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Date Sent: 2012-03-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, March 16, 2012 |
News Link • Drugs and Medications
Big Pharma Pushes Drug to ‘Cure Racism’
03-15-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Medical establishment seeks to chemically castrate ‘aberrant thoughts’
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Here Comes The 2012 Tidal Wave Of Foreclosures
03-15-2012
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Mamta Badkar, businessinsider.com
Foreclosure filings fell 8 percent year-over-year in February, with 206,900 U.S. properties receiving some form of filing, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Seattle Police Rather Dish Out Settlements Than Provide Public Records
03-15-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
This week’s award for The Most Arrogant Police Department in the Country goes to the boys in blue from Seattle, who are not even pretending to care about saving taxpayers’ money in lawsuits over public records.
Internal documents obtained by attor
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Man shot by SWAT was armed, thought intruder was on his property, family said
03-15-2012
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The man shot by Washington County tactical officers Tuesday night had grabbed a gun because he thought intruders were on his property after his wife had checked on their barking dog in their backyard and saw a stranger in dark clothing.
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News Link • Internet
Copyright wars heat up: US wins extradition of college kid from England
03-15-2012
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ARS Technica
A 23-year old student from Sheffield Hallam University in the north of England is bound for America. That wouldn't be unusual"except that Richard O'Dwyer won't go voluntarily. The UK Home Secretary has today agreed to extradite O'Dwyer over US copyri
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
John Stossel's Illegal Everything
03-15-2012
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youtube (h/t The Agitator)
This Stossel special will blow your mind! The government, especially the EPA is out of control as well as local prosecutors trying to make a name for themselves.
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News Link • Foreign Aid
Despite Rights Concerns, U.S. Plans to Resume Egypt Aid
03-15-2012
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New York Times
To restart the aid, which has been a cornerstone of American relations with Egypt for more than 3 decades, the administration plans on sidestepping a new Congressional requirement. Secretary of State Clinton is expected to waive the requirement on na
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News Link • Conspiracies
SEC likely to win its defense of ‘no-admit’ Citigroup settlement, appellate panel says
03-15-2012
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Washington Post
Federal regulators won an initial round Thursday in their defense of Wall Street fraud settlements that include no admission of wrongdoing.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup “have a strong likelihood of success” in their joint e
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Record-seeking Skydiver makes practice jump from 13 miles; aiming for 23 miles in summer
03-15-2012
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AP
He rode inside a pressurized capsule to 71,581 feet " 13.6 miles " and then jumped. He parachuted to a safe landing, according to project spokeswoman Trish Medalen. He’s aiming for nearly 23 miles this summer. The record is 19.5 miles.
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News Link • Humor
South Park Takes On TSA: Toilet Security Administration
03-15-2012
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prisonplanet.com,
The creators of South Park have lampooned just about every authority figure going, so it was only a matter of time before they turned their attention to the TSA.
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News Link • Police State
Breaking the Bonds: Questions for Freedom
03-15-2012
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http://zerogov.com, by Bill Buppert
So I have come up with a list of dream research initiatives I would love to see answered. This is just the start and I would love to entertain others that I may have overlooked.
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News Link • Police State
Town's police department shut down
03-15-2012
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Tom Gardner
Town's police department shut down after officer is accused of 'Tasering boy, 9, who refused to go to school'
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
My Ron Paul yard sign was stolen. Amazing encounter with the sheriff
03-15-2012
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dailypaul.com
I loved my street sign. It got thousands of views every day. I put two mini american flags on top of it for some extra kick. I drive home from class, and the sign is gone.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
War Criminals Bush and Cheney Can No Longer Travel Outside the U.S.
03-15-2012
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http://www.activistpost.com, Eric Blair
Everyone in the world seems to recognize the obvious crimes perpetrated by the Bush/Cheney regime.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Auction Ends Saturday: Ron Paul Signed $100 Trillion Zimbabwe Note for benefit of the Daily Paul
03-15-2012
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Submitted by UM, dailypaul.com
Hello everyone! As many of you know Michael recently indicated he was raising money for the Daily Paul to keep the site running through to the GOP convention in August.
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News Link • European Union
Photo Signifying End of the European Union?
03-15-2012
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thedailybell.com
On Monday night in Brussels the choreography went horribly wrong: Jean Claude Juncker, head of the group of 17 euro zone finance ministers, was snapped strangling his Spanish counterpart.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX, ULA Exploring Use of Shuttle Launch Pad
03-15-2012
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http://www.spacenews.com, By Dan Leone
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are probing NASA for details about using space shuttle launch infrastructure at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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News Link • Emmigration
Got Grandparents? You could become an Irish citizen.
03-15-2012
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by Simon Black, sovereignman.com
In advance of St. Patrick’s day coming up this weekend, I thought I’d spend some time today talking about the second best thing to come out of Ireland" its nationality law.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX’s Musk Lands on Forbes Billionaire List
03-15-2012
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http://www.spacenews.com by, Forbes
Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), has seen his net worth rise from $680 million last October to $2 billion this year
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News Link • Food
Food that Blasts Your Body With Fluoride
03-15-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Joseph Mercola
One of the primary sources of fluoride exposure is not fluoridated drinking water but non-organic foods, due to the high amounts of fluoride-based pesticide residues on these foods.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
This Is What Life Is Like In A Town Without Women
03-15-2012
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Robert Johnson, businessinsider.com
When a contact I made in Williston, North Dakota called me Monday night telling me there'd been another male rape, I wasn't sure what to think.
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News Link • Day of Reckoning
Why Are Millions of Americans Preparing for Doomsday?
03-15-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com
All over America, there are millions of Americans that are quietly preparing for doomsday.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Inside Ron Paul's Secret Guerrilla War On The Republican Party
03-15-2012
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Grace Wyler, businessinsider.com
After disappointing performances in this month's Republican nominating contests, Ron Paul has once again faded from the national spotlight,
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
America Mortgaged at an Adjustable Rate
03-15-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Peter Schiff
The Federal Reserve ran another "stress test" on major financial institutions and has determined that 15 of the 19 tested are safe, even in the most extreme circumstances
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
11 Reasons Why America Would Be A Better Place Without Goldman Sachs
03-15-2012
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Michael Snyder, businessinsider.com
Would America be a better place without Goldman Sachs? Of course it would. The "vampire squid" of Wall Street does not care about the future of America.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul’s Hour of Decision
03-15-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Justin Raimondo
The results of the GOP primaries, so far, would certainly seem to suggest that. Paul’s support draws heavily from two constituencies one doesn’t normally associate with the Republican party
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News Link • Humor
Check Out The Hilarious Animated Version of Greg Smith's Resignation From Goldman Sachs
03-15-2012
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Lisa Du, businessinsider.com
Taiwanese animation studio NMA.tv is well known for their short, animated clips on the hottest news items of the day.
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News Link • Activism
Crane/Cato Once More
03-15-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Murray N. Rothbard
An Open Letter to the Crane Machine
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News Link • Constitution
Can the Secret Service Tell You To Shut Up?
03-15-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Andrew P. Napolitano
The First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the government from infringing upon the freedom of speech, the freedom of association and the freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances
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News Link • Federal Reserve
America Is On The Mother Of All Adjustable Rate Mortgages
03-15-2012
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Peter Schiff,usinessinsider.com
The Federal Reserve ran another "stress test" on major financial institutions and has determined that 15 of the 19 tested are safe,even in the most extreme circumstances:
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News Link • Anthropology
‘Red Deer Cave people’ may be new species of human
03-15-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Ian Sample
Stone age remains of people with a penchant for home-cooked venison could represent a new human evolutionary line
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News Link • Military
Blocking WikiLeaks emails trips up Bradley Manning prosecution
03-15-2012
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http://www.politico.com, By JOSH GERSTEIN
The federal government's vigilance at preventing anything relating to WikiLeaks from appearing on a government computer has tripped up military prosecutors
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News Link • Internet
Asma al-Assad's aide persuaded Twitter to remove fake accounts, emails reveal
03-15-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Robert Booth
Twitter removed all but one account using Syrian president's name and half of those using first lady's after complaint
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Out of ‘hobby’ class, drones lifting off for personal, commercial use
03-15-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Patrick Hruby
Jordi Munoz had no training. Scant schooling. Little money. He also had a video-game console and nothing else to do.
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News Link • Media: Print
Beijing on the Potomac
03-15-2012
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http://freebeacon.com,
An advertising partnership between the Washington Post and a Chinese government propaganda outlet is raising questions about the propriety"and legality"of an American news outlet publishing foreign propaganda under its masthead.
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News Link • Government
Exclusive: U.S., Britain set to agree emergency oil stocks release
03-15-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Richard Mably
Britain has decided to cooperate with the United States on a release of strategic oil stocks that is expected within months
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan wants early takeover of security: Karzai
03-15-2012
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http://news.yahoo.com
Afghanistan wants to take over control of the nation's security in 2013 not 2014 and for US troops to pull out of villages, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday, just days after a US soldier massacred 16 villagers.
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News Link • Activism
"Hello! You've Been Targeted For a Drone Assassination!" Helpful Info From Your Govt.
03-15-2012
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Boing Boing
[h/t LewRockewell.com blog] Reminds me of some other helpful pamphlets from your government....
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai calls for NATO to leave villages; Taliban scrap talks
03-15-2012
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Reuters
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after the slaughter of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, underscoring fury over the massacre and clouding U.S. exit plans.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-Fullerton Cop Charged With Destruction Of Evidence After Destroying Audio Recorder
03-14-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
After a man he arrested hanged himself in his jail cell last year, police officer Mater ripped the department-issued recorder off his uniform and crushed it, making it impossible to retrieve the audio recording of the conversation he had with the man
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Council bans daughter contact over child images
03-14-2012
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BBC News
Nigel Robinson from Hull said he called police after trying to download music but instead finding pornographic images on his laptop last November.
As a result social services said he "should not have unsupervised access with his own or other child
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News Link • Obama Administration
Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?
03-14-2012
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The Nation
Unlike most journalists covering Al Qaeda, Shaye risked his life to travel to areas controlled by Al Qaeda and to interview its leaders. He also conducted several interviews with the radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. Shaye did the last known interview
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News Link • Homeland Security
Anarchy, Murder and Mayhem for Fun and Profit - by Joe Collins
03-14-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
What would be the best way to start a revolution, and not get caught? One day, this came to me in a moment of inspiration: What if a piece of software was directing the assassination of certain people? That story premise eventually became my first pu
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Death-Dealing "Divinity" in the White House
03-14-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Barack Obama rarely indulges in public displays of dictatorial arrogance. He leaves it to underlings like Eric Holder, Leon Panetta, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In testimony before separate congressional commit
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Special Forces "in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives as well as India"
03-14-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The source of this news: US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard at a Congressional hearing a few weeks ago.
A sample of reaction within those countries is this thoughtful Bangladesh perspective that raises many legal and political questions t
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