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Date Sent: 2010-07-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, July 15, 2010 AM edition |
Gen. Petraeus: Expand War to Militants (Terrorists) in Pakistan -- Well Integrity Test Failing
Leak Hampers BP as It Moves to Shut Off Well and Halt Spill -- Government ‘Immigrant’ Watch List Sets Off Fears -- South Korea deploys killer robot along border with North -- Ex-Officer Avoids Jail Time in Arrest of Times Square Bicyclist -- Pirate Party MEP Forced To Leave ACTA Meeting -- Quantitative Easing 2.0: Fed About To Drop $5 Trillion From Helicopter? -- 'Sovereign Citizens' claim freedom from Arizona, federal laws -- "Clean Elections" tilting the playing field...again (sigh) - by Barry Hess -- France moves towards face-veil ban
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News Link • Military
Gen. David H. Petraeus: Expand War to Militants (Terrorists) in Pakistan
07-14-2010
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NYtimes.com/
Such a move could risk antagonizing Pakistan, a critical partner in the war effort, but one that is closely tied to the Haqqani network. It could also frustrate the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, who is pressing to reconcile with all the insurgent..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Environment
Leak Hampers BP as It Moves to Shut Off Well and Halt Spill
07-14-2010
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NY Times
By Thursday morning, the live video of the rig showed oil was still billowing from the top of the tap. A BP spokesman said the company had found a leak on the line attached to one of the valves, and that they were repairing it before moving forward.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
‘Immigrant’ List Sets Off Fears
07-14-2010
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NY Times
A State government agency created list of 1,300 Utah residents described as illegal immigrants has sown fear among some Hispanics here, and prompted an investigation into its origins and dissemination.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
U.S. paid Iranian nuclear scientist $5 million for aid to CIA, officials say
07-14-2010
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AP
The Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA before departing for his homeland Wednesday was paid more than $5 million by the agency to provide intelligence on Iran's nuclear program, U.S. officials said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North
07-14-2010
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Daily Telegraph
South Korea has deployed sentry robots capable of detecting and killing intruders along the heavily-fortified border with North Korea, officials said on Tuesday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-Officer Avoids Jail Time in Arrest of Times Square Bicyclist
07-14-2010
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NY Times
A former New York City police officer convicted of lying about a confrontation with a bicyclist in Times Square was given a conditional discharge on Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Top Medical Officials Urge Children to Cut Down Cell Phone Use
07-14-2010
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The Real News
Youngsters are being urged to cut down on their cell phone use by top government officials due to health concerns, but are they solving the problem? Dr Tony Jewell, the chief medical officer for Wales is leading the campaign.
The city of Wales is
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News Link • Internet
Pirate Party MEP Forced To Leave ACTA Meeting
07-14-2010
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Torrent Freaks
The degree of secrecy surrounding the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has reached a worrying new height. Pirate Party MEP Christian Engstrom saw himself forced to leave a meeting with ACTA negotiators in the European Parliame
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Alwaki calls for death of anyone who defames Mohammed
07-14-2010
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AFP c/o Google News
US-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki didn't just call for the execution of cartoonist Molly Norris who inspired the "Everybody Draw Mohammad" craze, he also calls for the execution of anyone who defames the Prophet Mohammed.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Peace, Tolerance and Religious Freedom? No Way
07-14-2010
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Family Security Matters
An exclusive story about the radical Muslim roots of the Ground Zero mosque developers.
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Mike Renzulli
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Opinion • Activism
Words Eye View
Abortion Foe Assaulted (again)
07-14-2010
Greg J Dixon
The Holman's Truth Van can be seen on any given day through out the nation at the death camps, as they plead with the women who come to have their unborn infants killed at the hands of the butchers for hire . . .
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News Link • Environment
BP begins testing new cap over Gulf oil leak
07-14-2010
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AP
BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and began testing the new, tighter-fitting cap that could finally choke off the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The government gave the go-ahead after carefully reviewing the risks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Discovering Earth's Hidden Diamonds Just Got Easier
07-14-2010
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Life's Little Mysteries
Diamond prospectors know that the secret to finding diamonds is to locate rocks called kimberlites. A new study in Nature this week may help them focus their search a bit more closely, and also reveals a new understanding of the Earth's mantle.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anthropology
New Species Changes Idea on When Humans, Monkeys Split
07-14-2010
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LiveScience
Our lineage might have diverged from our monkey relatives later than previously thought, a new primate fossil from Saudi Arabia suggests. One key step in understanding human evolution is pinning doing when the hominoid lineage, which includes apes an
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Quantitative Easing 2.0: Fed About To Drop $5 Trillion From Helicopter?
07-14-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Whether this will be another $2.5 trillion, like last time, which was the price of an 18 month delay of the inevitable, or a $5 trillion concerted global effort, is irrelevant: the only option the central printers, pardon, bankers, have left is to...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
'Sovereign Citizens' claim freedom from Arizona, federal laws
07-14-2010
"The way that the government has set things up is that we're really enslaved," said Jonathan. "We the people. I have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as does everyone. And so the way the system is set up, they're taking that aw
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
"Macondo" The Well From Hell: The Well Integrity Test Is Failing
07-14-2010
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Washingtonsblog.com/
I hope and pray I'm wrong ... but the well integrity test seems to be failing miserably. Pressure has held steady for a couple of minutes at 2,000 psi, instead of the hoped-for 8,000-9,000 psi.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • New World Order
Rubber Bullets and Martial Law For The Masses: Oligarchs Suck Us Dry
07-14-2010
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NakedCapitalism.com/
But there was another message, too, sent through the Canadian police: “If you don’t like it, how about a rubber bullet?” It looks like G-20 countries will deal with opposition to their plans through martial law and police brutality.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
Nazi Germany Vs. the United States (a comparison) Article/video
07-14-2010
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The Real News
Recently, some websites, writers, and news columnists have been making a startling accusation. They are comparing the America of 2010 to Nazi Germany.
I looked into the topic briefly and realized there aren't many well laid out examples/articles
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News Link • Activism
Have a laugh while I mess with this Nigerian Scammer!
07-15-2010
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www.LCLReport.com
Come with me as I make my entry into the fun and exciting new sport of ScamBaiting. Don't get mad at someone trying scam, instead use them to entertain you. Please feel free to reply with your own wonderful scambait stories.
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Tarrin Lupo
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
"Clean Elections" tilting the playing field...again (sigh).
07-14-2010
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Barry Hess
If the Clean Elections Commission was actually there to level the playing field, why do they keep pulling this kind of , uh, stuff to protect incumbents?
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Barry Hess
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News Link • Activism
Even the Troops are Waking Up!
07-14-2010
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Speak Truth 2 Power
A soldier speaks out about the Iraqi occupation and the criminal puppet masters who engineer devastation for profit.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Retail Sales Down 0.5% Versus Expectations Of -0.3%,
07-14-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
The deflation threat continues as the drop in total retail sales persists, with the latest number coming in at -0.5%, once again worse than expectations of -0.3%, compared to a prior revised number of -1.1%.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Propaganda
Shadowstats' John Williams Exposes The Media's Propaganda Spin
07-14-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
I was advised off-air by the producer that they were operating under a corporate mandate to give the economic news a positive spin, irrespective of how bad it was." And now you know that watching stations like CNBC for anything more than just comedic
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Baltic Dry Massacre Enters 34th Straight Dry: Index Plunges 4.5% Overnight
07-14-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
The record slaughter of shippers continues as the BDIY posts the largest overnight drop of 4.5% in the most recent 34-consecutive day trounce in dry bulk shipping rates.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Here's Why Hyper Republicans Are Going To Crush The Democrats in 2010
07-14-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
If elections are even half won simply by voter turnout, then this chart shows why the Democrats are toast this year. Republicans have far more momentum than at any other time in two decades, according to survey data from Pew Research.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House claims rescue effort saved three million jobs
07-14-2010
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RawStory.com
President Barack Obama's White House will argue Wednesday that its policies have saved or created three million US jobs, as it battles to convince Americans the economic recovery remains on track.
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