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Date Sent: 2014-03-25
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
Congressional GOP: Send Small Arms to Ukraine to ‘Defend Themselves’
California CPS Officials Retaliating Against Father who Secretly Recorded them to Expose Abuse -- Burning Bridges -- Oklahoma: Man Fights Back Against Speed Trap Harassment -- TSA’s Billion Dollar Scam -- He Cooperated with the Cops and is Paying the Price: The Ordeal of Mark Byrge --
Google Encrypts Gmail in an Attempt to Make it 'NSA Proof' and Stop
Mass Surveillance -- How to thwart gunmen at 29,000 feet, by the only
pilot who ever did -- The Agenda 21 Water Police Are Coming for Your Water, Homes and Kids -- A List Of 97 Taxes Americans Pay Every Year -- CAIR Bullies ABC into Canceling Show About US Teen Kidnapped by Saudis -- Communities Grow Weary of Militarized Police -- The Big Mogambo Financial Supernova (TBMFS) -- Fisher Outs Bubbles Ben: QE Was A Massive Intended Gift To The 1% -- Technology Company Using Fitness Trackers To Monitor Employees -- Taking on Putin: The Gessen Plan -- The War Party At Work In
Syria: Another Nation Destroyed, More Blood On America’s Hands --
Election Monitors Flee Afghanistan After Hotel Attack -- Clashes
Spread to Eastern Iraq; 98 Killed, 34 Wounded -- Targeting
Huawei: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm -- Why
US sanctions could play into Putin's hand -- Britons rate
Russia more positively than EU, poll shows -- 24 Hour
Spot Gold (Bid) -- 24 Hour Spot Silver (Bid)
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News Link • Child Protective Services
California CPS Officials Retaliating Against Father who Secretly Recorded them to Expose Abuse
03-24-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
First, Ventura police raided Scott Rolick’s home, saying they were looking for drugs being sold by his girlfriend’s grandfather who lived at the home with the couple.
Then, after making no arrests, they returned five days later with a Child Protec
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oklahoma: Man Fights Back Against Speed Trap Harassment
03-24-2014
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The Newspaper
The owner of an Oklahoma pawn shop on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the speed trap town of Meeker because the city's police force harassed him over a sign he put up warning drivers. Out in front of James W. Goad's business, Meeker Supply a
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA’s Billion Dollar Scam
03-24-2014
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Simple Justice
The New York Times reports that the Government Accountability Office has taken issue with the Transportation Safety Administration for squandering $1 billion on voodoo.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
He Cooperated with the Cops -- and is Paying the Price: The Ordeal of Mark Byrge
03-24-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
When Mark Byrge had a minor traffic accident on a street in American Fork, Utah, he did the “responsible” thing by reporting the incident to the police. He has never stopped paying for that mistake. Within a few minutes of receiving Mark's call,
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News Link • 3D Printing
World's first 3D-printed kayak takes to the water
03-24-2014
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www.gizmag.com, By Paul Ridden
It doesn't seem too long ago that 3D-printers were astounding us by churning out cheeky little trinkets or small replacement parts. But the technology has quickly grown to cater for everything from rapid prototyping to slick-looking commercial produc
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News Link • Internet
Google Encrypts Gmail in an Attempt to Make it 'NSA Proof' and Stop Mass Surveillance
03-24-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, Daily Mail
Amid revelations that the National Security Agency has the ability to intercept data going between servers and other computers, tech giant Google now says it will encrypt all messages sent through its Gmail email service to prevent prying eyes from l
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News Link • Inventions
Graphene Helps Copper Wires Keep Their Cool
03-24-2014
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Katie Bourzac
An exotic form of carbon could help relieve a growing problem with the copper used in computer processors.
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News Link • TERRORISM
How to thwart gunmen at 29,000 feet, by the only pilot who ever did
03-24-2014
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Mitch Ginsburg for The Times of Israel
With world attention focused on MH370, Uri Bar-Lev recalls how he saved his El Al passengers from an attempted skyjacking, and says other pilots should have been trained to do the same " on 9/11 and in countless other cases.
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News Link • Communications
Globr lets users chat, regardless of language
03-24-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com,By Stu Robarts
The internet has connected and flattened the world in ways previously unimaginable. Coupled with ever more seamless translation tools, it provides the ability to communicate across borders and languages. Now, a new instant messaging tool is looking t
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
A List Of 97 Taxes Americans Pay Every Year
03-24-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If you are like most Americans, paying taxes is one of your pet peeves. The deadline to file your federal taxes is coming up, and this year Americans will spend more than 7 billion hours preparing their taxes and will hand over more than four trilli
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News Link • Food
Why Almost Everything you've been Told About Unhealthy Foods is Wrong
03-24-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Joanna Blythman
Eggs and red meat have both been on the nutritional hit list " but after a major study last week dismissed a link between fats and heart disease, is it time for a complete rethink?
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News Link • Media: Television
CAIR Bullies ABC into Canceling Show About US Teen Kidnapped by Saudis
03-24-2014
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Pamela Geller at Breibart.com
"Just days after (CAIR-LA) expressed concerns over potential stereotyping in the pilot for ABC Family’s ‘Alice in Arabia’ ... the network has decided not to pursue the show that had been announced Monday.”
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Pro-Israel Students Called ‘Kike,’ ‘Dirty Jew’ at University of Michigan
03-24-2014
University of Michigan spokesman: Death threats to pro-Israel students just ‘activism’
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News Link • Inventions
10 Diabolical Spy Weapons
03-24-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Nathan Willey
The Bond movies popularized spy weapons, but real-life intelligence organizations had their own clever tools of the trade. The weapons on this list give us a glimpse into the realm of cloaks and daggers and make us wonder what else is out there that
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News Link • Police State
Communities Grow Weary of Militarized Police
03-24-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Russia Today
As numerous law enforcement agencies across the United States begin enrolling large armored vehicles into the force, pockets of resistance are forming among some communities concerned with the trend.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Big Mogambo Financial Supernova (TBMFS)
03-24-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Richard Daughty
The kids are suddenly big experts on “income inequality” since it has become the issue du jour lately, and are loudly whining and wondering why I have money to spend while they do not, which they consider completely unfair.
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News Link • Economy - International
Fisher Outs Bubbles Ben: QE Was A Massive Intended Gift To The 1%
03-24-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By David Stockman
Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher has been a thoughtful dissenter all along on the lunacy of QE and the Fed’s massive bond buying spree.
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News Link • Syria
The War Party At Work In Syria: Another Nation Destroyed, More Blood On America’s Hands
03-24-2014
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by David Stockman
Just in the nick of time last fall, the American people finally put their collective foot down, and took away Obama’s keys to the Tomahawk Missile batteries.
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News Link • Iraq
Clashes Spread to Eastern Iraq; 98 Killed, 34 Wounded
03-24-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret Griffis
At least 98 people were killed and 34 more were wounded across Iraq. In Diyala province, security forces are trying to prevent militants from taking over Buhriz.
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News Link • China
Targeting Huawei: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm
03-24-2014
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http://www.spiegel.de
According to documents viewed by SPIEGEL, America'a NSA intelligence agency put considerable efforts into spying on Chinese politicians and firms. One major target was Huawei, a company that is fast becoming a major Internet player.
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News Link • General Opinion
Why US sanctions could play into Putin's hand
03-24-2014
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http://www.csmonitor.com, By Fred Weir
The post-Crimea sanctions are meant to squeeze top Russian officials and businessmen. But will the measures just push them closer to the Kremlin?
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News Link • European Union
Britons rate Russia more positively than EU, poll shows
03-24-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, London (AFP)
Britons see Russia in a more positive light than the European Union, despite recent tensions with Moscow over Ukraine, according to a poll published on Saturday.
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News Link • Surveillance
Michael Arrington: Google Spied On My Gmail Account
03-23-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve Kovach
Venture capitalist and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington wrote on his blog today that he's "nearly certain" Google once snooped into his Gmail account after he broke a story about the company.
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News Link • Surveillance
Mark Zuckerberg Shows Up At The White House
03-23-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Karyne Levy
A week after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called President Obama to express "frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future," Zuckerberg, along with top executives from other tech giants, are meeting at the White House t
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News Link • Internet
Edward Snowden:
Here's how we take back the Internet
03-23-2014
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http://www.ted.com
Appearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Venice votes to split from Italy
03-23-2014
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Daily Mail
Venetians voted overwhelmingly for their own sovereign state in a ‘referendum’ on independence from Italy. Inspired by Scotland’s separatist ambitions, 89% of the residents of the lagoon city and its surrounding area, opted to break away
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News Link • Mercenaries
5 Things To Say Goodbye To If You Become a Private Military Contractor
03-22-2014
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Death Valley Magazine
No one ever asks the smart question: “Are there any reasons why I should not consider a career in contracting?”
The short answer is “fuck yes there are”.
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News Link • Police State
Communities grow weary of militarized police
03-22-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
As numerous law enforcement agencies across the United States begin enrolling large armored vehicles into the force, pockets of resistance are forming among some communities concerned with the trend.
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News Link • Conspiracies
*Update 3* "The U.S. Government has not come clean ..."
03-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by MykeTheVet
*Update 3* "The U.S. Government has not come clean ..." says Retired General Thomas McInerney on Malaysian Flight MH370
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News Link • World News
Twitter: We Hope Turkey Lifts Its Completely Ineffectual Ban On Our Service
03-22-2014
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Gerry Shih and Alexei Oreskovic
Twitter Inc said on Friday it hopes access to its social media service in Turkey will be restored soon, a day after it was blocked by the country's government.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
The Economics Of Prostitution: Sex, Lies, And Statistics
03-22-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, The Economist
Laying bare supply and demand in the oldest profession.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Idaho governor signs emergency legislation nullifying all future federal gun laws
03-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by USA 2012
On Thursday, Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) signed a bill, which would effectively nullify future federal gun laws, by prohibiting state enforcement of any future federal act relating to personal firearms, a firearm accessories or ammunition.
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News Link • Tea Party
First ever write-in candidate (Tea Party) wins State Senate seat in Pennsylvania
03-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by joeinmo
Beating a Democrat and establishment GOP candidate that poured in money to stop him, a trucking owner comes away with the win.
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News Link • Activism
Iraq War Veteran Injured In 'Occupy' Protests Awarded $4.5 Million Settlement
03-22-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Agence France Pres
An Iraq war veteran critically injured in 2011 Occupy protests in California has won $4.5 million in a legal settlement with local authorities, his lawyers said Friday.
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News Link • Obama Administration
'Liberty Tax’: White House, Media Attack After Drudge Pays Obamacare Opt-Out Penalty
03-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by MATTHEW BOYLE
'Liberty Tax’: White House, Media Attack After Drudge Pays Obamacare Opt-Out Penalty
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News Link • Government
Take Your Red Pill... (No, The Other One)...
03-22-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Cyril
Take Your Red Pill... (No, The Other One)... The NSA Observer : "Things the NSA Doesn't Want You to Know..."
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
This Tech Company Made Its Product Free In Venezuela To Fight Government Censorship
03-22-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan Love
Times are complicated in Venezuela right now. Citizens are protesting the government in response to rising inflation and increased criminal violence (such as the high-profile murder of Monica Spear, former Miss Venezuela). Meanwhile, the Venezuelan g
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News Link • Gun Rights
John Lott Destroys Gun Rights Haters in a Debate (video)
10-25-2013
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The International Libertarian
What a hidden gem! This is an unlisted video of a gun rights debate. The clowns at UC Berkeley must not have liked that John Lott destroyed the gun grabbers. For anyone going into a debate or discussion of the issue this is must watch!
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News Link • History
Michael Collins and the Eight Hundred Year Occupation...
03-22-2014
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http://zerogov.com, by Bill Buppert
Michael Collins and the Eight Hundred Year Occupation: Did A Non-State Soldier Defeat a Global Empire on Bloody Sunday on 21 November 1920?
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Free Kevin Trudeau!
03-22-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By John Seiler
I might get thrown in the Gulag Americana for writing this, but Kevin Trudeau helped me in at least two medical areas. I’m going to describe how.
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Why Does the NSA Want to Keep Its Water Usage a Secret?
03-22-2014
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http://www.wired.com,By Robert McMillan
The National Security Agency has many secrets, but here’s a new one: the agency is refusing to say how much water it’s pumping into the brand new data center it operates in Bluffdale, Utah. According to the NSA, its water usage is a matter of nationa
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News Link • Conspiracies
Did The West Create Chaos In Crimea and Ukraine?
03-22-2014
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https://www.youtube.com, Ben Swann
While western media is up in arms about Russia's "Invasion" into Ukraine, they are not admitting to how western nations like the United States are involved in creating the power vacuum in the first place that Putin is taking advantage of
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News Link • Imperialism
Ukraine Mission Creep
03-22-2014
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http://www.veteranstoday.com, by Gordon Duff
Years ago, anti-imperialist activists feared that the US was trying to seize the world’s oil supplies and take over the Middle East. Their assumptions had long been proven correct though their estimations are well under the mark.
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News Link • World News
NEO " Ukraine Boomerang " Serious Repercussions Now for the West
03-22-2014
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http://www.veteranstoday.com, by Jim W. Dean
The West took a major credibility beating today, one inflicted on itself. This hit is going to be one more chapter of the US and EU foreign policy gang, who can’t shoot straight and who believe their own bull manure.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
FBI agent will not be charged in assassination during Boston Marathon bombing probe
03-22-2014
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AFP
An unnamed FBI agent has been cleared over the murder of a Chechen-born man being quizzed in connection with last year’s Boston bombing, a law enforcement source said Friday. Mixed martial artist Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot dead
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