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Date Sent: 2012-03-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
Federal officials warn New York City that the Taliban may plan revenge attacks
DARPA director leaving the Pentagon for Google -- Man Wins $1.4 Million Settlement From Boston Police In Video
Recording Incident -- Jury orders city to pay ex-officer $250,000 --
Untouchable Pensions May Be Tested in California -- Police Detain Maker of Uganda Video -- Bank Whistle-Blower Wins $18 Million Payday in Foreclosure Deal -- The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama -- College student guilty in webcam suicide case; ‘Hopefully parents will use this as an example’ -- What Led The American Staff Sergeant To Kill Innocent Civilians -- An Army Bomb Technician Reveals What His Life's Really Like -- The Power to End Real ID and National ID Mandates; Use It or Lose It -- I wrote it because the American Dream is fading... - by Charles Goyette -- Accused G.I. ‘Snapped’ Under Strain, Official Says -- Consumer Prices in U.S. Rose in February as Gasoline Jumped -- No ‘Afghanistan’ in new Obama campaign video -- Three in 10 young adults live with parents, highest level since 1950s -- Thousands Turn Out for President Paul in Missouri Today
AZ: Richard Gage, AIA, and Founder
of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, in Phoenix March
17-18; Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th,
2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
CA: Freedom Law School's 2012
Freedom Rally - Fri-Mon., March 17-19 - Crowne Plaza Hotel -
Irvine, CA
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News Link • TERRORISM
Federal officials warn New York City that the Taliban may plan revenge attacks
03-16-2012
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http://www.nydailynews.com, By Joseph Straw AND Bi
Warning comes days after U.S. soldier massacred 16 innocents in Afghanistan
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Crony Capitalism
DARPA director leaving the Pentagon for Google
03-16-2012
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Russia Today
One of the most top-secret Pentagon departments " the same that spawned America’s drones, military robots, electromagnetic guns and other sci-fi weaponry " is about to lose its top officer to Google.
Regina Dugan oversaw the development of some of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Man Wins $1.4 Million Settlement From Boston Police In Video Recording Incident
03-16-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A man who was tackled by a cop and placed in a chokehold while video recording a traffic investigation won a $1.4 million settlement this week.
Michael O’Brian said the 2009 incident left him brain-damaged and unable to return to work as a correct
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Jury orders city to pay ex-officer $250,000
03-16-2012
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Eugene police officer claimed supervisors violated his free speech rights by transferring him from his job working with a police dog after he questioned the department’s response to multiple, inadvertent discharges of high-powered weapons by SWAT te
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Untouchable Pensions May Be Tested in California
03-16-2012
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New York Times
Stockton is spending some $30 million a year to pay for them, but it has less than 70 cents set aside for every dollar of benefits its workers expect. Some public pension experts think they know why pensions were not on the city manager’s list.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Police Detain Maker of Uganda Video "Kony 2012"
03-16-2012
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New York Times
A co-founder of Invisible Children, the nonprofit organization whose video “Kony 2012” has become an Internet sensation, was detained by the San Diego police, after they said he was found in the street in his underwear, screaming and masterbating
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Bank Whistle-Blower Wins $18 Million Payday in Foreclosure Deal
03-16-2012
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Washington Post
Attorney Lynn Szymoniak had spent a career investigating insurance fraud when a bank moved to foreclose on her Florida home in 2008. Almost four years later, the fraud she said she uncovered by combing through mortgage documents earned her $18 millio
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • False Flag Operations
The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama
03-16-2012
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Washington Post
“The reason for concentrating on them,” the al-Qaeda leader explained to his top lieutenant, “is that Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make [Vice President] Biden take over the presidency. . . . Biden is
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
College student guilty in webcam suicide case; ‘Hopefully parents will use this as an example’
03-16-2012
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Washington Post
A former Rutgers University student convicted in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate’s suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended c
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Weekend Schedule Richard Gage, 911 Architects For Truth in Phoenix
03-16-2012
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e-mail from 'Kent'
He's already speaking at the Church, but he's supposed to hit Macayos on Central sometime after 10:30 p.m. ...(here's your chance!). [editor: This is a great chance to hear for yourself the truth from a guy who designs buildings.]
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Military
What Led The American Staff Sergeant To Kill Innocent Civilians
03-16-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
No one will be able to pinpoint exactly what made an American staff sergeant allegedly massacre 16 Afghan civilians, but the facts surrounding the senseless killing spree will loom large in his prosecution.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
CHART OF THE DAY: The Evolution Of How People Plan To Use iPads
03-16-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Here is a series of charts we made from data by Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster. Munster has been interviewing people in line for the iPad each year it was released. You can see the evolution of how people plan to use iPads.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
PHOTOS: Check Out The Amazing Scene At The 2012 Dubai Boat Show
03-16-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
The 2012 Dubai Boat Show is currently going on and bringing in some of the largest and most exotic yachts from around the world.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
An Army Bomb Technician Reveals What His Life's Really Like
03-16-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Bomb disposal is the process rendering hazardous explosive devices safe by defusing them or blowing them up in the most controlled way possible.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
The Power to End Real ID and National ID Mandates; Use It or Lose It
03-16-2012
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BeatTheChip.org
What will your life be like when the DMV systems reject every good identity document you have due to Real ID?
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Sheila Dean
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News--March 18, 2012 Edition
03-16-2012
John Semmens
Drawing Distinctions Between Limbaugh & Maher
While both Rush Limbaugh and HBO's Bill Maher have used offensive language against women whose political views they oppose, Representative Shelley Berkely (D-Nev) attempted to explain why she feels one
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The Backyard Chicken Movement
03-16-2012
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Farm Wars
Enjoying a private egg or two for yourselves in peace? You are a criminal of the worst kind, guilty as charged until proven innocent. Your fine and punishment is what we say it is. And oh, by the way, the chickens now belong to us.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Books
I wrote it because the American Dream is fading...
03-16-2012
I wrote it because we are losing our freedom and the American Dream is fading. I wrote it so people would realize the freedom creates prosperity and if our prosperity is ending, we need to examine the state of our freedom.
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Charles Goyette
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News Link • Government Waste
U.S. funding for Egyptian military to resume, senior administration officials say
03-16-2012
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William Wan, Washington Post
Hillary Clinton is close to announcing plans to bypass Congressional restrictions (recent law) for fear of worsening already fraying ties with Egyptian leaders and disrupting American jobs and U.S. defense contracts that make up the bulk of the milit
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Afghanistan
Accused G.I. ‘Snapped’ Under Strain, Official Says
03-16-2012
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http://www.nytimes.com, By ERIC SCHMITT and WILLIA
The American staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers had been drinking alcohol
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Pool-mageddon avoided " for now
03-16-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com,
The Justice Department on Thursday issued a 60-day stay of execution for hundreds of thousands of public pools which had been required to install ramps and wheelchair lifts by today or else face lawsuits over violating disability laws.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Prices in U.S. Rose in February as Gasoline Jumped
03-16-2012
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http://www.bloomberg.com, By Alex Kowalski
The cost of living in the U.S. rose in February by the most in 10 months, reflecting a jump in gasoline that failed to spread to other goods and services.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Apple continues to defy gravity as stock hits $600
03-16-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Angela Moon and Doris F
As Apple's stock leaps to successive highs, it's intriguing to look back every couple of weeks just to see how far the tech giant has come.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
White rice link seen with Type 2 diabetes, says study
03-16-2012
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com, AFP
Health researchers said on Thursday they had found a troubling link between higher consumption of rice and Type 2 diabetes
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
No ‘Afghanistan’ in new Obama campaign video
03-16-2012
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http://news.yahoo.com, .
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign late Thursday released a Hollywood-caliber campaign film, 16 minutes and 56 seconds of Tom Hanks-narrated footage that trumpets Obama's achievements since taking office three years ago
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Three in 10 young adults live with parents, highest level since 1950s
03-16-2012
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http://www.csmonitor.com,
A weak economy and high debt levels are prompting more young adults to return to the family nest, a new survey shows. Perhaps surprisingly, most are happy with their living arrangements.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
In New Documentary, Obama Confronts a Country on the Brink
03-16-2012
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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com, By JEREMY W. P
The Obama campaign on Thursday night released “The Road We’ve Traveled,” a 17-minute video with a series of screenings at its campaign offices nationwide and a live stream on YouTube.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Insiders: Paul on track to get more delegates than Romney in Iowa
03-16-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by humanic
The Huffington Post, quoting "state insiders", is now reporting that "Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are best positioned to win the most delegates in Iowa
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Thousands Turn Out for President Paul in Missouri Today
03-16-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by whatsupwiththat
Ron addressed several thousand this afternoon on the University of Missouri campus.
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