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Date Sent: 2010-07-06
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, July 5, 2010 |
Hillary & Obama Seek War: Britain, Germany and UAE refuse to refuel Iran's planes
Republican Steele’s Afghanistan Remarks Praised by Ron Paul -- Photographer detained by police, BP employee near refinery -- Coast Guard bans reporters from oil cleanup sites -- Spy tech that ‘monitors conversations’ being launched in Europe -- Spain economy hit by unemployment -- Water theft and the end of family cattle ranching -- Russian spies: 3 remaining mysteries -- Too Big to Jail? Time to fix Wall Street's accountability deficit. -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: US trapped in depression, starting to feel like 1932 -- Dow Repeats Great Depression Pattern: Charts -- Census worker taken to court for trespassing -- Gates Tightens Rules for Military and the Media -- Pensacola, Florida Tourism Hit by 75% Cancellation Rate -- Denninger: Market Manipulation On Display -- 3,200,000 Losing Unemployment Benefits -- Iran sanctions - another Bush-like unilateral act of preemptive war -- Post Climategate: Towards a Reassessment of the Global Warming Consensus
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Republican Steele’s Afghanistan Remarks Praised by Ron Paul
07-05-2010
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Bloomberg
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, whose remarks suggesting the U.S. will lose the war in Afghanistan have prompted some Republicans to demand his resignation, won praise from Representative Ron Paul.
“Michael Steele should not
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News Link • Communications
Undersea Cable Set To Boost West Africa Broadband
07-05-2010
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John C. Abell via Wired.com
LAGOS (Reuters) " An eagerly-awaited submarine cable linking West Africa to Europe has gone live, paving the way for cheaper and more reliable internet access in one of the world’s fastest-growing telecoms markets
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News Link • Events: America
Queen Elizabeth to Visit Manhattan on Tuesday
07-05-2010
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Robert D. McFadden via The New York Times
She was a vivacious young queen when she first saw New York City in 1957, regal in white gloves but as dazzled as any tourist taking in the Statue of Liberty and the skyline of Manhattan from the deck of a rumbling Staten Island ferry. She wanted her
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News Link • Environment
Gigantic Prehistoric Whale Hunted Other Whales
07-05-2010
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Jeremy Hsu via LiveScience
A prehistoric leviathan that represented a more savage Moby Dick once hunted smaller whales around 12 million or 13 million years ago, researchers say.
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News Link • Environment
Gruesome Images Reveal Python Digesting a Rat
07-05-2010
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LiveScience Staff
Gruesome 3-D images of the insides of snakes, alligators and tarantulas have been captured with a new high-tech procedure.
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News Link • Economy - International
German town's euro alternative
07-05-2010
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Aljazeera.net
Germany was one of the first countries in Europe to endorse a common currency for much of the continent, but recent debt troubles in Greece, Spain and Portugal have weakened the euro.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Photographer detained by police, BP employee near refinery
07-05-2010
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MSNBC
A photographer taking pictures of a BP refinery in Texas was detained by a BP security official, local police and a man who said he was from the Department of Homeland Security. The photographer said he was confronted by the officials shortly after a
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News Link • Police State
Spy tech that ‘monitors conversations’ being launched in Europe
07-05-2010
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Rawstory
The surveillance system, dubbed Sigard, has been installed in Dutch city centers, government offices and prisons, and a recent test-run of the technology in Coventry, England, has British civil rights experts worried that the right to privacy will di
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News Link • Police State
Coast Guard bans reporters from oil cleanup sites
07-05-2010
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Rawstory
Journalists who come too close to oil spill clean-up efforts without permission could find themselves facing a $40,000 fine and even one to five years in prison under a new rule instituted by the Coast Guard late last week. It's a move that outraged
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Water theft and the beginning of the end of independent and family cattle ranching
07-05-2010
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Farm Wars
Natural waterways are being altered to allow the collection of water to be sold on the commodities markets depriving cattle ranchers of the much needed water for their herds.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Secret Societies
Russian spies: Three remaining mysteries
07-05-2010
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Peter Grier via The Christian Science Monitor
For all that has been made public about the sweeping Russian spy scandal, tantalizing mysteries remain " some of which may not be answered until US and Russian archives are opened.
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News Link • Bailouts
Too Big to Jail?
Time to fix Wall Street's accountability deficit.
07-05-2010
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Monika Bauerelin and Clara Jeffery via MotherJones
MAYBE WALL STREET should open a casino right there on the corner of Broad, because these guys simply cannot lose. After kneecapping the global economy, costing millions their homes and livelihoods, and saddling our grandchildren with massive debt"aft
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News Link • Depression
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: US trapped in depression, starting to feel like 1932
07-05-2010
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Daily Telegraph
The US workforce shrank by 652,000 in June, one of the sharpest contractions ever. The rate of hourly earnings fell 0.1pc. Wages are flirting with deflation.
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News Link • Depression
Dow Repeats Great Depression Pattern: Charts
07-05-2010
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CNBC
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is repeating a pattern that appeared just before markets fell during the Great Depression, Daryl Guppy, CEO at Guppytraders.com, told CNBC Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Communications
Making Optical Switching More Practical for Telecom
07-05-2010
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Katherine Bourzac via Technology Review
Researchers suggest an optical processing method that could lead to faster telecommunications.
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
BP Shows Signs of Panic as Disaster Cost Tops $3 Billion
07-05-2010
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The Slatest Edition
With the cleanup costs associated with the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico climbing above $3 billion, BP is showing some signs of panic. The oil giant sent out demands last month for $400 million to partners in the Deepwater Horizon project, according
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News Link • Love Police AZ
The Love Police AZ Participate in International Free Hugs Day July 3rd 2010
07-05-2010
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The Love Police AZ
International Free Hugs Day, the first Saturday in July, was started by Juan Mann, a man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. Click on the link to see photos of the Phoenix event.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • Economy - International
Strikes Over Gas Prices Spread Across India
07-05-2010
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The Slatest Edition
Strikes over high prices for gasoline, diesel, and other fuels have spread across India, stopping rail and port traffic in some areas. Flights and buses have been cancelled. Some trains were still running, but those in the financial capital of Mumbai
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News Link • Energy
A Guide to Recent Battery Advances
07-05-2010
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Kevin Bullis via Technology Review
Battery breakthroughs could lower costs and improve performance for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage--but commercializing these new technologies will be challenging.
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News Link • Census
Census worker taken to court for trespassing
07-05-2010
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AP
Census worker Russell Haas has come to expect a little resistance when he goes door to door to count the residents of the rugged communities near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. He didn't expect to get arrested. An attempt to get one resident to fill out C
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Chris Hedges: Freedom in the Grace of the World
07-05-2010
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Truthdig.com
He headed north toward Mount Katahdin in Maine and for the next 124 days, averaging 16.5 miles a day, beat back the demons of war. His goal, he said, was to ‘‘walk the Army out of my system.’’ He was the first person to hike the full length...
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
The Administration & the "Big Lie"
07/05/2010
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Uncommon Sense
As the future of America as we know it hangs in the balance the Obama administration and for that matter, politicians on both sides of the aisle are demonstrating their adherence to and mastery of the “Big Lie” propaganda strategy. The strategy used
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Dave Johannes
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Is America Free, If A Privately-Owned Central Bank Controls Our Currency?
07-05-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
This weekend we celebrated America's Independence Day. But are we really a free nation? The truth is that it is really hard to argue that we are "free" when our currency system and our economy are run by an unelected privately-owned central bank.
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News Link • Iran
Hillary & Obama Seek War: Britain, Germany and UAE refuse to refuel Iran planes
07-05-2010
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Telegraph.co.uk/
Since last week, after the passing of the unilateral law by America and the sanctions against Iran, airports in England, Germany, the UAE have refused to give fuel to Iranian planes,” Mehdi Aliyari, secretary of Iranian Airlines Union, said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Iran
Rahm and Obama Seek War: Iranian passenger jets refused fuel in Europe
07-05-2010
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news.BBC.co.uk
"Since last week, our planes have been refused fuel at airports in Britain, Germany and UAE because of the sanctions imposed by America," Mehdi Aliyari, secretary of the Iranian Airlines Union, told the news agency.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday July 5th 2010
07-05-2010
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LewRockwell.com
The Dollar Can't Be Trusted as a Reserve Currency - Public Schools Are Anti-Mind - Gold Confiscation - An Ancient Lesson in Survival - Ten More Years of the Golden Bull - Redeeming States Rights - Colossus, The IMF wants to take over the world
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
In a World Full of Pain and Problems...
07-05-2010
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snotr.com via Rense.com (Thanks Jeff!)
...sometimes the smallest solutions give us the most hope. It IS great to be alive! Have a good week. - Ed
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News Link • Police State
Video: BP and Military on Panama City Beach July 4 2010
07-05-2010
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Youtube.com
Is it possible that the public is being desensitized to seeing the military in very public areas?
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Think Treasury Yields Are Too Low? Bond Bulls To Laugh Even Harder
07-05-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
Thanks to the barrage of rather horrible employment data we've been hit with recently, Deutsche Bank is pushing back their forecast for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike from November 2010 to all the way out as far as potentially March 2011...
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News Link • Military
Gates Tightens Rules for Military and the Media
07-05-2010
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THOM SHANKER
9 days after a four-star general was relieved of command for comments made to Rolling Stone magazine, Defense Secretary Gates issued orders on Friday tightening the reins on officials dealing with the news media. The memorandum requires top-level Pen
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Pensacola, Florida Tourism Hit by 75 Percent Cancelation Rate
07-05-2010
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lsureveille.com/news/
“It’s pretty safe to say about 75 percent of our reservations that have been on the books are gone,” Schroeder said. “Some condos and hotels are 100 percent cancelled.”
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News Link • Conspiracies
Denninger: Market Manipulation On Display
07-05-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.net/
Karl Denninger believes he is witnessing market manipulation on his computer monitor, and he wants us to take a long hard look at it. The suspect numbers appear and disappear on his monitor very quickly.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Pick your poison - 3,200,000 Losing Unemployment Benefits Now Or 12-1-10
07-05-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
By the end of July the number grows to 3.2mm. These are big numbers. This will show up on Wal-Mart’s sales. It will show up everywhere. Consumption will drop. Landlords will not get paid. Confidence will drop. Markets will drop. Federal and...
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News Link • History
Missed Metric Moment
07-05-2010
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arclein
The US had inherited its weights and measures from Britain, but their flaws were well known, and influential American statesmen had been seeking to reform the US system for years. One was Thomas Jefferson, the first US secretary of state (1789"1793)
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News Link • Science
Chupacabra II
07-05-2010
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arclein
the problem is that the authorities do not wish to acknowledge it, and this course of action may probably be justified, since a collective panic situation may be unleashed."
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Dental Rebuild Developed
07-05-2010
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arclein
The gel or thin film contains a peptide known as MSH, or melanocyte-stimulating hormone. Previous experiments, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that MSH encourages bone regeneration.
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News Link • Energy
How Obama Botched the Oil Spill
07-05-2010
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arclein
The short answer is that every agency " each with its own particular bureaucratic agenda " was able to veto each aspect of any plan to fight the spill with the unintended consequence that nothing stopped the oil from destroying hundreds of miles of w
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Post Climategate: Towards a Reassessment of the Global Warming Consensus
07-03-2010
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globalresearch.ca
For years now, alarmists have arrogantly ignored the cooling we’ve experienced worldwide since 1999, continuing their demands that we sacrifice everything " jobs, money, comfort, progress and ultimately, freedom -- to halt fictitious “runaway global
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News Link • Iran
Iran sanctions - another Bush-like unilateral act of preemptive war
07-03-2010
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globalresearch.ca
Remember when Dr. Hans Blix assured us that there were no WMDs in Iraq and the UN said they wouldn’t authorize an invasion? But we did anyway? Remember the UN was proven absolutely right and we were proven dead wrong? Well, now we have the IAEA op
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