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Date Sent: 2013-12-07
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
FBI’s search for ‘Mo,’ suspect in bomb threats, highlights use of malware for surveillance
Stop and frisk a dilemma for Bratton as NYPD head -- Colonel Who Vowed to Disarm Americans Works With Homeland Security -- US Air Force has secretly built a new penetrating STEALTH drone
SR-71 replacement -- Army Officer Wants You Disarmed: “We Will Pry Your
Gun from Your Cold, Dead Fingers” -- Mandela's Disturbing Legacy -- The Martial Law Noose Is Tightening -- US Spies: ‘Nothing is Beyond Our Reach!” -- 41% of Net New Jobs in November Were in Government -- 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week -- Army releases 2010 chat log between Manning and Assange -- Texas: Suspicionless Roadblock Case Heads To Appeals Court -- China’s labor camps close, but human rights groups say grim detention conditions linger -- Feds’ ban on milk-only option angers Manchester school officials --
The Side Effects of Obamacare on Healthcare Providers with Dr. Keith
Smith (Video) -- South Africa In The Shadows -- Nelson Mandela: Secular
Saint Gone to His Reward! -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 8, 2013 Edition -- Low-carbers beware the breathalyzer -- 12-06-13 -- James Babb - Julian Heicklen - Adam Kokesh - Bob Anderson (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Another Batch of Wall Street Villains Freed on Technicality By Matt Taibbi -- Banks Sending Out Satisfactions of Mortgage to Cover Up Crimes -- Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty and the “Good Discussion” They’re Still Having -- More Lawsuits, Still No Real Progress and No Coverage by Media
AZ: AZ Breakfast Club TODAY,
December 7th @ Bill Johnson's Big Apple 19th Ave/Bell (FIJA
Billboard) -- Boston T
Party @ The Hancock's TODAY ; Christmas Party
@ the Hancock's - Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
NV: Passport to Freedom - Las
Vegas, NV - January 23-25, 2014
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI’s search for ‘Mo,’ suspect in bomb threats, highlights use of malware for surveillance
12-06-2013
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Washington Post
The man who called himself “Mo” had dark hair, a foreign accent and " if the pictures he e-mailed to federal investigators could be believed " an Iranian military uniform. When he made a series of threats to detonate bombs at universities and airport
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Stop and frisk a dilemma for Bratton as NYPD head
12-07-2013
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AP
Bratton inherits a department under intense scrutiny for its use of stop and frisk, a policing tactic he has utilized in every stop in his career. One of stop and frisk's most vocal critics, Mayor-elect de Blasio, is the man who appointed him
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Colonel Who Vowed to Disarm Americans Works With Homeland Security
12-07-2013
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Prison Planet
Oath-violating Bateman also made veiled death threats against blogger
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Air Force has secretly built a new penetrating STEALTH drone SR-71 replacement
12-07-2013
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Dubbed the RQ-180, will conduct the penetrating ISR mission that has been left unaddressed, and under wide debate, since retirement of the Lockheed SR-71 in 1998.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Army Officer Wants You Disarmed: “We Will Pry Your Gun from Your Cold, Dead Fingers”
12-07-2013
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shtfplan.com
Within the upper echelons of our military there still remain men and women who are committed to the fundamental laws of the land.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
US Spies: ‘Nothing is Beyond Our Reach!”
12-06-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Entrepreneur and privacy hero Kim Dotcom points out that the latest spy satellite launched yesterday by the megabillion dollar National Reconnaissance Office carries with it a kind of extended middle finger to the entire world.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
41% of Net New Jobs in November Were in Government
12-06-2013
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CNS News
Federal, state and local governments hired a net additional 338,000 workers in November, equaling 41 percent of the total of 818,000 net additional jobs created in the United States during the month.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
12-06-2013
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There are some criminals who end up in jail for stealing millions of dollars in jewels, and then there are this week's criminals, whose crimes include a 5-cent theft ... and giving away $1,000.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Army releases 2010 chat log between Manning and Assange
12-06-2013
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ars technica
A collection of documents the Army posted to its FOIA reading room before Thanksgiving, included 13 pages of unclassified chat logs from 2010 between former intelligence analyst Bradley Manning) and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Texas: Suspicionless Roadblock Case Heads To Appeals Court
12-06-2013
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The Newspaper
An Air Force major asked the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals to reinstate his lawsuit against Border Patrol agents who stopped and detained him without any reason to suspect him of wrong-doing. Richard Rynearson was driving on Highway 90
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China’s labor camps close, but human rights groups say grim detention conditions linger
12-06-2013
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Washington Post
“What is this place? Why are you here? What attitude are you going to employ in order to comply with the police?” were the 3 questions the 55-year-old woman was told to contemplate. Any slackening of concentration invited a beating.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Feds’ ban on milk-only option angers Manchester school officials
12-06-2013
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Students must take a meal at school even if they only want a carton of milk, according to federal regulations presented at the Board of School Committee meeting. Mayor Ted Gatsas and other school board members reacted with dismay
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
The Side Effects of Obamacare on Healthcare Providers with Dr. Keith Smith (Video)
12-06-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Amid a flurry of system failures, the President has taken to the road, to build support for his healthcare law. Each day, the Chief Executive will outline one success of the program, leading up to a December 23rd deadline to get coverage in January.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
South Africa In The Shadows
12-6-2013
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Daniel Greenfield at Frontpage.com
For Western liberals, Mandela’s death provides them with permission to stop caring about South Africa. Having reduced South Africa to Mandela, his death permanently removes its existence from their minds.
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J E Andreasen
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 8, 2013 Edition
12-06-2013
John Semmens
Pundit in Awe of Obama
MSNBC's Chris Matthews compared his interview with President Obama to Jesus Christ's return from the dead. “He came among us,” Matthews breathlessly exclaimed. “He shook my hand. He sat right next to me. He answered my quest
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News Link • Food
Low-carbers beware the breathalyzer
05-21-2007
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The Blog of D. Michael Eades
Here is what happened to a man in Sweden on a low-carb diet:
We report a case of a 59-year-old man, body mass index 26.6 kg/m2, who began a weight reduction program, partly because of knee pains but also because he was a glider pilot where weight
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Environment
Wind Turbines and Bats
12-06-2013
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arclein
Hayes, a researcher at the University of Colorado Denver said of the results of his study, "The development and expansion of wind energy facilities is a key threat to bat populations in North America." He added, "Dead bats are being found undernea
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News Link • Archaeology
Tel Gezer dated to 1400 BC
12-06-2013
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arclein
The ancient city of Gezer has been an important site since the Bronze Age, because it sat along the Way of the Sea, or the Via Maris, an ancient trade route that connected Egypt, Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia.
The city was ruled over many centur
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
What Grain Is Doing To Your Brain
12-06-2013
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arclein
that Alzheimer’s disease may really be a third type of diabetes, a discovery that highlights the close relationship between lifestyle and dementia. It also reveals a potential opening to successfully warding off debilitating brain disease through di
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News Link • Science
Homo Sapiens is an Amazing Hybrid of Chimpanzee Mother and Paternal Pig
12-06-2013
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arclein
I've had a different experience from most people. I've spent most of my life (the last thirty years) studying hybrids, particularly avian and mammalian hybrids. I've read thousands, really tens of thousands, of reports describing them. And this ex
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Opinion • Books
How I Learned My History
12-05-2013
Paul Rosenberg
I’ve recently received requests for history book recommendations. I know I’m leaving out a lot, but I think I’ve compiled a good starter list.So, without further ado:
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News Link • Gun Rights
There Is No Case for Gun Control (video and hate mail)
12-04-2013
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The International Libertarian
Presented at the Democracy Unplugged Forum Sampler 2 (https://www.facebook.com/events/574562119280696/) by Darren Wolfe, a gun owner who has written and spoken extensively about the relationship between gun rights and liberty. He is the former Easter
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News Link • Free Speech
NH Robin Hood Lawsuits Dismissed, After Dull Article
12-05-2013
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Free Keene
The lawsuits against Robin Hood and the Merry People in Keene have been dismissed in a 16-page ruling by judge John Kissinger dated December 3. On November 27, the Keene Sentinel published this diversionary piece on the state of parking in Keene, New
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Christmas Party @ the Hancock's - Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
11-18-2013
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www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and it's time to set aside the time for the annual Christmas Party - Please 'SAVE THE DATE': Saturday December 14th, 2013 from 5 p.m. til?? @ the Hancock's
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Feature Article • Afghanistan
Call Hamid Karzai's Bluff
Ivan Eland
The ever-mercurial Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, recently called a council of the nation's tribal elders (a loya jirga) to ratify a bilateral security agreement reached with the United States governing the up to 12,000 U.S. forces that would be
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News Link • Gun Rights
Phoenix city officials take down controversial "Guns Save Lives" ads
12-05-2013
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myfoxphoenix.com
A valley business owner will head to court Tuesday and it all involves a controversial advertisement that states, "Guns Save Lives." It's a case that's being watched very closely around the country.
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News Link • General Opinion
Ten Steps To Close Down an Open Society
12-05-2013
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huffingtonpost.com
Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did.
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News Link • Drones
Hacker Develops Super-Drone to Hack, Hijack Other Drones
12-05-2013
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breitbart.com
From the What Could Go Wrong file, "serial hacker" Samy Kamkar has developed the hardware and software instructions to build a drone that "seeks out other drones in the air, hacks them, and turns them into conscripted army of unmanned vehicles under
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News Link • Energy
New data show ‘meteoric’ rise of Texas oil
12-05-2013
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fuelfix.com
Oil production in Texas has hit its highest monthly rate on record, more than doubling in less than three years, according to new federal data.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Ron Paul: Bitcoin could 'destroy the dollar'
12-05-2013
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money.cnn.com
Imagine a world in which you can buy anything in secret. No banks. No fees. No worries inflation will make today's money worth less tomorrow.
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News Link • Iran
Congressman: Let's Use Nukes If America Has To Strike Iran
12-05-2013
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businessinsider.com
Just throwing it out there, you can throw it back if you don't like it, but maybe we should nuke Iran if war becomes imminent.
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News Link • Police State
The NSA is tracking cell phone movements, generating 5 billion records a day
12-05-2013
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Jeff John Roberts
The ongoing disclosures about the NSA’s surveillance have revealed a troubling new detail: the spy agency is collecting, and keeping, a vast number of location records.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets
12-04-2013
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Janet Reitman, Rolling Stone
On 12-1-2012, Greenwald received a note from a person asking for his public encryption, or PGP, key so he could send him an e-mail securely. Greenwald didn't have one, which he now acknowledges was fairly inexcusable given that he wrote almost daily
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Police State
Don't Post Your Videos of Police Shootings in Dallas TX Until at Least 72 Hours After Recording
12-05-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, LapHog
Same goes for offering witness statements or reports of these kinds of incidents involving police.
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News Link • Activism
Woman Leaves Room Speechless: "I'm just a mom!" - One Of The Most Powerful Speeches Ev
12-05-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Barracuda Trader
On Tuesday Nov 5th, 2013 after making her wait 8 hours, the Clark County Commission in Las Vegas decided to hear Daphne Lee speak against the NDAA.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Theory
Debate On Capitalism: Ralph Nader vs. John Stossel
12-05-2013
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Daily Paul
I've never before heard Ralph Nader level the sorts of low blows he unleashes at Stossel during the question and answer section:
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul offers 'Freedom Zones' to save bankrupt Detroit
12-05-2013
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washingtonexaminer.com
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul this week is traveling to Detroit, the nation's economic disaster zone, to lay out a sweeping proposal to revive the Motor City while also extending his recent outreach to blacks by opening a GOP African-American engagement of
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Fox Business launches new nightly show with a libertarian perspective...
12-05-2013
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Daily Paul
As scooped over at Reason 24/7, Fox Business Network has announced a brand spanking new television show featuring some familiar faces! From the press release:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases, Locking Countless Innocent Americans in Prison
12-05-2013
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filmingcops.com
In a maddening scandal that is rocking the state of Massachusetts, a government crime lab chemist has been caught intentionally forging signatures and tampering with evidence in as many as 40,000 cases, destroying the lives of countless innocent Amer
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News Link • Bitcoin
Vicco, Kentucky to Pay Police Chief in Bitcoin
12-05-2013
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http://thelibertybeat.com, Derrick Broze
The city of Vicco, Kentucky is believed to be the first city in the United States to pay a government official using the popular crypto currency BitCoin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
I 3D-Printed An AR-15 Assault Rifle " And It Shoots Great!
12-05-2013
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businessinsider.com
Last week, Philadelphia became the first city in the United States to pass a 3D-Printer gun ban.
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News Link • Iran
The Real Reason Hawks Are Trying To Kill the Deal With Iran
12-05-2013
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http://original.antiwar.com, Ivan Eland
Why are Israel, Saudi Arabia, and their congressional allies in both American political parties trying to kill an interim nuclear deal with Iran that effectively freezes (and in some instances rolls back) the Iranian nuclear program until a comprehen
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