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Date Sent: 2013-03-16
Freedom's Phoenix for Saturday, March 16, 2013 |
Was Blackwater The CIA? -- Obama couldn't eat at lavish Hill meeting without food 'taster'
Maryland House, like Senate, votes to repeal death penalty -- Colorado approves universal background checks for gun purchases -- EU's planned tobacco curbs break WTO rules, Malawi says -- U.S. Bolstering Missile Defense to Deter North Korea’s Threats -- Appeals court rejects CIA’s argument over acknowledging drone operations -- FBI surveillance tool is ruled unconstitutional -- Obama, Civil Liberties, And The Presidency: An Interview With Gene Healy -- "Ominous Threats" and Murderous Zeal - by William Grigg -- Food-stamp use doubles -- FAA Grounds Local Aerial Photo Business -- New Drone Could ‘Snatch Humans Off the Street’ -- Libor Scandal to Reveal Metals Manipulation? -- Autodesk CEO Carl Bass On The Future Of 3-D Printing At Home -- SWAT Officer At Armed Standoff Has His Rifle Sight On Backward -- A Flash Crash In The Bitcoin Market This Week Revealed The Currency's Biggest Problem -- Did the NRA Make a Backdoor Deal To Not Oppose Universal Background Checks? -- Making life worse for those in pain -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 10, 2013 Edition
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Was Blackwater The CIA?
03-15-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Fascinating information has emerged from the federal government's attempt to prosecute employees of Blackwater Worldwide for murder and other violent crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US government's case against Blackwater fell apart
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama couldn’t eat at Hill meeting without food ‘taster’
03-15-2013
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The Daily Caller
Following President Obama’s lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins described the food served and said the president was not able to eat since his “taster” was not present.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Death Penalty
Maryland House, like Senate, votes to repeal death penalty
03-15-2013
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Reuters
The Maryland House of Delegates voted on Friday to overturn the state's death penalty, putting it a step closer to becoming the 18th state to abolish executions.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Colorado approves universal background checks for gun purchases
03-15-2013
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Reuters
Colorado lawmakers voted on Friday to mandate universal background checks for all gun buyers in a state that has experienced two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
EU's planned tobacco curbs break WTO rules, Malawi says
03-15-2013
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Reuters
The European Union's plans for tough new anti-smoking rules would break international trade rules, Malawi has told the World Trade Organization, signaling a potential legal challenge from the developing world.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
U.S. Bolstering Missile Defense to Deter North Korea’s Threats
03-15-2013
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New York Times
The Pentagon will spend $1 billion to deploy additional ballistic missile interceptors along the Pacific Coast to counter the growing reach of North Korea’s weapons, a decision accelerated by Pyongyang’s recent belligerence and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Appeals court rejects CIA’s argument over acknowledging drone operations
03-15-2013
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Washington Post
A federal appeals court rejected the CIA’s claim it could neither confirm nor deny whether it has an “intelligence interest” in the use of drones, a ruling that could force the agency to disclose limited details about the use of drones in counterterr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
FBI surveillance tool is ruled unconstitutional
03-15-2013
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Washington Post
A federal court in California has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional because the gag order that accompanies it violates the First Amendment.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Obama, Civil Liberties, And The Presidency: An Interview With Gene Healy
03-15-2013
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The Agitator
In terms of civil liberties, who was the worst American president in U.S. history?
I’m going to go with Woodrow Wilson: the pointless carnage of WWI, conscription, Espionage Act prosecutions on a scale much greater than
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
"Ominous Threats" and Murderous Zeal
03-15-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Immolating harmless people in a church is a perfectly proper thing if this mass murder is carried out by the consecrated hands of the State's enforcement caste, but referring to it as mass murder is something only an incipient terrorist would do.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Food-stamp use doubles
03-15-2013
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nypost.com
The number of New York City residents receiving food stamps more than doubled over the past decade under Mayor Bloomberg, according to data released yesterday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
FAA Grounds Local Aerial Photo Business
03-15-2013
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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com, Bill Hudson
Charles Eide and Mike Danielson have been flying radio controlled aircraft since they little kids growing up in the same neighborhood.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
New Drone Could ‘Snatch Humans Off the Street’
03-15-2013
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Prison Planet
UAV mimics how an eagle grabs its prey
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Libor Scandal to Reveal Metals Manipulation?
03-15-2013
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The Daily Bell
'A cesspit': Libor scandal may be going on elsewhere ...The market for determining one of the world's key interest rates was a "cesspit" and banks cannot be trusted ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass On The Future Of 3-D Printing At Home
03-15-2013
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http://www.popsci.com, By Dave Mosher
"In five to 10 years... you're going to be able to print DNA and tissue."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
SWAT Officer At Armed Standoff Has His Rifle Sight On Backward
03-15-2013
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Business Insider
Most military services teach "attention to detail." That the slightest lack of attention to detail can result in lives lost.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
A Flash Crash In The Bitcoin Market This Week Revealed The Currency's Biggest Problem
03-15-2013
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Business Insider
Bitcoin has been on a tear this year.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Did the NRA Make a Backdoor Deal To Not Oppose Universal Background Checks?
03-15-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by S.H. Blannelberry
On Tuesday, NBC News alleged that the National Rifle Association would not fight a federal universal background check bill provided that the UBC bill omits language that calls for a national gun registry. Kaise Hunt, a political reporter for NBC News
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Stunning Corvette Concept Gives The New Stingray A Station Wagon Rear
03-15-2013
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Business Insider
The Callaway name is synonymous with truly unique Corvettes, with one only having to look at past creations, such as the Callaway C16 Speedster of 2007, for an idea of the types of masterpieces the company can come up with.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vin Suprynowicz's Columns Archive
Making life worse for those in pain
03-15-2013
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vinsuprynowicz.com
During the Christmas season, 1994, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration put Las Vegas medical doctor Dietrich Stoermer, who had treated our troops in Vietnam, on trial here for writing “too many” painkiller prescriptions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Catarina Mota: Play with smart materials
03-15-2013
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ted.com
Ink that conducts electricity; a window that turns from clear to opaque at the flip of a switch; a jelly that makes music. All this stuff exists, and Catarina Mota says: It's time to play with it.
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 10, 2013 Edition
03-15-2013
John Semmens
Egypt's Ruling Party Rejects UN Declaration of Human Rights
Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood vehemently denounced a United Nations' declaration on women's rights saying it could destroy society by allowing women to travel, work, and use contracep
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Opinion • Police State
The SPLC Is At It Again
03-15-2013
Chuck Baldwin
Well, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is at it again. In their typical obsessive hate-filled paranoia, the SPLC has issued another baseless assassination piece against anyone whom they consider to be “right-wing.” They call their hit piece, “T
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News Link • Government
George Noory: People Don’t Trust Gov’t Anymore
03-14-2013
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Prison Planet
Alex welcomes back to the show Coast to Coast AM radio talk show host George Noory, who is the author of Worker In The Light:
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Iraq
Remembering Those Responsible on the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War
03-14-2013
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Common Dreams
This March 19 marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Israel
Erase Israel from the Internet’: Anonymous plots massive cyber-attack
03-14-2013
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RT.com
Hacktivist group Anonymous, along with numerous other hackers, is planning a massive cyber-attack on Israel, threatening to “erase” the country from Internet
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
IMPORTANT: Red Herring - Gun Control update by Gun Owner's of America
03-14-2013
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Daily Paul.com
What Kind of Nation will we be in 4 WEEKS from now?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Training for ‘all-out war’ with the West: North Korea uses live artillery in drills
03-14-2013
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Prison Planet
North Korea has carried out a drill using live artillery near its disputed border with the South, according to official media.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold and Silver Prices Are Set In Libor-Like Daily Conference Calls Between a Handful of Big Banks
03-14-2013
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Prison Planet
There is increasing evidence that the gold market is manipulated. The amount of physical bullion may be greatly over-stated, and gold may be manipulated in the same way that Libor rates are:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
The Internet Is Being Slaughtered in the Back Room
03-14-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
ALL Spy Agencies Will Get Your Financial Data
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Lawless America's William Windsor interviews Federal Judge Mary Elizabeth Bullock
03-14-2013
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William Windor Lawless America
This interview exposes the naked truth of the level of corruption as told from someone on the inside. This information validates what most of the readership of Freedom's Phoenix and others like us already know.
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Christine Fitzpatrick
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Debra Jean Milke's Conviction Reversed
03/14/2013
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US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Detective, whose testimony was nearly the entire case, had a substantial history of "testilying". Prosecutors and Police knew it, and hid it. Twenty-Two Years (and counting) on death row.
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Military
That’s No Train! Air Force Eyes Subway for Nuclear Missiles
03-14-2013
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Wired.com
The Air Force wants to upgrade its aging nuclear missiles and the hundreds of underground silos that hold them.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Conspiracies
The Obama Conspiracy Industry Is Still Going Strong
03-14-2013
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Business Insider
While birtherism has long been discredited, even in conservative circles, the secret life and motivations of President Barack Obama remain a singular fascination among the Republican activists.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
Dianne Feinstein Tells Ted Cruz, 'I Am Not A 6th Grader' During A Heated Gun Control Hearing
03-14-2013
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Business Insider
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) chewed out freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee session on a bill to ban assault-style weapons
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Militia
OPERATION SPRING STEEL - Advanced training in tactical ground operations
01-29-2013
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ArizonaMilitia.Com
Advanced Training in Tactical Ground Operations - March 23-24, 2013 at the Marauders Tactical Training Facility, located near Tonopah, Arizona - Cost: No set fee, however donations are being accepted to help cover targets and sanitation supplies.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
John Lennon's IMAGINE, sung by Sam Harris, with Photography by Corporal Jayel Aheram, USMC
03-14-2013
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www.youtube.com
With this video, we merely wanted to give you a slideshow of Jayel's work, to prepare you for the video to follow. Most of the photos are from the series he calls "The Harsh Desert".
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Donna Hancock
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