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Date Sent: 2013-01-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, January 8, 2013 AM edition |
Questions for MS Over Doctor’s Autopsies -- Obama Nominates Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary
Latest Drone Strike Kills Eight in Northwest Pakistan -- Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue US -- Bank of America puts to bed claims from housing crisis, while retreating from market -- IMF official in Egypt as currency crisis bites -- Embattled Michigan Supreme Court judge to quit amid ethics probe -- Video of Alex Jones Interviewed By Piers Morgan -- Aurora Massacre Update: Prescriptions Seized, Victims’ Families Invited to Party at Movie Theatre -- Liberty Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal “Gun-Free School Zones” -- 4409: Utah Trooper (BUSTED) making false DUI arrests -- Marine Who Penned Scathing Letter to Sen. Feinstein Now Says He’s Getting Death Threats (Video) -- Trigger-happy Atlanta mom shoots intruder in the face 5 times -- Border Patrol Still Preventing Photography Despite Pending Lawsuit -- Changing The Rhetoric: Gun Insurance Not Gun Control -- Despite 2008 Campain Pledge, Obama Aims for Executive Action to Restrict Guns -- Patient prescription drug records may be used to deny Americans their constitutional rights -- Russian Ships Park Off Syrian Coast As NATO Deploys Patriot Missiles In Turkey -- Private Moon Travel Startup Hires Lunar Lander Designer -- Better Than Human: Why Robots Will — And Must — Take Our Jobs -- Israeli Officials Hope Hagel on Board With Iran War
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Questions Left for Mississippi Over Doctor’s Autopsies
01-07-2013
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New York Times
During the past several months, in courthouses around Mississippi, 4 new petitions have been quietly submitted on behalf of people in prison arguing that they were wrongfully convicted on the basis of Dr. Hayne’s testimony. 10 more are expected
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News Link • Afghanistan
Latest Drone Strike Kills Eight in Northwest Pakistan
01-07-2013
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Reuters
A U.S. drone strike killed eight people in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, three intelligence sources said, the latest in a series of drone attacks that come as a retired U.S. general warns their overuse may threaten American foreign policy goals.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue Its Savior
01-07-2013
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New York Times
The lawsuit contends that the onerous nature of the rescue " funneling of billions to the insurer’s Wall Street clients " deprived shareholders of billions of dollars and violated the 5th Amendment, which prohibits the taking of private property for
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News Link • Housing
Bank of America puts to bed claims from housing crisis, while retreating from market
01-07-2013
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Washington Post
A pair of settlements announced Monday will bring Bank of America closer to eliminating its mountain of liabilities stemming from the housing crisis, at a time when the behemoth bank continues to retreat from the mortgage market.
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News Link • Egypt
IMF official in Egypt as currency crisis bites
01-07-2013
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Reuters
A senior IMF official met Egypt's government on Monday to discuss a vital $4.8 billion loan as the Islamist-led state battles to contain a currency crisis set off by political turmoil that is depleting its foreign reserves.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Embattled Michigan Supreme Court judge to quit amid ethics probe
01-07-2013
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Reuters
A Michigan Supreme Court justice announced plans to step down from the bench after a judicial watchdog accused her of "blatant and brazen" ethics violations in a series of real-estate deals and filed an emergency petition for her suspension.
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News Link • Gun Rights
BREAKING: Video of Alex Jones Interviewed By Piers Morgan (+POST Debate VIDEO)
01-07-2013
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www.economicpolicyjournal.com
In a very passionate manner, Alex lets Piers Morgan have it. And it is important that Alex brought up the many millions killed by governments, in countries where guns were confiscated. (Alex POST Debate VIDEO INCL)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • General Opinion
Letter Re: The Heavy Equipment Threat
01-07-2013
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http://www.survivalblog.com, B.B.D.
Captain Rawles:
I've been enjoying and learning valuable information from your books and your blog, and thought I'd share some of my expertise in hope of helping others to prepare.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Aurora Massacre Update: Prescriptions Seized, Victims’ Families Invited to Party at Movie Theatre
01-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In related news, the families of the victims were invited by Cinemark to the Grand Re-Opening of the movie theater where the victims were gunned down. There’s no word yet on whether the PR geniuses behind the move were fired.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Gun Rights
Liberty Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie Introduces Bill to Repeal Federal “Gun-Free School Zones”
01-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gun-Free School Zones Act explains that it’s “unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe is a school zone.” On the contrary, Rep. Massie believes these designate
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News Link • Conspiracies
‘Sandy Hook School Support Fund’
01-07-2013
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http://govtslaves.info
Three Days Before Shooting “United Way Extends Our Most Sincere Condolences To Sandy Hook Families” Below is a excerpt from the December 11 United Way page. Don’t we all love a good conspiracy?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Marine Who Penned Scathing Letter to Sen. Feinstein Now Says He’s Getting Death Threats (Video)
01-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
... Boston also said we need to look at the gun free zone laws that leave people defenseless. At the end of the interview Joshua Boston admitted that anti-gun leftists are calling for his death since his letter went viral.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Study: Space travel is harmful to the brain
01-07-2013
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Terrence Aym
Are humans doomed to remain marooned on a world orbiting a third-generation star while all the universe tantalizingly beckons just out of grasp?
A new study seems to suggest that depressing scenario. While it's true much of the human race woul
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News Link • Gun Rights
Trigger-happy Atlanta mom shoots intruder in the face 5 times
01-07-2013
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Note: Feedback works. Since I published a version of this on NewsVine, an on-line "news" site owned by MSN, the phrase "Trigger-happy" has been edited OUT of the story. I'm pissed. I read this headline today on MSN, and I thought
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News Link • Immigration
Border Patrol Still Preventing Photography Despite Pending Lawsuit
01-07-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
From the southern American border to the northern American border, the United States Border Patrol has been flexing its federal muscle in trying to crackdown on photographers near checkpoints.
But it is highly questionable as to whether it has the
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News Link • Gun Rights
Changing The Rhetoric: Gun Insurance Not Gun Control
01-07-2013
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http://www.mintpress.net, John Stoehr
The National Rifle Association lost much of its credibility when its longtime spokesman, Wayne LaPierre, said, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” He called for immediate action to place armed guards in every pu
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News Link • General Opinion
Letter Re: Power Grid Transmission Lines for G.O.O.D.?
01-07-2013
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http://www.survivalblog.com, Jesse
Mr. Rawles,
I've browsed your site for about a year off and on, and have read Patriots, and am just starting Survivors. Great work I must say, keep up the good work!
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News Link • Gun Rights
Despite 2008 Campain Pledge, Obama Aims for Executive Action to Restrict Guns
01-07-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
As the Obama Administration seeks supra-constitutional policies, it is clear that the authoritarian class has craftily planned, and slowly implemented a total disarmament.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Moon Travel Startup Hires Lunar Lander Designer
01-07-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Clara Moskowitz
The new moon travel startup Golden Spike has chosen its first contractor to design private lunar lander vehicles: veteran aerospace firm Northrop Grumman.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Officials Hope Hagel on Board With Iran War
01-07-2013
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Hagel's Past Opposition to War Could Be Turned to Israeli Advantage
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Opinion • Feminism
"Woman, Have Some Couth About Yourself"
01-07-2013
Bob Ross
Feminists are attacking Julie Borowski for her most recent video. As a fellow libertarian feminist, maybe we need to grow a thicker skin and rely less on ad hominems when we disagree with our own.
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Opinion • Gun Rights
My Line In The Sand Is Drawn Here!
01-06-2013
Chuck Baldwin
If Barack Obama and his gaggle of gun grabbers have their way, the American citizenry will have all of their firearms taken away. If their current attempt to outlaw semi-automatic rifles is successful, does anyone think it will stop there? Don’t be n
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News Link • Homeland Security
The Department Of Homeland Security Is Hard At Work With One Billion New Bullets
01-06-2013
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Business Insider
Last March we found 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition slated for delivery to the Department of Homeland Service and its agencies.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
FELIX SALMON: There Is Something Fishy About The Government's Official Jobs Numbers
01-06-2013
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Business Insider
Reuters critic Felix Salmon thinks there's something fishy about the official BLS jobs numbers!
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News Link • Natural Disasters
More Than Two Months Since Hurricane Sandy, Here's What It STILL Looks Like On Rockaway Beach
01-06-2013
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Business Insider
After days of tension political infighting and public eruptions, Congress finally voted Friday to approved $9.7 billion in disaster relief funds to provide flood insurance for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
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News Link • Gun Rights
America’s Biggest Killers: The Chart Anti-Gunners Don’t Want You To See
01-06-2013
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INFOWARS
If we look at homicide statistics in the United States it’s clear that more murders are committed with knives, bats, hammers and poisons than with firearms. As Kurt Nimmo recently noted, “ the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clu
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News Link • Gun Rights
White House weighs broad gun-control agenda in wake of Newtown shootings
01-06-2013
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Washington Post
The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ex-Officer Is First From C.I.A. to Face Prison for a Leak
01-06-2013
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New York Times
Mr. Kiriakou first stumbled into the public limelight by speaking out about waterboarding on television in 2007, quickly becoming a source for national security journalists, including this reporter, who turned up in Mr. Kiriakou’s indictment last yea
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News Link • Food
As Biofuel Demand Grows, So Do Guatemala’s Hunger Pangs
01-06-2013
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New York Times
Recent laws in the United States and Europe that mandate use of biofuel in cars have had far-flung ripple effects, as land once devoted to growing food for humans is now sometimes more profitably used for churning out vehicle fuel.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Health Insurers Raise Some Rates by Double Digits
01-06-2013
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New York Times
Health insurance companies are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers, even though one of the objectives of the Obama administration’s health care law was to stem the rise in insurance costs for consumers.
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News Link • Syria
Assad outlines new Syria peace plan
01-06-2013
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AP
"We never rejected a political solution ... but with whom should we talk? With those who have extremist ideology who only understand the language of terrorism? Or should we with negotiate puppets whom the West brought? ... We negotiate with the maste
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News Link • Gun Rights
Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting
01-05-2013
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Associated Press
Several gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., have been canceled.
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News Link • Economy - International
Spain Plunders 90% Of Social Security Fund To Buy Its Own Debt
01-04-2013
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Zero Hedge
Spain has been quietly tapping the country's richest piggy bank, the Social Security Reserve Fund, as a buyer of last resort for Spanish government bonds - with at least 90% of the $85.7 billion fund invested in increasingly risky Spanish debt.
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News Link • Currencies
The Only Idea That's Sillier Than The Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin...
01-05-2013
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Business Insider
The last couple of days we've been talking about the Platinum Solution to the Debt Ceiling crisis, namely that the Treasury could mint a trillion dollar platinum coin and deposit it at the Fed,
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News Link • Food
FDA: New rules will make food safer
01-05-2013
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Associated Press
The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year.
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News Link • Internet
US irked by Google chief's NKorea plans
01-05-2013
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Associated Press
Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom who's decided to engage with one of the most intensely censored countries.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Florida 'artist' held in traffic fracas
01-05-2013
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upi.com
A Florida judge told a defendant this week she should keep what she calls performance art away from busy streets "and everything will start looking up for you."
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News Link • World News
Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name
01-05-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Call her the girl with no name.
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means light breeze in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government.
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News Link • Gun Rights
N.Y. Newspaper Gun owner Map, Inmates intimidating Guards (know where they live now)
01-05-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Journal News in N.Y. put an interactive map online of gun owners in various counties. Since then one county (Putnam) has refused to give them the gun owners information and the newspaper has hired armed guards due to the backlash they have recei
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