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Date Sent: 2010-07-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, July 21, 2010 AM edition |
Plan to begin Afghan security handover this year dropped -- US/ South Korea unveil "show of force"
Drones in U.S. skies – to keep eye on us?
-- Cops Violently Attack Man Who Reported Son's Suicide -- Computers to
translate world's 'lost' languages after program deciphers ancient text
-- U.S. Navy Successfully Uses Laser to Shoot Down Drones -- US Forest Service Calls Illegal Aliens "Displaced Foreign Travelers" -- NY synagogues get increased anti-terrorism funds -- Nullification Summit to Focus on States Stopping Unconstitutional Laws -- USDA official resigns amid race controversy
AZ: Judge Buttrick talk on the drug war today
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Plan to begin Afghan security handover this year dropped
07-20-2010
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The Guardian
Plans to begin handing control of provinces in Afghanistan to Afghan security forces by the end of this year have been quietly dropped amid fears General Petraeus, the new US commander in the country, is less committed to a speedy transfer of power.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
U.S. and South Korea unveil drills in "show of force"
07-20-2010
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Reuters
The US and South Korea announced the start of large-scale military exercises next weekend in a show of force meant to convince North Korea to curb its "aggressive behavior". The drills are the first overt military response to the March attack on the
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Drones in U.S. skies " to keep eye on us?
07-20-2010
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Nat Hentoff
Constitutionalist Whitehead points out that "unbeknownst to most Americans, remote-controlled pilotless aircraft have been employed domestically for years now. They were first used as a national security tool as a means of monitoring citizens.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Violently Attack Man Who Reported Son's Suicide
07-20-2010
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Fox 5 Atlanta
"I left the garage, walked to the front door. One of the police officers came up behind me, grabbed my arm, and said, 'You need to sit down.' I jerked my arm away from him and said, 'Don't touch me.' That's all I said to the man, and he tackled me,"
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Reported by:
Terry Bressi
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News Link • Anthropology
Computers to translate world's 'lost' languages after program deciphers ancient text
07-20-2010
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Daily Mail
Scientists have used a computer program to decipher a written language that is more than three thousand years old. The program automatically translated the ancient written language of Ugaritic within just a few hours. Scientists hope the breakthrough
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Arab guilty of rape after consensual sex with Jew
07-20-2010
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The Guardian
A Palestinian man has been convicted of rape after having consensual sex with a woman who had believed him to be a fellow Jew. Sabbar Kashur, 30, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after the court ruled that he was guilty of rape by deception.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
U.S. Navy Successfully Uses Laser to Shoot Down Drones
07-20-2010
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CBS News
The U.S. Navy has used a a laser weapon to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in a test that rings up memories of Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense shield in the 1980s.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Scariest Unemployment Graph
07-20-2010
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theatlantic.com/business/
The median duration of unemployment is higher today than any time in the last 50 years. That's an understatement. It is more than twice as high today than any time in the last 50 years.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Immigration
US Forest Service Calls Illegal Aliens - A Displaced Foreign Traveler
07-20-2010
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thetreeofliberty.com/
During the raid, a U.S. Forest Service K-9 team located Gauldry Almonte-Hernandez, a displaced foreign traveler from Michoacán Mexico, who had tried to flee the area and hide while officers were performing entry into the marijuana garden.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
NY synagogues get increased anti-terrorism funds
07-20-2010
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Reuters
New York City nonprofit and religious groups including more than 25 synagogues will receive nearly $6 million in anti-terrorism grants, up 40% from last year. Citing a foiled plot targeting Bronx synagogues in 2009, cultural, nonprofit and religious
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Objectivism
Thinking about Thinking
07-20-2010
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The Atlasphere
Even highly intelligent people are prone to evading reality. Think you're immune? Here are five questions you can ask yourself, to help evaluate your own intellectual courage and fidelity to reality.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Conspiracies
Huge List of Streaming Conspiracy Documentaries 100+ hours
07-20-2010
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The Real News
I'm always searching the Internet for conspiracy documentaries and information, and usually I come across some pretty interesting stuff, and sometimes it can be hard to find, so I decided to post a huge list of streaming conspiracy documentaries. T
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The Real News
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News Link • States' Rights
Nullification Summit to Focus on States Stopping Unconstitutional Laws
07-20-2010
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The US Report
States’ rights are in the air, along with a renewed focus on the US Constitution, and The Tenth Amendment Center will hold a summit to inform the public how to “stop federal mandates at the state border.” The Florida Tenth Amendment Summit will be he
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Reported by:
Michael Boldin
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News Link • Freedom Summit
Register for the 2010 Freedom Summit
07-20-2010
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FreedomSummit.com
The Freedom Summit will be held from Friday, December 3rd thru Sunday, December 5th, 2010 at the Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, AZ
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Racism
USDA official resigns amid race controversy
07-20-2010
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The Upshot
An employee of the Department of Agriculture has resigned, after conservative media outlets posted video of her describing a time in the past when she hadn't used the "full force" of her abilities to help a farmer because he was white. BUT...!
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Food & Depopulation: Scams and Solutions (Part 4 of 4)
07-20-2010
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Farm Wars
Some “non-profit” 501(c) organizations have been known to engage in controlled opposition. The Center for Food Safety recently opposed Monsanto's GM Alfalfa in a Supreme Court case, yet filed a petition with the EPA to ban colloidal silver.
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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