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Date Sent: 2014-05-22
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
Police Can Kick In Your Door and Seize Guns Without Warrant or Charges
CIA, FBI Agents Dying for Illegal Junta in Ukraine -- Hacker Invoices Justice Department for Time in Prison, Refuses to Accept U.S. Dollars, Wants Bitcoin -- Police Now “Armed For War” Against Returning Veterans -- Why the IRS Can Now “Ground” You -- 'Happy' video arrests highlight tensions in Iran -- Secrets, lies and Snowden's email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit -- Is The Tea Party Dead? -- Kiev Wages War on Free Expression
AZ: [Tempe] March Against Monsanto: GMO Free Tempe Block Party May 24, 9am; Open Carry Picnic, Saturday, noon, May 24, 2014 Phoenix
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News Link • Gun Rights
Police Can Kick In Your Door and Seize Guns Without Warrant or Charges
05-21-2014
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In a unanimous decision the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined law enforcement officers are not required to present a warrant or charges before forcibly entering a person’s home, searching it, and confiscating firearms if they
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA, FBI Agents Dying for Illegal Junta in Ukraine
05-21-2014
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The recent capture and killing of 25 CIA officers in Ukraine shows the desperation of the US effort and the complete disregard for not only international law and the Ukraine people but also for the lives of the CIA personnel.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hacker Invoices Justice Department for Time in Prison, Refuses to Accept U.S. Dollars
05-21-2014
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I do not accept United States dollars, as it is the preferred currency of criminal organizations such as the FBI, DOJ, ATF, and Federal Reserve and I do not assist criminal racketeering enterprises.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Now “Armed For War” Against Returning Veterans
05-21-2014
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Sgt. Dan Downing of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department states, “... you have a lot of people who are coming out of the military that have the ability and knowledge to build IEDs and to defeat law enforcement techniques.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Why the IRS Can Now “Ground” You
05-21-2014
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If you’re a US citizen and believe you have an unfettered right to leave your country " and come back " think again.
Since the events of 9/11, your government has imposed draconian restrictions on international travel:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
'Happy' video arrests highlight tensions in Iran
05-21-2014
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AP
An Internet video of 6 young Iranian men and women dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy" has led to their arrests, showing how far Tehran will go to halt what it deems to be decadent Western behavior " despite the views of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Secrets, lies and Snowden's email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit
05-21-2014
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The Guardian
For the first time, the founder of an encrypted email startup that was supposed to insure privacy for all reveals how the FBI and the US legal system made sure we don't have the right to much privacy in the first place.
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Events: America
Mikester's Delegate Fund
Mike Shipley
Help me raise money to attend the LP National Convention in Columbus, OH in June of 2014. 100% of the money will be used to travel and participate in party business as a grassroots activist.
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News Link • Tea Party
Is The Tea Party Dead?
05-21-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Do you remember when the pundits were talking about how the Tea Party movement was going to transform American politics? Do you remember when establishment Republicans in Congress were scared to death of having Tea Party challengers come after their
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Chris Menke
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Bridge That Began the Great War
05-20-2014
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http://www.unz.com, By Eric Margolis
Of the many bridges that span the Seine River, none is more beautiful nor majestic than the Pont Alexandre III. Just south of the splendid Grand Palais, this bridge was named in honor of Russia’s Czar, Alexander III.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banking Deaths: Why JPMorgan Stands Out
05-20-2014
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By Pam Martens and Russ Martens
In the past six months, five current workers and two former workers of JPMorgan Chase have died under unusual circumstances. Adding to the tragedy, all seven were in their late 20s or 30s and three of the deaths involved alleged falls from buildings
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Libya
U.S. moves more forces closer to Libya as unrest grows
05-20-2014
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Reuters
The United States has increased the number of Marines and aircraft stationed in Sicily who could be called upon to evacuate Americans from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli as unrest in Libya grows, two U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drones
'My husband kills kids with drones': Michelle Obama's viral pic fuels anti-drone campaig
05-16-2014
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RT
When US First Lady Michelle Obama appeared in a picture supporting the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria, she was praised for taking a stand against Boko Haram. But others quickly subverted her message and turned it into an anti-drone campaign.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Chicoms Are Coming! Reflections On The Folly Of The War On Vietnam And Its Progeny
05-20-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Back in the spring of 1968 I also got an invitation to evacuate. It was from Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, suggesting I evacuate my cushy life as a student in East Lansing, Michigan to join his crusade to stop the “chicoms” from annexing Vie
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Miami Herald Exposes Coverup of Jail Death where Inmate was Forced into Scalding Shower
05-19-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
On June 23, 2012, Florida Department of Corrections officers locked a 50-year-old mentally ill inmate into a shower with scalding water until he died as punishment for defecating inside his cell at the Dade Correctional Institute
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Open Carry Picnic
Powell Gammill
Food & Drink provided by the Maricopa Co. Libertarian Party. Openly carrying firearms encouraged. Meet some of their 2014 candidates. Saturday, May 24 at noon, at the Steele Indian School Park Acacia Ramada
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News Link • Bitcoin
Federal prosecutors subpoena bitcoin exchanges over illegal transactions
05-19-2014
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Reuters
Several bitcoin exchanges including the now-defunct Mt. Gox received subpoenas from federal prosecutors as they look into possible ties between the exchanges and the online drug market Silk Road,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops caught on tape slamming Georgia man into a wall as he moved into his new home
05-19-2014
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Rawstory
“I assumed " apparently incorrectly, and naively " that they were pursuing someone on foot that had fled through my yard, and I was unaware of it,” 69-year-old Dhoruba Bin-Wahad said. “I thought that that’s why they had their guns drawn.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Large number of Chinese troops seen heading for China-Vietnam border
05-19-2014
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A large number of People’s Liberation Army troops have reportedly been spotted heading towards the China-Vietnam border as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. Thousands of Chinese nationals
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
He KNEW! Obama told of Veterans Affairs health care debacle as far back as 2008
05-19-2014
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Washington Times
The Obama administration received clear notice more than 5 years ago that VA medical facilities were reporting inaccurate waiting times and experiencing scheduling failures that threatened to deny veterans timely health care
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
US Congress Orders Ukraine to Stop Helping Russians
05-19-2014
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AP
Congress instructs President Obama to begin talks with the Ukrainian government aimed at ending long-standing cooperation between Kiev and Moscow on the maintenance of their Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Thailand's army declares martial law
05-19-2014
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AP
Thailand's army declared martial law in a surprise announcement it said was aimed at keeping the country stable after six months of sometimes violent political unrest. The military, however, denied a coup d'etat was underway.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Truthers produce deceptive look-alike brochure for 9/11 Memorial Museum opening
05-19-2014
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Rawstory
The brochures " designed to look like the official museum brochure " cast doubt on how the World Trade Towers collapsed, pushing the theory that the destruction was part of a greater conspiracy involving the US government
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Michigan Suburb Tickets People For Swearing, Fine Is $200
05-19-2014
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Rawstory
“What got me to start arguing a little bit, they were asking all of us to leave because he got a ticket,” Andersen said. “That’s not fair. We’re just standing around.” Brighton police Chief Tom Wightman said it’s OK for
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News Link • Surveillance
Did The Justice Department Lie to the Supreme Court…And Get Away With It?
05-19-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Two Senators accused the Justice Dept of lying about NSA warrantless surveillance to the US supreme court last year, and those falsehoods all but ensured that mass spying on Americans would continue.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Woman Injured When Cops Toss Her To Ground, Pry Open Mouth, And Arrest Her For Tylenol
05-19-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Below is a disturbing video from the Summit County (Ohio) jail where Siobhan Householder, 35, is shown being thrown to the ground and having her jaw pried open by deputies because she had taken Tylenol while waiting in a prisoner-holding room. She wa
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Is The Mainstream Media Dying?
05-19-2014
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Ratings at CNN, MSNBC and Fox News have all been plummeting in recent years, and newspaper ad revenues are about a third of what they were back in the year 2000.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Era Of Chimeras: Scientists Fearlessly Create Bizarre Human/Animal Hybrids
05-19-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Did you know that scientists are creating cow/human hybrids, pig/human hybrids and even mouse/human hybrids? This is happening every single day in labs all over the western world, but most people have never even heard about it. So would you drink m
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
More Brilliance From San Fran Fed: Existing Home Sales Tumble Blamed On "Rising" Rates
05-19-2014
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zerohedge.com
In recent weeks the San Fran Fed has regaled us with such brilliant rhetorical questions: "How Important Are Hedge Funds In A Crisis"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Former Prime Minister Of Malaysia Accuses CIA Of Covering Up MH-370 Disappearance
05-19-2014
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zerohedge.com
It has been over two months since Malaysian flight MH-370 disappeared and still not a single credible trace of its final resting place has been found.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
Firing Line: Ron Paul and William F. Buckley (1988) - Part 1 of 4
05-19-2014
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Ron Paul and William F. Buckley discussing a Constitutional Republic and the necessary evils of government. In 1988, Ron Paul was running as a Libertarian Presidential Candidate.
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News Link • Corruption
Why the FDA should be charged with murder
05-19-2014
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ppjg.me
If you worked for a federal agency that was killing people at the rate of 100,000 a year, every year, like clockwork, and if you knew it, wouldn’t you feel compelled to say or do something about it?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
The Plots to Destroy America
05-19-2014
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newsweek.com
In Baldwin County, Alabama, an award-winning plan to provide guidance for private-sector developers was spiked"it was, constituents complained, part of a United Nations plot to end property rights, impose communism and force locals onto rail cars hea
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Matt Drudge wipes his Twitter account clean of all posts " except one warning
05-19-2014
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washingtontimes.com
If Matt Drudge was going for mystery, he hit it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Belgian Connection
05-19-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
One of the biggest questions at the end of 2013 was how the Treasury market would react to the reduction of bond buying that would result from the Federal Reserve’s tapering campaign. If the Fed were to hold course to its stated intentions, its $45 b
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
Video: Border Patrol Attempt To Seize Phone From Libertarian Filming Inland Checkpoint Stop
05-19-2014
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Prison Planet
Agent: “I don’t know if it’s a weapon”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
‘High risk’ label from feds puts gun sellers in banks’ crosshairs, hurts business
05-19-2014
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washingtontimes.com
Gun retailers say the Obama administration is trying to put them out of business with regulations and investigations that bypass Congress and choke off their lines of credit, freeze their assets and prohibit online sales.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Cars could drive themselves sooner than expected after European push
05-19-2014
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news.yahoo.com
Cars could be driving themselves down the world's streets far sooner than expected, thanks to a change in a global treaty backed by European countries.
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Robert Lee
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