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Home Invasion Attempt Stopped By Woman With A Shotgun (36 flags)

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February 10, 2014
Agency Capture Benefits Wall Street?

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Healthy Young Zoo Giraffe to be Killed: "Zoothanasia" Redux

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Worldwide Threat and U.S. Nuclear Force Posture: What’s Wrong with this

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February 7, 2014

Yet another excuse for The Pause

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February 9, 2014
Cook ‘n’ Lew’s propaganda war

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February 7, 2014

An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

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December 30, 2013
Militarizing Santa Claus

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Dire Civil Liberties Predictions For 2014

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December 19, 2013

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February 10, 2014
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January 29, 2014
The Cult of Happy: a tool for submission

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Selling the public on teratogenic wars: ‘deceptions2’ a lesson in war

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Code Name: Caesar

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January 26, 2014
Architects Take Stand Against Torture

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January 20, 2014

Gerald Celente – Independent Living Bullion – February 7, 2014

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February 6, 2014
Gerald Celente – The People’s Voice – February 4, 2014

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February 3, 2014
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Off the Charts Blog: Clean Debt Limit Bill Is Welcome

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January 28, 2014
Silent Guardian: Drones without the Scare Factor

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January 22, 2014
Has a Cleantech crash spurred the need for Bluetech innovation?

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‘This is what you cook for Ukraine?’ State Dept Psaki grilled over leaked

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REMEMBERING PETE: A REPOST

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THE CHANGING INDIANA ECONOMY IN A CHANGING NATIONAL ECONOMY

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British drone strikes in Afghanistan using borrowed US drones revealed

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New British drone strike stats released to Drone Wars UK

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BAE Systems joins the drones PR push with media briefing on Taranis

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Scientists identify gene linking brain structure to intelligence

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American Petroleum Institute Kept Tabs on Enviros

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NWC Advocates for Increased International Whistleblower Protection

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February 7, 2014
California Welcomes Stronger Whistleblower Protection in 2014

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New Book Details Journey to Becoming A Whistleblower

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Syrian Opposition Fires Mortars at Schools

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Saudi Cleric Admits on TV that Saudis Form Majority of Takfiri Group

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Everyone Can Go Ahead and Call a Blog Post "A Blog" Now

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Protecting Sources Called Into Question

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Fresh Face of Activism: Jordan Howard

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February 7, 2014

Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

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January 16, 2014
Israel’s Wild Pigs Were Once Europeans

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Hospital Engagement Networks Lauded for Lessening Hospital Harm, Costs

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MLK’s spirit rises: 2014 Worldwide Wave of Action for Truth, Justice

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February 9, 2014
5-minute video: US ‘leaders’ JOKE about OBVIOUS War Crimes, war lies, war

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February 8, 2014
Jordan Maxwell: master researcher explains the ‘1% Illuminati’

Jordan Maxwell has researched the secrets hidden in plain sight in government, banking, and religion since

February 2, 2014

The Terrible Toll of Secrecy

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The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program

T he National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human

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New Photos of the NSA and Other Top Intelligence Agencies Revealed for

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When the Boss Wants a Union, But the GOP Says ‘No’

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February 10, 2014
Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 6: Pig Poop, Right in the Kisser

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February 9, 2014

Press Release: Flagstaff Police Harass Activists as ‘Preventative

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 7, 2013 Contact: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.protectthepeaks.org

February 7, 2014
Court Rules in Favor of Native Youth Attacked at Flagstaff Dew Downtown

City Council & Mainstream Media Continue to Ignore ‘Racist Attack’ FLAGSTAFF, AZ — A

January 22, 2014
CALL TO ACTION: Comments Needed to OPPOSE NN Legislation to allow Uranium

Friends, Please be advised that the following actions are currently taking place and we need your help to

December 20, 2013

Nuke Summit Agenda Circumvents Armed Powers

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February 9, 2014
The Diplomacy of Regime Change

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Malcolm X and the Internationalization of the Black Struggle

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Right-Wing Gets Its Way On Immigration Reform

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Millions Losing Unemployment Benefits Not A Priority For Broadcast Media

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