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The New Boogieman: Military Grade Weapons

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“The phase ‘military-grade’ expands the scope of the weapons it covers to include most any firearm, and even knives. A cap and ball revolver can be described as a ‘military-grade’ weapon. A fixed blade knife can be described as a ‘military-grade weapon’ too. Heck, militaries have used .22 rifles in training before thus making the ominous .22 caliber bolt action rifle a ‘military-grade weapon’.  Over the years gun-grabbers have tried to demonize all firearms and their owners through the use of carefully chosen words and phrases. When new phrases such as ‘military-grade weapons’ emerge, you can bet your next paycheck some gun-grabbing focus group came up with it.”

http://www.thebangswitch.com/the-new-boogieman-military-grade-weapons/

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Anthony Gregory: The Standing Army Marches On

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“Today the nation’s various police departments have taken on the role of standing armies. The police don’t simply hold people ‘at the mercy of their governors,’ as Jefferson warned standing armies do. They hold Americans at mercy at every traffic stop, and the fear of a tazing or a misunderstanding leading to a brutal confrontation has become palpable for everyday folks. The police carry out national, state, and city government priorities. In terms of their materiel, today’s police not only dramatically out-gun anything the 18th century redcoats could have dreamt of; the disparity between police and public far outstrips the disparity between redcoats and colonists.”

http://blog.independent.org/2013/09/30/the-standing-army-marches-on/

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The Police State Programs Not Affected by a Government Shutdown

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“While a government shutdown will inevitably impact everything from Head Start, and key welfare services to national museums and IRS audits, the one area not impacted in the least will be the police/surveillance state and its various militarized agencies, spying programs and personnel. Take a look at the programs and policies that will not be affected by a government shutdown, and you’ll get a clearer sense of the government’s priorities—priorities which have little to do with serving taxpayers and everything to do with maintaining power and control, while being sold to the public under the guise of national security.”

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/from_nsa_spying_and_vipr_sweeps_to_domestic_drones_a_round_up_of_the_police

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This Is What Happens When Americans Place Their Trust In The State

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“Ron Paul tried to warn again, and again, and again, prior to 9/11, that America’s foreign policy could someday come back to bite us here at home.  After that tragic day did sadly occur, the Neocons and the U.S. government received (as Dick Cheney said) an amazing amount of trust and belief in what they could do. Now, here we are just 12 years later. Bloomberg is out today with a national poll that says 68% say that the government is on the wrong track. A few days ago, Gallup released a poll showing that American belief that government is too powerful is at record levels.  But this is 12 years later….Dick & The Gang took the huge opening and crammed in as much as they possibly could.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/09/this-is-what-happens-when-americans.html

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Which Shade of Lipstick Looks Best on a Pig?

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“Meanwhile, if you think your phone calls and emails will satiate the NSA’s sickos, think again. They claim they  have ‘justification to collect other bulk data — like medical and business records — with court approval.’ Does that move the curs and cowards in elective office to abolish this horrific agency? Of course not: ‘Members of Congress said Thursday that some change in the way the NSA operates is inevitable, even if it is limited only to revising what information the agency must divulge to Congress.’ Yep, never send a politician to do what we should do ourselves, in this case, driving a stake through the NSA’s heart.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/which-shade-of-lipstick-looks-best-on-a-pig/

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Senate About to Legalize NSA Logging of Every American’s Phone Calls?

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“This is what I feared would be the ultimate outcome of the Snowden revelations.  Bottom line: At this point, the only clear result of the Snowden leaks is that the Senate is about to pass a bill legalizing the logging of the phone calls of all Americans. Further, who knows what amendments will be added in the mark up stage.  Don’t for a minute think the mark ups are going to advance privacy. It will be all about complex paragraphs that will allow even greater surveillance.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/09/is-senate-about-to-pass-bill-legalizing.html

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The Truth About America’s Murder Capital

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“The FBI says it is Chicago. Don’t believe it for a minute. The big time murderers are in Washington DC. And they don’t use handguns.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/09/the-truth-about-americas-murder-capital.html

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Not a Peep from Obama: Violent Crime Now at a 42-Year Low

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“Last week, the FBI released its national crime report for 2012.  By a slight margin, the nation’s violent crime rate decreased in 2012–relative to 2011–making it the lowest it has been since 1970.  Compared to 1991, when it hit an all-time high, violent crime is down by 49 percent.  The nation’s murder rate was unchanged in 2012; still lower than any time since 1963 and at nearly an all-time low.  Between 2011 and 2012, 24 states and the District of Columbia experienced decreases in their murder rates.  There was no correlation of these trends with the severity of the states’ or the District’s gun control laws.”

http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/9/not-a-peep-from-obama-violent-crime-now-at-a-42-year-low.aspx

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The United Nations vs. the NSA

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“It didn’t take long for the recent NSA leaks to dog President Obama and the United States at Tuesday’s UN General Assembly debate in New York City. The very first speaker of the day was Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who devoted a third of her speech to bashing the NSA’s mass global surveillance operations. But what other diplomatic fallout might we see at the UN stemming from Edward Snowden’s revelations? RT’s Sam Sacks reports.”

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When the State Floods the Zone, Reform Is Dead

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“Do you think it would be a cause for concern that the State employed an army of “private” Americans to be its spies in businesses of every kind, perhaps including the business where you work? Would it bother you that the State has deputized tens of thousands of otherwise ‘ordinary’ Americans to be murderers when martial law is declared — murderers who are given an advance blank check for their killings?  But you don’t need to imagine any of this. All of this is true, and this program came into existence in 1996. The program is called InfraGard, and I wrote it about more than five years ago. As of February 2012, InfraGard had more than 45,000 members; roughly 7,000 new members join each year.”

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2013/09/when-state-floods-zone-reform-is-dead.html

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