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Date Sent: 2010-07-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, July 8, 2010 AM edition |
US taxpayers’ buy rich Afghans’ Dubai villas -- NSA spy system to monitor domestic infrastructure
Judge refuses to jail activist who hung banner in Senate -- FDA clears first implantable telescope -- Some customers heated over indoor 'tan tax,' which was part of health-care law -- New Sensor Monitors Heartbeat From a Distance -- HSBC clients scrutinized in U.S. tax evasion probe -- Pentagon working on hummingbird-sized spy drones --California marijuana use may double if legal: RAND -- Lawsuit filed against Chicago's new gun laws -- Agents spoke with Calif kidnap victim and then left -- US Still Spending Despite Global Shift Toward Austerity - by Bill Bonner
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News Link • Foreign Aid
US taxpayers’ Afghan aid money buys rich Afghans’ Dubai villas
07-07-2010
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Rawstory
What you might not have heard is that your hard earned taxpayer dollars are also being used to buy well-connected Afghans posh villas in Dubai.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Big Brother: NSA creating spy system to monitor domestic infrastructure
07-07-2010
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RawStory.com
The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources as saying that the NSA has issued a $100-million contract to defense contractor Raytheon to build a system dubbed "Perfect Citizen," which will involve placing "sensors" at critical points...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Judge refuses to jail activist who hung banner in Senate building, over objection of US Attorney
07-07-2010
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Rawstory
The 60 year-old Bloomfield, NJ resident was convicted of 2 misdemeanors"disorderly conduct and unlawfully assembling on Capitol Grounds. He was facing up to 3 years in prison for unfurling 2 banners saying “Green Jobs Now” and “Get to Work” from the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Some customers heated over indoor 'tan tax,' which was part of health-care law
07-07-2010
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Washington Post
The fate of the Arlington tanning salon has been running high ever since a "tan tax" took effect. One of the less-publicized measures in the new health-care law, the tax imposes a 10% surcharge on the use of ultraviolet indoor tanning beds.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
FDA clears first implantable telescope for vision
07-07-2010
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AP
U.S. health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind technology to counter a leading cause of blindness in older adults " a tiny telescope implanted inside the eye. The Implantable Miniature Telescope aims to help in the end stages of incurable ag
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Sensor Monitors Heartbeat From a Distance
07-07-2010
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Tech News Daily
A new electronic sensor can remotely detect the beat of a human heart from up to 3 feet away. The sensor can also detect brain waves from a tenth of an inch away from the skull. The sensor’s might also be useful for security and intelligence operativ
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
HSBC clients scrutinized in U.S. tax evasion probe
07-07-2010
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Reuters
The Justice Dept.opened a criminal investigation into whether HSBC clients have failed to disclose offshore accounts. "The IRS had scored a very important victory against UBS, and is using that victory as leverage against other [foreign] banks,"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Pentagon working on hummingbird-sized spy drones
07-07-2010
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Christian Science Monitor
Soldiers fighting future battles in crowded urban areas will be able to launch hummingbird-sized unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying sophisticated sensors and flying through open windows in buildings to report back on enemy positions.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
What isn't wrong with Sharia Law?
07-07-2010
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The U.K. Guardian
Sharia councils in the UK will frequently ask people to sign an agreement to abide by their decisions. What they entail is no control over judges appointments, no independent monitoring mechanism, no access to legal advice and representation.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • TERRORISM
TN Congressional Candidate Target of Death Threats
07-07-2010
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News Channel 5 - Tennessee
Murfreesboro (TN) detectives are investigating alleged death threats made against a candidate for the US Congress, Lou Ann Zelenik after she criticized the upcoming construction of an Islamic Center in Rutherford County.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Drug War
California marijuana use may double if legal: RAND
07-07-2010
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Reuters
Legalizing marijuana in California could drop prices of the drug to nearly a tenth of current levels while its use could double, research group RAND Corporation reported.
Voters in the most populous U.S. state will decide in a November referendum
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Lawsuit filed against Chicago's new gun laws
07-07-2010
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AP
Four Chicago residents and a gun sellers group have sued the city over a tough new gun control ordinance put in place after the U.S. Supreme Court made a decades-old firearms ban unenforceable.
The federal lawsuit claims the new ordinance, which
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Family
Agents spoke with Calif kidnap victim
07-07-2010
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AP
California parole agents spoke to the woman who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and bore his 2 children, but never bothered to follow up. The revelation about how parole agents missed another opportunity to rescue Jaycee Dugard
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
IS ANN COULTER JOINING THE NON-INTERVENTIONIST CAUSE?
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www.varight.com
Ann Coulter calling for Bill Kristol to resign may be sarcastic but contains some great truths first asserted by Cong. Ron Paul. Be encouraged! Ron Paul ideas are on the march and nothing can stop it!
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Anthropology
Earliest Northern European Settlement Discovered in Britain
07-07-2010
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LiveScience
Ancient humans braved the cold in Britain over 800,000 years ago to create the first known settlement in northern Europe, according to researchers. Their finding predates past evidence of prehistoric humans in Britain by at least 100,000 years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
Magnitude-5.9 quake strikes Southern California
07-07-2010
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AP
An earthquake struck Southern California Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The magnitude-5.9 quake was centered 28 miles south of Palm Springs, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at 4:53 p.m.
A Los A
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Retail Sales 'Purportedly' Rise at Fastest Pace in 4 Years
07-07-2010
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GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
Not only is it easy to beat record low comparisons of a year ago, same store sales are rising in part because stores are closing like mad.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dow 1300?
07-07-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
This is the scary chart I’ve been sitting on for about a year and I now reluctantly post it. It shows a potential head and shoulders pattern with a possible target of approximately 1,300
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Jack Gregson
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