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Date Sent: 2012-02-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, February 20, 2012 AM edition |
NDAA Is Now Law, and Libertarians Are Now Anti-Government Extremists!
Bonds Backed by Mortgages Regain Allure -- Returning military members allege job discrimination — by federal government -- Someone Tell Conservatives That Domestic Violence is Not a Partisan
Issue! -- "Top GOP Senator" To ABC News: If Romney Loses Michigan, "He
Will Publicly Call' -- Face the Truth: Racial Profiling Across America -
ShorVideo Documentary -- Newt Gingrich Ties to Secret Gay Resort
at Bohemian Grove -- Exclusive: Why Judge
Andrew Napolitano Was Fired -- Palestinian Villages May Soon Go
Dark Once Again -- Greece shows us how to protest against a failed
system -- Maine GOP Posts New Results Tonight, Shows Romney's
'Win' Over Paul Slightly Increased -- Mexican
Gay Ex-Lover Says AZ Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation -- VIDEO: Dr. Paul on CNN State of the Union with Candy Crowley -
Feb. 19, 2012 -- Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement: Who Pays?
Taxpayers? -- Obama's Plan to Save the Military From
Cuts . . . at the Expense of Domestic Programs -- Two Iranian warships
enter Mediterranean -- Part 1 of 3: The Cassandra
Syndrome for Canada, Europe, Australia and America -- Redrawing the map of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan: -- Wrongheaded UN Vote on Syria -- Obama DOJ Tries to Insulate Warrantless
Wiretapping Law
AZ: Feb 22 – ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts Center AND Debate/Concert/Party
- Ron Paul will Attend!
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News Link • Obama Administration
NDAA Is Now Law, and Libertarians Are Now Anti-Government Extremists!
02-19-2012
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by Gary D. Barnett
Democracy, which I consider to be the first step or beginning of socialism, thrives on propaganda, and uses this propaganda to indoctrinate the people.
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News Link • Housing
Bonds Backed by Mortgages Regain Allure
02-19-2012
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New York Times
Some Wall Street investors made money as the mortgage market boomed; others profited when it fell apart.
Having reaped big gains during both of those turns, Greg Lippmann, a former star trader at Deutsche Bank, is now catching the next upswing: bu
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News Link • Military
Returning military members allege job discrimination " by federal government
02-19-2012
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Washington Post
Every year, more than a thousand National Guard, reserve and active-duty troops coming back from Iraq, Afghanistan or other military duties complain of being denied jobs or otherwise being penalized by employers because of their military obligations.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • General Opinion
Someone Tell Conservatives That Domestic Violence is Not a Partisan Issue!
02-19-2012
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Amanda Lang
As if they want to ensure that no woman ever votes Republican again, the GOP has now made domestic violence a partisan issue. Just a week after they lost the contraception fight to the Obama administration’s clever maneuvering, the GOP is now set to
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News Link • General Opinion
When your rapist comes back to town
02-19-2012
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Amanda Lang
*Trigger warning* As I've written before, I'm a sexual assault survivor. It's been four years and my recovery is an ongoing struggle.
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News Link • General Opinion
Birth-Control Hearing Was "Like Stepping Into a Time Machine'
02-19-2012
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Sheila Samples
'Reading the news this morning was like stepping into a time machine and going back 50 years,' Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said.
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News Link • General Opinion
OPINION: A Black Woman's "Life of the Mind" is Her Own: Melissa Harris Perry
02-19-2012
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Amanda Lang
The conflict between Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Melissa Harris Perry is being positioned as though it is based, solely, within a political and critical disagreement regarding President Barack Obama. Nothing appears further from the truth. The 'beef,' in
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
"Top GOP Senator" To ABC News: If Romney Loses Michigan, "He Will Publicly Call'
02-19-2012
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Sheila Samples
Jonathan Karl reports that a 'prominent Republican senator' told him that the Party will not stand for a Mitt Romney loss in Michigan, and that he expects a result like that to lead the Senator to 'publicly call for the party to find a new candidate,
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
World's fastest computer: 10 quadrillion calculations per second
02-19-2012
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Terrence Aym
Japanese cybernetic experts have announced a truly incredible achievement: a supercomputer that can calculate at the rate of 10,000,000,000,000,000 per second. While many people have a hard time wrapping their brain around the current U.S. deficit th
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News Link • Government
Victim Impact Statement
02-19-2012
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by Kurt Haskell
Every victim of a crime in Michigan is entitled to make a statement in open court regarding the impact of the crime on their life.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Newt Gingrich Ties to Secret Gay Resort at Bohemian Grove: Infowars Nightly News
02-19-2012
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Prisonplanet
Fill in host Rob Dew covers the important issues of the day including Newt Gingrich’s links to the elite Bohemian Grove enclave.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Letter Re: Natural Gas "Drip" Condensate
02-19-2012
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C.R.
I noticed your description of "drip" as an alternative fuel in your novel "Survivors". ".
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Palestinian Villages May Soon Go Dark Once Again
02-19-2012
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By Juliane von Mittelstaedt
Several small Palestinian villages in the West Bank had been without electricity for decades -- before an Israeli foundation with funding from Europe recently installed solar panels and wind turbines.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Greece shows us how to protest against a failed system
02-19-2012
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by John Holloway
The rage displayed in Greek cities against austerity measures inspires all who are suffering for the benefit of banks and the rich
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Maine GOP Posts New Results Tonight, Shows Romney's 'Win' Over Paul Slightly Increased
02-19-2012
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By Brad Friedman
"The fight for Maine is far from over," says Cincinnati's Fox19 reporter Ben Swann
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Amid Rivalry, Friendship Blossoms on the Campaign Trail
02-19-2012
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By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Once there was a challenge of a softball game from the Ron Paul clan to the Mitt Romney clan. “They didn’t show up,” Mr. Paul says.
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News Link • General Opinion
What if the GOP is Pulling the Wool Over the Eyes of Republican Voters?
02-19-2012
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Szandor Blestman dot com
"In honor of the judge, I thought I'd use the rhetorical question myself, as I have been known to do in the past."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation
02-19-2012
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www.phoenixnewtimes.com
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu " who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration " threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation when the man refused to promise never to disclose
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
VIDEO: Dr. Paul on CNN State of the Union with Candy Crowley - Feb. 19, 2012
02-19-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
(The Lame-Stream Media.... the media that is sooooo last century, keeps trying to diminish Ron Paul and just can't cause him the damage they need to get him OFF THE STAGE)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Ron Paul to make an appearance at the Mesa debate watching after party
02-19-2012
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az4ronpaul2012.com
Ron Paul will visit Arizona on February 22nd to particpate in the CNN televised debate being held at the Mesa Arts center.
Congressman Paul will be hosting a fundraiser breakfast and lunch at the Hilton in Mesa AZ. The breakfast event has already
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Annette Freeman
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News Link • Housing
Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement: Who Pays? Taxpayers?
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
Taxpayers to pay banks 'incentive' to write mortgages down. How can this be punishment for criminal acts?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Dateline Feb 17: Veterans For Peace Elects First Female President
02-19-2012
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by GLloyd Rowsey
Veterans For Peace, a non-profit educational organization, has elected Leah Bolger, a retired U.S. Navy commander to serve as its first female president in its 26-year history
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Obama's Plan to Save the Military From Cuts--at the Expense of Domestic Programs
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
As budget wonks comb over President Obama's outline for fiscal year 2013, a startling White House plan has become clear: the administration is seeking to undo some mandatory cuts to the Pentagon at the expense of critical domestic programs
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Two Iranian warships enter Mediterranean
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
Israel calls move a 'provocation' and says it will monitor the vessels closely as they cross Suez Canal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Wallet Voting
Overturn Citizens United
02-19-2012
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by William McMullin
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 banned corporations from donating money from their general treasury war chests to political candidate election campaigns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Protect LGBT Workers from Workplace Discrimination
02-19-2012
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by RON BEATY
An executive order guarding individuals working for federal contractors against discrimination centered on sexual orientation
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News Link • Self-Help: Rational Living
How to Date Someone Who Has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
02-19-2012
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by Annabelle RC
You may have a partner with obsessive compulsive disorder, or you might be considering starting a relationship
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News Link • Political Theory
Part 1 of 3: The Cassandra Syndrome for Canada, Europe, Australia and America
02-19-2012
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by Frosty Wooldridge
Part 1: Cassandra Syndrome, loss of reason, loss of action, loss of choices
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News Link • Activism
Solidarity with Khader Adnan
02-19-2012
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by Stephen Lendman
Solidarity with Khader Adnan. Israel wants him dead.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Theory
The Show Must Go On
02-19-2012
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by David Glenn Cox
Back during the 2008 election campaign presidential candidate John McCain visited Florida with a five point lead over Barack Obama in the state's election polls. Then inexplicably, McCain went into a room filled with senior citizens and gave a speech
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Redrawing the map of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan:
02-19-2012
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by Abdus-Sattar Ghazali
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Friday (2/17) introduced a concurrent resolution in the congress, calling for an independent state for the Balochi people living in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Would You Vote For This Man?
02-19-2012
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by Mike Whitney
Would you vote for a guy who planned to surround himself with like-minded people who'd run the state like a machine?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Wrongheaded UN Vote on Syria
02-19-2012
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by Stephen Lendman
Washington, rogue NATO powers, and Arab League despots move closer to belligerent intervention.
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News Link • Police State
That Don't Make No Sense
02-19-2012
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by Bob Alexander
The phrase, "That Don't Make No Sense," from the Coen brothers' movie O Brother Where Art Thou?, comes to mind every single time I read news from the U.S.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Obama DOJ Tries to Insulate Warrantless Wiretapping Law
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
The government today asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Short-term Exposure to Pollutants Increases Heart Attack Risk, Study Says
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
A new report says that even short-term exposure to major air pollutants increases the risk of heart attack.
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Scott Walker, Targeted For A Recall
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
Recently leaked documents show that a Chicago-based conservative think tank plans to spend money on an issue-advocacy campaign timed to influence a potential recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
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News Link • Spirituality
PIsces New Moon, February 21, 2012
02-19-2012
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by Cathy Lynn Pagano
"Thou art God and I am God and all that groks is God, and I am all that I have ever been or seen or felt or experienced.
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News Link • Healthcare
The Contraception Debate and Pop Culture's Weird Silence on Birth Control
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
When we talk about reproductive health in popular culture, as progressives, we mostly talk about the essential invisibility of abortion.
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News Link • General Opinion
Zygotes Close to Becoming Microscopic People in the Eyes of Oklahoma
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
Oklahoma's obtuse personhood law made it through the state Senate on Thursday by a margin of 34 imbeciles to 8 brains, and will now go to the House, where there are even more 'interior person'-loving junkies than in the Senate.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Research: Roundup Diluted by 450-Fold is Still Toxic to DNA
02-19-2012
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by Sayer Ji
New research released ahead of print and published in the journal Archives of Toxicology indicates that Roundup, the most common formulation of the herbicide glyphosate, is not only more toxic than its constituent ingredients
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Legalized Market for Human Kidneys: a Problem or a Panacea?
02-19-2012
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by Reza varjavand
We cannot buy everything with money, and the human kidney is an example of just such a thing.
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News Link • Government
SCOTUS Blocks Montana Campaign Finance Ban That Challenges Citizens United
02-19-2012
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by Amanda Lang
The US Supreme Court has blocked, pending further review, the Montana Supreme Court's December decision upholding the state's century-old ban on corporate political spending.
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News Link • Misinformation
Manufacturing Illusions
02-19-2012
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by Robert Reich
Suddenly, manufacturing is back -- at least on the election trail. But don't be fooled. The real issue isn't how to get manufacturing back.
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