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Date Sent: 2013-12-26
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
Feds indict three alleged Silk Road forum moderators and administrators
Indian Police Gang Rape Schoolgirl Almost 3 Months But Only One Faces Prosecution -- Public Education Works After All: A Nation of Double-Thinking Sheep -- North Carolina Appeals Court Allows HOAs To Arrest For DUI -- Four-star general screams at reporter working on Snowden documents -- Freed Pussy Riot punks reunite in Siberia, urging Sochi Olympics boycott -- Bizarre radio meltdown during NSA interview -- Arab monarchies eye stronger ties with China -- VA hospital refuses to accept 'Merry Christmas' cards -- 12-25-13 -- Merry Christmas from Freedom's Phoenix (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- 5 Myths About Canada’s Health Care System -- No Joy to the World This Christmas
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News Link • Internet
Feds indict three alleged Silk Road forum moderators and administrators
12-25-2013
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ars technica
Specifically, Jones and Davis were employed as site administrators, which entailed "monitoring user activity on Silk Road for problems, responding to customer service inquiries, and resolving disputes between buyers and vendors,”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Indian Police Gang Rape Schoolgirl Almost 3 Months But Only One Faces Prosecution
12-25-2013
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Jonathan Turley
We have another outrage out of India in the rape of young girl . . . by police. Four officers of Chandigarh police were arrested but only one booked last week for raping, molesting and threatening a minor schoolgirl for two-and-a-half months.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Public Education Works After All: A Nation of Double-Thinking Sheep
12-25-2013
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Strike The Root
So finally, even the White House admits that the NSA’s wide-ranging program of pervy-voyeurism and spying and prying and snooping and sniffing has had no significant impact on the so-called War on the World, otherwise known as the War on Terror.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
North Carolina Appeals Court Allows HOAs To Arrest For DUI
12-25-2013
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The Newspaper
Rental cops hired by homeowners associations (HOA) can conduct traffic stops that would be unconstitutional if performed by an actual police officer, according to a ruling handed down last week by the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Four-star general screams at reporter working on Snowden documents
12-25-2013
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TechDirt
A four-star military officer known for his even keel seethed through one meeting alongside a reporter he knew to be in contact with Snowden. Before walking away, he turned and pointed a finger. “We didn’t have another 9/11,” he said angrily,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Freed Pussy Riot punks reunite in Siberia, urging Sochi Olympics boycott
12-25-2013
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Rawstory
Tolokonnikova on her release showed she had no fear about wading into the most politicised of issues, calling on countries to boycott the Winter Olympic Games Russia is hosting in Sochi. “I appeal for a boycott, I appeal for honesty,” she said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Bizarre radio meltdown during NSA interview
12-25-2013
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WND
Software used by the radio station dropped the guest, Larry Klayman, and listeners who had called in to ask Klayman questions were cut off in mid-sentence. Other callers could not be put on the air due to technical difficulties
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Arab monarchies eye stronger ties with China
12-25-2013
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AFP
The six energy-rich Arab monarchies of the Gulf are seeking to strengthen ties with China, Gulf Cooperation Council chief Abdullatif al-Zayani said Wednesday after talks with the Chinese foreign minister.
Zayani held talks in Saudi Arabia with Chi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
VA hospital refuses to accept 'Merry Christmas' cards
12-25-2013
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FOX News
But the bedridden veterans at the VA hospital will never get to see Gracie’s card. Nor will they see the cards made by 51 other students. That’s because the Christmas cards violated VA policy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
All About The Afterlife
12-25-2013
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arclein
• Within a spirit soul family there are many spirit souls who are soulmates, and not just in the term of male and female, romantic love as you experience on earth, but soulmates of the heart who have shared different lifetimes together as perhaps fri
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robert klein
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
The Alien Underground
12-25-2013
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arclein
Dulce is not the only place on earth where it is believed underground bases exist, but it is the one which has received the greatest notoriety in recent times. Subterranean bases, according to Conspiracy Theorists, can be found around the world with
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Oil Pulling for Dental Health
12-25-2013
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arclein
Oil pulling may also increase saponification in the mouth, creating a soapy environment that cleanses the mouth as vegetable fat is an emulsifier by nature. Most interesting is perhaps the ability of oil to cleanse out harmful bacteria, as well as re
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robert klein
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News Link • Healthcare
5 Myths About Canada’s Health Care System
12-25-2013
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arclein
So when emigration “spiked,” 400 to 500 doctors were leaving Canada for the United States. There are more than 800,000 physicians in the United States right now, so I’m skeptical that every doctor knows one of those émigrés. But look closely at the t
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robert klein
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Opinion • Future Predictions
Get Ready for Adversity Now
12-24-2013
Paul Rosenberg
I’m not pessimistic about the future, mind you, I’m optimistic. Once we get through the present transition (and presuming the world doesn’t descend into deep darkness), human life will massively improve. Our descendants will look back at our time as
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News Link • Bitcoin
Feds stole my $33M bitcoins booty: Silk Road ‘pirate’
12-23-2013
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http://nypost.com, By Rich Calder
The Internet “pirate” accused of running the notorious illegal-drug-peddling Web site Silk Road claims that the feds are the real buccaneers " robbing him to the tune of $33.6 million worth of the encrypted, virtual currency bitcoin.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Healthcare
Democratic senator says Obamacare could have 'meltdown,' hurt party
12-23-2013
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com, Reuters
President Barack Obama's healthcare law could have a "meltdown" and make it difficult for his Democratic Party to keep control of the U.S. Senate next year if ongoing problems with the program are not resolved, a Democratic senator said on Sunday.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Activism
Homeowner Forecloses on Bank of America
12-23-2013
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Daily Paul.com
A bank foreclosure story you've got to see to believe. A Collier County couple turns the tables on Bank of America, the bank that tried to foreclose on their home. Now, the family is foreclosing on the bank! Even bringing trucks and deputies ready to
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Scientists stop light completely for a record-breaking MINUTE by trapping it inside a crystal
12-23-2013
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http://www.dailymail.co, By Abigail Frymann
Scientists in Germany have succeeded in stopping light - the fastest thing in the universe - for a whole minute, smashing earlier records.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • 3D Printing
Wake Forest 3D Prints Skin Cells Onto Burn Wounds
12-23-2013
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http://www.3dprinterworld.com, by Brooke Kaelin
Scientists have developed a method of 3D printing new skin cells onto burn wounds at Wake Forest University's Military Research Center. The method is far superior to traditional skin grafts because regular grafts require skin from a donor site somewh
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Cause of aging reversed in mice: Human trials may start next year
12-23-2013
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gizmag.com
With the wide-ranging benefits of reducing disease and enabling a longer, healthier life, reversing the causes of aging is a major focus of much medical research.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Communications
A Breakthrough for Speeding Satellite Feeds
12-23-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Satellite companies see promise in new technology to double bandwidth.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • States' Rights
Coloradans Able to Smoke Recreational Marijuana Starting from January 1st
12-23-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Colorado state authorities give controversial gift to residents on New Year’s Day by making Colorado the first state in the US to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Misinformation
Huffington Post’s Dishonest Smear of Phil Robertson
12-23-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
On December 19 the Huffington Post added its two cents to the Hollywood Left’s ongoing smear and character assassination of Phil Robertson of the “Duck Dynasty” television series by condemning him for something he never said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
This Harvard Prof’s Printed Batteries Could Revolutionize Our Gadgets
12-23-2013
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Wired.com
If 3-D printers are ever going to live up to their promise as the factories of the future, they’ll need to do more than just pop out plastic doodads.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death
Rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94
12-23-2013
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AP
Mikhail Kalashnikov started out wanting to make farm equipment, but the harvest he reaped was one of blood as the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, the world's most popular firearm. It was the carnage of World War, when Nazi Germany overran much
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Atlantic City Cop Ordered to Pay $250,000 From Own Pocket to Citizen He Abused
12-22-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
We’ve seen so many police abuse lawsuits settled before making it to trial where cops admit no wrongdoing while guiltily dishing out thousands of taxpayer dollars that it’s surprising to see one actually make it to trial. And it’s absolutely flabberg
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance Efforts
12-22-2013
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New York Times
Obama moved to prevent a federal judge from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration, telling a court recent disclosures about NSA spying were not enough to undermine its claim
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Property Rights
The End of Private Property in the Era of the American Police State - by John W. Whitehead
12-22-2013
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If the government can tell you what you can and cannot do within the privacy of your home, whether it relates to what you eat, what you smoke or whom you love, you no longer have any rights whatsoever within your home. If the government can
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The next Detroit? Atlantic City and Las Vegas facing catastrophic collapse
12-22-2013
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FOX News
With the closure of the recent Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, rumors of the bankrupt Revel being sold to Hard Rock, Las Vegas real estate prices remaining depressed, casinos opening up all around the country and online gambling legislation
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sharpton’s Chicago Town Hall Erupts into Anti-Political Machine Revolt
12-23-2013
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Daily Paul.com
This past Thursday, a town hall meeting hosted by Al Sharpton and the National Action Network to address gun violence exploded into a revolt against "Chicago Machine" politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and black alderman in City Hall with panel .....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Progress Toward Peace in 2013, But Dark Clouds Remain
12-23-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
It is the time of year we feel a sense of joy and optimism. We are preparing for the holidays and looking to spend time with our families and friends. This year as we look back we see several developments that leave us feeling optimistic.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
On The 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve Here Are 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever
12-23-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
December 23rd, 1913 is a date which will live in infamy. That was the day when the Federal Reserve Act was pushed through Congress. Many members of Congress were absent that day, and the general public was distracted with holiday preparations. Now
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA releases cartoon animation to introduce kids to warrantless checkpoints
12-22-2013
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In an effort to condition children to accept the police state, the TSA has released a cartoon depicting an family enduring a warrantless federal checkpoint at an airport. The video casts the the travelers and government agents as cute
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Video Goes Viral After Garden City Cop Threatens To Ticket Man Washing Car In Own Driveway
12-22-2013
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CBS News
A Long Island man recorded a police officer who threatened to ticket him if he washed his car in the driveway. The 24-year-old said he was washing his 1997 Volkswagen in his driveway when a police officer told him he wasn’t allowed to do that.
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News Link • Police State
Snowden ally Applebaum says his Berlin apartment subject to raids
12-22-2013
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Russia Today
Jacob Appelbaum, a Berlin-based US journalist with access to some of Edward Snowden’s documents, claims there have been a series of raids on his apartment, saying he suspects possible US involvement.
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
US military aircraft hit in South Sudan
12-22-2013
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Al Jazerra
Gunfire hit 3 US military aircraft responding to the outbreak in violence in South Sudan, wounding 4 US service members and heavily damaging at least 1 of the aircraft. South Sudan blamed the attack on renegade troops in control of the breakaway regi
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News Link • NeoCons
American Troops Sent to South Sudan
12-22-2013
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Time magazine
In a White House letter to the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Obama said that although the troops were “equipped for combat,” they were sent only “for the purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and property.”
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Covert action in Colombia
12-22-2013
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Washington Post
The 50-year-old Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, once considered the best-funded insurgency in the world, is at its most vulnerable in decades, due in part to a CIA covert action program that has helped Colombian forces kill at least
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Harry Reid flips on nuclear option
12-22-2013
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Free Press Publications
In November, with little media coverage, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid led the charge in changing the Senate rules relating to filibusters. The Washington Post reported, “Democrats used a rare parliamentary move to change the rules so that federa
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