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FBI withdraws NSL after Microsoft challenge; takes data directly instead

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“The FBI withdrew a national security letter targeting an Office 365 enterprise customer following Microsoft’s challenge to a provision of the letter gagging the company from informing the target, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. The existence of the legal tussle between the FBI and Microsoft was unsealed in court documents (PDF) Thursday. The name of the targeted Microsoft customer was blacked out in the records. The 2013 national security letter was not included in the documents.  Still, the authorities managed to prevail anyway and scored the information directly from Microsoft’s customer, according to the record.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/fbi-withdraws-national-security-letter-following-microsoft-challenge/

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First Pot, Now Hemp: Directed History of Cannabis Legalization Evolves

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“The marijuana meme did not emerge simply from popular action. It is surely part of a larger plan that may call for the involvement of globalist facilities in significant aspects of drug regulation. The UN, for instance, is planning on holding a huge drug conference in 2016 – a conference that was not supposed to occur until 2021. If cannabis is being legalized it is only because it now suits powerful globalists to do so. It explains the entire – and most peculiar – lack of remorse when it comes to literally hundreds of millions of lives savaged around the world by the war on drugs and cannabis criminalization in particular.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35331/First-Pot-Now-Hemp-Directed-History-of-Cannabis-Legalization-Evolves/

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Flooded By Gold Smuggling, India’s New Cabinet To Lift Gold Controls

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“This attempt to crush popular demand for gold merely resulted in soaring and increasingly more ingenious attempts to smuggle gold into the country, which however do not register in the official data, and as such, the government no longer has an accurate perspective of what true capital flows look like.  However, the current regime of gold demand suppression may be ending soon, and all the demand for gold may soon bubble right back to the surface. Reuters reports that the Reserve Bank of India and finance ministry officials will recommend that the new government relax strict gold import rules to head off a surge in illegal buying, officials with direct knowledge of the plan said.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-21/flooded-gold-smuggling-indias-new-cabinet-prepares-lift-gold-capital-controls

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Bloomberg On Why Bitcoin Is Now Quoted On Its Terminals

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“Transparency – Bloomberg was founded to provide transparency to opaque financial markets and we believe all markets, even digital currencies, greatly benefit from increased transparency.   Client demand – Serving the needs and objectives of clients has always been a guiding principle of Bloomberg. Clients are increasingly interested in  digital currencies and are looking for tools to better monitor developments in these markets.  Innovation – While virtual currency markets are still nascent, they represent an interesting intersection of finance and technology. Given that Bloomberg sits squarely at that intersection, providing pricing for this underdeveloped market is a natural fit for us.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/now/2014-04-30/bitcoin-now-Bloomberg/

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Swiss voters reject world’s highest minimum wage, block fighter jets

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“Swiss voters on Sunday rejected proposals to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage and spend $3.5 billion buying new Gripen fighter jets from Saab.  About 76 percent of voters in the wealthy nation dismissed the proposal made by Swiss union SGB and backed by the Socialist and Green parties for a minimum wage of 22 Swiss francs ($25) per hour, final results showed.  Some 53 percent blocked a plan to replace Switzerland’s aging fleet of fighter jets with 22 Gripen jets from Saab. Just over 55 percent of those eligible voted, the government said.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-swiss-vote-20140518,0,1797001.story

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Relaxed One-child Policy Intensifies China Midwife Shortage

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“Guangdong province is expected to see a big baby boom after relaxing its birth control policy in late March to allow couples to have a second baby if either parent is an only child.  With a population of more than 100 million, Guangdong tops the country’s most populous provinces. About 150,000 households in Guangdong are qualified to have a second child.  It is forecast that Guangdong will see the number of babies born increase by 10,000 to 15,000 in 2014.  China’s family planning policy was first introduced in the late 1970s to rein in the surging population by limiting most urban couples to one child and most rural couples to two children, if the first born was a girl.”

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2014/05/14/3123s826350.htm

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Is Puerto Rico Really the Perfect Tax Haven?

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“Anyone who becomes a bona-fide resident of Puerto Rico is now eligible for the following benefits, courtesy of a new law, Act 22:  100% tax exemption from Puerto Rico income taxes on all dividends and interest payments;  100% tax exemption from Puerto Rico income taxes on all short- and long-term capital gains accrued since becoming resident in the territory.  The law is ideal for wealthy US citizens or green card holders who are now paying federal income taxes as high as 39.6% (plus the 3.8% Obamacare tax) on passive income and want to reduce their federal tax liability. If you reside in Puerto Rico and live off your portfolio income, you pay zero tax in the US or Puerto Rico.”

http://www.nestmann.com/is-puerto-rico-really-the-perfect-tax-haven

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We Finally Won One Against the Police State!

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“Drivers in Arizona can’t be prosecuted for drugged driving when they’re entirely sober.  Of course, Arizona legislators could follow the lead of at least one other state (Delaware) and criminalize the presence of even non-impairing metabolites in a driver’s blood.  In addition, the War on Drugs itself is alive and well. America’s federal, state, and local governments still spend billions of dollars annually to perpetuate it. Billions more are confiscated from actual or suspected drug dealers each year. The results? After 100 years, and hundreds of billions spent on interdiction, prosecution, and incarceration, the percentage of Americans addicted to drugs is about the same: around 3%.”

http://www.nestmann.com/we-finally-won-one-against-the-police-state

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Puerto Rico Budget Won’t Include Borrowing, Official Says

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“For the first time in two decades, Puerto Rico plans to balance its budget without selling debt, said Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla’s chief of staff.  Garcia Padilla’s proposed financial plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1 relies mostly on spending cuts. The administration will also raise additional funds through ‘revenue enhancements.’  The 42-year-old governor will release the plan as soon as today. He’s set to give his State of the Commonwealth speech at 5:30 p.m. local time, where he will also announce a four-year roadmap that will ‘transform’ Puerto Rico’s economy and social demographics by 2018, Vila Biaggi said.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/puerto-rico-budget-won-t-include-borrowing-official-says.html

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Rasmussen Poll: 37% of Voters Fear the Federal Government

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“Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Likely U.S. Voters now fear the federal government, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.  Perhaps in part that’s because 54% consider the federal government today a threat to individual liberty rather than a protector. Just 22% see the government as a protector of individual rights, and that’s down from 30% last November. Two-out-of-three voters (67%) view the federal government today as a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. Just 17% disagree, while 15% are undecided.  Only 19% now trust the federal government to do the right thing most or nearly all the time, down from 24% in June.”

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2014/37_of_voters_fear_the_federal_government

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