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Date Sent: 2013-12-12
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake-officials
Post Newtown, elementary schools reject the traditional lockdown -- China puts former security chief under house arrest -- Who is Afraid of the One-State Solution -- 12-12-13 -- Michael Belfiore - Charles Goyette -
Tatiana Moroz - LISTEN LIVE on LRN,FM, 9-Noon -- Christmas
Party @ the Hancock's - Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ?? -- "City
of Keene" Handed Defeat by Supreme Court -- You’ll Stop Being
a Serf When You Do This… -- New ethical questions surface over Steve
Jobs and possible bribery of transplant doctor -- Bioprinting the Heart in Decade -- Bitcoin or Bank -- Need Cash, But Don’t Want to Lose Your
Bitcoins? Pawn Them -- Spreading the Message of
Peace -- Reagan Was Right on South Africa -- Two Choices to Deal
With "Collective Theft" -- Tips for Countering Vaccination Advocates
and Influencing Others -- Trigger Tyme Training Pistol and Laser Trainer Pro -- US
Drone Strike Kills Four in Southern Yemen [Unidentified!] --
South Carolina is About to Pass a Bill to Nullify ObamaCare -- The
Battle for Ukraine -- Congressional Budget Deal Betrayal
AZ: Christmas Party @ the Hancock's - Sat
Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
NV: Passport to Freedom - Las Vegas, NV - January
23-25, 2014
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine December, 2013 Edition
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake-officials
12-12-2013
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Reuters
Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said. The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province,
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News Link • China
China puts former security chief under house arres
12-12-2013
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arclein
In ordering the investigation, Xi has broken with an unwritten understanding that members of the Standing Committee will not be investigated after retirement.
But Xi has yet to decide whether Zhou would be publicly prosecuted, pending completion o
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News Link • Free Speech
"City of Keene" Handed Defeat by Supreme Court
12-12-2013
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Free Keene
Free State Project participant defeats "the City" without an attorney. If you have been following the blog at Free Keene for the last 18 months, you may recall the raid on the Keene Activist Center that occurred in the summer of 2012
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New ethical questions surface over Steve Jobs and possible bribery of transplant doctor
12-12-2013
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naturalnews.com
Steve Jobs shrouded his treatment choices in secrecy while struggling with the pancreatic cancer he was diagnosed with in 2004. His secrecy was tight enough to annoy Apple executives.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Post Newtown, elementary schools reject the traditional lockdown
12-12-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
Kindergartners through 6th-graders were told to throw objects at a shooter. Playing loud music or making loud noises are other ways to distract a gunman. [unarmed] Teachers are encouraged to physically overwhelm an armed attacker.
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News Link • Science
Bioprinting the Heart in Decade
12-12-2013
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arclein
Some 70 plus years after the publication of that book, Williams' predictions shouldn't sound all that incredulous, but he admits it's been met with resistance. "That's why we are excited," he tells Wired.co.uk. "Funding is very limited as this
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News Link • Economy - International
Bitcoin or Bank
12-12-2013
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arclein
The following graphic was put together by the folks at Promontory Financial and is extremely telling. It looks at three ways in which a U.S. citizen might choose to go about sending a $1,000 downpayment to Europe for the purpose of renting a vacation
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News Link • History
King Arthur as Scottish Warlord
12-12-2013
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arclein
WELCOME to MacCamelot. King Arthur was a Scottish, pre-Christian warlord whose remains are buried on Iona, according to a new book by a Scots historian.
Author Adam Ardrey claims that instead of the romantic English king of legend who lived at Cam
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Just in the St. Nick of Time! - Good Cheer from Jim at the Oath Keepers Gear Store
12-12-2013
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Oath Keepers
Old Saint Nick came through again this year with our most popular Holiday season item, our Pure Silver Challenge Coin. We only have a few hundred... and we are putting them on sale... so get them before they are gone.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Who is Afraid of the One-State Solution
10-10-2013
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Eugene Kontorovich
Eugene Kontorovich's first public lecture since making Aliyah, exposing the hoax behind the threat of a one state solution. Eugene Kontorovich is a professor of international law at Northwestern University School of Law and a visiting professor at t
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Man becomes acne-free with three-day apple fast
12-12-2013
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naturalnews.com
Chris Gibson started developing acne at the young age of 11. He suffered with the skin condition for over 15 years, saying he was well into his 20s when he was cured.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists Discover a Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
Physicists reported this week the discovery of a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental components of reality.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Call of Duty Meets Groundhog Day in Epic Edge of Tomorrow Teaser
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
What if you kept waking up only to fight the same (losing) alien war over and over again? What if you had to fight those battles in an Elysium-type exosuit in battles that look like Call of Duty?
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
I Am Code and So Can You
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
The Hour of Code is simple. Just go to code.org and click the START button. Yes, it is really that simple. There are quite a few tutorials at several different levels and in several different programing languages.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Need Cash, But Don’t Want to Lose Your Bitcoins? Pawn Them
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
John Light knows a special kind of regret that’s familiar to many others who got in early on bitcoin, the world’s most popular digital currency.
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Reagan Was Right on South Africa
12-12-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
“Apartheid is an affront to human rights and human dignity. Normal and friendly relations cannot exist between the United States and South Africa until it becomes a dead policy. Americans are of one mind and one heart on this issue.”
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
12 Best Vehicles For Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse
12-12-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Since the episode last night of Doomsday Preppers had a guy modifying an old school bus to be his battle wagon after the destruction caused by of an F5 tornado, I thought I would share this article showing other options you might consider.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Trigger Tyme Training Pistol and Laser Trainer Pro
12-12-2013
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ammoland.com
Not too long ago I had a package show up here at the Gunmart Blog Test Kitchen from the good people over at Laserlyte.
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News Link • Communications
How Remote Places Can Get Cellular Coverage by Doing It Themselves
12-12-2013
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Technologyreview.com
With Swedish telephone numbers and a tree-bound base station, a remote Indonesian village runs its own telecommunications company.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Smarty Ring offers connectivity without lifting a finger
12-12-2013
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gizmag.com
Like the idea of technology that wraps around a body part, displays the time and connects to your smartphone? No, we aren't talking about a smartwatch, but the "Smarty Ring" which may offer an even more subtle way to stay connected.
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News Link • Drones
US Drone Strike Kills Four in Southern Yemen [Unidentified!]
12-10-2013
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Fars news agency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Another US drone strike hit the Hadramawt Province in Southeastern Yemen, destroying a truck and killing four unidentified people within.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
South Carolina is About to Pass a Bill to Nullify ObamaCare
12-12-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
While we all know that the disaster that is ObamaCare is extremely unpopular throughout the country, South Carolina is leading the charge to actually nullify the legislation. House Bill 3101 already passed the state House back in April by a wide marg
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Opinion • Surveillance
Ray McGovern: My Take
Obama Urged to Fire DNI Clapper
12-11-2013
Ray McGovern
Last March " before Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s sweeping collection of phone and other data " Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said no such operation existed. Now, a group of ex-national security officials urge President Obama to
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News Link • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
A US Spy Agency Came Up With The Worst Possible Logo " And Jon Stewart Ripped It To Shreds
12-11-2013
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Business Insider
Last week The National Reconnaissance Office launched a new satellite called NROL-39 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and a lot of people noticed a picture of a massive octopus straddling the earth.
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News Link • Police State
Arrested because he joked about Mandela: Police hold man for 8 hours, take DNA, seize computer
12-10-2013
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Daily Mail
A sandwich shop owner endured 8 hours of questioning by police and had his computer seized for 3 weeks " after making tasteless Nelson Mandela jokes on the internet. He was finger-printed and DNA-swabbed after officers received complaints about harml
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
New Documents Show How Power Moved to Wall Street, Via the New York Fed
12-10-2013
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The Federal Reserve did not function as the nation’s central bank until 1922 when it fumbled and stumbled its way into an awareness of the power of a centralized mechanism for buying and selling U.S. government securities as a means of carrying out m
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News Link • Economics: Agorism
Going Galt: Individuals Seceding
12-10-2013
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by Wendy McElroy (Daily Anarchist)
Everyone who produces and pays taxes is living for others to some degree. Their time, which is their life, supports the salaries of government workers and the entitlements of tax consumers. In Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged, a group of producers withdra
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
DOJ Agency Warns Of Police Militarization
12-10-2013
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By Radley Balko (Huffington Post)
Police chiefs and sheriffs may want to ask themselves"if after hiring officers in the spirit of adventure, who have been exposed to action oriented police dramas since their youth, and sending them to an academy patterned after a military boot camp,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Former Duquesne constable sues FBI for malicious prosecution
12-10-2013
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Surveillance footage taken by a system Mr. Cobb installed to prevent trouble at his house would have exonerated him, but Mr. Truong refused to review it. The footage was "mysteriously wiped clean" while Mr. Cobb was in custody, according to the compl
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Possibility of Cloning Quantum Information from the Past
12-10-2013
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Popular television shows such as "Doctor Who" have brought the idea of time travel. But problem of time travel is even more complicated than one might think. LSU's Mark Wilde has shown it would theoretically be possible for time travelers to copy qua
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
More Misleading Official Employment Statistics
12-10-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The payroll jobs report for November from the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the US economy created 203,000 jobs in November. As it takes about 130,000 new jobs each month to keep up with population growth, if the payroll report is correct, the
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News Link • Government
US to Canadians: Don’t Seek Medical Assistance
12-10-2013
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by Wendy McElroy (The Dollar Vigilantte)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is sending Canadians a message: calling 911 or seeking help for a mental health or substance problem may result in being targeted. In short, Canadians may be denied entry into the US due to their medical reco
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Canada: Ombudsman Allows City To Hide Traffic Camera Data
12-10-2013
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The Newspaper
The Manitoba, Canada Ombudsman released his findings that allow the city of Winnipeg to hide documents that would reveal whether the city attempted to manipulate a report on the effectiveness of its speed camera program. For more than two years, Winn
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News Link • Military
Soldier Had Black Eye, Broken Nose, and Burned Genιtalia: Army Ruled it a Suicide
12-10-2013
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Lavena Johnson was just 19-years old when she joined the military in 2005. She was trying to raise money for college, and like a lot of young people, she thought that her time in the military would improve her life, not end it.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Nelson Mandela Was On The U.S. Terrorist Watch List Until 2008
12-10-2013
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By Radley Balko (Huffington Post)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95. While he was revered by politicians today as a human rights icon, Mandela remained on the US terrorism watch list until 2008, when then-President Bush signed a bill removing
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Sacramento, California To Shorten Red Light Camera Ticket Timing
12-10-2013
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The Newspaper
The Sacramento County, California Board of Supervisors will vote on a plan to boost the number of $500 red light camera tickets issued. They quietly changed the wording so that the camera flash would trigger in half the time.
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News Link • Surveillance
Virginia Cops Encouraging Citizens to Take Photos of Other Citizens Taking Photos
12-10-2013
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Photography Is Not A Crime
Virginia State Police are offering an opportunity for every motorist and every pedestrian in the Commonwealth to be “eyes and ears” for suspicious or criminal activity. A new app, available for most smartphones, encourages citizens to either directly
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News Link • World News
Icelanders Overthrow Government and Rewrite Constitution...
12-10-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by zzbob
Icelanders Overthrow Government and Rewrite Constitution After Banking Fraud-No Word From US Media
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News Link • Drones
DHL Express demonstrates a delivery drone of its own
12-10-2013
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http://www.dvice.com, Michael Trei
Just last week we saw how Amazon wants to deliver small packages using drones, and today the DHL Express division of Germany's Deutsche Post jumped on the bandwagon by demonstrating its own postal delivery drone.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
"The Stuka" - How The Fed Manipulates You Into Believing What It Wants You To Believe
12-10-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by W. Ben Hunt
Up to the walls of Jericho
With sword drawn in his hand
Go blow them horns, cried Joshua
The battle is in my hands
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News Link • Bitcoin
Chase-ing Bitcoin: Is JPM Preparing To Unveil Its Own Electronic Currency?
12-10-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com,
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, copy 'em, and then beat 'em.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
David Stockman Rages Market "Valuation Has Lost Any Anchor To The Real World"
12-10-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The current malaise of news, data, and spin is "meaningless," David Stockman tells Bloomberg's Tom Keene, adding that markets are exhibiting "the kind of speculative froth you get at the top of a cycle where valuation loses any anchor in the real wor
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News Link • Activism
Italian Riot Police Remove Helmets, Join Anti-EU Protesters
12-10-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Remarkable video shows cops in display of solidarity with fellow countrymen
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Why We All Should Be Whistleblowers - The Dangers of Willful Blindness (TedTalk)
12-10-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by chris cudnoski
A town with a mortality rate 80 times higher than elsewhere"and the willful blindness of the locals, except for one person.
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News Link • General Opinion
The Truth About Nelson Mandela
12-10-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Stefan Molyneux
Nelson Mandela is portrayed in the mainstream media as a peace-loving anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist. But what is the truth about Nelson Mandela?
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