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Date Sent: 2013-03-12
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
Labor and Allies, Surprised By Obama’s $9 Minimum Wage Proposal, Scramble to Coordinate
How the US public was defrauded by the hidden cost of the Iraq war -- Afghan War Falling Apart at the Seams -- Florida police gun down disabled man threatening to kill himself with gasoline -- 03-12-13 -- Christina Heller - Officer Rodney Rouzan (MP3 & Video LOADED) -- Audio and Transcript released of Bradley Manning's explanation of his actions -- California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Keep Arms -- Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring -- Obama Wants Lynne Stewart Dead -- Doctor Slams National Debt, Political Correctness, and Health Care, in front of President Obama -- Soldiers’
Engraved Lighters from the Vietnam War -- The Spark - A
Groundbreaking Documentary -- Terminated L.A. Airport Police Officer
Wins Job Back -- In Manifesto, Mexican Eco-Terrorists
Declare War on Nanotechnology -- Gadget
Gets Under the Hood to Bring Analytics to Driving -- Safer Nuclear Power, at
Half the Price -- Paul Ryan Unveils His Balanced Budget Plan -- Hacker Leaks Sensitive Information Of Top Government
Officials And Celebrities -- Turkey Targets Press Freedom -- New
York Times v. Hugo Chavez -- Fiat Bitcoins VS Fiat Federal Reserve
Notes
AZ: Silver Circle at Pollack Tempe Cinemas -
April 11th, 2013 - Tempe, AZ -- Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction
with Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, Apr. 13
Checkpoint Content Contest Now Underway!
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News Link • Obama Administration
Labor and Allies, Surprised By Obama’s $9 Minimum Wage Proposal, Scramble to Coordinate
03-12-2013
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http://inthesetimes.org, BY Mike Elk
The president wants $9, Congressional Democrats want $10.10"but everyone’s optimistic.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
How the US public was defrauded by the hidden cost of the Iraq war
03-12-2013
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Michael Boyle
George Bush sold the war as quick and cheap; it was long and costly. Even now, the US is paying billions to private contractors
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan War Falling Apart at the Seams
03-12-2013
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Hagel, Karzai Meet in Private, as Anger Grows at Occupation Forces
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida police gun down disabled man threatening to kill himself with gasoline
03-12-2013
Two officers in Florida have been placed on leave and a family is demanding answers after a suicidal man was shot and killed by police over the weekend. The mother of 43-year-old Arthur Dixon Jr. called St. Petersburg police
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Audio and Transcript released of Bradley Manning's explanation of his actions
03-12-2013
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Freedom of the Press Foundation is publishing the full, previously unreleased audio recording of Private First Class Bradley Manning’s speech to the military court in Ft. Meade about his motivations for leaking over 700,000 government documents
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Keep Arms
03-12-2013
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Bloomberg
Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, 9 California Justice Dept agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in Los Angeles. They were looking for a gun owner who’d recently spent 2 days in a mental hospital.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
03-12-2013
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Technologyreview.com
The world’s largest search engine is now experimenting with jewelry that would eliminate the need to remember dozens of passwords.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Archaeology
Bosnian Pyramids
03-12-2013
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arclein
is completely covered by rectangular concrete blocks. Properties of the concrete, such as extreme hardness and low water absorption, are, according to the scientific institutions in Bosnia, Italy and France, far superior to any
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robert klein
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News Link • Environment
invasive Species Boundary
03-12-2013
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arclein
The review by the Corps found that the section of the Ohio-Erie Canal at Long Lake in Summit County near Akron should be considered as having “medium probability” for providing a pathway for Asian carp now in the Ohio River system to reach Lake Eri
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robert klein
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
‘Zionism’ Means Something Different for Some Muslims
03-12-2013
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arclein
The reason for this is that for years the name Zionism has been thought to be part of the different and false belief known as “goyim.” In the eyes of many Muslims, Zionists imagine they are the only true religious believers in the world, and believe
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robert klein
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News Link • History
Soldiers’ Engraved Lighters from the Vietnam War
03-12-2013
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twistedsifter.com via Rense.com
"You have never lived until you've almost died for those who fight for it life has a flavor the protected will never know". I had to pass this on - Ed.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
The Spark - A Groundbreaking Documentary
03-12-2013
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The Spark Film
The Spark follows two stories asking the same questions: What does it truly take to fix the world’s problems? What must you sacrifice? What must you endure?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Terminated L.A. Airport Police Officer Wins Job Back
03-12-2013
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Officer.Com
None of the six charges against Rouzan for allegedly violating department policies were found to be credible by Judy Gust, the commission's hearing examiner.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
In Manifesto, Mexican Eco-Terrorists Declare War on Nanotechnology
03-12-2013
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Wired.com
Over the past two years, Mexican scientists involved in bio- and nanotechnology have become targets. They’re not threatened by the nation’s drug cartels
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Gadget Gets Under the Hood to Bring Analytics to Driving
03-12-2013
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Technologyreview.com
A $70 device will tell you how efficiently you’re driving, and can even call 911 for help in the event of an accident.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Energy
Safer Nuclear Power, at Half the Price
03-12-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Transatomic is developing a new kind of molten-salt reactor designed to overcome the major barriers to nuclear power.
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News Link • China
THE CHINA SEVEN: The 7 Huge Megatrends That Will Define China's Next Decade
03-12-2013
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Business Insider
For nearly two decades, we've counted on China to be the perpetual growth machine that would power the world's economy.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hacker Leaks Sensitive Information Of Top Government Officials And Celebrities
03-12-2013
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Business Insider
A hacker has published what appears to be private information " including Social Security numbers " of celebrities and potentially of top government officials, Anthony McCartney of The Associated Press reports.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Fiat Bitcoins VS Fiat Federal Reserve Notes
03-12-2013
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JoePlummer.com
The three main problems with the FED, as I see them, are: 1. All of the "money" that the FED creates is inextricably tied to debt. In other words, the money that the FED creates only exists because somebody has borrowed it into existence. If the lo
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Joe Plummer
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News Link • Currencies
Using Legal Tender Laws Against the State?
03-10-2013
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lewrockwell.com/joseph salerno
The ostensible reason given by our rulers for suppressing cash is to keep society safe from terrorists, tax evaders, money launderers, drug cartels and sundry other villains, real or imagined.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan leader alleges US, Taliban are colluding
03-10-2013
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AP
Karzai raised another difficult issue when he denounced the alleged seizure of a university student Saturday by Afghan forces his aide said were working for the CIA. It was unclear why the student was detained.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Exposing Vatican secrets a 'dangerous' mission, says Vatileaks journalist
03-10-2013
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NBC News
NBC News' Richard Engel talks to Gianluigi Nuzzi, one of Italy's top investigative journalists, about the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Nuzzi's interviews with Benedict's whistleblower butler led to the Vatileaks scandal. Nuzzi and others allege
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
U.S. Air Force stops reporting data on Afghan drone strikes
03-10-2013
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Reuters
With debate intensifying in the United States over the use of drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Sunday that it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power summaries.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Christians, police clash in Pakistan
03-10-2013
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Associated Press
Hundreds of Christians protesting the burning of their homes by a Muslim mob over alleged blasphemous remarks made against the Islam's Prophet Muhammad clashed with police on Sunday in eastern and southern Pakistan.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
NYSE prepares disaster backup plan
03-10-2013
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Reuters
The New York Stock Exchange is readying plans to be able to operate without human traders in case another disaster, such as Superstorm Sandy, forces the shutdown of its historic trading floor in downtown Manhattan, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
UPDATE: Number of Gun Makers Refusing Sales To Government More Than Triples
03-10-2013
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CNS News
On February 22, "Right Views" reported that a growing number of firearm companies have suspended the sale of guns to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens' rights to own them.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Positive News
Couple Uses Massive Lottery Payout to Build Community Infrastructure
03-10-2013
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resilientcommunities.com
Here’s a great story.
Mark and Cindy Hill, from Dearborn, Missouri, recently won a quarter billion dollar lottery payout.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
City May Expand 'Gun Offender' Registry
03-10-2013
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dnainfo.com
Chicago's gun offender registry needs to be expanded to include the names of people busted committing crimes with a gun, Ald. Ed Burke (14th) said Thursday. And Mayor Rahm Emanuel agrees.
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News Link • Military
Army suspends tuition assistance program for troops
03-10-2013
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stripes.com
The Army announced Friday it is suspending its tuition assistance program for soldiers newly enrolling in classes due to sequestration and other budgetary pressures.
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News Link • NeoCons
Neocons Reel In The Ron Paulians
03-10-2013
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economicpolicyjournal.com
What can be better for The Republican Party (in general) and Neocons (specifically) than to get those Ron Paul supporters....without Ron Paul?
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News Link • Constitution
Lindsey Graham: "...And when they say, 'I want my lawyer,' you tell them 'Shut up!*
03-10-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Here is a video reminder of the McCain/Graham view of the United States Constitution
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Government
DEBATE: Larken Rose vs Atty. Tom Willcutts, Moderated by Richard Grove
03-10-2013
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Daily Paul.com
For those who may not be familiar with TragedyAndHope.com & its proprietor Richard Grove, please check it out.For those of you who may have guessed, indeed the eponymous site is named after Carroll Quigley's magnum opus insider expose....
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News Link • Constitution
Amber Lyon: Why Journalists Fear NDAA. Harvard Law School 2013
03-10-2013
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Daily Paul.com
This is an excerpt from Journalist Amber Lyon`s speech at Harvard Law School on Feb. 27, 2013. Investigative journalists who cover those the U.S. Government deems ¨terrorists¨ fear they could be indefinitely detained under the NDAA...
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk discusses hovering rocket, Mars and that NYT review
03-09-2013
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http://www.latimes.com
AUSTIN -- Elon Musk says if mankind doesn't make it to Mars by the time he dies, it'll be the biggest disappointment of his life.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gotcha! Feinstein: All Vets are Mentally-ill & Gvt should prevent 'em from owning Guns!
03-09-2013
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Daily Paul.com
if you’re going to do this, find a way that veterans who are incapacitated [as in any level of PTSD] for one reason or another mentally don’t have access to this kind of weapon.
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