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Date Sent: 2013-07-10
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
Facial Recognition and Driver Licenses: Identification or Data Collection?
Magic Words, Magic Rights -- Expert bolsters Zimmerman account
of Trayvon Martin shooting -- It's Not Easy Being Weev
(Update) -- Illinois is last state to allow concealed carry of guns
-- Latin American nations fuming over NSA spying allegations -- Judge
to Hear Accusations Against Police by an Inmate -- In Oregon,
a Demand for Safety, but Not on Their Dime -- Our Greatest
Challenge – Asserting the Power of Non Compliance -- How
Dropbox Could Rule a Multi-Platform World -- Monsanto’s Plan to
Help the Honeybee -- All-optical transistor could be a big
leap for quantum computing -- 3D-printing with liquid metal at room
temperature
AZ: Freedom Summit 2014 - Phoenix, Arizona. February
14th - 16th
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News Link • Police State
Facial Recognition and Driver Licenses: Identification or Data Collection?
07-09-2013
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Jonathan Turley
The system relies for the most part on individual data collected from local law enforcement and state departments of motor vehicles or licensing, that is fingerprint, booking photos, and most recently driver license photographs.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Magic Words, Magic Rights
07-09-2013
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Simple Justice
When a cop says he "smells pot," he is invoking the automobile exception to the warrant requirement, which is based on exigent circumstances. Since a person can drive away, and thereby evade arrest and seizure of evidence of a crime in a car,
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Powell Gammill
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
07-10-13 -- TODAY'S SHOW IS A RE-RUN - (MP3 AND VIDEO LOADED)
Barry Hess joins Ernest in studio to discuss libertarian issues - John Whitehead (Rutherford Institute) comes on to discuss new book, A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State - Charles Goyette provides us with a market update
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Expert bolsters Zimmerman account of Trayvon Martin shooting
07-09-2013
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Reuters
A forensic expert backed George Zimmerman's account of his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Tuesday, testifying that evidence showed the neighborhood watchman was under the unarmed black teenager when he fired his gun.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
It's Not Easy Being Weev (Update)
07-09-2013
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Simple Justice
Appellants are now in at the Third Circuit on the appeal of Andrew Auernheimer's conviction for somehow violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. I say "somehow" as the government was never pinned down on whether it was
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Illinois is last state to allow concealed carry of guns
07-09-2013
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Reuters
Democratic Governor Pat Quinn had objected to major parts of the concealed carry proposal. But both chambers of the state legislature voted on Tuesday to override his veto, allowing concealed carry to become the law.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Latin American nations fuming over NSA spying allegations
07-09-2013
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Reuters
Irate Latin American nations are demanding explanations from the United States about new allegations that it spied on both allies and foes in the region with secret surveillance programs.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge to Hear Accusations Against Police by an Inmate
07-09-2013
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New York Times
In his ruling, Justice Desmond Green of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn cited the article, noting that Mr. Shakur was quoted as saying that the detective had fabricated his confession and “ignored the evidence that shows I wasn’t the guy.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
In Oregon, a Demand for Safety, but Not on Their Dime
07-09-2013
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Meet Sam Nichols and Glenn Woodbury, who volunteer with a group called Citizens Against Crime. They began patrolling the back roads of the county last summer after staffing at the sheriff's office was gutted by budget cuts.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Our Greatest Challenge " Asserting the Power of Non Compliance
07-09-2013
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Farm Wars
It is we who are complicit in allowing the merchants of darkness to suck from us the energy they require in order to keep manifesting their war games as the central plank of day to day life on this planet - Non-compliance: A call to action!
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Internet
How Dropbox Could Rule a Multi-Platform World
07-09-2013
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technewsdaily.com
In a bid to become ubiquitous, Dropbox unveils tools to help developers synch apps across mobile platforms.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
All-optical transistor could be a big leap for quantum computing
07-09-2013
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Dario Borghino
Researchers at MIT, Harvard and the Vienna University of Technology have developed a proof-of-concept optical switch that can be controlled by a single photon and is the equivalent of a transistor in an electronic circuit.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
3D-printing with liquid metal at room temperature
07-09-2013
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http://news.cnet.com, by Amanda Kooser
A new method for printing 3D structures and wires from liquid metal opens up possibilities for flexible and stretchable electronic connections.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Egypt
Tanks out on streets of Cairo after Mursi supporters killed
07-08-2013
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youtube
Tensions remain high in Cairo after the shooting of dozens of supporters of ousted president...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Secret move keeps bin Laden records in the shadows
07-08-2013
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AP
The country's top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout to be purged from Defence Department computers and sent to the CIA, where they could be more easily shielded
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Government Spying Has Always Focused On Crushing Dissent … Not On Keeping Us Safe
07-07-2013
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Washingtons Blog
Instead of focusing on catching actual terrorists, police spy on Americans who criticize the government, or the big banks or the other power players.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Egypt
At least 42 killed in Egypt, Islamists call for uprising
07-08-2013
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Reuters
At least 42 people were killed on Monday when Islamist demonstrators enraged by the military overthrow of Egypt's elected President Mohamed Mursi said the army opened fire during morning prayers at the Cairo barracks where he is held.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
True Defiance: I Challenge You To Survive The Coming Collapse
07-07-2013
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Every Fourth of July, the temptation for writers within the liberty movement is to reflect on the despair of freedoms lost, the philosophical ideals of generations gone by and the rage we all feel at the tyrannical mechanizations of the power elite
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
EPA Strengthens Energy Star Requirements for smart grid functionality
07-07-2013
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EPA
Refrigerators and freezers with connected functionality will also be “smart grid”-ready, meaning with consumer permission, they will be able to respond to utility signals, including curtailing operations during more expensive peak demand times.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The State: Always the Accuser, Never the Defendant
07-07-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Officer Jones was under the influence of an even deadlier narcotic " adrenaline and power lust " as he blew through 5 stop lights, ignoring an order to terminate the chase. After being ordered a second time, Jones turned off his siren and lights.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYC cases show crooked cops' abuse of FBI database
07-07-2013
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AP
Edwin Vargas logged onto the restricted system and ran names for reasons that had nothing to do with his duties as a NYPD detective. Instead, he was accused in May of looking up personal information on 2 fellow officers without their knowledge.
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Freedom's Phoenix
Who Figured it out?
Ernest Hancock
I'm going on vacation... while I'm away you may ponder this form of Non-Government. And then ask yourself if any one individual or group can take "credit" for this statement? Can you show me where this "originated"? Have fun. Peace.
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News Link • Egypt
Democracy: The Enemy of Freedom
07-07-2013
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Free Press Publications
In late June, large scale protests erupted in Egypt, as protesters demanded Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi restructure his cabinet and call early elections. On July 1, CNN reported one supporter said, "the president is staying. We believe in democ
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police chief killed with rifle lost in ATF gun-tracking program
07-07-2013
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Los Angeles Times
A high-powered rifle lost in the ATF’s Fast and Furious op was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco suggesting weapons from the failed gun-tracking operation have made it into the hands of violent drug cartels inside Mexico.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Egypt
Law requires Obama administration to cut off Egyptian aid
07-07-2013
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The Daily Caller
The $1.5 billion in US foreign aid slated for Egypt next year is in jeopardy after the Egyptian army deposed democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. Section 508 of the decades-old Foreign Assistance Act stipulates that
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Wal-Mart calls D.C. Council’s ‘living wage’ bill a bait-and-switch tactic
07-07-2013
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Washington Post
Over more than a decade, three D.C. mayors flew around the country, sweet-talking Wal-Mart executives, trying to lure the nation’s largest retailer to the District with delectable data about the city’s demographic transformation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Metro rips out Phantom Planter’s flowers at Dupont Circle station
07-07-2013
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Washington Post
It turns out I underestimated Metro bureaucrats’ capacity for folly. I wrote the transit system would look silly if it let perish 1,000 flowers planted secretly at the Dupont Circle station by local garden artist Henry Docter, the Phantom Planter.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Snowden says Western states 'in bed with NSA'
07-07-2013
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AFP
Snowden said an NSA department known as the Foreign Affairs Directorate coordinated work with foreign secret services. The partnerships are organized so authorities in other countries can "insulate their political leaders from the backlash"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Climate Change
UN reports ‘unprecedented’ climate change over last decade
07-07-2013
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sciencerecorder.com
Floods were the most frequent event, and are likely to continue to increase in frequency as sea levels rise thanks to the melting sea ice.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Solar Plane Makes Dramatic Landing in NYC to End Cross-Country Flight
07-07-2013
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livescience.com
A solar-powered airplane that was set to complete an historic cross-country journey across the United States this weekend made a dramatic early landing late Saturday (July 6), when damage was observed on one of the aircraft's wings.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
How LSD Works
07-07-2013
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howstuffworks.com
The psychedelic drug LSD has been called acid, blotter, California sunshine, dots, Electric Kool-Aid and countless other colorful nicknames since it was first sold on the street in the early 1960s.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia offer asylum to Edward Snowden
07-07-2013
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The Guardian
President Maduro offers to protect NSA whistleblower 'from persecution by the empire' and rejects US extradition request
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Empire Serves No One But Itself: It’s Time to Wake Up!
07-07-2013
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wakeup-world.com
Humanity has come to a defining moment in its 200,000+ year evolution: we are at a place where we either have to give up or we have to stand up.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
The next gold? Diamonds lure investors
07-07-2013
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Reuters
Gemstones and jewelry are fetching record prices at auctions, while gold falls and stocks remain volatile. The combination is boosting the appetite for diamonds as investments.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
Dr. Anna Goodwin speaks out about water fluoridation
07-06-2013
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Farm Wars
There is actually no “science” whatsoever to justify the dispersal of industrial waste in our drinking water. Telling us “its good for our teeth” is pure hubris.
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Barbara Peterson
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