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Date Sent: 2012-08-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, August 27, 2012 PM ed. |
Over 10,000 supporters brave Tropical Storm Isaac to see Ron Paul speak at USF
Anti-Obama documentary has strong showing at the box office -- Mychal
Massie on the Obamas -- Arizona Delegates Advised to "Stay in the Hotel
for the Day" -- Vets Rounded-up Nationwide, People Disappearing: It’s beginning to Look a Lot Like Hitler -- HOW RON PAUL WINS TAMPA AND ROMNEY GETS DISQUALIFIED, ARRESTED OR FLEES TO FRANCE... -- Police find bricks, pipes and 'anarchist' graffiti on rooftop -- 08-27-12 -- Sen. Karen Johnson - Jeffrey Tucker - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F. 9-Noon (EST) -- 79% of GM's sales last month were government purchased -- Libertarian Legion Stands Ready to Accept Torch From Paul -- Brian Doherty: Paul Festival: The Fight for the Ron Paul Grassroots' Soul --
Live Stream: Republican National Convention - Mon. 08/27/12 -- Tom
Woods Speaks At PAUL Festival -- Audit the Pentagon! -- Politico: Ron Paul delegates get nosebleed seats -- RNC reports that the convention is postponed until Tuesday due to Hurricane Isaac -- Full Unedited Ron Paul Speech @ We Are The Future Rally - Tampa Sun Dome - Aug 26 2012 -- The immigration factor: the reasons for endless immigration -- 7.4 Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR Tsunami Warning!! 8-27-12 -- We Arm the World! US Dominates Global Arms Sales -- Ron Paul declines to endorse Romney, spurns convention speaking slot -- Bill Nye: Please don’t teach your kids creationism, because it is crazy -- Obama’s Manufactured US Veteran Threat Will Justify Martial Law -- Romney Under Secret Control Of Mormon Church -- Israeli vets confess to 'no mercy' abuse of Palestinian 'terrorist' kids -- ‘Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down Interpol website -- Historic Tehran NAM Summit
AZ: Our Libertarian Write-In Candidates Need Your Support Tomorrow!
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Over 10,000 supporters brave Tropical Storm Isaac to see Ron Paul speak at USF
08-27-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
A quick glance at the crowd might make one think they were at a rock concert, but a closer look reveals people wearing shirts with phrases like "Ron Paul won't tread on you" and "I'm crazy like Ron Paul".
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Anti-Obama documentary has strong showing at the box office
08-27-2012
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ABC Action News
The weekend's new wide releases were overshadowed by "2016: Obama's America," which expanded from limited to nationwide release and took in $6.2 million to finish at No. 8.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Former Model Defeats Breast Cancer with Diet
08-27-2012
a strict metabolic diet and receiving high-dose intravenous injections of vitamin C has helped successfully reverse the progression of her breast cancer, to the shock of many conventional doctors.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Starchild DNA Paper been Prepared For Peer Review
08-27-2012
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arclein
This scenario represents an incomparably more challenging task, since most techniques for studying life were developed using examples existing on Earth. Did the entity use DNA, RNA and proteins to store and utilize genetic information? How can one be
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News Link • Politics
Mychal Massie on the Obamas
08-27-2012
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arclein
they are elitist Leninists with contempt for traditional America. They display disrespect for the sanctity of the office he holds, and for those who are willing to admit same,Michelle Obama's raw contempt for white America is transpicuous.
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News Link • Police State
Vets Rounded-up Nationwide, People Disappearing: It’s beginning to Look a Lot Like Hitler
08-27-2012
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http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com
Marine Veteran Brandon Raub’s Attorney says he is getting calls from veterans and people all over the country reporting psychiatric detention for political speech. (Glenn Beck interview VIDEO)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Police find bricks, pipes and 'anarchist' graffiti on rooftop
08-27-2012
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The Blaze
Police are investigating links between the Aug. 15 posting of a YouTube video allegedly by the hacker group Anonymous and the discovery of pipes and bricks on a downtown Tampa rooftop two days later.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Government Waste
79% of GM's sales last month were government purchased
08-27-2012
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www.pushbacknow.com
Remember how obama keeps telling us how he saved GM, and how our economy is getting better, it seems the car company he bought is being saved by Govt employees using our tax money to buy new cars.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Libertarian Legion Stands Ready to Accept Torch From Paul
08-27-2012
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www.nytimes.com
The future of what Ron Paul started rests with supporters like Ashley Ryan, who will attend Mr. Paul’s final presidential campaign rally here with decidedly mixed feelings.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Brian Doherty: Paul Festival: The Fight for the Ron Paul Grassroots' Soul
08-27-2012
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www.reason.com
The Ron Paul grassroots are celebrating their final hurrah, at least during the actual political career of their inspiration, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), at Tampa’s Florida fairgrounds this weekend.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Veteran Declared ‘Mentally Defective,’ Has Guns Seized
08-27-2012
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www.infowars.com
Just a day after Brandon Raub was released following his incarceration in a psychiatric ward over political Facebook posts, news has emerged of a similar case involving a veteran who had his guns seized after being labeled a “mental defective’ and fa
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Tom Woods Speaks At PAUL Festival
08-27-2012
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www.youtube.com
"Whatever you do, remember the example of Ron Paul. In a world of cowards, stick to your principles. In a sea of lies, tell the truth. Into the darkness, shine a light. Do those things, be that person. That is what Ron Paul wants from you. Be courage
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
RNC reports that the convention is postponed until Tuesday due to Hurricane Isaac
08-27-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
UPDATE: If you are a delegate, you might still want to report on Monday. The RNC may be trying to trick the Paul delegates by telling them that Monday is entirely cancelled.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Natural Disasters
7.4 Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR Tsunami Warning!! 8-27-12
08-27-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by Qronos16
7.4 Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR Tsunami Warning!! 8-27-12
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
We Arm the World! US Dominates Global Arms Sales
08-27-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
An “extraordinary increase” over the $21.4 billion in deals for 2010
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul declines to endorse Romney, spurns convention speaking slot
08-27-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Jonathan Terbush
Ron Paul refused to accept the terms demanded by Republican convention planners in order for him to receive a speaking slot at this week’s convention, with Paul in part spurning the invite because he says he does not fully endorse Mitt Romney’s candi
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Bill Nye: Please don’t teach your kids creationism, because it is crazy
08-27-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Jonathan Terbush
Bill Nye, host of the popular nineties children’s show Bill Nye the Science Guy, is warning parents to not teach their children creationism because, he says, it does them a disservice by undermining their scientific understanding and development.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Manufactured US Veteran Threat Will Justify Martial Law
08-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Susanne Posel
Forget about al-Qaeda and state-sponsored radicalized Muslims, the newest Boogeyman that the US government wants the American public to fear are our own US veterans.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney Under Secret Control Of Mormon Church
08-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Pat Dollard
Abby Huntsman, the daughter of former Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman and descendant of one of the 12 original Mormon apostles and now a former member of the church slammed Romney and the Mormon faith on Huffington Post live.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Pakistan govt to keep 11yo Christian girl in jail 'for own safety'
08-27-2012
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http://rt.com
Pakistani police blocked a bail request for the minor who reportedly suffers from Down’s syndrome, claiming her release would endanger her life and that of her family.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Tehran hosts Non-Aligned Movement summit with focus on Syria
08-27-2012
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http://rt.com
Leaders of 120 countries have gathered in Tehran to attend 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israeli vets confess to 'no mercy' abuse of Palestinian 'terrorist' kids
08-27-2012
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http://rt.com
Israeli veterans have spoken out, describing a degrading culture of abuse and harassment of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Anonymous
‘Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down Interpol website
08-27-2012
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http://rt.com
Hactivist group Anonymous claims to have taken down the websites of Interpol and a British police force as part of a campaign calling for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Why was a Navy adviser stripped of her career?
08-26-2012
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Washington Post
But she was not prepared a few years later in Bahrain when she encountered plans by high-ranking admirals to confront Iran, any one of which, she reckoned, could set the region on fire. It was 2007, and Todd, then 42, was a top political adviser to t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Space Elevator Project Shoots for the Moon
08-26-2012
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Space
A space elevator capable of shuttling robots or humans from the Earth to space remains decades away. But a company headed by a former NASA researcher says it can build a space elevator on the moon using today's technology.
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News Link • Food
Our Products Are So Darn Safe That We Don't Want You to Know What's in Them
08-26-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The Big Agra-Big Food Complex is pouring it on in California's Proposition 37. They don't want consumers to know what is in the foods they manufacture. Yet all over the great United States, artisanal food makers are put out of business due to labelin
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Behave, All You Bad Little Serfs
08-26-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Why does the TSA allow some people sometimes to evade its perverts’ groping? “TSA can remove Pre-Check status at any time … If a passenger misbehaves or harasses agents, TSA also can add the person to a watch list,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Ol' Double Standard
08-26-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
"Questions have been raised over the New York police department's handling of a shooting near the Empire State Building after armed officers injured nine passers-by....Compare that with the disciplined defense the owner of a jewelry store mounted
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida Deputy Uses Spidey-Sense to Establish Probable Cause
08-26-2012
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The Agitator
Fornal’s dash cam and microphone clearly show McNeal, denying the search. More deputies arrived. They brought in a drug dog, which miraculously didn’t alert. They searched the car anyway, based solely on Dep. Fornal’s olfactory gifts.
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News Link • Drug War
Legalize Marijuana...so sorry, Treaty Law trumps State Law
08-26-2012
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The Agitator
Alternet.org has a very thoughtful article by three members of the New York City Bar Association’s Drugs and the Law Committee on the way international treaties impact efforts to legalize marijuana in the U.S.
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News Link • Military
From Bug Drones to Disease Assassins, Super Weapons Rule U.S. War Game
08-26-2012
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David Axe via WIRED.com
A rogue state is on the verge of developing a deadly biological weapon against which the rest of the world has no defense. Its connections to extremist groups and smugglers, regime could be planning to launch bio attacks on U.S. allies and interests.
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News Link • Housing
U.S. Attorneys and the Contrived Prosecution of Victoria Sprouse
08-26-2012
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The Agitator
Federal prosecutor Matt Martens was able to rig both the prosecution and the defense by seizing Sprouse’s assets and forcing her to drop her attorney and depend upon public defenders that had no intention of mounting a defense.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Facebook Tackles (Really) Big Data With ‘Project Prism’
08-26-2012
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Cade Matz via WIRED.com
Today, countless websites are facing the epic amounts of online data that first hit Facebook a half decade ago. But according to Facebook engineering bigwig Jay Parikh, these sites have it so much easier.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sick And Tired
08-26-2012
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
I'm talking about the guns that have historically kept talking blobs of mucus like Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton, both George Bushes, and Barack Obama from throwing saddles on us and riding us around like ponies.
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News Link • Afghanistan
What Surge? Afghanistan’s Most Violent Places Stay Bad, Despite Extra Troops
08-26-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Spencer Ackerman
When President Obama surged 30,000 additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan in 2010, the new forces were concentrated overwhelmingly on two volatile areas of southern Afghanistan: Helmand and Kandahar Provinces.
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News Link • Internet
FCC Launching Huge Internet Tax
08-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
Get ready for another transfer of wealth via government confiscation. The FCC is ready to tax internet service in order to fund its Connect America Fund boondoggle.
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News Link • European Union
Italy's instability deepened by "pigsty" law
08-26-2012
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http://www.reuters.com,By Barry Moody
So bad it is universally known as the "pigsty", Italy's electoral law is at the center of political instability that is stoking fears the euro zone's third-largest economy could topple into a Greek-style debt crisis.
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News Link • Military
Study: Troops suffer concussions during combat training
08-26-2012
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Pro Publica via The RawStory.com
A new military study has found that almost 6 percent of soldiers who took hand-to-hand combat courses at a Texas Army base were struck in the suffered symptoms the Pentagon says are consistent with concussions, also mild traumatic brain injuries
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News Link • World News
Britain withdraws threat to raid Ecuador’s embassy
08-26-2012
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http://rt.com
Ecuador says Britain has withdrawn a threat to raid its embassy to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - easing tensions between the two nations in their ongoing diplomatic standoff.
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News Link • Syria
Pentagon Prepares to Seize Syria's Weapon Supply
8-26-2012
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Free Press Publications
In late August the Pentagon announced a contingency plan is in place for seizing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal should President Obama order them to do so, and that the plan involves sending “small teams” of special operations forces into Syria.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Tesla’s Revenge: Filmmakers Kickstart Electrifying Docudrama About Cult Genius
08-26-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Hugh Hart
Inspired by maverick genius Nikola Tesla, Wil Cashen invented an electric pickup truck. Now the Los Angeles-based engineer and entrepreneur wants to pay homage to his role model by making a docudrama about the eccentric Serbian-American inventor.
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