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Date Sent: 2011-04-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, April 13, 2011 PM edition |
Ron Paul: "Both Republicans & Democrats Agreed To Fund The Wars! And That’s Not Even Debated!"
U.S. police increasingly view private email, instant messages
-- Libya: Increased Airstrikes, Ground Troops, Contractors, Civilians
Killed, Deadly DU Munitions -- ‘Brave New World’ the third most
censored book in America, librarians say -- UN document would give 'Mother Earth' same rights as humans
-- Democratic senator wants Internet sales taxes -- Senator Overbey
Violates Oath of Office: Tells Judicial Committee not to Vote Based on
Constitution -- Egypt’s Mubarak Rushed to Hospital After Heart Attack
-- France, Britain Push for NATO Escalation in Libya -- Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters -- Afghanistan: US Drone attack ‘kills two US soldiers’ --
‘Depleted uranium’s toxic legacy to poison Libya for 40 years’ --
Thermal cameras look inside homes to monitor energy efficiency -- U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan, first since March -- Stewart to Trump: You’re a f*ckwad! -- Obama prepares plan to avert financial ‘Armageddon’ -- Do Iraqis Know Something the Pentagon Doesn't? -- Shrinking Greatness of Congressional Budget Cuts -- FBI Raids Chuck E. Cheese For “Undermining U.S. Currency” -- Boehner Talking To Wall Street To See How Freaked Out They Are Over Debt Limit -- San Francisco considers requiring "Biometric ID" scans for most public events -- US deficit up 15.7% in first half of fiscal 2011
Nationwide: "Atlas Shrugged" in 2 more days!!!
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Ron Paul “Both Republicans & Democrats Agreed To Fund The Wars! And That’s Not Even Debated!”
04-13-2011
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prisonplanet.com
On Tuesday, Ron Paul appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss the budget compromise, the lack of seriousness in the overall debate, and the upcoming battle over raising the debt ceiling.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
U.S. police increasingly view private email, instant messages
04-13-2011
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COMPUTERWORLD
Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and AOL, but few detailed statistics are available, according to a privacy researcher.
Police and oth
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Space Debris Solution du Jour: Launching a Cloud of Tungsten Dust Into Orbit
04-13-2011
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popsci.com
When it comes to solving the growing space junk problem, solutions range from catching it in giant nets to blasting it from orbit with lasers--and these are DARPA’s and NASA’s best plans, respectively.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy
04-13-2011
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Ted.com
Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we tr
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
US-Pakistan relations facing biggest crisis since 9/11, officials say
04-13-2011
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www.guardian.co.uk
Drone attacks, CIA activities and lack of progress in Afghanistan are fuelling a rift between the US and Pakistan
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Books
‘Brave New World’ the third most censored book in America, librarians say
04-13-2011
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RawStory.com
Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Brave New World placed third in the American Library Association’s (ALA) Top Ten List of the Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • United Nations
UN document would give 'Mother Earth' same rights as humans
04-13-2011
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www.canada.com
Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" the same rights as humans " having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Democratic senator wants Internet sales taxes
04-13-2011
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www.blacklistednews.com
Democratic senator is preparing to introduce legislation that aims to end the golden era of tax-free Internet shopping.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Senator Overbey Violates Oath of Office: Tells Judicial Committee not to Vote Based on Constitution
04-13-2011
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www.tnliberty.org
On Tuesday, Senator Stacey Campfield’s bill SB0127 to restore popular election, as required by Article VI Section 3 of the Tennessee Constitution, was heard and debated by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libya group agrees 'trust fund' for rebels
04-13-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
International contact group calls on Gaddafi to step down to "allow Libyan people to determine their own future".
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russia to test 'next-generation' spacecraft
04-13-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
Space chief says Russia may consider manned mission to Mars after 2035 but criticises budget being given to his agency.
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News Link • Government
Egypt’s Mubarak Rushed to Hospital After Heart Attack
04-13-2011
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news.antiwar.com
State Media Speculates Visit a 'Plot' to Escape Interrogation
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • NATO
France, Britain Push for NATO Escalation in Libya
04-13-2011
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news.antiwar.com
FMs Cite Lack of Ceasefire for War
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters
04-13-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Syrian soldiers have been shot by security forces after refusing to fire on protesters, witnesses said, as a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations intensified.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan: US Drone attack ‘kills two US soldiers’
04-13-2011
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prisonplanet.com
An investigation is under way into reports that a US drone killed two American soldiers in Afghanistan. If confirmed, it would be a rare example of a “friendly fire” incident by the pilotless aircraft.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Military
‘Depleted uranium’s toxic legacy to poison Libya for 40 years’
04-13-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Military experts are accusing coalition forces in Libya of using depleted uranium in their air strikes. The deadly substance can cause cancer and physical mutations in those who come into close contact with it.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Thermal cameras look inside homes to monitor energy efficiency
04-13-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Pilot program in Boston part of home audit scheme to encourage compliance with green energy standards, drive business.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan, first since March
04-13-2011
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RawStory.com
U.S. drone aircraft fired four missiles in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, killing six militants, days after the head of the country's intelligence agency called for an end to the strikes that have caused deep anger.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Politics
A New Breed of Terrorist Threatens America
04-13-11
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realityreport.tv
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.com | A new breed of terrorist is revealed in 89th edition of the Reality Report. Angie reports on Iceland’s rejection of banker bailouts, John Boehner's next budget war, the latest from Libya and Radiation foun
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Stewart to Trump: You’re a f*ckwad!
04-13-2011
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RawStory.com
Donald Trump continues to motion at running for the 2012 Republican nomination, with a decidedly birther lean. Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart just couldn’t take it anymore.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Obama prepares plan to avert financial ‘Armageddon’
04-13-2011
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RawStory.com
President Barack Obama will on Wednesday seek to wrest control of Washington's fevered debate over the economy and bulging deficit, sure to be a dominant theme of his 2012 reelection bid.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
AP falls for hoax: General Electric is not donating $3.2 billion to the U.S. Treasury
04-13-2011
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RawStory.com
Through the use of legal tax shelters and benefits, General Electric (GE), the largest corporation in the world, was on track to pay approximately nothing in U.S. taxes on more than $14.2 billion in profits last year.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Iraq
Do Iraqis Know Something the Pentagon Doesn't?
04-13-2011
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dailybell.com
Nothing to see here. Move along. Iraqi democracy is firmly in place now. As US Vice President Joe Biden said, "politics has broken out."
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Shrinking Greatness of Congressional Budget Cuts
04-13-2011
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dailybell.com
Wow that was really good. Cutting US$38 billion from total obligations of some US$200 trillion was a big first step " even if a lot of the cutting is turning out to be "smoke and mirrors."
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday April 13th, 2011
04-13-2011
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lewrockwell.com
The Slavery of Government Courts - Murray Rothbard on the "justice system." / The Criminality of War - Can a Christian take part? Article by Laurence Vance. / About Your Gold Coins - Gary North on what veterans and newcomers need to know.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Origins of Unorganized Militia in Defense of the 2nd Amendment
04-13-2011
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
I once made the joke that gun bloggers were the Propaganda Corps of the Unorganized Militia and an idea was born...
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Fredy Riehl
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News Link • Energy
Geothermal Startup Testing CO2
04-13-2011
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arclein
Just last month, GreenFire Energy began work to demonstrate a process that would use CO2 to harness geothermal energy to make electricity. What is more, the technology has the potential to add carbon sequestration " not to mention reduced water consu
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Arm Access for Angioplasty
04-13-2011
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arclein
The large, multi-centre randomized trial " the first of its kind to compare radial access and femoral access " found that both entry points for angioplasty resulted in similar outcomes, including rates of death, heart attack, stroke or non-bypass-rel
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
Sunspots and the Financial Markets
04-13-2011
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arclein
It is immediately apparent that solar peaks show some correlation with peaks in stocks. In fact, buying at each solar minimum and selling at the next maximum (3-5 years later) has returned average gains of 70%.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Industrial Revolution Launched
04-13-2011
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arclein
“In some way a new kind of physics is taking place. It’s enigmatic, but probably no new laws of nature are involved. We believe it is possible to explain the process with known laws of nature,” said Hanno Essén, associate professor of theoretical phy
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robert klein
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News Link • Humor
FBI Raids Chuck E. Cheese For “Undermining U.S. Currency”
04-13-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
“We have to start making examples out of these alternative currency people,” said Agent Heinrich Himmler of the FBI, who was part of the Des Moines raid, “if we don’t chill enthusiasm for this kind of black market activity...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Boehner Talking To Wall Street To See How Freaked Out They Are Over Debt Limit
04-13-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
Apparently John Boehner has been reaching out to Wall Street, trying to get a sense of when financial markets will get spooked by GOP hesitance in raising the debt ceiling.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
San Francisco considers requiring "Biometric ID" scans for most public events
04-13-2011
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roguegovernment.com/
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission was scheduled Tuesday to consider a proposal that would mandate ID scans for every person entering a "place of entertainment" attended by more than 100 people -- a move that immediately sparked...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
US deficit up 15.7% in first half of fiscal 2011
04-13-2011
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google.com/hostednews/afp
The US budget deficit shot up 15.7 percent in the first six months of fiscal 2011, the Treasury Department said Wednesday as political knives were being sharpened for a new budget battle.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Sold Down The River
04-13-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The phrase "sold down the river" is a modern colloquialism for betrayal. But is has its origins in the American slave trade. To be sold down the river meant to be sold into slavery and separated from your loved ones.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Debt Ceiling Not To Be Resolved Until July?
04-13-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Prolonging negotiations past mid-May when Washington will hit its debt limit could give Republicans more leverage to secure big spending cuts, but it could worry investors as the country runs up against a possible default.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Metrics Institute: 451 Day Contraction Reaches New Low
04-13-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
It is a demographic segment on which the future of the economy will become increasingly dependent. It seems difficult to imagine a sustained business cycle and long-term economic recovery while the CMI demographic sweet-spot sputters...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Media: Radio
Truth Squad Radio: Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto
04-13-2011
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Farm Wars
Percy Schmeiser discusses his fight with Monsanto over the contamination of his crop, and the lawsuit for growing their GMOs without a license.
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