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Police State 370. The Police State
05-18-2013
http://www.lewrockwell.com,
Brian Wilson talks to Lew Rockwell about the Boston bombing, the IRS, and Ron Paul.
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Healthcare IRS SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEIZING MEDICAL RECORDS OF 60 MILLION AMERICANS
05-18-2013
http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Obama Administration is wasting no time in seizing the medical records of Americans from insurance companies. The bigger question is: Why is the IRS descending upon health insurance companies with search warrants? Breitbart reports:
An unnam
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Military US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror (with video)
05-18-2013
http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Sheehan told Congress yesterday that the AUMF authorized the US military to operate on a worldwide battlefield from Boston to Pakistan. Sheehan emphasized that the Administration is authorized to put boots on t
Chris Menke
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TAXES: Federal IRS Handed Out Nearly 100 Million In Bonuses Since 2009
05-18-2013
http://chrisinmaryville.net/
There is a new report by the Washington Examiner claiming IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner took home tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses, and she is not alone. Nearly $100 million went toward agency bonuses since 2009 during the p
Chris Menke
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Energy What's your battery shelf-life experience?
05-18-2013
http://www.edn.com, Bill Schweber
While looking for more batteries during a recent power failure, I came across some D-size alkaline cells in the back of a drawer, in their original package (see photo) with the price and store name sticker.
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Energy New Artificial Leaf Concept Could Blow Up Fuel Cell Market
05-18-2013
http://cleantechnica.com, Tina Casey
The idea of an artificial leaf sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate enough hydrogen gas for powering a small fuel cell.
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Food Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes
05-18-2013
ted.com
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable
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Space Travel and Exploration Space Tourism's Black Carbon Problem
05-18-2013
popsci.com
The industry and the F.A.A. say the climate effects of flying civilians into space will be negligible, but some scientists fret about the accumulation of black carbon in the stratosphere.
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Archaeology Fabled Lost City Discovered in Honduras
05-18-2013
arclein
The same appears to have been true of the Amazon rain forest, where extensive ruins suggesting the presence of an advanced civilization have been located. Infertile jungle soils throughout the region have been extensively altered by ancient human enr
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Science, Medicine and Technology Avoidable risk in West, Texas
05-18-2013
arclein
The April 17 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, that killed 14 people and nearly obliterated a small town has renewed calls for the EPA to act on this proposal, which would grant the agency authority under the Clean Air Act to require facilit
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Energy Odd Twist: US Solar Company Sells Solar Panels To China
05-18-2013
http://cleantechnica.com, Nicholas Brown
Solaria, an American solar panel manufacturer, is going to sell a good chunk of its solar panels to China, counter to the much more common scenario of China manufacturing solar panels (and other goods) for the US.
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Space Travel and Exploration NASA Announces Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded
05-18-2013
newswatch.nationalgeographic.com, Andrew Fazekas
A boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, igniting an explosion so bright that anyone looking up at the right moment might have spotted it, NASA announced Friday.
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Central Intelligence Agency Spyings Amateur Hour
05-18-2013
http://lewrockwell.com, by Eric Margolis
America owes Russia a big apology for the embarrassing case of bumbling CIA spy Ryan Fogel caught red-handed in Moscow trying to recruit a Russian agent.
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Philosophy: Political Rand Paul: Im Not A Libertarian
05-18-2013
http://libertycrier.com,
Earlier this spring, Sen. Rand Paul and his wife, Kelley, invited a crew from the Christian Broadcasting Network into their Kentucky home for what turned into two full days of reality TV.
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Energy Why green roofs never work
05-18-2013
salon.com
Urban roof gardens should cut energy usage and reduce rainwater runoff. So far, the results have been unimpressive
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Politics Rep. Mike Kelly Rips IRS Chief A New One, Gets Standing O From Gallery
05-18-2013
http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Appearing before the House Weighs and Means Committee today, exiting IRS chief Steven Miller couldnt do much more than just squirm in his chair as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa vented the frustrations felt by millions of Americans.
Miller was immediately
Chris Menke
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Foreign Policy US tax dollars promote GM crops overseas
05-18-2013
http://chrisinmaryville.net/
U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U.S.-based Monsanto Co and other seed makers, a report issued on Tuesday said.
A review of 926 diplomatic cables of correspondence to
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3D Printing Haptic Technology Lets You "Touch" Virtual Objects
05-18-2013
livescience.com
Haptic technology like the Sensable Phantom makes manipulating 3D digital objects intuitive and responsive, allowing for a range of uses including prototyping, surgery practice, virtual sculpting, and interactive museum displays.
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Prepping Prepper quail for food Morpheus Titania
Leo Shares how easy it is to raise quail as a food source. You get 200 eggs per female bird 6-8 weeks after it is hatched. 6-8 days in the incubator. The cages are 2 x 2 x 8in high and you can keep 12 bird
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Science Interstellar Hydrogen Clouds Confirmed
05-18-2013
arclein
Now there are a lot more questions to answer: Did these clouds condense out of a hotter gas that we can't see? Were they pulled tidally from the Andromeda galaxy by another galaxy passing by, or will they eventually be cannibalized by the Andromeda
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Science Increasing Average Human Intelligence
05-18-2013
arclein
A single brain cell is more complex by many orders than anything most of us have ever imagined, a comparison with the best of our technology would be laughable. Sub atomic, atomic and molecular engineering of extraordinary elegance, a whole dynamic e
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Entertainment: Sports Ken Venturi, golf pro turned analyst, dies
05-18-2013
http://www.sfgate.com, Ron Kroichick
Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native who learned how to play golf at Harding Park, memorably won the 1964 U.S. Open and later built a long and distinguished career as a television analyst, died Friday in Rancho Mirage (Riverside County). He was 82.
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