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Date Sent: 2011-10-24
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Weekend, October 22-23, 2011 |
Karzai: Afghanistan backs Pakistan if wars with US -- Iraq rejects US remain in bases after 2011
Vaccinations for Children Increasingly Rejected by Parents --
Thousands Will Die & Millions Will Suffer -- Libertopia 2011 in
Pictures (4:30PM Saturday) -- Ron Paul Grilled on Meet The Press --
Global Economic Crisis Deepens -- Pig-to-Human Transplants Could Be
Closer Than You Think -- Chinese Rare Earth Company Cuts Off World's Access to Rare Earths to Inflate Prices -- 'OWS ain't a war zone' - One marine vs 30 cops in NYC -- Jones Family Confront Warrantless Checkpoint, Round 2 -- DANGER, DANGER, DANGER...Emergency Alert System Nationwide Test -- FCC to launch emergency alert system for smartphones --
Christ The Conservative vs. The Mark Of Cain -- Rights Groups Call for
the Arrest of George W. Bush for Torture as He Arrives in Canada -- Greece to get next rescue loan batch from eurozone -- Uganda, Libya & the United States of America and the World's
View of U.S. Military in Africa -- Ron Paul WSJ Article: Fraud of
Central Banking Is 'Price Fixing' -- Koch brothers accidentally fund study that proves global warming -- Saudi crown prince dies, leaving succession uncertain -- Anti-illegal immigration bill stokes backlash in Alabama fields -- Resveratrol pill may extend lifespans to 150 years -- Iraq PM: Immunity issue scuttled US troop deal -- Want to drive a cab in New York? That will be $1,000,000 please! --
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson visits ‘Occupy Wall
St.’ protest -- Some stores freezing out Ben & Jerry’s new
flavor -- Senate Panel Approves Bill That Reaffirms No Child Left
Behind -- Oops! Canada imports BB
guns made from real AK47s, police fear mayhem
AZ: Rich Woods,
activist in Phoenix, AZ, in the hospital...; Gary Johnson comes to Arizona end of Oct. 29!; Phoenix - Rock the Revolution Tour
is now set; Project Appleseed 2011 Tour - November 5-6, 2011
CA: Libertopia in San Diego this weekend October
21-23!!!!
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai
10-22-2011
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Reuters
Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq rejects US request to maintain bases after troop withdrawal
10-22-2011
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The Guardian
The US suffered a major diplomatic and military rebuff when Iraq finally rejected its pleas to maintain bases in the country beyond this year. The Iraqi decision is a boost to Iran, which has been battling against permanent American bases.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Vaccinations for Children Increasingly Rejected by Parents
10-23-2011
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azcentral.com via yahoo! news
It's a long article but it all boils down to one thing; It's a TRUST issue...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Grilled on Meet The Press To No Avail - Still 'Best Man for the Job'
10-23-2011
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MSNBC
When confronted with a 1987 quote "Taxation is immoral" he responded "I can qualify if allowed - taxation is theft." DO YOU NEED A BETTER REASON TO BACK THIS MAN!?!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Pig-to-Human Transplants Could Be Closer Than You Think
10-22-2011
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Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.com
Two scientists at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh discussed the state of xenotransplantation--the use of cells, organs, or tissue from one animal in another
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Precious Metals
Chinese Rare Earth Company Cuts Off World's Access to Rare Earths to Inflate Prices
10-22-2011
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Dan Nosowitz via PopsSci.com
China may only have 30 percent of the rare earths in the world, but they essentially have a monopoly--which the rest of the world has been tirelessly trying to work around.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
'OWS ain't a war zone' - One marine vs 30 cops in NYC
10-22-2011
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YouTube.com
USMC Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement, Thomas voiced his opinions of the NYPD police brutality that had and has been plaguing the #OWS movement.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Jones Family Confront Warrantless Checkpoint, Round 2
10-22-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
In a second round encounter with Border Patrol agents at the checkpoint 98 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, Alex and his family stand up to goons who try to search his vehicle without any warrant or reason.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
REMINDER...Emergency Alert System Nationwide Test Wed Nov 9, 2011. 2 p.m. EST
10-22-2011
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FCC.Gov
On Wednesday - 09 November 2011, the Obama regime will shut down all radio, television and communications satellite systems so FEMA, Homeland Security and the FCC can "check" the readiness of the "Emergency Alert System"
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
FCC to launch emergency alert system for smartphones
10-22-2011
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NewYorkology
By the end of this year, the FCC will lead the rollout of a national emergency alert system that will allow the president and government agencies to send news of an imminent threat to all enabled cell phones... (here it comes)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Torture
Rights Groups Call for the Arrest of George W. Bush for Torture as He Arrives in Canada
10-22-2011
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As former US President George W. Bush arrives in Canada today to address a regional economic summit, where attendees will pay $599 a head to hear him and former President Bill Clinton as featured speakers, human right groups opposed to Bush’s visit,
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War Onyou
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News Link • Economy - International
Greece to get next rescue loan batch from eurozone
10-22-2011
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www.businessweek.com
Greece's debts are only one piece of Europe's economic puzzle, ($607 billion) bailout fund to keep the larger economies of Italy and Spain from spinning out of control and forcing weak banks to boost their capital buffers as a defense against market
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Will be on Meet The Press this Sunday
10-22-2011
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Daily Paul
Our Meet The Candidates series continues with Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Can the Texas congressman break out of the pack? Where does he stand on the important issues facing our country?
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul WSJ Article: Fraud of Central Banking Is 'Price Fixing'
10-22-2011
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The Daily Bell
The Fed fails to grasp that an interest rate is a price, the price of time. Attempting to manipulate that price is as destructive as any other government price control.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Environment
Koch brothers accidentally fund study that proves global warming
10-22-2011
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Christian Science Monitor
The latest global warming results confirm those from earlier, independent studies by scientists at NASA and elsewhere that came under fire from skeptics in an episode known as 'climategate'
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Saudi crown prince dies, leaving succession uncertain
10-22-2011
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Christian Science Monitor
The younger brother of King Abdullah was in his 80s, and there is no formal method to name a replacement from the sprawling royal family.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Immigration
Anti-illegal immigration bill stokes backlash in Alabama fields
10-22-2011
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Christian Science Monitor
Farmers in states like Alabama that have passed strong anti-illegal immigration laws are fighting back, saying they are losing labor and that US workers are unwilling to take up farm work.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Resveratrol pill may extend lifespans to 150 years
10-22-2011
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Terrence Aym
Hold on for just five more years and you may live as long as 150 years. That's the encouraging word from medical researchers around the globe. One of the scientists, Professor Peter J. Smith of New South Wales University in Australia, boldly declare
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq PM: Immunity issue scuttled US troop deal
10-22-2011
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AP
Iraq's prime minister said US troops are leaving Iraq after 9 years because Baghdad rejected American demands that any US military forces to stay would have to be shielded from prosecution or lawsuits. It was Iraq who refused to let the US remain und
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Want to drive a cab in New York? That will be $1,000,000 please!
10-22-2011
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The Political Commentator
Two New York City taxi medallions sold this week for $1,000,000!
Of all the investments one could have made the past 30 years, buying a NYC taxi medallion would have been one of the best.
While the stock market has risen in that period 1,100% t
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Are Humans Still Evolving?
10-22-2011
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arclein
This is not the first study to show that human evolution is still happening. Recent studies include the Tibetans evolutionary change to adapt to the lower oxygen levels found in their high altitude environment. This change has only occurred through
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Paul Allen says The Singularity Isn't Near
10-22-2011
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arclein
If the singularity is going to occur on anything like Kurzweil's timeline, though, then we absolutely require a massive acceleration of our scientific progress in understanding every facet of the human brain.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Carbon Nanotube Muscles
10-22-2011
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arclein
These muscles exploit strong, tough, highly flexible yarns of carbon nanotubes, which consist of nanoscale cylinders of carbon that are ten thousand times smaller in diameter than a human hair. Important for success, these nanotubes are spun into hel
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Once Earthlike Conditions on Mars Confirmed
10-22-2011
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arclein
'The thing that’s really cool is that 18 degrees is not particularly cold nor particularly hot,' says Woody Fischer, a scientist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and co-author of the paper.
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robert klein
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson visits ‘Occupy Wall St.’ protest
10-21-2011
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Rawstory
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Tuesday visited the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration in New York City’s Zuccotti Park to talk with the protesters.
The former Governor of New Mexico and libertarian is an outspoken opponent of th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Some stores freezing out Ben & Jerry’s new flavor
10-21-2011
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AP
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is too hot to handle for some supermarket chains. While the new limited-edition flavor has brought chuckles from fans of the “Saturday Night Live’’ skit on which it’s based, some supermarket chains aren’t laughing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Senate Panel Approves Bill That Reaffirms No Child Left Behind
10-21-2011
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NY Times
Rewriting the No Child Left Behind education law gained traction and the Senate Democrat whose committee passed the bill said progress became possible because lawmakers were irritated by Obama offering states waivers to the law
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Currencies
Louisiana makes using cash in second-hand sales illegal?!?! WTF?!?!
10-21-2011
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www.techdirt.com
The original version of the bill required that anyone selling second-hand goods make a detailed recording of any cash transaction. But somewhere along the way, that bill was amended, and the final version bans cash transactions
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Gun Rights
Oops! Canada imports BB guns made from real AK47s, police fear mayhem.
10-21-2011
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www.cbc.ca
RCMP is seizing sales records and toy BB guns imported from China, made with real parts. Investigators believe the metal 'receiver' of the guns are authentic and could easily be fitted with new bolts and barrels to turn them into functioning weapons.
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Chip Saunders
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