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Date Sent: 2010-07-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
Pentagon begins full criminal probe of leaks -- Ahmadinejad: Expects US to attack MidEast soon
Growing Health Crisis in the Gulf -- Audit: US Can't Account for $8.7B in Iraqi Funds -- Dutch Sailor, 14, Gets Gov't. OK For Solo World Trip -- Afghanistan war logs: Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history -- Special Report: Is immigration a desert mirage for the GOP? -- Oliver Stone: 'Jewish-Dominated Media' Prevents Hitler from Being Portrayed 'in Context* -- Eager for new ‘Curveball,’ CIA may have been duped by Iranian double agent -- Two US polls show marijuana legalization support growing higher and higher -- BP: Hayward to Step Down October 1 -- Book Burning in the Digital Age. -- Gold holds below $1,185/oz as ETF dips further -- Venezuela grows as drug hub, U.S. says -- Russia says new EU sanctions on Iran "unacceptable" -- Missing U.S. sailor's remains found in Afghanistan -- Hit list draws fire in wake of leaked US documents -- O2h No! Is Our Oxygen running Out
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Pentagon begins full criminal probe of leaks
07-27-2010
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AP
The Army is leading the Pentagon's inquiry into the source of leaked classified intelligence logs from the Afghanistan war. The criminal probe is aimed at finding the source of secret documents published by WikiLeaks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Ahmadinejad says expects U.S. to attack MidEast soon
07-27-2010
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Reuters
Iran expects the US to launch a military strike on "at least two countries" in the Middle East in the next 3 months, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. He did not specify whether he thought Iran itself would be attacked nor did he say what i
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex
07-27-2010
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Matt Ridley via TED
At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Corruption
Audit: US Can't Account for $8.7B in Iraqi Funds
07-27-2010
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AP
The US Defense Dept is unable to account for over 95% of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the US for rebuilding the war ravaged nation. In a country where people complain services like electricity and clean water are sharply lacking
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Defending Archimedes
Dutch Sailor, 14, Gets OK For Solo World Trip
07-27-2010
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AP
Judges at family court lifted a guardianship order imposed on Dekker after she wanted to set sail when she was 13. Her plan ignited a worldwide debate on how far parents should go in encouraging their children's improbable dreams.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan war logs: Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history
07-27-2010
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Nick Davies via guardian.co.uk
rom US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activists
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Special Report: Is immigration a desert mirage for the GOP?
07-27-2010
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Reuters
"Nobody could have guessed the impact it would have," Pearce said of the divisive law he crafted to crack down on illegal immigrants in his state. "Who could have guessed that I would have pissed off the president of the United States?"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation
07-27-2010
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Nick Davies and David Leigh via guardian.co.uk
• Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition troops
• Covert unit hunts leaders for 'kill or capture'
• Steep rise in Taliban bomb attacks on Nato
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • History
Oliver Stone: 'Jewish-Dominated Media' Prevents Hitler from Being Portrayed 'in Context*
07-27-2010
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Alana Goodman via NewsBusters.org
Director Oliver Stone belittled the Holocaust during a shocking interview with the Sunday Times today, claiming that America's focus on the Jewish massacre was a product of the "Jewish domination of the media."
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
iPhone jailbreaking (and all cell phone unlocking) made legal
07-27-2010
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Christopher Null via Yahoo! News
Jailbreaking " the practice of unlocking a phone (and particularly an iPhone) so it can be used on another network and/or run other applications than those approved by Apple " has technically been illegal for years.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Exclusive: Eager for new ‘Curveball,’ CIA may have been duped by Iranian double agent
07-27-2010
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Gareth Porter via the raw story
Despite an Iranian claim that scientist Shahram Amiri was a double agent who gave Iran an “intelligence victory” over the CIA, US officials continue to maintain the line that Amiri had been a valuable long-term US intelligence asset who had provided
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News Link • Drug War
Two US polls show marijuana legalization support growing higher and higher
07-27-2010
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Ron Brynaert via the raw story
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Adults nationally shows 43% believe marijuana should be legalized. But 42% think it should remain an illegal drug. Another 15% are not sure.
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News Link • Entertainment: Concerts - Theatre - Events
RiffTrax LIVE: Reefer Madness
07-27-2010
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FathomEvents.com
The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 take on the legendary cult classic Reefer Madness for an evening of hilarious riffing! Let RiffTrax own Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett bring you to a higher state of consciousness with their
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News Link • Police State
Book Burning in the Digital Age.
07/27/2010
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godlikeproductions.com
When all is said and done, it is now abundantly clear that these companies and government agencies working in concert, have begun dismantling large swaths of the internet this summer, with a three-pronged assault on liberty, through lawsuits, through
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold holds below $1,185/oz as ETF dips further
07-27-2010
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Reuters
Gold held below $1,185 an ounce in Europe on Tuesday, supported by physical demand after this month's slip and a softer dollar, but with a dip in holdings of the largest gold exchange-traded fund undermining sentiment.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Venezuela grows as drug hub, U.S. says
07-27-2010
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Arizona Republic
Drug smuggling through Venezuela has exploded since President Hugo Chavez severed contacts with U.S. law-enforcement agencies in 2005, U.S. and U.N. officials say in reports. Some experts worry the country is headed for an epidemic of organized crime
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Russia says new EU sanctions on Iran "unacceptable"
07-27-2010
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Reuters
Russia condemned new EU sanctions on Iran, tempering hopes of closer cooperation between Moscow and the West over Iran's nuclear program. EU foreign ministers approved a range of extra restrictions on Iran that went well beyond UN sanctions
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Missing U.S. sailor's remains found in Afghanistan
07-27-2010
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Reporters Without Borders
The remains of one of two U.S. sailors who went missing in Afghanistan last week have been found in the east of the country, the NATO-led force said, and troops were still searching for the second man. The two men, serving with the U.S. Navy, went mi
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Hit list draws fire in wake of leaked US documents
07-27-2010
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AP
When it comes to war, killing the enemy is an accepted fact. Even amid the sensation of the WikiLeaks.org revelations, that stark reality lies at the core of new charges that some American military commando operations may have amounted to war crimes.
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News Link • Agriculture
Where the Wild Veggies Are
07-27-2010
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arclein
"In addition, we have found that 25 related species which have never been formally described are found in Asia, Australia and regions around the Indian Ocean."
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
The Kent Kiwi
07-27-2010
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arclein
So instead of being transported 10,000 miles, the popular fruit will have travelled just a short distance from the South of England. This means it will have both lower food miles and a smaller carbon
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Global Warming Theory
07-27-2010
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arclein
Perhaps the most forgotten variable, yet critical to weather and climate, is wind speed. Ancient Greeks knew the importance of wind direction and how it determined the pattern of weather in a region. They even built a Tower of the Winds in Athens
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
O2h No! Is Our Oxygen running Out?
07-27-2010
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arclein
All the methods give the same result: the concentration of oxygen is declining everywhere at the same rate, about 20 parts per million (ppm) per year. In other words, for every million molecules of O2 in the air in 1989, there are now only about
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robert klein
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News Link • Corruption
RightHaven the Blog and Forum lawsuit firm and the ties to Obama
07/27/2010
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godlikeproductions.com
No coincidence. If the url comes up banned due to hotlinking, just copy/paste url into your browser.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1144773/pg1
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Wikileaks Docs Target Pakistan
07-26-2010
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Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com
Pakistan is the new frontier of the Forever War on Manufactured Terror and the sudden appearance of tens of thousands of documents in part pointing a finger at the CIA’s junior partner in crime is highly suspicious to say the least
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