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Date Sent: 2012-02-09
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, February 9, 2012 PM edition |
International militarization in Syria growing closer, warns US--Simple IP Address Conversion Method
US General: ‘Use drones to kill’ the Taliban in Pakistan -- Feb 9th, 2012-Andrew Reno/Chris Gault - Ed Vallejo- Listen Live M-F, 9-Noon, LRN.FM (Video loaded) -- The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study shows -- Canada’s use of torture data sparks outcry -- Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News -- Corporate Mass Media and the Secret Empire - by Szandor Blestman The World's Tallest Building Is Now A 'Distressed' Property -- GAMECHANGER: The ECB Opens The Door To Debt Forgiveness Across Europe -- A Financial Adviser Becomes a Prepper Convert -- Ron Paul Speech in Golden Valley, MN - CNN - 2-7-12 -- Salon.com: The Screwed Gen-Y becoming Libertarian, NOT Liberal! -- WSJ Economist: Ron Paul's 0% income tax would be world's greatest job creator -- Why I (Probably) Won’t Vote for President in 2012 -- How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy -- Act Up Against ACTA -- Gaza: Isolated Under Siege -- NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy' -- Naval Railgun Prototype Launcher -- Economic Chaos Ahead?
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News Link • WAR: About that War
International 'militarisation' in Syria growing closer, warns US official
02-09-2012
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Daily Telegraph
The international community may be forced to 'militarise' the crisis in Syria unless president Bashar al-Assad stops the onsalught on his people, a senior US official warned on Wednesday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Communications
Letter Re: A Simple IP Address Conversion Methodology
02-09-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
In reference to the recent change in Internet Protocol (IP) address for SurvivalBlog, I thought I'd describe a method to help people set up their computers to use it without DNS names.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US General: ‘Use drones to kill’ the Taliban in Pakistan
02-09-2012
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Washington Times
A longtime adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan says now is the time for President Obama to change strategy and target Taliban leaders ensconced in Pakistan, using drones and other tactics employed to kill al Qaeda operatives over the past 10 ye
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study shows
02-09-2012
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The Guardian
The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have lost no ice over the last decade, new research shows. The discovery has stunned scientists, who had believed that
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Canada’s use of torture sparks outcry
02-09-2012
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AFP
Human rights groups and opposition leaders in Canada were in uproar after the nation’s public safety minister this week defended the use of information extracted through torture “if Canadian lives are at stake.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News
02-09-2012
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MSNBC
Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Men trying to be our God
Corporate Mass Media and the Secret Empire by Szandor Blestman
02-09-2012
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Szandor Blestman dot com
"I believe that thought is possibly the most powerful force on Earth. The secret empire of international corporations realized long ago that they could harness this power through the power of mass media."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Help Wanted - hilarious satire animation about TSA perverts, Janet Napolitano and the Bill of Ri
2-9-12
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http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=979D7B9F44BA6EAE
The latest activism video from Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, hilariously depicts "TSA perverts" watching naked body scanner porn, stealing expensive electronics from the luggage of air travelers, digging for crotch gold during "enhanced pat downs
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Agorist Alma
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News Link • Economy - International
The World's Tallest Building Is Now A 'Distressed' Property
02-09-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
At 2,717 feet, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, but since its opening two years ago, it has struggled to profit from its grand reputation.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
GAMECHANGER: The ECB Opens The Door To Debt Forgiveness Across Europe
02-09-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Yesterday, the WSJ reported that the European Central Bank may have conceded to return Greek sovereign bonds to Greece in exchange for less money than the bonds' face value. This is probably the start of something big.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
A Financial Advisor Becomes a Prepper Convert
02-09-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
Before we can even begin to talk rationally about the financial situation in the U.S. right now, we have to understand exactly what a Trillion Dollars is.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Picking The Perfect Hidden Retreat Location
02-09-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
Everyone knows the perfect location for family survival is the number one issue in being prepped. How do I pick the perfect location should be the number one question in a prepper’s mind.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Salon.com: The Screwed Gen-Y becoming Libertarian, NOT Liberal!
02-09-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
The idea is that young people tend to make decisions more on idealistic views or out of passionate attempts at charity and altruism. While there is some truth to that for Generation Y (meaning people born in the ’80s and ’90s), the results are manife
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
WSJ Economist: Ron Paul's 0% income tax would be world's greatest job creator
02-09-2012
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wallstreetjournal.com
During the January 16th debates in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Presidential candidate Ron Paul laid down a bombshell by advocating his goal of gradually lowering the personal income tax to 0%, while at the same time shrinking government
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Help Get the LP on the ballot in Tennessee
02/08/12
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www.lptn.org
In light of a recent court ruling, The Libertarian Party of Tennessee is starting an effort to collect signatures to get the Libertarian Party on the Ballot in Tennessee. This will allow Libertarian candidates to be labeled as Libertarian on the bal
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Daniel Lewis
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Why I (Probably) Won’t Vote for President in 2012
02-08-2012
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Amanda Fox-Rouch
Unless Paul gets the Republican nomination or Obama turns his policy making around within the next nine months, it seems I will not be voting for president. Whether Obama or, say, Romney wins the election, I believe we will not see significant differ
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
02-09-2012
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Kathleen McAuliffe, The Atlantic
Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? A biologist’s science- fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind- controlling parasites.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Who Likes Congress? An Update on Political Polarization (through 2011)
02-08-2012
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Voteview
Who are the 9% who approve of Congress’s job performance? Terrence Smith of The Atlantic poses this intriguing question. Congressional popularity is at historic lows across partisan groups, as seen in these trend-lines from Gallup polling:
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Climate Change
NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'
02-09-2012
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arclein
"Our data show that Earth has been accumulating heat in the ocean at a rate of half a watt per square meter (10.8 square feet), with no sign of a decline," Loeb said. "This extra energy will eventually find its way back into the atmosphere and inc
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Naval Railgun Prototype Launcher
02-09-2012
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arclein
Navy planners are targeting a 50- to 100-nautical mile initial capability with expansion up to 220 nautical miles.
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Economic Chaos Ahead?
02-09-2012
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arclein
All that Congress would have to do is raise the lowest income tax bracket of 10 percent to 25 percent and the middle tax bracket of 25 percent to 66 percent and raise the 35 percent tax bracket to 92 percent. That’s a static vision that assumes that
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Fracture Putty for Rapid Bone Repair
02-09-2012
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arclein
To start the bone regeneration process, the RBC used adult stem cells that produce a protein involved in bone healing and generation. They then incorporated them into a gel, combining the healing properties into something Stice calls "fracture putty
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robert klein
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Begins Review of Military Options in Syria
02-08-2012
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news.antiwar.com
The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command have begun a preliminary review of U.S. military options against the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, as violence throughout the country continues to escalate.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Depression USA: Amazing 1.2 million drop out of labor force in one month
02-08-2012
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Terrence Aym
A stunning statistic buried within the numbers crunched out by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals that for the first time in history America's labor force has lost an incredible 1.2 million people in one month. This and other cold, ha
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Military
Marines 'assault' US beaches in amphibious drill
02-08-2012
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www.breitbart.com
With beach landings, 25 naval ships and an air assault, the United States and eight other countries are staging a major amphibious exercise on the US East Coast this week, fighting a fictional enemy that bears more than a passing resemblance to Iran.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Israel embassies preparing for Iran strike?
02-08-2012
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www.ynetnews.com
Diplomats stationed in Israel request gas masks, prepare contingency plans in case of missile attacks; envoys fear that thousands of dual-citizenship Israelis will seek evacuation
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Black Hawks In Boston: The American Military Empire Comes Home
02-06-2012
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John W. Whitehead, NJToday.net
The bedrock of the American republic is fracturing. The Constitution is being eviscerated by government leaders and their corporate allies. The system of checks and balances embodied in that document, the mechanism which prevents the United States fr
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