 |
REAL TIME SPOT PRICES
Bitcoin Average: $77591.76
Gold: $4613.4 Change: $(8.00)
Silver: $75.22 Change: $1.59
|
|
|
ARCHIVED NEWSLETTER |
|
Sign up
to receive the Freedom's Phoenix Headlines by Email. |
|
HELP FUND FREEDOM'S PHOENIX!
Make a one-time or periodic contribution.
Use your credit card or PayPal account. |
|
Join us on our
Social Networks |
Share this page with your friends
on your favorite social network:
|
 |
|
|
|
Date Sent: 2012-03-04
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, March 4, 2012 |
EU Unemployment Soaring -- Any .com a target? US takes down 'illegal' website outside America
Ron Paul Washington State Post Caucus Speech - March 3, 2012 -- March Edition of
FreedomsPhoenixMagazine Ready For Download -- How will Romney
account for billions of lost revenue? -- Analysis: Romney tax plan
strongly favors the rich -- Obama: Conservation boosts the economy -- Dark matter blob confounds experts -- FDA adds diabetes, memory
loss warnings to statins -- AT&T explains limits for 'unlimited'
data plans -- Calif. doc charged with murder for prescriptions -- Air Force abandons $3 billion worth of drones -- Who let the dogs
vote? The State of New Mexico! -- Schoolgirl banned from playing
basketball for speaking Native American language -- Ron Paul slams “counterfeit”
conservatives -- Rocky road: Serbia gets hard-won EU candidate status -- Danish cops block
Google, Facebook for 'child porno'... by mistake -- Up in smoke:
Eurozone crisis pushes Spanish town to harvest pot -- Libyan rebels cage
black Africans in zoo -- Ecuadorian Plaintiffs In Chevron Case Plan
To Pursue Ruling -- Costa Rica’s President Calls for Drug
Legalization Debate -- Haiti sees large anti-government protest --
Argentina calls for flights to Falklands -- Monsanto returns to
South American soybean market -- Narco-trafficking threatens Central
America -- Rescuers scour rubble for survivors after
tornadoes kill
dozens in Midwest, South -- Displaced Afghans left out in cold --
After Fraud Charges, Russian Election Under Scrutiny -- Mexican Drug
Cartel Targets Australia -- China, Russia Vote Against UNHRC Resolution on Syria -- NGOs: The Missionaries of Empire -- Targeting Free Expression - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Super Tuesday Party at
Hancock's - Tuesday, March 6th, 6 p.m. til ???!!
Freedom Law School's 2012 Freedom
Rally - March 16-19 - Crowne Plaza Hotel - Irvine, CA
|
News Link • European Union
EU Unemployment Soaring
03-03-2012
The unemployment rate in the eurozone is soaring, with the rate now at 10.7% for euro-using countries. Spain and Greece have the highest rates.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Internet
Any .com a target? US takes down 'illegal' website outside America
03-03-2012
•
RT
The conviction of Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre in the US on charges of online gambling and money laundering has sparked fears that anyone owning an Internet .com domain could fall under US jurisdiction.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul on TV News - Sunday Morning (VIDEO)
03-03-2012
•
www.dailypaul.com
on Paul Interview with Candy Crowley on CNN “State of the Union” - Ron Paul Interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS “Face the Nation”
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
How will Romney account for billions of lost revenue?
03-03-2012
•
ByHoward Gleckman
Romney rolled out a new tax proposal after many Republicans blasted his initial plan as too cautious. His plans to cut income tax rates by 20 percent and eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax sound appealing.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Analysis: Romney tax plan strongly favors the rich
03-03-2012
•
By Brian Montopoli
Mitt Romney's new tax plan strongly favors the wealthiest Americans, offering earners in the top 20 percent an average tax cut of more than $16,000 while raising taxes on the bottom 20 percent of earners.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: Conservation boosts the economy
03-03-2012
•
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN
The argument that environmental conservation stands in the way of economic growth is “a false choice,” President Barack Obama told conservation leaders Friday.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Dark matter blob confounds experts
03-03-2012
•
By Alan Boyle
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope are mystified by a merging galaxy cluster known as Abell 520 in which concentrations of visible matter and dark matter have apparently come unglued.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Drugs and Medications
FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins
03-03-2012
•
By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson
Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Calif. doc charged with murder for prescriptions
03-03-2012
•
USA Today
The doctor passed out prescriptions for drugs like Xanax and OxyContin, Vicodin and Adderall at a rate of 25 per day for three years, with only cursory patient examinations and a minimum of questions, authorities said.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Military
Air Force abandons $3 billion worth of drones
03-03-2012
•
RT
It has been quite an expensive week for the US Air Force. Not only did Congress halt funding on a surveillance blimp project that they already invested $140 million in, but now the Pentagon says $3 billion worth of drones could be canned as well.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Who let the dogs vote? The State of New Mexico!
03-03-2012
•
RT
Candidates continue to fetch on all fours for votes as they gear up for November, but they will have to try their doggone hardest to win the support of one unlikely ballot caster.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Education: Private Religious Schools
Schoolgirl banned from playing basketball for speaking Native American language
03-03-2012
•
RT
And what did we learn today, class? At Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano, Wisconsin, a recent lesson plan revealed to students that saying “I love you” in one’s native tongue is something worthy of disciplinary action.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul slams “counterfeit” conservatives
03-03-2012
•
RT
After his rivals accused presidential hopeful Ron Paul of working to help the campaign of Mitt Romney, the congressman from Texas is taking on the Republican Party frontrunner " and the rest of the GOP establishment " with his latest mailer
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • European Union
Rocky road: Serbia gets hard-won EU candidate status
03-03-2012
•
RT
After three years of tough talks and painful concessions from Belgrade, Brussels has finally granted Serbia formal EU candidate status
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Government
Government backing an ideology: NY has its say
03-03-2012
•
RT
As the US presidential campaign gets into gear, a debate has been raging over the issue of religion in politics.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Internet
Danish cops block Google, Facebook for 'child porno'... by mistake
03-03-2012
Imagine logging on to Facebook only to find it had been shut down for offering child pornography?
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Economy - International
Up in smoke: Eurozone crisis pushes Spanish town to harvest pot
03-03-2012
•
RT
A “dying” Spanish town suffering from massive unemployment is trying to stem the tide of economic decay the only way they can: by farming pot.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • World News
Libyan rebels cage black Africans in zoo
03-03-2012
•
RT
A shocking video has appeared on the Internet showing Libyan rebels torturing a group of black Africans.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Environment
Ecuadorian Plaintiffs In Chevron Case Plan To Pursue Ruling
03-03-2012
•
wsj.com Dow Jones
Ecuadorian plaintiffs in an environmental lawsuit against Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Friday they will soon be able to begin a process in foreign countries to pursue a multibillion-dollar ruling issued by Ecuadorian courts against the U.S. company.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Drug War
Costa Rica’s Chinchilla Calls for Drug Legalization Debate
03-03-2012
•
By Adam Williams and Flavia Krause-Jackson
Drug legalization in Central America merits a “serious” debate as a solution to the crime and violence coursing through the region even if it runs up against U.S. opposition, said Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • World News
Haiti sees large anti-government protest
03-03-2012
•
ALJAZEERA
President Michel Martelly strongly criticised as supporters of former leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide take to streets.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • World News
Argentina calls for flights to Falklands
03-03-2012
•
Aljazeera
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has sought negotiations with the United Kingdom to establish several weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto returns to South American soybean market
03-03-2012
•
By Ken Root
The Roundup Ready era of biotechnology has reshaped agriculture's purchase of soybean seed and use of herbicides on row crops.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • World News
Narco-trafficking threatens Central America
03-03-2012
•
Rachel Levin
Drug gangs, expanding their smuggling operations, bring more violence to nations south of Mexico.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Rescuers scour rubble for survivors after tornadoes kill dozens in Midwest, South
03-03-2012
•
By the CNN Wire Staff
Rescuers searched for survivors Saturday after powerful storms spawned tornadoes that killed dozens as they ripped through the South and Midwest, flattening towns and turning churches into shelters.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Afghanistan
Displaced Afghans left out in cold
03-03-2012
•
Al Jazeera staff
Government accused of "callous indifference" as number of those left homeless by violence tops 500,000.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Political Theory
Where President Romney Would Take Us
03-03-2012
•
By Bill Boyarsky
The Republicans want to make the presidential race about values, which they define as returning the nation to Victorian morality.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Immigration
164 Anti-Immigration Laws Passed Since 2010?
03-03-2012
•
By Ian Gordon and Tasneem Raja
To get a better sense of the legislative push that most famously included Arizona's draconian SB 1070, Mother Jones built a database of the 164 (often curiously similar) anti-immigration laws passed by state legislatures in 2010 and 2011.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Energy
Q&A: What's Going on With Gasoline Prices?
03-03-2012
•
By Kevin Drum
Gasoline prices are on the rise! How come? And what does it mean? Let's do a Q&A.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Healthcare
Cancer Drugs Thwart Ebola In Lab
03-03-2012
•
by Scott Hensley
There's no cure for Ebola. But a group of scientists is exploring whether some drugs already approved to treat cancer might help tame the virus.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Immigration
Miami Valedictorian Gets Support In Fight Against Deportation
03-03-2012
•
Bill Chappell
A federal judge's decision to deport a high school valedictorian who has lived in the United States since she was 4 has sparked her Miami community to rally around her.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • World News
After Fraud Charges, Russian Election Under Scrutiny
03-03-2012
•
by Corey Flintoff
Just three months ago, Russia's parliamentary elections prompted widespread allegations of fraud and drove thousands of protesters into the streets in the days afterward.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GM Puts Volt Into 'Neutral' To Let Sales Catch Up
03-03-2012
•
by The Associated Press
General Motors will suspend production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Drug War
Mexican Drug Cartel Targets Australia
03-03-2012
•
by John Burnett
Cocaine seizures are up sharply in Australia, and Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel is believed to be involved in large-scale smuggling.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Environment
BP, Plaintiffs Reach Deal In Gulf Oil Spill Case
03-03-2012
•
by The Associated Press
BP PLC has agreed to settle lawsuits from thousands of fishermen who lost work and others who claimed they were harmed by the oil giant's 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Tornadoes Slow, With Destruction In Their Wake
03-03-2012
•
by Dana Farrington
As night approached, the death toll rose in areas affected by extreme weather in the Midwest and the South. Towns have been wrecked and the number of people missing is unclear.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • China
China, Russia Vote Against UNHRC Resolution on Syria
03-03-2012
•
Global Research
China and Russia on Thursday voted against a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on Syria which “strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities.”
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Government
Why Can’t Americans Have Democracy?
03-03-2012
•
by Paul Craig Roberts
Syria has a secular government as did Iraq prior to the american invasion. Secular governments are important in Arab lands in which there is division between Sunni and Shi’ite. Secular governments keep the divided population from murdering one anoth
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • General Opinion
NGOs: The Missionaries of Empire
03-03-2012
•
by Devon DB
Non-governmental organizations are an increasingly important part of the 21st century international lanscape performing a variety of humanitarian tasks pertaining inter alia to issues of poverty, the environment and civil libertites.However, there is
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Constitution
Losing Constitutional Competition
03-03-2012
•
Global Research, March 3, 2012
Among Americans there remains strong pride about the US Constitution, even though there is widespread support for creating reform amendments to it.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Agriculture
Earthworms and the Forest Ecology
03-03-2012
•
arclein
European earthworms are invading previously earthworm-free hardwood forests in North America the scientists say, and consuming the rich layer of leaf litter on the forest floor. In turn, herbaceous plants that thrive in thick leaf litter and provide
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
robert klein
|
News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Antimatter Mystery Deepens
03-03-2012
•
arclein
Physicists had already seen such differences - known as called "CP violation". But these known differences are much too small to explain why the Universe appears to prefer matter over anti-matter.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
robert klein
|
News Link • Science
Innovative Cancer Research
03-03-2012
•
arclein
Starve a tumour of its blood supply to kill it: That’s the long-held and widely accepted theory in cancer treatment. But what if you instead fed that tumour and let it grow?
Dr. Pickering’s theory is that if you increase the blood supply to the tumo
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
robert klein
|
| Tags: freedoms, phoenix, archives, politics, libertarian, alternative, government, freedom |
|
|
News Link • 
Feature Article • 
News Link • 
Opinion • 
Feature Article • 
