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Date Sent: 2012-12-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 3, 2012 AM edition |
‘Breaking the Taboo’: US presidents admit drug policies were wrong in new documentary
US government releases once-secret Watergate files -- Flow of Arms to Syria Through Iraq Persists, to U.S. Dismay -- Attackers at U.S.-Afghan Base Wore Coalition Uniforms -- Cop’s Lawsuit Over Quotas Is Reinstated -- Say ‘bonjour’ or it’s ‘au revoir’, French mayor demands -- The Truth about the Minimum Wage -- Iraqi refugee arrested for bombing Arizona Social Security office with IED, media silence ensues -- The American Roots of the Ugandan Anti-Gay Law -- Goldman Sachs' Global Coup D'etat -- What I Saw During Operation Pillar of Defense --
Announcing the Winners of the 2012 FPP Peace Prize -- Abolishing the
Dollar Makes Sense -- Federal Judge Rules Deputy had Right to Seize
Camera from Home without Warrant
AZ: Christmas Party at the
Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012, 6:30 p.m. til ???; 2012
Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast & Fundraiser Saturday
December 15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Scott Beiser needs his friends
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News Link • Drug War
‘Breaking the Taboo’: US presidents admit drug policies were wrong in new documentary
12-02-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A documentary film that features interviews with former US presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton among them, admitting their drug-related policies in the war against drugs were wrong, is set to be released in America next week.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • History
US government releases once-secret Watergate files
12-02-2012
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AP
Watergate Judge Sirica aided the prosecution in pursuing the White House connection to the Democratic headquarters break-in by providing the special prosecutor information from a probation report in which one of the burglars said he was acting
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Flow of Arms to Syria Through Iraq Persists, to U.S. Dismay
12-02-2012
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New York Times
The American effort to stem the flow of Iranian arms to Syria has faltered because of Iraq’s reluctance to inspect aircraft carrying the weapons through its airspace, American officials say.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Attackers at U.S.-Afghan Base Wore Coalition Uniforms
12-02-2012
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New York Times
Taliban forces attacked a large coalition airfield in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, detonating three car bombs near the entrance and engaging in a two-hour gun battle that killed nine insurgents, four Afghan guards and at least four civilians who
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Officer’s Lawsuit Over Quotas Is Reinstated
12-02-2012
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New York Times
A federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit filed by a New York City police officer who accused his superiors of violating his First Amendment rights by punishing him for reporting the existence of an illegal arrest-quota system.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Say ‘bonjour’ or it’s ‘au revoir’, French mayor demands
12-02-2012
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Residents of a small French town in the Oise region to the north of Paris will have to mind their manners in future after their mayor introduced a new regulation forcing people to be courteous when speaking to staff at the town hall.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
The Truth about the Minimum Wage
12-02-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
People don't like to think that anyone's labor is worth less than the minimum wage. Someone might end up flipping burgers for $5.00 an hour. You might think the minimum wage is a way of paying some sort of dignity premium -- hence language like "livi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Iraqi refugee arrested for bombing Arizona Social Security office with IED, media silence ensues
12-02-2012
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http://pjmedia.com
An Iraqi refugee was arrested in connection with allegedly bombing a Casa Grande, Arizona Social Security Administration office early Friday morning by what appears to an improvised explosive device (IED).
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
The American Roots of the Ugandan Anti-Gay Law
12-02-2012
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Carnal Nation
There's evidence that Uganda's new law criminalizing homosexuality may have come about with the support and encouragement of United States congressmen and fundamentalists.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Israel
What I Saw During Operation Pillar of Defense
11-27-2012
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American Thinker
Arizona Native, daughter to ASU Hillel Director Barton Lee, works with COGAT, coordinating transfers of goods, aid, and delegations into Gaza, and tells what she saw during Operation Amúd ʿAnán.
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Activism
Announcing the Winners of the 2012 FPP Peace Prize
12-2-2012
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Free Press Publications
The FPP Peace Prize was founded in 2009 due to the history of the Nobel Prize Committees reputation for selecting pro-war recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The FPP Peace Prize has a mission to recognize a person (or group) that actively supports a
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Abolishing the Dollar Makes Sense
12-2-2012
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Free Press Publications
Every year or two a proposal comes forth that would abolish the $1 bill and “replace it” with a dollar coin. Such a switch would save estimated $4.4 billion over 30 years or roughly $147 million per year (a drop in the bucket when compared to the fed
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Egypt
The Pyramids and the Constellation of Orion
12-02-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Pyramids are supposed to be monuments to the Pharaohs, tombs to preserve the royal bodies for a continued existence in the afterlife, and yet no bodies have ever been found inside them. This misconception of history has led to some very basic mis
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
Federal Judge Rules Deputy had Right to Seize Camera from Home without Warrant
12-02-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A federal judge ruled this week that a sheriff’s deputy had every right to walk into a person’s home and seize a camera from a citizen, even though the deputy had no warrant nor was the camera used in a commission of a crime.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • How To
FYI: Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?
12-02-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Colin Lecher
The idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it?
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 2, 2012 Edition
11-30-2012
John Semmens
President's Laughable Fiscal Plan Called “Will of the People”
So-called negotiations to avert going over the “fiscal cliff” got off to an unpromising start when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's presentation of President Obama's “plan” generat
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News Link • Drug War
The Tools of Mexico’s Drug Cartels, From Landmines to Monster Trucks
11-30-2012
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Wired.com
It can be a little deceiving to think of Mexico's drug cartels as simply gangsters. Instead, they've blurred boundaries between organized crime and quasi-military insurgents, seized swathes of territory and become some of the world's most dangerous c
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Defense Chief Sounds Ready to Hit Iran, Thanks in Part to Iron Dome
11-30-2012
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Wired.com
Israel’s retiring defense chief thinks Iran needs to be “coerced” in 2013 from building an atom bomb, despite any U.S. hopes that sanctions will bring Tehran to the negotiating table.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Opinion • Obama Administration
Costco's Dividend Tax Epiphany
11-30-2012
Menckens Ghost
When President Obama needed a business executive to come to his campaign defense, Jim Sinegal was there. The Costco co-founder, director and former CEO even made a prime-time speech at the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
11-30-12 -- Will Grigg - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Will Grigg (award-winning investigative journalist, writer, producer) on the status of civil liberties in America, good cop vs. bad cop, freedom good...government bad
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Congress looks at doing away with the $1 bill
11-30-2012
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AP
American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what's best for them, either. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Australian navy ship raided
11-30-2012
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Reuters
Intruders escape with weapons in a raid on an Australian navy vessel.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Only three major U.S. cities see economic recovery: study
11-30-2012
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Reuters
Retailers moving into old downtown buildings, an abundance of freshly planted greenspaces, and a stream of new jobs in Knoxville, Tennessee, are all signs to Mayor Madeline Rogero that for the last year prosperity has been blooming in her city.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Chinese, U.S. soldiers complete disaster relief drill amid Asia tensions
11-30-2012
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Reuters
Chinese and American soldiers finished a week-long disaster rescue exercise on Friday, furthering military ties between the two countries even as military tensions rise between China and U.S. military allies in the Pacific region.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
ASEAN chief voices alarm at China plan to board ships in disputed waters
11-30-2012
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Reuters
China's plan to board and search ships that illegally enter what it considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea could spark naval clashes and hurt the region's economy, Southeast Asia's top diplomat warned on Friday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Erin Burnett’s Shouting Match With Julian Assange Shows Hypocrisy On Both Sides
11-30-2012
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Prison Planet
Erin Burnett of CNN put Julian Assange “Out Front” for an 11-minute interview Nov. 28, and the shouting match that concluded the segment had very little to do with the subject of the interview.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
FAA: Drone Operators Have Zero Privacy Obligations
11-30-2012
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Prison Planet
In a response to questions from lawmakers, the Federal Aviation Authority admitted that surveillance drone operators have zero privacy obligations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Assange to RT: Entire nations intercepted online, key turned to totalitarian rule
11-30-2012
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RT.com
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says all the necessary physical infrastructure for absolute totalitarianism through the internet is ready. He told RT that the question now is whether the turnkey process that already started will go all the way.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Police State
Congress Askes The FAA To Expand Drone Use ‘Inside’ The U.S. (Video)
11-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Congress has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to find a safe way to expand the use of drones in the U.S.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
CIA-Sponsored Trolls Monitor Internet & Interact With Users to Discredit Factual Information
11-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In July of this year it became apparent through a flood of mainstream media reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) was “desperate to hire new hacking talent to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure” yet the NSA is notorious for its su
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Hamas says Gaza conflict, U.N. recognition go together
11-30-2012
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Reuters
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state won by his rival Mahmoud Abbas should be seen alongside Gaza's latest conflict with Israel as a single, bold strategy that could empower all Palestinians.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • European Union
Eurozone crisis live: German parliament approves Greek deal
11-30-2012
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The Guardian
A new opinion poll suggests that the German people are rather unenthusiastic about the Greek aid package (which their elected representatives just approved).
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning gives evidence for first time
11-30-2012
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The Guardian
Manning takes stand at pre-trial hearing and speaks at length about his treatment by the military following his arrest in 2010
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
U.N. Assembly, in Blow to U.S., Elevates Status of Palestine
11-29-2012
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New York Times
More than 130 countries voted on Thursday to upgrade Palestine to a nonmember observer state of the United Nations, a triumph for Palestinian diplomacy and a sharp rebuke to the United States and Israel.
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Powell Gammill
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