my leadership position with the Moral Majority back in the 1980s and my radio talk show in the 1
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Noam Chomsky at United Nations: It Would Be Nice if the United States Lived up to International Law
10-22-2014
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democracynow.org
After world-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky gave a major address on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the hall of the United Nations General Assembly last week, Amy Goodman interviewed the world-renowned linguist and dissident before an audience of 8
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
How a US and International Atomic Energy Agency Deception Haunts the Nuclear Talks
10-22-2014
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http://www.truth-out.org
In 2008, the Bush administration and a key IAEA official agreed on a strategy of misrepresenting Iran's position on the authenticity of intelligence documents, which they used to establish an official narrative of Iran "stonewalling" the IAEA investi
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
New data shows it will take 398,879,561 years to pay off the debt
10-22-2014
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sovereignman.com
The US government's debt is getting close to reaching another round numberâ€"$18 trillion. It currently stands at more than $17.9 trillion.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy Quarantined & Put On Ebola Watch
10-22-2014
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thecommonsenseshow.com
An unidentified Sheriff's Deputy employee for the Maricopa (AZ) Sheriff's Department returned home on October 20th, from Sierra Leone to Belgium and he traveled to Washington Dulles International Airport where again his temperature was taken bef
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Woman Is Taken Hostage By Bank Robbers On High-Speed Chase;
10-22-2014
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jonathanturley.org
Later Killed By Police Who Fire Over 600 Bullets Into The Car
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Sense of smell 'may predict lifespan'
10-22-2014
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arclein
"It doesn't directly cause death, but it is a harbinger, an early warning system that shows damage may have been done.
"Our findings could provide a useful clinical test, a quick inexpensive way to identify patients most at risk."
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robert klein
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News Link • China
China's Population Control Policies
10-22-2014
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arclein
"After several decades of the one child policy implementation and forced abortion, the Chinese public lives in an atmosphere of scared fear from their government. . . And the one-child policy and the implementation and its propaganda have demoraliz
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News Link • TERRORISM
Hustlers, Con Men & Dupes Cashing in on the War on Terror
10-21-2014
Risen writes, a story of "how greed and the hunt for cash have all too often become the main objects of the war on terror."
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Police State
Shielded from Justice: The High Cost of Living in a Police State
10-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, By John W. Whitehead
"It's been over five months since the night a SWAT team broke into the house in which we were staying…We were staying with relatives and my whole family was sleeping in one room. My husband and I, our three daughters and our baby (nicknamed "
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News Link • Drones
Only 12% of People Killed in US Drone Strikes in Pakistan Identified as Militants, Says Report
10-17-2014
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By Madeline Grant, Newsweek
Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, an independent news organisation based at City University, London, has found that only 12% of victims of US drone strikes in Pakistan could be identified as militants.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Dark Journalist: UFOs & The Breakaway Security State...
10-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Danr
Dark Journalist: UFOs & The Breakaway Security State - NASA Nazis & Covert Ops with Dr. Joseph Farrell
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News Link • Gold and Silver
First Swiss Gold Poll Shows Pro-Gold Side In Lead At 45%
10-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Calgary4Paul
"The poll had quite a large sample of 13,397 people from all over Switzerland who participated in the first phase of the 20 Minuten online survey on October 15.
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News Link • Afghanistan
After 13 Years of U.S. Occupation, Afghanistan Opium Production...
10-22-2014
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http://www.slate.com, By Ben Mathis-Lilley
After 13 Years of U.S. Occupation, Afghanistan Opium Production Is at an All-Time High
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News Link • Government
NSA Is Letting Its Chief Technical Officer Work 20 Hours a Week for a Private Company
10-22-2014
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http://www.slate.com, By Ben Mathis-Lilley
The Senate Intelligence Committee is looking into a report by Reuters that the National Security Agency agreed to let its chief technical officer work 20 hours a week for a private company founded by the agency's former director.
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Washington 911 Went Down for Six Hours in April Because a Call Counter Maxed Out
10-22-2014
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http://www.slate.com, By Ben Mathis-Lilley
This April, most 911 services went out in seven states for six hours; the entire state of Washington was affected by the near total blackout.
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News Link • Corruption
Subprime Bubble Pop 2.0? Department Of Financial Services Slams America's Largest Subprime Servi
10-22-2014
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zerohedge.com
Once upon a time, in the distant 2005 and 2006, the world just couldn't get enough of such subprime mortgage superstars as New Century Financial.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Proof That Ted Cruz Is An Establishment Mole
10-22-2014
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Daily Paul.com
If being married to a CFR member and supporting the neoconservative policies of endless war weren't enough; Senator Cruz has managed to recruit the quintessential political insider's hatchet man, Ben Ginsberg, as his legal counselor.
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News Link • Free Speech
Libel or free speech? Woman posts sign 'outing' neighbor for owning a gun
10-22-2014
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bizpacreview.com
Some anti-gun activists are worried about the safety of everyone but gun owners.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Leading Contrarian Economist: "We Are Coming In On The End Game Here"
10-22-2014
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shtfplan.com
To say that the U.S. economy is in trouble would be an understatement. According to Shadow Stats economist John Williams, we may be on the very cusp of a crisis so severe that it promises to re-write the entire paradigm.
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
It's Not Just Spying â€" How the NSA Has Turned Into a Giant Profit Center for Corrupt Insiders
10-22-2014
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Prison Planet
Dear NSA Employees, You Now Have a Green Light to Loot and Pillage. It's Time to Get Paid:
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News Link • Internet
British Spy Chief Calls For Crackdown On Internet Freedom
10-22-2014
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Prison Planet
Says 'plotters, proliferators and paedophiles' make surveillance-free internet a 'utopian dream'
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Madsen: Ebola Epidemic Linked to CIA
10-22-2014
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Prison Planet
Investigative journalist and former NSA contractor Wayne Madsen told Press TV on Monday the latest Ebola outbreak in Africa may be a resurfacing of an earlier infection linked to the CIA.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
When miscarriages of justice occur, prosecutors must answer for actions
10-21-2014
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On the skimpiest evidence he charged a 19-year-old man with multiple counts of child rape. He may have played fast and loose with trial rules in order to get a conviction. The defense attorney was unaware of significant exculpatory evidence
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Either Praise the Police, or Shut Up
10-21-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
"Proclaiming 'not all cops are bad' implies rational people might somehow believe the opposite," Lynch whined. "It lends cop-haters a credibility they don't deserve. And it minimizes the dedication and professionalism police officers
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Woman Taken Hostage By Bank Robbers Killed By Police Who Fire 600 Bullets Into Car
10-21-2014
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Jonathan Turley
They took Singh hostage and fled in a car. However, the police were quickly on their tail and trapped the car. She may have had a glimmer of hope. After all, there were some 33 police officers surrounding the car. That is when the police opened up
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
How Angry Guys Explain Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing (and why they're wrong)
10-21-2014
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Simple Justice
After the Supreme Court's denial of cert in Jones, there appeared to be a sudden shocked recognition that people get sentenced for the crime for which they were just acquitted.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop Arrests Subway Performer For Singing, Despite Cop Reading Aloud Rule Saying It's Permitted
10-21-2014
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A New York subway performer was arrested and violently assaulted by a NYPD officer for the crime of inadvertently making the officer look like a fool. Street performer Andrew Kalleen, 30, was arrested after explaining to the officer
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News Link • Marriage
Idaho city's ordinance tells pastors to marry gays or go to jail
10-21-2014
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Washington Times
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, city officials have laid down the law to Christian pastors within their community, telling them bluntly via an ordinance that if they refuse to marry homosexuals, they will face jail time and fines.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-cop accused in Coral Gables DUI traffic death wants case dismissed
10-21-2014
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The former Coral Springs police officer is making the request after a Miami-Dade judge, in a little-noticed decision, tossed out evidence that showed Muñoz was drunk, with blood alcohol measuring nearly three times the legal limit.
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News Link • Food
Maine shellfish dealer to be sentenced for unauthorized purchases of lobsters
10-21-2014
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The owner of a seafood dealership was snared in a federal and state probe that began with an allegation that more than $1 million worth of lobsters were stolen from one of the state's largest cooperatives is to be sentenced
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News Link • Mexico
Is Mexico a Failed State?
10-21-2014
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Every time they find a mass grave, they think it's the one they're looking for â€" but it isn't. No, this isn't a Halloween tale: it's a real life story about 43 missing Mexican students who once attended the Escuela Normal Rural Isidro Bur
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
At Last! A Use for the TSA!
10-21-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
A guy tried to dispose of some trash, only to find that in totalitarian Amerika, "the dump buries you in dump rules. … [It] refuses to take my cans of old paint unless I buy $45 of cat litter and over a period of several weeks suffer
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