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 2/14

February 14, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. After discriminating, therefore, in theory, the several classes of power, as they may in their nature be legislative, executive, or judiciary, the next and most difficult task is to provide some practical security for each, against the invasion of the others.” James Madison: Federalist No. 48, February 1, 1788

Face of Defense: Soldier Keeps Units Connected
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62794
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2011 – Operating in a country with rugged, mountainous terrain can present many communications challenges, but Army Spc. Joseph Sirovy is keeping his units connected.
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Obama’s New Budget: $1.65 Trillion Deficit for This Year
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obamas-new-budget-1-65-trillion-deficit-for-this-year/
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.73 trillion spending blueprint that pledges $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade through spending cuts and tax increases.
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Get Ready: Clothing Prices Set to Rise 10% This Spring
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/get-ready-clothing-prices-set-to-rise-10-this-spring/
NEW YORK (AP) — The era of falling clothing prices is ending. Clothing prices have dropped for a decade as tame inflation and cheap overseas labor helped hold down costs. Retailers and clothing makers cut frills and experimented with fabric blends to cut prices during the recession.
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Produce prices skyrocket with freeze in Mexico, Southwest
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Produce-prices-skyrocket-overnight-115985429.html
PORTLAND — Get ready to pay double or even triple the price for fresh produce in the coming weeks after the worst freeze in 60 years damaged and wiped out entire crops in northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.
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Have ‘Weapons of Mass Effect’ Been Found in San Diego? ‘Yes’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/have-weapons-of-mass-effect-been-found-in-san-diego/
A curious interview by a local San Diego news station has some people wondering if terrorists are sneaking “weapons of mass effect” (WMEs) into the country through the sunny city’s ports. And while the idea may seem implausible, statements made by a port official, and the attempt by a public affairs official to direct his answer, appear to suggest WMEs have been found in San Diego.
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Government argues ‘liberty’ doesn’t mean ‘physical liberty’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262873
Attorneys for Bradley County, Tenn., and several of its officials have submitted a brief to the state Supreme Court arguing that the constitutional idea of “liberty” doesn’t actually mean “physical liberty.”
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Michelle Obama’s ‘Cute Parenting Tip’ — Lie and Trick Your Kids So They Are Not Fat
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/michelle-obamas-cute-parenting-tip-lie-and-trick-your-kids-so-they-are-not-fat/
NOTE: This video is 1:38 long.
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France wants new global finance system
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0214/g20-business.html
France, as current head of the Group of 20 countries, will help the transition to a global financial system based on ‘several international currencies’, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said today.
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7 dead, 1 injured in suburban Mexico City shootout
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
TOLUCA, Mexico – A state security official says a street shootout possibly between local drug gangs has killed seven people and injured one in suburban Mexico City.
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Egypt’s Military Rulers Dissolve Parliament and Suspend Constitution
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypts-military-rulers-dissolve-parliament-and-suspend-constitution/
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military leaders dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution on Sunday, meeting two key demands of protesters who have been keeping up pressure for immediate steps to push forward the transition to democratic, civilian rule after forcing Hosni Mubarak out of power.
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Army Clears Last Protesters from Tahrir Square
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/world/middleeast/15egypt.html?_r=3
CAIRO — The Egyptian military moved to clear the last protesters from Tahrir Square on Monday as the armed forces consolidated their control over what it has called a democratic transition from nearly three decades of President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule.
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Egyptian labor unrest grows after uprising
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCJR2O0&show_article=1
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s military rulers called for an end to strikes and protests Monday as thousands of state employees, from ambulance drivers to police and transport workers, demonstrated to demand better pay in a growing wave of labor unrest unleashed by the democracy uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
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Israel Shuts Cairo Embassy, Diplomats Flee
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israel-shuts-cairo-embassy-diplomats-flee/
Ramin Mazaheri, Press TV, Cairo. “Since the announcement that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, people have been celebrating across the world. But one group isn’t joining the party: Israel’s representatives in Cairo.
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Gaddafi tells Palestinians: revolt against Israel
http://af.reuters.com/article/tunisiaNews/idAFLDE71C0KP20110213?sp=true
TRIPOLI, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Palestinian refugees should capitalise on the wave of popular revolts in the Middle East by massing peacefully on the borders of Israel until it gives in to their demands, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday.
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Palestinian Authority Cabinet resigns
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian prime minister dissolved his Cabinet on Monday, in what appeared to be a new gesture inspired by unrest rocking the Arab world.
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Israeli army ‘ready for all eventualities’: PM
http://www.france24.com/en/20110214-israeli-army-ready-all-eventualities-pm
AFP – The Israeli military is “ready for all eventualities” as the Arab and Muslim world undergoes “an earthquake,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday just days after Egypt’s regime collapsed.
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Ugandans Threaten Egypt-Style Protests
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ugandans-threaten-egypt-style-protests/
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Opposition members in Uganda are threatening Egypt-style protests if next week’s presidential election is rigged. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 25-year grip on power in Friday’s vote.
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Yemen protesters: ‘First Mubarak, now Ali’
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/13/yemen.protests/?hpt=T2
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) — Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched toward a presidential palace in Yemen on Sunday, calling for regime change in the Middle Eastern country.
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Security Portfolios Remain Unoccupied – As Baghdad Anticipated Massive Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34461.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Iraqi dailies are reporting on daily demonstrations in various parts in Iraq united by common themes: a call for an end to corruption in government, improving security, creating employment, restoring the food rationing to the poor, and providing adequate social services, with electricity topping the list.
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Clashes in Bahrain before planned protest rally
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Bahrain’s security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday at thousands of anti-government protesters heeding calls to unite in a major rally and bring the Arab reform wave to the Gulf for the first time.
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Kremlin ‘bans critical ballerina from TV’
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9d00ea2df5d6129be7cac650dbbd7208.4c1&show_article=1
A scandal-prone Russian ballerina on Monday accused the Kremlin of pulling two television shows about her after she voiced sympathy for jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and quit the ruling party.
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Syrian blogger gets five years’ jail: rights group
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0f2dd822954982bb57cab5b034071896.941&show_article=1
Syrian woman blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a state security court, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday.
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Iran clamps down ahead of planned pro-Egypt rally
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=208156&R=R1
TEHRAN— Security forces cut phone lines and blockaded the home of an Iranian opposition leader Monday in attempts to stop him attending a planned rally in support of Egypt’s uprising, a reformist website reported.
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Iran ‘steadily’ produces enriched uranium: IAEA head
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.64b40623ef755670eb1e7e108c8d3448.381&show_article=1
Iran is “steadily” producing enriched uranium, the head of the UN nuclear monitoring organization said in an interview published The Washington Post Monday.
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Undercover: Documentary Reveals British Mosques Beat Muslim Children…and Worse
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/undercover-documentary-reveals-british-mosques-beat-muslim-children-and-worse/
Shocking footage of children apparently being hit by their teachers during lessons on the Koran will also be aired on Channel 4′s Dispatches programme on Monday.
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Japan Economy Shrinks Less-Than-Estimated 1.1%, Surpassed by China in 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-14/japan-s-economy-shrank-at-1-1-annual-pace-gdp-surpassed-by-china-in-2010.html
Japan’s gross domestic product fell less than estimated in the fourth quarter in a pullback that may prove temporary as overseas demand revives production after the nation fell behind China as the world’s second-largest economy.
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Mock Mars mission simulates landing on Red Planet
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCJSV80&show_article=1
KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) – After 257 days in a locked, windowless steel capsule, researchers on a mock trip to Mars ventured from their cramped quarters in heavy space suits Monday, trudging into a sand-covered room to plant flags on a simulated Red Planet.
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Father tells how he fought off crocodile attack in waterhole
http://www.news.com.au/national/father-of-three-tells-how-he-fought-off-crocodile-attack-in-north-queensland-waterhole/story-e6frfkvr-1226005203569
A FATHER of three has told how he fought for his life with a 3m crocodile that dragged him under at a north Queensland waterhole. Weipa miner Eddie Sigai said he desperately kicked, punched and gouged the crocodile after it latched on to his left hand as he swam with his daughters Jennifer, 17, and Monica, 12, at Beening Creek last Saturday.
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Ten newborn baby animals
http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/Features/Ten-newborn-baby-animals/4529/
The Saint Louis Zoo has announced that a black rhinoceros calf was born to first-time parents, mother Kati Rain and father Ajabu in St. Louis on January 14, 2011. Weighing 120-1/2 pounds, the little male is nursing well and being cared for by his mother, according to Zoo staff. This is the first black rhino calf to be born at the Saint Louis Zoo in 20 years.

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News Articles For 2/10

February 10, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Security Forces Kill Taliban Weapons Facilitator
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62760
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2011 – Afghan and International Security Assistance Force troops yesterday killed Awal Jan, a Taliban weapons and improvised-explosive-device facilitator, during a security operation in Chak-e district, Wardak province, military officials reported.
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Website Links Unemployed Vets, Spouses to Jobs
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62751
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2011 – Unemployed veterans, wounded warriors, reserve-component service members and their spouses searching for jobs can find one-stop shopping at a Web portal designed just for them.
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‘Paws for Purple Hearts’ helping with PTSD
http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/08/51536-paws-for-purple-hearts-helping-with-ptsd/index.html?ref=home-ata70-img
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 8, 2010) — Paws for Purple Hearts, a non-profit that teaches wounded Soldiers to train service dogs for seriously-disabled veterans, may soon begin testing the physiological reactions that come from working with the animals.
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Face of Defense: Wounded Veteran Inspires Service Members
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62757
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2011 – Navy veteran, author and inspirational speaker Dave Roever knows a thing or two about scars. “Everybody has scars,” Roever told a group of more than 150 service members gathered here in an event sponsored by the base chaplain. “Mine just happen to be on the outside.”
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Study Guide: Anti-Capitalism Coalitions
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/09/study-guide-anti-capitalism-coalitions/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/9 TV show.
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Shock Graphics Show Severity of Proposed Obama Budget Cuts
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shock-graphics-show-severity-of-proposed-obama-budget-cuts/
We are still five days away from the unveiling of the President’s 2012 Budget, yet the number-crunching and long-term analysis are in full swing. Senator Rand Paul has been making the rounds this week, touting his proposal to slice $500 billion dollars from the budget while White House Budget Director Jack Lew penned a piece for the New York Times that let us all know the President made some “tough choices” when cutting an estimated $775 million from the 3.8 TRILLION dollar budget.
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Postal Service warns of default as losses mount
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/09/news/economy/postal_service/index.htm
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The U.S. Postal Service warned Wednesday that it may default on some of its financial obligations later this year after reporting yet another quarterly loss.
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Should Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan Sit Out Health Care Case?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-sit-health-care/story?id=12878346
As chances grow that the Supreme Court will take up the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law, a political battle is brewing over whether some justices should recuse themselves from what is likely to be a high-profile case.
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28 governors to president on Obamacare: Step on it
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261913
In the wake of the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul being ruled unconstitutional last week, 28 Republican governors are now urging the president to press for the fast-tracking of the relevant appeals to the Supreme Court.
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Arizona Rancher Will Fight Court Order To Pay Damages to Undocumented Immigrants
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2011/02/09/arizona-rancher-fight-court-ruling-ordering-pay-damages-undocument-immigrants/
An Arizona rancher who was ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in punitive damages to undocumented immigrants he confronted, with a gun, is going to request a rehearing, his attorney said.
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Janet Napolitano – US terror threat highest since 9/11
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/10/janet-napolitano-us-terror-threat-highest-since-911/
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today that the threat of terrorism against the US homeland is in some aspects “at its most heightened state” since the 9/11 attacks.
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Montana wants penalties for feds who violate state law
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261893
Lawmakers in the state of Montana who initiated the idea of a Firearms Freedom Act to declare guns made, sold and kept in the state exempt from federal regulations now want to beef up the plan.
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Texas school district will re-tool Arabic culture curriculum
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Texas-school-district-will-re-tool-Arabic-culture-curriculum-115565534.html
MANSFIELD — Mansfield ISD officials apologized to parents Monday night over a plan to teach Arabic culture in every class at one school. Many parents said they hadn’t been told about the mandatory curriculum change.
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Detroit Uses Stimulus Money to Lure Residents With $1,000 Homes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/detroit-uses-stimulus-money-to-lure-residents-with-1000-homes/
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is desperately trying to bring residents back to the Motor City, starting with civil servants . In one of his first major steps to bolster select Detroit neighborhoods, the mayor announced this week that he plans to lure at least 200 police officers back to the city by offering renovated abandoned homes for as little as $1,000 each.
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Mexico nabs alleged drug cartel boss wanted in US
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Mexican prosecutors say a judge has authorized 40 days of detention for an alleged lieutenant of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel while authorities investigate the man wanted in the United States on drug charges.
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From Korea to Egypt, High Food Prices Are Driving Policies
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2011/02/10/from-korea-to-egypt-high-food-prices-are-driving-policies/
For the last two months, North Korea has been frantically begging for food around the world, according to South Korea’s JoongAng Daily. The request has extended to dozens of countries, including China, the U.S., EU, and countries in southeast Asia.
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AP: Military Says Mubarak Will Meet Protester’s Demands
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ap-military-says-mubarak-will-meet-protesters-demands/
CAIRO (AP) — Military and ruling party officials say President Hosni Mubarak will speak to the nation soon and meet the demands of protesters. Protesters are insisting he step down immediately.
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Egypt army takes control, sign Mubarak on way out
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt
CAIRO – Egypt’s military announced on national television that it stepped in to “safeguard the country” and assured protesters that President Hosni Mubarak will meet their demands in the strongest indication yet that the longtime leader has lost power. In Washington, the CIA chief said there was a “strong likelihood” Mubarak will step down Thursday.
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Egypt Threatened By Devalued Currency And Rising Inflation
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34341.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
A report issued by the Saudi French Bank warns that national debt in Egypt could rise from 70% to 85% of gross domestic product by the end of 2011 and could reach as high as 97% by 2014. The report also warned of lower remittances by overseas Egyptians from $7.7 billion to $5.4 billion because of the country’s political turmoil.
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Qaddhafi Takes Steps To Prevent Unrest In Libya
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34314.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Libyan Leader Mu’ammar Qaddhafi has threatened to punish the media in his country if they take steps that generate anarchy like that in Egypt and Tunisia. He expressed concern and anger at events in Egypt.
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‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi’: Tribes In Jordan In Anti-Regime Protest
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34315.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reports that Jordanian tribes traditionally loyal to the regime have, together with pensioners and other opposition elements, stepped up protests against the regime, issuing harsh communiqué with demands.
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PA Daily: Hamas In Preventative Activity To Stop Opponents From Demonstrating
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34316.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Palestinian Authority daily Al-Ayyam reports, citing the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights and eyewitnesses, that for the past week Hamas police and internal security apparatuses have been arresting and summoning for investigation Fatah members and Facebook activists in the Gaza Strip, to prevent them from holding a demonstration against Hamas in Gaza on February 11.
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Brave Iowa Girl Gets Help For Mom
http://www.kfab.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122285&article=8151390
Sioux County authorities say a 4-year-old girl walked a quarter-mile through snow to get help for her mother and baby brother. Averie Carrion says she got only two scratches from the accident Sunday night off Iowa Highway 10 between Alton and Granville in
northwest Iowa.
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Deaf dog adopted by deaf kids after learning sign language
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/08/us-dog-deaf-idUSTRE7176HO20110208
(Reuters) – Most people may be reluctant to adopt a deaf dog, but what if they were deaf themselves? The idea made sense to inmates at a Missouri prison who trained a deaf dachshund in sign language and then asked the Missouri School for the Deaf in Fulton to take him in.

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News Articles For 2/9

February 9, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” George Washington: First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Enemy Fighter in Ghazni
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62731
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed an enemy fighter and detained several other suspected insurgents yesterday in the Muqer district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, military officials reported.
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PRT donates clothing, blankets to Khowst orphanage
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4121-prt-donates-clothing-blankets-to-khowst-orphanage.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team medical personnel and engineers brought donated winter clothing and blankets to a Khowst City orphanage Feb. 1.
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RCP 43 donates school supplies, toys in Baraki Barak
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4118-rcp-43-donates-school-supplies-toys-in-baraki-barak.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – To help prevent violent extremism and turn potential enemies into friends, 54th Engineer Battalion route-clearance Soldiers donated supplies to Afghan school children in Baraki Barak, Logar Province Jan. 30.
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Women Learn to Fight Stress from Home Front
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62739
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2011 – During a week in which the White House pledged a vigorous, whole-of-government approach to supporting military families, 11 women worked diligently a few miles away to learn to cope with the stresses of their husbands’ multiple deployments and the post-traumatic stress that affects many of them when they return home.
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Face of Defense: Barbershop Quartet Creates ‘Buzz’
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62742
CAMP DENALI, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2011 – When Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Tillman of the Alaska Air National Guard deployed to Southwest Asia last fall, he went with the goal to start a barbershop quartet. But how it fell into place, and the impact his deployed quartet is making, has created quite a buzz..
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Study Guide: Sources from today’s programs
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/08/study-guide-sources-from-todays-programs/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/8 TV show.
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House Rejects Extension of Patriot Act Provisions as 26 Republicans Defect
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-rejects-extension-of-patriot-act-provisions-as-26-republicans-defect/
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House on Tuesday failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation’s post-Sept. 11 anti-terror law, a slipup for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition within its own ranks.
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Don’t Mess With Texas
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41684#comments
The federal government is once again overstepping its authority by messing with Texas. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leadership continued their game of hardball by stripping Texas of its authority to issue greenhouse gas permits.
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The Internet ‘Stimulus’-Just as Destructive as the Rest of the ‘Stimulus’
http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2011/02/09/the-internet-stimulus-just-as-destructive-as-the-rest-of-the-stimulus/
Tucked into the fatty, flabby folds of the nearly $1 trillion alleged “stimulus” bill foisted upon us (and our children, and their children, with interest) in 2009 was $7.2 billion for broadband Internet projects.
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States revolt over health reform, Florida says it’s not the law here
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/health/states-revolt-over-health-reform-florida-says-its-1241463.html
Health insurers that overcharge Florida consumers won’t be required to issue rebate checks here, one of a raft of consequences emerging after a federal lower court judge declared the Affordable Care Act void.
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CARB Before Horse
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/562348/201102071906/CARB-Before-Horse.htm
States: A court has tentatively ruled against California’s cap-and-trade law because alternatives were not considered. But then, neither were climate facts or the economic impact.
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Obama signature creates ‘continental perimeter’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261477
Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper quietly have taken a major step toward erasing the border between the two nations with a new “Beyond the Border” bilateral declaration.
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WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/08/saudi-oil-reserves-overstated-wikileaks
The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show.
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Day 15: Egyptian Protests Draw Biggest Crowds Yet
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/day-15-egyptian-protests-draw-biggest-crowds-yet/
Just one day after many media outlets declared that anti-government protests in Egypt were at a stalemate and running out of gas, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square and countless towns across Egypt on Tuesday, drawing the largest crowds since the popular revolt began.
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CNN: Muslim Brotherhood Will not Seek Presidency
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cnn-muslim-brotherhood-will-not-seek-presidency/
According to CNN, the Muslim Brotherhood — the Islamist organization credited with birthing the terrorist group Hamas — says it will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidential race.
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Muslim Brotherhood’s Goals Uncovered: Global Islamic Conquest & Caliphate
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-brotherhoods-goals-uncovered-global-islamic-conquest-caliphate/
As anti-government protests continue brewing in Egypt, opposition groups such as the banned Muslim Brotherhood are gaining steam and popularity among disillusioned Egyptians bent on ousting President Hosni Mubarak from office. But excerpts of a 1995 book written by the Muslim Brotherhood‘s fifth leader and translated by Palestinian Media Watch are lending a disturbing look at the group’s views and stated mission.
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Soros group: ‘Normalize’ Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261337
JERUSALEM – An international “crisis management” group led by billionaire George Soros long has petitioned for the Egyptian government to normalize ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Labor strikes in Egypt spill into broader unrest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt
CAIRO – Thousands of workers across Egypt, have gone on strike, demanding better pay, benefits and working conditions in added turmoil amid the country’s anti-government protests.
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Pakistani cabinet resigns as part of revamp plan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110209/wl_nm/us_pakistan_cabinet
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s federal cabinet resigned on Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to set up a new, smaller cabinet and reduce government expenditure, officials said.
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Coming Home: Hugs, Tears, Joy
http://www.life.com/image/50597038/in-gallery/35712/#index/0
A youngster clutches his dad’s leg while the soldier lifts his wife off the ground in celebration of an unexpected leave for the holidays during WWII. The sight of troops coming home—greeted by laughing, weeping friends and family; looking into the eyes of newborn sons and daughters for the first time—is a cultural linchpin, across all societies, in all times.

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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 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 10/30

October 30, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Troops assist National Police aid drop
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/troops-assist-ip-red-crescent-aid-drop
BAGHDAD — On a hot day in the eastern area of the Iraqi capital, U.S. Soldiers with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Division – Center, line the rooftops surrounding the small courtyard of a displacement camp.
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Forces Target Insurgents in Southeastern Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61475
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2010 – Coalition and Afghan forces continued their assault on the insurgency in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing nearly two dozen enemy fighters and capturing at least one Taliban leader, military officials reported.
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Terror investigators examine more packages
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9J63CJO2&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) – The mail bomb found inside a cargo plane north of London could have exploded, British Home Secretary Theresa May said Saturday after investigators completed a preliminary investigation.
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Barack Obama says explosive package terror threat is ‘credible’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/29/bomb-scare-sinister-packages-planes
Security services yesterday thwarted a terrorist attempt to send packages containing explosive material hidden in printer ink cartridges by air from Yemen to strike targets in the US.
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U.S. says al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula behind cargo terror plot
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/10/29/al.qaeda.arabian.peninsula/index.html?hpt=C1
(CNN) — U.S. officials say that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a fairly new arm of the umbrella terrorist organization, is behind an apparent plot to send explosive devices to U.S. destinations via cargo planes.
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Obamacare Endgame: Doctors Will be Fined or Jailed if they Put Patients First
http://biggovernment.com/egeorge/2010/10/30/obamacare-endgame-doctors-will-be-fined-or-jailed-if-they-put-patients-first/
If Obamacare is completely implemented, doctors will no longer be practicing medicine. They will instead become the drones tasked with deciding who gets the meager healthcare crumbs doled out by the bureaucrats who have the ultimate power over patient life and death. Those who are deemed to have illnesses that require treatments which are not cost effective can expect a one way ticket to a hospice.
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Communist Party USA Leader Throws Support Behind Dems
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/communist-party-usa-leader-throws-support-behind-dems/
From New Zealand Patriot: Jarvis Tyner, national executive vice-chair of the Communist Party USA, spoke in Detroit October 7, on the need to for “left and progressive” minded people to help insure a huge voter turnout for the midterm election.
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Exposed! Soros’ proposal for ‘elite’ judiciary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=220849
How does it happen that a California judge can upend millennia of accepted standards for society by saying that gender plays no role in marriage? Or a court can approve a Florida school district’s deal with liberals to ban teachers from praying – even when they’re off-campus?
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Happy Halloween: Beware of the Voting Dead
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/happy-halloween-beware-of-the-voting-dead/
In an attempt to prevent voter fraud — namely, votes being attributed to the deceased — one Virginia tea party activist has launched the tongue in cheek Tea Party Paranormal Society. Mark Lloyd established the site as a way to educate fellow tea partiers on preventing election fraud in Tuesday’s pivotal midterm election.
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4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29young.html?_r=1&no_interstitial
Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence.
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Al-Qaida Plotted To Take Hostages Attacks on Britain
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/28/al-qaida-plotted-to-take-hostages-attacks-on-britain/
Al-Qaida planned to take hostages in Mumbai-style attacks on Britain, France and Germany to demand the release of the mastermind of the September 11 atrocities, according to a former associate of Osama bin Laden. Noman Benotman said that Osama bin Laden wants to force the Americans to release Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is awaiting trial for his part in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Iran acknowledges sanctions driving up costs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian officials are acknowledging that international sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program have dramatically increased the cost of living, but they say the penalties will ultimately prove futile.
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Courageous Cat Scares Off Coyote in O.C. Backyard
http://www.ktla.com/ktla-cats-vs-coyote-huntington-beach,0,6395251.story
HUNTINGTON BEACH ( KTLA) — Cats are usually easy prey for coyotes, but that wasn’t the case for a pair of feisty felines in Huntington Beach. Lloyd Roberts’ surveillance camera captured a close-encounter between a coyote and his cats Tigger and Buddy.

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News Articles For 6/20

June 20, 2010 — Operation Rooster

ISF arrest 1 suspected AQI member, 4 alleged associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-1-suspected-aqi-member-4-alleged-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) members and four alleged criminal associates during two joint security operations conducted in central and northern Iraq today.
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ISF arrest suspected AQI terrorist, 3 associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-suspected-aqi-terrorist-3-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and three criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted in northern Iraq today.
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Northern Iraq operation nets 2 suspected AQI associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/northern-iraq-operation-nets-2-suspected-aqi-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested two suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted approximately 110km northeast of Baghdad.
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Tigris span will help farmers, trade
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/tigris-span-will-help-farmers-commerce
BAGHDAD – A group of dedictaed Connecticut Army National Guard engineers is working diligently here to construct a new bridge spanning the Tigris River near Salman Pak.
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25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65I22220100619
(Reuters) – Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday.
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Yemen Arrests Suspected Mastermind in Brazen Jailbreak
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/19/yemen-arrests-suspected-mastermind-brazen-jailbreak/
Yemen says it has arrested the suspected mastermind of the spectacular attack on the intelligence headquarters in the country’s main southern city that freed detainees and left 11 people dead.
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CNN to air telethon to aid Gulf oil spill victims
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100618/D9GDQJ5G0.html
NEW YORK (AP) – CNN and Larry King are presenting a telethon Monday to benefit victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Celebrities on the special two-hour edition of “Larry King Live” will include Justin Bieber (BEE’-bur), Ted Danson, Cameron Diaz, Randy Jackson and Robert Redford, as well as a performance by Sting.
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Crews drill deep into Gulf of Mexico to halt leak
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GF3GC00&show_article=1
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) – Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper into the Gulf of Mexico to build two relief wells meant to stop the gushing oil leak.
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Fannie and Freddie tab is $146B and rising
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/E744C01438F6DB698625774700815937?OpenDocument
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took over a foreclosed home roughly every 90 seconds during the first three months of the year. They owned 163,828 houses at the end of March, a virtual city with more houses than Seattle. The mortgage finance companies, created by Congress to help Americans buy homes, have become two of the nation’s largest landlords.
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Did Obama deal blackmail Israel?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=168349
NEW YORK – The U.S. extracted concessions from Israel in exchange for American opposition to the establishment of a United Nations commission to investigate Israel’s commando raid of a flotilla earlier this month that resulted in the deaths of nine violent activists, WND has learned.
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US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138164
Egypt allowed at least one Israeli and 11 American warships to pass through the Suez Canal as an Iranian flotilla approaches Gaza. Egypt closed the canal to protect the ships with thousands of soldiers, according to the British-based Arabic language newspaper Al Quds al-Arabi.
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Who is saying Iranian nukes are inevitable?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=168273
Two nations on the United Nations Security Council that voted for increased sanctions against Iran over its nuclear enrichment program may be conceding that the Islamic republic’s potential to make nuclear weapons is inevitable, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20pension.html
Many states are acknowledging this year that they have promised pensions they cannot afford and are cutting once-sacrosanct benefits, to appease taxpayers and attack budget deficits.
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Hugo Chavez Spearheads Raids as Food Prices Skyrocket
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37786852
Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply is the latest battle in President Hugo Chavez’s socialist revolution.
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Fort Campbell soldier and his girlfriend rescue a suicidal woman from the Cumberland River
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2010/06/19/fort-campbell-soldier-and-his-girlfriend-rescue-a-suicidal-woman-from-the-cumberland-river/
A Fort Campbell soldier rescued a 58 year old suicidal woman from certain death after she drove her 1993 Mercury Topaz into the Cumberland River. Around 11:15pm, Jose Ortiz, 35, and his girlfriend, Kathy Dewitt, 26 were sitting on a log next to the boat ramp at McGregor Park, spending some time together, since it was Ortiz’s last day of leave before he returned to work at the 63rd Chemical Company, Fort Campbell KY.

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