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PNN #199 Show Notes http://bit.ly/18BbCfk

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Drone Hunters

https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/drone-hunters-lining-and-paying-out-colorado

Ensuring Safety at Suspicionless Checkpoint

http://freekeene.com/2013/09/04/ensuring-safety-at-a-suspicionless-checkpoint/

Ian Now Pastor at Parsonage

http://freekeene.com/2013/09/04/shire-free-church-ministers-put-city-on-notice/

Homosexuality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzV1r5SCc8U

Saturday, September 7th 2013. 1 ounce of silver is 24 dollars. 1 Bitcoin is 120 dollars. Peace News Now is brought to you in part by friends of http://WeUseCoins.com. Learn about bitcoin at http://WeUseCoins.com

A small town in Colorado has found itself overwhelmed with requests and cash for a unmanned aircraft hunting license that doesn’t exist  – yet. What started out a whimsical protest against government surveillance tactics is now being taken seriously.

In June a resident of Deer Trail, Colorado proposed a town wide ordinance that would offer $25 licenses to hunt and shoot down government drones if they flew within 1,000 feet above private property — with a $100 reward for returning one.

After the requests for licenses including personal checks made out to the town hit over a thousand, the town clerk stopped counting.

The town’s board had a chance to approve the license ordinance last month but deadlocked 3-3. If you know anyone in the Deer Trail, Colorado area, get this message to them! Deer Trail residents vote on the ordinance in one month, Oct. 8.

The Federal government has warned, quote, “Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could result in criminal or civil liability, just as would firing at a manned airplane.”

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New Hampshire state police established a suspicionless checkpoint on Route 12 in Walpole last week. About twenty cop cars waited to ambush oncoming drivers. Most people endured the blinding flashing lights and handed the authorities proof of permission to be driving. Occasionally drivers were asked to accept sobriety tests.

The checkpoint, while intended to catch people by surprise, was announced in advance in the Keene Sentinel as is required by New Hampshire law. In violation of New Hampshire law, however, these detentions are not based on suspicion of a driving offense.

Liberty Activists in Keene responded by setting up signs warning of the checkpoint ahead and indicating where the final turnoff was to avoid the checkpoint.

There *were* reports of complaints about the cops bright lights, but there *weren’t* any reports of belligerent, impaired, or otherwise dangerous individuals taken off the road that night thanks to the checkpoint. But there was a man who was arrested for Failure to Obey an officer. Seems like the greater danger for most drivers is not drunk driving, but fascism.

But it’s not all hopeless: one activist, Garret Ean of http://FreeConcord.org, drove through the checkpoint with cameras rolling and captured some pretty interesting video. He drove through sipping an unlabeled brown glass bottle, did not offer any proof of license, identification, or registration, and was sent on his way without a citation. Officers *do* have discretion, and I applaud the officer in *this* interaction for exercising it, although it probably had everything to do with the video camera and not his own motivations.

Want more from the scene? Check out the raw footage from Free Concord’s camera coverage in these shownotes.

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Speaking of Keene, Ian Freeman posted to http://FreeKeene.com this week that he and Darryl W Perry delivered notice to the people calling themselves “The City of Keene” that 73 and 75 Leverett St. are ministers’ parsonages and that Ian and Darryl will no longer participate in their system of coercive taxes. However, the new church may elect to give the city bureaucrats a voluntary contribution to support the programs they *do* support (like road repair).

An excerpt from the notice reads, quote, “You are on notice that you have no authority from god to rule your fellow man. Our church’s ministers and members also have not granted you any authority over their lives.”

In other news, in a video that went viral this week, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appeared on a TV talk show. In it, he shares that his views on homosexuality have changed because his heart and mind have been changed. This is another good sign that little by little, the world is becoming more rational.

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PNN #198 Show Notes http://bit.ly/1aaA6Oy

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Ebay Blogs About Bitcoin

http://deals.ebay.com/blog/whats-the-deal-with-bitcoins-anyway/

Boehner Won’t Meet with Russia

http://rt.com/news/congress-speaker-russian-mp-435/

Russians Send Destroyer to Mediterranean

http://rt.com/news/russian-destroyer-mediterranean-report-424/

Morale Concerns Over Quitting Soldiers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10274897/Surge-of-soldiers-wanting-to-quit-prompts-morale-concerns.html

AFL CIO Admits Obamacare Unintended Consequences

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/09/04/afl-cio-president-trumka-employers-restructuring-workforce-29-12-hour#ixzz2dwtDWx9o

National War Tax Resistance Meetup

http://nwtrcc.org/meetings.php  

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Ebay wrote about bitcoins on their blog this week. With a fun, colorful, and easy to understand video, ebay presented bitcoins as a new method of payment. It communicates some of the most important facts about bitcoin: that they make it possible to pay someone across the globe instantly and anonymously. Bitcoin is decentralized, so they don’t depend on a bank or a government to issue them, and they’re impossible to counterfeit. Speaking of governments, no one can take your bitcoins, like they can your bank account. Learn more from the cool video in the show notes, or visit http://WeUseCoins.com . Also of note: Peter Theil, the founder of PayPal, is a huge fan of bitcoins, as is their current CEO.

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Speaker of the House John Boehner is 3rd in charge of the US Empire. RT reported yesterday that he refused a proposal to meet with agents of the Russian Government to discuss the situation in Syria. The Duma members plan to visit Washington next week to persuade their American counterparts not to attack Syria. Later, Putin hammered the US secretary of state, saying that John Kerry lied to the American Congress, quote, ““They lie, plainly. I watched the Congressional debate. A congressman asked Mr. Kerry ‘Is there any Al-Qaeda [in Syria]? There are reports they have been growing stronger.’ [Kerry] replied, ‘No. I say with all responsibility: there is no [Al-Qaeda] there.’”

He explained that the most active terrorist organization in Syria, the so-called Al-Nusra Front, pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda and that the US is well aware of that. “Well,” Putin continued, “[Kerry] is lying. And he knows that he’s lying. This is sad.”

Putin may correctly call Uncle Sam a liar, but perhaps it takes one to know one: The Russian Navy is deploying a destroyer to the eastern Mediterranean, and say it has *nothing to do* with the crisis in Syria. Syria’s port in the Mediterranean is Russia’s only foreign port, making it a strategic and valuable stronghold for the superpower. According to a ministry spokesman’s statement on Tuesday, the key task of the Russian standing naval force in the Mediterranean is, quote, “comprehensive monitoring over the air, underwater, and surface situation in the zone of its deployment.”

A senior Naval Source told reporters, quote, “…it would be wrong to draw any connection between the rotation of our ships in the Mediterranean region and events in Syria.”

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In the UK, a surge of soldiers want to quit the army. According to their own numbers, the latest round of Army applications to leave early was 40 per cent oversubscribed by volunteers wanting to quit. The highest percentage of those throwing in the towel? Officers. Less than 2/3ds of those who applied to leave were let go.

One senior Army source said, quote, “It’s the worst I have seen it … we are talking about highly experienced middle-ranking officers who have spent the last 12 years in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

The national War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is meeting this November 1st to the 3rd in Manhattan. If you’d like to show your resistance to the war, perhaps you’ll consider joining the millions of Americans who choose not to file income taxes this year. You know what the politicians are doing with your money, and you don’t condone it. At some point, you’ve got to stop sending it to them. Learn more by searching, “National War Tax Resistance.”

Speaking of tax resistance, Obamacare’s excessive taxes are forcing employers and employees alike to make unwanted concessions. They’d both *like* to keep working the same number of hours, but the law forces employers to make unwanted cutbacks to avoid a newly introduced penalty. During a recent interview, even the AFL-CIO President admitted the unintended consequences of Obamacare are leading employers to, quote, “[restructure] their workforce to give workers 29 and a half hours so they don’t have to provide them healthcare.” Perhaps the solution is less meddling by bureaucrats in other’s private affairs.

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PNN #196 Show Notes http://bit.ly/17rMdlJ

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What is Common Core?

http://benswann.com/the-most-dangerous-domestic-spying-program-is-common-core/

Another Secret Govt Program: Hemisphere, by AT&T

http://rt.com/usa/at&t-phone-surveillance-dea-325/

Bitcoins Big in Kenya

http://thinkafricapress.com/kenya/mobile-money-kenya-continues-spearhead-mobile-payment-revolution

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Joshua Cook writes at BenSwann.com that Common Core Standards, a department of education program, is overlooked but eyebrow-raising. The program involves collecting troves of data about students, some of which is unrelated to education, and storing the data to be analyzed by bureaucrats for who knows what purpose? Data collected will not only include grades, test scores, name, date of birth and social security number, it will also include parents’ political affiliations, individual or familial mental or psychological problems, beliefs, religious practices and income.

All activities, as well as those deemed demeaning, self-incriminating or anti-social, will be stored in students’ school records.  Not only will permanently stored data reflect criminal activities, it will also reflect bullying or anything perceived as abnormal.

Perhaps even more alarming is the fact that data collection will also include critical appraisals of individuals with whom students have close family relationships.

It gives the government the ability to strongly influence the futures of every student of public education, and that will soon extend to private and home schools.  It provides a way to intimidate students – who already have a difficult time socially – into conforming to norms which are not only social, but also political and cultural. One solution is to take personal responsibility for your child’s education and keep him or her out of the hands of the government.

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In a seemingly endless string of revelations of government spying, RT reported this week that the DEA, or Drug Enforcement Administration, has a more extensive domestic phone surveillance program than the recently uncovered NSA PRISM.

As part of the secret Hemisphere Project, government agents have been paying AT&T to place its employees to team up with police to find and prosecute users of drugs.

And, unlike the much debated NSA data, the Hemisphere data includes information on the location of those making the calls.

The New York Times found out about the surveillance program after it received slides, describing the Hemisphere Project, from peace activist, Drew Hendricks.

The activist said he was sent the PowerPoint presentation – which is unclassified, but marked “Law enforcement sensitive” – in response to a series of public information requests to West Coast police agencies.

The slides revealed that the program was launched back in 2007 and has been carried out in great secrecy since then. One of the slides said,

Quote, “All requestors are instructed to never refer to Hemisphere in any official document.”

Joris Leverink writes for RoarMagazine.com & ThinkAfricaPress.com:

Ever since Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile-network operator, launched the mobile-payment systemM-Pesa in 2007, two-thirds of Kenya’s adult population have subscribed, and an astonishing 31% of the country’s GDP is now spent through mobile phones.

On 1 July, a company called Kipochi launched a new ‘digital wallet’ service that allows Kenyans to not only send and receive money domestically but, using the online peer-to-peer currency Bitcoins, transfer it internationally.

Kipochi will thus attempt to build upon M-Pesa’s achievements, a company originally designed to facilitate the repayment of micro-finance loans but has since grown to become, in The Economist’s words, “by far the most successful scheme of its type on earth”.

However M-Pesa’s success also brought with it unwanted attention from the Kenyan government, who sought to share in M-Pesa’s success by bringing its payments within the country’s tax regime. In response Safaricom has had to increase fees for using M-Pesa, recentlyannouncing it had to raise tariffs for transfers $1 by 10% due to a government-imposed tax.

It is partly in response to these new challenges in using M-Pesa that Kipochi has now emerged. Kipochi believes that by using Bitcoins it has found a way to both get around taxation and facilitate international payments.

Bitcoins are purchased using ‘real’ currencies and then, like M-Pesa credits, stored in ‘e-wallets’ from which payments can be made.

Some see Bitcoin as a potential enabler for the ‘unbanked’ of the world to get more involved in cross-border web based commerce. Others see rich possibilities in teaching rural people online trading techniques.

There is a long way to go – and as with M-Pesa, the more success Kipochi has, the more scrutiny it will attract – but if it catches on, this innovative new technology could prove to be another useful tool in empowering ordinary people.

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Microsoft & Google Sue Govt

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2013/08/30/standing-together-for-greater-transparency.aspx

Open Carry Texas Harassed by SAPD…Charged w/Crime

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/30/men-behind-open-carry-demonstration-in-texas-charged-with-crimes-even-though-what-they-did-wasnt-illegal-heres-how-police-are-justifying-it/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN0GcahEvIc#t=483

Cheap Wearable Cameras Are Changing the Game

http://www.wfmj.com/category/179433/video-landing-page?clipId=9219882&autostart=true

Two Cops Disciplined(?) After Trooper Confrontation

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Two_Bergen_County_cops_disciplined_after_confrontation_with_trooper_caught_on_video.html

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Thanks to Edward Snowden, we all know that Microsoft and Google helped the government spy on their users. What we *don’t* know is how much they cooperated. The 2 major tech giants want to publish data, but the government won’t let them. Now they’re suing the government in an attempt to get permission to publish information. Microsoft issued an official press release about the situation. Here are some excerpts. Quote:

“To followers of technology issues, there are many days when Microsoft and Google stand apart.  But today our two companies stand together.  We both remain concerned with the Government’s continued unwillingness to permit us to publish sufficient data relating to FISA orders.

we believe it is vital to publish information that clearly shows the number of national security demands for user content, such as the text of an email. We believe it’s possible to publish these figures in a manner that avoids putting security at risk.  And unless this type of information is made public, any discussion of government practices and service provider obligations will remain incomplete.

The United States has long been admired around the world for its leadership in promoting free speech and open discussion.  We benefit from living in a country with a Constitution that guarantees the fundamental freedom to engage in free expression unless silence is required by a narrowly tailored, compelling Government interest.  We believe there remains a path forward that will share more information with the public while protecting national security.

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The Blaze reports that three San Antonio men are each facing criminal charges of “disorderly conduct” because someone allegedly complained about them “open carrying” a gun outside of a Starbucks.

The men were seemingly well within their rights. They posted video of the entire encounter on YouTube. Although it includes a disagreement with police officers, the men do not appear to be belligerent or aggressive.

Under Texas law, open carrying a rifle is legal as long as the gun is not loaded.

But San Antonio police Chief William McManus said that gun owners can still be charged with disorderly conduct if anyone feels threatened at any point. In other words, he believes that if anyone around you is uncomfortable with firearms, he can charge you with the crime “disorderly conduct.”

Watch the entire video in a link in our show notes.

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Police across the country are equipping themselves with small, wearable video cameras. Police in Goshen Township Ohio recently bought 8 at about $50 each. The Philadelphia Police recently employed them at the latest Smoke Down Prohibition. The goal is to keep an objective record of interactions with the public. Cameras like these can uncover the truth at a shocking low cost. Wearable video recorders are sold in varieties online ranging from $15 for some basic ones to about $100 for ones with more concealability. Wearing these cameras empowers the police, but it also empowers their victims, should the police ever act abusively toward an innocent person. Activists should take a note from police and start wearing cameras, if you don’t already.

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Speaking of police recordings, a youtube video surfaced this week in which a NJ State Trooper threatens the life of another officer conducting a traffic stop? The reason? That’s *his* turf. We’ve heard of these turf wars in other places, but thanks to the power of video, we can see for ourselves what happened. What’s even more interesting is who the officer stopped in the first place: Freeholder Maura DiNicola, on her way home from a Freeholders meeting. DiNicola opposes the merger of county police and sheriffs departments, and she believes intimidation was the real reason she was targeted for a stop.

Despite the viral video of one of their officers pulling a gun on a fellow officer during a routine traffic stop, a representative for the NJ State Police said, quote: “The State Police Office of Professional Standards reviewed the incident and found that no discipline was appropriate.” Nor is any additional training. Everything is just perfect at the NJ State Police. Nothing to see here, folks, move along. Full video of the incident is linked in this episode’s show notes.

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PNN #193 Show Notes http://bit.ly/15KmwAq

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McDonald’s Hires 7000 Touch Screen Cashiers

http://news.cnet.com/mcdonalds-hires-7000-touch-screen-cashiers/8301-17938_105-20063732-1.html

Marijuana is Kind of Legal Now

http://benswann.com/breaking-did-the-federal-government-just-legalize-marijuana/

Smokedown Prohibition VIII

https://www.facebook.com/events/150027531864769/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slt7F42IUTs&feature=share&list=PLfSTvfNLk-3mbv9HFo8JH7I6DlhMF093y

NO US Intervention with Syra

https://www.facebook.com/events/404768706301829/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SCPtUKgRo

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Amanda Kooser writes for CNET: “Welcome to McDonald’s. My name is HAL 9000. May I take your order?”

McDonalds recently went on a hiring binge in the U.S., adding 62,000 employees to its roster. The hiring picture doesn’t look quite so rosy for Europe, where the fast food chain is drafting 7,000 touch-screen kiosks to handle cashiering duties.

The move is designed to boost efficiency and make ordering more convenient for customers. In an interview with the Financial Times, McDonald’s Europe President Steve Easterbrook notes that the new system will also open up a goldmine of data. McDonald’s could potentially track every Big Mac, McNugget, and large shake you order. A calorie account tally at the end of the year could be a real shocker.

The touch screens will only accept debit or credit cards, adding to the slow death knell of cash and coins.

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Michael Lofti of the Tenth Amendment Center writes at http://BenSwann.com :

As states continue to nullify federal laws against marijuana and hemp, the federal government has been faced with an important question. It’s been more than 75 years, and marijuana and hemp  still remain illegal. Never mind the total lack of reasoning  behind the federal government’s ban. Is it time to end the law?

Less than 24 hours ago, it all came crashing down. According to the Associated Press, the justice department said that states can allow citizens to use the drug, license people to grow it and allow them to purchase it in stores. As long as the drug is kept away from the black market, children and federal property– It’s a go!

According to Mike Maharrey, national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center:

“The genie is out of the bottle and she won’t ever go back in. The feds have lost and they know it. No matter how Holder and the DEA couch their words in an attempt to maintain an illusion of control, state actions continue to effectively nullify these unconstitutional marijuana laws.“

When asked if the federal government just essentially legalized marijuana Maharrey responded:

“The announcement makes it clear the feds have no will to fight the states on weed. They can call it an “illegal drug” all they want, but if they can’t, or won’t, stop people from using marijuana, their “law” means nothing.”

The recent surge in nullification has sent states fighting against the federal government on pot use. It would seem that the federal government just gave up.

One group that *won’t* give up are the Smoke Down Prohibition Protesters.

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Peace activists in Philadelphia organized a rally and march from City Hall down Market Street to the Liberty Bell 10 blocks away. There, they held signs and gave speeches criticizing US imperialism and intervention abroad, specifically in response to the Obama Administration’s trigger-happy attitude toward Syria. While over a hundred people marched in the street, it’s tough to put a number on the participants, since there was a lot of spill-over from another event–a pro-cannabis rally, which also took place at the Liberty Bell.

The rally, called Smoke Down Prohibition 8, featured comedians, activists, politicians, and performers giving speeches about living free and taking the consequences in order to change the culture around us. Despite the heavy police presence, there was a moment of marijuana reflection wherein participants lit-up at 4:20pm. 8 people were cited for smoking weed on federal property — a violation redressable with a $175 fine. Video & Updates to come on http://PeaceNewsNow.com , and NA Poe of the Panic Hour will be joining your peaceful news anchor on Peace News Now Live tonight at 5pm Eastern Standard Time.

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Mentioned in this article: Michael Lofti, Ben Swann, Tenth Amendment Center, Suns of Liberty Mint, silver, Philadelphia, The Panic Hour, Philly NORML, Next News Network

PNN #192 Show Notes http://bit.ly/17rYkVW

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BITCOIN CHIPIN!

https://bitcoinchipin.com/

Permit to Baptize

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/08/30/btodd-american-dispatchb-feds-forced-churches-to-get-baptism-permits/

Ron Paul Calls Syria a “False Flag” Event

http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-syria-chemical-attack-a-flase-flag/

USDA Permits Gardening

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/4-yr-old-rosie-will-have-garden-next.html

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So you got yourself a bitcoin wallet. Congratulations! You can now freely accept bitcoin! But how will people send you donations? Putting a widget on your website makes it easy for visitors to send you bitcoins instantly. Until now, fundraiser widgets have only been available for paypal and credit cards, which are loaded with fees from the antiquated 20th century banking system.

Enter http://BitcoinChipin.com — http://BitcoinChipin.com allows users to create professional-looking bitcoin fundraiser widgets–completely free. (But they do take donations, so if you make money on their service, hopefully you’ll pay it forward to those who helped make it possible.)

Go check it out for yourself. http://BitcoinChipin.com

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Fox News reported yesterday that agents of the federal government began enforcing a policy recently that required churches to obtain special use permits in order to baptize in public water. As part of the same permit process, the National Park Service also mandated that churches give *them* 48 hours advance notice of pending baptisms.

This immediately caused controversy among pastors like Dennis Purcell, who said quote, “If the Holy Spirit is working on Sunday morning, you’re going to baptize Sunday afternoon. You may not know ahead of time.” Many Christians believe that the Bible commands new followers of Christ to be baptized immediately after their conversion. It’s a public expression and celebration of their new-found faith in Christ. Agents of the State told the pastors they are protecting the park from the people, or as they put it, quote, “maintain park natural resources and quality visitor experiences.”

But police wouldn’t *arrest* anyone for performing a baptism without a permit, right? That’s true. While no one has been cuffed and caged for performing a baptism without a permit, in 2011 agents of the state *did* shut down an ocean church baptism in Miami. We all know what happens if you keep doing something police have told you to stop doing.

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The New York Times reported yesterday that the Syrian president’s son posted a strange and provoking diatribe to facebook. Although apparently “liked” and commented on by several people who appear to be the children and grandchildren of the Assad regime, it’s unlikely the post is authentic. As the Times itself notes, quote, “the owner of the account wrote that he was a graduate of Oxford University and a player for a Barcelona soccer team, neither of which would be likely to appear on the résumé of an 11-year-old boy in Damascus.” This may offer a glimpse into the mindset of Syria’s ruling elite as the country braces for a potential Western invasion.

Here is an excerpt from the post allegedly by Hafez Assad, quote, “I just want them to attack sooo much, because I want them to make this huge mistake of beginning something that they don’t know the end of it.”

Ron Paul commented on the unfolding situation in Syria on Fox Business this Wednesday. In the interview, he called the recent chemical attack a ‘false flag’ likely carried out by the US backed Al Qaeda filled rebels. Quote, “I think it’s a false flag…Why don’t we ask about the Al Qaeda? Why are we on the side of the Al Qaeda right now?”

Good questions.

Meanwhile, JG Vibes over at http://Intellihub.com reports yesterday that the primary “witness” that the mainstream media is using as a source in Syria has been caught staging fake news segments.  Recent video evidence proves that “Syria Danny,” the supposed activist who has been begging for military intervention on CNN, is really just a paid actor and a liar.

Peace News Now does not deny the death and violence happening in Syria right now. However, in your own pursuit of the facts, be aware that the mainstream media is scripted and staged propaganda.

Ending on a positive note, congratulations activists! Peace News Now reported on 4-year-old Rosie, whose family was being threatened over her backyard garden. Their property managers claimed the Federal Government doesn’t allow them to alter their landscaping to include a garden because they live in government housing. After food freedom activists generated a maelstrom of publicity highlighting this gross infringement, the USDA’s Rural Development Agency responded that it has no such policy, and Rosie’s family will be left to garden in peace.

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PNN #191 Show Notes http://bit.ly/15aPfLc

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Rich Paul Files for Keene Mayoral Race

http://freekeene.com/2013/08/29/rich-paul-files-for-keene-mayoral-race/

Keene Committee Hears Cannabis Decrim Proposal

http://freekeene.com/2013/08/29/city-committee-hears-cannabis-decrim-proposal/

Russia Evacuating Its Citizens from Syria

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-28/russia-evacuating-its-citizens-syria

Syrian Rebel Cuts Out Soldiers Heart and Eats It

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/video-syrian-rebel-cuts-out-soldiers-heart-and-eats-it-nsfw/

Syrian Father Reunites with Son He Thought Was Dead

http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-father-son-reunited-2013-8

Congress Already Against Intervention in Syria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBA3CMZzMkg

Police Needlessly Forced Women to Strip Nude

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402030/Police-department-forced-women-needlessly-strip-cells-recorded-using-toilet.html

Obama Takes More Guns

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-exclusive-obama-offers-new-gun-control-steps

DMX Arrested for Weed

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/21/entertainment-us-usa-rapper-arrest-idUSBRE97K17Q20130821

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Rich Paul is running for mayor – from inside the Cheshire jail. Ian Freeman reports at http://FreeKeene.com that he took Rich’s declaration of candidacy down to the city clerk’s office today and filed the $5 fee to get him on the ballot. Thus far the Keene mayoral race only has incumbent Kendall Lane (an attorney) and now Rich Paul, a former flower salesman. Only two weeks remain until the filing deadline – will anyone else enter the race?

Also, when was the last time you wrote or visited Rich? Rich Paul went to jail for your liberties. If you don’t live near Keene, did you know you can visit him from your webcam? http://securustech.net/videovisitation Have you sent him mail? Did you know you can do that free via Mail-to-Jail? (^ Links to instructions in our show notes.)

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Liberty activist David Crawford recently submitted to the city council in Keene a proposal to have the council send a resolution to the legislators encouraging them to decriminalize cannabis. The city council assigned the issue to the Planning, Licensing, and Development committee and it was given a public hearing this week. Several at the hearing spoke in favor of the measure, and none against, including Keene Police Chief Ken Meola, who did speak, but only to answer a question about legality. Of course, he wasn’t completely telling the truth when he said this is a “legislative issue”. He knows he has discretion and can choose not to enforce laws at will, as Ian pointed out later in my comments.

We also learned that it appears the city people may have dropped the ball on sending a letter to the legislature in 2009, when a similar request was brought forth by, of all people, Fred Parsells! No one could seem to remember all the details so city boss John Maclean promised to research the issue and come back with a more accurate version of past events at the next PLD meeting in two weeks. The issue was given, quote, “more time” and will be raised again on Wed, September 11th at 7pm at city hall.

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The drums of war are beating in Syria, and Russia is evacuating its citizens. According to The Telegraph, a total of 180 people, mostly women and children, returned to Moscow on-board a plane which landed late on Tuesday. After filling the up first plane, Russia had to send another to retrieve the fleeing people. The plane also bore humanitarian aid for about 30,000 other Russians that are still living across the country.

It’s probably smart to leave that place. A video surfaced online yesterday on Austin Peterson’s site, http://TheLibertarianRepublic.com, which featured a Syrian Rebel Cutting out the heart of a Syrian Army soldier and eating it. On the other end of that spectrum, ubiquitous video technology gave viewers the opportunity to watch the touching reuniting of a Syrian Father with his son, that he thought was dead.

Also in the news this week: Eleven women are suing a Washington state police department over claims that they were needlessly and inappropriately video recorded as police forced them to strip nude and use a jail cell toilet. The Obama Administration proposed two new restrictions on the trade of firearms, and rapper DMX was arrested for weed in South Carolina.

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