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Date Sent: 2013-04-15
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, April 15, 2013 |
1,500 Page Immigration Bill to Drop One Day Before Only Hearing?
Russia Is Investing $50 Billion In Its (Very Ambitious) Space
Program -- Edible Electronics Will Spy On Your Intestines -- REI CEO
Sally Jewell To Be Sworn In As Secretary Of The Interior -- Off Grid
and Lovin’ It -- Christian Idolatry: The Worship Of Government -- Taxing
the Fruits of Your Labor -- Authorities find ‘strong
evidence’ linking former judge to Texas prosecutor murders -- UK’s
former top drug official: Coke-head bankers caused financial
crisis -- Filmmaker: Obama’s war on whistleblowers ‘a terrible
disservice to democracy’ -- Florida police sergeant fired over
use of ‘Trayvon Martin’ shooting target -- Germany 'may buy weaponized drones from Israel' -- Google
chief urges action to regulate mini-drones -- NSA
data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and
privacy -- How the Internet Is Bankrolling the World’s Best
Hoodies — And Rebooting U.S. Manufacturing -- Bitcoin Isn’t the
Only Cryptocurrency in Town -- New York Times v. North Korea
-- Obama Puts Christians in the Crosshairs -- How the Gold
Market was Crashed
AZ: Join Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan/Tour de Peace Cyclists Sat,
April 20, 11 a.m. at McCain/Flake's PHX; Spring Party and meet Cindy Sheehan at the Hancock's, Sat 4/20/13 @ 4pm til
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Congrats Gavin Seim! Winner of The Checkpoint Contest
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News Link • Immigration
1,500 Page Immigration Bill to Drop One Day Before Only Hearing?
04-15-2013
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Breitbart
According to an ABC News report, senators from the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform are expected to drop their bill, estimated at around 1,500 pages, on Tuesday, mere hours before the only scheduled Senate hearing on the topic.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russia Is Investing $50 Billion In Its (Very Ambitious) Space Program
04-15-2013
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Colin Lecher via PopSci.com
President Vladimir Putin has announced a space initiative to put a person on Mars, build a moon base, and shoot down any foreign threats.
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News Link • Government
REI CEO Sally Jewell To Be Sworn In As Secretary Of The Interior
04-15-2013
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Francie Diep via PopSci.com
Jewell will have to face some wildly controversial issues, including offshore drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and more.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Graphene Vanadium Ribbons for Powerful Batteries
04-15-2013
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arclein
“This is the direction battery research is going, not only for something with high energy density but also high power density,” Ajayan said. “It’s somewhere between a battery and a supercapacitor.”
The ribbons also have the advantage of using rela
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News Link • Climate Change
Global Warming: Was It Just A Beautiful Dream After All?
04-15-2013
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arclein
In January of 1979, a New York Times article was headlined: “Experts Tell How Antarctic Ice Could Cause Widespread Floods.” The abstract in the Times archives says: “If the West Antarctic ice sheet slips into the sea, as some glaciologists believe is
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News Link • Food
Heat Shocking Produce
04-15-2013
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arclein
A long list of scientific studies published during the past 15 years report success using heat-shocking to firm potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, and strawberries; to preserve the color of asparagus, broccoli, green beans, kiwi fruits, celery, and lettuce
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News Link •
Is The Navy Bringing Back The Autogyro?
04-15-2013
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Kelsey D. Atherton via PopSci.com
Autogyros are the duck-billed platypuses of the aviation world. They look like helicopters, operate on the same principles as airplanes, and can be pulled like a kite. And if L-3's new Valkyrie drone is any indication, there's a chance autogyros migh
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
What If Darwin Had Never Existed?
04-15-2013
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Peter J. Bowler via PopSci.com
Imagine a dark, stormy night in the South Atlantic at the end of December 1832. Aboard the Royal Navy survey vessel HMS Beagle a young naturalist, racked with seasickness, staggers on deck.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
.The Science Of PSAs: Do Anti-Drug Ads Keep Kids Off Drugs?
04-15-2013
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Shaunacy Ferro via PopSci.com
From Reefer Madness to Nancy Reagan's famous "Just Say No," we're constantly trying to convince kids that drugs aren't as fun as they think they are.
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News Link • Police State
Congrats Gavin Seim! Winner of The Checkpoint Contest
04-15-2013
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Copblock and Checkpoint USA
Seim, a self-described “portraitist, pictorialist, and wrriter” who left with his family from Washington to go on a road trip, recorded his interaction with employees at an internal checkpoint.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Join Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan/Tour de Peace Cyclists Sat, April 20, 11 a.m. at McCain/Flake's PHX
04-15-2013
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Stop Killer Drones! Join Cindy and other Tour de Peace riders outside Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake's office at 2201 E Camelback Rd/ Phoenix on Saturday, April 11th, 2013 at 11 a.m.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Christian Idolatry: The Worship Of Government
04-15-2013
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Chuck Baldwin Live
This message was preached by Chuck on Sunday, April 7, 2013, during the service at Liberty Fellowship.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Taxing the Fruits of Your Labor
04-1502913
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Free Press Publications
It is once again “tax time,” that time of year when the IRS claims tax forms are due. There are some people who say that based on the wording of the IRS code the average worker is not required to file a tax return. Some of those people have even gone
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Authorities find ‘strong evidence’ linking former judge to Texas prosecutor murders
04-15-2013
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Rawstory
Former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams, 46, was arrested after authorities discovered what they’re calling “strong evidence” linking him to the killings of two Kaufman County prosecutors and the district attorney’s wife.
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News Link • Economy - International
UK’s former top drug official: Coke-head bankers caused financial crisis
04-15-2013
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Rawstory
“Bankers use cocaine and got us into this terrible mess,” Professor David Nutt said. “It is a ‘more’ drug.” He added that cocaine has the effect of making its users feel “overconfident,” encouraging risk-taking behaviors.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Filmmaker: Obama’s war on whistleblowers ‘a terrible disservice to democracy’
04-15-2013
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Rawstory
Appearing on CNN, documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald said that his latest film will highlight the Obama administration’s ongoing “war” against people who reveal the government’s embarrassing and sometimes shocking secrets.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida police sergeant fired over use of ‘Trayvon Martin’ shooting target
04-15-2013
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Rawstory
A Florida police sergeant was fired for offering Trayvon Martin shooting targets to his colleagues. Two officer allegedly refused to use the targets for firearm training. One of those officers filed a complaint against him, which prompted an internal
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Germany 'may buy weaponized drones from Israel'
04-15-2013
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Germany is in talks with Israel to buy weaponised drones for its military that are seen as more technologically advanced than US ones, the weekly Der Spiegel reported.
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News Link • Surveillance
Google chief urges action to regulate mini-drones
04-15-2013
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BBC News
The influential head of Google, Eric Schmidt, has called for civilian drone technology to be regulated, warning about privacy and security concerns.
Cheap miniature versions of the unmanned aircraft used by the military could fall into the wrong ha
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and privacy
04-15-2013
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FOX News
"It's really a-- turnkey situation, where it could be turned quickly and become a totalitarian state pretty quickly," he said. "The capacities to do that is being set up. Now ... if certain people set up their network internally in government, they c
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News Link • Internet
How the Internet Is Bankrolling the World’s Best Hoodies " And Rebooting U.S. Manufacturing
04-15-2013
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Wired.com
Outside the workshop just south of San Francisco where a platoon of women behind sewing machines assembles his company’s coveted American Giant sweatshirts"you know, the ones that have been sold out for months since being called the greatest hoodie e
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Samsung's Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 specifications leaked
04-15-2013
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youtube
Samsung's Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 specifications leaked, expecting May unveiling By http://www.bgr.in
The rumors were true. Samsung today unveiled its Galaxy Mega series of smartphones that come with massive bigger-than-your-head display
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Media Extravaganza Could Slash Private Moon Mission Costs
04-15-2013
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space.com
Good news for all you frugal travelers out there: A private startup's manned moon missions could end up costing around $500 million per seat instead of the originally advertised $750 million.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Safe Texting While Walking? Soon, There May Be an App for That
04-15-2013
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Technologyreview.com
CrashAlert, created by University of Manitoba researchers, could make it easier to walk and text without smacking into things.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Isn’t the Only Cryptocurrency in Town
04-15-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Currencies designed to fix perceived flaws in Bitcoin could lead to competition that makes the idea of digital “cryptocurrency” stick.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
How the Gold Market was Crashed
04-14-2013
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Bill Downey - www.goldtrends.net
Informed speculation as to how the present Gold market crash was engineered. Simply raid the futures while blocking access to the spot market, silly. Then sit back while the stops are tripped and the margin calls go out.
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Mike Dugger
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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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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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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super botnet
04-13-2013
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http://arstechnica.com, by Dan Goodin
Ongoing attack from >90,000 computers is creating a strain on Web hosts, too.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
North Carolina Woman Arrested for Video Recording Cops From Front Yard Wins Settlement
04-12-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
North Carolina resident Felicia Gibson was arrested for video recording a traffic stop from her front yard. Salisbury Police Sgt. Mark Hunter even went as far as chasing Gibson inside her home where he arrested her for resisting arrest.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Tell TSA clerks to keep their hands to themselves
04-12-2013
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So I told the screeners that I absolutely would not allow anyone to touch me. At first, they tried to push me into accepting a private room screening, but I replied that I would not allow them to molest me in private nor in public.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Dad Furious ‘I Am Willing to Give Up Some of My Constitutional Rights…to Be Safer’
04-12-2013
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The Blaze
The words are written in crayon, in the haphazard bumpiness of a child's scrawl.
"I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure."
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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 • Foreign Policy
Story of American Diplomat's Death in Afghanistan Changes
04-12-2013
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The Weekly Standard
State Department employee Anne Smedinghoff was killed in Afghanistan last weekend. At first reports suggested the young diplomat was part of an armed convoy that was bombed, but new reports say that she was actually on foot. And that the group she wa
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News Link • Political Parties
Reactions to Sen. Rand Paul's Speech at Howard University
04-12-2013
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http://reason.com, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg
"I come to Howard today, not to preach, or prescribe some special formula for you but to say I want a government that leaves you alone, that encourages you to write the book that becomes your unique future."
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Full Speech and Q&A at Oberlin College 4/7/13
04-12-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
Dr. Ron Paul - Lobbies For Liberty at Oberlin College
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Two Atlanta Police Cruisers Hit by Bricks, Rocks After Police Beat Man and Pepper Spray Kids
04-12-2013
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http://www.infowars.com, Adan Salazar
Two Atlanta police cars were pelted with bricks, rocks and hammers Tuesday night after they cruised into a neighborhood where residents were already angered over cell phone footage that captured a man being beaten by several officers.
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Thoughts on the Great IP Debate
04-12-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Marc Clair
Hi all, I put together my early thoughts on the intellectual property debate going on. Posting them here in the hope of keeping what I'm finding to be one of the most fascinating debates among libertarians going!
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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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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 • 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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