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Date Sent: 2014-12-09
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, December 8, 2014

Syria Complains to UN After Israel Attacks Damascus Airport

Operation Endless War -- Hagel: Afghan training is key in war's final act -- Pearl Harbor and the Engineers of War -- House Chooses New Cold War With Russia -- Why Hasn't the IAEA Followed Up Iran's Inspection Offer? -- Obama Extends NSA Spying Powers Yet Again -- AMERICA'S MILITARY: A force adrift -- UN Details Israeli Military Ties With Syrian Rebels -- Syria Repels ISIS Attack on Eastern Air Base -- West Wants Putin Deposed -- Scottsdale Police Union Gives Telemarketer Two-Thirds Of Donations -- How To Reduce Police Violence...Eliminate Nanny State Crimes -- Bail Ins and Empty Pockets -- Monsanto Is Using Big Data to Take Over the World -- Don't Forget Why Marijuana Legalization Is Winning -- Obama's World -- Toxic Trash Contamination on US Military Bases

AZ: Christmas Party 2014 @ the home of Ernest and Donna Hancock, Sat Dec 13th, 6 p.m. til?; Dec. 15: This Year's Bill of Rights Day Celebration In Phoenix; Magpoc Homestead Tour/Christmas Party, Dec 20

News Link • Syria
Syria Complains to UN After Israel Attacks Damascus Airport
12-08-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz
Lebanese TV Claims Sites Were Iranian Intelligence Locations. Read Full Story
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
COLONIZE A HYPER-DETAILED UNIVERSE IN VIRTUAL REALITY
12-08-2014 • http://www.popsci.com-Rafi Letzter
'ELITE: DANGEROUS' IS ALMOST TOO IMMERSIVE FOR THE GOGGLES IT'S PLAYED ON. Read Full Story
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News Link • Technology: Software
New Algorithm Helps Computers Think More Like Humans
12-08-2014 • http://www.popsci.com-Rafi Letzter
The short-term benefit: better brownies. Read Full Story
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News Link • Afghanistan
Operation Endless War
12-08-2014 • http://otherwords.org-Jim Hightower
How long must U.S. troops stay in Afghanistan? Read Full Story
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News Link • Afghanistan
Hagel: Afghan training is key in war's final act
12-08-2014 • http://apnews.excite.com-ROBERT BURNS
TACTICAL BASE GAMBERI, Afghanistan (AP) -- It's only a slight stretch to say America's longest war stops here. Read Full Story
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News Link • American History
Pearl Harbor and the Engineers of War
12-08-2014 • http://original.antiwar.com-Justin Raimondo
How FDR lied us into World War II. Read Full Story
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
House Chooses New Cold War With Russia
12-08-2014 • http://original.antiwar.com-Ron Paul
Last week the US House voted overwhelmingly in favor of an anti-Russia resolution so full of war propaganda that it rivals the rhetoric from chilliest era of the Cold War. Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Why Hasn't the IAEA Followed Up Iran's Inspection Offer?
12-08-2014 • http://www.lobelog.com-Gareth Porter
When Iran offered last month to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit the Marivan region near the border with Iraq, the IAEA might have been expected to respond with alacrity to the opportunity. Read Full Story
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Extends NSA Spying Powers Yet Again
12-08-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz
Nine Months Later, Promises of Reform Still Unmet. Read Full Story
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News Link • Military
AMERICA'S MILITARY: A force adrift
12-08-2014 • http://www.militarytimes.com-Hope Hodge Seck
How the nation is failing today's troops and veterans. Read Full Story
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News Link • United Nations
UN Details Israeli Military Ties With Syrian Rebels
12-08-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz
UN Observers Saw Israeli Troops Transfer 'Boxes' to Rebels. Read Full Story
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News Link • Syria
Syria Repels ISIS Attack on Eastern Air Base
12-08-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz
Militants Withdraw to Village Outskirts. Read Full Story
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Feature Article  • Obama Administration
West Wants Putin Deposed
Stephen Lendman
   Putin
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Scottsdale Police Union Gives Telemarketer Two-Thirds Of Donations...
12-08-2014 • http://kjzz.org, By Kristena Hansen
Scottsdale Police Union Gives Telemarketer Two-Thirds Of Donations Made For Needy Kids Read Full Story
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
How To Reduce Police Violence--�"Eliminate Nanny State Crimes
12-08-2014 • By Stephen L. Carter
On the opening day of law school, I always counsel my first-year students never to support a law they are not willing to kill to enforce. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bail Ins and Empty Pockets
12-08-2014 • http://jonathanturley.org, by rafflaw
The Banksters are at it again. Read Full Story
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News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto Is Using Big Data to Take Over the World
12-08-2014 • arclein
It was around this time that Robb Fraley, now Monsanto's chief technology officer, joined the company as a mid-level biotechnology scientist. Back then, he recalls, the company had its hand in oil wells, plastics, carpets?"you name it. It wasn't u Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Drug War
Don't Forget Why Marijuana Legalization Is Winning
12-08-2014 • arclein
Testifying before Congress, LAPD chief Daryl Gates said that casual drug users "ought to be taken out and shot," and the DARE drug prevention program he founded saw nothing ominous in encouraging kids to turn their parents in to the police if the Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Science
Mysterious Objects at the Edge of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
12-08-2014 • arclein
The light we see with human eyes consists of photons with energies in the range 2 to 3 electron volts. The gamma-rays Fermi detects are billions of times more energetic, from 20 million to more than 300 billion electron volts. These gamma-ray photons Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • History
Thanksgiving and Puritan Geopolitics in the Americas
12-08-2014 • arclein
The first winter took many of the English at Plymouth. By fall 1621, only 53 remained of the 132 who had arrived on the Mayflower. But those who had survived brought in a harvest. And so, in keeping with tradition, the governor called the living 53 t Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

Feature Article  • Obama Administration
Obama's World
Stephen Lendman
   Obama
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Opinion  • Politics: General Activism
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Part 3: Endless Immigration into America: Cultural Chaos of Divergent World Views
12-08-2014
Frosty Wooldridge
   How do you stop that kind of irresponsible fecundity and lack of personal accountability? Answer: you don't. It simply grows until our system collapses. We already feed 48 million Americans who cannot sustain themselves for various reasons.
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Feature Article  • Health and Physical Fitness
Toxic Trash Contamination on US Military Bases
Stephen Lendman
   anti-war
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Reference Link • Martial Law
Will the Rape of Nanking Turn Into the Rape of America?
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
How brutal can martial law become? For those who think Russian and Chinse soldiers on our soil is a good idea, it might behoove every American to become familiar with the event known as the "Rape of Nanking".
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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Reference Link • Evacuations & Catastrophe
The Calm Before the Storm: All Hell Will Break Loose in 2015
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
What did the Ebola "crisis" accomplish? Are we really done with Ebola? If so, why is the Ebola vaccine being rolled out next month just after the Christmas shopping season?
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
Magpoc Homestead Tour/Christmas Party
Agorist Alma
   Come Tour the Magpoc Homestead. Learn what a small urban farm is and see what our new plans are. Hangout and meet new people.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Obama Plans to Increase Number of Troops in Afghanistan in 2015
12-06-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Officials Say Talks With NATO Ongoing on How Many More Troops Read Full Story
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Operation Auroragold
12-06-2014 • https://firstlook.org, By Ryan Gallagher
In March 2011, two weeks before the Western intervention in Libya, a secret message was delivered to the National Security Agency. An intelligence unit within the U.S. military's Africa Command needed help to hack into Libya's cellphone networks Read Full Story
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News Link • Police State
The Pentagon Finally Details its Weapons-for-Cops Giveaway
12-06-2014 • By Shawn Musgrave, Tom Meagher and Gabriel Dance
Bellying up to the arsenal. Read Full Story
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Opinion  • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 7, 2014 Edition
12-06-2014
John Semmens
   Obama Takes the Fifth The Obama Administration defied a court order to turn over documents the IRS illegally shared with the White House in its political vendetta against 2500 conservative organizations.
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Reference Link • God, Government and other assorted myths....
DHS, FEMA & THE EPA HAVE TAKEN OVER YOUR CHURCH
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
There is scarcely a church that has been untouched by DHS, FEMA, the IRS and the EPA. Is your church a propaganda tool of the establishment?
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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Reference Link • WAR: About that War
World War III Is All That Is Left to Save the American Economy
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The BRICS are organizing in order to destroy the dollar. The only thing that might save the U.S. economy is a war and we are moving in that direction at breakneck speed.
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Eric Garner's Murder Reveals the Ugly Core of Government and Law Enforcement
12-05-2014 • Reason Magazine
"The grand jury...was subjected to the type of evidence that only trial juries hear, including a soliloquy from the cop himself and all the exculpatory evidence the prosecutor could find." The powers that be didn't take any chances in that case--the Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-police chief who boasted about being corrupt wants out of prison after finding God
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
A former Pennsylvania police chief, serving time in prison for extorting nearly $8,000 from undercover FBI agents he thought were drug dealers, has asked a federal judge to reduce his sentence, saying he has found God behind bars, Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD officer who shot Gurley in stairwell was texting union rep as victim dying
12-05-2014 • .
In the six and a half minutes after Peter Liang discharged a single bullet that struck Gurley, 28, he and his partner couldn't be reached. Instead of calling for help for the dying man, Liang was texting his union representative. Read Full Story
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Utah orders startup to raise prices so competitors are "treated fairly"
12-05-2014 • .
"The Utah Insurance Department has an important responsibility to maintain a fair, competitive insurance business environment for all licensees" -- e.g. insurance brokers, wrote commissioner Todd Kiser. Read Full Story
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
America's Cluster Bomb Congress - by James Bovard
12-05-2014 • James Bovard
The IRS is seizing both federal and state tax refunds for individuals whom the Social Security Administration accuses of having received excessive benefits years ago often with zero evidence of the overpayments, Read Full Story
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Lawrence O'Donnell: Missouri atty. general admits Ferguson grand jury was misled
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster (D) admitted that the grand jury in the Darren Wilson case was given misleading information regarding the use of deadly force by police, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell reported on Wednesday. Read Full Story
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
White teen killed by black cop in Alabama mirrors Ferguson
12-05-2014 • Washington Times
A two-year-old case involving the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old white man by a black police officer is gaining attention on social media in the wake of this week's protests and rioting in Ferguson, Missouri. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Undercover Cops Busted At Anti-Police Brutality Protest
12-05-2014 • CounterCurrentNews.com
Have you ever been to a protest and wondered who the new, overly-zealous guy is? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chip Saunders

News Link • Bill of Rights
Judge: Give NSA unlimited access to digital data
12-05-2014 • .
The National Security Agency should have an unlimited ability to collect digital information in the name of protecting the country against terrorism and other threats, an influential federal judge said. "I think privacy is actually overvalued," Read Full Story
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Opinion  • Religion: Believers
Words Eye View
Government Coming Down Harder On Kent Hovind
12-05-2014
Greg J Dixon
   It has been a tough month for Kent Hovind. Doctor Dino, as he is known, needs no introduction to my regular readers, but I ask for their patience, as I give newcomers a little background.
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Opinion  • Syria
Assad Affirms Syrian Sovereign Independence
12-05-2014
Stephen Lendman
   Syris
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
McFelony: Iowa Man Arrested After Allegedly Using McChicken As A Weapon In Domestic Assault
12-05-2014 • Jonathan Turley
We have seen a trend in criminal charges where police are defining virtually any object as a weapon to elevate the potential penalties in a given case. The charges against Marvin Tramaine Hill II, 21, appear to be such a case. Read Full Story
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News Link • Drug War
Today Was a Great Day in History
12-05-2014 • Lew Rockwell blog
Why, because the 21st Amendment to the Constitution that ended Prohibition by repealing the 18th Amendment was ratified. Read Full Story
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Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
Christmas Party 2014 @ the home of Ernest and Donna Hancock, Sat Dec 13th, 6 p.m. til?
Donna Hancock
   The annual holiday Christmas party will be the 2nd weekend in December this year. Please come and enjoy some holiday cheer, good company with fellow liberty-lovers and activists, and a chance to touch base with friends you may not have seen for a whi
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Feature Article  • Space Travel and Exploration
Updates from Mad Science Innovation - News & commentary on technologies of the future
Michael Belfiore
   New Space Frontiers by Piers Bizony - Vipassana: 10 days to greater creativity - Citizenfour and DARPA
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News Link • Conspiracies
Emails show FBI worked to debunk conspiracy theories about reporter Michael Hastings' death
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
Internal emails show the FBI worked to knock down rumors and conspiracy theories that circulated following the death last year of journalist Michael Hastings in a car crash. The claims went mainstream after WikiLeaks tweeted the day after the June Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
'I hate n*ggers. That is all': 5 Ohio deputies probed for years of racist text messages
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department revealed 5 deputies were under investigation for allegedly sending racist text messages while on duty. 2 of the 5 deputies had been placed on indefinite paid administrative leave Read Full Story
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-South Carolina police chief indicted on murder charge for shooting black man
12-05-2014 • Reuters
A white former police chief in Eutawville, South Carolina, has been indicted on a murder charge in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man he was trying to arrest, according to records released on Thursday. Read Full Story
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Justice Department finds Cleveland police systematically engaged in excessive use of force
12-05-2014 • Reuters
An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department has found the Cleveland Police Department systematically engages in excessive use of force against civilians, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday. Read Full Story
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police refuse to ID retired cop who led them on drunken chase after armed standoff
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
A retired Connecticut police officer was arrested after leading officers on a brief car chase following an armed standoff. Police disputed reports West Haven police officers engaged in a "shootout" with the retired city cop. Read Full Story
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
A Ban On Carry-On Bags? Travelers Say 'No Way'
12-05-2014 • CBS News
Could there ever really be a ban on carry-on bags when you fly? According to a report by National Public Radio, a ban on carry-on luggage was discussed by U.S. counter-terrorism officials. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
CDC: Flu virus mutations mean your shot may not be worth much this year
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
The CDC said in a statement that about 48 percent of virus samples taken between Oct. 1 and Nov. 22 matched a particular strain, known as Influenza A or H3N2, that is not covered in this year's vaccine. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop allowed to resign a week after video exposes him putting woman in chokehold
12-05-2014 • Rawstory
An off-duty Texas law enforcement officer who was caught on video using a chokehold while trying to get information from a witness has been allowed to resign instead of being fired. Read Full Story
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News Link • Death
Nathaniel Branden, RIP
12-05-2014 • The Atlas Society
December 3, 2014 -- We note with sadness the death today of Nathaniel Branden. His 20-lecture course, The Basic Principles of Objectivism, was the first systematic statement of the philosophy--and the first of many courses offered Read Full Story
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