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Protester in Bahrain bursts into flames when police shoot gas bomb he was holding.

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Saturday night reading.  40 links.

STUDY - Death Is More Likely Than Losing A Federal Job

Rand Paul Cool On Breaking Up Big Banks, Open To Starving Them

Rand Paul Wins CPAC Presidential Straw Poll (full results)

Over 300,000 fed employees owe $3.5 billion in back taxes, says IRS

King Obama refuses to eat at GOP luncheon, cites lack of a 'food taster' (say what)

Exclusive: Court Docs Reveal Blackwater’s Secret CIA Past

MASSIVE Bank Panic After Bailout In Cypress

PUTIN - Foreign banks now banned from opening branches in Russia

SEC Nails Corrupt State of Illinois With Wrist Slap (no punishment for massive fraud)

Wells Fargo Typo Victim Dies in Court (must read)

There Goes The Sequester | Zero Hedge

Skype faces criminal charges if it doesn't let French Police eavesdrop on Skype calls

Ben Affleck could be hanged for war crimes, 'Argo' is covert CIA operation - Iran Press

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Bahrain Protester Bursts Into Flames - More photos

Back to the links

Top Government Spy Agency Seeks High School Computer Hackers

‘Last American Man’ facing shutdown from North Carolina government

Big Sugar Is Set for a Sweet Bailout - WSJ.com

Why luxury-home owners always seem to dodge foreclosure

Experts on the Deficit

A Different Version of the 'Dumb' Swiss Banker Story

2 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security - Time For A National Conversation

California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Bear Arms - Bloomberg

10 Examples Of How Clueless Our Leaders Are About The Economy

Oklahoma House Passes ObamaCare Nullification Bill

Obamacare Tax Increases Are Double Original Estimate

Report: Chinese Drone 'Swarms' Designed to Attack American Aircraft Carriers

Over $8B of the Money You Spent Rebuilding Iraq Was Wasted Outright | Wired

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Banzai Photo Break - In the Kitchen with Tim

Dow 36,000 - Don't Believe The Hype

Senate Democrats block effort to end USDA/Mexico food stamp promotion

LaHood: Transportation Dept. making cuts 'everywhere' (now...)

LaHood: ‘I’m very proud’ of DOT stimulus spending at $738,000 per job (6 months ago...)

Obama Will Use Nixon-Era Law to Fight Climate Change - Bloomberg

Look at the graph to see the evidence of global warming - You Won't Find Any

106-year-old woman awarded high school diploma

7,000 Dead Pigs Float In Waters Near Shanghai (Disgusting Photos)

Monkeys reject food from humans who behave selfishly, study finds

Anti-drug NY  state assemblyman arrested for marijuana possession

Police gun down 83-year-old woman responding to 911 call she dialed

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[DailyBail]

Orly Taitz At CPAC: Birther Queen's 'Inappropriate' Questions Criticized By Pamela Geller

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/16/orly-taitz-cpac_n_2892290.html

Video of exchange

[DailyBail]

SWAT officer attracts ridicule after he’s pictured with his rifle sight on backwards

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294225/SWAT-officer-attracts-ridicule-s-pictured-rifle-sight-backwards.html

Photo

[DailyBail]

PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - A civilian painter who twice set fires on a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine last year so that he could get out of work early was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Friday.

Casey James Fury, 25, set two fires nearly a month apart that caused as much as $500 million in damages to the U.S.S. Miami attack submarine that was in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for maintenance.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-set-fire-u-nuclear-sub-gets-17-195337077.html

[DailyBail]

An 11-year-old girl was shot in the leg as she stood in line with a crowd of people waiting outside a Boston Road store to buy the new Nike Air Jordans, according to police.

http://www.newsforage.com/2013/03/11-year-old-girl-shot-in-leg-after.html

[DailyBail]

Is the Federal Government Supreme?

http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/03/08/is-the-federal-government-supreme/

[DailyBail]

The Missouri Department of Revenue is colluding with the Department of Homeland Security to collect citizens’ biometric information and store it in a massive federal database. This information includes the names of those who apply for a concealed carry weapons permit.

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/14790-mo-dept-of-revenue-collecting-citizen-data-and-sending-it-to-dhs

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Cypress banks steal depositors money.


http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/cyprus-bank-deposit-bail-in.html

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-17/cyprus-bank-holiday-extended-through-tuesday-confusion-spreads

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-16/anastasiades-seeks-cyprus-parliament-support-for-deposit-losses.html

[DailyBail]

Israel gets special treatment, 93% of Americans polled say they want foreign aid cuts

http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/news/israellobby/item/2544-aipac-pushes-for-israel-to-be-exempt-from-sequestration-93-of-americans-polled-say-they-want-foreign-aid-cuts

In an effort to save aid to Israel from mandatory, across-the-board cuts now being imposed on all discretionary federal programs, pro-Israel activists are opening the door on a dramatic course of action they have rejected repeatedly in the past.

[DailyBail]

Europe Just Pissed Off A Whole Bunch Of Russian Mobsters And Oligarchs With Its Stunning Bailout Of Cyprus

http://www.businessinsider.com/cyprus-bailout-russian-angle-2013-3#ixzz2NouZ1WPG

[DailyBail]

http://pawelmorski.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/cyprus-a-brutal-lesson-in-realpolitik-2/

And the Russians? The reason small depositors have been hit is that the losses inflicted would be much bigger if a) only large deposits b) only non-EU deposits were haircut. The data on Cyprus deposits is here (MUMs = Monetary Union Members). I would guess the thinking is that 10% is seen as a cost of doing business when it comes to money laundering, but 30% would probably finish Cypriot banking for good. If the infliction of losses on small depositors has a purpose, it’s probably to reassure the Russians that they are not being discriminated against. Yes, I may have thrown up a little in my mouth typing that. *

[DailyBail]

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus' parliament on Sunday postponed a crucial debate and vote on a levy on all bank deposits that the cash-strapped country's creditors had demanded in exchange for (EURO)10 billion ($13 billion) in rescue money.

The announcement set off an immediate scramble among top European financial officials, with reports that the European Central Bank was pressuring Cypriot authorities to hold the vote without delay.

The stakes are high for the tiny island nation of one million people, because a rejection of the one-time tax by lawmakers could send Cyprus into bankruptcy and possibly out of the common euro currency. Officials also fear negative global market reaction on Monday and a run Tuesday on Cypriot banks no matter which way the voting goes. Monday is a national holiday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/17/cyprus-bank-levy_n_2895629.html

[DailyBail]

What are my rights at various “checkpoints”?

There are four general types of checkpoints you might encounter: DUI checkpoints, US border checkpoints, drug checkpoints, and TSA checkpoints. In a legal sense, they are not all created equal. So depending on which one you encounter, you’ll want to be prepared to flex your rights appropriately.

http://www.flexyourrights.org/faqs/my-rights-at-checkpoints/

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Wanted to wish all you DBers a Happy Saint Paddy's Day. As we choke down our corn beef and cabbage I wish for all of you good tidings and health. May all of you be blessed with an abundance happiness and joy.

[DailyBail]

Dems preserve US-Mexico food stamp 'partnership,' while USDA prepares for meat inspector furloughs

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/18/dems-preserve-us-mexico-food-stamp-partnership-while-usda-prepares-for-meat/#ixzz2NvJ08iiw

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Dems preserve US-Mexico food stamp 'partnership,' while USDA prepares for meat inspector furloughs
Just what the hell?