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Date Sent: 2012-09-10
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, September 10, 2012 AM edition |
DOJ gives ATF orders to commit civil forfeiture against medical marijuana gun owners
Nita Ghei’s Column On BATFE’s New Asset Forfeiture Authority -- Did a Creepy Secret Society Steal Geronimo's Bones? -- Maryland legislator’s efforts to curtail NFL player’s support for marriage equality -- U.S. Puts Transfer of Detainees to Afghans on Hold -- Attorney General and Comptroller Play Down Their Roles in Settlement -- Treasury to Sell $18 Billion Worth of Additional A.I.G. Shares -- Principled Democrats Must Leave the Party Now! -- Judge issues apology for blaming sex assault victim before sentencing cop -- Gun Sales Surge: An Obama Bounce? -- Ayn Rand's first appearance on Johnny Carson: Hardly entertainment! Ha! -- We Are Change - Pakistan: Center of the Grand Chessboard -- One Cantaloupe Farmer Calls It Quits After Surviving Listeria Recall This Summer --
Analysis: Returning Congress faces big tasks, likely to do little --
Obama: I’ll work with Republicans if they agree to raise taxes -- Aurora Theater Shooting Court Documents Blows Inside Job Conspiracy Wide Open -- FEMA Trains with Human Shackles Are Real
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News Link • Gun Rights
DOJ gives ATF orders to commit civil forfeiture against medical marijuana gun owners
09-09-2012
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Washington Times
Not charged with a crime, never prosecuted (maybe), but all your guns will be taken, because the Department of Justice has said its OK for ATF to do so,...mere suspicion of drug abuse is all that is required. (And defines "suspicion" anyway?)
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • Freedom's Phoenix
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine - READY FOR DOWNLOAD - Sept 7th, 2012 Edition
09-07-2012
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Freedom's Phoenix Magazine
POWER to the People: The Philosophy of Individual Empowerment (when we no longer need to be on the grid and can supply our own electricity, what would the world look like?)
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Nita Ghei’s Column On BATFE’s New Asset Forfeiture Authority
09-09-2012
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The Agitator
In practice, expanding BATFE authority to seize and administratively forfeit for controlled substance offenses is granting BATFE authority to use fill-in-the-blank catch-alls for seizures and forfeitures.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Did a Creepy Secret Society Steal Geronimo's Bones?
09-09-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Prescott Bush, father of George H.W. and grandfather of George W.--and all three members of the power-elite Skull & Bones--robbed the grave of an opponent of the US imperialism, Geronimo, and installed his skull and bones in the occult
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Maryland legislator’s efforts to curtail NFL player’s support for marriage equality
09-09-2012
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Rawstory
A Maryland delegate who voted against legalizing same sex marriage in the state is under fire after he wrote the owner of the Baltimore Ravens demanding that the team stop one of its players from voicing support for marriage equality.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S. Puts Transfer of Detainees to Afghans on Hold
09-09-2012
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New York Times
On Sunday, however, the United States said it was putting on hold the transfer of about 30 Afghan detainees because of doubts about the government’s commitment to other parts of the memorandum of understanding.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Attorney General and Comptroller Play Down Their Roles in Settlement
09-09-2012
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New York Times
In late May, a lawyer for the New York State Assembly sent a note to his colleagues in the attorney general’s and comptroller’s offices, soliciting their advice.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Treasury to Sell $18 Billion Worth of Additional A.I.G. Shares
09-09-2012
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New York Times
The Treasury Dept said it was planning its biggest sale of shares in the American International Group to date, making the federal government a minority shareholder in the bailed-out insurer for the first time since it took control
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Outrage in Flagstaff, judge issues apology for blaming sex assault victim
09-09-2012
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
A Coconino County Superior Court judge issued an apology for telling a sexual assault victim that she would not have been assaulted had she not been at a bar comments made during the sentencing of former Dept. of Public Safety officer
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Battery Project
Wondrous World of Carbon Nanotubes
09-09-2012
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http://students.chem.tue.nl
Different techniques for nanotube synthesis and their current status are briefly explained. The largest interest is in the newest methods for each technique and the possibilities of scaling up.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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Opinion • Day of Reckoning
Malthus was right...sort of
09-09-2012
Glenn Jacobs
We may well be facing a Malthusian catastrophe--in which the world's population proves unsustainable in regards to the resources available--in the near future. But it won't be the fault of the free market.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
A call for unity between Paul supporters and Johnson supporters.
09-09-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Neverquit
I have seen the war between Ron Paul supporters and Gary Johnson supporters and I think it is rather silly that people in this movement have such a hard time following Ron Paul's advice. It is pretty simple to me.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • General Opinion
Ayn Rand's first appearance on Johnny Carson: Hardly entertainment! Ha!
09-09-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by JohnPhillipSousa
17 solid minutes of AR talking about "Objectivism", defense of Capitalism, Free Markets, Morality of Individual Rights, Right to Privacy, WAR...
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Food
One Cantaloupe Farmer Calls It Quits After Surviving Listeria Recall This Summer
09-09-2012
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One particular listeria recall focused on 580 crates of cantaloupes from Burch Farms. Luckily, no consumers fell ill from the fruit. Nonetheless, Burch Farms announced it will no longer grow cantaloupes, citing risk of contamination is too high.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Analysis: Returning Congress faces big tasks, likely to do little
09-09-2012
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Reuters
One of the most unpopular and unproductive Congresses in modern history returns on Monday from a 5-week recess, facing a crush of big tasks, few of which will likely get done. Lawmakers are expected to be in Washington for only about 2 weeks
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Obama: I’ll work with Republicans if they agree to raise taxes
09-09-2012
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The Ticket
President Obama said he would be "more than happy to work with the Republicans" to trim the swelling national debt " as long as they drop their opposition to raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans". . . .
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Aurora Theater Shooting Court Documents Blows Inside Job Conspiracy Wide Open
09-09-2012
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www.examiner.com
"But not before being shot by the police chief in “non-life-threatening areas” of the body, according to the motion, to appear as having been shot by James Holmes himself."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Hope and Change 2 - Yes We Can, But
09-04-2012
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Jon Stewart, Daily Show
The Best F#@king News Team Ever asks Democratic National Convention delegates for 2012 Obama campaign slogan suggestions that won't be turned into an insufferable pop song.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Obama To Soldiers Overseas: No Voting For You!
09-07-2012
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IBD, Investors.com
The estimated cost of establishing functioning IVAOs at all overseas military bases not in combat zones is estimated at between $15 million and $20 million a year. We wasted $530 million on Solyndra but can't afford a relative pittance to ensure our
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Is There Any Hope of Change?
09-08-2012
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Dr. Robert R. Owens
Either Barak Obama will continue as America's president or he will be unseated and Mitt Romney will replace him. There may be better qualified people running - someone who could inspire and lead us all into a second century of American ascendance; h
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Surveillance
FBI begins installation of $1 billion face recognition system across America
09-08-2012
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RT.com
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reached a milestone in the development of their Next Generation Identification (NGI) program and is now implementing the intelligence database in unidentified locales across the country, New Scientist reports i
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • European Union
ROUBINI: The ECB Will Not Allow Spain And Italy To Game The Bailout
09-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew Boesler
NYU economist Nouriel Roubini was on Bloomberg TV this morning giving his thoughts on the ECB's new bond-buying plan announced yesterday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
CNBC: Investors In Bernie Madoff Have Done Better Than Investors In Big Banks
09-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Julia La Roche
CNBC's David Faber reports that if you had invested $100 four years ago in Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, AIG and convicted ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, this is what you would have as of yesterday’s close:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Has Your State Gone After You Yet, For Unbinding For Ron Paul? Nevada's Starting Their Witch Hun
09-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, ausscyn
In 2008, Sue Lowdown (State Party Chair) turns off the lights, steals the ballot boxes at our State Convention, and later anoints national delegates & just gets a "That wasn't too nice." from the RNC, and NOTHING from the state party (though I did in
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Catherine Austin Fitts: "They're Going to Depopulate or Bankrupt the Rest of Us"
09-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, BarracudTrader
Catherine Austin Fitts calls what happened to the U.S since the market meltdown of 2008 a “fiscal coup d’état.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Government destroys Roll-Your-Own cigarette businesses
09-07-2012
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BETH KARUSCHAK LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A tiny amendment buried in the federal transportation bill to be signed today by President Barack Obama will put operators of roll-your-own cigarette operations in Las Vegas and nationwide out of business at midnight.
Robert Weissen, with his brot
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Police State
ACLU Sues Police for Seizing Man’s Phone After Recording Alleged Misconduct
09-07-2012
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Kim Zetter via WIRED.com
The ACLU has sued the District of Columbia and two police officers for allegedly seizing the cellphone of a man who photographed a police officer allegedly mistreating a citizen, and for then stealing his memory card.
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News Link • Military
U.S. Attack on Iran Would Take Hundreds of Planes, Ships, and Missiles
09-07-2012
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Noah Shachtman via WIRED.com
Should the U.S. actually take Benjamin Netanyahu’s advice and attack Iran, don’t expect a few sorties flown by a couple of fighter jocks. Setting back Iran’s nuclear efforts will need to be an all-out effort, with squadrons of bombers and fighter jet
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Venezuela Holds U.S. Vessel And Crew On Suspicion Of Arms Trafficking
09-07-2012
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Forbes
Since August 29 the ship Ocean Atlas has been at port in Venezuela, where it docked to unload a cargo of equipment. The ship was boarded and searched by armed security personnel, and the captain was detained on suspicion of trafficking in arms or dru
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Owners Lose Possessions After Home Near Twentynine Palms Is Mistakenly Foreclosed
09-07-2012
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CBS News
The owners of a modest home near Twentynine Palms lost their cherished possessions after a bank mistakenly foreclosed their residence. The couple, however, didn’t have a mortgage on the home.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Photographers Can be Detained as Potential Terrorists Under Official LAPD Policy
09-07-2012
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Even as America has remained fairly free of foreign terrorism in recent years, the LAPD this week moved ahead with an official policy that considers taking photos and videotaping of some buildings suspicious activity.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Canada cuts ties with Iran, closes embassy, orders Iranian diplomats home
09-07-2012
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Canada has severed all ties with Iran over its sponsorship of terrorism and amid fears about the safety of diplomats in the country. The Canadian embassy in Tehran will close immediately and Iranian diplomats in Canada have been given 5 days to leave
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Haqqani network to be designated a terrorist group
09-07-2012
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Washington Post
The Obama administration struck a largely symbolic blow against what it considers the most violent and intransigent enemy of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, declaring that it will add the Pakistan-based Haqqani network to its list of terrorist organizati
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