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Date Sent: 2013-03-02
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, March 2, 2013 |
Rights Group Sues Big Sis Over Internet Kill Switch
Britain heads for new recession -- American teenager designs compact nuclear reactor -- Police spies seduce, abandoned female targets on taxpayer dime -- Scientists create ‘superbrain’ by connecting thoughts of two rats -- Ron Paul Writing New Book on Education -- Fresh Jury Adjourns in Calif. Corruption Case -- Governor to emergency manager to take over troubled Detroit's finances -- Kim Dotcom’s defense will not be allowed to view U.S. government’s evidence against him -- Judge who slammed Apple during patent trial hired by Samsung [updated] -- Ukraine urged not to extradite Tajik ex-PM -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 3, 2013 Edition -- 03-01-13 -- Ernest Hancock guest host for John Bush's Rise Up Radio (MP3 & Video Loaded) -- 03-01-13 -- Cindy Sheehan (anti-war activist) (MP3 & Video LOADED) -- BigDog Robot Now Has An Arm -- Feinstein: “Bad Things Happen” Because of 2nd Amendment and Gun Culture -- Obama: 'Dumb, Arbitrary Cuts' Coming -- Smoke A Joint, Get an WH ObamaPass. Sell A Gun to Someone Who Smokes A Joint, Get 20 Years -- Collateral Murder Revisited: One day, the guys getting killed might be you
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club today on bug out
community; FIRST EVER PRIVATE GUN SHOW - Sat, March
9th, 2013 in Lakeside, AZ; Lincoln Day Dinner and
Auction with Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, Apr. 13
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine March 1st, 2013 Edition
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News Link • Homeland Security
Rights Group Sues Big Sis Over Internet Kill Switch
03-01-2013
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Prison Planet
DHS could execute communications shutdown for entire cities
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Britain heads for new recession
03-01-2013
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Reuters
The risk that Britain is entering its third recession in four years grew on Friday with figures showing that manufacturing shrank unexpectedly last month and mortgage approvals for home buyers dropped in January
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
American teenager designs compact nuclear reactor
03-01-2013
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AFP
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Wilson has designed a compact nuclear reactor that could one day burn waste from old atomic weapons to power anything from homes and factories to space colonies.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Police spies slept with, abandoned female targets on taxpayer dime
03-01-2013
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Rawstory
An investigation by the Guardian has established that his real name is Mark Jenner. He was an undercover police officer in the Metropolitan police’s special demonstration squad, one of two units that specialized in infiltrating protest groups.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists create ‘superbrain’ by connecting thoughts of two rats
03-01-2013
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AFP
Creating a “superbrain” of connected minds, scientists on Thursday said they had enabled a rat to help a fellow rodent while the animals were a continent apart but connected through brain electrodes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Writing New Book on Education
03-01-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Former presidential candidate Ron Paul, a longtime foe of the Federal Reserve and champion of a smaller foreign policy footprint, is turning to education in a new book slated for release this fall.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Corruption
Fresh Jury Adjourns in Calif. Corruption Case
03-01-2013
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AP
A jury deliberating in the public corruption trial of six former officials in the Southern California city of Bell is done for the day.
Friday was the first full day of deliberations jury with a new member of the jury.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Governor to emergency manager to take over troubled Detroit's finances
03-01-2013
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AP
Michigan’s governor said unless Detroit’s fortunes suddenly and miraculously improve, he will appoint an emergency manager to take control of the city that was once one of the nation’s most prosperous manufacturing centers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Kim Dotcom’s defense will not be allowed to view U.S. government’s evidence against him
03-01-2013
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BGR
Zealand’s Court of Appeal on Friday overturned an earlier decision that required U.S. authorities to hand over evidence it planned to use in the high-profile extradition trial set to take place in August,
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News Link • Corruption
Judge who slammed Apple during patent trial hired by Samsung [updated]
03-01-2013
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BGR
A former judge in the United Kingdom known most recently for forcing Apple (AAPL) to issue a public apology after calling Samsung’s (005930) Galaxy Tab an iPad copy, has reportedly been hired by Samsung
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Ukraine urged not to extradite Tajik ex-PM
03-01-2013
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Reuters
Ukraine said on Friday it was considering an appeal from the U.N. refugee agency against the extradition of a former Tajik prime minister, on the grounds that the United States has already granted him refugee status.
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 3, 2013 Edition
03-01-2013
John Semmens
Sequester Hits, Disasters Loom
“Fiscal bloodbath” is how one federal official speaking off-the-record described the early impacts of the much dreaded budget sequester. “We're looking at the cancellation of many mission-critical government activiti
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News Link • Gun Rights
Feinstein: “Bad Things Happen” Because of 2nd Amendment and Gun Culture
03-01-2013
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Prison Planet
California Democrat senator and dedicated gun-grabber Dianne Feinstein went on the Piers Morgan Show earlier this week and blamed the “gun culture,” the NRA and Wayne LaPierre for mass shootings like Sandy Hook
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Obama: 'Dumb, Arbitrary Cuts' Coming
03-01-2013
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A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that were to begin kicking in later in the day, calling the cuts 'dumb, arbitrary.'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Smoke A Joint, Get an WH ObamaPass. Sell A Gun to Someone Who Smokes A Joint, Get 20 Years
03-01-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Smoke A Joint, Get an WH ObamaPass. Sell A Gun to Someone Who Smokes A Joint, Get 20 Years In The Big House
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Collateral Murder Revisited: One day, the guys getting killed might be you.
03-01-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Bradley Manning is going to jail for 20 years not because he did this, but because he exposed this. If you haven't seen the video, please spare the time for Bradley. He's sentenced to 20 years in a cage because of it. Can you spare 17 minutes to find
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Here’s Seth MacFarlane’s Boob Song
03-01-2013
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http://www.vulture.com
He sang a song called "We Saw Your Boobs," all about which actresses' bare breasts have been in movies.
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Ernest Hancock
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
The Law Of Necessity
03-01-2013
Chuck Baldwin
Most of us are taught from childhood to respect and obey the law. On the whole, Americans are law-abiding people. This is only fitting for a nation that was built on the principles of law. Remember, at our core, this is supposed to be a “nation of la
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News Link • Government
You are hurting government worker's morale and self esteem
02-28-2013
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A majority of the 2,880 [federal workers] who responded to the survey said their own morale level was low, and the morale level in their offices even lower due to pay freezes, ineffective leadership and fed bashing from Congress and the public.
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News Link • Police State
AG Holder: Home-Grown Terrorists Threat Rivals Overseas
02-28-2013
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ABC News
"I worry a little that the American people...has become a little complacent that we don't understand or realize that the threats are still real, that the danger is out there, is still tangible, that we still have to be as vigilant as we need to be,"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Not my baby! (But I have to pay support anyway)
02-28-2013
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KPHO TV-5 CBS Phoenix
Smith has taken two DNA tests. Both prove he's not the father of 6-year-old Jayden.
"I was shocked," Smith said. "How do you have concrete evidence that says this is not my child, two DNA tests and a confession and I'm still being held to pay for
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sheriff Babeu's "Elite" Staff Overcomes Bad Behavior with Loyalty
02-28-2013
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Phoenix New Times
Richard Mueller spent an evening at the Firehouse Bar and Grill drinking, antagonizing security officers, and "creeping" out the ladies. Mueller capped off his night arguing with a bar patron trying to stop Mueller from hitting on his girlfriend.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Couple Faces Felony Rap For Movie Sneak
02-28-2013
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The Smoking Gun
When the action flick ended, they exited theater #13 and headed into theater #15, where the zombie film “Warm Bodies” was to start. They had not purchased $6.75 tickets to the second movie, which resulted in the duo’s arrest for felony theft,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
South Africa: 'Man Dragged Behind Police Van'
02-28-2013
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Sky News
A taxi driver in South Africa died after being handcuffed to a police vehicle and dragged hundreds of yards. Mido Macia, 27, from Mozambique, was later found dead in a police cell in Daveyton, Johannesburg, on Tuesday. [VIDEO]
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News Link • Free Speech
Canada’s top court upholds hate speech ban
02-28-2013
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AFP
Canada’s top court on Wednesday upheld a ban on hate speech contested by a Christian anti-gay activist, but struck down a section of the law also prohibiting belittling or ridiculing others.
The Supreme Court said in its decision that the hate spe
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News Link • Activism
Woman Sues Philly Police for Wrongful Arrest
02-28-2013
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NBC News
Ironically, the video that police shot of the scene is what eventually cleared White of all charges. “I think that whoever was higher up looked at the police reports and then looked at the video and said, these two things don’t go together.
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News Link • Drug War
Man arrested for suspected pot DUI over color of his tongue?
02-28-2013
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FOX News (video)
Pot may be legal in Washington state, but Kent police recently arrested a Puyallup man for driving under the influence because, he said, he had a green film on his tongue.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ed Flynn: Milwaukee Crime Lord, Citizen Disarmament Advocate
02-28-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Police Chief Ed Flynn of Milwaukee believes his department is at war with the gun-owning public. In testimony before the Senate, Flynn claimed “in the last 20 years we’ve been in an arms race” with private citizens who supposedly out-gun the police.
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News Link • Torture
The Hidden History of Water Torture
02-27-2013
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antiwar
Water torture has been a U.S. military staple since the beginning of the twentieth century, when it was employed by Americans fighting an independence movement in the Philippines. American troops would continue to use the brutal tactic in
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Louisiana Forces Homeless Shelter To Destroy $8,000 Worth Of Deer Meat
02-27-2013
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CBS News
Louisiana’s State Health Dept forced a homeless shelter to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because it was donated from a hunter organization. The Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission lost 1,600 pounds of venison because the
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Philly Cop Found Not Guilty for Punching Woman on Camera
02-27-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Even when it is caught on camera, even when it gets him fired, it is still nearly impossible to convict a cop for physically abusing a citizen. A judge found former Philadelphia Police Lt. Jonathan Josey not guilty of punching a woman out in the vide
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