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Date Sent: 2012-12-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, December 13, 2012 PM edition |
Syrian opposition victory possible, but at unacceptable price: Moscow
Bankrupting America -- Ben Swann's 'Full Disclosure': Nullification -- Letter from Boehner to Rep. Justin Amash -- Obama Helps Chinese Investors Purchase US Real Estate to Compensate for 2008 Crash -- Is The Federal Reserve Using Money-Laundering Techniques To Cleanse Banks' Balance Sheets? -- Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions -- Vatican Calls for Global Genocide -- Another Meme Sours? EU Peace
Prize Generates Continued Debate -- Power Elite Bans Classic Books in
US, Seeks Exclusive Narrative -- Ray McGovern interviewed on DemocracyNow regarding Susan Rice -- Growing Doubts About Susan Rice - by Ray McGovern -- The Attorney For Freedom Show -- 12-13-12 -- Jody Clute (Water Fluoridation) - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-NOON (EST) -- France urges foreign military intervention in Mali after PM arrest -- Israel spends $647 million to load up on US munitions following Gaza war -- 10 Signs We Live in a False Economy -- Iceland’s Hörður Torfason: How to Beat the Banksters -- America and Israel Wage War on Humanity -- Uncertainty about Chavez's Health
AZ: America's First Monument to the Bill of Rights - Arizona Dedication Ceremony, Saturday December 15th
10:00 am; 2012 Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast &
Fundraiser Saturday December 15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
PA: East Coast Bitcoin Summit: Philadelphia, Dec. 15,
12:30 - 6PM
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Syrian opposition victory possible, but at unacceptable price " Moscow
12-13-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Moscow has admitted the possibility that the Syrian opposition may emerge victorious as government forces continue to lose more territory as the conflict rages on, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said.
“We must face the facts: the
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News Link • Government
Ben Swann's 'Full Disclosure': Nullification
12-13-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by johncarter444
Ben Swann takes a look at claims by a Florida State Senator and what he thinks of those who believe in nullification.
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News Link • History
DID FDR LURE JAPAN INTO ATTACKING PEARL HARBOR?
12-13-2012
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http://ericmargolis.com, by Eric Margolis
December 10, 2012 " Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 71 years ago this month was a “day that will live in infamy” according to US President Franklin Roosevelt.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Obama Helps Chinese Investors Purchase US Real Estate to Compensate for 2008 Crash
12-13-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is reporting that thanks to foreign investors, the housing market is beginning to make a recovery. These non-American buyers have purchased $82 billion worth of US homes with $7 billion being Chinese and the
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Your Ultimate Survival Binder
12-13-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by Mia M.
One of the most useful items in a well-prepared survivalist’s inventory can help in almost any disaster scenario… and is simple and inexpensive to acquire.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Is The Federal Reserve Using Money-Laundering Techniques To Cleanse Banks' Balance Sheets?
12-13-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by wearewinning
Drug lords, terrorists and shadow-government operators (but I repeat myself) use third party intermediaries to cool off and sanitize hot, dirty, and therefore useless money into pristine-clean and productive money that can be used in legitimate comme
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News Link • New World Order
Vatican Calls for Global Genocide
12-13-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com,
According to Andrew Puhanic, contributor to the alternative media website the Activist Post, the Vatican (the Pope) has called for world government and a New World Order ...
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News Link • European Union
Another Meme Sours? EU Peace Prize Generates Continued Debate
12-13-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com,by Staff Report
When the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize was announced as the EU, the entire press corps (those in attendance) reportedly let out a united groan. This was certainly an unusual reaction for the top reporters of a bought-and-paid-for press.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Power Elite Bans Classic Books in US, Seeks Exclusive Narrative
12-13-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Fahrenheit 451 and other books about censorship got it wrong. The powers-that-be don't want to ban books, they want to ban STORIES.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Ray McGovern interviewed on DemocracyNow regarding Susan Rice
12-13-2012
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DemocracyNow.Org
Beyond Benghazi: Partisan Rift over Susan Rice Ignores Hawkish Record on War, Africa and Keystone XL
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Opinion • Obama Administration
Ray McGovern: My Take
Growing Doubts About Susan Rice
12-13-2012
Ray McGovern
Republicans have blasted U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice for her TV comments about the fatal attack in Benghazi, Libya, but her real unfitness to be Secretary of State rests in her excessive careerism and insufficient compassion, says ex-CIA ana
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News Link • Marc Victor
The Attorney For Freedom Show
12-13-2012
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Mike Wasdin
Tune in to today's Attorney For Freedom Show on KQCK Live at 1:00 pm MST. Marc's guests today will be Professor Butler Shaffer and Ernest Hancock.
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News Link • Military
France urges foreign military intervention in Mali after PM arrest
12-13-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
France has urged rapid foreign military intervention in Mali after the country’s prime minister, Cheikh Modibo Diarra, was arrested and ordered to resign. The UN has threatened sanctions over the move, saying it undermines stability in Mali.
Diarr
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Israel spends $647 million to load up on US munitions following Gaza war
12-13-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Pentagon has approved a deal to supply 6,900 precision bomb kits to replenish Israel’s weapons stockpiles, diminished by the recent war against Hamas in Gaza. The contract is valued at $647 million.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
10 Signs We Live in a False Economy
12-13-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
It’s time to admit that we live in a false economy. Smoke and mirrors are used to make us believe the economy is real, but it’s all an elaborate illusion.
Out of one side of the establishment’s mouth we hear excitement about “green shoots”, and ou
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News Link • Economy - International
Iceland’s Hörður Torfason " How to Beat the Banksters
12-13-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In response to the failed banking system, in October 2008, Iceland’s revolution against this financial tyranny began, rather casually in the street, in front of the Icelandic general assembly.
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News Link • China
China's New MIRV Ballistic Missile Is A Big Deal
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
During the nuclear honed days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed a nuclear missile able to strike anywhere in the U.S.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
There's Not A Single Spending Cut That Republican Voters Support
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiurato
The "compromise" in the fiscal cliff deal from Democrats is supposed to come in the form of spending cuts.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Brazil Is One Of The Few Truly Independent Countries In The World
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Aside from being blessed with great weather, gorgeous beaches, and beautiful people, their country is one of the few that can exist in a state of complete independence from the rest of the world.
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News Link • Transportation
Larry Page Finally Explains Why Google Is Working On Self-Driving Cars
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Nicholas Carlson
In an interview with Fortune's Miguel Helft, Google CEO Larry Page finally explained why Google is so obsessed with self-driving cars.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Great Britain Is Slowly Ditching Christianity
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam Taylor
Officially, the United Kingdom is a Christian country, with the Queen as head of the Church of England. However, new census results show a huge number of Brits are leaving Christianity " and the number of citizens who describes their religion as "non
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News Link • Gun Rights
Court strikes down Illinois' concealed carry ban
12-11-2012
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AP
In a major victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois " the only remaining state where carrying concealed weapons is entirely illegal " and gave lawmakers 180 days
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Belligerent Student Records Himself Berating Cops as they Force themselves into Dorm Room
12-11-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An antagonistic and belligerent college student may not have known the definition of belligerent, but he did know his Constitutional rights when it came to not allowing cops into his dorm room without a warrant.
The cops ended up coming in anyway,
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News Link • Syria
Obama administration formally recognizes Syrian opposition group
12-11-2012
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Washington Post
President Obama formally recognized a newly formed Syrian opposition group as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, the administration hopes will speed the downfall of President Assad and the formation of an alternative government.
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News Link • World News
Neighbors says North Korea has fired a long-range rocket in a defiant move
12-11-2012
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Washington Post
North Korea fired a long-range rocket Wednesday morning in its second launch under its new leader, defying warnings from the U.N. and Washington only days before South Korean presidential elections.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Why Are There No Good Data On Police Use Of Force?
12-11-2012
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Huffington Post
Both private police groups and the FBI keep close statistics on the number of cops killed and assaulted while on the job.* What you won't see are stories about the number of citizens killed by police in 2012. Those data just don't exist at a national
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Pit Bull Mix Owner Says Sheriff's Dept. Not Justified in Killing Dog
12-11-2012
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Patch
Reports of an attack are false, saying that Jimbo, the 2-year-old pit bull mix, didn't even "take two steps" toward the officers. "He didn't bark or anything," Fox told Patch. "He had a tennis ball in his mouth. It's not like he ran out."
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Shakespeare Isn't Important
12-11-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
American literature classics are to be replaced by insulation manuals and plant inventories in US classrooms by 2014. A new school curriculum which will affect 46 out of 50 states will make it compulsory for at least 70 per cent of books studied to b
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Washington City Charges Public $670 to Exercise Constitutional Right
12-11-2012
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the newspaper
A motorist had gone to the courthouse to gather information to use to defend himself found out he was supposed to pay a total of $670 in travel expenses for an employee of Redflex Traffic Systems if he wanted to confront the witnesses against him.
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News Link • Activism
Never Mock the Empire
12-11-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Satirist and Iraq war veteran Essam Attia was arrested by the New York police department after he switched out advertisements from display cases at bus stops and other public locations and replaced them with his own bit of brilliant social critique
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News Link • Economy - International
TORONTO: The Epicenter Of The Gigantic Canadian Housing Bubble
12-11-2012
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Business Insider
As home prices in Canada continue to trend upwards, there's been much discussion about whether this country's housing market is a bubble about to burst.
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News Link • Military
New Camouflage Technology Could Make US Troops Invisible
12-11-2012
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Business Insider
The military has done everything possible to develop a uniform that helps troops blend into whatever environment they might be in, but a Canadian firm may be the one who beat countless development contractors working on hefty tax payer budgets.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Khan Academy Founder Salman Khan Breaks Down The Future Of Education And Learning
12-11-2012
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Business Insider
He was recently on the cover of FORBES and was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people.
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News Link • China
Investors Take To The Streets In China As 'Ponzi' Wealth Management Products Fail
12-11-2012
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Business Insider
Investors knew something was amiss when on November 26th, the wealth management product (WMP) they had bought from Huaxia Bank that promised 11% returns, simply didn't pay out.
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News Link • Housing
Real Estate: Is the Bottom In, Or Is This A Head-Fake?
12-11-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Charles Hugh-Smith
Everyone interested in real estate is asking the same question: Is the bottom in, or is this just another “green shoots” recovery that will soon wilt?
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News Link • Currencies
Inflationary Deflation: Creating A New Bubble In Money
12-11-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Excessive monetary stimulus and low interest rates create financial bubbles.
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News Link • China
As Tibetan self-immolations rise, Beijing tightens grip
12-11-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Michael Martina
As the number of self-immolations in restive Tibetan regions rises sharply, Beijing appears to be tightening rules against the anti-China protests despite hopes the new leadership may take a softer line against Tibet.
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
From Good Jobs To Bad Jobs To No Jobs - The Tragic Downfall Of The American Worker
12-11-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
There was a time in America when virtually anyone that wanted a job could go out and get one and the United States boasted the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Show This To Anyone That Believes That Taxes Are Too Low
12-11-2012
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
Every year average Americans pay dozens of different types of taxes, and yet many of our politicians are very open about the fact that they want to raise rates even higher and invent even more ways to bleed us all dry.
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