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Date Sent: 2013-04-17
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
Senate reaches deal on amendments to gun bill -- Biden on gun bill: 'I think we’re there'
Immigration measure’s opponents hope delays will kill bipartisan bill --
Ricin-laced letter sent to Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker -- Will Obama’s Chained CPI Help Keep Inflation from Eating into Your Savings? -- Boston Marathon bombs had simple but harmful design, early clues indicate -- FDA Bars Generic Versions of Painkiller OxyContin -- Something to Ponder About the Boston Marathon Murderer(s) -- Cops armed with cameras meet with mixed reviews -- Boston Marathon Explosions Reveal Hypocrisy Behind Police Attitude Towards Photographers -- Boston, Oklahoma City, Waco: Why Patriots Day? -- Doug Casey Refutes Common Hesitations to Internationalize -- Compromise: Political Poison -- What Happened The Last Time We Saw Gold Drop Like This? -- Winding down the War on Drugs -- Hackers Attack 90,000 WordPress Blogs -- ‘Sustainable’? Tell me your time frame -- SCHIFF: Wall Street And Gold Were Never A Good Match
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 ???
NY Reminder: Benjamin Wassell's Day in Court is tomorrow
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News Link • Gun Rights
Senate reaches deal on amendments to gun bill
04-16-2013
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Washington Post
The Senate also will consider Democratic plans to ban military-style assault weapons and limit the size of ammunition magazines; and a bipartisan amendment that would make minor changes to the bill’s provisions regarding gun trafficking.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Biden on gun bill: ‘I think we’re there’
04-16-2013
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The Ticket
Vice President Joe Biden told a former congressional aide Tuesday during a visit to the Capitol building that the Senate was just two votes short of reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to pass a gun reform bill through the chamber.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Reminder: Benjamin Wassell's Day in Court is Wednesday
04-15-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
"Support Benjamin Wassell at his upcoming court appearance
"April 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm
"Location: Hanover Court in Silver Creek - 68 Hanover St, Silver Creek, NY 14136"
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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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News Link • Events: Arizona
Spring Party and a chance to meet Cindy Sheehan at the Hancock's, Sat 4/20/13 @ 4pm til ???
04-05-2013
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Spring Party at the Hancock's and a chance to meet and hang out with Cindy Sheehan as she travels thru Phoenix on her Tour de Peace bike ride across the country. There will be other riders here along with Cindy, so come down and show them the LOV3!
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News Link • Immigration
Immigration measure’s opponents hope delays will kill bipartisan bill
04-16-2013
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Washington Post
Leading Capitol Hill opponents of a Senate proposal to overhaul the nation’s immigration system are coalescing around a strategy to kill the bill by delaying the legislative process as long as possible, providing time to offer “poison pill” amendment
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News Link • TERRORISM
Ricin-laced letter sent to Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker
04-16-2013
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Washington Post
A letter addressed to a U.S. senator had been discovered to contain a potential poison. It was intercepted at an off-site facility where congressional mail has been examined before delivery since anthrax-laced letters were sent to Capitol Hill in 200
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Boston Marathon bombs had simple but harmful design, early clues indicate
04-16-2013
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Washington Post
The devices’ design was immediately recognized by counterterrorism experts as a type touted by al-Qaeda for use by its operatives around the world. Similar devices have been used by terrorists in mass-casualty bombings in numerous countries,
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News Link • Drug War
FDA Bars Generic Versions of Painkiller OxyContin
04-16-2013
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Wall Street Journal
The FDA decision extends Purdue Pharma LP's patent protection of OxyContin for at least another year, if not much longer. The blockbuster pain drug racked up sales of $2.8 billion last year. By blocking generic entrants, the FDA will reward companies
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News Link • Surveillance
Something to Ponder About the Boston Marathon Murderer(s)
04-16-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The bombs were made of 1 1/2 gallon metal pressure cookers filled with ball bearings and nails and a detonation device. They must have been heavy. Why has not one surveillance camera captured someone lugging and struggling with
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops armed with cameras meet with mixed reviews
04-16-2013
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
The Mesa Police Department is halfway through a yearlong high-tech experiment, equipping officers with cameras. The cameras attach to glasses and record everything the officer sees, and hears. While some volunteered for the trial, others
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Boston Marathon Explosions Reveal Hypocrisy Behind Police Attitude Towards Photographers
04-16-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
After more than a decade of profiling citizens with cameras as potential terrorists, law enforcement officials are now hoping these same citizens with cameras will help them nab the culprits behind the Boston Marathon terrorist explosions.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Boston, Oklahoma City, Waco: Why Patriots Day?
04-16-2013
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CNN (video)
It didn't take long for speculation to ramp up online over the timing of the Boston Marathon bombings, which came on Patriots Day, a Masschusetts state holiday commemorating the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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News Link • Political Theory
Compromise: Political Poison
04-16-2013
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http://www.ncc-1776.org, by L. Neil Smith
As American kids grow up, authority figures all around them"public school teachers, local and national political leaders, the broadcast and print media, ministers and priests, and other useless busybodies"are always very enthusiastic about the idea o
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Winding down the War on Drugs
04-16-2013
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http://www.vinsuprynowicz.com
Nevada voters approved medical marijuana at the polls, placing it in the state constitution in the year 2000 and instructing “The Legislature shall provide by law for … appropriate methods for supply of the plant to patients authorized to use it.”
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hackers Attack 90,000 WordPress Blogs
04-16-2013
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, by Marshall Honorof
Keeping the default settings on any Internet-connected service is just asking for trouble. It's easy enough to scoff at people whose brilliant "12345" password fell victim to hackers, but it's just as simple to target usernames.
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News Link • Energy
‘Sustainable’? Tell me your time frame
04-16-2013
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http://www.vinsuprynowicz.com
A regular reader writes in to protest my assertion that America now has enough proven fossil fuel reserves to last for centuries, warning “Fracking technology isn’t sustainable.”
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
SCHIFF: Wall Street And Gold Were Never A Good Match
04-16-2013
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Peter Schiff
In the opening years of the last decade, most mainstream investors sat on the sidelines while "tin hat" goldbugs rode the bull market from below $300 to just over $1,000 per ounce.
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News Link • Economy - International
Economists predict 8 percent growth in key Chinese economic report
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
China’s economic growth likely picked up slightly in the first quarter of this year, according to an AFP poll of analysts, but they say the rebound is fragile and key data unreliable.
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News Link • Economy - International
Mobile banking sparks a ‘minor revolution’ in DR Congo workforce
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
For civil servants working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the arrival of mobile banking has been just short of a miracle.
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Endangered pangolins found on Chinese poacher boat
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected marine sanctuary last week.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
FDA secretly retests 100 different drugs after testing company admits its work was all fraudulent
04-15-2013
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Rob Garver and Charles Seife, ProPublica
On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Supreme Court refuses to take up challenge against New York public gun law
04-15-2013
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Arturo Garcia via RawStory.com
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to discuss a challenge to a New York state law requiring prospective gun owners to demonstrate they need to defend themselves before getting a concealed-carry license for a handgun.
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News Link • Immigration
Most undocumented immigrants want to be integrated into American society
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
A poll released Monday has found that 87 percent of undocumented immigrants in the United States want to become citizens and have deep roots in US society.
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News Link • World News
North Korea promises to attack South without warning
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
North Korea’s military Tuesday issued an “ultimatum” saying it would attack without warning if anti-North Korean activities continued in the South.
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News Link • Police State
Police put on high alert across U.S. after Boston Marathon attack
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
US police departments from New York to Los Angeles boosted security and were on heightened alert Monday after a double blast killed at least two people and injured 23 others at the Boston marathon.
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News Link • World News
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah Celebrate Boston Terror Attack
04-15-2013
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Israel News Agency
Shortly after terror bombs exploded and murdered over 12 people at the Boston Marathon, members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah were reported to be dancing in the streets of Gaza, handing out candies to passerbys.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Watchdog investigating whether free app games target children for commercial gains
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
A watchdog has launched an investigation into whether children face “unfair pressure” to spend money on apparently free web and app-based games, it said Friday.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Linked smartphones catch the action from all angles
04-15-2013
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newscientist.com
WHAT'S better than a smartphone packed full of features and with lightning-fast processing power? How about a handful " or even hundreds " of smartphones wirelessly networked together?
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News Link • Drug War
Activist Refuses Plea Deal - Offered No Jail Time For Selling Cannabis
04-15-2013
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FreeKeene.com
In a story that seems like a Hollywood screenplay, a political activist is making a stand against laws he feels are unjust. Rich Paul, the founder of the New Hampshire based 4:20 Foundation, is facing four felony charges for selling marijuana.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Afghanistan’s opium cultivation to surge in 2013: UN
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is expected to increase for a third straight year, expanding even to poppy-free areas this year, a United Nations report warned on Monday.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Gitmo inmate who was deemed no threat describes cycle of hunger strikes and force feedings
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
An inmate detained at Guantanamo for over a decade without charge on Monday gave a graphic account of his participation in a two-month-old hunger strike at the US-run military prison.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Authorities probe whether Samsung hired students to give HTC bad online reviews
04-15-2013
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The RawStory.com
Taiwanese authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation into allegations that South Korean tech giant Samsung hired students to post malicious comments about local rival HTC online.
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