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Date Sent: 2014-01-22
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
Nearly Half of Black Men Arrested by Age 23, Study Finds
Chicago archdiocese hid decades of child sex abuse -- Ex-Va. governor McDonnell: 'I did nothing illegal' -- In wake of protection scandal, Miami police chief says department cleaned house -- More plaintffs, defendant officers, named in Milwaukee strip search lawsuit -- Chicago bans indoor electronic cigarette smoking -- Homeland Security special agents hold up a Google Glass moviegoer -- Florida district attorney isn’t a fan of a free press, an informed public, or reading -- Exoneree Anthony Graves Asks the State Bar to Discipline the Man Who Prosecuted Him -- Arizona Introduces SB1096: Gold and Silver as Legal Tender -- Top 1%
Has 65 Times More Wealth Than The Bottom Half And The Global Elite Like
It That Way -- Gerald Celente: 2014 Global Collapse and the Next War (Video) -- The Deflation Menace -- Creator Of Netscape Praises Bitcoin... -- Former West Virginia Miner: We've Been
Dumping Those Chemicals In The Water... -- TSA Agent Actually Cares
About Personal Liberties…When They Are HIS Liberties -- "We kind of
had to steal the Republican nomination" - Mitt Romney Documentary --
The Best Libertarian Movie I've Seen In Awhile (Dallas Buyers Club)
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club Saturday Feb 1st, 2014, 8-10 a.m. @ Coco's (Paradise Valley Mall) with Patrick Wood speaking; Freedom Tech Workshop #1 - Saturday February
1st 2014; Freedom Summit 2014 Meetup
NV: Ernie Hancock at Passport to Freedom 2014, Jan.
23-25, 2014, starts this Thursday
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Nearly Half of Black Men Arrested by Age 23, Study Finds
01-21-2014
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AP
Nearly 50 percent of black men and 40 percent of white men are arrested at least once on non-traffic-related crimes by the time they turn 23, according to a new study.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Chicago archdiocese hid decades of child sex abuse
01-21-2014
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AP
Top leaders at the Archdiocese of Chicago helped hide the sexual abuse of children as they struggled to contain a growing crisis, that raise new questions about how Cardinal Francis George handled the allegations even after the church
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News Link • Corruption
Ex-Va. governor McDonnell: 'I did nothing illegal'
01-21-2014
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USA Today
Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell said Tuesday he did "nothing illegal" and vowed to fight the federal government's "false allegations" that he and his wife improperly accepted gifts and loans from a political donor.
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News Link • Corruption
In wake of protection scandal, Miami police chief says department cleaned house
01-21-2014
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Miami Herald
When Miami police brass first found out about officers protecting a sports-betting ring run out of a Liberty City barbershop, they had no idea how bad the resulting federal investigation would turn out. Eventually, a dozen officers were
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
More plaintffs, defendant officers, named in Milwaukee strip search lawsuit
01-21-2014
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Several people claiming they were victims of illegal body cavity and strip searches in Milwaukee have amended their federal civil rights lawsuit to name several additional police officers as defendants, including some involved in the Derek Williams c
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News Link • Drug War
Chicago bans indoor electronic cigarette smoking
01-21-2014
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Chicago Tribune
E-cigarettes will join regular smokes and other tobacco products as forbidden in most public places in Chicago after aldermen passed a measure backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to restrict where electronic cigarettes can be used and sold.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security special agents hold up a Google Glass moviegoer
01-21-2014
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ars technica
A patron of an AMC theater in Columbus, Ohio, was detained for wearing Google Glass while watching a movie. The Glass-wearer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was pulled out of the theater mid-Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and questioned
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Florida district attorney isn’t a fan of a free press, an informed public, or reading
01-21-2014
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by Radley Balko (Washington Post)
If this report on a speech Florida State Attorney Angela Corey gave at a luncheon last week is accurate, it paints an alarming picture of a public official who has the power to put people in prison"and in Florida, to send people to their deaths.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Exoneree Anthony Graves Asks the State Bar to Discipline the Man Who Prosecuted Him
01-21-2014
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Much has happened since we published “Why Was This Prosecutor Never Punished?” which questioned why Charles Sebesta"the ex-Burleson County DA responsible for sending Anthony Graves to death row"had never been disciplined
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Arizona Introduces SB1096: Gold and Silver as Legal Tender
01-21-2014
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Arizona may become the second state, after Utah, to recognize gold and silver as legal tender authorized for payments of debts and taxes.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Top 1% Has 65 Times More Wealth Than The Bottom Half And The Global Elite Like It That Way
01-21-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Did you know that the 85 richest people in the world have about as much wealth as the poorest 50% of the entire global population does? In other words, 85 extremely wealthy individuals have about as much wealth as the poorest 3,500,000,000 do. This
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gerald Celente: 2014 Global Collapse and the Next War (Video)
01-21-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
With the coming of the new year, everyone wants to know what 2014 will hold for themselves and the world.
Futurists do their best to predict what events will come about over the next 12 months, as well as how current trends will affect, and be aff
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Deflation Menace
01-21-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Dedicated readers of The Wall Street Journal have recently been offered many dire warnings about a clear and present danger that is stalking the global economy. They are not referring to a possible looming stock or real estate bubble (which you can f
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News Link • Bitcoin
Creator Of Netscape Praises Bitcoin...
01-21-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Creator Of Netscape Praises Bitcoin, Compares It To The Invention Of PCs And The Internet
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News Link • Prepping
Tactical Solutions for Preppers
01-21-2014
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by The Grunt
As a sound and forward thinking prepper you should already be on your way to some level of sustainability in the event of some kind of social breakdown.
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News Link • Food
Coffee's Journey From A Bean To Your Cup Shown In One Interactive Graphic
01-21-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Christina Sterben
Coffee's Journey From A Bean To Your Cup Shown In One Interactive Graphic
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News Link • Internet
Those Who Make Their Living Off Facebook Traffic Should Pay Attention...
01-21-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Those Who Make Their Living Off Facebook Traffic Should Pay Attention To The Way The News Feed Just Changed
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News Link • Environment
Former West Virginia Miner: We've Been Dumping Those Chemicals In The Water...
01-21-2014
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Robert Johnson and Gus Lubin
Former West Virginia Miner: We've Been Dumping Those Chemicals In The Water For Decades
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News Link • Transportation
TSA Agent Actually Cares About Personal Liberties…When They Are HIS Liberties
01-21-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by BarracudaTrader
A TSA agent tells a man not to record him on camera because he is an “individual” with rights.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
"We kind of had to steal the Republican nomination" - Mitt Romney Documentary
01-21-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Allison Bricker
While, I realize some of you still place faith in voting in a system of rigged federal elections in hopes Rand will fare better than Ron, you may wish to digest Mitt Romney's admission in the forthcoming documentary "MITT"
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
The Best Libertarian Movie I've Seen In Awhile (Dallas Buyers Club)
01-21-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by -fred
If you like supporting movies that have a libertarian bent, I highly recommend going to see the movie "Dallas Buyers Club".
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Cop Stops To Throw Football With Kid
01-21-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by emalvini
Cop Plays Football with Youth caught on Dashcam Video A Texas police officer was patrolling the streets of Rosenburg Saturday when he noticed a young boy playing ball by himself. He decided to do something about it.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Feinstein: Metadata program here to stay
01-20-2014
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thehill.com
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) predicted Sunday that lawmakers who favored shutting down the bulk collection of telephone metadata would not be successful in their efforts as Congress weighs potential reforms to
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News Link • Gun Rights
Anti-Gun Senator Makes a Fool of Himself
01-20-2014
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Daily Paul.com
California State Senator Kevin de Leon uttered this comedic jewel the other day as he was promoting his new gun control bill, SB 808. Anyone with even a basic familiarity with firearms or the English language will see how stupid this is instantly
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News Link • Internet
Three Dangers of Losing Net Neutrality That Nobody’s Talking About
01-20-2014
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Wired.com
Net neutrality is an incredibly important issue, but it’s hard to know what to pay attention to when people throw around jargon like “common carriers” and “reclassification.”
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News Link • Environment
Pregnant women in West Virginia warned not to drink the water
01-20-2014
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naturalnews.com
While on Wednesday the "do-not-use" ban was lifted for nearly half a million W. Va. residents following the leak of 7,500 gallons of a foaming agent used to clean coal, a separate warning has been issued specifically for pregnant women.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oklahoma cop arrested for selling colleague’s gun to felon
01-20-2014
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Rawstory
A police officer in Union City, Oklahoma, was arrested for allegedly stealing a former colleague’s gun and selling it to a convicted felon. 32-year-old Officer Scottie Brothers was charged with possession of stolen property and providing firearms
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Outrage of the Kelly Thomas Cops’ Acquittal
01-20-2014
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Simple Justice
As much as we may believe the acquittal is an outrage, and our sense of justice is fundamentally offended by this outcome, it’s time to step back from the emotional reaction and consider the doctrinal consequences of this call for reprosecution.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Being anxious and afraid does not justify attempting to execute a man on his way to go surfing
01-20-2014
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by Radley Balko (Washington Post)
Except apparently it does, if you work in law enforcement. The quote is from the lawyer for David Perdue, one of 3 people police in California mistakenly fired upon during last February's manhunt for cop killer (and former cop) Christopher Dorner.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Philadelphia teen suffers ruptured testicle and hit with misdemeanors during police patdown
01-20-2014
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Rawstory
A straight-A student suffered a ruptured testicle during a patdown by Philadelphia police and was then charged with resisting arrest. Darrin Manning got off the subway on his way to play in a high school basketball game with 12 teammates
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News Link • Gun Rights
Jackson: Gun owner unarmed, unwelcome in Maryland
01-20-2014
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So there the Filippidises were on New Year’s Eve eve, southbound on Interstate 95 just barely out of the Fort McHenry Tunnel into Maryland, blissfully unarmed and minding their own business when they noticed an unmarked patrol car.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
America’s Great Game: The C.I.A.’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East
01-19-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Intelligence historian Hugh Wilford discusses his new book, America’s Great Game: The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East. Here is a New York Times review of the book. His previous books include The Mighty Wurlitzer: How t
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News Link • Bill of Rights
2d Circuit: Aw, Come On. That Can’t Be True
01-19-2014
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Simple Justice
One of the great joys of sitting on an appellate bench is that one is never compelled to accept as fact things that were hashed out at enormous length and effort before the trial court. As Appellate Squawk likes to point out, facts are for kids.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
My Doctor Can Disclose Our Medical Records to the NSA Without Our Authorization
01-19-2014
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We may sometimes use or disclose the PHI of armed forces personnel to the applicable military authorities when they believe it is necessary to properly carry out military missions. We may also disclose your PHI to authorized federal officials
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News Link • Mexico
Vigilantes reclaim another town in western Mexico
01-19-2014
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AFP
Self-defense groups made up of Mexican farmers and other local people have taken over another town that had been overrun by drug traffickers in the restive state of Michoacan. About 80 men armed with high-powered rifles Friday moved into the village
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News Link • Food
First comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food
01-19-2014
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They developed a test they call "MACRO," which stands for: multiplex amplification on a chip with readout on an oligo microarray. It combines 2 well-known genetic methods to flag about 97% of the known commercialized modifications,
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Congress Just Authorized $1.1 Trillion in Spending … And Nobody Read the Bill
01-19-2014
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On Capitol Hill, CNSNews.com asked Rep. Blumenauer: “The omnibus bill yesterday, it was 1,582 pages, did you have a chance to read all the pages before voting on it?” Blumenauer laughed and said: “Nobody did!” “Nobody did?” asked the
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News Link • Police State
Paul Revere, 9/11 and the NSA
1-19-2014
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Free Press Publications
President Obama recently gave a speech about possible reforms at the NSA. Obama began his speech by invoking the name Paul Revere. He stated that Revere and the Sons of Liberty “would patrol the streets, reporting back any signs that the British were
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News Link • Internet
How To Access The Invisible Internet You're Not Supposed To Find
01-18-2014
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Business Insider
How To Access The Invisible Internet You're Not Supposed To Find
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News Link • New World Order
Think Tank: “Extraordinary Crisis” Needed to Preserve “New World Order”
01-18-2014
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lewrockwell.com
Author of ‘shock and awe’ doctrine says elite threatened by non-state actors like Edward Snowden
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News Link • Bill of Rights
What are my Rights at Various “Checkpoints”?
01-18-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, Flex Your Rights
There are four general types of checkpoints you might encounter: DUI checkpoints, US border checkpoints, drug checkpoints, and TSA checkpoints.
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