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Date Sent: 2015-02-05
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty on All Charges
University Student Facing Criminal Charges for Attaching Pinhole Camera to Bridge for Art Project -- Gallup CEO: "America's 5.6% Unemployment Is One Big Lie" -- A Fervent Cop Supporter Changes His Mind About NYPD After Gravity Knife Arrest -- Saudi royal family were al-Qaida donors -- Alibaba Tea Delivery in China (VIDEO) [Editor Recommended] -- Cops enforce Oklahoma's so-called 'hoodie ban' against 'Anonymous' members -- TSA Making Changes On How It Searches Luggage With 'TSA Cares' Program -- Florida Deputies Arrest Retired NYPD Cop on Video: "We're a Little Different in Florida" -- Cops: Teacher attacked 1st grader for having too much food at lunch -- A Marijuana First: Pot Vending Machines Dispense Weed -- Rand Paul takes on CNBC host on vaccines and other issues -- Attempted Land Grab Ends With Voters Booting Entire City Council -- Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Informant, Then Turns Up Dead -- Elon Musk unveils insanely fast Dual Motor & ultra advanced autopilot (2014) -- Unauthorized Government Killing by Drones, Bombs, or Other Means Is Still Murder -- North Dakota Insurance Head to Chair National Cybersecurity Task Force -- I Can't Believe It's Not Government! -- Mandate measles vaccine? -- 9th Circuit comes to Tucson -- AAAS Report Reveals How Dependent Science Now Is Upon The Military -- Saying "No" to Netanyahu -- Bitcoin's day of reckoning is here -- Outrageous MSM Putin Bashing -- 02-04-15 -- Robert Lee (emigrated to Ecuador) (VIDEO & MP3 LOADED) -- Growing Mushrooms -- The Cold Truth About Coconut Oil: 10 Facts You Need To Know -- How to Grow Buckets Full of Blueberries at Home -- The Vaccine Debate: What They're Not Telling You -- Edward Snowden speaks to Toronto students, urges caution on new terror bill -- I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence -- Draft of Arrest Request for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor's Home -- Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age -- MPs say yes to three-person babies -- Snow Crawler - Snowmobile of the future.... -- World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease -- Tempe, Arizona Criminal Defense Blog -- Taiwan flight crashes into harbor (VIDEO) -- Promoting Escalated War on Donbas
AZ: Arizona Sci Tech Gila County Festival - February 26-28, 2015; Heirs of the Republic Constitutional Study Group - Larry Reed Speaker - 03/11/15 - Tucson, AZ
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News Link • Justice and Judges
BREAKING: Ross Ulbricht Found Guilty on All Charges
02-04-2015
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The Liberty Beat
After deliberating for around two hours, the jury in the Ross Ulbricht Trial came back with a verdict of Guilty on all charges. After the verdict was read the Ulbricht's family was in tears and supporters in the audience yelled, "Ross is a hero?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Art
University Student Facing Criminal Charges for Attaching Pinhole Camera to Bridge for Art Project
02-04-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An Atlanta bomb squad shut down traffic for three hours Monday while it detonated a pinhole camera attached to a bridge that was part of a local university art project. The homemade camera, which was built with a Pepsi can, had a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Gallup CEO: "America's 5.6% Unemployment Is One Big Lie"
02-04-2015
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zero hedge
The biggest threat to a corrupt regime is when truth moves away from the "conspiracy theory" fringes and into the mainstream. Which is why we thank Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, for daring to tell the truth to those who care to listen.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
A Fervent Cop Supporter Changes His Mind About NYPD After Gravity Knife Arrest
02-04-2015
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Village Voice
Vogel says he had never in his life tried to open his knife like that. It certainly wasn't designed to operate that way. He was stunned. "It looked like a magic trick," Vogel says of the officer's move. "That's the best way I can describe it. It look
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Saudi royal family were al-Qaida donors
02-04-2015
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Yahoo! News blog
Zacarias Moussaoui, a former al-Qaida operative sometimes referred to as the "20th hijacker" involved in the 9/11 attacks, claims that members of the Saudi royal family supported the terrorist organization.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drones
Alibaba Tea Delivery in China (VIDEO)
02-04-2015
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Lew Rockwell blog
Online order of tea immediate delivery ... what you could have here in the land of the free if we were free of the FAA.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anonymous
Cops enforce Oklahoma's so-called 'hoodie ban' against 'Anonymous' members
02-04-2015
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Rawstory
2 protesters who claim ties to the "Anonymous" movement said police barred them from wearing the group's signature Guy Fawkes mask into the Oklahoma statehouse. Police told them a new rule prohibited the masks but could not
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Making Changes On How It Searches Luggage With 'TSA Cares' Program
02-04-2015
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CBS News
Paul Mehling said the TSA has cost him thousands in replacements and repairs, improperly re-packing his delicate travel bass, almost every time he flies in spite of leaving them detailed repacking instructions.
"If they could just put it back th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida Deputies Arrest Retired NYPD Cop on Video: "We're a Little Different in Florida"
02-04-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A retired NYC cop ended up facedown in handcuffs in Florida after rushing to the scene of a car accident involving her 16-year-old son.
Rosemary Aquino was shocked that she would be treated like such a common citizen.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Cops: Teacher attacked 1st grader for having too much food at lunch
02-04-2015
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Education Action Group News
A Louisiana teacher is out of a job after police allege she kicked and slapped one of her first grade students last month.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
A Marijuana First: Pot Vending Machines Dispense Weed
02-04-2015
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NBC News
Weed history is being made in Seattle: the first vending machines to dispense marijuana flower buds debuted Tuesday.
The machines, called ZaZZZ, are being placed in medical pot dispensaries, which helps to verify customer's age and identity since
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
What Your Doctor Won't Disclose
02-04-2015
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Daily Paul.com
Wouldn't you want to know if your doctor was a paid spokesman for a drug company? Or held personal beliefs incompatible with the treatment you want? Right now, in the US at least, your doctor simply doesn't have to tell you about that.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Attempted Land Grab Ends With Voters Booting Entire City Council
02-04-2015
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reason.com
Government officials like to use eminent domain for the convenience of their preferred policies and/or the enrichment of themselves and their buddies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Informant, Then Turns Up Dead
02-04-2015
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reason.com
This is the way everybody does it, says the local police chief.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Elon Musk unveils insanely fast Dual Motor & ultra advanced autopilot (2014)
02-04-2015
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youtube
Elon reveals the Model S dual motor all-wheel-drive and the new autopilot functionality at a special launch event.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Constitution
Unauthorized Government Killing by Drones, Bombs, or Other Means Is Still Murder
02-04-2015
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huffingtonpost.com
Although U.S. drones firing missiles at suspected bad guys in faraway places -- such as Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia -- have gotten much publicity in recent years, it was recently revealed...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
North Dakota Insurance Head to Chair National Cybersecurity Task Force
02-04-2015
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claimsjournal.com
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has been selected to chair a new task force on cybersecurity.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Internet
I Can't Believe It's Not Government!
02-04-2015
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itsnotgov.org
We're collecting real-life stories of voluntary efforts doing what you thought was impossible to do without the government.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
9th Circuit comes to Tucson
02-04-2015
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tucsonnewsnow.com
Three members of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals came to Tucson to hear three cases as part of a series presented by the Rogers Law School at the University of Arizona.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
IF Stone's Weekly - All Years
02-04-2015
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unzmag.net/Pub/IFStonesWeekly/
Total Archives: 19 Years, 751 Issues, 3,737 Articles, 3,102pp -
December 31, 1953 to December 1971
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
AAAS Report Reveals How Dependent Science Now Is Upon The Military
02-04-2015
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unzmag.net
The FAS Makes A Weak Answer to Holtzoffs Attack on Physicists
In IF Stone's Weekly, January 7, 1957,
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin's day of reckoning is here
02-04-2015
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QZ.com
On the same day that the alleged mastermind of the clandestine Silk Road marketplace was found guilty for a host of crimes that thrust bitcoin into the public spotlight, regulators in New York came a step closer to licensing businesses that deal in t
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
Waiting for the 'Backlash' in China
02-04-2015
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arclein
There was the anonymous, retired in-house censor at the popular liberal newspaper Southern Weekly, who declared in a widely popular Internet post: "Looking back on the last four years, I made mistakes. I have killed some drafts that I shouldn't h
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Growing Mushrooms
02-04-2015
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MushroomInfo.Com
White mushrooms, like all mushrooms, grow from microscopic spores, not seeds. Plants growing from spores are called fungi. A mature mushroom will drop as many as 16 billion spores. Spores must be collected in the nearly sterile environment of a labor
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The Cold Truth About Coconut Oil: 10 Facts You Need To Know
02-04-2015
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The Pocket News
Coconut oil is one of the few foods that can be classified as a "superfood." Its unique combination of fatty acids can have profound positive effects on health. This includes fat loss, better brain function and various other amazing benefits.
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News Link • Food
How to Grow Buckets Full of Blueberries at Home
02-04-2015
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The Pocket News
Blueberries need around an inch of water per week. A good layer of mulch will help keep up the moisture level stable, and cut down on the amount of time spent watering. I would say the best mulch would be pine needles. As they decay they will con
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News Link • TERRORISM
Edward Snowden speaks to Toronto students, urges caution on new terror bill
02-04-2015
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com, By Adam Miller
Former U.S. intelligence contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden says citizens of the world, including Canadians, should be "extraordinarily cautious" when their governments try to pass new laws under the guise of an increased threat of terror
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News Link • World News
Draft of Arrest Request for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor's Home
02-04-2015
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http://www.nytimes.com, By SIMON ROMERO
Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped Argentina, had drafted a request for the arrest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accusing her of trying to shield Iranian officials from responsibility in the 1994 bombing
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News Link • World News
Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
02-04-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com,
A modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in recent years as followers see the stories as metaphors for life not worship of the gods
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Snow Crawler - Snowmobile of the future....
02-04-2015
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Mindsailors.Com
Sporting an efficient electric drive it will easily take us up the slope (even the ones hardly accessible) or to work by a snowy road forgotten by civilization. So what more would you want? Well, it's just crossed my mind ?" snow, more snow!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease
02-04-2015
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Disclose.TV
Forget the "science" that has been drummed into your head for decades. The science that saturated fat alone causes heart disease is non-existent. The science that saturated fat raises blood cholesterol is also very weak. Since we now know that ch
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Taiwan flight crashes into harbor (VIDEO)
02-04-2015
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youtube
This happened yesterday night FP time. I do not like posting disaster footage but this was right place at right time footage and I find it tragically fascinating.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Obama sends record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress
02-02-2015
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Associated Press
President Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations and eliminate tight federal spending caps to shower more money on both domestic and military programs.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
FBI Places Brother of No-Fly Litigant on Most Wanted Terrorist List
02-02-2015
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The Intercept
In other words--as has happened many times before to American Muslims--Gulet's own government secretly exiled him with no due process by placing him on a no-fly list while he was traveling overseas.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
How Secrecy May Uncover A Reason To Move The Boston Bombing Trial
02-02-2015
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Who What Why
O'Toole controls the audio-video feed through which all but two pool reporters observe the proceedings. He hasn't been shy about switching it off, nor about sending the pool reporters out of the courtroom. That has a growing chorus complaining
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
How the CIA made Google
02-02-2015
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Medium
Google is a smokescreen behind which lurks the US military-industrial complex. The inside story of Google's rise, revealed here for the first time, opens a can of worms that goes far beyond Google, unexpectedly shining a light on
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA to Require Secured Identification to Board Flights in 2016
02-02-2015
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CBS News
Security for flying in this country is tightening up. And your driver's license just may be your ticket to boarding airplanes in the future. Sometime in 2016, the TSA will require you to show a security enhanced driver's license called a Real ID card
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Eager to Imprison Medical Marijuana Users, Prosecutors Hide the Truth From Jurors
02-02-2015
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Reason Magazine
Despite repeated assurances that the Justice Department is not interested in targeting medical marijuana users and despite a congressional edict aimed at stopping it from doing so, federal prosecutors are still trying to put five patients in Washingt
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News Link • Politics
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to go on trial for 'pimping'
02-02-2015
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AFP
The sexual proclivities of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn come under the spotlight again Monday when he goes on trial in France for "pimping" four years after a sex scandal cost him a shot at the presidency.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US weighs arms deliveries to Ukraine
02-02-2015
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AFP
President Barack Obama's aides and top commanders are seriously considering providing arms and more military equipment to Ukraine as its army struggles against pro-Russian separatists, officials said Monday.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Europe's Jews ponder: Is it time to flee again?
02-02-2015
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McClatchy News
80 years ago, Jael Botsch-Fitterling's parents decided something was very wrong in Germany, the nation they called home. Chancellor Adolf Hitler had just named himself fuhrer, and anti-Semitism was becoming national law.
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Nigeria-based writer trolls 'measles-ravaged country America' on Twitter
02-02-2015
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Rawstory
A writer living in Nigeria turned the tables on American's overreaction and fear that travelers from African nations might bring Ebola into the United States, expressing his concern for "the measles-ravaged country America" on Twitter.
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News Link • How To
YARDSALEWATCH App
02-02-2015
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Yard Sale Watch
When you see a yard sale, use yard sale watch to pin its location with a click of a button. You can add photos,share on facebook,twitter. Its instant and easy to use. Its user based, meaning, the pins do not pull from websites. This app is about us w
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News Link • Secession
Secession Begins at Home
02-02-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Jeff Deist
Presumably everyone in this room, or virtually everyone, is here today because you have some interest in the topic of secession.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Regulated Bitcoin Exchanges Are Coming to America .::. Flipside Bits 17
02-02-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, Flipside Bits
Are regulated Bitcoin exchanges coming to America? DJ Booth tackles the Gemini bitcoin exchange from the Winklevoss twins and Coinbase's new exchange. Did Coinbase launch too early or is Gemini too slow out of the gates?
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
"An Offender for a Word": Predation and Purgatory in Beaumont
02-02-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
Matthew Cherry was twenty-one years old when he found himself in a police interrogation room.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
New York Cop Pulls Gun on Teens Having Snowball Fight
02-02-2015
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Prison Planet
Fearing for his life, a New York cop pulled a gun on a group of teens having a snowball fight.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Cops Taser Family Man Again and Again, Up to 27 Times Until He Went Limp and Died
02-02-2015
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Prison Planet
A left-behind family of a man killed by cops has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against San Bernardino County for excessive force.
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Robert Lee
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