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Date Sent: 2013-08-10
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
Obama administration asserts broad surveillance powers
The Government's Coming For Your Encrypted Data Next -- Mind Control -- We Need A Whistleblower Prize -- Judge backs the right of creepy Tribeca artist to photograph people through their windows -- Stop sign camera spotted in the DC -- Ailing lawyer in terrorism case loses bid for early prison release -- Photo of snoozing officer in most violent U.S. city sparks probe -- Britain: Police Apologize for Vendor’s Death at Protest -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, August 11, 2013 Edition -- Global Power Project, Part 9: Banking on Influence With Morgan Stanley
AZ: Pool party at the Hancock's - TODAY August 10th,
2013 - 2 p.m. til ???
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News Link • Surveillance
Obama administration asserts broad surveillance powers
08-09-2013
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Washington Post
The Obama administration on Friday asserted a bold and broad power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans in order to search for a nugget of information that might thwart a terrorist attack.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
The Government's Coming For Your Encrypted Data Next
08-09-2013
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In the midst of the revelations about the NSA's sweeping surveillance program, many people held out hope that the news reports simply weren't true"they are"while others clung to the idea that they could somehow protect themselves.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Mind Control
08-09-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
This was a conversation that left me very shaken and distrustful of the covert aspects of our sociopolitical culture. Towards the end of the documentary the subject of nonlethal weapons is broached.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
We Need A Whistleblower Prize
08-09-2013
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by Radley Balko (Huffington Post)
What has happened to several notable government whistleblowers is sobering. High-level whistleblowers know when they come forward that they're sacrificing their national security clearance, likely their jobs, and quite possibly their freedom.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Judge backs the right of creepy Tribeca artist to photograph people through their windows
08-09-2013
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New York Post
Keep your shades down, New York. A Manhattan judge ruled this week that artistic freedom trumps the rights of parents who don’t want their kids secretly photographed through the windows of their homes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Stop sign camera spotted in the DC
08-09-2013
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A stop sign camera has been spotted in the District. The camera functions similarly to a red light camera " snapping photos of vehicles that fail to stop properly at the stop sign.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Ailing lawyer in terrorism case loses bid for early prison release
08-09-2013
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Reuters
A former New York lawyer convicted of helping a jailed Egyptian militant cleric smuggle messages out of prison lost her bid on Friday to be released from prison because she is suffering from terminal cancer. Lynne Stewart, 73, is 3 years
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Photo of snoozing officer in most violent U.S. city sparks probe
08-09-2013
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Reuters
A photo of a police officer in Camden, New Jersey, apparently asleep in his cruiser has prompted an investigation in the U.S. city with the nation's highest violent crime rate in 2012.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Britain: Police Apologize for Vendor’s Death at Protest
08-09-2013
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AP
London police apologized to the family of a British newspaper vendor who died after an officer hit him with a baton during demonstrations against a Group of 20 meeting in 2009. The force said it had reached an out-of-court settlement with the family.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, August 11, 2013 Edition
08-09-2013
John Semmens
US Backed Syrian Rebels Reportedly Massacre Women and Children
Anti-Assad rebels from the Jabhat al-Nusra Front are reported to have carried out a raid on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad near the Turkish border this past week. Rebel troops are said t
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Global Power Project, Part 9: Banking on Influence With Morgan Stanley
0-8-09-2013
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http://andrewgavinmarshall.com/2013/08/09/global-p
Morgan Stanley, one of the largest banks in the United States, reported a 66% increase in earnings in July over the same period last year. Morgan Stanley had taken more than $107 billion of U.S. taxpayer money through the bailout programs in the wake
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News Link • Obama Administration
UPDATE 1-U.S. Congress wins relief on Obamacare health plan subsidies
08-08-2013
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http://www.reuters.com, By David Lawder
* Congress, staff, to keep federal health premium payments
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
PayPal tests mobile payments using your face for verification
08-08-2013
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http://news.cnet.com, by Lance Whitney
A new trial in the U.K. lets people pay for items using the PayPal app, a mobile phone, and a photo to prove their identity.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
The Ron Paul Channel Will Launch August 12th
08-08-2013
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Lew Rockwell
Today, former-Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul announced the Ron Paul Channel (www.RonPaulChannel.com) would launch the week of August 12, 2013, and new details about the Channel. Known for refusing to play by the establishment’s rules
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
Thanks to the NSA, the Sky May Be Falling on U.S. Cloud Providers
08-08-2013
U.S. cloud providers could lose between $21.5 billion and $35 billion in revenue over the next three years because of worries about the National Security Agency's PRISM program, which enables the government to access user data from U.S. Internet comp
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Gun Rights
How and Why Adam Kokesh was Framed
08-08-2013
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www.prisonplanet.com
WeAreChange goes to the home of activist and YouTube host Adam Kokesh to find out what happened on the night he was raided and arrested.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
N.S.A. Searches Said to Include Broader Sifting of Data Abroad
08-08-2013
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New York Times
The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans’ e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fukushima's Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know
08-08-2013
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nationalgeographic.com
Tensions are rising in Japan over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a breach that has defied the plant operator's effort to gain control.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
The Rise Of The Bear: 18 Signs That Russia Is Rapidly Catching Up To The United States
08-08-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Russian Bear is stronger and more powerful than it has ever been before. Sadly, most Americans don’t understand this. They still think of Russia as an “ex-superpower” that was rendered almost irrelevant when the Cold War ended. And yes, when t
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Corruption
Benton Bribery Scandal Compromises Rand Paul 2016? (w/Video)
08-08-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
This just in, Jesse Benton, former Chairman of the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign has found himself mired in an alleged bribery scandal stemming from claims he initiated payoffs to structure the resignation of Bachmann Campaign Chairman Kent Sorenson
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Chris Menke
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News Link • MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
Big Banks Conspiracy is destroying America
Commentary: All markets manipulated, capitalism getting
08-08-2013
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/big-banks-conspir
Imagine 100 Goldman Sachs banks running America and the world. It’s happening. Forget politicians, Big Banks rule the world.
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
California Officer Shoots Unarmed Homeless Man
08-07-2013
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Jonathan Turley
A California officer has been accused of shooting and killing Hans Kevin Arellano, 22, after a confrontation where the unarmed man called the officer a “bitch.” The shooting was captured on a cell phone video and the witness says the shooting
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
European Court Backs Journalist Harassed Over Speed Camera Criticism
08-07-2013
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The Newspaper
Latvian journalist Ilze Nagla is a frequent critic of speed cameras. A few days after she exposed irregularities with photo radar devices used in her country, her home was raided by state police.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
New Hampshire Town Sues Over Meter Feeding
08-07-2013
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The Newspaper
A group of residents in Keene, New Hampshire thought the city was gaining a bad reputation for its predatory parking meter enforcement and decided to do something about it. The organized an effort to regularly feed coins into the meters so
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Chastises Jury For Acquitting Defendant; Promises Not Done With Defendant
08-07-2013
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Jonathan Turley
That did not stop Judge Amy Salerno from chastising a jury for finding a defendant not guilty. Even more worrisome is the alleged statement of the judge that the verdict did not matter because she was not done with the defendant.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
New York City police to purge stop-and-frisk database of names
08-07-2013
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Reuters
The New York City Police Department has agreed to purge a database of names and addresses of people stopped by police under the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk program but later cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
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News Link • Surveillance
US officials say NSA leaks MAY hamper further increasing domestic surveillance plans
08-07-2013
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Reuters
Weeks of revelations about secret U.S. surveillance programs could stymie progress on negotiations over new laws and regulations meant to beef up the country's defenses against the growing threat of cyber attacks, cyber security experts say.
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News Link • Surveillance
IRS manual detailed DEA's use of hidden intel evidence
08-07-2013
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Reuters
A 350-word entry in the Internal Revenue Manual instructed agents of the U.S. tax agency to omit any reference to tips supplied by the DEA's Special Operations Division, especially from affidavits, court proceedings or investigative files.
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News Link • Death
Gunman kills three at Ross Township meeting
08-07-2013
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poconorecord.com
Three people died Monday night when a gunman opened fire on a Ross Township municipal meeting, indiscriminately shooting into the building, authorities said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
California issues first cellphone Amber Alert, opt-out available
08-07-2013
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latimes.com
Monday marked the first time in California that officials notified the public of a statewide Amber Alert through their cellphones, a California Highway Patrol official said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Imprisoned ‘Innocence of Muslims’ producer Nakoula Nakoula: ‘I want the world to see the truth’
08-07-2013
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dailycaller.com
In an exclusive interview following his supervised release from prison, the filmmaker behind “Innocence of Muslims” told The Daily Caller that he “has no regrets” and promises more films and books about Islam.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Obama: 'We Don’t Have a Domestic Spying Program'
08-07-2013
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weeklystandard.com
"The odds of dying in a terrorist attack are a lot lower than they are of dying in a car accident, unfortunately."
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs Were More Likely To Cause Trouble As Teens, Study Says
08-07-2013
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popsci.com
"Disrupting" norms is profitable when you're a 35-year-old tech maven. When you're 16, it just makes you a delinquent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Abolish Your Local Police
08-07-2013
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freedominourtime.blogspot.com
Two gangs gathered near a home in California. The man who lived there avoided one, and was severely beaten by the other.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
What Doesn't kill Gold Makes It Stronger
08-07-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
I’ve been emphasizing for months that the current correction in the gold price is a result of speculative money fleeing the market and not any reflection of gold’s long-term fundamentals.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Why Are Your Children Buying Houses for Ben Bernanke?
08-07-2013
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freemansperspective.com
Every now and then I like to look at government numbers and see what they really mean.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Tradecraft: Going Jason Bourne, on a Budget
08-07-2013
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Survivalblog.com
Hollywood movies often show secret agents tossing cell phones out of car windows, and grabbing new ones to activate.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Sun Will Flip Its Magnetic Field Soon
08-07-2013
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space.com
The sun is gearing up for a major solar flip, NASA says.
In an event that occurs once every 11 years, the magnetic field of the sun will change its polarity in a matter of months, according new observations by NASA-supported observatories.
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