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Date Sent: 2011-08-19
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, August 19, 2011 PM edition |
Iraq agrees to extend U.S. military role: Panetta
A Wireless Communications System That Works When Cell Phones, Internet Are Down -- Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 -- The Real Reason the SEC Has Been Shredding Documents For Decades --
Bank of America’s Dead Drop To Rick Perry: “We Will Help You Out” -- 21
Killed as Tit-for-Tat Attacks Embroil Gaza, Israel, Egypt -- Civilians
'shot dead' at Syria protests -- Many killed in Pakistan mosque blast -- Thousands Camp Out for Job Fair as Jobless Rate Rises -- Goldman Sachs VP Changed Name, Now a Top Congressional Staffer -- Gold Hits New Record After Chavez Announces Plan To Pull Reserves From US, European Banks -- Murtaza Hussain - British Austerity and Riots -- Are the Media Ignoring Ron Paul? -- Why is CBS News Selling Barack Obama Merchandise in its Online Store? -- Arizona Ombudsman’s office finds Quartzsite council at fault -- US Jobless Claims Up, Gasoline Lifts Consumer Prices -- School District Offering Drug Testing Kits To Parents -- Army to develop next-generation combat vehicle -- Doug Casey: We Are Exiting the Eye of the Storm -- Attacks in Israel as Palestinian Statehood Gains Momentum -- Ron Paul on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN 8/18/11 -- When
Soviet Power Crumbled: The Failed Hard-Line Coup Attempt of August 1991
-- Donald Trump’s candidacy received three times more coverage than Ron
Paul’s candidacy -- RIP: America's Anti-War Movement - by Stephen Lendman -- African Crested Rat Applies Deadly Poison -- Antimatter belt surrounds Earth
AZ: Jordan Page to perform in
Quartzsite August 27th (donate) Oath Keepers To Muster in Quartzsite, AZ on August 27th,
bring your cameras.
Nationwide civil
disobedience: Support your local lemonade stand, Aug. 20
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq agrees to extend U.S. military role: Panetta
08-19-2011
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Rawstory
Iraq has agreed to keep American troops in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday.
"My view is that they finally did say, ?Yes,'" Panetta said in an interview with Stars and Stripes and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A Wireless Communications System That Works When Cell Phones, Internet Are Down
08-19-2011
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www.fastcompany.com
LifeNet lets computers and phones talk to each other without an Internet connection, which could come in handy after disasters that knock out communication networks.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Conspiracies
Architects & Engineers " Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
08-19-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
This is AE911Truth’s new 9/11 documentary on the mysterious destruction of World Trade Center Building #7 on 9/11/01.
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Reported by:
Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Conspiracies
Pay Your Carbon Taxes To Al Gore Or Space Aliens Will Attack
08-19-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Having failed with drowning polar bears, global superstorms, rising sea levels and a myriad of other manufactured hoaxes, global warming alarmists have invented a new threat to try and persuade us...
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Real Reason the SEC Has Been Shredding Documents For Decades
08-19-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
What should we make of the new revelations by Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Darcy Flynn (background here, here and here) that the SEC has been shredding documents for decades?
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Bank of America’s Dead Drop To Rick Perry: “We Will Help You Out”
08-19-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Should we be surprised, frightened, disgusted or simply say “we knew it”, that in the informal mixer just after Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry spoke at a Politics and Eggs breakfast in Bedford...
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News Link • Israel
21 Killed as Tit-for-Tat Attacks Embroil Gaza, Israel, Egypt
08-19-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
Violence is on the rise across a span of territory covering southern Israel and the southern Gaza Strip today, after a series of attacks inside Israel left eight Israelis dead
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News Link • World News
Civilians 'shot dead' at Syria protests
08-19-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
At least 22 people reportedly killed after UN claims government may be guilty of "crimes against humanity".
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News Link • World News
Many killed in Pakistan mosque blast
08-19-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
At least 40 people reported dead after blast targets place of worship in main town of Khyber Agency, in northwest.
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News Link • Activism
Chile's student protesters reject proposal
08-19-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
More than 50,000 students march through Santiago demanding an end to profiteering and equal access to education.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Thousands Camp Out for Job Fair as Jobless Rate Rises
08-19-2011
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http://abcnews.go.com/
Thousands of unemployed waited overnight, camping out in their business suits and office heels and braving the tormenting heat in Atlanta to stand in line for a job fair Thursday.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Goldman Sachs VP Changed Name, Now a Top Congressional Staffer
08-19-2011
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http://www.truth-out.org/
Has Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) turned the House Oversight Committee into a bank lobbying firm with the power to subpoena and pressure government regulators?
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold Hits New Record After Chavez Announces Plan To Pull Reserves From US, European Banks
08-19-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Venezuelan leader to withdraw $11B in gold reserves to protect against “disturbances” in financial system
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Reported by:
Gwendolyn Strmic
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Murtaza Hussain - British Austerity and Riots
Murtaza Hussain - British Austerity and Riots - Refugee rights worker based in Toronto, MBA Student, author of the blog Revolution by the Book and the report Austerity and the Roots of Britain's Turmoil for Salon.com
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Why is CBS News Selling Barack Obama Merchandise in its Online Store?
08-19-2011
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The Blaze
[This is just weird.] Out of the 13 items for sale at the CBS News store, 7 are Obama-related, in addition to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s memoir, “True Compass.” The only CBS-related item is a DVD copy of “60 Minutes Presents " Obama: All Access " Th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
Stewart rips Fox News over ‘class warfare’ hysteria
08-19-2011
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RawStory.com
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart Thursday put to rest Fox News’ claims that taxing the wealthy amounts to “class warfare.”
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona Ombudsman’s office finds Quartzsite council at fault
08-19-2011
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www.parkerliveonline.com
A report by the Arizona Ombudsman agrees with Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster that the town wrongfully denied his request for access to information about the town’s finances and payroll.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
US Jobless Claims Up, Gasoline Lifts Consumer Prices
08-19-2011
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www.cnbc.com
The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefits rose last week and consumer prices increased at the fastest pace in four months in July, highlighting the challenges facing the Federal Reserve.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Military
Army to develop next-generation combat vehicle
08-19-2011
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RawStory.com
The US Army has said it had awarded nearly $900 million in contracts to British arms manufacturer BAE Systems and US firm General Dynamics to develop its next-generation ground combat vehicle.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
SHTF Vehicles
08-19-2011
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lewrockwell.com
What kind of vehicle would be good to have in bad times? Here are some thoughts on that: First, what do you need the vehicle to do?
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Doug Casey: We Are Exiting the Eye of the Storm
08-19-2011
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lewrockwell.com
So, Doug London has suffered more damage from recent rioting than from anything else since the Blitzkrieg; the stock market had its most volatile week in years; gold shot well north of $1,800; and the U.S. government almost crashed into its debt ceil
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Attacks in Israel as Palestinian Statehood Gains Momentum
08-19-2011
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prisonplanet.com
As a United Nations decision on Palestinian statehood looms and another intifada is rumored, southern Israel has erupted in violence.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
When Soviet Power Crumbled: The Failed Hard-Line Coup Attempt of August 1991
08-19-2011
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Dr. Richard Eberling - The Daily Bell
A short historical account of the last several days of the Union of Soviet Socialist States, as witnessed by the author. It brought tears to my eyes.
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H. Skip Robinson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Donald Trump’s candidacy received three times more coverage than Ron Paul’s candidacy
08-19-2011
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RawStory.com
Donald Trump received over three times as much news coverage than Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) this year, according to a report by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed News Friday: The new balanced platform
08-19-2011
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http://silverunderground.com
A recent discovery has shown that the Federal Reserve is having a little trouble coming up with some monetary solutions to keep the recession from worsening (keep rackin' your brain folks, but until you grasp what inflation really means, I feel like
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Megan Duffield
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News Link • Science
African Crested Rat Applies Deadly Poison
08-19-2011
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arclein
They found that the African crested rat chews the roots and bark of a highly toxic tree, and then smears the lethal mixture on its specially adapted fur.
Any animals that attack receive a mouthful of potentially deadly poison.
It is the first t
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Antimatter belt surrounds Earth
08-19-2011
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arclein
Antimatter is produced in equal quantities with matter when energy is converted into mass " this happens in particle colliders and is believed to have happened during the Big Bang at the beginning of the universe. That's why physicists are puzzled
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
On Apex Predators
08-19-2011
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arclein
Power cites the example of Yellowstone National Park in the US where the loss of wolves led to over-browsing of riparian (riverside) aspen and willows by elk. "As is so often the case with other apex consumers, man was to blame for the disappearance
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robert klein
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