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Date Sent: 2013-12-16
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, December 16, 2013 |
“We have ways of making you talk…..” Confessions and false confessions.
Pension Busting -- Man emerges from bunker 14 years after Y2K
scare -- “We have ways of making you talk…..” Confessions and
false confessions. -- Montgomery County, PA Libertarian
Holiday Party and Monty Award Ceremony 2013 (video) -- Shouldn’t
Flags be Flying at Half-Mast Today? -- City to evict woman
for living "off the grid" -- Ron Paul: After 100 Years Of
Failure, It’s Time To End The Fed! -- Ireland exits bailout
with warnings of more austerity -- Your tax money pays for this! -- How to Avoid the Mind-Numbing Weapons of Mass Instruction --
Kerry ORDERS next group of 'Palestinian' terrorists released on
December 29 'as scheduled' -- White House Calls for Cosmetic
Changes to Illegal NSA Spying
NV: Passport to Freedom - Las Vegas, NV - January
23-25, 2014
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
“We have ways of making you talk…..” Confessions and false confessions.
12-15-2013
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Jonathan Turley
One of the oldest cliché movie scenes of the past half century is the Gestapo agent, wearing a monocle, slapping a riding crop against his gloved hand, saying with a leer, “Ve haf vays of making you talk…..” Unfortunately, that caricature figure has
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Pension Busting
12-15-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Michigan isn’t the only place where pensions for municipal and state workers and teachers are under serious attack. Illinois just passed a pension fix that damages and reduces the pension benefits earned and contracted for by Illinois police, fire
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surviving the Collapse
Man emerges from bunker 14 years after Y2K scare
12-15-2013
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Canadian Broadcast Channel
January 1, 2000 was not only the day our computers were to fail but also was the day that 44 year old Norman Feller headed into his underground bunker over fears of the fallout from the Y2K virus.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Activism
Montgomery County, PA Libertarian Holiday Party and Monty Award Ceremony 2013 (video)
12-14-2013
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The International Libertarian
Monty award recipients include Josie the Outlaw, Steve Piotrowski of Citizens for Liberty, NA Poe and Steve Miller-Miller of The Panic Hour, Fernando Salguero of Survive and Thrive and Rob Pepe.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Shouldn’t Flags be Flying at Half-Mast Today?
12-15-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
It’s Bill-of-Rights Day.
UPDATE: Chuck R. and Matt M. inform me that they are flying their flags upside down today.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
City to evict woman for living "off the grid"
12-15-2013
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FOX News
It was just a matter of time before the City of Cape Coral caught up with her. We first told you about Robin Speronis last month... and her alternative lifestyle, called Living Off the Grid. She lives without running water or electricity -- by choice
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: After 100 Years Of Failure, It’s Time To End The Fed!
12-15-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
A week from now, the Federal Reserve System will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding. Resulting from secret negotiations between bankers and politicians at Jekyll Island, the Fed's creation established a banking cartel and a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Ireland exits bailout with warnings of more austerity
12-15-2013
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AFP
Ireland on Sunday formally exits its three-year bailout program, becoming the first eurozone nation to do so, but authorities warned of further austerity to ensure economic recovery.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Your tax money pays for this!
12/15/2013
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Free Press Publications
It is no secret that the federal government spends millions of dollars on research. Sometimes those funds go to questionable studies, such as the study by Joseph Staton, of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, to determine why “most cooked, exoti
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • TERRORISM
Kerry ORDERS next group of 'Palestinian' terrorists released on December 29 'as schedule
12-15-2013
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Israel Matzav
While he was in Israel on Friday, US Secretary of State John FN Kerry ORDERED Prime Minister Netanyahu to release the third group of 'Palestinian' terrorists 'on schedule' on December 29, despite the total lack of 'progress' in the 'peace talk
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Surveillance
White House Calls for Cosmetic Changes to Illegal NSA Spying
12-14-2013
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Joseph Kishore, Global Research
Leaks to the media make clear that the panel is a whitewash and that the administration is planning purely cosmetic changes. The panel was set up to divert and dissipate popular outrage with a pretense of reform, while institutionalizing the spying p
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Judge Napolitano on SC’s Anti Obamacare Bill: “If enough states do this, it will gut Obamacare”
12/13/2013
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http://godlikeproductions.com
Judge Andrew Napolitano said South Carolina has the Constitutional right to pass a bill that would essentially nullify or eliminate Obamacare. The bill, entitled “South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act,” was voted on and passed by a 65-
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • World News
Nelson Mandela Family Finally Gives Up Charade and Admits Mandela Dead June of 2013
12/13/2013
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http://godlikeproductions.com
The Nelson Mandela family has finally given up their charade and admitted that Nelson Mandela is dead by announcing today that the former leader of South Africa is no longer with us. The charade began in June of 2013, and has maintained Mandela has b
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Surveillance
How the NSA reportedly uses Google cookies could be next privacy flash point
12-12-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
One particular cookie called Google PREF, is almost ubiquitous in the online world, is of particular value to the NSA " acting as a digital homing beacon for agency operatives to target individual computers and implant spyware inside them
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dent, Faber, Celente, Maloney, Rogers " What Do They Say Is Coming In 2014?
12-12-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Some of the most respected prognosticators in the financial world are warning that what is coming in 2014 and beyond is going to shake America to the core. Many of the quotes that you are about to read are from individuals that actually predicted th
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Syria
Syrian opposition seeks Islamists' protection against al Qaeda
12-12-2013
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Reuters
Syria's Western-backed opposition said on Thursday its military arm had invited Islamist fighters to secure its weapons depots on the Turkish frontier after an attack by al Qaeda militants.
The United States and Britain suspended non-lethal aid to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Christian mob hunts down Muslims in Central African Republic
12-12-2013
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AP
African peacekeepers fired into the air Thursday in Central African Republic's chaotic capital, trying to disperse a mob bent on hunting down and killing Muslims taking refuge in a church compound.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
UN report concludes chemical weapons used in Syria
12-12-2013
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AFP
The final report said the mission "collected clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale" on that day in Ghouta. "A number of patients/survivors were clearly
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News Link • World News
North Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor
12-12-2013
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AP
North Korea said Friday that it had executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's No. 2 official.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Missing American in Iran was CIA
12-12-2013
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AP
In March 2007, Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler and organized crime figures. Days later after a meeting with an admitted killer, he vanished. For years the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
A shutdown-free future is in the cards
12-12-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
In the end, conservative groups couldn’t muster enough opposition, and enough Democrats came on board to pass the bill.
The result will be a future untainted by the threat of government shutdowns for the next two years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
MIT researchers discover possible ‘vaccine’ for post-traumatic stress disorder
12-12-2013
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http://www.myfoxdc.com, FOX News
It's a breakthrough that could help thousands of American soldiers returning from dangerous deployments.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Report: VA lobotomized 2,000 disturbed veterans
12-12-2013
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armytimes.com
The U.S. government lobotomized roughly 2,000 mentally ill veterans " and likely hundreds more " during and after World War II, according to a cache of forgotten memos, letters and government reports unearthed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
NYPD: Super Bowl Security Will Be High-Tech And Unprecedented
12-12-2013
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com
MetLife Stadium And Midtown Will Be Under Intense Anti-Terror Initiatives
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
U.S. Government Nastygram Shuts Down One-Man Bitcoin Mint
12-12-2013
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Wired.com
Mike Caldwell spent years turning digital currency into physical coins. That may sound like a paradox.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Drug War "Justice" in Utah
12-12-2013
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freedominourtime.blogspot.com
Utah resident Virginia Ward cried on November 18 as she was sentenced to 90 days in jail " and three years of probation -- for drug trafficking.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
On Persuading the Faithful To Reject the National Security State
12-12-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
In the past year or two, we in the liberty movement seem to have made a lot of progress in getting across the ideas of freedom and peace to a larger group of people. Live and Let Live is not totally dead yet.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Government Spies Are Forcing Privacy Email Services To Shut Down Because They Can’t Spy On Emails
12-12-2013
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Prison Planet
PrivateSky developers speak out after being issued national security warrant
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress Rushing to Approve 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
12-12-2013
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Prison Planet
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees havereached an agreement on the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Houston Cancer Doctor Burzynski Receives Warning from the FDA
12-12-2013
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thelibertybeat.com
On Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted letters online accusing Houston based doctor Stanislaw Burzynski of exaggerating the success rates of his experimental treatment known as antineoplastons.....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Huge reserves of freshwater lie beneath the ocean floor
12-12-2013
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Antonio Pasolini
Scientists in Australia have reported the discovery of huge freshwater reserves preserved in aquifers under the world's oceans.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Washington Escalates Phony “Human Rights” Campaign Against China
12-12-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Tom Peters
On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry fired the latest shot in Washington’s campaign over the Chinese government’s “human rights” abuses.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Is US Congress on Verge of Sabotaging Iran Nuclear Deal?
12-12-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Jon Queally
Despite warnings against new sanctions, both chambers appear willing to move ahead
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Public Health Still Threatened as Toothless FDA Antibiotic Plan Slammed
12-12-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Andrea Germanos
Food safety advocates are warning that the voluntary regulation on antibiotics is too little, too late.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Fake Interpreter at Mandela Services Says He Has Violent Past And Was Hallucinating Next To Obama
12-12-2013
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Jonathan Turley
It now turns out that it not only allowed a perfect stranger and fake sign interpreter to stand near Obama but Thamsanqa Jantjie has said that he becomes violent “a lot” and was hallucinating during the event.
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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 • 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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