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North Dakota, socialist haven?

http://www.salon.com

North Dakota is the very definition of a red state. It voted 58 percent to 39 percent for Romney over Obama, and its statehouse and senate have a total of 104 Republicans and only 47 Democrats. The Republican super-majority is so conservative it recently passed the nation’s most severe anti-abortion resolution – a measure that declares a fertilized human egg has the same right to life as a fully formed person. But North Dakota is also red in another sense: it fully supports its state-owned Bank of North Dakota (BND), a socialist relic that exists nowhere else in America.

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Windham (NH) School District Bans Dodgeball

http://www.eagletribune.com

Dodgeball has been banned in Windham schools, due to concerns about violence and bullying, with the School Board voting 4-1 to remove dodgeball and nine other “human target” activities from the district’s curriculum. “We spend a lot of time making sure our kids are violence free. Here we have games where we use children as targets. That seems to be counter to what we are trying to accomplish with our anti-bullying campaign.”

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We don’t spy on Americans, just anti-government American

http://rt.com

Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.

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Trooper fired for offering Florida lawmaker break on speeding ticket.

http://autos.yahoo.com

In a rarity among modern American jurisprudence, a state highway trooper has lost his job over a traffic ticket he didn't write — and now his fight has sparked a wider dispute over who gets preferential treatment for enforcing the law on the road. Does anyone need to guess that this happened in Florida?

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Expensify Now Offers Support For Bitcoin, An Alternative To PayPal

http://techcrunch.com

Expensify has announced it is now supporting Bitcoin to give international contractors an alternative to PayPal and the high fees associated with the service.

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Prostitution for those physically disabled in France

http://www.chron.com

Debate opens on sex life of France's disabled. Belgian law often leaves the sale of sex in a legal gray area, allowing for some sexual services for people with severe disabilities. In neighboring France, however, a tense debate on the topic is just beginning.

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how to invest in gold

http://dime4nest.livejournal.com

Excellent article on gold stocks. Concise and worth it's weight in...

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Jim Carrey's "anti-gun/anti-Charlton Heston" song.

http://www.funnyordie.com

I'm not personally offended by this, but I can see why gun advocates would be...would love to see it discussed on the show.

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TSA Agent Accidentally Pepper Sprays Coworkers

http://www.nypost.com

TSA agent picks up pepper spray thinking it's a laser pointer and sprays 5 other TSA agents, sending all 6 to the hospital.

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New Hampshire Bans Private Prisons!

http://RevolutionNews.US - In recent decades the prison industry has become a booming business in the US - with only 5% of the world's population, 25% of all the prisoners of the world are in American jails. However now it looks like one state has a problem with that business model.

Lori Harfenist of the Resident has more. Find out more at www.TheResident.net

Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/

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'We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason': Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial

http://www.thenation.com

Recently a 16 year old was killed in the Bronx by police officers in plain clothes. Witnesses swear that the man had no gun. People take to the streets in protest. Police officers challenge stop and frisk laws. "Roughly 4.4 million people have been stopped by the NYPD during the joint tenure of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, according to official government data. Nearly nine out of ten have been released without an arrest or summons. About 86 percent of those stopped have been black or Latino. "

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Pittsburgh Man Opens Ice Cream Shop/Bank and Refuses to Shut Down

http://www.post-gazette.com

Despite threats of big fines by state banking regulators, the owner of a Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa) ice cream shop who opened his own version of a community bank last summer isn't abandoning his mission.

"We are taking on the challenge of transforming the retail banking industry," his website states.
"PA dept of banks threatening us ... we keep growing," he tweeted in late December.

Instead of deposits he is offering "never-ending gift cards." (More hilarious examples of how this ice cream shop/bank owner is getting around regulations in the article).

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Drug Cartel Mules are as American as Apple Pie

http://www.wired.com

Mexico’s drug cartels depend on smugglers to move their illicit wares. But to listen to the U.S. Border Patrol, you’d get the impression that most of the smugglers are Mexicans. In fact, most are born-in-the-USA Americans, as the cartels prefer that their mules look like Walter White. And the Border Patrol knows it.

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Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy's Last Safe Haven - Businessweek

http://www.businessweek.com

That’s where Bitcoin thrives: where people would prefer to throw in their lot with anonymous strangers instead of the world economy. It’s gold-bug thinking reinvented for an age of fluid transparency and instantaneous transactions. And as such it’s an excellent indicator of anxiety. Where you see Bitcoins in action you find a weird and heady mix of speculative angst, a fear of being left behind, and people who appear to have lost faith in institutions, who feel most left behind.

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North Dakota is the freest state, NH falls to #4

http://freedominthe50states.org

North Dakota, according to the freedom index, is the freest state in the United States. It scores exceptionally well on regulatory and fiscal policy. Moreover, North Dakota scores slightly above average on personal freedom. It is also the state that improved the most over the last decade.

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FBI Makes 'Real Time' Gmail Spying 'Top Priority'

http://www.latinospost.com

Just in case you weren't already, you might want to re-think joking about your future plans for a terrorist attack over Gchat or Xbox LIVE. That is, unless you'd like to get "intimately acquainted" with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the agency has made real time spying on email platforms like GMail, and cloud computing services a "top priority."

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Tradehill Exchange Adds Dark Pools Of Bitcoin Liquidity - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com

Tradehill is a U.S-based exchange that falls within the definition of FinCEN’s regulations for virtual currency exchange operators. “Bitcoin’s primary use is value transmission and financial technology in the U.S. is a very regulated space,” according to Tradehill COO Ryan Singer. The company has anticipated this regulation and the recent guidance from FinCEN “really helps the startups in the space build a compliance game plan,” he added.

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Cost of war/U.S still paying benefits to civil war relatives

http://blog.aarp.org

Cost of war/U.S still paying benefits to civil war relatives

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Lunatic CHP cops go berzerk as woman demands her rights under CA law

http://libertyfight.com

woman demands her rights under CA law, but looney cops don't like it.

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Gun Rights Activists Not Welcome in Coatesville

http://theinternationallibertarian.blogspot.com

You know you're doing something right when the establishment press takes the time to lambaste you. That is what happened to the liberty-minded people standing up for gun rights at Coatesville, PA's gun buy.

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Created by darrenlobo 8 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 7 weeks 5 days ago
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