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15-Yr-Old Boy Saves Abducted Little Girl

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/15/temar-boggs-jocelyn-rojas_n_3597825.html

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/872026_Lancaster-teen-Temar-Boggs-hailed-as-a-hero-in-5-year-old-s-abduction.html

Tax on Sunlight

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/07/spain-levies-consumption-tax-on-sunlight.html

Things are Good for Snowden

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/07/edward-snowden-winning/67541/

This is your Peace News for Saturday, July 27th 2013. Silver is trading at 20 dollars per ounce. Bitcoin is trading at 97 dollars per bitcoin. Peace News brought to by friends of http://WeUseCoins.com and by listeners like you.
Minutes after Temar Boggs heard that 5-year-old Jocelyn Rojas had gone missing, he noticed a suspicious car careening in and out of the side streets of his neighborhood.
The 15-year-old was hanging out with his friends at an apartment on Thursday afternoon when he heard the news. So he and another friend took to their bikes to search for Rojas.
He told reporters that one car in particular caught his eye. It turned around at the top of a hill where several police officers were standing. It began turning in and out of side streets in the neighborhood. Boggs gave chase on his bicycle. He got close enough to the vehicle to see a little girl inside. He made eye contact with the driver, an older white male, who apparently got spooked enough to let the little girl out of the car.
Boggs said the girl ran into his arms and asked to see her mother. She has since been united with her family, and the town is hailing 15-year-old Boggs as a hero.
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The cost of solar panels has dropped 80% in Spain, but If you were thinking of buying some to save money on energy, you can forget about it.
People calling themselves the Government of Spain issued a “royal decree” this week taxing sunlight gatherers. The state now threatens you with fines as much as 30 million euros if you illegally gather sunlight without paying a tax. The tax is just enough to make sure that homeowners cannot gather and store solar energy cheaper than state-sponsored providers.
Before the decree, it took 12 years to recover the investment in a residential installation of 2 and a half kilowatts of power. Following the decree, it will take an additional 23 years.
Corporations always consider it “unfair” when any other company can do things faster, smarter, or cheaper than they can. The buggy whip industry once protested cars.
Today, land-line telecom companies have to compete with wireless and they don’t like it. Now, we see protests about VOIP (voice over internet protocol).
Technology marches on. But France does not like it. The French solution is to tax Skype because it has an “unfair advantage”. This is an age-old unwinnable argument.
The ultimate irony is France’s preposterous “unfair advantage” argument was lampooned by French economist Frederic Bastiat back in 1845 when he penned ‘Petition of the Candle Makers’.
In his article, candle makers were incensed that the light of the sun could be had for free. The sun’s unfair trade advantage was to the “detriment of fair industries” who could not compete against the sun’s price.
Something had to be done to “shut off as much as possible, all access to natural light, and thereby create a need for artificial light” so that “industry in France will encouraged”.
The moral of the story is that well-intentioned bureaucrats cause more harm than good by punishing advances in technology. The crippling effect regulators have on technology has real consequences: Rather than saving money on energy and passing on the savings to consumers, which would result in higher quality of life for all; instead innovation is hampered, and opportunities for improvement are missed.
And in classic politician style, the new decree is written in such an unscientific and unspecific way that it actually criminalizes the opening of one’s own eyes: Quote, “If you get caught collecting photons of sunlight for your own use, you can be fined as much as 30 million euros.”
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Some eight weeks after the revelations that shook Washington and made Edward Snowden a household name, the NSA whistleblower appears to be getting everything he wanted.
Independent polls reveal that the public is increasingly concerned that the government is not finding the right balance between surveillance and privacy.
40 percent see the NSA activities not merely as intrusions on some Americans’ privacy rights, but as unjustified intrusions.
Snowden may walk free. When his identity was first revealed by The Guardian, Snowden worried that he might be abducted or killed by the CIA for his leak. Holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong, it wasn’t clear whether or not Snowden would end up back in the United States to face criminal charges.
Now it appears that Snowden is about to become a resident of Moscow — a guy with a job and an apartment who’s waiting to figure out which Central American country he wants to retire to.
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Hero Cop Refuses to Participate in Evil

http://www.secretsofthefed.com/cop-fired-for-refusing-to-comply-to-ticket-quotas/

Dolphins Use Names .. Who knew?

http://gma.yahoo.com/photos/dolphins-names-other-photo-023136533–abc-news-tech.html

Dolphins Banned from Captivity … Humans next, please?

http://www.dw.de/dolphins-gain-unprecedented-protection-in-india/a-16834519

Prisoners dilemma tested … unexpectedly positive results!

http://au.businessinsider.com/prisoners-dilemma-in-real-life-2013-7

This is your Peace News for Friday, July 26th 2013. Silver is trading at 20 dollars per ounce. Bitcoin is trading at 97 dollars per bitcoin. Peace News brought to by friends of http://WeUseCoins.com and by listeners like you.

It’s not everyday a cop makes the peaceful resistor list, but Justin Hanners of Auburn, Alabama makes the grade! He thought the police were about protecting and serving the people. That’s why it didn’t sit right with him when his new boss pressured the force to make quotas for traffic stops and citations. Justin felt that this was harassing behavior. When he stood on principle and refused to pester innocent people for petty victimless crimes, he was fired. This happens all the time in police forces, but what makes Justin different is that he had the courage to record conversations with his superiors discussing the quotas. This type of information, while known about, is very rare. Here’s a clip:

In just a few days, Justin has garnered support from thousands of people on his facebook fan page. This is an example of why good people who stand up for what’s right are better than people who go along to get along. Do what’s right, and good people will support you.

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They escape from aquarium tanks. They locate underwater mines. They can recognize themselves in a mirror. Now, a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science claims that dolphins recognized their own name when called.

The dolphins produce and respond to high pitched signature whistles that have a little bit of a melody. They come to the boat when their own name is called, but they tend to their own business when the names of other dolphins are used. The research also seemed to indicate that they learn and use the names of their families and friends.

In a related story, well-intentioned bureaucrats in India have banned the use of dolphins in captivity for commercial purposes such as entertainment. In doing so, India joins Costa Rica, Hungary, and Chile, giving the justification that dolphins share so many characteristics with other sentient beings that they have been declared “non-human persons”. Funny—human persons can be in captivity, but non-human persons can’t. Maybe eventually this principle will be universally applied so that one day all people can be free of captivity, traveling the earth freely without carrying their permission slips from agents of the state.

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The “prisoner’s dilemma” is a familiar concept to just about anybody that took Econ 101.

The basic version goes like this. Two criminals are arrested, but police can’t convict either on the primary charge, so they plan to sentence them to a year in jail on a lesser charge. Each of the prisoners, who can’t communicate with each other, are given the option of testifying against their partner. If they testify, and their partner remains silent, the partner gets 3 years and they go free. If they both testify, both get two. If both remain silent, they each get one.

In game theory, betraying your partner, or “defecting” is always the dominant strategy as it always has a slightly higher payoff in a simultaneous game.

This theory has been around for a long time, but it hasn’t been tested…until recently. The results were not what you’d expect. Prisoners and students each had an opportunity to participate, and the results revealed a much stronger inclination to cooperate to reach a mutually-desired outcome. What’s interesting is that the game requires blind trust from both parties, and you don’t have a chance to retaliate or make up for being betrayed later. Yet prisoners are still significantly more cooperative in that scenario than expected. Can you explain the results, or is it just human nature to cooperate with our fellow man?

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Medical Marijuana Now Legal in New England

http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/medical-marijuana-becomes-law-governor-hassan-signs-bill?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001&evar4=picks-4-post

Judge Orders $1 Million Returned to Exotic Dancer

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/judge-orders-1-million-returned-exotic-dancer-151044009.html

New Car Hackers Can Cut Your Breaks

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/07/24/hackers-reveal-nasty-new-car-attacks-with-me-behind-the-wheel-video/

This is your Peace News for Thursday, July 25th 2013. Silver is trading at 20 dollars per ounce. Bitcoin is trading at 96 dollars per bitcoin. Peace News brought to by friends of http://WeUseCoins.com  and by listeners like you.

With the addition of New Hampshire this Tuesday, medical Marijuana is now legal in all 6 states which comprise New England. Ironically, the Live Free Or Die state was the last among them to be added, although still well ahead of the rest of the country. Although now legal for medicinal use in 19 states, cannabis remains illegal federally, as even state-sanctioned dispensaries are being raided by men calling themselves the federal government. Eventually people will see this type of behavior as aggressive violence no different than what occurs in war. One small group of men is pointing guns at people and stealing from them, not because they are saving the day but because they are following orders.

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In other news, a federal judge has ruled that Nebraska cops must return over $1 million confiscated at a traffic stop from a woman who saved the money $1 at a time during her 15 year career as an exotic dancer.

The money belongs to Tara Mishra, 33, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., who began putting aside her earnings when she started dancing at age 18. The money was meant to start her own club and get out of the stripping business.

State troopers confiscated the money in March 2012 after searching the car on a speeding stop.

The state trooper found the money and suspected it was connected to drugs. He arrested everyone in the car. Police found no evidence of drug activity in the car, nor any drugs on the cash.

Fortunately, the Judge in this case showed no favoritism to police. He said, quote, “The government failed to show a substantial connection between drugs and the money.” The judge ordered the Nebraska state police to return the million dollars immediately in cash or check … and pay back with interest! This may be a proper remedy from the judge, but should taxpayers suffer the consequences of police wrongdoing rather than individuals being held personally liable? Speaking of taxpayers, you can bet this exotic dancer is going to get a 1099 form in the mail tomorrow. Bye bye 40%.

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Michael Hastings was a reporter who got too close to the truth. He was killed in a deadly car crash last month after sending a hurried email to his friends explaining that he was afraid and that the feds were watching him. He was the journalist whose Rolling Stone story on McChrystal changed history. Then he similarly slammed Patraeus, and any google search of the name Michael Hastings will reveal an arsenal of journalistic firepower aimed squarely at the establishment.

The events surrounding Hastings’ crash are mysterious to say the least. Friends say he drove like a grandma, but somehow witnesses saw his 2013 Mercedes drive at full speed through a red light, spark from the bottom, and explode before making a sudden 90 degree turn and crash into a tree across several lanes of traffic on a Los Angeles boulevard at 4 in the morning. Autopsies reveal he had not been drinking or doing drugs.

Yesterday, Forbes put out a story about a new type of hacker which can hack into cars. Hackers can override the steering wheel, breaks, gas, and other functions. These hackers are using their powers for good by exposing the vehicle’s weaknesses.

The article specifically mentions that the 2014 Mercedes Benz S-Class, which can negotiate stop-and-go traffic or follow a leader without input, may offer a hacker even more points of attack. The less the driver is involved, the more potential for failure when bad people are tampering with it.

In the meantime, benevolent hackers argue that the best way to pressure car companies to secure their products is to show exactly what can be done with a multi-ton missile on wheels. Better to experience the panic of a digitally hijacked SUV now, than when a more malicious attacker is in control.

Perhaps the most interesting quote from the article comes from the car hacker, who said, quote “If the only thing keeping you from crashing your car is that no one is talking about this, then you’re not safe anyway.”

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Schindler Dies at 98:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1021048/Female-Schindler-Irena-Sendler-saved-2-500-Jewish-children-died-aged-98.html#ixzz2Zduq22rf

Wake Forest 3D Prints Skin Cells to Burn Wounds

http://www.3dprinter-world.com/article/wake-forest-3d-prints-skin-cells-burn-wounds

Teenage Intern Short-Circuits White House Press System with Simple Question

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/07/18/teenage-intern-short-circuits-entire-white-house-press-system-by-asking-simple-question/

George Zimmerman Rescues Overturned Truck

http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-emerged-hiding-truck-crash-rescue/story?id=19735432

Libertarian Mayor Remakes City

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/18/meet-the-libertarian-mayor-of-a-thriving-colorado-city-who-owns-a-castle-a-strip-club-and-a-church/

Hershberger Ice Cream Social

https://www.facebook.com/events/517175768337074/?ref=3

This is your Peace News for Tuesday, July 23rd 2013. Silver is trading at 20 dollars per ounce. Bitcoin is trading at 95 dollars per bitcoin. Peace News brought to by friends of http://WeUseCoins.com and by listeners like you.

This week a listener sent us a story about Irena Sendler, a female Schindler. In her lifetime, she successfully smuggled out over 2,500 Jewish babies and toddlers, helping them escape concentration camps by way of suitcases, ambulances, coffins, and sewer pipes. She kept hidden a meticulous record of all their real names and new identities so they might later be re-united with their families.

She had spirited them out of the heavily-guarded Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. She was beaten, tortured and sentenced to death by the Gestapo – who even announced her execution. But Irena survived, her secrets untold. She died just 5 years ago, in her modest Warsaw apartment, aged 98.

Modest about her achievements, she said, quote, “I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘heroine’ irritates me greatly. The opposite is true. I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.”

A few months before she died, she said, quote, “After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood.”

But she added: “The world can be better if there’s love, tolerance and humility.”

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Scientists at Wake Forest University’s Military Research Center have developed a method of 3D printing new skin cells onto burn wounds. The method is far superior to traditional skin grafts because regular grafts require skin from a donor site somewhere on the patient’s body. Taking skin from a donor site is painful and sometimes the patients don’t even have enough unburned skin to transplant.

First a laser scans the patient’s burn, and that information gets translated into a personalized plan for filling the wound up with cells. Then a modified inkjet printer lays down the cells individually, one layer at a time until the burned area is completely covered.

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This week, 16-year-old Daily Caller intern Gabe Finger was called upon to ask a question of White House press secretary Jay Carney, and he completely stumped him into stunned silence.  The question he asked was, “Because of the death threats being received by George Zimmerman and his parents, is the President going to take any action for their security, or are they on their own?” Kudos to Gabe for courageously questioning a powerful figure.

In a story that went instantly viral, George Zimmerman of the recent Trayvon Martin case came out of hiding yesterday to assist a man whose truck had turned over on the highway, saving his life.

Mayor Mike Dunafon of Glendale, Colorado was featured on the Blaze recently in an article which highlighted his Libertarian principles and how they have helped to rapidly change the landscape of Glendale from crumbling to thriving.

Refusing to have his marriage endorsed by the state, he met his stripper fiance when her successful stripclub was under attack by the local government. The mayor at the time said he’d rather see the 300 women on welfare, despite the fact that they wanted to keep their jobs. Dunafon was furious, and with just 31 days until the next election, he went door to door with strippers and beer registering voters. After winning a landslide victory, he sent half of city hall packing.

Dunafon said that his political philosophy is about deregulating our lives. “For instance,” he says, quote, “next month we’re taking a law off the books that precludes pool tables from bars in Glendale.  Now this was an obscure law we didn’t know existed.”

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In food freedom news, the Vernon Hershberger farm is holding a victory celebration and fundraiser on Saturday August 17th. To recognize their achievements peacefully resisting agents of the state earlier this year, the Hershberger Family is welcoming all their supporters to share in this day of celebration with real homemade ice cream made from their own cows’ raw milk. Come spend the day with the Hershberger’s and their supporters. Join special guests David Gumpert, Max Kane, The Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund Attorneys, members of the Jury, and a host of other local and national food freedom activists. RSVP on the facebook page, and if you can’t attend but want to support the Hershbergers, you can make a donation to their farm at http://VernonHershberger.com

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Philly SmokeDown Prohibition 7

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2013/24648/philadelphia-activists-brace-for-smoke-down-prohibition-vii/

Americans Leaving Country, Joining Free State Project

http://www.examiner.com/article/many-america-are-leaving-the-country-or-joining-the-free-state-project

Helen Thomas Dies at 92

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/20/us/helen-thomas-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Real Threat to Gold is Digital

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-real-threat-to-gold-is-digital-2013-07-17

This is your Peace News for Monday, July 22nd 2013. Silver is trading at 20 dollars per ounce. Bitcoin is trading at 91 dollars per bitcoin. Peace News brought to by friends of WeUseCoins.com and by listeners like you.

Final preparations by marijuana reform activists in Philadelphia are underway for Smoke Down Prohibition VII, the seventh in a series of monthly protests held at Independence National Historic Park.

After six successful rallies, The Panic Hour and Philly NORML, joint organizers of the event, will return to Independence National Historic Park, home of the Liberty Bell, to peacefully protest cannabis prohibition starting on July 26th.

Unlike previous editions of Smoke Down Prohibition, which were one-day demonstrations, this event begins at 4:20 pm on a Friday, and taking a page from last year’s Occupy movement, will continue for as long as necessary — even if it stretches for days, weeks, or months.

Organizers said, quote, “We ask you to join us and peacefully sit in at the Liberty Bell to stand up against cannabis prohibition.”  There will be speakers, activities, arts and crafts and workshops throughout the evening.

Previous protests began earlier in the day and climaxed with a 4:20 pm civil disobedience demonstration, with activists openly smoking cannabis, which led to the arrest of organizers and activists at Smoke Down Prohibition V in May.

This time around, organizers say, the “moment of marijuana reflection” will not be determined beforehand.  Previous protest were peaceful and without incident, until police converged on the park area just before 4:20 pm during May’s rally.

Organizers of the event have created a video, Guidelines for the Smoke Down Sit In, which includes such tips as how — and how not — to be arrested peacefully.

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In other news, Angel Clark reports for Examiner that Americans are leaving the country in search of more freedom, and those who stay, move to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project.

Activist and expat George Donnelly from Shield Mutual said, quote, “I saw no future for myself there, among the Wacos, the OK cities, the taxes, permits and urban decay of Chicago. I decided to get out and see what kind of a life I could make for myself elsewhere. It wasn’t an easy decision, but I am thrilled that I found the courage to do it. It has changed my life in unforeseen ways. I am happier, healthier and wealthier today because of it. I wouldn’t trade my experiences of living in Japan and Colombia for anything.”

Farmer Frank W. Szabo from Freedom Orchard commented, quote “I left because I did not think that there was anything else that I could do which would make a real difference. I did not feel that my family, or our assets, were safe any longer.”

Traffic on websites that promote leaving America before it’s too late is way up. International Living and The Dollar Vigilante are popular sites and discuss the pros and cons of starting a new life overseas. Confidence in America’s politicians and government is at an all time low, and the conversation of expatriating is now a legitimate topic coming up at family dinner tables.

Many people and families who recognize the loss of freedoms are deciding to work for liberty in their lifetimes via the Free State Project. The Free State Project is an effort to have 20,000 peaceful liberty loving activists to move to New Hampshire to reduce the role of government in their lives. I endorse this option. Learn more at http://FreeStateProject.org .

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In other news, CNN reports that trailblazing White House journalist Helen Thomas has died at age 92 after a long illness.

Starting with JFK in 1961, Thomas covered 10 presidents over half a century and became a legend in the industry.

She was a fixture at White House news conferences — sitting front and center late in her career — where she frequently exasperated government spokesmen with her pointed questions.

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