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View article: District Court Judge Rules NSA Phone Taps Likely Unconstitutional; 68 Page Ruling Cites "Orwellian Technology" and Unreasonable Searches
Haircut Deficit: Kids Living in Basements a Drag on U.S. Services Spending; Since Recession Ended, Durable Goods +34%, Services +6.3%; What’s Next
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View original post here: Twenty-Three Hurt in Spain Protest Against Anti-Protest Legislation; Peripheral Europe Powder Keg Ready to Explode
The "pitchfork protests" in Italy have now gone on for a week. RT reports ‘Pitchfork’ protesters clash with police in week of anti-austerity rallies Protesters in several Italian cities have clashed with police amid anti-austerity protests which have lasted for almost one week. The so-called “Pitchfork†protesters are marching against cuts and calling for the government to resign.
Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs chimes in on the US education system in an interview with Nick Gillespie on Reason.Com . click on above link if video does not play Rowe : If we are lending money that ostensibly we don’t have to kids who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs that clearly don’t exist, I might suggest that we’ve gone around the bend a little bit. Gillespie : We are doing everything we can to push every kid to go to a four-year college.
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Continued here: Spain’s Catalonia Region to Hold "Independence Referendum" November 2014; Madrid Vows to Block Vote; Independencia!
Introducing the Knightscope K5 Security Robot, Effective Cost $6.25 per Hour Knightscope Inc. has introduced a crime-fighting R2D2 look-alike robot with an effective cost of $6.25 per hour. Silicon Valley startup Knightscope Inc