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Date Sent: 2011-09-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, September 27, 2011 AM edition |
Wyoming Sheriffs Put Federal Officers on Choke Chains -- NYPD can shoot down a plane if needed
America's Rogue Military Defies Congress and the Constitution -- Trader on the BBC says Eurozone Market will crash -- Might As Well Vote for Obama - by L. Neil Smith -- No Need For Media To Cover Wall Street Protests When Every Citizen Has A Camera -- The Feds' ‘Stingray’ Phone Tracker—The Latest Threat by the Surveillance State -- DHS gets a $3.4 billion castle --
Special report: Nevada's big bet on secrecy -- CME Raises Gold, Silver,
Copper Margin Requirements -- Gold Slides More Than Comex Margins as
Investors Cover Losses -- Gold Below $1,600 Amid CME Margin Hike -- Jim Rogers Is Bullish On All Commodities, But There's Only One Sector He Would Buy Right Now -- Trader on the BBC says Eurozone Market will crash -- Ron Paul takes heat as he challenges the bipartisan status quo on national security spending -- Noam Chomsky in defense of Ron Paul -- Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government -- Thousands run in underwear to protest Utah laws -- Ron Paul: Time to De-Recognize the United Nations -- The Federal Reserve Plans To Identify “Key Bloggers” And Monitor Billions Of Conversations -- Reasons the QR code is not dead -- Ron Paul Sticks With His Principles, Climbs in Polls -- A Palestinian State? - by Ron Paul -- Authorizing testimony in Kanelos v. County of Mohave, and Zanna, v. Mohave County
AZ: John Stuart Trial Under Way
CA: Libertopia in San Diego October 21-23
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Wyoming Sheriffs Put Federal Officers on Choke Chains
09-26-2011
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www.greaterthings.com
County sheriffs in Wyoming are insisting that all federal law enforcement officers and personnel from federal regulatory agencies must clear all their activities in a Wyoming county with the Sheriff's Office. Speaking at a press conference following
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New York police can shoot down a plane if needed
09-26-2011
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Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police can shoot down an airplane if needed, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the CBS News program "60 Minutes."
"In an extreme situation, we would have some means to take down a plane," Kelly said on Sunday night's
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
America's Rogue Military Defies Congress and the Constitution
09-26-2011
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Lew Rockwell
Adm. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has long personified the craven arrogance of the PC Pentagon. He now tells Congress that “We’re Going to Be There [Afghanistan] Longer Than 2014,” thus contradicting his Commander-in-Chief.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Trader on the BBC says Eurozone Market will crash
09-26-2011
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
In a scary and painfully frank interview a freaked out BBC interviewer is visibly shaken when market trader Alessio Rastani predicts that the "Market is Toast." Apparently there is nothing Euro governments can do.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Might As Well Vote for Obama - by L. Neil Smith
09-26-2011
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The Libertarian Enterprise
In Stalinist Russia, 2 bureaucrats with star-shaped "Hero" medals on their chests stand either side of an office safe with a broken door. One of the 2 is lamenting, "Is terrible news, Comrade! Someone is stealing results of next week's election!"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
No Need For Media To Cover Wall Street Protests When Every Citizen Has A Camera
09-26-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings, they had vowed to occupy Wall Street for weeks, even months.
Despite accusations of a media blackout, there were a handful of mainstream news reports that emerged in the beginning, but not much after that. CN
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Communications
The Feds' ‘Stingray’ Phone Tracker"The Latest Threat by the Surveillance State
09-26-2011
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Lew Rockwell
While new technologies"the Internet, cell phones, email, Facebook, twitter, blogs"help people communicate and fight the state by shedding light on the state's practices, the state will of course also try, where it can, to use technology to oppress.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS gets a $3.4 billion castle
09-26-2011
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Lew Rockwell
DHS will renovate an abandoned Victorian behemoth once Congress quits “stall[ing]” this “$3.4-billion headquarters project.” The Feds originally built the place in the 1850's as ... an insane asylum.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • States' Rights
Special report: Nevada's big bet on secrecy
09-26-2011
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Reuters
The presence of former felons in the business of creating businesses is an extreme example of vulnerability in corporate America. Nevada has spawned a thriving industry of consultants who aid companies seeking to avoid liability and disclosure, at a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (edited for goats)
09-26-2011
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youtube
Captain Kirk -- Goat Version (Family Guy) - (Publisher: I am a Big fan of the movie "Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan" - This will be extremely funny to some of you :)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
CME Raises Gold, Silver, Copper Margin Requirements
09-26-2011
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online.wsj.com
Gold margins will be raised by 21%, silver margins by 16%, and copper margins by 18%, effective at the close of trading Monday, CME said in an email after trading closed Friday.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Gold Slides More Than Comex Margins as Investors Cover Losses
09-26-2011
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www.sfgate.com
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Gold fell for a fourth day and slid below $1,600 an ounce, while silver erased its gains this year, as some investors sold the metals to cover losses in other assets. Bullion futures dropped more than margin requirements for a
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Gold Below $1,600 Amid CME Margin Hike
09-26-2011
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www.rttnews.com
Gold futures were down for a fourth consecutive session Monday, extending last week's rout as a margin increase by the CME Group and a sell off by investors to pay for losses incurred in other markets last week dampened the appeal of the preci
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Jim Rogers Is Bullish On All Commodities, But There's Only One Sector He Would Buy Right Now
09-26-2011
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www.businessinsider.com
"Unless you are a day trader.... don't sell your Gold or Silver"
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • United Nations
Recognizing the Right of Self-Determination
9/25/2011
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Free Patriot Press
With the representatives of the Palestinian territory pressuring the United Nations for full recognition, questions have been raised about the future of Israel. Some argue that U.N. recognition of a Palestinian State will cause the demise of Israel.
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News Link • Economy - International
Trader on the BBC says Eurozone Market will crash
09-26-2011
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YouTube
In a scary and painfully frank interview a freaked out BBC interviewer is visibly shaken when market trader Alessio Rastani predicts that the "Market is Toast." Apparently there is nothing Euro governments can do.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul takes heat as he challenges the bipartisan status quo on national security spending
09-26-2011
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caivn.org
Apologists for the Military-Industrial Complex generally use one of two methods to prevent an outbreak of rational thought that would undermine the subsidization of history's most privately-profitable yet publicly-costly endeavor " war. Now a new tac
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Noam Chomsky in defense of Ron Paul
09-26-2011
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YouTube
Excerpt of discussion with Ken Hildebrandt on September 20, 2011, in relation to Paul's comments about 9-11, for which he was booed by an unenlightened audience at a Republican presidential debate.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Maced / Pepper Sprayed by NYPD Police
09-26-2011
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YouTube
Subscribe for updates at http://uslaw.com/occupywallstreet. Slow motion video analysis of NYPD mace deployment near Union Square on September 24, 2011. Alternate angle analysis seems to indicate retaliation for a just prior interaction between office
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government
09-26-2011
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www.gallup.com
This story is the first in a weeklong series on Gallup.com on Americans' views on the role and performance of government. PRINCETON, NJ -- A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativit
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Thousands run in underwear to protest Utah laws
09-26-2011
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news.yahoo.com
Undie Run organizer Nate Porter says the goal of the event Saturday was to organize people frustrated by the conservative nature of the state's politics.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • United Nations
Ron Paul: Time to De-Recognize the United Nations
09-26-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Another helping of weekly Texas Straight Talk from the Congressman.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
The Federal Reserve Plans To Identify “Key Bloggers” And Monitor Billions Of Conversations
09-26-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
The Federal Reserve wants to know what you are saying about it. In fact, the Federal Reserve has announced plans to identify “key bloggers” and to monitor “billions of conversations” about the Fed on Facebook, Twitter, forums and blogs.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
Reasons the QR code is not dead
09-26-2011
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www.imediaconnection.com
I come neither to praise the QR code nor to bury it, but rather to heap on some fresh data that might help us to find a middle ground in this debate. In addition, I'll provide some actionable insights for how marketers can make QR experiences work be
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Sticks With His Principles, Climbs in Polls
09-26-2011
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blogs.wsj.com
In a political season marked by warfare between Democrats and Republicans, the White House and Congress, haves and have-nots, GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has built staunch support among voters who are furious at the federal government " from
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Feature Article • Palestine -- Israel
A Palestinian State? - by Ron Paul
Powell Gammill
I believe that we can no longer police the world. We can no longer bribe the Israelis and Palestinians to continue an endless "peace process" that goes nowhere. It is not in our interest to hector the Palestinians or the Israelis, or to "export" demo
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