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Date Sent: 2011-08-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, August 5, 2011 |
The Pentagon's New Power Elite: A Secret War in 120 Countries
France investigating head of IMF in multimillion-dollar payout case --
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs convicted of child sexual assault for
“spiritual marriages” -- Mysterious company dissolves after giving $1 million to pro-Romney PAC --
Maggie Daley charity got $6.5-mil. city contract 4 days before Mayor
Daley left office -- Police: Duo Sold Bongs At Pennsylvania County Fair
-- Ray McGovern: A Judas Kiss to the Poor -- DIY
Spy Drone Sniffs Wi-Fi, Intercepts Phone Calls -- Global stock sell-off
accelerates -- Obama's Dictatorship Usurps Congress -- Dow closes down
over 500 points -- Political science 101: Understanding the debt-ceiling
crisis, part I -- Vet Checks Wrong Box, Faces 10 Years in Jail -- New Jersey High School Grad Summoned for Ron Paul Lawn Sign
CA: Protest over raw milk arrests starting Friday, 8AM at LA Superior courthouse
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this
Sat. jailed activist Jennifer Jones and Quartzsite's mayor Ed
Foster speaking; Another POOL PARTY AT THE HANCOCK'S this
Saturday, starting 2PM, 8/6/11; Oath Keepers To Muster Quartzsite
Arizona August 27 2011
Nationwide: Support your local lemonade stand, Aug. 20
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Pentagon's New Power Elite: A Secret War in 120 Countries
08-04-2011
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BlackListedNews.com
In 120 countries across the globe, troops from Special Operations Command carry out their secret war of high-profile assassinations, low-level targeted killings, capture/kidnap operations, kick-down-the-door night raids, joint operations...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
France investigating head of IMF in multimillion-dollar payout case
08-04-2011
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Washington Post
A French court launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Lagarde abused her power when she served as France’s finance minister and oversaw a dispute involving multimillion-dollar payouts to a business tycoon.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Marriage
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs convicted of child sexual assault for “spiritual marriages”
08-04-2011
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AP
Warren Jeffs was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two child brides after a whirlwind trial in which the polygamist sect leader insisted on representing himself, only to remain silent through much of the proceedings and present just one witne
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Mysterious company dissolves after giving $1 million to pro-Romney PAC
08-04-2011
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The Upshot
Did someone [named Mitt] create a company for the sole purpose of giving to a political action committee trying to boost Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign? That's what it looks like. 3 firms gave $1 million apiece to Restore Our Future, a cons
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Maggie Daley charity got $6.5-mil. city contract 4 days before Mayor Daley left office
08-04-2011
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There's nothing like a good ol' Chicago coincidence. I mean, those marvelous situations in which connected people and groups always seem to have a lucky shamrock in their pocket at just the right time are a distinctive part of what makes Chicago, wel
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
If the Republic Had Not Died A Long Time Ago, This Would Indeed Be...
08-04-2011
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Chris-Floyd.com
If the politburo -- handpicked members split evenly between the two gangs of thieves and poltroons that now hold sway on Capitol Hill -- can't agree on just how much they want to...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Drug War
Police: Duo Sold Bongs At Pennsylvania County Fair
08-04-2011
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CBS News
A drug task force detective says two people openly sold marijuana pipes and bongs at a southwestern Pennsylvania county fair.
Thirty-three-year-old Stephen Krug and 24-year-old Maria Zelik, both of Freedom, are charged with possession, conspiracy
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • European Union
Karl Denninger: This Had Better Not Be True
08-04-2011
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Market-ticker.org
I do not normally reprint rumors at all, as they tend to be very destructive, but this is a special case because the risks, if the rumor is correct, are exceedingly high. I'm sure you thought the 500 point loss on the DOW today was horrifying...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Transportation
RedShift Motorcycles Promise Big, Green Fun
08-04-2011
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WIRED.com
Another electric motorcycle startup is jumping into the e-moto arena with a pair of machines it promises will deliver the performance of a 250cc dirt bike.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Duct Tape, Bailing Wire and Cheerleaders: Washington's Answer To The Economy
08-04-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
All the authorities did was patch up a predatory banking system with duct tape and bailing wire and hoped enough cheerleading would restore confidence. And after the banks got their bailout money, the mood seemed to be “we spent so much on them...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Ray McGovern: A Judas Kiss to the Poor
08-04-2011
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CounterPunch.org
"A nation or a civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Sony’s PlayStation Vita Will Miss Holiday Launch in U.S.
08-04-2011
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Jason Schreier via WIRED.com
Sony will not release its PlayStation Vita in the United States and Europe until 2012, the company said Thursday, meaning the powerful new portable gaming system won’t be on store shelves during the vital holiday shopping season.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
DIY Spy Drone Sniffs Wi-Fi, Intercepts Phone Calls
08-04-2011
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Kim Zetter via WIRED.com
What do you do when the target you’re spying on slips behind his home-security gates and beyond your reach?
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News Link • Inventions
Students' Innovative 3-D Vision System Wins Prize
08-04-2011
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Jacob Ward via PopSci.com
For those who don’t know, NI builds the software and systems by which an engineer can test and prototype pretty much anything, from an irrigation system to a rocket.
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News Link • Transportation
The Panama Canal Gets an Update
08-04-2011
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Rena Marie Pacella via PopSci.com
The century-old Panama Canal has a major shortcoming: New ships are too long, too deep and too wide to fit through it.
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News Link • Transportation
DOT Mapping Out a Plan to Protect Cars From Cyber-Attacks
08-04-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
The latest perceived target for cyber criminals: the automobile. The DOT has a vision for a networked automotive future in which cars speak to each other and to roadway infrastructure via wireless communications.
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News Link • Transportation
A Sensor-Packed Shipping Container That Folds Flat in 30 Seconds
08-04-2011
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Rena Marie Pacella via PopSci.com
In the half-century since Malcom McLean, an entrepreneurial former trucker from North Carolina, first began packing freight onto ships in uniform steel boxes, shipping containers have transformed the way we move most of the goods on Earth.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dow closes down over 500 points
08-04-2011
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AP
Fears about the global economy led to the biggest panic in financial markets since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow plunged nearly 513 points Thursday, its biggest point decline since Oct. 22, 2008. Only three of the 500 stocks in the Standard & Po
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics
Political science 101: Understanding the debt-ceiling crisis, part I
08-04-2011
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http://www.examiner.com
An explanation of what all of the ruckus was about in Washington. After the dust cleared from the debt-ceiling imbroglio, new borrowed money raised our debt to 100% of GDP.
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James Hyde
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Vet Checks Wrong Box, Faces 10 Years in Jail
08-04-2011
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A federal indictment states Dawkins started to fill out a passport application in 2004, didn't complete it, then filled out a new application 2 years later. On that new application, he checked "no" for "Have you ever applied before?"
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News Link • Bill of Rights
New Jersey High School Grad Summoned for Ron Paul Lawn Sign
08-04-2011
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Recent Passaic Valley High School graduate Matthew LaCorte is under attack by the State of New Jersey for having Ron Paul signs on his front lawn. After receiving two (2) warnings for having lawn signs on his private property Matt was finally issued
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Cartoonist Targeted With Criminal Probe For Mocking Police
08-04-2011
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The Renton City Prosecutor wants to send a cartoonist to jail for mocking the police department in a series of animated Internet videos.
The "South-Park"-style animations parody everything from officers having sex on duty to certain personnel gett
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Gun Rights
Gun Dealers Sue BATFE
Ernest Hancock
to secure the privacy rights of lawful purchasers of firearms, by preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (“BATFE”) from unlawfully
requiring licensed firearm dealers to submit a report of sale
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Reference Link • Activism
Event: Selling Lemonade Is Not a Crime!
Lemonade Freedom
Please join us on August 20, 2011 and set up your own lemonade stand. We need to send a message to everyone who is listening. They can not shut down the kids lemonade stands. Please support a local kid's lemonade stand.
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Powell Gammill
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