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Date Sent: 2012-05-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, May 16, 2012 AM edition |
Police Experiment on Citizens With Drugs Then Drop Them Off Stoned at Occupy Minnesota
Nuclear Catastrophe Imminent at San Onofre if Guidelines Continue to be
Ignored -- Expert says surveillance cams are vulnerable to hackers -- Anonymous: 'We have access to every classified database in the US' -- Henry Kissinger gets groped by TSA agents in New York -- Did Texas Execute Another Innocent Man? -- Former Commander of U.S.
Nuclear Forces Calls for Large Cut in Warheads -- Export-Import Bank
reauthorized by Senate -- Court records: Zimmerman had 2 black eyes,
nose fracture after Trayvon Martin’s fatal shooting -- Syrian rebels get
influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination -- Ron
Paul Biographer: Campaign Shift is "Utter Idiocy" -- 05-15-12 -- Garret
LoPorto - Senator Karen Johnson (AzGOP INside Story - MP3 & Video
LOADED) -- The Pendulum of Liberty is Swinging -- Prosecutors Have Video
Evidence In Trayvon Martin Slaying -- New MacBook Pros expected to land
in June with improved Intel chip -- Build a Gaming PC for Any Budget
Sunday: Solar Eclipse Visible from National Parks
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police in Minnesota Experiment on Citizens With Drugs Then Drop Them off at Occupy Minnesota
05-15-2012
Police in Minnesota are picking people up and giving them drugs as part of a DRE program. After getting them high, the cops drop them off near Occupy Minnesota. This is raw footage of various exchanges between officers and participants in the experim
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Activism
Are cops drugging Occupy Wall Street protesters in Minnesota?
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
After footage surfaced of Occupy Wall Street protesters in Minnesota making claims that they’ve been drugged by police officers, authorities in the state have opened up a criminal investigation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Nuclear Catastrophe Imminent at San Onofre if Guidelines Continue to be Ignored
05-16-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Negligence led to release of radiation from defective equipment at San Onofre in January
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Expert says surveillance cams are vulnerable to hackers
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
It’s not news that surveillance cameras are practically everywhere in America, but do you know who exactly is monitoring your every move?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Anonymous
Anonymous: 'We have access to every classified database in the US'
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
A hacker tied to Anonymous says the loose-knit collective may be the most powerful organization on Earth.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
America faces organ transplant deficit as donors become too fat to qualify
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
Last year the number of American organ donors hit a milestone when the 100 millionth person added their name to the list. But before you boast about signing up, you might want to step onto a scale.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Henry Kissinger gets groped by TSA agents in New York
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
Winning a Nobel Prize might earn you a few perks and even a handshake from a world leader or two, but former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger learned the hard way this week that, no matter who you are, you're never excused from a TSA pat-down.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Hollande to unveil cabinet after gender-equal pledge
05-16-2012
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk,
France's new prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault began work today as President Francois Hollande was set to unveil his entire government and keep his promise of dividing cabinet posts equally between men and women.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial
05-16-2012
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reuters.com, By Anthony Deutsch and Ivana Sekulara
Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic taunted Srebrenica survivors on Wednesday at the start of his trial for genocide, running his hand across his throat in a gesture of defiance to relatives of the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death Penalty
Did Texas Execute Another Innocent Man?
05-15-2012
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The Agitator
The book sets out in precise and shocking detail how an innocent man was sent to his death on 8 December 1989, courtesy of the state of Texas. Los Tocayos Carlos: An Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution, is based on six years of intensive detective work b
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Former Commander of U.S. Nuclear Forces Calls for Large Cut in Warheads
05-15-2012
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New York Times
Gen. James E. Cartwright, the retired vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former commander of the US’ nuclear forces, is adding his voice to those who are calling for a drastic reduction in nuclear warheads
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • New World Order
Export-Import Bank reauthorized by Senate
05-15-2012
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Washington Post
On a broad bipartisan vote of 78 to 20, the Senate voted Tuesday to extend the life of the U.S. Export-Import Bank and expand its authority to make loans to U.S. exporters.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Court records: Zimmerman had 2 black eyes, nose fracture after Trayvon Martin’s fatal shooting
05-15-2012
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AP
Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
The medical records were part of evidence released Tuesday that prosecutors
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination
05-15-2012
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Washington Post
Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated by the United States, according to opposition activi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics
The Pendulum of Liberty is Swinging
05/14/2012
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Paul Henry
Today, the news was that a Judge in New Jersey upheld the ACLU’s injunction against “TRU ID”, the New Jersey version of REAL ID. The story is here.
This along with Pennsylvania’s recent nullification of REAL ID by a Republican Governor and a very
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Matt Schnackenberg
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecutors Have Video Evidence In Trayvon Martin Slaying
05-15-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Abby Rogers
A Florida prosecutor has listed new video evidence from the 7-11 where slain teen Trayvon Martin reportedly bought Skittles the night he died.
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News Link • Technology: Software
New MacBook Pros expected to land in June with improved Intel chip
05-15-2012
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http://www.latimes.com, By Salvador Rodriguez
Rumors of a redesigned MacBook Pro are growing more rampant as an annual Apple conference draws nearer, with the latest development being that the new models will include improved Intel chips.
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Get Organized: One Email Address
05-15-2012
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http://www.pcmag.com, Jill Duffy
During the month of May, the Get Organized series is featuring special content for graduates. In this installment, learn why recent grads need to choose one email address, and tips for what it should be.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Facebook Buys Lightbox Android Photo App
05-15-2012
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http://www.pcmag.com, By Mark Hachman
Facebook moved quickly - again - to address concerns that it wasn't doing enough to satisfy mobile users, buying the developers of the Lightbox Android photo app.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Inventions
Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
And he's answering your questions on Reddit
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Immigration
Dream Act students sue to stop Senate filibuster
05-15-2012
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Washington Times
Illegal immigrant students and members of the House sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber’s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote supermajority requirement violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Computer Interface Monitors Your Overworked Brain and Takes Over Tasks For You
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Your office mates, whether they’re people or pets, can probably tell when you’re feeling stretched too thin " heavy sighs, hand-wringing and general signs of stress are fairly easy to spot.
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News Link • Drones
Federal Workers' 2011 Salary Data Exposed Online
05-15-2012
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CBS News
Your paycheck information, or that of your neighbor's, is likely on a new database that went public Tuesday morning. It opens the curtain on the personal payroll of over one million federal workers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Dinosaur-Era Insects Frozen in Time During Oldest Pollination
05-15-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Jeanna Bryner
With massive dinosaurs towering above, tiny female insects called thrips had just dusted themselves with hundreds of pollen grains from a gingko tree more than 100 million years ago when they perished, only to be preserved in tree resin called amber.
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