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Date Sent: 2011-04-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, April 20, 2011 AM edition |
SECURED CITIES Conference -- Manning moving to Leavenworth. But why?
Blago accuses fed's of leaking Jackson Jr. affair -- Gold Tops $1,500 on Outlook for Escalating U.S. Debt, Dollar -- The Latest Enemies of Iran: Dogs and Their Owners -- Investors expect Greece to renege on debt deals -- NATO says it can’t stop shelling of Libyan city -- The Danger of Ending the American Empire --The Case for Moving U.S. Nuclear Fuel to Dry Storage -- Finland's Euro-Skeptics Poised to Form Government Following Election Upset -- The Odds Are Stacked Against Them: Boomers Seek Returns In Housing -- The Next Nine Cities That Will Pay Over $5 For Gas
-- Bernanke May Avoid ‘Cold Turkey’ End to Record Stimulus -- Chris
Martenson: The Breakdown Draws Near -- Paul Ryan's Diet for an Empire
-- Gigantic Internet Security Hole Uncovered -- Riots in Nigeria following presidential election -- Japan eyes sales tax rise to pay for post-quake rebuild -- Syria Meets New Defiance With Bullets and a Warning -- Libyan rebels get organized -- US denies seeking Assad's ouster
AZ: 4/20 Smoke-in at Capital at "high noon" today
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News Link • Surveillance
SECURED CITIES Conference
04-19-2011
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SecureCities.com
SECURED CITIES, May. 10-11, 2011, is the only conference exclusively focused on municipal video surveillance. Secured Cities 2011 is specifically designed for the needs of city managers, law enforcement leaders and system integrators who are operatin
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Manning moving to Leavenworth. But why?
04-19-2011
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Time magazine
Here is an eyebrow raiser. The Associated Press is reporting that suspected Wikileaker Pfc. Bradley Manning will be transferred from the Marine Brig at Quantico, Va. to the Army prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. According to the AP, an announcement
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Blago accuses fed's of leaking Jackson Jr. affair
04-19-2011
On the day before his federal retrial, former Governor Rod Blagojevich is accusing the government of leaking information about Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. having a mistress.
Blagojevich made the explosive allegation on WLS Radio's Don and Roma
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Precious Metals
Gold Tops $1,500 on Outlook for Escalating U.S. Debt, Dollar
04-19-2011
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Bloomberg
Gold futures rose to a record $1,500.50 an ounce as U.S. debt concerns weighed on the dollar, boosting demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment.
The greenback dropped against the euro on speculation that the European Central Bank
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
The Latest Enemies of Iran: Dogs and Their Owners
04-19-2011
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Time magazine
For much of the past decade, the Iranian government has tolerated what it considers a particularly depraved and un-Islamic vice: the keeping of pet dogs.
During periodic crackdowns, police have confiscated dogs from their owners right off the stre
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Investors expect Greece to renege on debt deals
04-19-2011
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AP
Investors increasingly expect Greece will not pull itself out of its financial hole and will have to renege on some debt payments, despite spending a year on bailout loans making painful austerity reforms.
The concern that bailouts and austerity,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
NATO says it can’t stop shelling of Libyan city
04-19-2011
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AP
NATO military commanders conceded they are unable to stop Gadhafi’s shelling of the rebel-held city of Misrata, where hospitals are overwhelmed with casualties, while Britain said it will dispatch senior military officers to advise the opposition.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
The Danger of Ending the American Empire
04-19-2011
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C.J. Maloney via LewRockwell.com
The passage from war to peace is more critical for an established order than the passage from peace to war.
~ Eric Hoffer (1951)
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Internet
Can an Algorithm Spot the Next Google?
04-19-2011
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Jim Giles via TechnologyReview.com
A startup analyzes tweets, patents, and lots of other data in the hopes of identifying the next big thing.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Another Dimension to Touch Screens
04-19-2011
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Kate Greene via Technology Review
A British company called Peratech has announced a new technology for touch screens that registers pressure as well as the position of a finger. This could provide new ways of interacting with apps for touch screen mobile phones and tablets.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • European Union
Finland's Euro-Skeptics Poised to Form Government Following Election Upset
04-19-2011
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Bloomberg
Finland's euroskeptic True Finns party surged to third place in Finland's elections yesterday which was the result of growing voter backlash over unemployment, and EU bailouts for Portugal, Ireland, and Greece.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Housing
The Odds Are Stacked Against Them: Boomers Seek Returns In Housing
04-19-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
One knowledgeable Phoenix broker explained that his investor-clients are often 50 and older who have been pulled into residential investing because of the plunge in interest rates they’ve had to endure.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Captain Obvious: Gas Prices Nearing Point Where Americans Cut Back
04-19-2011
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CNBC.com
Its close to the point where consumers say they will have to start cut back to pay their fuel expenses. This could adversely affect restaurants, malls, and entertainment venues that count on people driving to get there.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
The Next Nine Cities That Will Pay Over $5 For Gas
04-19-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
America's most beleaguered city, San Diego, pays a shocking $5.05 per gallon.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bernanke May Avoid ‘Cold Turkey’ End to Record Stimulus
04-19-2011
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Bloomberg.com
Ending the reinvestment policy and the $600 billion program at the same time would be like quitting stimulus “cold turkey,”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Chris Martenson: The Breakdown Draws Near
04-19-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Things are certainly speeding up, and it is my conclusion that we are not more than a year away from the next major financial and economic disruption.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Paul Ryan's Diet for an Empire
04-19-2011
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Becky Chandler
As big government conservative David Brooks approvingly noted--- Paul Ryan's budget plan “ is a serious effort to create a sustainable welfare state.” Paul Ryan wants to put the Empire on a diet, inorder to save the Welfare-Warfare State. If useful
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Becky Chandler
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News Link • Internet
Gigantic Internet Security Hole Uncovered
04-19-2011
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cnet / Declan McCullagh
650 organizations (including some government orgs) have the master keys to secure Internet websites. This massive proliferation of Certificate Authorities means no Internet activity is currently "secure."
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • World News
Riots in Nigeria following presidential election
04-19-2011
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The Raw Story
Riots spread across Nigeria's north on Monday as results from presidential elections showed incumbent Goodluck Jonathan assured of victory in polls that reflected deep regional tensions.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan eyes sales tax rise to pay for post-quake rebuild
04-19-2011
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The Raw Story
Japanese consumers may have to help foot the reconstruction bill after last month's earthquake and tsunami caused $300 billion of damage, further burdening the hugely indebted economy, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Obama Administration
The General Motors Success Story
GM stock isn’t catching fire, but Chevy Volts are.
04-19-2011
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Humanevents.com
Why on Earth would Barack Obama throw away $11 billion of our money, after touting General Motors as such a fantastic investment only half a year ago? Because “the Obama administration would like to sever its last ties to the auto maker,” avoiding “
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Rich Ness
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News Link • Government
Syria Meets New Defiance With Bullets and a Warning
04-19-2011
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nytimes.com
The government in Syria tried to placate protesters with declarations of reform
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libyan rebels get organized
04-19-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
Recently, the rebels' tactics and organization have improved, and they now resemble a trained militia, if not an army.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government
US denies seeking Assad's ouster
04-19-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
State department says it isn't undermining Syria's regime, after WikiLeaks exposed financing of opposition groups.
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Sierra Hancock
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