News Articles For 2/23

February 23, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams: Essay in the Boston Gazette, April 16, 1781

Coalition Forces Detain Afghan Militants
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62895

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2011 – Afghan and coalition troops captured several insurgents, including a Haqanni terrorist network leader, yesterday in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Deployed Currahee Soldier named preliminary bone marrow match
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4180-deployed-currahee-soldier-named-preliminary-bone-marrow-match.html

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – With his daily life dedicated to serving others through the military, U.S. Army Sgt. Tyrone J. Harvey never imagined he would one day have the opportunity to possibly make a personal sacrifice that might be someone’s one shot at hope.
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Study Guide: Van Jones, Qaddafi, and the Stock Market
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/22/study-guide-van-jones-qaddafi-and-the-stock-market/

NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/22 TV show.
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Oil price climb near $98 per barrel
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LIIAK00&show_article=1

NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices continue to climb as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi violently clashed with protesters who have expanded their control over the country.
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Nomura: Oil Could Rocket To $220 If Just Algeria And Libya Stop Production
http://www.businessinsider.com/nomura-oil-220-2011-2

Forget the biggies. If just Algeria and Libya were forced to stop production, oil could rocket to $220. That’s according to Nomura (via ZeroHedge). We have identified three distinct stages of the Gulf war which led to changes in oil prices and we believe we are only at the initial stage of the three stage process for the current MENA unrest.
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Mideast Unrest Is Not the Only Cause of High Oil, Gas Prices
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=20362

The ongoing turmoil throughout the Middle East highlights the continuing and pervasive vulnerability of the U.S. economy to oil price instability, yet the Obama administration continues to thwart any efforts to increase domestic oil production, according to H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.
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Run! Now Indiana House Dems Flee State to Block Anti-Union Legislation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/run-now-indiana-house-dems-flee-state-to-block-anti-union-legislation/

If you’re a politician and you want to block legislation that would crack down on union power in your state, apparently there’s a new way to do just that, and it’s gaining popularity. In a word: Run!
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Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/two-thirds-wisconsin-public-school-8th-g

(CNSNews.com) – Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest.
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Wisconsin senate committee passes new rule: Senators must collect their paychecks in person
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/22/wisconsin-senate-committee-passes-new-rule-senators-must-collect-their-paychecks-in-person/

A nice first step. The next step, after the “fleebaggers” (as they’re now being called on Twitter) have come home, should be to pass a law retroactively docking their pay for the days they missed.
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Clueless In Wisconsin: Socialists March by Liberals Ridiculing Beck for Pointing Out Socialists Are Involved
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/clueless-in-wisconsin-socialists-march-by-liberals-ridiculing-beck-for-pointing-out-socialists-are-involved/

NOTE: This YouTube clip is 1:46.
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Democrat urges unions to ‘get a little bloody when necessary’
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/145627-dem-lawmaker-on-labor-protests-get-a-little-bloody-when-necessary

Sometimes it’s necessary to get out on the streets and “get a little bloody,” a Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.
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Tennessee joins states looking to yank fed reins
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267141

Tennessee has joined the list of states looking to yank the reins on the federal government’s expansion into what more and more state lawmakers are considering their own prerogatives.
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‘Abe Lincoln’ Fined While Reciting Gettysburg Address at Lincoln Memorial
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/abe-lincoln-fined-while-reciting-gettysburg-address-at-lincoln-memorial/

A 25-year-old Washington, D.C. intern has been fined after he dressed up as Abraham Lincoln on Presidents Day and delivered the Gettysburg Address on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His offense? He didn’t have a permit.
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Lawsuit: ‘Honor killings’ OK by Michigan Shariah
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267029

A lawsuit that challenges the official cooperation by the city of Dearborn, Mich., which has one of the largest populations of Muslims in the U.S., with Islamic interests makes a stunning allegation: that under the recognized “Shariah” law in the city, there have been “honor killing” murders that have been “covered up.”
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Mexican marines find 72 sticks of explosives, guns
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Mexican marines found 72 sticks of commercial synthetic explosives at a heavily armed camp in the southern state of Guerrero, the navy said Tuesday.
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North Korea and Iran’s Joint Nuclear Bomb Test
http://bigpeace.com/rkahlili/2011/02/23/north-korea-and-irans-joint-nuclear-bomb-test/

On December 30 of 2010, I revealed in my article, “Is Iran About to Test a Nuclear Bomb In North Korea?” that according to reports from inside Iran, a team of Iranian nuclear scientists have been sent to North Korea and that the two governments have agreed to a joint nuclear test in North Korea with a substantial financial reward for the Kim Jong-Il government.
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As Iranian Ships Pass Through Suez, Israel Decries ‘Provocation’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/as-iranian-ships-pass-through-suez-israel-decries-provocation/

JERUSALEM (AP) — As two Iranian warships sailed into the Mediterranean on Tuesday, an Israeli leader charged that Iran’s goal was hegemony in the Middle East.
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Greek riot police, protesters clash during strike
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110223/D9LIG4900.html

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Young demonstrators hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as clashes broke out Wednesday in Athens during a mass rally against austerity measures, part of a general strike that crippled services and public transportation around the country.
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Bahrain frees prisoners to mollify protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110223/wl_nm/us_bahrain

MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain has freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island’s Sunni Muslim monarchy, along with more than 200 other mostly Shi’ite prisoners detained in recent months, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
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In Syria, Regime Squelches All Attempts at Protest
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34814.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The wave of protests sweeping through the Arab world has not passed Syria by, but has sparked some demonstrations and attempts to organize large-scale protests.
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Egypt protesters set cars alight in Cairo
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE71M1CU20110223?sp=true

CAIRO Feb 23 (Reuters) – About six vehicles were set on fire outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, and witnesses said the blazes were caused by disaffected police officers demanding their jobs back.
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Saudi king back home, orders $37 bln in handouts
http://news.uk.msn.com/world/news-articles.aspx?cp-documentid=156221007

By Ulf LaessingRIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Abdullah returned home on Wednesday after a three-month medical absence and unveiled benefits for Saudis worth some $37 billion (23 billion pounds) in an apparent bid to insulate the world’s top oil exporter from an Arab protest wave.
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Muslim Brotherhood: We’ll Set Up Satellite Channel, Publish New Newspapers
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34784.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has said that the movement intends to set up a satellite television channel and publish a number of newspapers and magazines, and that soon a monthly named Al-Da’wa would appear.
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In Gaza, Hamas Government Bans Men From Working In Women’s Hairdressing Salons
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34787.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The Hamas government has begun implementing its ban on men working in women’s hairdressing salons. Gaza Strip police have summoned five hairdressers and had them sign a document saying they would stop doing so, and would not enter salons that they manage, under threat of imprisonment and a NIS20,000 fine.
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Egyptian Children’s TV Show: We Must Liberate Jerusalem from the Hands of “the Disgusting Jews”
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2821.htm

NOTE: This clip from the “Ammo Alaa” Children’s TV Show is 2:16 long.
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Alert pizza delivery driver saves customer’s life
http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14071806&

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) – A pizza delivery driver was called a hero Monday after she likely saved an elderly woman’s life. Before Monday’s incident, most neighbors knew little about Memphis resident Jean Wilson, except that she’s eaten pizza daily for the past three years.
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The extraordinary face of the Moon
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/02/22/the-extraordinary-face-of-the-moon

Seen the full Moon lately? Maybe you have, but I can pretty much guarantee you’ve never seen it like this: Sure, that may just look like another full Moon picture, but it’s much more extraordinary than that: it’s one of the highest resolution pictures of the entire near side of the Moon ever compiled!

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News Articles For 2/21

February 21, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them.” Alexander Hamilton: Federalist No. 78, 1788

101st rock band performs at Salerno, features guest vocalist from TF Duke
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4168-101st-rock-band-performs-at-salerno-features-guest-vocalist-from-tf-duke-.html

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division rock band, “Nuts!”, performed at Forward Operating Base Salerno Feb. 20.
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Grandma Shares Her Top 10 Deployment Lessons Learned
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2011/02/20/grandma-shares-her-top-10-deployment-lessons-learned/

Family Matters guest blogger, Debbie Nichols, is a military mom and grandma. Her daughter, Tech. Sgt. Erin Caldwell, is in the Air Force, and she has two grandchildren, Ivie and Bailey. Debbie cared for her grandchildren when her daughter, a single mom at the time, deployed to Afghanistan, and will continue to support them and her new son-in-law when her daughter deploys again in the coming year.
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Oil Rises Most in Three Weeks, Gold Reaches $1,400 on Mideast; Stocks Drop
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-21/oil-gold-gain-asian-stocks-decline-as-tensions-escalate-in-middle-east.html

Oil rose to a two-year high and gold rallied for a sixth day surpassing $1,400 an ounce, as tension in the Middle East escalated. Stocks fell, with Eni SpA leading energy companies with operations in Libya lower.
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Blaze Exclusive: International Anarchists, Socialists and Marxist, Not Average Union Workers, Have a Substance Fueled Rave While Taking Over Wisconsin State Capital
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/blaze-exclusive-international-anarchists-socialists-and-marxist-not-average-union-workers-have-a-substance-fueled-rave-while-taking-over-wisconsin-state-capital/

NOTE: This YouTube clip is 3:03 long.
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Wisconsin union calls on teachers to go to work
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41694906

MADISON, Wisconsin – The head of Wisconsin’s powerful teachers’ union is calling on educators to return to classrooms Monday and Tuesday rather than continue being absent to protest an anti-union bill at the state Capitol.
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Wisconsin Gov. Rejects Unions‘ ’Red Herring’ Compromise
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wisconsin-gov-rejects-unions-red-herring-compromise/

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Governor Scott Walker stressed that his administration is “looking at every option,“ but believes his plan is ”the right thing for Wisconsin.”
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Doctors Hand Out Excuses for Protesters ‘Sick’ of Gov. Walker
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/doctors-hand-out-excuses-for-protesters-sick-of-gov-walker/

Here are a couple other incriminating videos of doctors handing out excuse slips, courtesy our inquisitive Blaze readers. In another YouTube video, one doctor explains how employers cannot crack down on employees’ absences because he is “a licensed physician,“ and that ”all you need is an excuse.”
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Will Media Report This? WI Union Supporter Tries Sabotaging Tea Party Rally Sound System
http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/02/20/will-media-report-this-wi-union-supporter-tries-sabotaging-tea-party-rally-sound-system/

Yesterday in Wisconsin a union supporter tried ripping cords from the soundboard at the tea party rally. Numerous witnesses describe him as angry; one witness describes on camera how the man tried to push him down when the witness attempted to intervene and stop him.
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Texas poised to pass bill allowing guns on campus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_on_re_us/us_guns_on_campus

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.
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Extremist cleric to lead White House protest calling for Muslims to ‘rise up and establish Islamic state in America’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358792/Anjem-Choudary-lead-White-House-protest-calling-Muslims-rise-up.html

A hardline Muslim cleric who sparked anger across the U.S. with his anti-American comments in a television interview this month is to hold a protest outside the White House.
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12 taxi drivers, fares killed in Mexican resort
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110221/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico – A spate of attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco has left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead, police said Sunday, just hours before the Mexican Open tennis tournament is scheduled to start.
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U.S. offers Tunisia security aid for “model” revolution
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-tunisia-turkey-idUSTRE71K2YE20110221

(Reuters) – Washington has offered Tunisia help in shoring up security following its “model” revolution, U.S. Senator John McCain said Monday. A popular uprising in the North African state last month ended President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s 23 years of rule, sending shock waves through the Arab world and inspiring further revolts, one of which toppled Egypt’s president 10 days ago.
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Government Forces Clash Violently with Iranian Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/government-forces-clash-violently-with-iranian-protesters/

Tens of thousands of democracy activists took to the streets of Tehran today chanting “death to the Dictator” and calling for an end to their Ayatollah-led “religious dictatorship.”
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Khamenei – US must be removed from Islamic world
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/20/khamenei-us-must-be-removed-from-islamic-world/

There are new reports that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling on Muslims to “remove” the United States from the Islamic world. “The main problem in the Muslim world is the presence of the United States. It is the biggest problem. We need to address that,” he told a gathering of Shiite and Sunni scholars in Tehran for an international conference on Islam.
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Iran warships to begin Suez Canal passage Tuesday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110221/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_iran_warships

CAIRO – Suez Canal officials say two Iranian naval vessels are expected to start their passage through the strategic waterway early Tuesday. Canal officials say the ships are expected to pay a fee of $290,000 for the crossing. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
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Israel Weighs ‘Gravity’ of Iranian Ships Set to Transit Suez
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israel-weighs-gravity-of-iranian-ships-set-to-transit-suez/

CAIRO (AP) — Iran‘s first attempt in decades to send warships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Europe’s — and NATO’s — southern flank could further destabilize the Middle East, a region already reeling from an unprecedented wave of anti-government rebellions.
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On the run: Gaddafi flees Tripoli as protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358972/Libya-protests-Gaddafi-flees-Tripoli-parliament-building-set-alight.html

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.
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Reports of 200 Dead: Libyan Forces Open Fire on Mourners at Funeral for Slain Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reports-of-200-dead-libyan-forces-open-fire-on-mourners-at-funeral-for-slain-protesters/

CAIRO (AP/THE BLAZE) — Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry.
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Moroccan protesters call for curbs on king’s powers and end to corruption
http://www.france24.com/en/20110220-moroccan-protesters-call-for-curbs-king-powers-reform

REUTERS – At least 2,000 protesters gathered in a square in Morocco’s capital on Sunday to demand that King Mohammed give up some of his powers and clamp down on government corruption. Some people in the crowd were waving Tunisian and Egyptian flags, a recognition of the popular uprisings there.
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Riot police crack down on protesters in Algiers
http://www.france24.com/en/20110219-riot-police-clubs-anti-regime-demonstrators-algiers-algeria-bouteflika

Algerian riot police used batons to disperse protesters trying to organise an anti-regime rally in a central square of the capital on Saturday. An opposition deputy wounded in the clashes is in hospital and is thought to be in a coma, his party said.
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Report: Dozens of Chinese Activists in Jasmine Revolution Go Missing, Detained
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-dozens-of-chinese-activists-in-jasmine-revolution-go-missing-detained/

BEIJING – Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a concerted show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a “Jasmine Revolution” apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East.
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Smart Dictators Don’t Quash the Internet
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657704576150653606688990.html

The tragic death of Khaled Said—the 28-year-old who in June 2010 was dragged from an Internet cafe in Alexandria and beaten by the Egyptian police—was the event that galvanized young Egyptians, pushing them to share their grievances on Facebook.
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Get ready for a ‘global Katrina’: Biggest ever solar storm could cause power cuts which last for MONTHS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1359136/Global-Katrina-Biggest-solar-storm-cause-power-cuts-MONTHS.html

The world is overdue a ferocious ‘space storm’ that could knock out communications satellites, ground aircraft and trigger blackouts – causing hundreds of billions of pounds of damage, scientists say.
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Traveling cowboys rescue fallen carriage horse on Beale Street
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/feb/19/traveling-cowboys-rescue-fallen-carriage-horse-bea/

When a carriage horse fell into a little trouble on Beale Street, some out-of-town visitors who happened upon the scene were uniquely qualified to offer help. As it turned out, they were cowboys.

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News Articles For 2/19

February 19, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“There is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.” Alexander Hamilton: Federalist No. 81, 1788

Airstrike Kills More Than 35 Insurgents in Kunar Province
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62871

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2011 – A U.S. military air weapons team last night killed more than 35 enemy fighters in the Ghaziabad district of Afghanistan’s Khost province, military officials reported.
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Army shocks sergeant with battlefield promotion
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4160-army-shocks-sergeant-with-battlefield-promotion.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Soldier assigned to the 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, received a special surprise on Forward Operating Base Fenty Feb. 16.
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Armed Agent Slips Past DFW Body Scanner
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/18/armed-agent-slips-past-dfw-body-scanner/

According to an NBC news report, an undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at DFW International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security Administration.
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‘Class War is Here’: Video of Socialists Rallying in Wis. Supports Beck’s Theory
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/class-war-is-here-video-of-socialists-rallying-in-wis-supports-becks-theory/

Recently, Glenn Beck has been predicting that socialists would seize on the unrest in Egypt in order to promote revolution in the United States. There may be no better proof of that than the video below, shot by the MacIver Institute in Madison, WI this week.
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Mich. Union Hiring Homeless People to Picket
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mich-union-hiring-homeless-people-to-picket/

“Astroturfing: An artificially-manufactured political movement designed to give the appearance of grass roots activism.” If ever you wanted to see a great example of “astroturfing,” then the video below might become a part of your permanent library.
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House Passes Spending Bill That Cuts $61 Billion
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-passes-spending-bill-that-cuts-61-billion/

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs and shelter coal companies, oil refiners and farmers from new government regulations.
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House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-votes-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer money should not go to groups that provide or promote abortion.
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House votes to overthrow ‘czars’
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49781.html

The House voted Thursday to dethrone nine White House “czars.” Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama’s senior advisers on policy issues including health care, energy and others out of a job.
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House Passes Amendment to Defund Obamacare
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-gop-passes-amendment-to-defund-obamacare/

WASHINGTON (AP) — In rapid-fire action Friday, the Republican-controlled House voted to strip federal money from President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and from Planned Parenthood and to bar the EPA from issuing global warming regulations.
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The Dirty Little Secret About De-Funding Obamacare
http://biggovernment.com/eistook/2011/02/18/the-dirty-little-secret-about-de-funding-obamacare/

Several members of Congress, like Rep. Denny Rehberg (R, MT) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R.-Wash.) are offering amendments that would prevent any new spending from being used to implement Obamacare.
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George Soros: ‘President Obama Has Lost Control’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/george-soros-president-obama-has-lost-control/

In a pre-recorded interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria set to air Sunday morning, investment billionaire George Soros accuses President Barack Obama of having “lost control” of the national economy and criticizes the Democratic president for allowing Republicans to set the national agenda.
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U.S. Gov‘t Software Creates ’Fake People’ to Spread Message via Social Networking
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-s-govt-software-creates-fake-people-to-spread-message-via-social-networking/

Whenever I shop on the internet, I skip right over the positive reviews of products and go straight for the bad ones, figuring the company probably paid some hack to sit and create fictional names and post fake glowing five-star reviews for their products to dupe unsuspecting customers. But what if the federal government could operate this way?
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States to become referees of feds’ constitutionality
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262773

Two states have introduced legislative plans that would set up standing commissions whose members would be tasked with reviewing “all existing federal statutes, mandates, and executive orders” to determine their constitutionality, then recommending to lawmakers whether that state should “nullify” any federal law or regulation “that is outside the scope of the powers delegated … to the federal government.”
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States ignored warnings on unemployment insurance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_us/us_broken_budgets_a_warning_ignored

WASHINGTON – State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, two national commissions and a series of government audits sounded alarms about the dwindling amount of money states were setting aside to pay unemployment insurance to laid-off workers.
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Mexican army to increase border presence: president
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/19/us-mexico-army-idUSTRE71I2WO20110219

(Reuters) – The Mexican army will strengthen its presence on the northern border used by drug smugglers, President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday during a ceremony to honor the armed forces.
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4 thrown to deaths from bridge in southern Mexico
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/19/4-thrown-to-deaths-from-bridge-in-southern-mexico/

In Chilpancingo Mexico, four men with their hands and feet tied and heads covered in duct tape were thrown 600 feet to their deaths from a bridge Friday.
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Bloodshed in Bahrain: 50 Injured as Police Open Fire on Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bloodshed-in-bahrain-50-injured-as-police-open-fire-on-protesters/

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP/The Blaze) -– Soldiers opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark Pearl Square that had been the symbolic center of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation’s leaders.
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Protesters return to square in Bahrain capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests

MANAMA, Bahrain – Thousands of singing and dancing protesters streamed back into Manama’s central Pearl Square on Saturday after Bahrain’s leaders withdrew tanks and riot police following a bloody crackdown by security forces in the tiny monarchy.
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Egypt revolution unfinished, Qaradawi tells Tahrir masses
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/364347

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Egyptian Islamic theologian popularized by Al Jazeera, returned to Cairo today to deliver a stirring but overtly political sermon, calling on Egyptians to preserve national unity as they press for democratic progress.
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Egypt Agrees to Let Iranian Ships Through Suez Canal
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypt-agrees-to-let-iranian-ships-through-suez-canal/

CAIRO (AP) — State media say Egypt has agreed to let two Iranian naval vessels transit the Suez Canal, a move that comes despite expressions of concern by Israeli officials.
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Connecting the dots to anarchy
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=265253

Last year here in north Idaho, my garden failed. Miserably. Not from lack of trying. But after having the “winter of no winter” (very little snow), we also had the “summer of no summer.” Well into the third week of June, the cold and rainy conditions made it nearly impossible for vegetables to grow.
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Kim Weaver of British Columbia to escort cat from Oxford, N.Y., to Lewisville home
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/66498

A cat-centric online message thread has brought together three families with special needs. And now, the three are joining together to make each other’s wishes come true.

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News Articles For 2/11

February 11, 2011 — Operation Rooster

ANA tip leads to weapons cache
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4127-ana-tip-leads-to-weapons-cache.html

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A tip generated by the 3rd Coy, 1st Kandak, Afghan National Army pointed ANA and U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Lethal to a large weapons cache in Sarmast Kheyl, Zormat District Jan. 31.
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Face of Defense: Mother, Son Serve Together
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62784

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2011 – It was 4 a.m. when she settled in to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Green Bay Packers. Technically, it was Super Bowl Monday for her.
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Mubarak resigns, hands power to military
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt

CAIRO – Egypt’s vice president says Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military. Car horns were heard around Cairo in celebration after Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on national TV on Friday.
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Mubarak Disappears as Army Backs Him & Crowds Surge
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mubarak-disappears-as-army-backs-him-crowds-surge/

The situation in Egypt is fast-moving. Since President Hosni Mubarak gave his I’m-not-stepping-down step-down speech last night, much has happened. Below is a rundown of the morning’s news regarding Egypt.
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Iran’s Ahmadinijad Holds Massive Pro-Egyptian, Anti-American Rally
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/irans-ahmadinijad-holds-massive-pro-egyptian-anti-american-rally/

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is capitalizing on the Egyptian conflict to spew American and Israeli hate, hosting a massive rally in Tehran to bolster the protests in Egypt. According to AFP, “massive crowds of Iranians chanted pro-Egypt and anti-American slogans while marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.”
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Study Guide: Breaking News Coverage of Egypt
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/10/study-guide-breaking-news-coverage-of-egypt/

NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/10 TV show.
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Intel Director‘s Office Tries to Backpedal on Clapper’s Shocking Statement
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/intel-directors-office-tries-to-backpedal-on-clappers-shocking-statement/

Just hours after National Intelligence Director James Clapper made the shocking statement this morning that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “secular” organization, his office tried frantically to “clarify” his remarks.
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NYT: CIA Director Based Mubarak Congressional Testimony on Media Reports
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyt-cia-director-based-mubarak-congressional-testimony-on-media-reports/

The news for the Obama administration keeps getting worse. Or, more accurately, embarrassing. After National Intelligence Director James Clapper erroneously said the Muslim Brotherhood was a “secular” organization, it‘s now been revealed that CIA Director Leon Panetta’s testimony in front of Congress that Mubarak’s resignation was a “strong likelihood” was based not on intelligence but rather media reports.
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800,000 Jobs Gone: CBO Admits Health Care Law Will Kill Jobs
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/800000-jobs-gone-cbo-admits-health-care-law-will-kill-jobs/

NOTE: This video clip is 1:13 long.
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Ariz. governor countersues federal government
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110211/D9LA8QG80.html

PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Jan Brewer sued the federal government Thursday for failing to control Arizona’s border with Mexico and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs associated with jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes.
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‘Bombshell’ Charge: DOJ Whistleblower Says Liberal FOIA Requests Get VIP Treatment
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bombshell-charge-doj-whistleblower-says-liberal-foia-requests-get-vip-treament/

Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration’s Justice Department have come under fire in the past for allegedly letting politics tip the balance of Justice. Specifically, J. Christian Adams, a former DOJ official, made news last year when he publicly accused the agency of racial bias in handling the 2008 election voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party.
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Shocking New IMF Report: The U.S. Dollar Needs To Be Replaced As The World Reserve Currency And SDRs “Could Constitute An Embryo Of Global Currency”
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/

The IMF is trying to move the world away from the U.S. dollar and towards a global currency once again. In a new report entitled “Enhancing International Monetary Stability—A Role for the SDR”, the IMF details the “problems” with having the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of the globe and the IMF discusses the potential for a larger role for SDRs (Special Drawing Rights).
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Susan Rice kicks off U.N. series
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49319.html

Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, will argue in a major address Friday evening that the U.S. should “strengthen” — not “starve” — the world body.
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U.S. Footing $100M Bill for U.N. Security Upgrade
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/09/footing-m-security-upgrade/?test=latestnews

Months after top New York City officials expressed intense behind-the-scenes frustration at the security vulnerabilities at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, the U.N. is now planning to spend $100 million — donated by the U.S. — on the upgrade.
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U.S. reassures Poles on Russia missile defense role
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/11/us-usa-missiledefence-poland-idUSTRE71A3OI20110211

(Reuters) – A senior U.S. arms control negotiator said Friday she had reassured Poland and the Baltic republics that plans to involve Russia in developing European missile defense would not compromise their security.
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Obama, Soros create ‘Palestine’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262077

JERUSALEM – In partnership with a government fund initiated by Barack Obama, philanthropist and billionaire activist George Soros is investing in a private equity company that just launched in the Palestinian territories.
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‘Fever of Liberation’ Moves To Baghdad With Intensified Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34381.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Across Iraq, a wave of mass demonstrations has spread, calling for improvement in public services and an end to corruption. Despite government efforts to contain the public anger, which appears to be on the rise since the outbreak of turmoil in other Arab countries, it appears certain that a mass demonstration planned to take place February 25, at Liberation Square, in the center of Baghdad, will go ahead.
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Soaring debt pushes Portugal towards bail-out
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a04f8e08-3472-11e0-9ebc-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html#axzz1DfMCO1QB

Portugal’s cost of borrowing hit a euro-era high on Wednesday amid growing concerns that Lisbon will have to turn to bail-out funds to revive its stagnating economy.
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What’s the frequency: Monitors transmit video of unknowing families
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/115840594.html

SEATTLE — The saying goes never wake a sleeping baby. But what if that baby is broadcast for all the neighbors to see? From Ballard to Queen Anne and Greenlake to Phinney Ridge, KOMO News found unsuspecting families transmitting what’s inside their homes without even knowing it.
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Local Gymnast Makes Miraculous Recovery After Failed Flip
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Gymnast-Makes-Miraculously-Recovery-After-Scary-Fall–115760479.html

It’s a risk all gymnasts take every time they do a somersault or attempt any acrobatic move. The slightest miscalculation could lead to serious injury that could end in paralysis or even death.

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News Articles For 2/7

February 7, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.” James Madison: Federalist No. 52, February 8, 1788

Afghan, Coalition Forces Detain Suspects in Khost
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62719

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces looking for a Haqqani terrorist network leader detained several suspected insurgents in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province yesterday, military officials reported.
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TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4100-tf-patriot-leaders-comrades-honor-fallen-soldier.html

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Task Force Patriot Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La., died as the result of an enemy attack in Wardak Province Jan 31.
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Finger-pickin’ good: Soldier strums guitar, writes songs from his heart
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4104-finger-pickin-good-soldier-strums-guitar-writes-songs-from-his-heart.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – He grew up in the small town of Pearcy, Ark., in a family of five and, as a teen, he found his love for music and has been playing, song writing and entertaining ever since.
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Face of Defense: Airman’s Lineage Spans Three Generations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62716

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Feb. 7, 2011 – Growing up, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Paxton knew it was only a matter time before he would follow in his family’s boot prints.
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Navy’s First Unmanned Stealth Bomber Completes 29-Minute Test Flight
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/navys-first-unmanned-stealth-bomber-completes-29-minute-test-flight/

It’s called the X-47B, and it could revolutionize warfare. The X-47B is the Navy’s first unmanned stealth bomber drone, and on Fridy it completed a 29-minute test flight.
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Warning to Washington: Follow the Constitution
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259837

It’s not just Montana anymore. And folks at the Tenth Amendment Center, who monitor states’ declarations of independence from the federal government’s rules and regulations, suggest perhaps Washington should be paying attention.
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Understanding Egypt: What Is a Caliphate?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/understanding-egypt-what-is-a-caliphate/

Caliphate. Sometimes a word, like a faded Hollywood starlet, makes a surprising return to the spotlight … and so it is for caliphate. The word owes its renewed popularity to Glenn Beck, who first raised the possibility of a new caliphate on his Fox television show.
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A Guide to Our Recent Posts on Understanding Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-guide-to-our-recent-posts-on-understanding-egypt/

Recently, we posted a series of stories and blog posts about the Egypt conflict featuring guest contributors. This story is meant to be a one-stop-shop of sorts for that recent coverage. As such, it will be updated. Below you will find excerpts and links to the stories.
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Der Spiegel: Mubarak May Get ‘Health Check’ in Germany, Relinquish Power There
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/der-spiegel-mubarak-may-get-treatmant-in-germany-hand-over-power/

The German paper Der Spiegel is reporting that there is strong possibility disgraced Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will soon seek extended medical treatment in Germany, at which time he will relinquish his power.
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Egyptian State Media: Life Returning To Normal In Country
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34184.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

As protests continue in Egypt, state media reported on signs that life is beginning to return to normal in the country. The media pointed to the reopening of banks and courts, and said that trains are running again and ports are resuming activity.
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Egyptian VP Meets With Opposition Groups & Muslim Brotherhood; Makes Concessions
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egyptian-vp-meets-with-opposition-groups-makes-concessions/

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s vice president met a wide representation of major opposition groups for the first time Sunday and agreed to allow freedom of the press, to release those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks and ago and to lift the country’s hated emergency laws when security permits.
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Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt to Khamenei: The Uprising In Egypt Is Not Islamic
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34176.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

In response to statements made by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in his February 4 sermon, i.e. that the uprising in Egypt was an Islamic awakening inspired by Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said that the protests in their country were not Islamic.
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Tide turns in favour of Egypt’s Brotherhood in revolt
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7151NF20110206?sp=true

CAIRO (Reuters) – The first time Essam el-Erian, went to jail, he was 27. Last Sunday, he left prison for the eighth time at the age of 57. The medical doctor’s crime for each incarceration was belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most influential and best-organised Islamist opposition movement and long feared by President Hosni Mubarak, Israel and the United States.
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Concerns grow over Egypt’s WMD research
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41452744/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
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Soros fingerprints on Mideast chaos
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=260577

JERUSALEM – Philanthropist billionaire George Soros has funded opposition organizations in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, where anti-regime chaos has already toppled the pro-Western leader of Tunisia and is threatening the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, a key U.S. ally.
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Israel jittery about gas supply from Egypt
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110206/D9L777KO0.html

JERUSALEM (AP) – An explosion at an Egyptian gas terminal that disrupted the supply of fuel to Israel had Israeli officials pressing Sunday to speed development of a natural gas deposit that they say can make Israel energy independent.
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Iraq swirls with rumors of Egypt-like protests to come
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110206/wl_csm/361454

Baghdad, Iraq – The rumors of Iraq’s first case of self-immolation to protest poor services and corrupt government proved not to be true on Sunday. But the growing discontent in Iraq – inspired by people power protests in Tunisia and Egypt that were both galvanized by protesters setting themselves alight – is such that an Iraqi policeman posted in Baghdad’s downtown Firdous Square on Sunday knew the question he was being asked, even before it was finished.
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In Bahrain, ‘Day Of Rage’ Organized On Facebook
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34201.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Bahrain activists posted on February 2, on their Facebook page “14th February 2011 Revolution Day in Bahrain,” a call for a “day of rage” on February 14 against the royal house, as happened in Egypt and Tunisia.
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Deal signed to supply Iran fuel to Afghanistan
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a83b90fe544f84fa51539c41ac8e90cc.31&show_article=1

Iran said on Sunday it has reached an agreement with Afghanistan to supply Iranian fuel to the war-torn country and has started supplying the products to its neighbour’s private sector.
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Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/06/flu-universal-vaccine-test-success

Scientists at Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness, taking a significant step in the fight against a disease that affects billions of people each year.
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The Top 14 Astronomy Pictures of 2010
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/14/the-top-14-astronomy-pictures-of-2010

Every year, thousands of incredible images of the sky are taken from observatories on the ground and in space, from spacecraft, and from amateur astronomers. And it seems that the people who make these images are getting better with time, creating nothing short of art.

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News Articles For 2/4

February 4, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Investigate Explosion
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62682

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces are investigating a roadside bomb explosion that killed six Afghan civilians, including two children, today in Kunduz province’s Kunduz district, military officials reported.
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Patriot EOD specialist earns Purple Heart Medal
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4092-patriot-eod-specialist-earns-purple-heart-medal.html

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Ward Savage (left), an explosive ordnance disposal specialist from McHenry, Md., assigned to 2nd Platoon, 705th EOD Company at Fort Polk, La., receives a Purple Heart Medal from U.S. Army Col. Bruce P. Antonia, commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division’s Task Force Patriot from Manchester, Conn., on Forward Operating Base Shank Jan. 31.
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National Debt Jumped Another $105.8 Billion in January
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/national-debt-jumped-another-1058-billio

(CNSNews.com) – The federal debt increased by $105.8 billion ($105,835,837,302.32) in January, according to the the U.S. Treasury Department, jumping from $14.0252 trillion ($14,025,215,218,708.52) at the close of business on December 31 to $14.1311 trillion ($14,131,051,056,010.84) at the close of business on January 31.
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President Obama’s Plan to Win the Future by Making American Businesses More Energy Efficient through the “Better Buildings Initiative”
http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/03/president-obama-s-plan-win-future-making-american-businesses-more-energy

In his State of the Union, President Obama laid out his vision for winning the future by investing in innovative clean energy technologies and doubling the share of electricity from clean energy sources by 2035.
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FCC Orders NBC Newsrooms To Partner With Soros-Funded Non-Profits
http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/02/03/fcc-orders-nbc-newsrooms-to-partner-with-soros-funded-non-profits/

So much for objectivity. One of the FCC stipulations of the Comcast – NBCU merger was the incorporation of non-profit journalism centers into NBC newsrooms. They are charged with maintaining and increasing local news coverage, the regulation based on the relationship between KNSD-TV and VoiceofSanDiego.org.
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Greyhound Bus Hijacked in NC; Suspect Taken Into Custody
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bus-hijacked-in-nc-suspect-taken-into-custody/

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An armed passenger hijacked a Greyhound bus Thursday night along a North Carolina highway and was arrested after police surrounded the bus after the driver had pulled into a gas station, authorities said. No one was injured.
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Did Political Correctness Keep Authorities From Preventing Ft. Hood Massacre?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-political-correctness-keep-authorities-from-preventing-ft-hood-massacre/

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate report on the Fort Hood shooting is sharply critical of the FBI’s failure to recognize warning signs that an Army psychiatrist had become an Islamist extremist and amounted to a “ticking time bomb.”
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ABC Tries Undercover Journalism By Lying About Arizona Law
http://bigjournalism.com/mdake/2011/02/04/abc-tries-undercover-journalism-by-lying-about-arizona-law/

ABC reporter John Quinones produced a deceptive propaganda piece about the recent Arizona law (SB1070) dealing with illegal immigration. John Quinones, with the support of ABC, again peddles the mainstream media meme that anyone who is for the enforcement of our immigration laws is “anti-immigration” or “anti-immigrant.” But Quinones (and, by extension, ABC) doesn’t stop there.
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JOHN STOSSEL: I Can Balance the Budget
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/02/03/john-stossel-balance-budget/

The Congressional Budget Office says the current year’s budget deficit will be a record $1.5 trillion. It also says that over the next decade we’re on track for annual deficits of “only” $768 billion. I suspect the CBO has hired Rosy Scenario to do the bookkeeping, but let’s take that number at face value.
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Shell: No Beaufort Sea drilling in Arctic for 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Shell-No-Beaufort-Sea-apf-844337881.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shell Alaska has dropped plans to drill in the Arctic waters of the Beaufort Sea this year and will concentrate on obtaining permits for the 2012 season, company Vice President Pete Slaiby said Thursday.
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Gang gunbattles, street blockades in Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Suspected drug cartel gunmen hurled grenades, burned vehicles and blocked streets in a rapid series of attacks in Mexico’s second-largest city, authorities said Wednesday.
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Study Guide: Caliphate, Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/03/study-guide-muslim-brotherhood-and-hamas/

This is a “reference guide” to Glenn Beck’s 2/4 TV show full of links.
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Al-Maliki Confirmed In 2009 That Syria, Iran Provided Weapons To Terrorist Groups
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34130.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Secret telegrams released by WikiLeaks indicate that Iraqi Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki confirmed to U.S. diplomats in 2009 that Syria and Iran were supplying rebellious [terrorist] groups with weapons, including surface-to-air missiles. Al-Maliki passed this information to the former U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Christopher Hill when the relations between Iraq and Syria were severed.
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Cooper Attacked Again While ABC News Crew Threatened With ‘Beheading’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cooper-attacked-again-while-abc-news-crew-threatened-with-beheading/

Attacks on foreign journalists continue to intensify in Egypt. Yesterday, Anderson Cooper was beaten in the head and a Fox News crew had to be hospitalized. Today, Cooper suffered another attack, while an ABC news crew was threatened with “beheading” by a mob which included an attacker in a police uniform.
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Egypt protesters throng square after violence
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt

CAIRO – Tens of thousands packed central Cairo Friday, waving flags and singing the national anthem, emboldened in their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak after they repelled pro-regime attackers in two days of bloody street fights. The U.S. was pressing Egypt for an immediate start to democratic transition, including a proposal for Mubarak to step down immediately.
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Mubarak: I’d resign, but Egypt would descend into chaos
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206708

Protesters have pledged to intensify their battle to unseat Hosni Mubarak by Friday, after opponents and supporters of the Egyptian president clashed in a second straight day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square and new forms of lawlessness spread throughout the battered city.
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In Egypt, Calls For Mass Demonstrations Tomorrow, Until Mubarak Falls; Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi: Demonstrating Is A Religious Duty; Iranian Ayatollah Calls On Al-Azhar To Stand With Egyptian People
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34098.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The “We Are All Khaled Said” Facebook page posted calls (above) for mass demonstrations tomorrow, February 4, following Friday prayers, under the slogan “February 4, 2011 – The Day of Mubarak’s Departure.”
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Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei Calls Upon Egyptian Army to Join Masses in Ousting Hosni Mubarak
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2792.htm

NOTE: This video clip is 11:17 long.
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Iran: Riots sign of Islamic awakening
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4023909,00.html

Supreme leader Khamenei satisfied with Egypt uprising. ‘The echoes of the Islamic Revolution are being heard. It is an earthquake and defeat for the US policy, and the Zionists are more concerned than anyone else,’ he says during Tehran sermon.
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Egyptian Daily: Hamas Gunmen Caught In Egypt En Route To Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34107.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The Egyptian opposition daily Al-Yawm Al-Sab’a reported that forces in the Sinai had arrested 11 Hamas gunmen en route to demonstrations in Egypt. Two were caught in Al-Arish, where they had arrived from Gaza, and nine in Suez city.
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Muslim Brotherhood: ‘We are against Zionism’
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206725

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on Thursday evening repeatedly refused to commit to maintaining the peace treaty with Israel, or even recognizing Israel, if the Brotherhood becomes a player in the future governance of Egypt.
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Algeria to lift emergency powers
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/20112315364175524.html

Algeria’s 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in the “very near future”, state media has quoted Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the president, as saying. During a meeting with ministers on Thursday, the president also said Algerian television and radio, which are controlled by the state, should give airtime to all political parties.
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Jordan’s King Abdallah Meets With Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34135.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

For the first time since he took the throne, Jordan’s King Abdallah has met with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in his country. In the meeting, the monarch discussed the need for political and economic reforms.
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In Syria, Regime Initiates Shows Of Support
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34102.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

In advance of the anti-regime protest demonstrations expected tomorrow and Saturday, February 4 and 5, vehicles with Syrian flags and pictures of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have begun moving through the streets of Damascus to show support for the regime.
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Kuwaiti Daily: Hizbullah Sent Thousands Of Troops To Help Syrian Regime
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34137.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, known for its anti-Syrian stance, reported, citing Syrian sources, that in recent days some 2,000 Hizbullah troops have arrived in Syria to protect the regime, in advance of the popular protests set for today and tomorrow.
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The Internet And The Revolutions
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34127.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Following random interviews with young Iraqis, Alsumaria.tv made a profound observation. It writes that the Arab regimes that have prevailed for decades against what they have characterized as Western colonialist and imperialistic conspiracies are now threatened by an interactive window that the Arab youth have been able to glance through in the last few years to overcome their boredom after failing to find employment opportunities.
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NFL Stars Aid Hearing-Impaired Kids
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/03/nfl-stars-aid-hearing-impaired-kids/

Nearly 100 NFL players will compete for Super Bowl rings in Dallas on Sunday, but today 200 people will get something even more significant: free hearing aids.
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See Sunday’s Best Super Bowl Commercials Before They Air
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/see-sundays-best-super-bowl-commercials-before-they-air/

For many people, Super Bowl Sunday is as much about the commercials as it is about the game. A single 30-second ad spot costs millions of dollars, meaning companies save their best for the big day. Understanding our insatiable desire for insider information, the crew over at Business Insider has put together a collection of the 24 best Super Bowl commercials viewers will see on Sunday.

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News Articles For 2/3

February 3, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Forces Detain Haqqani Facilitator in Khost Province
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62667

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces detained a Haqqani terrorist network facilitator and another suspected insurgent in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province yesterday, military officials reported.
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ANSF, TF Bastogne begin operations in Shawan Ghar Valley
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/4086-ansf-tf-bastogne-begin-operations-in-shawan-ghar-valley.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces partnered with the Soldiers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Bastogne, 101st Airborne Division, to begin operations in the Shawan Ghar Valley of the Lal Por District Feb. 3.
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Directory Links Wounded Warriors, Families to Resources
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62681

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2011 – From benefits and compensation to education and training, an online directory is providing wounded warriors, veterans and their families a direct connection to thousands of state, local and national resources.
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Chiarelli expects increase in behavioral health needs
http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/02/51178-chiarelli-expects-increase-in-behavioral-health-needs/?ref=news-home-title0

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 1, 2011) — The Army’s vice chief of staff said with the drawdown in Iraq and eventually in Afghanistan, the country could expect to see an increase in the number of Soldiers suffering from depression, anxiety, Traumatic Brain Injury and post-traumatic stress.
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Fallen Marine’s Parents Adopt Son’s Bomb Dog
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/fallen-marines-parents-adopt-sons-bomb-dog-020311

SAN ANTONIO – The parents of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are adopting the bomb-sniffing dog who the military says loyally rushed to their son’s side when he was fatally shot.
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Face of Defense: Uganda-born Army Officer Pursues Dreams
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62675

FORT BENNING, Ga., Feb. 3, 2011 – As a boy growing up in Uganda, Joseph D’costa became inspired by America’s role in World War II and told his teacher he wanted to go to the U.S. Military Academy someday.
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Senate repeals part of health care law
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/48726.html

The Senate voted Wednesday for the first time to repeal a piece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, rolling back a new tax reporting requirement that’s been universally panned by business owners.
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United, Senate Dems defeat health care repeal measure
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/02/5977699-united-senate-dems-defeat-health-care-repeal-measure-

Carrie Dann writes:Senate Democrats remained united on Wednesday in killing a Republican effort to repeal the health care bill signed into law last March.
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Obama issues global warming rules in January, gives GE an exemption in February
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/obama-issues-global-warming-rules-january-gives-ge-exemption-febr

Last month, the Obama EPA began enforcing new rules regulating the greenhouse gas emissions from any new or expanded power plants. This week, the EPA issued its first exemption, Environment & Energy News reports.
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Mexico supplies electricity to wintry Texas
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110202/ts_alt_afp/mexicousweatherstorm_20110202234748

MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Mexico’s state electricity company on Wednesday started supplying electricity to the US state of Texas, where demand shot up amid unusually cold temperatures and caused power outages.
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NYC Council Bans Smoking In Parks, Beaches
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/02/02/nyc-expected-to-ban-smoking-in-parks-beaches/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Smokers have just one message for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council members: butt out of our business. “We’re outside. We should have freedom to smoke,” City Hall Park smoker Harvey Forbes told CBS 2’s Magee Hickey.
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This Is What Scares US Military Strategists Most
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-scares-us-military-strategists-most-2011-2

The latest batch of Wikileaks cables is out. They show acute concerns about the possibility of a rogue state nuclear attack, the possibility of Al Qaeda building radioactive dirty bombs and the possibility of Al Qaeda acquiring a nuclear weapon. As well, they fret about rogue states and terrorist groups getting their hands on biological and chemical weaponry (CBW).
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Leftist Protesters: ‘Hang’ Clarence Thomas, Kill Fox Execs, ‘Duel’ With Beck
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/leftist-protesters-hang-clarence-thomas-kill-fox-execs-dul-with-beck/

The following video was taken at the anti-Koch brothers protest in Palm Spring, CA last weekend. What you’re about to see is shocking — “peaceful” leftist protesters calling for the torture and death of Clarence Thomas as well as the death of Fox News executives, and one woman challenging Glenn Beck to a duel with her “Glock.”
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Virginia Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp of Underage Sex Ring
http://biggovernment.com/lrose/2011/02/03/virginia-planned-parenthood-aids-pimp-of-underage-sex-ring/

Our investigative team has just released the second undercover video revealing Planned Parenthood counseling a pimp on how to obtain secret abortions for his under age sex slaves, by bypassing Virginia parental consent laws meant to protect children.
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World food prices hit record high: UN agency
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0bcf7660807b5b8e782fa73f510af552.471&show_article=1

World food prices reached their highest level ever recorded in January and are set to keep rising for months, the UN food agency said on Thursday, warning that the hardest-hit countries could face turmoil.
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Shippers Concerned Over Possible Suez Canal Disruptions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41403645

As violence has broken out in Egypt, concern has turned to the risk of the blocking of the Suez Canal or nearby pipelines, which could pose a threat to world energy supplies.
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Gasoline Shortage Hits Cairo As Turmoil Disrupts Supply
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34090.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Commuters and taxi drivers in Cairo are facing fuel shortages as the supply chain is crippled by transport problems and labor shortages are sparked by the turmoil.
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Pro-Mubarak Marauders Use Horses, Camels, and ‘Chariots’ to Beat Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pro-mubarak-marauders-use-horses-and-camels-to-beat-protesters/

It’s one of the strangest sites to come out of the Egyptian unrest over the last nine days. While pro-Mubarak and anti-government protesters clashed in Cairo today, the Mubarak ilk used horses, camels, and chariot-like carriages to charge into the crowd and beat the unruly mob.
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Egypt army moves to stop assault on protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_173

CAIRO – Egyptian army tanks and soldiers cleared away pro-government rioters and deployed between them and protesters seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, moving to halt violence as the prime minister made an unprecedented apology Thursday for the assault by regime backers that turned central Cairo into a battle zone.
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Egyptian army starts rounding up journalists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_journalists

CAIRO – The Egyptian military started rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, on Thursday after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been assaulting anti-government protesters.
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Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9L5CFDO0&show_article=1

LONDON (AP) – Egyptian authorities forced Vodafone to broadcast government-scripted text messages during the protests that have rocked the country, the U.K.-based mobile company said Thursday.
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Report: Muslim Brotherhood Wants Egyptians to ‘Prepare for War With Israel’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-muslim-brotherhood-wants-egyptians-to-prepare-for-war-with-israel/

Just two days after Mohamed ElBaradei declared that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was not an extremist organization and that any comparisons to extremist groups are “totally bogus,” reports are surfacing that high ranking members of this peaceful group are wishing that the citizens of Egypt would prepare for war with Israel.
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Al-Qaeda Deputy Leader Al-Zawahiri Encourages Egyptians to Stand Fast and Topple Mubarak
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34092.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

In the Al-Qaeda leadership’s first public response to the events in Egypt, Thirwat Salah Shehatah, one of Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s deputies in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) group and a senior Al-Qaeda commander, issued a communiqué calling on Egyptians to stand fast and topple the Egyptian regime.
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CodePink Anti-War Group Joins Egyptian Protests in Cairo
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/codepink-anti-war-group-joins-egyptian-protests-in-cairo/

An American leftist women’s anti-war group has landed in Cairo to take up banners alongside Egyptians as they fight for the future of their country. In all of the chaos today, our friends at Business Insider noticed this.
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Social Network Users Call for Days of Rage in Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Algeria
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4968.htm

As part of widespread calls on Facebook for opposition activity against the Arab leaders, numerous Facebook groups and accounts were created calling for popular intifada throughout the Arab world, including Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, and Algeria. The pages called for non-violent and apolitical demonstrations, with some of them providing precise instructions regarding how to behave during the demonstrations.
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‘Day of Rage’ Now Spreads to Yemen: Over 20,000 Take to the Streets
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/day-of-rage-now-spreads-to-yemen-over-20000-take-to-the-streets/

Tens of thousands of opponents and supporters of Yemen’s president staged dueling demonstrations on Thursday, underscoring deep divisions in a nation seen by the Obama administration as a key ally in its fight against Islamic militants. Ironically, the name adopted for the day’s protests — the “Day of Rage” — is the same name used by protesters in Egypt as well as the Weather Underground in the 60s.
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Will Middle East Protests Spread To Syria
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/02/will-middle-east-protests-spread-to-syria/

Will the uprisings continue to spread in the Middle East? al Jazeera is reporting that calls for protests in Syria are spreading on social media websites, following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Organisers say protests will be staged in front of the parliament in the capital, Damascus, on Friday and Saturday, and at Syrian embassies across the world.
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Caller ordering a pizza hears restaurant stickup, phones police
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110202/NEWS0801/110202002/Caller-ordering-pizza-hears-stickup-phones-police

Police were first tipped off to a robbery at a Palm Springs pizzeria Tuesday night by a customer who wasn’t even at the restaurant but rather was phoning in an order.

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News Articles For 1/31

January 31, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Surgeon slashes personal record during satellite Miami Marathon run
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4065-surgeon-slashes-personal-record-during-satellite-miami-marathon-run.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – His sleep was restless. The dark, early morning hours would soon come. He tossed and turned most of the night, finally rolling out of bed at 3:30 am.
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TSA shuts door on private airport screening program
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/29/tsa.private/index.html?hpt=T2

Washington (CNN) — A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the Transportation Security Administration said it was “neutral” on the program.
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Science Czar Holdren on Climate Change Skeptics: ‘It Is An Education Problem’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/science-holdren-on-climate-change-skeptics-it-is-an-education-problem/

President Obama’s top science adviser said there’s a need to “educate” GOP climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill as the White House seeks to advance its green energy agenda.
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Forget federal government, we’ll build fence ourselves!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=257501

A Mississippi legislator has caught on to an idea that if the federal government won’t complete a border fence separating the United States from Mexico, the states will – and he’s planning on taxing illegal immigrants to fund it.
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Was Bachmann’s SOTU Response Sabotaged?
http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2011/01/30/was-bachmanns-sotu-response-sabotaged/

So, what was really up with the televised feed of Rep. Bachmann’s State of the Union response? Our sources tell us that CNN had originally agreed to use the live feed set up by Tea Party Express, which had a teleprompter running on the lens in which Rep. Bachmann was delivering her speech.
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Workers of the World Unite: The American Left’s Role in Leading Mid-East Regime Change
http://biggovernment.com/laborunionreport/2011/01/31/workers-of-the-world-unite-the-american-lefts-role-in-leading-mid-east-regime-change/

As the world watches Egypt crumble into chaos, with over 100 dead and 2000 injured, the Obama administration continues to be somewhat and rather curiously ambivalent.
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Why Were U.S. Socialists Rallying in Support of Egypt This Weekend?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-were-u-s-socialists-rallying-in-support-of-egypt-this-weekend/

Sometimes the story comes to you. That’s what happened this weekend, when some Associated Press pictures we used in a Saturday story revealed an interesting fact: U.S. leftist and socialist groups staged rallies across the country in support of Egyptian protesters. It’s a curious phenomenon, so we decided to dig deeper. Here’s what we found. Some of it will surprise you, and unfortunately some of it will not.
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood eyes unity gov’t without Mubarak
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-eyes-unity-gov-t-without-mubarak-1.340168

Opposition group says will exclude reigning President’s National Democratic Party from talks; Mohammed ElBaradei: I have been mandated by the people.
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ElBaradei Calls Muslim Brotherhood ‘Threat’ a ‘Myth’ Pushed by Mubarak Regime
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/elbaradei-calls-muslim-brotherhood-threat-a-myth-pushed-by-mubarak-regime/

A good number of sage individuals watching the unrest in Egypt are concerned about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood and what a surge of their influence or control could portend. Here’s Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI).
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Elbaradei, Iran’s nukes, and the Egypt-North Korean Missile Connection
http://bigpeace.com/cbrim/2011/01/31/elbaradei-irans-nukes-and-the-egypt-north-korean-missile-connection/

Elbaradei, the presumptive Egyptian president-in-waiting and former head of the IAEA nuclear inspection agency at the U.N., has made his position on nuclear proliferation absolutely clear in a joint press conference in Tehran in October 2009 with Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi – that there is indeed a nuclear threat in the region: Israel.
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Worldwide Islamist revolution explodes
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=257681

TEL AVIV – Islamists, in particular the anti-Western Muslim Brotherhood, seem poised to take power throughout the Middle East as a result of riots that have already toppled one Arab regime and are threatening others, in what some are calling only the latest wave of an Islamic “tsunami” sweeping the globe.
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China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.72428c9c46c8f2949b118c423c268684.671&show_article=1

Chinese censors are apparently blocking online discussion of unrest in Egypt and sanitising news reports about it in a sign of official unease that the uprising could fuel calls for reform at home.
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More news websites blocked in Iran
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/31/us-iran-internet-censor-idUSTRE70U3WR20110131

(Reuters) – Iranians have found their access to major news websites even more restricted than usual as more foreign sites were blocked by a government filter, Reuters witnesses observed on Monday.
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Iran to showcase new rockets, satellites: report
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.fae0da60412a671e262f1f5567c43dbb.311&show_article=1

Iran said on Sunday it will showcase what it called a new range of rockets and satellites during annual celebrations marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
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UK govt: Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110131/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iran_nuclear

LONDON – Britain’s defense secretary says it’s possible that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon by next year. Liam Fox told lawmakers on Monday he disagrees with Israel’s newly retired spy chief, Meir Dagan, who said this month that Iran would not be able to build a nuclear bomb before 2015.
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Same year, same day, same minute: Couple shares birthday
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20110130/NEWS01/110128016/1079

Bill Gallagher knew fairly quickly after meeting his wife, Julie, more than 20 years ago that she was one in a million. Well, actually more like one in 5 million. The Iowa City couple, who turn 50 today, were born at the same minute on the same day of the same month of the same year: 11:47 a.m., Jan. 31, 1961.
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Volcanic lightning pictured as Mount Shinmoedake volcano in Japan erupts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8288283/Volcanic-lightning-pictured-as-Mount-Shinmoedake-volcano-in-Japan-erupts.html

Volcanic lightning is seen above Mount Shinmoedake in Japan as it erupts. It is not clear why bolts of lightning are sometimes seen within erupting volcanoes. One theory is that that the spewing magma bubbles or particles of volcanic ash are themselves electrically charged, and by their motion create separately charged areas.

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News Articles For 1/29

January 29, 2011 — Operation Rooster

FOB Salerno Soldiers pay silent tribute to 9/11
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4061-fob-salerno-soldiers-pay-silent-tribute-to-911.html

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A color guard of Soldiers from Company B, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion raised a flag up the flagpole at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan Jan. 24.
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Deepwater rigs moved out of the Gulf of Mexico
http://af.reuters.com/article/congoNews/idAFN2726555420110127

Jan 27 (Reuters) – Some of the 30-plus deepwater rigs that were in the Gulf of Mexico have moved to other markets, first because of a U.S. halt called last May after BP Plc’s (BP.L: Quote) well blowout, and then because of the lack of permits once the moratorium was lifted.
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FBI Knocks Down 40 Doors in Probe of Pro-WikiLeaks Attackers
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/fbi-anonymous/

The FBI has joined in the hunt for those who participated in the retaliation attacks against companies that cut off services to Wikileaks, executing more than 40 search warrants across the United States on Thursday, the bureau announced.
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ACLU, feds coordinated attack on Arizona crackdown on illegals
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=256853

A public interest organization that uncovers and prosecutes corruption in government said it has confirmed from Department of Justice documents that the federal agency under Barack Obama’s command worked hand-in-hand with the American Civil Liberties Union to attack Arizona over its tough new immigration law.
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Credit card rates at record highs near 15%
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/28/pf/credit_cards_interest_rates/index.htm?iid=HLMNot%20perfect%20credit%20=%2059%%20APR

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Interest rates are now hovering near record highs, at an average rate of 14.72%. And if your credit is bad enough, you could even end up with a rate as high as 59.9% APR.
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Gov‘t ’Secretly Backed’ Egyptian Dissidents Plotting Regime Change
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wikileaks-u-s-govt-secretly-backed-egyptian-dissidents-plotting-regime-change/

Secret U.S. diplomatic dispatches released by the WikiLeaks website seem to suggest that the American Embassy in Cairo was quietly aiding young Egyptian political dissidents who were plotting to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011, the UK’s Telegraph is reporting.
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Communications Blackout Partially Lifted in Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/communications-blackout-partially-lifted-in-egypt/

CAIRO (AP) — Mobile phone services have been partially restored in Egypt after a government-ordered communications blackout aimed at stopping the largest anti-government protests to hit the country in decades.
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Mubarak Orders Egyptian Government Officials to Step Down, He Will Stay
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/breaking-mubarak-orders-egyptian-government-officials-to-step-down/

Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asked his cabinet officials to resign in a major televised announcement Friday. Mubarak proclaimed that he would appoint a new government on Saturday.
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Egypt Releases Military on Citizens as Rioters Storm Gov’t Buildings
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypt-releases-military-on-citizens-as-rioters-storm-govt-buildings/

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt‘s military deployed on the streets of Cairo to enforce a nighttime curfew as the sun set Friday on a day of rioting and chaos that was a major escalation in the challenge to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule.
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Dozens of Israelis flee Egypt on emergency flight
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_egypt

JERUSALEM – Israel’s national airline has whisked some 200 Israelis, including families of Israeli diplomats, out of Egypt on board an emergency flight to escape the chaos engulfing the Arab country.
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Egypt protests: America’s secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8289686/Egypt-protests-Americas-secret-backing-for-rebel-leaders-behind-uprising.html

The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
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Did Muslim Brotherhood Learn ‘Day of Rage’ Egypt Protest Tactics From Obama Allies Bill Ayers and Code Pink?
http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/2011/01/29/did-muslim-brotherhood-learn-day-of-rage-egypt-protest-tactics-from-obama-allies-bill-ayers-and-code-pink/

One year ago, Big Government reported the anti-American global left, led by Code Pink, traveled to Egypt to undermine the blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza.
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What Role is the Muslim Brotherhood Playing in Egyptian Protests?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-role-is-the-muslim-brotherhood-playing-in-egyptian-protests/

So far, demonstrators in Egypt have protested against poor living standards and authoritarian rule. But, as the New York Times is reporting, religion may soon play an increasingly integral roll in mobilizing anti-government forces.
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Middle East Unrest: Iranian Clerics are Hopeful for Islamic Republic in Egypt and Rest of Region
http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2011/01/29/middle-east-unrest-iranian-clerics-are-hopeful-for-islamic-republic-in-egypt-and-rest-of-region/

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami in his Friday Sermon in Iran declared that the social unrest in Egypt and elsewhere is a continuance of the 1979 Iranian revolution and is inspired by Islamists. Here is a translated summary courtesy of MEMRI:
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How Do You Shut Down the Internet in a Whole Country?
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/how-do-you-shut-down-the-internet-whole-country-1281/

To silence dissidents, the Egyptian government made a move Jan. 28 that has no precedent: It turned off the Internet nationwide. How did they do it — and could the same thing happen here?
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Specter of Currency War Rears Its Head at Davos
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/specter-of-currency-war-rears-its-head-at-davos/

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — A fight is looming between rich and poor countries over the value of the dollar and other key currencies, as governments use monetary tricks to boost their national recovery at the expense of other nations, political and business leaders warned Saturday.
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Amazon.com Security Flaw Accepts Passwords That Are Close, But Not Exact
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/amazon-password-problem/

An Amazon.com security flaw allows some customers to log in with variations of their actual password that are close to, but not exactly, their real password.
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The THIRD WAVE of homeshcool persecution
http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/V26N6/V26N601.asp

A THIRD WAVE OF ARGUMENT that seeks to curtail or crush the homeschooling movement—specifically, the Christian homeschooling movement—is coming. You need to know about it. You need to get ready to fight it.
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Firefighters rescue kitten from pole
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/national_world&id=7920120

Miramar, FL — This scared little kitty sure knows how to get in trouble. “It came in as a cat stuck in a drain. We got here and determined it wasn’t a drain. The kitten was actually stuck in a light pole in a parking lot. She’s about five to six feet down into the ground,” says Gina Hudson from Miramar fire department.

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News Articles For 1/25

January 25, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Airstrike in Logar Province Kills Taliban Leader
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62552

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2011 – A coalition airstrike yesterday in the Pol-e Alam district of Afghanistan’s Logar province killed a Taliban logistics leader, military officials reported.
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ANSF, TF Bastogne counters insurgency in Kunar
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/4038-ansf-tf-bastogne-counters-insurgency-in-kunar.html

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Coalition troops and their Afghan National Security Forces partners joined together to conduct operations in the Khas Kunar District of Kunar Province Jan. 21-22.
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Face of Defense: Guard Soldier Loses 100 Pounds
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62564

PINEVILLE, La., Jan. 25, 2011 – Army Spc. Alejandro Zuniga of the Louisiana National Guard scored 401 points on his most recent Army physical fitness test — something even he found hard to believe, considering the state he was in less than two years ago.
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New Hidden Missile System Unknown To Feds
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25555225/detail.html

ATLANTA — A Russian weapons company is marketing a new missile system that is hidden inside an ordinary shipping container. It can turn a ship, train or truck into a long range missile launcher. Channel Two Action News anchor Justin Farmer investigated the threat and found officials at the Port of Savannah had never heard of the Club K Missile system.
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Pakistanis Suing the CIA and US Over Drone Attacks: Want $500 Million Per Victim
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2011/01/24/pakistanis-suing-the-cia-and-us-over-drone-attacks-want-500-million-per-victim/

Even though it is President Obama who has ramped up the use of drone attacks to deal with militants in Pakistan, he is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. A lawyer representing the plaintiffs admits that $500 million per victim is “very high” but he believes it is “appropriate.”
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Fannie, Freddie Stick Taxpayers with $160 Million in Legal Bills
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/01/24/fannie-freddie-stick-taxpayers-with-160-million-in-legal-bills/

Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage finance companies and their former top executives in civil lawsuits accusing them of fraud. The cost was a closely guarded secret until last week, when the companies and their regulator produced an accounting at the request of Congress.
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GOP pushing for ISPs to record user data
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20029393-281.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

The House Republicans’ first major technology initiative is about to be unveiled: a push to force Internet companies to keep track of what their users are doing.
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Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet “Kill Switch”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20029302-501465.html

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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NY Magazine: Obama Never Had Any Contact With Half a Dozen Top Cabinet Members in First Two Years
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyt-magazine-obama-never-had-any-contact-with-half-a-dozen-top-cabinet-members-in-first-two-years/

NOTE: This is a clip from MSNBC and is 1:38 long.
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Insidious & Scary: Frances Fox Piven Answers Glenn Beck
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/insidious-scary-frances-fox-piven-answers-glenn-beck/

NOTE: This is a clip from MSNBC and is 4:28 long.
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New DNC director led socialist party offshoot
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=255301

Patrick Gaspard, tapped as the new executive director of the Democratic National Committee, was a lead activist for a political party that was an offshoot of a socialist group.
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‘ACORN’ is reborn in [Brooklyn]
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/acorn_is_reborn_in_klyn_S7iU9OTmK0vB5kf2lBkdhL

Watch out! ACORN is back — in all but its name. Backed by hundreds of thousands of dollars in union donations, New York Communities for Change — a rebranded version of the controversial organization that closed up shop amid several scandals — is acting again as labor’s attack dog on controversial issues.
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FBI asks for KREM 2′s help with backpack bomb investigation
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/01/24/fbi-asks-for-krem-2s-help-with-backpack-bomb-investigation/

Fox News reports the FBI is turning to KREM 2 News for help one week after city workers discovered a bomb in Downtown Spokane. Investigators are requesting all of KREM 2’s video to help piece together the domestic terrorism act.
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Security crisis talks after US smuggler gets 80 handguns into Britain on passenger jets
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/01/24/security-crisis-talks-after-us-smuggler-gets-80-handguns-into-britain-on-passenger-jets/

Australia’s Herald Sun reports British and American authorities held crisis talks today, after dozens of handguns were reportedly smuggled into the UK on passenger flights from the US.
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Gunmen open fire at soccer game, 7 dead – Mexico
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/01/24/gunmen-open-fire-at-soccer-game-7-dead-mexico/

A group of heavily armed men opened fire at a soccer match between two local teams in western Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing seven people and wounding two others, according to a municipal police spokesman.
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Woman mayor shows her horrific scars after surviving two assassination attempts by Mexican gangs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350323/Mayor-Maria-Santos-Gorrostietas-scars-2-attempted-assassinations-Mexican-gangs.html

Baring her mutilated body for the camera, Maria Santos Gorrostieta shows the horrific results of two assassination attempts by Mexican criminals. As the mayor of the town of Tiquicheo, she has become a key target for drug gangs who have turned the country into a grotesquely violent narco-state.
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Egyptians denounce Mubarak, clash with riot police
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110125/D9KVDU800.html

CAIRO (AP) – Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30 years in power.
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Hizbullah candidate Mikati to form new Lebanese gov’t
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=205167&R=R3

BEIRUT — Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah supported Lebanese President Michel Suleiman’s formal appointment of the Hizbullah-backed candidate Najib Mikati to prime minister-designate.
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NASA Targets ‘Climate Kids’ With New Global Warming Website
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nasa-targets-climate-kids-with-new-global-warming-website/

NASA, the government agency that put a man on the moon and sent robots to Mars, is turning its focus around and working on spreading information among the public about the earth’s apparent impending doom. A new agency website dubbed “Climate Kids” has “NASA’s eyes on the earth.”
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Woman gives up kidney for a friend
http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/woman-gives-up-kidney-for-a-friend

REMINGTON, Ind. (WLFI) – A 72-year-old woman from Wolcott will receive the greatest gift of her life next week, thanks to one of her daughter’s friends. The friend made a selfless decision to give back.
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45 Astonishing Examples of Long Exposure Photography
http://luketechtips.com/a-neat-blog-about-tech/45-astonishing-examples-of-long-exposure-photography.html

Today we bring you an enticing article about long exposure photography. Long exposure photography is a technique in which a camera’s shutter is left open to expose over a longer period of time (be it 8 seconds or 8 hours).

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