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Date Sent: 2014-02-10
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, February 10, 2014 |
US citizen targeted for drone attack -- NSA Phone Data Guides Drone Strikes Which Kill Innocents
Israeli PM meets top ministers over boycott threat -- Catfish, radios, Christmas tree tax: Meet the pork-filled $956 BILLION Farm Bill -- Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleges Deputies Burned Man's Genitals With Taser Over Littering -- “He’s Wearing a Diaper!”: TSA Agent Humiliates Cancer Victim -- Gun control activist swears he forgot he was carrying gun while visiting school -- Florida seeks to ‘strangle the lifeblood’ of Bitcoin by targeting anonymous transactions -- Meet Cody Wilson – creator of the 3D-gun, anarchist and poster boy for the free web -- Student intervenes as bully beats gay teen, then suspended for 10 days -- The Bilderberg Plan to Obliterate Humanity -- Why so munchy? Cannabis shown to ramp up sense of smell -- David Puttnam: What happens when the media's priority is profit? -- Bitcoin Exchange Struggles -- FDA cracking down on cattle operations that use dangerous drugs at illegal doses -- Obamacare: The Final Payment -- Low Wage America -- Iran's 35th Islamic Revolution Anniversary
AZ: Freedom Summit 2014, starts
this Friday Feb. 14-16; Memorial for Jack
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Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine February 2014 Edition READY FOR DOWNLOAD!
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News Link • Drones
US suspect possibly targeted for drone attack
02-10-2014
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Breitbart
An American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drones
Report: NSA Phone Data Guides Drone Strikes Which Kill Innocents
02-10-2014
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Jamie Condliffe on Gizmodo
Phone data from NSA phone surveillance is regularly used to carry out drone strikes"which have killed innocents along the way. . . the CIA orders a strike based on the activity and location of the mobile phone a person is believed to be using.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Israel
Israeli PM meets top ministers over boycott threat
02-10-2014
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AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with three of his top(1/8)ministers to discuss ways to deal with the threat of economic boycotts against Israel, media reported Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Catfish, radios, Christmas tree tax: Meet the pork-filled $956 BILLION Farm Bill
02-10-2014
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Daily Mail
The federal government pays for a $15 million 'wool trust fund,' runs a $170 million program to protect catfish growers from overseas competition, sets aside $3 million to promote Christmas trees, funds another $2 million to help farmers sell
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleges Deputies Burned Man's Genitals With Taser Over Littering
02-10-2014
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NBC News
A Southern California man is accusing Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies in a federal civil rights lawsuit of attacking him and using a Taser on his genitals while his mother watched. Daniel Johnson, 26, filed the lawsuit in January against
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
“He’s Wearing a Diaper!”: TSA Agent Humiliates Cancer Victim
02-10-2014
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Infowars
A cancer victim who suffers from incontinence was humiliated during an incident last week when a TSA agent loudly announced “he’s wearing a diaper” to waiting travelers, before laughing and subjecting the man to a strip search.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun control activist swears he forgot he was carrying gun while visiting school
02-10-2014
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The Daily Caller
A N.Y. community activist well known for pushing for a highly restrictive 2013 gun control law has been arrested for " wait for it " carrying a gun illegally at a public elementary school. The arrested gun-control advocate caused quite a scene
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bitcoin
Florida seeks to ‘strangle the lifeblood’ of Bitcoin by targeting anonymous transactions
02-10-2014
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Rawstory
In an unprecedented move, authorities in Florida are targeting bitcoin traders simply for purchasing the currency. Unlike previous prosecutions in which Bitcoin users were suspected of participating in other illegal activities, the Miami Beach PD
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 3D Printing
Meet Cody Wilson " creator of the 3D-gun, anarchist and poster boy for the free web
02-10-2014
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Rawstory
Having lunch with the 14th Most Dangerous Person in the World is less scary than you might think. Unless you happen to have a morbid fear of hipster beards, Cody Wilson, a good-looking 26-year-old who blends with the crowd in the east
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Student intervenes as bully beats gay teen, then suspended for 10 days
02-10-2014
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Rawstory
A Florida high school student under suspension for 10 days after breaking up a lunch room assault on a gay teen says he’d do it again.
East Lee County High School senior Mark Betterson stepped in as another student, James Griffin, began striking s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
David Puttnam: What happens when the media's priority is profit?
02-10-2014
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ted.com
In this thoughtful talk, David Puttnam asks a big question about the media: Does it have a moral imperative to create informed citizens, or is it free to pursue profit by any means, just like any other business? His solution for balancing profit and
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Exchange Struggles
02-10-2014
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The New York Times
A major player in the Bitcoin universe was struggling to stay alive on Monday, raising questions about whether there is a fundamental flaw in the computer program that underlies the virtual currency.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
FDA cracking down on cattle operations that use dangerous drugs at illegal doses
02-10-2014
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naturalnews.com
Following an announcement made late last year about new voluntary guidelines for antibiotic use on factory farms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to crack down on the use of dangerous veterinary pharmaceuticals at illegal dose
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Healthcare
Obamacare: The Final Payment
02-10-2014
Since writing “Obamacare: Devils in the Details” posted on this site on February 3, 2013, I have investigated in detail other aspects of the insurance industry’s program to bring health care to Americans. In this article I explain estate recovery to
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Chris Menke
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News Link • China
Chinese Credit Bubble
02-08-2014
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arclein
The ratio of credit to GDP has jumped by 75 percentage points to 200pc of GDP, compared to roughly 40 points in the US over five years leading up to the subprime bubble, or in Japan before the Nikkei bubble burst in 1990. "This is beyond anything we
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robert klein
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Feature Article • Adam vs The Man
Party With Adam Kokesh!
Thomas Costanzo
Just got call Adam (Neo) is going to be in town on the 11th need a place to hang out and talk about the future of freedom! Hit me up if you have a place to hang out!
Tesla has opened up his home for the PARTY its a BYOB and bring a dish. Come
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News Link • TERRORISM
NATO 3 acquitted on terrorism charges, convicted for mob action and arson
02-08-2014
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Reuters
Three men accused of plotting to attack high-profile targets during a 2012 NATO summit in Chicago were convicted on Friday on mob action and arson charges, but they were acquitted on terrorism-related charges in a setback for prosecutors.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
American Leaders JOKE About Dead Veterans and Children
02-08-2014
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youtube
American political leaders of both parties are war mongering psychopaths. They do not care about you, your family, or the lives of innocent people. Watch as they laugh and make jokes about suffering and death.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
The Cult of the State and the Sexualization of Everything
02-08-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The State is a cult. Even some libertarians can’t let go of their long-ingrained State dependence. And there are those who must smear whistleblowers and journalists such as Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald. The smearers can’t bear to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Analysis: Is Syria now a direct threat to the U.S.?
02-08-2014
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Reuters
Over the last two weeks, Obama administration officials have signaled - sometimes intentionally, sometimes not - that a worst-case scenario is emerging in Syria. Peace talks are at a virtual standstill. An emboldened President Assad has
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US ‘Ukraine-gate’ Threatens to Blow Up Into Major Conflagration
02-08-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
A major international scandal with clear evidence of direct US involvement in civil unrest in Ukraine are much more serious than most in the US and EU realize. As is to be expected, the US mainstream press is focused not on this evidence
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
I’m Rushing Out To Buy a Swatch!
02-08-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
“The eccentric” " love it!"”chief executive officer of Swatch Group, one of the world’s top watchmakers, was so incensed by recent allegations of mass U.S. spying that he chastised a top New York official over the matter in a letter late last year.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
BOMBSHELL: Snowden downloaded entire roster of U.S. government - all names, home addresses
02-06-2014
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Turner Radio
Edward Snowden, the former contractor at the National Security Agency took with him multiple "Doomsday" packages of information when he departed the country and began revealing how intensely the US Government is spying on its own citizens. He has t
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College (Full Interview)
02-07-2014
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YouTube.Com
Rowe recently sat down with Reason's Nick Gillespie to discuss his bad experience with a high school guidance counselor (3:20), why he provides scholarships based on work ethic (6:57), the problem with taxpayer-supported college loans (8:40), why Ame
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Tell Your Children Not to Go to College
02-07-2014
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Tarrin Lupo
TV celebrity Mike Rowe is a hero to hard-working folks everywhere. He rocked the boat in an interview when he said, “We are lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That’s nuts!”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Achieve Olympic Glory - Now Pay the IRS
02-07-2014
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As 230 U.S. Olympic athletes gear up to compete in the 2014 Winter Games, the only thing colder than the slopes at Sochi is the fact that any prizes awarded will be taxed by the IRS. Many Americans don't realize that the U.S. taxes income
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Agents Interrogate Jewish Author For Reading Conservative Newspaper
02-07-2014
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Infowars
Award winning Jewish author Phyllis Chesler was questioned and had her bag searched at New York’s JFK Airport as a result of a TSA agent’s suspicions over the fact that she was reading a conservative newspaper.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Alleged Silk Road online drug baron pleads not guilty
02-07-2014
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AFP
The man accused of donning the mantle of the "Dread Pirate Roberts" to run the Silk Road online black market bazaar pleaded not guilty Friday to drug and money laundering charges.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Florida tax evasion trial of ex-UBS banker delayed eight months
02-07-2014
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Reuters
A Florida judge has agreed to an 8-month delay in the trial of Raoul Weil, a former high-ranking UBS banker charged with tax fraud by U.S. authorities. Weil's lawyers requested the delay in light of the massive amount of evidence that has been produc
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News Link • Corruption
Crist accused of trading money for judges
02-07-2014
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Washington Times
Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida now seeking his old seat as a Democrat, has received the worst type of attention at the start of his campaign: a jilted former fundraiser testifying under oath that judicial nominations were up
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, February 9, 2014 Edition
02-07-2014
John Semmens
Dems Say Obamacare Will Liberate Millions from Workplace Drudgery
Democrats touted a Congressional Budget Office report that projects more than 2 million workers will opt out of full time work because of the Affordable Care Act's subsidies for une
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Fox News Has Signed Political Titan James Carville As A Contributor
02-07-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiurato
Fox News has signed Democratic strategist James Carville to be a contributor, the network announced Thursday. The network said that Carville will appear on "various programming offering political commentary on the news of the day."
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Opinion • LOVE
A Frank Letter to the Homeless Man Under the Bridge
02-07-2014
Paul Rosenberg
I see you standing here, asking for help, about once a week. You are always polite, and I respect that. I’d like to do something for you… something that would matter long-term. Giving you a few notes or coins now and then may be fine, but I’d really
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News Link • Bitcoin
Apple Won't Let Bitcoin Apps In Its App Store, But This Guy Found A Way Around All That
02-07-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan Love
Apple has decided to estrange itself to the Bitcoin community " the company has denied a number of apps entry to its App Store for having Bitcoin functionality. Some say it's due to the unclear regulatory issues surrounding the currency.
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News Link • Secret Societies
The 16 Most Powerful Members Of 'Skull And Bones'
02-07-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Christina Sterben
In 1832 five Yale students " including future President William Howard Taft's father " founded one of America's most famous secret societies: Skull and Bones.
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News Link • Inventions
Real-time Google Glass app can ID people using facial recognition
02-07-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Raymond Wong
We've said it many times and we'll say it again: Google Glass is both wonderfully great and terrifying at the same time. When used for good, Glass has the potential to provide all kinds of occupations with innovative features that take advantage of i
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