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Date Sent: 2013-01-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, January 5, 2013 |
F.D.A. Offers Sweeping Rules to Fight Food Contamination and Jack Prices
Video Emerges Showing Seattle Cop Punching Citizen -- Gangs or Cops? Or Do I Repeat Myself? -- Spain Plunders 90% Of Social Security Fund To Buy Its Own Debt -- NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars -- $1.1 Million in Fake Bills, Using a Printer -- Off-duty cops caught egging house of superior officer -- Productive Property vs. the Lawn Police -- Switzerland’s oldest bank pleads guilty to aiding U.S. tax evasion -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 6, 2013 Edition -- Second trooper suspended for roadside cavity search in Texas -- Landmark Wisconsin Mining Moratorium Under Siege -- Obama Administration Needs to Explain Drone Strikes -- The 'War on Terror' - by Design - Can Never End -- Demand a Real Plan: Alex Jones on Democide (Death by Government) -- Ben Swann looks at "Lone Wolf" shooters -- GE and Citi Bank Get Huge Tax Breaks Out Of Fiscal Cliff Deal - Ben Swann -- The Government Just Decided That Google Isn't an Illegal Monopoly.
Here's Why. -- Here Are Some Tips on How to Avoid "Consensual" Police
Encounters -- Obama expected to pick Hagel as opponents prepare for a fight -- Intruder killed by north Phoenix homeowner had prior history of thefts
Arizona Breakfast Club today!!!! on Guns!!!!
Be a part of history - New Album and New Tour - Jordan Page
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine January 4th, 2013 Edition
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News Link • Food
F.D.A. Offers Sweeping Rules to Fight Food Contamination and Jack Prices
01-04-2013
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New York Times
The proposed rules represent a sea change in the way the agency polices food, a process that currently involves taking action after contamination has been identified. A long-awaited step toward codifying the food safety law Congress passed 2 years ag
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Video Emerges Showing Seattle Cop Punching Citizen
01-04-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Seattle police went completely overboard in arresting him " not that they even had the grounds to do so in the first place " choking him, punching him and smothering his face with their hands. All while telling him to “relax” and to “stop resisting.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Gangs or Cops -- Or Do I Repeat Myself?
01-04-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Denver Police Officer Eric Sellers once choked an innocent pedestrian into unconsciousness while two other officers refused to intervene. This was an act of summary “street justice” imposed as a penalty for “contempt of cop”:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Spain Plunders 90% Of Social Security Fund To Buy Its Own Debt
01-04-2013
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Zero Hedge
Spain has been quietly tapping the country's richest piggy bank, the Social Security Reserve Fund, as a buyer of last resort for Spanish government bonds - with at least 90% of the $85.7 billion fund invested in increasingly risky Spanish debt.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars
01-04-2013
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The Sideshow
Boyle reached out to NASA spokesman Guy Webster. Interestingly, Webster shot down the plastic theory, saying in response, "That appears to be part of the rock, not debris from the spacecraft."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
$1.1 Million in Fake Bills, Using a Printer
01-04-2013
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New York Times
Making fake money remains a thriving enterprise in the United States, as it has been since before the Civil War. In more than two-thirds of all cases, criminals manipulate scanners, printers and toner ink to create money where once there was none.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Off-duty cops caught egging house of superior officer
01-04-2013
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The Sideshow
Cops these days. It's like they have no respect for authority. Last month, several off-duty police officers were caught egging the home of a superior officer in a small Massachusetts town. Initially, police from Framingham suspected dastardly teenage
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Productive Property vs. the Lawn Police
01-04-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
It's amazing to see the number of individuals who are being persecuted for using their own property for productive purposes. This house and garden in Florida violated an "appearance code." Appearance is always subjective, until the government
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Switzerland’s oldest bank pleads guilty to aiding U.S. tax evasion
01/03/2013
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THE EXECUTIVE GATEWAY
Switzerland’s oldest bank pleads guilty to aiding U.S. tax evasion
Switzerland’s oldest bank pleaded guilty on Thursday to helping wealthy Americans hide more than $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service.
The case marks the first time a
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Ronald Bogner
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 6, 2013 Edition
01-04-2013
John Semmens
Pelosi Defends Doctored Photo
A photo of the 61 female members of Congress including the photo-shopped images of four absentees was defended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who says that the altered image “more accurately portrayed
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News Link • Police State
Second trooper suspended for roadside cavity search in Texas
1/5/2013
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RT.com
A second Texas State trooper has been suspended without pay for being involved in a roadside cavity search that subjected two women to humiliating searches of their genital regions.
The two troopers are now facing a lawsuit by the women, who claim t
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Environment
Landmark Wisconsin Mining Moratorium Under Siege
01-04-2013
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Common Dreams
'Prove It First' law subject of 'well-funded mining industry attack on a grassroots and tribal movement'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Obama Administration Needs to Explain Drone Strikes
01-04-2013
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Common Dreams
The Obama administration, having killed a 16-year-old American boy, refuses to explain why in court.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The 'War on Terror' - by Design - Can Never End
01-04-2013
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Common Dreams
As the Pentagon's former top lawyer urges that the war be viewed as finite, the US moves in the opposite direction
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Demand a Real Plan: Alex Jones on Democide (Death by Government)
01-04-2013
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Daily Paul.com
It's a parody of that Demand a Plan gun control video. Governments are the number one killer of people. I thought this was pretty well done, and I'm not a huge Infowars fan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ben Swann looks at "Lone Wolf" shooters
01-04-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Ben Swann Full Disclosure looks at eyewittness accounts from the scenes of the colorado theater shooting, the wisconsin sikh temple shooting and the connecticut elementary school shooting that indicate more than one shooter may have been involved in
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Propylene Glycol; prescribed by my Ophthalmologist
01-04-2013
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Daily Paul.com
So I had a full eye exam yesterday including the dialation of my pupils.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Unintended Consequences
You will not read anything better today...
01-04-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I bought this for my son and he spent countless, blissful hours simulating massacres of weddings, funerals, and other family gatherings of brown skinned foreigners!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
GE and Citi Bank Get Huge Tax Breaks Out Of Fiscal Cliff Deal - Ben Swann
01-04-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Ben mentions some of the other items of Corporate Welfare and how the vast majority of taxpayers are going to pay more in taxes in 2013.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
The Government Just Decided That Google Isn't an Illegal Monopoly. Here's Why.
01-04-2013
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slate.com
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday unanimously cleared Google of charges that it has been stifling competition by manipulating its search results to promote its own products"such as its shopping, travel, and local results pages"above those of i
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
That Is Not an Ear Infection
01-04-2013
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slate.com
Why are doctors so quick to prescribe antibiotics to your (wailing) toddler?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Here Are Some Tips on How to Avoid "Consensual" Police Encounters
01-04-2013
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slate.com
In November, I wrote about Joseph June, a Florida man sentenced to five years in prison for cocaine possession.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Obama expected to pick Hagel as opponents prepare for a fight
01-04-2013
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thecable.foreignpolicy.com
President Barack Obama is expected to name Chuck Hagel as his choice for defense secretary as early as Monday, as critics of the former Nebraska senator prepare to go to war to fight his expected nomination.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Intruder killed by north Phoenix homeowner had prior history of thefts
01-05-2013
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ABC 15 Phoenix AZ USA
Police have identified the man who was shot to death while trying to break into a north Phoenix home as 35-year-old Jason Wilson.
Police said he did not live in the area, but may have been staying with a friend.
Police said Wilson was spotted tryin
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Ronald Bogner
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Feature Article • Books
The PeaceMonger - by Barry Hess (a novel)
Ernest Hancock
A ride through the thoughts of the president as he winds his way through one of the most momentous days ever recorded. The PeaceMonger will keep the reader guessing, as it exposes what really goes on behind the closed doors of power.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama Has Been Planning Gun Control For A Long Time
01-03-2013
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Prison Planet
It should be painfully obvious that the gun grabbers " including the likes of President Obama, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Vice President Joe Biden, among many others " are not responding to the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting alone, but are us
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Ubuntu Linux Comes to Smartphones
01-03-2013
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Wired.com
Ubuntu Linux is coming to smartphones. Canonical " the British outfit that oversees Ubuntu " has built a new version of the open source operating system for touchscreens, and unlike other smartphone operating systems, it will work as a full desktop.
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News Link • World News
Indian Women Turn to Guns After Gang Rape Outcry
01-03-2013
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infowars.com
Women in Delhi are rushing to apply for gun licenses in the aftermath of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student who died in hospital last weekend, but most will be left defenseless as a result of India’s strict gun control laws.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What's in It: 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Includes 'NASCAR Tax Credit'
01-03-2013
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breitbart.com
The "fiscal cliff" deal reached by the Senate and the White House on New Year's Eve, and passed in legislative form by the Senate early New Year's Day, includes many giveaways to special interests.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Agents Arrests 245 Alleged Pedophiles
01-03-2013
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ABC News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents announced today they have rescued 44 children from sexual abuse as part of a child pornography investigation that netted 245 arrests over five weeks late last year.
Agents have identified an additio
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bloomberg meets with Gabrielle Giffords on gun control
01-03-2013
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The Ticket
The sit-down, which wasn’t listed on Bloomberg’s public schedule, was first confirmed via the mayor’s office Twitter feed, which posted a photo of Bloomberg and his aides meeting with Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.
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News Link • Government
Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name
01-03-2013
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AP
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means "light breeze" in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Starting Immediately, US Workers Will Lose 6.2 Percent Of Their Paychecks To Fund Social Security
01-03-2013
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Prison Planet
President Barack Obama wasn’t lying when he said he’d raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans if reelected " but it won’t be just the top wage-earners who will be handing over more to Uncle Sam in 2013.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
France's Financial Transaction Tax Experiment Is Turning Into The Worst Kind Of Failure
01-03-2013
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Business Insider
One suggestion that has gained popularity in the post-crisis regulatory debate is a tax on financial transactions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
The State versus an “Anarchist Society”
01-03-2013
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markstoval.wordpress.com
Murray Rothbard once gave a definition of “The State” and an “Anarchist Society” before he launched into an explanation of how an anarchy might work. I would like to take a look at his definitions today.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Kim Jong-Un Seeks Confrontation End
01-03-2013
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arclein
But North Korea has offered olive branches before and Kim's speech does not necessarily signify a change in tack from a country which vilifies the United States and U.S. ally South Korea at every chance.
Impoverished North Korea raised tensions i
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News Link • Gun Rights
(VIDEO) JPFO: "No Guns For Jews" - A Documentary
01-03-2013
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J.P.F.O.
"No Guns For Jews" is a major breakthrough and a potent weapon with tremendous potential to destroy "gun control" at this critical time in America, but millions must see it and take action!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
'The Gang' - Video - Available at J.P.F.O. (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
01-03-2013
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J.P.F.O.
A former minor tax collection department is now a billion-dollar agency. This groundbreaking documentary exposes how this agency harasses, oppresses, intimidates, and terrifies small businesses and decent citizens.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Karl Popper's Assault on Science
01-03-2013
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Phoenix Objectivists
For their first meeting of 2013 to be held on January 10, Phoenix Objectivists will listen to a new lecture on compact disc entitled: "Karl Popper's Assault on Science."
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