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Politics: Republican Campaigns Ron Paul Racks Up Delegates, Putting GOP Establishment On Edge
05-03-2012
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www.huffingtonpost.com
A prominent Iowa Republican supporting Romney was asked recently how many of the Hawkeye State's 28 delegates he expects Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) to have heading into the national convention in Tampa this August. "Twenty," he said.
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Police State Gov't seeks more than 1,700 secret warrants
05-03-2012
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wtop.com
FBI also made 16,511 national security letter requests for information on 7,201 people last year. The letters allow officials to collect virtually unlimited kinds of sensitive, private information like financial and phone records. That is down from 2
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History Australian Billionaire Rebuilding the Titanic With China's Help
05-03-2012
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www.minyanville.com
Blue Star Line Pty Ltd has commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to construct the vessel. Designs are intended to be as close to the original as possible, without sacrificing state-of-the-art engineering.
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Economy - International Inviting economic suicide?
05-03-2012
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http://www.japantimes.co, By KEVIN RAFFERTY
The International Monetary Fund has just reported that India has overtaken Japan as the world's third biggest economy in purchasing power parity (PPP) — the measure of the amount of money needed to purchase the same goods and services.
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Currencies
Old $50 bill found real, but not before bearer arrested
05-03-2012
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http://www.t-g.com, By DAVID MELSON
What officers thought was a counterfeit $50 bill turned out to be an old, legitimate bill, but the truth wasn't discovered until a man was mistakenly charged and jailed Friday.
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Imperialism Map: US bases encircle Iran
05-03-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com,Ben Piven
Dozens of US and allied forces' military installations dot the region, from Oman, UAE and Kuwait to Turkey and Israel.
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Conspiracies Justice Department to review handling of 80 rape cases in Missoula
05-03-2012
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Rawstory
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how rape cases in Missoula, Montana were being handled by local authorities.These is “serious concern” that 80 rape cases “were not being investigated in a prompt and adequate fashion.”
A number of t
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TERRORISM Unmasked: Meet The FBI's Bridge Bomb Plot Snitch
05-03-2012
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The Smoking Gun
The paid informant who helped orchestrate the FBI sting that resulted in the arrest of 5 for allegedly plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge is a convicted felon who was arrested on bad check and theft charges in the midst of his cooperation with federa
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Iran Saudi Arabia warns Iran over Gulf islands, Bahrain
05-03-2012
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Reuters
Saudi Arabia repeated it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates.
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Voting - Election Integrity 2nd Circuit Decision Coming Soon: May Ban ALL Voting Machines
05-03-2012
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We The People Foundation
U.S. COA in Manhattan is expected to hear oral arguments in WTP Foundation's historic lawsuit seeking to ban all voting machines because votes (even if cast on paper ballots) are recorded and counted using secret mechanisms and software algorithms.
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Energy Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy
05-03-2012
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http://www.ted.com, TED2012
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out).
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Syria US, NATO Exploring Post-Assad Scenarios in Case of Regime Change
05-03-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Top U.S. and NATO military leaders have been exploring possible scenarios in Syria if Western powers decide to attack and eliminate the the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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WAR: About that War The Speech That Got JFK Murdered?
05-03-2012
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lewrockwell.com Kennedy prepared this speech with only a handful of close, trusted aides ,and were careful to keep its contents secret from the national security establishment.
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Police State We’re Almost There Now
05-03-2012
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lewrockwell.com
Now we can’t lawfully speak or peaceably assemble. Not within earshot or sight of those who rule us, at any rate.
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Economy - Economics USA More Americans Stashing Cash in Home Safes
05-03-2012
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www.smartmoney.com
In a Gallup poll last year, a record-high 36 percent of Americans said they had "very little" or "no" confidence in U.S. banks. (In 2008 and 2009, when the financial crisis was peaking, that figure stood at 22 and 29 percent, respectively.)
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Housing Corruption of Andrew Wordes case deepens
05-03-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Ethan A. Huff
City of Roswell bullies original mortgage holder into selling note to phony trust company
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TAXES: Federal Wealthy Americans Queue to Give Up Their Passports
05-03-2012
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http://www.bloomberg.com, By Giles Broom
Rich Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship rose sevenfold since UBS AG (UBSN) whistle-blower Bradley Birkenfeld triggered a crackdown on tax evasion four years ago.
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Drug War Student forgotten in cell by DEA files $20 million torture lawsuit
05-03-2012
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Rawstory
Daniel Chong, the 23-year-old student at UC San Diego who was left in a Drug Enforcement Agency holding cell for 5 days without food or water, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the agency. “The deprivation of food and water for four and one-hal
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Israel Israel mobilizes the reserves
05-03-2012
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Times of Israel
The IDF has issued emergency call up orders to 6 reserve battalions in light of new dangers on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. And the Knesset has given the IDF permission to summon a further 16 reserve battalions
Letters to the Editor
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Written by: H. Skip Robinson
I just saw this and thought it to be just another example af collusion between govenments to control the means of production. http://www.bis.doc.gov/wassenaar/default.htm - I wonder whose paying for this groups activities in Austria? Did you hea
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Activism First Ron Paul 2012 Billboard Cottonwood Arizona Morpheus Titania
Morpheus and St. Michael meet with Terry Major who has the worlds first Ron Paul 2012 Billboard on his property. The Billboard is in need of a face lift, lights and some weed removal. When you send your donations to http://BankOnRon.com I will get
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NATO Russia’s military threaten with preemptive strike if NATO goes ahead with missile plan
05-03-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
Russia’s top military officer has threatened to deal a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial missile defense plan.
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Economy - International Hugo Salinas Price: Elites Plan to Control the World
05-03-2012
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King World News
Today multi-billionaire Hugo Salinas Price told King World News in stunning detail what he believes to be the frightening plan to “control the world” going forward. He described this as a “very disturbing fact that is facing humanity.”
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Afghanistan US-Afghan Pact Won’t End War or Night Raids
05-03-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Gareth Porter
The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration’s “Enduring Strategic Partnership” [.pdf] agreement with Afghanistan and the memorandums of understanding (MOU) accompanying it emphasize transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. wa
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MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM) FCC urged to revoke Fox News' license
05-03-2012
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http://rt.com
A watchdog group in Washington is telling the Federal Communication Commission that the hacking scandal plaguing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is enough reason to revoke the media mogul’s broadcasting license in the States.