U.S. government has given thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels

Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:28 AM EDT

Right now, some of the most dangerous places to be on the face of the earth are along the U.S./Mexico border. Just this past week, there were 40 deaths down in Mexico in just one 24 hour period.

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North Carolina nuclear facility leaking radioactive cooling water

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:36 PM EDT (NaturalNews.com)

A nuclear research reactor at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, NC, was recently shut down after it was discovered that the plant has been leaking about ten gallons of nuclear cooling water per hour for at least the past week.

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Mainstream Media shrugs at Fukushimas' Nuclear Disaster

Mon May 23, 2011 6:02 PM EDT

Despite the bombshell revelation that fuel rods at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have been fully exposed since the early days of the disaster, that reactor number 1 is officially in meltdown, along with news that reactor 4 is on the verge of collapse, the corporate media …

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The Terminators: drone strikes prompt MoD to ponder ethics of killer robots

Seeded on Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:48 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

"It is essential that before unmanned systems become ubiquitous (if it is not already too late) … we ensure that, by removing some of the horror, or at least keeping it at a distance, we do not risk losing our controlling humanity and make war more likely," i knew this would ha …

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Federal News Radio 1500 AM: White House draft bill expands DHS cyber responsibilities

Seeded on Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:32 PM EDT (federalnewsradio.com)

This is no good, its an act against the freedom of information and the freedom of speech, every human being deserves the right to speak their mind. This only proves that the U.S. doesn't want its citizens to know certain information; hidden from 'us' not 'them'.

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US ambassador to Mexico resigns over WikiLeaks embassy cables

Seeded on Mon Apr 4, 2011 3:17 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Carlos Pascual, the US ambassador to Mexico, has resigned over a row with the Mexican president, Felipe Calderón, over the WikiLeaks cables.

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UN: worrisome rise in Mexico heroin trade to US

Wed Mar 2, 2011 11:55 AM EST

By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press (Clipped by globaltechfirm)

A U.N. anti-narcotics agency cited a worrisome rise in shipments of increasingly pure Mexican heroin to the United States, and said in a report Wednesday that Mexican cartels are an increasing threat in Central America.

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Internet Restricted in Bahrain as Protest Escalates

Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:20 PM EST

As protests continue in Bahrain, informations indicates that access to many websites has been restricted there.

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stopwar.org.uk

Seeded on Fri Feb 4, 2011 6:08 AM EST (stopwar.org.uk)

There is nothing more wrong than a government lying to its people about those wars, then asking these same citizens to put their lives and their taxes on the line for those lies.

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Internet 'kill switch' bill will return - CNET News

Seeded on Fri Feb 4, 2011 4:20 AM EST (CNET.com)

A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a "national cyberemergency," and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.

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Unemployment Tax Hike Expected To Fuel Job Loss - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville

Seeded on Thu Feb 3, 2011 7:28 PM EST (WYFF4.com - Local News)

The tax hike was part of a plan by South Carolina legislators to pay back a $1 billion loan from the federal government that was used to pay unemployment benefits when the state ran out of money in 2008.

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UN Forum on Human Rights: Stay and Fight or Walk Away?

Seeded on Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:08 PM EST (brookings.edu)

The ascension of Republicans in the Congress, most notably Rep.

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State of Emergency The Way We;Were: Britain, 1970-1974 by Dominic Sandbrook

Seeded on Mon Jan 3, 2011 8:07 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

UK 70s Economic Crisis

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Report: FBI seizes server in probe of WikiLeaks attacks - CNET News

Seeded on Mon Jan 3, 2011 3:46 AM EST (CNET.com)

The FBI has seized a server in Texas as part of its hunt for the groups behind the pro-WikiLeaks denial-of-service attacks launched in December against PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, and others, according to a report.

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Obama Executive Order Targets Fourth Amendment

Seeded on Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:23 PM EST (The Alex Jones Show - Infowars.com)

Remember when Barry Obama said he would close Gitmo because it wasn't right to hold people without formal charges and trials? He made the pledge soon after assuming the ceremonial throne. He said he would get it done within 12 months. Barry didn't really mean it.

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College is over-rated.

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:39 PM EST

Motivation counts for a long mile in education

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Check out this great MSN video: Snow Plow Robot

Seeded on Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:42 PM EST (Late Show: Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold" - Bing Videos)

Robo-plow

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"Handing it from Country to Country and passing it from State to State."

Sun Dec 5, 2010 8:41 PM EST

Written by Jerry Jackson 12/05/2010

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Charging for plastic bags cut bag consumption by half in China

Seeded on Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:09 AM EST (Science Daily)

Charging for Plastic Bags Cut Bag Consumption by Half in China. people in China -- the number one consumers of plastic bags in the world -- reduced their consumption of plastic bags by half when stores were forced to charge consumers for the bags.

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