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Date Sent: 2010-12-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, December 16, 2010 AM Edition |
House votes again to lift restrictions on gays -- Gov't Urges 'No Refusal' on Drunken Driving
U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable -- Fla. school board shooter had turbulent life -- Forget Tea Party rhetoric - pork barrel politics is back -- Moving Toward Martial Law: UK Proposes Banning All Protests -- Petraeus Dials Up Ultra Violence on Afghans: Fire Bombing For Freedom -- Euro About To Crash & Burn: Concern Is Not Slow Growth, But Civil War -- Ian Freeman - Host of Free Talk Live and LRN.FM - How to run your own radio station. -- Georgia inmates use cellphones to stage historic nonviolent strike -- Europe tells Britain to justify itself over fingerprinting children in schools -- Congress' Job Approval Rating Worst in Gallup History --
Army doctor who questions Obama's citizenship is court-martialed -- FDA
and Milk Regulation -- THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS -- Feds Need Warrant to Read E-Mails, Appeals Court Says
-- Bloggers being put in jail! (all over the world) -- Don't Touch My -
Acreage - Massive Land Grab By Senate Dems Underway In Lame Duck
AZ:
Robert Levy, Cato
Institute luncheon at Goldwater Institute, today; Christmas Party on the Magic Bus tonight
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News Link • Military
House votes again to lift restrictions on gays
12-15-2010
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AP
For the second time this year the House voted to dismantle the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, giving the Senate a final shot in the waning days of this Congress at changing a law requiring thousands of uniformed gays to hide their sexual
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable
12-15-2010
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NY Times
Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Fla. school board shooter had turbulent life
12-15-2010
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AP
The burly, bipolar man who held a Florida school board at gunpoint was frustrated and broke. He was a troubled ex-con with an interest in anarchy, and when his wife was fired from her teaching job and their benefits ran out, he went to the board meet
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Forget Tea Party rhetoric - pork barrel politics is back
12-15-2010
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Washington Post
It was probably inevitable that the Tea Party activists would be betrayed, but the speed with which congressional Republicans have reverted to business-as-usual has been impressive.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Assange's Extremist Employees
12-15-2010
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Reason Online
As it turns out Wikileaks has employed two Holocaust deniers who just happen to be father and son and are estranged.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • European Union
Moving Toward Martial Law: UK Proposes Banning All Protests
12-15-2010
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Presstv.com/
Tens of thousands of student protesters from universities, colleges and schools have been marching across England in protests against the huge hikes in tuition fees, together with the scrapping of Educational Maintenance Allowance...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military
Petraeus Dials Up Ultra Violence on Afghans: Fire Bombing For Freedom
12-15-2010
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Wired.com
But with each passing month under Petraeus’ leadership, the shift to a more violent strategy becomes more apparent. By November, one U.S. military official was boasting about America’s “awe, shock and firepower.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • European Union
Euro About To Crash & Burn: Concern Is Not Slow Growth, But Civil War
12-15-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Because things are a little worse in Europe economically, and because the people there actually do realize the people in power are monkeys, they have now reached that stage of realization where burning things up is the logical response.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Activism
Georgia inmates use cellphones to stage historic nonviolent strike
12-15-2010
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Rawstory
Using cellphones, inmates in as many of 10 of Georgia's correctional facilities have successfully organized a peaceful protest against what they see as cruel and unusual punishment. The prisoners acquired phones from guards, enabling them to plan
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Europe tells Britain to justify itself over fingerprinting children in schools
12-15-2010
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Daily Telegraph
The European Commission has demanded Britain justifies the widespread and routine fingerprinting of children in schools because of "significant concerns" that the policy breaks EU privacy laws.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress' Job Approval Rating Worst in Gallup History
12-15-2010
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AP
Americans' assessment of Congress has hit a new low, with 13% saying they approve of the way Congress is handling its job. The 83% disapproval rating is also the worst Gallup has measured in more than 30 years of tracking congressional job performanc
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
Insight from a Master
Jeff Clark
When John Hathaway spoke at the Casey’s Gold and Resource Summit in October, many of the audience came away feeling like they were listening to Doug Casey, with his contrarian views, bold statements, and laying much of the blame for our current probl
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News Link • Obama Administration
Army doctor who questions Obama's citizenship is court-martialed
12-15-2010
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USA Today
An Army doctor who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he challenged President Obama's eligibility for office plead guilty to refusing orders and faces up to 18 months in prison and dismissal from the service. The trial deals not Obama's citizen
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Waste
FDA and Milk Regulation
12-15-10
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The PPJ Gazette
The FDA has apparently decided that a certain sector of milk production in the United States does not have enough regulation in sales, barter or sharing. This agency would direct one to this statement:
“Risks… include exposure to infectious disea
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Marti Oakley
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS
12-15-2010
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Drudge Report
The omnibus appropriations bill is 1,924 pages long and does not include the thousands of pages of report language which contain the details of the billions of dollars in earmarks and, I’m sure, countless policy riders. Here is the pork:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Feds Need Warrant to Read E-Mails, Appeals Court Says
12-15-2010
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AP
An appeals court ruled the government must obtain a warrant before it can access e-mails stored by Internet service providers. The government violated Fourth Amendment rights when it obtained e-mails without a warrant, but it did so in good faith, so
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Speech
Bloggers being put in jail! (all over the world)
12/14/2010
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the real news now
In April, , writer Nay Phone Latt won the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith "Freedom to Write" award. The award honors world renowned literary figures. (Figures who have been persecuted and imprisoned for defending "freedom of expression") Unfortunately
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The Real News
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News Link • Property Rights
Don't Touch My - Acreage - Massive Land Grab By Senate Dems Underway In Lame Duck
12152010
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www.drscoundrels.com
Information about a bill being snuck through by Dirty Harry Reid as well as information on another major land grab in the Chesapeake Bay Initiative - including background info from two sources on how this works and what it entails. Remember that the
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Gov't Urges 'No Refusal' on Drunken Driving
12-15-2010
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Officer.com
About one in four drunken driving suspects refuse to take breath tests, the department said, and law enforcement officials described the approach as a loophole commonly used to avoid prosecution. The government said the no refusal initiative exists i
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Gold and Silver
JP Morgan Covering Silver Short Position
12-15-2010
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inflation.us
There were reports out today that JP Morgan has now admitted to having their massive naked short position in silver and is taking steps to reduce it.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader
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News Link • Whistleblowers
US Air Force Blocks Internet Access To Websites Posting WikiLeaks Documents
12-15-2010
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prisonplanet.com
The U.S. Air Force has blocked access for computers on its network to The New York Times, the Guardian, and at least 23 other websites carrying WikiLeaks documents, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader
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