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Date Sent: 2012-01-10
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, January 10, 2012 AM edition |
DEA helped Colombian drug trafficker launder cash -- DoJ offering more banks mortgage deal
A Ron Paul convert questions how to play a role in a future he sees
as bleak -- With [Ron Paul] Protesters on the Sidewalk, Gingrich Skips Headquarters Appearance -- Huntsman Campaign Playing Dirty -- The Stench of Tony
Blair Continues -- 25-year-old man
arrested by feds in Fla. bomb plot -- Political Geometry: A Lesson for the
Media - by L. Neil Smith -- Student disciplined after
reporting knife at school -- State
citations surge; FDOT paying Cops to patrol -- How Iran
Could Affect Your Wallet in 2012 -- Swiss central bank chief quits over wife's currency deal -- Ex-U.S. Army soldier arrested over aid
to Somali militants -- Enemy Expatriation Act Would Let Govt.
Strip Citizenship Without Conviction -- Ron Paul
Gaining Momentum in New Hampshire -- LP Monday Message: Mitt Romney
= Big Government
AZ: New Hampshire Primary Watching Party Today Jan 10th, Hancock's 5 p.m. til???
Ernest Hancock now on LRN.FM, M-F, 9 a.m.-Noon, EST
Subscribe now - Jan Edition of Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine
available now!
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News Link • Drug War
DEA helped Colombian drug trafficker launder cash, new report reveals
01-09-2012
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The Envoy
The documents "describe American counternarcotics agents working undercover together conducting numerous wire transfers of tens of thousands of dollars at a time, smuggled millions of dollars in bulk cash"and escorted at least one large shipment of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
DoJ contacting additional banks on mortgage deal
01-09-2012
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Reuters
As the government nears a deal with top banks to resolve mortgage abuses, the Justice Department has begun reaching out to other banks to gauge their interest in joining the wide-ranging settlement, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database
01-09-2012
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Tana Geneva
Civil libertarians worry about the roll-out of Next Generation Identification, a massive expansion of the agency's current biometric database.
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
A Ron Paul convert questions how to play a role in a future he sees as bleak
01-09-2012
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Washington Post
The libertarian prophet of American decline arrived at the Granite State auditorium Friday evening with no fanfare and few bodyguards.
“Dr. Paul?” said a man near the door, who in the past three years had gone from believing in Barack Obama to bel
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
With Protesters on the Sidewalk, Gingrich Skips an Appearance
01-09-2012
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New York Times
The protesters waved signs and chanted, supporting two competing candidates in the Republican primary: Ron Paul and an individual named Vermin Supreme, who wore a rubber boot on his head and danced while speaking through a megaphone.
Mr. Paul’s su
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Huntsman Campaign Playing Dirty
01-09-2012
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http://imgur.com/a/Jw679
Direct Quotes from Image Source
I cant believe how stupid these people are. As campaign insiders many of you are aware we created the fake video here www.youtube.com... and made it look like it came from the ron paul people. This is a suprise it
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Matt Schnackenberg
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News Link • World News
The Stench of Tony Blair Continues
01-09-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Blair the plunderer merely reflects the current kleptocracy " Blair, Bush, Cheney, Santorum, Gingrich, Clinton, Romney, et al. " writ large. They all made their millions "legally," of course " in Washington, after all, if you're not in jail, you're e
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
25-year-old man arrested by feds in Fla. bomb plot
01-09-2012
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AP
Federal officials say a confidential source told them in Sept. 2011 that Osmakac wanted al-Qaida flags. Two months later, the federal complaint said, Osmakac and the confidential source "discussed and identified potential targets in Tampa" that Osmak
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Political Geometry: A Lesson for the Media - by L. Neil Smith
01-09-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Like me, you may have noticed a lot of confusion, lately"some of it genuine, most of it pretty transparently affected"with regard to exactly where, on the traditional right-left political spectrum, Congressman, physician, and 1988-2012 Presidential c
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Student disciplined after reporting knife at school
01-09-2012
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NBC News
A family is baffled that their teenager was disciplined after he reported to his teacher that he accidentally brought a small pocket knife to school. "I hate that Jack felt like he did was he was supposed to do, and for him these are dire consequence
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
State citations surge; FDOT paying Cops to patrol
01-09-2012
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CBS News
The Florida Department of Transportation is covering speed limit signs with plastic bags -- an apparent violation of federal guidelines that suggest speed limit signs be posted after every major intersection and paying for the troopers' presence -- a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
How Iran Could Affect Your Wallet in 2012
01-09-2012
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US News & World Report
President Obama recently signed a law that could essentially prevent Iran, the world's third-biggest oil exporter, from selling oil to many of its usual customers. Europe is preparing to enact its own embargo on Iranian oil. There's wiggle room in te
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Swiss central bank chief quits over wife's currency deal
01-09-2012
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Reuters
Swiss National Bank Chairman Philipp Hildebrand resigned with immediate effect on Monday, saying he could not prove he had been unaware of a currency trade made by his wife and wanted to protect the integrity of the central bank.
Hildebrand's deci
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Ex-U.S. Army soldier arrested over aid to Somali militants
01-09-2012
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Reason magazine
A former U.S. Army soldier trained in intelligence and cryptology has been arrested and charged for trying to help the Somali al Shabaab militant group, an al Qaeda affiliate, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Craig Baxam, 24 and from a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Bill Known As Enemy Expatriation Act Would Let Govt. Strip Citizenship Without Conviction
01-09-2012
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AddictingInfo.org
Internment camps, here we come!
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Events: Arizona
New Hampshire Primary Watching Party Tues Jan 10th, Hancock's 5 p.m. til???
01-09-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
We will be broadcasting the New Hampshire GOP Primary results beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 10th, so if you want to come by to see how they are going to sling it this time, come by the Hancock's Tuesday evening.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Football Pitch-Sized Batteries Could Change the World of Renewable Energy
01-09-2012
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Oilprice.com
2011 saw huge advances in solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and these advancements will continue into 2012. In fact 2012 could be the year that renewable energy sources start to seriously compete with traditional fossil fuels
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Staffoilpricedotcom Erik
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Driving, Post-TEOTWAWKI
01-09-2012
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Survivalblog.com
Waiting months after TEOTWAWKI to drive to your retreat is more than foolish, it is suicidal. Anyone driving post-event without an armored vehicle (or with one, just look at the ambush scenes from "Patriots") will take casualties.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
A Reliable Propane Insulin Refrigerator
01-09-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
It is an absorption type ammonia system (as used in recreation vehicles) and appears to be a high build quality unit manufactured in Hungary.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
FreeKeene Owns Santorum
01-09-2012
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www.freekeene.com
The parts the AP video didn't show you of the Santorum event - Here's the full video, with multiple angles
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Russian, French warships off Syria, Iran, US drones over Iranian coast
01-09-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
US, Russian French and British air and naval forces streamed to the Syrian and Iranian coasts over the weekend on guard for fresh developments at the two Middle East flashpoints.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Former head of American visa bureau in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia blows the whistle on 9/11 hijackers.
01-09-2012
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www.youtube.com
Springman went public (after internal efforts failed) to expose the State Dept/CIA conduiting terrorists into the US
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
West readies oil plan in case of Iran crisis
01-09-2012
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www.reuters.com
Western powers this week readied a contingency plan to tap a record volume from emergency stockpiles to replace nearly all the Gulf oil that would be lost if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Pat Buchanan out indefinitely at MSNBC
01-09-2012
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www.rawstory.com
An Associated Press article on CBSNews.com blames reaction to Buchanan’s latest book Suicide of a Superpower for his ouster from the cable network, as well as a campaign by the advocacy group, Color of Change.
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Donna Hancock
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