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Date Sent: 2011-10-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, October 17, 2011 AM edition |
Grenade-walking part of Gunwalker scandal -- Chinese Troops Invade the Heart of Texas - Ron Paul
Trial postponed for ex-CIA officer in defense leak case -- Iran case
shows growing national security role of Drug Enforcement Administration
-- Iran and the Hollywood Script: A Collaborative Effort -- Japan
Cities Face Growing Radioactive Ash, Troubles Ahead -- Mexico’s President Works to Lock In Military Drug War Tactics -- Obama administration appeals ruling on White House visitor logs -- U.S. Catholic bishop charged in alleged porn cover-up -- Protester Shoots Cop "A Look," Cop Punches Him In Face (Video) --
Zuccotti Park owners received nearly $700,000 in gov't handouts since
9/11 terrorist attacks -- Occupy Philadelphia: The Kick That the Left
Really Needed -- SNL
includes Ron Paul in skit... OMG! -- Federal Reserve Tries to Censor Infowars Video --
Sheldon Richman on Searching for the Balance Between Liberty and
Power -- U.S. military denies
decision to quit Iraq after 2011 -- Cain: 'The war in Iraq
wasn't a mistake' -- Herman Cain vs. Ron Paul On Predicting The
Economic Collapse -- The Vandals
Occupy Rome, Briefly: How a Demonstration Was Hijacked -- California’s largest doctor group calls
for marijuana legalization -- Day of 'Global Revolution'
comes to London as thousands of demonstrators take over the City -- Former Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster
Out (of Jail!) on Bail -- Occupy Phoenix - 10/15/2011 -
Photos and Live Interviews (Arrests have begun 11:37pm PST) -- Failed Drug War threatens Olympic
National Park -- Giant crack discovered in US nuclear
containment building -- Hit By Recession Police Couldn't Deliver
AZ: Rich Woods, activist in Phoenix, AZ, in the hospital... -- Debate Party
(again) for this Tuesday's GOP Debate on CNN -- “Is Voter Fraud Real?” - The League of
Women Voters - Oct. 19 - 11:45 a.m. -- Gary Johnson comes to Arizona end of
Oct.!; Phoenix - Rock
the Revolution Tour is now set
CA: Libertopia in San Diego this weekend October 21-23!!!!
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News Link • Gun Rights
"Grenade-walking" part of "Gunwalker" scandal
10-16-2011
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CBS News (video)
the investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)'s so-called "Fast and Furious" operation branches out to a case involving grenades. Sources tell her a suspect was left to traffic and manufacture them for Mexican d
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Chinese Troops Invade the Heart of Texas - Ron Paul
10-16-2011
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YouTube.com
Ron Paul is the only true statesmen and true American running for the executive office for the President of the United States. All the other candidates are stooges for the International Bankers that are bankrupting our Nation.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Trial postponed for ex-CIA officer in defense leak case
10-16-2011
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AFP
The trial of an ex-CIA officer accused of disclosing confidential information of a secret operation against Iran to a US journalist has been postponed after the government Friday removed two witnesses in the case.
A US docket entry on the case of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Iran case shows growing national security role of Drug Enforcement Administration
10-16-2011
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Reuters
The idea of Mexican drug cartels cooperating with Iranian plotters to carry out bombings and murders in the United States may be far-fetched.
That is because the alleged plan by Iranian-American suspect Manssor Arbabsiar and a co-defendant to use
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran and the Hollywood Script: A Collaborative Effort
10-16-2011
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Lew Rockwell
According to FBI director Robert Muller, the latest FBI-created-and-miraculously-defeated terror threat " this time straight out of Iran and straight from the top " was something "straight out of a Hollywood script." Take him at his word
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Japan Cities Face Growing Radioactive Ash, Troubles Ahead
10-16-2011
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Reuters
In the Japanese city of Ohtawara, 62 miles southwest of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, 400 tonnes of radioactive ash have piled up at a garbage incineration plant, which will run out of protected storage space in two weeks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico’s President Works to Lock In Military Drug War Tactics
10-16-2011
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NY Times
As the twilight of his presidency sets in, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico is striving to lock in the militarized approach to drug cartels that has defined his tenure, pushing aside public doubts and pressing lawmakers to adopt strategies he hope
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Nutrition
Obama administration appeals ruling on White House visitor logs
10-16-2011
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Politico
The Obama administration is appealing a judge's ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Justice Department filed a formal notice of appeal Friday
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
U.S. Catholic bishop charged in alleged porn cover-up
10-16-2011
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Reuters
Kansas City's Roman Catholic bishop has been charged with failing to promptly report child pornography on a priest's computer, prosecutors said, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. church official charged in long-running clergy abuse scandals.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Protester Shoots Cop "A Look," Cop Punches Him In Face (Video)
10-16-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A white-shirted NYPD supervisor was caught on video punching a protester in the face Friday without apparent cause.
Well, the protester did admit shooting him a look.
Whatever that look was, it prompted Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona to grab h
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Zuccotti Park owners received nearly $700,000 in gov't handouts since 9/11 terrorist attacks
10-16-2011
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NY Daily News
The owners of Zuccotti Park - Occupy Wall Street's home base - have pocketed nearly $700,000 in government handouts since the 9/11 terror attacks.
Brookfield Properties has received at least 3 six-figure grants meant for small businesses hurt by 9
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Servants of the Empire
10-16-2011
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Lew Rockwell
"It seems fitting that in a country where people aspire to 2 of everything " cars, kids, and homes " we should have 2 histories as well. A public chronicle, or 'Disney version,' . . and a second one that remains secret, buried, and unnamed."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Occupy Philadelphia: The Kick That the Left Really Needed
10-15-2011
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The International Libertarian
“The kick that the left really needed “ are the words of one of the protesters. These are high hopes that will not be realized. Who are these Occupy Philly people? What do they stand for? Who do they represent? Let’s take a look.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Economy - International
Bright Spots Amidst the Gloom
10-16-2011
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www.cnbc.com
Over the past three months, political gridlock in Washington over the U.S. budget deficit and infighting in European capitals resulted in the biggest falls in the prices of risk assets since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Key Events In The Week Ahead
10-16-2011
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www.zerohedge.com
To some extent it is remarkable that markets continued to rally last week and that Eurozone-related risk premia declined, because at the surface, there has been very little concrete progress regarding the Eurozone fiscal crisis.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Indy 500 Winner Dan Wheldon Dies in Vegas Crash
10-16-2011
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online.wsj.com
Less than four months after racing driver Dan Wheldon won his second Indianapolis 500, the British champion was killed in a 15-car pile-up on at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday in one of the final events of the motorsport season.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Alert: Federal Reserve Tries to Censor Infowars Video
10-16-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
the private Federal Reserve, whose San Antonio branch has filed a privacy violation with You Tube demanding the removal of a video filmed at the location during an “occupy” rally. Alex tells them cease and desist this action, which violates the First
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
SNL spoofs Mike Bloomberg’s Occupy Wall Street feelings
10-16-2011
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RawStory.com
With New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s well known frustration of Occupy Wall Street, Saturday Night Live decided that a parody of the billionaire’s feelings of the movement was due.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. military denies decision to quit Iraq after 2011
10-16-2011
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RawStory.com
WASHINGTON " The Pentagon denied reports Saturday that the US military has given up on plans to keep several thousand troops in Iraq after a year-end deadline, saying talks with Baghdad were still underway.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Cain: ‘The war in Iraq wasn’t a mistake’
10-16-2011
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RawStory.com
In his interview with David Gregory on Meet The Press Sunday, Herman Cain revealed some interesting foreign policy thoughts. - By Andrew Jones
Sunday, October 16, 2011
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Global Photostream of the Worldwide 'Occupy' Movement
10-16-2011
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Guardian.co.uk via Rense.com
Pictures from New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Stockholm, Zurich, Frankfurt, Rome, Mexico City, San Francisco, Auckland, Vancouver, San Juan, Malaga, and Berlin.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Activism
The Vandals Occupy Rome, Briefly: How a Demonstration Was Hijacked
10-16-2011
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Time via Yahoo!
"Many hoped the demonstration would turn into a peaceful occupation of the plaza..." "Instead the protest quickly fell apart."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Drug War
California’s largest doctor group calls for marijuana legalization
10-16-2011
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www.rawstory.com
The California Medical Association, the state’s largest doctor group, on Friday adopted a resolution to support the legalization of marijuana for medical uses, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Day of 'Global Revolution' comes to London as thousands of demonstrators take over the City
10-16-2011
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Occupy London follows occupation movements from across the world - Police ask Julian Assange 'to remove mask' he was wearing - Tents now being put up in the Square Mile - Protests contained within City area and currently not spreading
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Former Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster Out (of Jail!) on Bail
10-16-2011
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Desert Messenger dot blogspot
On October 7, 2011 former Quartzsite mayor Ed Foster turned himself in after acting Quartzsite Magistrate Karen Slaughter issued a warrant for his arrest.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Drug War
Failed Drug War threatens Olympic National Park-
10-16-2011
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www.peninsuladailynews.com
Olympic National Park now designated as US/Canada border?
Arbitrary Homeland Security mandates in play-
"Supporters of the proposed law said the legislation would put the Border Patrol on a level playing field with drug smugglers and human tr
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Alex Hepler
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News Link • Energy
Giant crack discovered in US nuclear containment building
10-16-2011
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Terrence Aym
With worries about the safety of nuclear energy on the rise worldwide, word comes from workers at an Ohio nuclear power electric utility plant [Davis-Besse] that a giant crack has appeared in the facility's containment building.
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Hit By Recession Police Couldn’t Deliver
03-09-2009
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McClatchy Newspapers
Some people hate police because they couldn’t deliver due to budget cuts. Lack of equipments needed to fight crime " and most important of all the absence of adequate training " led sorely equipped and poorly trained law enforcers to “commit errors”
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Bernard Earlington
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