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Orlando police say they violated a city ordinance restricting the feedings.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/os-homeless-feedings-arrests-20110601,0,7226362.story

Scott signs bill forcing drug tests on welfare recipients

Floridians will have to submit urine, blood or hair samples for drug testing before receiving cash benefits from the state, under a bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law today.

http://bit.ly/jH4HhO

Detained for photography in Baltimore

This whole episode of theirs was unprofessional and perhaps unconstitutional. I am posting this video in hopes to further strengthen photographer s constitutional rights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA&feature=player_embedded#at=109

6 more activist arrested in Orlando for Sharing food with the hungry

2 young children are being served as close to 20 police officers swarm in and arrest the food servers.

http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=15362

'Food Terrorism' Next Door to the Magic Kingdom

By Amy Goodman

In the past few weeks, no less than 21 people have been arrested in Orlando, the home of Disney World, for handing out free food in a park.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28462.htm

First GOP applauds death, boos U.S. soldier, now cheers Rick Scott s unemployment 'success'

Scott s reminder that he laid of thousands of Floridians drew big applause from the conservative crowd. At least 600,000 government workers have lost their jobs since the recession began, but Republicans nevertheless keep scapegoating public employees who have shouldered more than their fair share of economic pain.

http://bit.ly/qZJ3Rn

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Is this any way to help the homeless?

Liberty For All
by John Stossel

06/29/11

The people they cook for love it too. But there s a problem. It was 'criminal activity.' The Fairfax County health department points out that - horrors - Mary and Ruth are actually preparing food and serving it to people! Without a license! That?s not safe, said the health department...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=6110

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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National Lawyers Guild Urges the City of Orlando to Repeal Ordinance Restricting Food Sharing
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/07/01-1

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Crime: 'Intent to feed the hungry'
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/in-humor-truth/the-awesome-power-of-ridicule.html

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Starmail - 3. Jun, 06:16

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Judge Rules Corporations Can Contribute Directly to Candidates

Starmail - 3. Jun, 06:02

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Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2011

Our finest warriors are often our most reluctant warmongers

Bill Moyers Interviews Andrew Bacevich

Bill Moyers, The New Press: "Our finest warriors are often our most reluctant warmongers. They have seen firsthand the toll war exacts. They know better than anyone that force can be like a lobster trap that closes with each stage of descent, making escape impossible. So it was when the liberal consensus lured America into Vietnam during the '60s, and again after 9/11, when neoconservatives clamored for the invasion of Iraq.... One old warrior looked on sadly, his understanding of combat s reality tempered by twenty-three years in uniform, including service in Vietnam.... Bacevich supported Barack Obama s candidacy but believes that Obama s commitment of more troops to Afghanistan was a deadly mistake.'

'Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues' is the Truthout Progressive Pick of the Week.

http://www.truthout.org/bill-moyers-interviews-andrew-bacevich/1306971684

From Civil Disobedience to Civil Defiance

Ed Kinane, Truthout: 'Thanks in large part to court and prison witness, one grassroots organization I ve long worked with has grown by leaps and bounds. Determined to expose and close the Pentagon s School of the Americas (SOA) - aka the 'School of Assassins' - more than 200 SOA Watch activists over the years have willingly endured trial and incarceration. Inspired by them, each November, thousands from all over the country converge on Fort Benning, Georgia to protest the SOA there for fostering large-scale bloodshed and human rights abuse in Latin America. (In response to our persistent pressure, the SOA has undergone a PR makeover: it has changed its name to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, WHINSEC.)'

http://www.truthout.org/civil-disobedience-civil-defiance/1305657868

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Starmail - 2. Jun, 22:44

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Share of Population on Food Stamps Grows in Most States

After a temporary plateau in February, the number of Americans receiving food stamps ticked up again in March. Nearly 44.6 million received food stamps in March, up more than 11% from the same time a year ago, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.

http://on.wsj.com/iutM94

From Information Clearing House

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