Washington GOP to auction AR-15 at fundraising event
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comThe Washington State Republican Party plans to auction an AR-15 rifle at its annual fundraising dinner this weekend.
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Winklevoss Twins Revealed As Owning 1% Of All BitCoins
• zerohedge.comThink the 75% plunge in BitCoin values in two days has crushed all former supporters of the virtual currency (which truth be told is only back to levels from a month ago)? Wrong.
Church leaders rally in D.C. for stricter gun laws
• The RawStory.comSam Saylor’s son Shane was 20 years old when he became the 20th homicide victim of 2012 in Hartford, Connecticut on October 20. The suspected gunman? Another 20-year-old.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg launches lobbying group to push immigration and education reforms
• The RawStory.comFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new political action group he is spearheading Thursday to press for reforms in areas including immigration and education.
Can You Trust Anonymization Services?
• http://lewrockwell.com, by James BlackEvery Internet connection has a unique number – known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address – issued by an Internet service provider (ISP) and is almost always registered to a legal name, address, and Tax Identification Number.1
Nebraska dealer: No license needed to sell ‘personal collection’ of 678 guns, 13 grenades
• David Edwards via RawStory.comA Nebraska man says that he is not guilty of illegally selling firearms to people who told him they were felons because the items were out of his personal collection of 678 guns and 13 grenades.
British organ donations jump 50 percent in five years
• The RawStory.comThe number of people in Britain donating their organs after death has surged 50 percent in the past five years, says the NHS Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT).
Norwegian teens return $81,500 found in bag on a train left by elderly passenger
• The RawStory.comTwo Norwegian teens returned 467,200 kroner (some 62,000 euros, $81,500) they found left on a train by an elderly passenger, Norwegian media reported Thursday.
New unemployment applications fall after three weeks of increases
• The RawStory.comNew claims for US unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, partly erasing the increases of the prior three weeks, Labor Department data released Thursday showed.
Still Think The Housing Recovery Is Sustainable?
• zerohedge.comWhile hope springs eternal that the US housing sector 'record-inventory-compression and foreclosure-stuffed' 'recovery' will become self-sustaining, there are two rather disappointing 'facts' to ruin the 'fiction' that all is well.
Fukushima nuclear plant springs another radioactive leak
• The RawStory.comJapan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has sprung yet another leak of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday, the latest in an increasingly long line of mishaps to rattle public confidence.
Tony Perkins: Obama’s evangelical ‘watch list’ could ban Christian gun buyers
• David Edwards via RawStory.comFamily Research Council President Tony Perkins has warned that President Barack Obama could be planning to create a special “watch list” for Catholics and evangelical Christians to prevent them from buying guns.
Fidel Castro attends school ribbon-cutting in Cuba
• The RawStory.comLeaders inaugurating public works projects is a staple of Cuba, and a surprisingly spry-looking 86-year-old Fidel Castro has done it for the first time since stepping aside as president in 2006, media here reported on Thursday.
Ted Nugent promotes ‘Knife Rights’ with gun giveaway just days after mass stabbing
• Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.comJust days after a student at the Houston-based Lone Star College went on a stabbing spree that left 14 people injured, Texas resident and Detroit-born rocker Ted Nugent is featured in a promotional contest for a group called “Knife Rights,”
Anthropologists carbon date beam from temple holding Mayan calendar
• The RawStory.comCarbon-dating of an ancient beam from a Guatemalan temple may help end a century-long debate about the Mayan calendar, anthropologists said on Thursday.
Doug Casey on Internationalizing Your Assets
Doug CaseyRevealed: The biggest threat to your wealth – and how to protect yourself from it.
Jesuit father tells Congress: U.S. immigration system violates Scripture
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comJesuit Father Sean Carroll told members of Congress on Wednesday that the United States current immigration system ran counter to the teachings of the Christian Bible.
Mass Stabbing Rocks Houston Area Campus as Gun Control Talks Rage On
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Aaron SamselIt’s believed that 15 students have been wounded in a mass stabbing that took place today at Lone Star College Cy-Fair in Harris County near Houston, Texas, with four believed to be in critical condition.
Court nixes anti-abortion giveaways in schools after students light fetus dolls on fire
• Kay Steiger via RawStory.comA federal appeals court ruled that an anti-abortion group did not have the right to distribute rubber fetus dolls to a high school
Lawyers: Guantánamo hunger strike could be deadly
• Paul Harris, The Guardian via RawStory.comLawyers representing hunger-striking detainees at America’s controversial Guantánamo Bay prison have warned they fear some of the protesters could soon die in the ongoing protest.
Why Are The Banksters Telling Us To Sell Our Gold When They Are Hoarding Gold Like Crazy?
• theeconomiccollapseblog.comThe big banks are breathlessly proclaiming that now is the time to sell your gold.
Obama tells North Korea to end ‘belligerent approach’
• The RawStory.comUS President Barack Obama on Thursday called on North Korea to end its “belligerent approach,” as the world waited for Pyongyang to carry out an expected missile launch.
Stocks surge to new record highs after jobs report
• The RawStory.comUS stocks pushed to new record levels after a government report pointed to lower-than-expected jobless claims.
Authentic Liberalism Vindicated
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Anthony GregoryIf any one word is responsible for more confusion in the United States than “liberalism,” I’d surely like to know what it is.
Israeli army injures ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian man
• The RawStory.comIsraeli troops shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, a prisoners’ rights group said.
9 Percent of Americans Say They'd Bonk A Sexbot
• http://www.popsci.com, By Dan NosowitzCan a married person ethically use a sex robot? Is that cheating? And more questions answered by today's best poll (about people having sex with robots).
Suicide of raped teen reignites concerns over cyberbullying in Canada
• The RawStory.comAnother Canadian teen’s suicide after months of harassment and circulation of an image of her alleged rape by four boys has reignited concerns over cyberbullying, and led hacker group Anonymous Thursday to call for a new investigation.
Somebody Just Shelled Out $5.3 Million For A Francis Crick Letter Describing DNA
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comWhich makes it the most expensive letter ever sold at auction
The Dubai Police Are Getting A Lamborghini
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comAnd we are understandably jealous
Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?
• Martha Harbison via PopSci.comShall we take bets on how the ancient-alien conspiracy theorists will spin this one?
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