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Date Sent: 2012-12-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, December 22, 2012 |
UK pays Iraqi torture victims millions in compensation--NY Gov: Gun Confiscation & Forced Buy-back
With Farm Bill Stalled, Consumers May Face Soaring Milk Prices -- [German] People Who Pay More Taxes Are Happier, Research Suggests -- Former TSA agent blogs -- DEA warns: No free pass for medical pot -- Officer faces felony charge for shooting dog -- Cop arrests sober people for DUI and lies in court -- FBI vs. Actress Jean Seberg -- Scratch a "Liberal," find a Fascist: The Case of Barbara Boxer - by William Grigg -- Sandy Hook Massacre: Sympathy from the Devil - by William Grigg -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 23, 2012 Edition -- 12 Gold Bugs Bring Christmas Cheer -- THREE KINGS & DICTATORSHIP
AT CHRISTMAS -- Bitcoin’s Potential Impact on the Global Gaming
Industry -- Egypt readies for referendum on draft of new constitution -- Flutter Adds Gestural Controls to Netflix, YouTube, and More -- Last Call For Full Capacity Magazines! -- JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP -- Ben Swann Reality Check 12/20/2012: Reduce violent crime by issuing more concealed carry permits -- Piers Morgan had his butt kicked again! This time by Ted Nugent.
Classic -- Connecticut Shootings: What No One Dares Say -- How A Couple
Of Guys Are Building A Homemade Rocket Ship for the Masses -- NDAA Fuels Militarization, Enriches Defense Corporations, Expands Empire -- Chuck Hagel Pushback: Israel Group Airs Attack Ad -- Quotations from our new NDAA brief
Gunowner's News Hour hosted by Larry Pratt,
Saturday's 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST on USARadio.Com
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News Link • Iraq
U.K. pays Iraqi torture victims millions in compensation
12-21-2012
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The Guardian
The Ministry of Defence has paid out £14m in compensation and costs to hundreds of Iraqis who complained that they were illegally detained and tortured by British forces during the five-year occupation of the south-east of the country.
Hundreds mo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
New York Gov: Gun Confiscation and Forced Buy-back an Option
12-21-2012
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Prison Planet
New York governor Andrew Cuomo says the state of New York is serious about gun confiscation.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
With Farm Bill Stalled, Consumers May Face Soaring Milk Prices
12-21-2012
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New York Times
Forget the fiscal crisis and the automatic budget cuts. Come Jan. 1, there is a threat that milk prices could rise to $6 to $8 a gallon if Congress does not pass a new farm bill that amends farm policy dating back to the Truman presidency.
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Powell Gammill
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![[German] People Who Pay More Taxes Are Happier, Research Suggests](https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Pix/338/12/338-1221205339.jpg)
News Link • TAXES: Federal
[German] People Who Pay More Taxes Are Happier, Research Suggests
12-21-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
"No single reason accounted for why those with a heftier tax bill were happier, but the economists found some evidence supporting several potential factors. One could be that people enjoy the public goods and services made possible by taxes."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Former TSA agent blogs
12-21-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
I've discovered nirvana! One of the TSA's former employees " shockingly enough, a guy with a sense of humor and enough smarts to damn the agency, resoundingly no less " has a blog entitled Taking Sense Away
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
DEA warns: No free pass for medical pot
12-21-2012
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John J. Arvanitis, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division, told the Herald in an exclusive interview that the feds will probe pot pharmacies as they see fit.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Commerce City officer faces felony charge for shooting dog
12-21-2012
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A Commerce City police officer faces a potentially career-ending felony charge after the shooting of a dog last month that was captured on video.
The Adams County district attorney is still investigating the incident but said Thursday one of the o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FBI vs. Actress Jean Seberg
12-21-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The U.S. government showed its totalitarian face by harassing Seberg for years and driving her into nervous despair. A false story planted in the LA Times and Newsweek led to a miscarriage that killed her baby and eventually to her death
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Scratch a "Liberal," find a Fascist: The Case of Barbara Boxer
12-21-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California, a bottomless fountain of foolishness, has proposed a measure that would permit governors to deploy National Guard troops to provide "security" at government-run schools.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sandy Hook Massacre: Sympathy from the Devil
12-21-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Every time children die in an outbreak of violence, “I react not as a president, but as anybody else would as a parent,” continued the head of a regime that will not explain to Nasser al-Awlaki why his son and grandson were murdered by presidential d
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Wallet Voting
Bitcoin’s Potential Impact on the Global Gaming Industry
12-21-2012
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http://calvinayre.com
One of the more popular discussion panels at the recent Social Gaming Asia Summit 2012 featured BitInstant’s Erik Voorhees and Roger Ver discussing the Bitcoin ‘crypto currency’ and its potential impact on the global gaming industry. The dynamic duo
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Drew
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt readies for referendum on draft of new constitution
12-21-2012
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upi.com
Amid protests, arrests and accusations of prison detention and beatings, Egypt will vote on the draft of its new constitution.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Bare Bones Survival, by Blake R.
12-21-2012
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Survivalblog.com
With an endless and ever-growing supply of preparedness items and gadgets for TEOTWAWKI, it is easy to forget where we all came from.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ben Swann Reality Check 12/20/2012: Reduce violent crime by issuing more concealed carry permits
12-21-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Ben Swann Reality Check 12/20/2012: Reduce violent crime by issuing more concealed carry permits
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Conspiracies
The Evidence Compiled - In One Place. What do we KNOW for Sure that ISN'T Hearsay?
12-21-2012
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Daily Paul.com
So far I've seen dozens of conflicting stories. I've seen some very convincing theories of actors playing roles. I've seen some fairly conclusive evidence of look-alikes...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
From Elon Musk to MacGyver: The Tech Superheroes You Most Want to Be
12-21-2012
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Wired.com
Kids often dream of donning a mask and matching cape and flying out into the night to save the world using their awesome superpowers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
NDAA Fuels Militarization, Enriches Defense Corporations, Expands Empire
12-21-2012
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antiwar.com
Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) gave the following speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on December 20, 2012.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Chuck Hagel Pushback: Israel Group Airs Attack Ad
12-21-2012
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www.770kob.com
As pro-Israel groups continue to wrangle over Chuck Hagel, reportedly President Obama’s likely nominee for secretary of defense, the conservative Emergency Committee for Israel plans to air a new ad on cable TV.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
US Lost More Troops to Suicide Than Combat in 2012
12-21-2012
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antiwar.com
Suicide Records Continue to Grow
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Quotations from our new NDAA brief
12-21-2012
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DownsizeDC.Org
We filed another brief in the Chris Hedges case challenging the legalized kidnapping provisions of the 2012 NDAA.
Our attorneys, Bill Olson and Herb Titus, did another great job.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Peace Activists Challenge Legality Of FBI Infiltration, Spying On Anti-War Groups
12-20-2012
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mintpress.net
“The U.S. government has spied on political dissidents throughout history.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death
Book Bags Banned At Some Local Schools
12-20-2012
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miami.cbslocal.com
Some school officials in South Florida are taking no chances over the next 48 hours as rumors of possible shootings and other violence have taken hold with Friday being the one week anniversary of the deadly Connecticut school shootings.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Boehner: W.H. has ‘done nothing’ on cliff talks
12-20-2012
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politico.com
Speaker John Boehner, using his harshest tone of the fiscal cliff debate, said the White House has “done nothing” since he relented on letting low tax rates lapse on wealthy Americans.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Print
Is the New York Times About To Be Sold?
12-20-2012
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slate.com
Expect the Ochs-Sulzbergers to make headlines in their own New York Times in 2013.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sue the Gun Makers, and the Sellers, Too
12-20-2012
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slate.com
Congress should repeal the bad law that shields them from liability.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns, Security, and Liberty
12-20-2012
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fff.org
The barrage of anti-gun-rights rhetoric in the aftermath of last week’s massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut was predictable.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Media Calls for Obama to Act Like a Dictator and Ban Guns
12-20-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Reuters and other mainstream media outlets are calling on Obama to revoke the second amendment.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
If Obama's opposed to guns, why did his admin just purchase 1.6 bil rounds of ammo/sniper rounds
12-20-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
“An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland.” " Adolf Hitler, 1922.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Piers Morgan’s Sarcasm About School Massacre Stokes Anger
12-20-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
After lecturing Americans for days about the need to eviscerate their second amendment rights, CNN host Piers Morgan stoked further controversy when he sarcastically agreed with a tweet that accused him of being “gleeful” about the Connecticut school
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Argentine Mom Rescues 900 Sex Slaves
12-20-2012
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arclein
What began as a one-woman campaign a decade ago developed into a movement and Trimarco today is a hero to hundreds of women she's rescued from Argentine prostitution rings. She's been honoured with the "Women of Courage" award by the U.S. State D
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robert klein
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News Link • Afghanistan
Did general David Petraeus grant friends access to top secret files?
12-20-2012
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independent.co.uk
Petraeus was forced out of the CIA in part because his mistress read sensitive documents.
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