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Date Sent: 2012-05-10
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, May 10, 2012 AM edition |
Viewing child porn online not a crime in NY -- US plans 10-month warship deployment to Singapore
The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage -- You, Sir, Are an Extremist -- Two California policemen ordered to trial over videotaped beating death -- Family pleads for U.S. prisoner at heart of Afghan peace push --
Police arrest man after mistaking him for dead twin brother -- Federal Reserve Approves Chinese Takeover Of American Bank --
Tattoo-like devices for wireless pregnancy monitoring -- Top regulator
urges online 'do not track' law -- Google wants Oracle copyright trial
rematch -- SEC charges ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in investment scheme -- Appeals court chokes off Gitmo reviews -- The Jones Plantation - by Larken Rose -- Did You Know That Transparent Aluminum Exists? -- US Pressuring India To Cut Crude Imports From Iran -- Be an Extra in Atlas Shrugged Part 2 -- Your bomb shelter could let the gov't seize your home -- Nomination speech for Ernest Hancock for LNC chair -- Another Foiled False Flag - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: The Bill of Rights Comedy
Concert Next Sunday at Phoenix Symphony Hall
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Viewing child pornography online not a crime: New York court ruling
05-09-2012
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The Sideshow
In a controversial decision already sparking debate around the country, the NY Court of Appeals ruled viewing child pornography online is not a crime. "The purposeful viewing of child pornography on the internet is now legal in New York," Senior Judg
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
US plans 10-month warship deployment to Singapore
05-09-2012
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Reuters
The first of a new class of U.S. coastal warships will be sent to Singapore next spring for a roughly 10-month deployment, the Navy said on Wednesday, spotlighting a move that may stir China's fears of U.S. involvement in South China Sea disputes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
The Real Breaking Bad: How the Drug War Creates Collateral Damage
05-09-2012
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Reason TV
In 2007 the DEA reclassified iodine as a controlled substance and named Polar Pure in particular as a product that was of concern to the DEA. The DEA told Wallace and Ottenberg, they could continue to operate their business but they would have to pay
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
You, Sir, Are an Extremist
05-09-2012
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The Agitator
That Tea Party extremist nut Rand Paul is at it again. First, he was the only U.S. Senator to openly speak out against renewal of the PATRIOT Act. Then he promised should it become necessary, he’d wage a filibuster to block SOPA. He raised holy hell
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Two California policemen ordered to trial over videotaped beating death
05-09-2012
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Reuters
A judge ordered two Southern California policemen to stand trial on homicide charges in the death of a schizophrenic homeless man who was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by a group of officers last July.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Family pleads for U.S. prisoner at heart of Afghan peace push
05-09-2012
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Reuters
The family of Bowe Bergdahl, a US. soldier held prisoner by the Taliban since 2009, says it is frustrated more than a year of covert diplomacy has been unable to free their son and is urging President Obama to push harder for his release.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police arrest man after mistaking him for dead twin brother
05-09-2012
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The Sideshow
An innocent man was arrested and jailed for nearly two days for a crime allegedly committed by his now-dead twin brother.
"If they would've trusted me, if they would've given me the benefit of the doubt, if they would've done that, none of this wo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Currencies
Federal Reserve Approves Chinese Takeover Of American Bank
05/09/2012
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The Associated Press on CBS
The Federal Reserve has for the first time given approval for a large Chinese bank to purchase a U.S. bank. It also gave approval to two other large Chinese banks to expand their operations in the United States.
The Fed board announced Wednesday i
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Matt Schnackenberg
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Envisat, Now Quiet for Nearly a Month, Is Declared Dead by the ESA
05-09-2012
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http://www.popsci.com,By Clay Dillow
PopSci reported almost a month ago that the European Space Agency had lost contact with its flagship Earth-observing satellite. Today, we must relay with heavy hearts that Envisat has been declared dead on orbit. The ESA will suspend recovery efforts
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Wristband Sensors Can Detect, and Possibly Predict, Life-Threatening Seizures
05-09-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Some seizures briefly incapacitate, while other seizures can be deadly. Knowing the difference is obviously of grave importance, but figuring out which is which is difficult.
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News Link • Internet
Do You "Possess" What You View Online?
05-09-2012
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http://www.popsci.com,By Dan Nosowitz
The New York Court of Appeals just ruled that "viewing" child porn online is not the same as "possessing" it. But is the idea of "possessing" a digital file outdated?
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
'Dagger Penises' Cause Early Death of Female Bugs
05-09-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Jennifer Welsh
Violent sex is taken to an extreme in warehouse pirate bugs, where the male uses his daggerlike penis to break though the female's body wall and insert sperm directly into her abdomen.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Salt a Leading Killer Worldwide, Scientists Say
05-09-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Christopher Wanjek
Want to save a few million premature deaths each year? Regulate salt, said researchers at the World Nutrition Rio2012 meeting held here last week.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
World's Smallest Mammoth Discovered
05-09-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Charles Choi
The smallest dwarf mammoth, standing at under 4 feet (about 1 meter) at the shoulders, has been uncovered on the Greek island of Crete, researchers say.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Evolution May Explain 'Runner's High,' Study Says
05-09-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, ScoutNews
The pleasurable feeling known as "runner's high" that's triggered by aerobic exercise may have played a role in the evolution of humans' ability to run long distances, a new study suggests.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
One-quarter of grouper species being fished to extinction
05-09-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Andrew Ng
Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Peru says 5,000 birds, nearly 900 dolphins dead
05-09-2012
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http://phys.org, AFP
The Peruvian government said Wednesday that 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, and nearly 900 dolphins have died off the country's northern coast, possibly due to rising temperatures in Pacific waters.
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News Link • Surveillance
Top regulator urges online 'do not track' law
05-09-2012
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http://phys.org, AFP
A top US regulator urged Congress Wednesday to enact an online privacy law that includes "do not track" mechanisms for consumers on the Internet, amid indications of a split among lawmakers.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Google wants Oracle copyright trial rematch
05-09-2012
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http://phys.org, AFP
Google on Wednesday confirmed that it wants a new trial on the copyright portion of a legal battle being fought with Oracle in San Francisco federal court.
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News Link • Corruption
SEC charges ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in investment scheme
05-09-2012
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The Lookout
The Security and Exchange Commission today charged the former mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick with secretly exchanging lavish gifts to peddle his influence over the investment process of the city's pension funds.
The SEC also charged Jeffrey W.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Appeals court chokes off Gitmo reviews
05-09-2012
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AP
The federal appeals court in Washington has effectively blunted a 2008 Supreme Court decision giving terrorist suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval brig the right to contest their confinement.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Did You Know That Transparent Aluminum Exists?
05-09-2012
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OhGizmo
Maybe you watched Star Trek IV and thought the idea of having a whale tank made from transparent aluminum to be one of those far fetched sci-fi gimmicks. But would you be surprised to find out that at the time the movie was made, that particular mate
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Iran
US Pressuring India To Cut Crude Imports From Iran
05-09-2012
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Press TV(Iran)
The US is mounting pressure on India to scale back its oil imports from Iran as part of Washington's campaign to force Tehran into abandoning its nuclear energy program. "There is adequate supply in the market for India to find adequate sources,"
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Be an Extra in Atlas Shrugged Part 2
05-09-2012
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blog.atlasshruggedmovie.com
The more you tweet and share, the more chance you have to be cast so, tweet and share early and often - We’ll be selecting an extra this Friday afternoon and flying the selectee and a guest to LA this coming Monday, May 14th - all expenses paid. Or,
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Your bomb shelter could let the gov't seize your home
05-09-2012
It seems that Mr. Del Rio had an underground bunker, and apparently in Austin, Texas that enough to have the SWAT team storm your home and hold you at gun point.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Food
Real Natural Food Culture with Dr. Sears
05-09-2012
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arclein
He writes, “Even the Department of Agriculture is on the side of plant-based diets.” Well, they would be, because that’s where the profit is. The Department of Agriculture exists to promote the interests of American farmers, not to protect you and me
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Paydirt on Mars
05-09-2012
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arclein
"These bright mineral veins are different from anything seen previously on Mars, and they tell a clear story of water flowing through cracks in the rocks," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He is the principal investigator for
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Largest Known True Croc Identified
05-09-2012
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arclein
"It’s the largest known true crocodile,” says Christopher Brochu, associate professor of geoscience. “It may have exceeded 27 feet in length. By comparison, the largest recorded Nile crocodile was less than 21 feet, and most are much smaller.”
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robert klein
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News Link • Seriously?
Seriously? Michele Bachmann Claims Swiss Citizenship?
05-09-2012
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Politico via Daily Paul
I was looking for 'The Onion' as the source...!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Nomination speech for Ernest Hancock for LNC chair
05-09-2012
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YouTube.com
After NOTA won for National Chair (None Of The Above is always a voting option at Libertarian Party Conventions) Ernest Hancock was nominated for National Chair of the Libertarian Party. (Geoff Neal was elected LNC Chair)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Wallet Voting
Send Wheels Off Liberty to Porcfest 2012!
05-09-2012
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http://donttreadonmeme.com
We’re raising $400 to send Mike and Jamie once again to the Porcupine Freedom Festival in Lancaster, NH. It’s the week-long annual summer festival by the Free State Project, a movement to bring 20,000 friends-of-liberty to the arguably free[est] stat
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Drew
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Reform, Congressional Panel
05-09-2012
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C-Span Video
Representatives Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) testified on their differing legislative proposals to reform the Federal Reserve System. (Also - Ron Paul Subcommittee Examines Proposals to Reform or Abolish Federal Reserve - Video)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI Raids “Domestic Terrorist” Camp in Florida
05-09-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
A raid conducted by federal authorities and local law enforcement in Florida is being used to portray anti-government sentiment as dangerous and potentially violent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Occupy Bilderberg Gathers Steam
05-09-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Massive activist effort to shine spotlight on secretive global elite
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Propaganda
Top Republican Calls for Stepped-Up Interventionism in Latin America
05-09-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Bogeymen like Iran and drug cartels are the pretext, while maintaining hegemony is the goal
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
After Americans become outraged with TSA, CIA announces airplane bombing thwarted
05-09-2012
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http://rt.com
American officials say they uncovered an al-Qaeda-made bomb that could have successfully passed through TSA’s security checkpoints
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Afghan tension: ‘US military, CIA out of control’
05-09-2012
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http://rt.com
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has warned that the strategic pact with the US will be meaningless if the US continues killing Afghan civilians
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
In Congress, Dem and GOPer Working Together to Change the NDAA
05-09-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Adam Serwer
With Congress getting ready to assemble the next big defense authorization bill, two House members are coming together across party lines to ensure that everyone arrested in the United States"even suspected terrorists"gets a fair trial.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Portugal to scrap four public holidays
05-09-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
Church agrees to suspension of two religious days as Lisbon cuts public holidays from 14 to 10 in latest austerity move.
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