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Date Sent: 2014-12-04
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
Aiming for Two Militant Leaders in Pakistan, U.S. Drone Pilots Killed 233 People
While America Daydreams, Warmongers Ready For Assault On Syria -- Hong Kong protest leaders try to 'surrender.' Why did police say no? (+video) -- The Eve Of Another Banking Collapse -- New York Man Claiming Nazi Persecution Arrested at Checkpoint for Failing to Provide Papers -- Cops Work for Corporate America as Oppressive Mercenaries for the 1% Says Police Captain -- Prosecutor Knowingly Solicited Perjury, Appeals Court Reverses Burglary Conviction -- Prosecutors rethink convict's sentence after judge cites AG Holder -- re: "Blue Privilege" Protects the Killer of Eric Garner -- Citizenfour - The Snowden Documentary -- Notorious Former Police Chief Admits He Was Federal Informant Baiting Gun Folks -- Hovind Persecution Continues -- Make your own rockets from scratch - (and behave yourself) -- 12-04-14 -- Bob Templeton - James & JoAnne Moriarty - James Bovard -- LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, 9-Noon -- Reviving Blue Collar Work: 4 Myths About the Skilled Trades -- Neocons Triumphant in Washington and Geneva -- How Pennsylvania Is Selling Residency To Chinese "Investors" For $500k Each -- The Middle Class Spending Crash Explained -- 5 Complete Lies About America's New $18 Trillion Debt Level -- The US Army Is Sending Another 100 Tanks To Eastern Europe As Ukraine Unrest -- Psychiatrist: Maybe, Just Maybe, Everyone Should Take Lithium -- Judge Explains Why Prosecutors Don't Want To Fix Our Broken Justice System -- Hindu Worshippers Killed 500,000 Animals At A Festival, And The Pictures Are Staggering -- 12-03-14 -- Dr. Peter N. Steinmetz - Drew Phillips (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Why trust the politicians who take your guns? - by Ernest Hancock -- Teijin Aramid and LUT enable nanotechnology to enter electric motors
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club, THIS Saturday - Dec 6th, 2014 - Dr. Peter N. Steinmetz, man w/ AR-15 @ airport speaking -- Christmas Party 2014 @ the home of Ernest and Donna Hancock, Sat Dec 13th, 6 p.m. til?; Dec. 15: This Year's Bill of Rights Day Celebration In Phoenix
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News Link • Death
Aiming for Two Militant Leaders in Pakistan, U.S. Drone Pilots Killed 233 People...
12-03-2014
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http://www.thedailysheeple.com-Steve Straehley
Aiming for Two Militant Leaders in Pakistan, U.S. Drone Pilots Killed 233 People, including 89 Children.
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News Link • Syria
While America Daydreams, Warmongers Ready For Assault On Syria
12-04-2014
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When the Anglo-American powers are intent on the destruction of a target country -- the unfortunate nation that finds itself in the crosshairs of NATO -- there is very little that will stand in the way of their goals.
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News Link • China
Hong Kong protest leaders try to 'surrender.' Why did police say no? (+video)
12-04-2014
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Christian Science Monitor
The theatrical attempt at 'surrendering' to authorities who weren't seeking the protest leaders' arrest comes amid flagging hopes of success for the Hong Kong democracy pressure group.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
The Eve Of Another Banking Collapse
12-04-2014
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RINF
During the American Economic Depression of the 1930's, some bank deposits were devalued by 40%. In simple terms, this meant that deposits valued at $1,000 were deemed to be worth only $600. A plan agreed at the G20 Summit
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News Link • Police State
New York Man Claiming Nazi Persecution Arrested at Checkpoint for Failing to Provide Papers
12-04-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
"This is not Nazi Germany, sir," he told a cop. "No, you may not see my papers unless I'm being charged with a crime." The cop accused him of being disorderly and arrested him after him several chances to provide his identification.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Work for Corporate America as Oppressive Mercenaries for the 1% Says Police Captain
12-04-2014
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copblock
"It's an oppressive organization now controlled by the one percent of corporate America. Corporate America is using police forces as their mercenaries."
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecutor Knowingly Solicited Perjury, Appeals Court Reverses Burglary Conviction
12-04-2014
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Rebuking a remarkable act of prosecutorial legerdemain, a Court eversed the conviction holding "the State knowingly proffered perjured testimony" from his ex-girlfriend, who had earlier pled guilty as the SOLE actor in the crime.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecutors rethink convict's sentence after judge cites AG Holder
12-04-2014
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Prosecutors are reconsidering a 50-year sentence for a convicted robber and drug dealer, after a judge suggested they call Attorney General Holder to ask him whether it was fair to "punish" a man for rejecting a plea deal and opting for trial.
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News Link • TAXES: State
re: "Blue Privilege" Protects the Killer of Eric Garner
12-04-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Eric Garner, father of 6, was standing on a sidewalk selling cigarettes to pedestrians. The government sent 6 heavily armed tax collection enforcers . . . er, I mean, police officers . . . to accost Mr. Garner. They murdered him
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News Link • Police State
Notorious Former Police Chief Admits He Was Federal Informant Baiting Gun Folks
12-03-2014
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BenSwann.com
"I'd seen an opportunity to advance my law enforcement career, and there was no way I was going to turn it down."
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Reviving Blue Collar Work: 4 Myths About the Skilled Trades
12-03-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com-Jeremy Anderberg
For better or for worse, what we do for a living often defines us. It's one of the first questions we ask people when we meet them for the first time. It's where we will end up spending 90,000 hours of our life, over the course of 40-some years.
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News Link • How To
How to Pull an All-Nighter: Tips from the Special Forces
12-03-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com-Brett & Kate McKay
The all-nighter. It's kind of a rite of passage for college students, especially during finals. But even older adults sometimes need to pull one -- finishing up a work project or driving through the night.
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News Link • How to Help
How to Escape a Sinking Car: An Illustrated Guide
12-03-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com-AoM Team
Nearly 12% of the bridges in the United States have been deemed "structurally deficient" by the Federal Highway Administration. It's scary to think that one might collapse while you're driving over it, plunging your car into the water below.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How Pennsylvania Is Selling Residency To Chinese "Investors" For $500k Each
12-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com-Tyler Durden
A major theme here at Liberty Blitzkrieg over the past year has been the creative ways in which corrupt Chinese oligarchs and government officials are maneuvering their way into the United States. To be clear, I am not anti-immigration by any stretch
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Middle Class Spending Crash Explained
12-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com-Tyler Durden
With Black Friday sales plunging and Cyber Monday growth slowing, it appears the chicken of stagnant wages and debt-saturation are coming home to roost for a massacred middle-class America. However, as WSJ reports "we are buying less stuff," because
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News Link • Military
The US Army Is Sending Another 100 Tanks To Eastern Europe As Ukraine Unrest...
12-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-Richard Sisk
The US Army Is Sending Another 100 Tanks To Eastern Europe As Ukraine Unrest Continues.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Psychiatrist: Maybe, Just Maybe, Everyone Should Take Lithium
12-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-Kevin Loria
Lithium has quite the reputation.
As a psychiatric medication it's generally used to treat extreme cases of bipolar disorder and depression in patients who don't respond to traditional antidepressants.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Explains Why Prosecutors Don't Want To Fix Our Broken Justice System
12-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-Erin Fuchs
One of America's most iconoclastic judges, Jed Rakoff, recently attacked rampant plea bargaining that leads many innocent people to plead guilty.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Hindu Worshippers Killed 500,000 Animals At A Festival, And The Pictures Are Staggering
12-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-Natasha Bertrand
The largest traditional animal sacrifice in the world began last weekend in southern Nepal with an estimated 4,000 buffalo, goats, and pigeons slaughtered on Friday alone.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Multi Signature Transactions, The Year of Multisig is Here
12-03-2014
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http://www.bitcoinnotbombs.com-Drew P.
The year is almost over and multi signature wallets have finally arrived in what was said to be the year of multisig.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Another Terrible Sign For The Future Of The NFL
12-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-
The NFL's image has taken a lot of damaging blows in recent months led by the sport's concussion crisis as well as their handling of domestic violence issues. Now comes the chart below, via Statista, which shows that young people are much less likely
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Spare Parts
12-03-2014
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http://www.imdb.com-IMDb
Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Why trust the politicians who take your guns? by Ernest Hancock
12-19-2012
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WMSA.Net
If a politician thinks that the highest law of the land, the Bill of Rights, is nothing more than a guideline for government, do you want to entrust him with anything? (Guest Article for the Arizona Republic June 2002)
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News Link • Inventions
Teijin Aramid and LUT enable nanotechnology to enter electric motors
12-03-2014
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http://www.teijinaramid.com
Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) introduces the first electrical motor applying carbon nanotube yarn. The material replaces copper wires in windings. The motor is a step towards lightweight, efficient electric drives. Its output power is 4
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News Link • Currencies
Federal judge sentences Liberty Dollar creator Dec. 2 to probation for 2011 conviction
12-03-2014
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www.coinworld.com
A federal judge in North Carolina Dec. 2 sentenced Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Liberty Dollar private voluntary barter currency, to three months probation for his 2011 conviction on charges the Liberty Dollar violates federal counterfeiting s
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News Link • History
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Crashed Like This?…
12-02-2014
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com-Michael Snyder
There has only been one other time in history when the price of oil has crashed by more than 40 dollars in less than 6 months.
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Government "Science" Project Censored Conservative Twitter Accounts
12-02-2014
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http://www.thedailysheeple.com-J.D. Heyes
Members of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee have sent a letter to the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) demanding to know more about the beginnings of a $1 million taxpayer-funded project to track conservative "misi
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News Link • Syria
Syrian toddler buried alive after US bombing
12-02-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com-fonzdrew
Syrian toddler buried alive after US bombing. (A Rewarding Video)
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Kim Dotcom beats US bid to get him thrown back in jail
12-02-2014
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ars technica
Kim Dotcom successfully fended off an American government bid to put in him back in a New Zealand jail for allegedly violating his bail. "That was a good win today, but also another attempt by the US government to get my liberty removed
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
I was destroyed in 24 hours: Innocent man ruined by unbelievable sex crime investigation
12-02-2014
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Rawstory
But the only evidence against him was a photo from a visit of his 2011 visit to drop off a load of lumber to a home where a couple resided that was producing child pornography.
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News Link • Surveillance
NYPD gathered intel on professional agitators in Ferguson preparing for chokehold death decision
12-02-2014
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Rawstory
The NY City Police Department sent detectives to Ferguson, Missouri in order to gather intelligence on "professional agitators" as the grand jury investigating the chokehold death of a Staten Island man draws to a close.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Behind Closed Doors, Government Officials Make Shocking Comments About Civil Forfeiture
12-02-2014
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Without even needing to charge someone with a crime, law enforcement can seize and keep cash, cars and even homes. Now IJ uncovered recordings of government officials making unsettling comments about this power.
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News Link • Surveillance
Feds want Apple's help to defeat encrypted phones, new legal case shows
12-02-2014
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ars technica
Court documents from 2 federal criminal cases in New York and California that remain otherwise sealed suggest the Department of Justice is pursuing an unusual legal strategy to compel cellphone makers to assist investigations.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Town Mistakenly Posts Signs Threatening $250 Fines ... Is Only $25 ... So Change To $250
12-02-2014
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Jonathan Turley
The government put up new signs around town threatening $250 fines for dog waste violations, but received complaints the law actually sets the fine at $25. No problem, the town changes the law to match the signs.
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News Link • Police State
Former federal agent expounds on illegal means used to frame targets
12-02-2014
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copblock
When someone asks someone in the NSA if they are spying on American's without warrants they can "truthfully" say no because SOD an essentially separate agency is doing it.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Sheriff's Departments, State Troopers Provide New Homes For Bad Cops
12-01-2014
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There's another revolving door out there -- one that keeps bad cops employed in the law enforcement sector. It's incredibly difficult for police departments to shed their "bad apples," what with police unions pushing back hard on
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News Link • Torture
No Charges, No Trials, No Closure: Obama Quietly Frees Guantánamo Prisoners
12-01-2014
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President Barack Obama pledged in 2009 to shutter Guantánamo Bay by the end of his presidency, a promise he's repeated as recently as this year's State of the Union address. It's increasingly looking like he won't be able to keep his word.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cleveland cops who killed unarmed black suspects claim racial discrimination over suspensions
12-01-2014
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Rawstory
Nine Cleveland police officers involved in the fatal 2012 shootings of 2 unarmed African-Americans are suing the police department claiming racial discrimination. The 8 white officers and one Hispanic officer filed the federal lawsuit
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News Link • Drug War
Video: The UN's War On Weed
12-01-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com-MMJ Ministry
"I don't see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing
conventions," Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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News Link • Economy - International
Retail Disaster: Holiday Sales Crater by 11%, Online Spend Declines: NRF Blames...
12-01-2014
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http://www.shtfplan.com-Tyler Durden
Retail Disaster: Holiday Sales Crater by 11%, Online Spend Declines: NRF Blames Shopping Fiasco On "Stronger Economy".
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News Link • World News
Indigenous Communities in Ecuador Fight to Hold Chevron Accountable
12-01-2014
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http://thelibertybeat.com-Derrick Broze
Indigenous and farming communities filed an official complaint with the International Criminal Court in the Hague regarding Chevron's refusal to fix environmental damage and contamination of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.
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News Link • Surveillance
ACLU of Houston and Houston Free Thinkers Partner for Surveillance Teach In
12-01-2014
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http://thelibertybeat.com- Derrick Broze
ACLU of Houston and Houston Free Thinkers Partner for Surveillance Teach In.
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News Link • Economy - International
Simple Man's Macro View of the World
12-01-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.
I received an interesting email the Wednesday before Thanksgiving from Steen Jakobsen, chief economist for Saxo bank, regarding his macro picture of the world.
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News Link • Economy - International
Podemos "Economic Manifesto" Calls for Debt Restructuring, Spain to Abandon...
12-01-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-
Podemos "Economic Manifesto" Calls for Debt Restructuring, Spain to Abandon the "Euro Trap".
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