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Date Sent: 2013-04-15
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, April 15, 2013 |
California under fire for race-based lockdowns that can last for years -- Should Silence Convict
Yuan reaches record high against the US dollar -- Guantanamo Gulag and the Human Rights Lie -- Amish prosecuted because scissors 'crossed state lines' -- Obama Pays 18% Tax Rate on $600,000+ -- Gun-rights group endorses Manchin-Toomey background check bill --
John Kerry hits back as North Korea threatens Japan with nuclear strike
-- North Korean facts about the West [FULL] Must see! -- Turkish police prevent ‘Al-Qaeda U.S. embassy plot’ -- Kidney breakthrough: complete lab-grown organ works in rats -- Egyptian doctors ordered to operate on wounded protesters ‘without anesthetic’ -- Coal industry battles to keep power in U.S. energy debate -- ‘Artificial leaf’ makes clean energy from dirty water -- The biotech and agricultural industry is now aggressively pushing 'Missouri Monsanto Bill' -- Assault On Gold Update - by Paul Craig Roberts -- Your Tax Dollars at Work and Play -- Manipulation of the “Paper Gold” Market -- Rare photos of John F. Kennedy emerge from ashes of 9/11 -- New
space race: Putin unveils $50 billion drive for Russian supremacy -- Ron Paul: Why Can’t We All Travel To Cuba? -- Billionaire Koch brother wins fake wine trial
AZ: Spring Party and a chance to meet Cindy Sheehan at
the Hancock's, Sat 4/20/13 @ 4pm til ???
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News Link • Racism
California under fire for race-based lockdowns that can last for years
04-14-2013
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Christie Thompson, ProPublica via RawStory.com
In several men’s prisons across California, colored signs hang above cell doors: blue for black inmates, white for white, red, green or pink for Hispanic, yellow for everyone else.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Should Silence Convict
04-14-2013
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Simple Justice
You have the right to remain silent. The Supreme Court will consider whether silence in response to police questioning can be offered as evidence of guilt. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held it could.
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News Link • China
Yuan reaches record high against the US dollar
04-14-2013
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The yuan reached a record high as the central bank fixed its midpoint against the US dollar at the strongest level ever. That sparked anticipation of further appreciation this year and stoked inflationary pressure on the mainland and Hong Kong.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Guantanamo Gulag and the Human Rights Lie
04-14-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The US military running the Guantanamo Bay prison have cracked down hard on the dozens of prisoners who have, in desperation, engaged in secret hunger strikes so that they may die in peace making their point about the American gulag
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Gitmo 2.1
04-14-2013
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Simple Justice
Thinking how much fun it must be defending those poor souls held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba? You get to wear cool uniforms and have access to all the high tech the government has to offer, right? Well, sure, though the government still has its own idea
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Amish prosecuted because scissors 'crossed state lines'
04-14-2013
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WND
What does the federal hate crimes law inspired by the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. have to do with an internal dispute among the Amish in which the beards of men and the hair of women were forcibly sheared?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Pays 18% Tax Rate on $600,000+
04-14-2013
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Wall Street Journal
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid $112,214 in federal income taxes for 2012 on adjusted gross income of $608,611, an effective rate of 18.4%, the White House said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun-rights group endorses Manchin-Toomey background check bill
04-14-2013
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Washington Post
"We decided to back it because we believe it is the right thing to do," said Julianne Versnel, director of operations for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, which counts 650,000 members and supporters among its ranks.
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News Link • World News
John Kerry hits back as North Korea threatens Japan with nuclear strike
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday demanded North Korea abandon an expected missile launch as the communist state threatened a nuclear strike on Japan amid a chilling new evaluation of its offensive capability.
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![North Korean facts about the West [FULL] Must see!](https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Pix/338/04/338-0414173340.jpg)
News Link • Propaganda
North Korean facts about the West [FULL] Must see!
04-14-2013
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
These guys should know about propaganda----disturbing first 6 1/2 minutes. This is the North Korean viewpoint of the western societies. The funny thing about this film is that these things are true :)
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News Link • TERRORISM
Turkish police prevent ‘Al-Qaeda U.S. embassy plot’
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the US embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Friday.
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News Link • Activism
Egyptian doctors ordered to operate on wounded protesters ‘without anesthetic’
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
The Egyptian military ordered senior doctors to operate without anaesthetic on protesters injured during demonstrations against military rule, according to extracts of a leaked report published in the Guardian newspaper on Friday.
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News Link • Energy
Coal industry battles to keep power in U.S. energy debate
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
Four months after pledging to lead the United States on a path to sustainable energy, President Barack Obama faces a turning point on electricity generated from coal, one of the dirtiest of fuels.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
New H7N9 bird flu strain vaccine may take ‘many months’
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
Developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu that has killed 10 people in eastern China could take “many months”, US public health experts have said.
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News Link • Energy
‘Artificial leaf’ makes clean energy from dirty water
04-14-2013
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CleanTechnica via RawStory.com
What’s all this fuss about silly federal research projects?
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News Link • Agriculture
The biotech and agricultural industry is now aggressively pushing 'Missouri Monsanto Bill'
04-14-2013
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naturalnews.com
In a move to gain total control of the farming industry, three resolutions have been proposed in the state of Missouri.
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News Link • Precious Metals
Assault On Gold Update - by Paul Craig Roberts
04-14-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
With the Fed adding to the supply of dollars faster than the demand for dollars is increasing, the price or exchange value of the dollar is set up to fall.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Someday, Electric Cars Will Be Great
04-14-2013
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http://www.slate.com
Right now, they are expensive, inconvenient, and not very good for the environment.
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Ernest Hancock
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Feature Article • TAXES: Federal
Your Tax Dollars at Work and Play
Jim Bovard
Congratulations " your tax payment is probably your biggest purchase of the year. The federal tax burden now amounts to more than $20,000 per household, according to Internal Revenue Service data. Your contribution to the Treasury coffers will...
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Rare photos of John F. Kennedy emerge from ashes of 9/11
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
Rarely seen photos of John F. Kennedy, once feared to have been lost forever when the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11, form part of a striking exhibition opening Friday which aims to shed new light on the iconic US leader.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
New space race: Putin unveils $50 billion drive for Russian supremacy
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to space by the end of the decade.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Why Can’t We All Travel To Cuba?
04-14-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Earlier this month, entertainers Jay-Z and Beyoncé were given a license by the US government to travel to Cuba. Because it is not otherwise legal for Americans to travel to Cuba, this trip was only permitted as a "cultural exchange"
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News Link • Food
Billionaire Koch brother wins fake wine trial
04-14-2013
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The RawStory.com
A New York jury on Thursday backed a US billionaire who complained that wines he bought costing thousands of dollars a bottle were phony.
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
“The Pulpit Is Responsible For It”
04-13-2013
Chuck Baldwin
By refusing to resist the Big-Government machinations of Washington, D.C.; by hiding behind an erroneous, passive, and compliant interpretation of Romans 13; by fearing the IRS more than they fear God;... America’s pulpits are the ones that are the m
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, April 14, 2013 Edition
04-12-2013
John Semmens
Obamacare Unworkable, GOP Blamed
The unforeseen difficulties of implementing the Affordable Health Care Act (aka Obamacare) have key proponents scrambling for answers.
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), one of the leading writers of the Obamacare
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona lawmakers approve gold and silver as legal tender
04-12-2013
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http://rt.com
And now for some heavy metal news: the Arizona state legislature has officially approved a measure to make gold and silver legal tender.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
RMFAO! Man Gets 7 Years For Stealing Obama's Teleprompter
04-12-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, emalvini
Eric Brown of Richmond, Va., agreed to longer sentence to avoid prosecution in similar crimes, officials said..
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Bradley Manning Promotes Peace More Than Obama
04-12-2013
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http://www.usnews.com, By Steven Nelson
Manning is more deserving of Nobel Peace Prize, says former Texas congressman
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News Link • Gun Rights
Caught on tape: Shots fired, store owners fight back during robbery
04-12-2013
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WGNTV.Com
A Logan Square shop owner and his family members fought for their lives last night during an armed robbery which was caught on tape.
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News Link • Archaeology
Authenticity of the Gospel of Judas Verified
04-12-2013
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arclein
After analyzing a sample, Barabe and his colleagues concluded that the gospel was likely penned with an early form of iron gall ink that also included black carbon soot bound with a gum binder. While this finding suggested that the text may have been
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin crashes over 50% just one day after bold public prediction
04-12-2013
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www.infowars.com
In what has to be the most accurate currency crash prediction ever made, bitcoin crashed today from $266 to a low of $105 in a rapid “free fall” market crash pattern, erasing $1 billion in currency valuation in a matter of hours
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
What You Need to Know About IRS Email Snooping
04-12-2013
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technewsdaily.com
With only a few days left before the April 15 tax deadline, Americans have a new reason to feel more anxious about filing their returns.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Guantanamo sneaked 540,000 defense attorneys' e-mails to prosecutors
04-12-2013
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Washington Post
The military justice system at Guantanamo, which has been caught secretly monitoring proceedings and defense communications, was revealed that hundreds of thousands of defense e-mails were turned over to the prosecution.
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News Link • World News
Chinese Professor: 70-80% Chance of War With North Korea
04-11-2013
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Paul Watson via PrisonPlanet.com
As the reclusive state prepares another imminent missile launch, a professor with the Chinese Communist Party has warned that there is a 70-80% chance of war with North Korea.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Senator Says Universal Background Checks Could Lead to National Registry
04-11-2013
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Kurt Nimmo via PrisonPlanet.com
Nothing short of a rejection of any gun bill should be acceptable to the American people if they wish to retain a modicum of liberty
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News Link • TERRORISM
Italian Supreme Court President Blames Bilderberg For Terrorist Attacks
04-11-2013
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Paul Watson via PrisonPlanet.com
Judge Ferdinando Imposimato, the man who prosecuted the case involving the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II, has sensationally accused the Bilderberg Group of being behind terrorist attacks in Europe.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
IRS Violates Fourth Amendment
04-11-2013
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Kurt Nimmo via PrisonPlanet.com
The Internal Revenue Service believes it is not beholden to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and can read your email without a warrant
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News Link • Gun Rights
New York State Police Admit Wrongly Confiscating Guns Under New Laws
04-11-2013
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Steve Watson via PrisonPlanet.com
State police in Erie County, New York have admitted a huge mistake in confiscating a man’s guns under newly passed gun control laws, saying they identified the wrong person.
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