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Date Sent: 2011-04-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, April 18, 2011 PM edition |
News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Markets Are Tanking After S&P Downgrades US Debt Outlook To Negative
04-18-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
A real stunner.
S&P just downgraded the US debt outlook to negative.
Stocks just moved violently lower.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libya Rebels Draw on Benghazi Committees for ‘Win or Die’ Fight
04-18-2011
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www.businessweek.com
Ahmed Algallal, an importer of Kone OYJ lifts in Libya, spent 14 years in the U.K. because his father preferred exile to life under Muammar Qaddafi. “There won’t be another exile for me,” he said. “We win or die.”
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Eight NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan
04-18-2011
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news.antiwar.com
Taliban Spokesman Threatens More Attacks Targeting Afghan Officials
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • NATO
One Month In: Purpose of NATO’s Libya War Still Unclear
04-18-2011
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news.antiwar.com
British PM Cameron: No Possibility of Ground Invasion
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libyan Pro-Government Shelling Continues as UN Peace Call Ignored
04-18-2011
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www.voanews.com
As government shelling continued in a besieged city in western Libya, a United Nations call for a cease-fire went unheeded on Monday.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Obama Pushes Chinese-Style Internet ID System
04-18-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Centralized government identity program dismissed as being too draconian for Communist China gets go ahead in United States
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
No “Humanitarian” Intervention: Afghans Killed, Injured For Protesting Foreign Occupation
04-18-2011
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prisonplanet.com
At least one Afghan protester has been killed and 10 others have been left wounded in northern Afghanistan as police opened fire at the demonstrations against the presence of foreign troops in the country.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Tea Party
Palin, Breitbart booed at tea party event
04-18-2011
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RawStory.com
Not everyone at Saturday’s tea party gathering in Madison, Wisconsin were fans of Andrew Breitbart and Sarah Palin.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Donald Trump, secret liberal? The top 10 reasons conservatives should hate him
04-18-2011
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RawStory.com
Donald Trump has surged to the top of Republican 2012 polls after wholeheartedly embracing and vigorously touting in recent weeks the conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Half of households pay no income taxes, super rich see taxes fall
04-18-2011
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RawStory.com
The Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Policy Center in Washington have some statistics that will likely make last-minute filers extra-irate today
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Cursing makes you feel better when hurt: study
04-18-2011
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RawStory.com
Ever hear someone scolded for their curse-laden language when they hurt themselves? Those finger-waggers who say cursing doesn't help now should bite their tongues, then perhaps cuss to make it better.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday April 18th, 2011
04-18-2011
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lewrockwell.com
Ron Paul's 2012 Campaign Book - Ron explains the 50 urgent issues affecting our freedom, in Liberty Defined. / Loopholes Are Freedom - Tom DiLorenzo wants more and more and more. / One Billion in Gold Bullion for the University of Texas - The UT endo
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
US Is Broke, Failing, But Show Goes On
04-18-2011
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dailybell.ch
These are important times. Every word is important, every speech is necessary. America will be saved once the politicians agree on the proper plan.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Barack Obama's Internet Kill Switch
04-18-2011
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dailybell.ch
What are the chances of a US Internet Kill Switch? Could it happen? Is it practical?
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
New Elite Approach In Ivory Coast " the Clenched Fist
04-18-2011
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dailybell.ch
Gradually, the Ivory Coast returns to normal. The World Bank and the IMF will do everything in their power to make the Ivory Coast prosperous again.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Making Money: It’s a skill. You can learn it.
04-18-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
I’ll be in Paraguay again for the next week. This is a country that has quite a bit to offer… it’s incredibly cheap and they sell property for nothing. I’ve seen land in the Chaco region for as little as $25/acre.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
The worst advice I’ve seen in years
04-18-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
When I woke up this morning and scanned through my usual digest" boots on the ground reports from overseas contacts, market summaries from Asian and European bankers, commentary from friends still in the intelligence community" a couple of things cau
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Let me bomb you in peace
04-18-2011
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atimes.com
If former Pentagon supremo Donald "known unknown" Rumsfeld were still in business, he'd be grumbling that Libya presents no bombable targets - as in Afghanistan in 2001.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Iraq
I want to occupy you forever
04-18-2011
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atimes.com
Heeeeeee's back! Every time Iraqi nationalist Shi'ite cleric/politician Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaces with a bang, the United States establishment shakes like a willow tree, while US corporate media duly dusts off the usual "radical, anti-American, Iran
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
'Atlas Shrugged' Derails?
04-18-2011
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Box Office Mojo
Despite opening weekend box office returns were disappointing 'Atlas Shrugged' could expand to 1000 screens due to positive word of mouth reviews.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Fatal Tomahawk attraction
04-18-2011
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atimes.com
Either the Pentagon bombs the hell out of Muammar Gaddafi's forces, or we want our money back (as in eastern Libyan oil marketed by Qatar).
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libya: Ceasefire or bust
04-18-2011
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atimes.com
The so-called Libya contact group - that euphemism defining the minute Western/Gulf emirates "coalition of the willing" - meets in Doha, Qatar, ahead of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ministerial meetings in Berlin, amid an atmosphere of
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
China's interests in Gaddafi
04-18-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
Huge oil and financial deals play major part in Beijing's support for Libya's despot and halt to foreign intervention.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Green Rust Traps Radioactivity
04-18-2011
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arclein
hristiansen describes how green rust is able to, so to say, encapsulate and contain neptunium. It's an insight that can greatly influence how and where to dispose of radioactive waste
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Another Anti Cancer Pathway
04-18-2011
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arclein
rofessor Tracy Robson from the School of Pharmacy at Queen's explains: "By understanding the anti-angiogenic potential of the natural protein, FKBPL, we have been able to develop small peptide-based drugs that could be delivered to prevent tumour g
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Navel Laser Weapons
04-18-2011
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arclein
The Navy and DOD are developing three principal types of lasers for potential use on Navy surface ships"fiber solid state lasers (SSLs), slab SSLs, and free electron lasers (FELs). The Navy’s fiber SSL prototype demonstrator is called the Laser Weapo
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robert klein
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News Link • Surveillance
McCain's Privacy 'Bill Of Rights' Exempts Government Agencies
04-18-2011
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news.Cnet.com
One feature of the bill sponsored by senators John Kerry and John McCain that has gone relatively unnoticed: it doesn't apply to data mining, surveillance, or any other forms of activities that governments use to collect and collate Americans...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Casey Research Articles
Casey Research: Can You Pass The 2011 Gold Quiz?
04-18-2011
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caseyresearch.com
1) The main driver behind rising gold prices over the past decade is:
a) Increased jewelry demand in India b) Greater industrial uses of the metal
c) Investment demand
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Currencies
Marc Faber: The Dollar's Value In The Future Will Be Zero
04-18-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
We're in a contest for the ugliest currency; I don't think people are heavily position in euros. Most people still have 70-80% of their money in USD. Huge overhang of U.S. dollars globally.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
The West vs China: A New Cold War Begins On Libyan Soil
04-18-2011
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BlackListedNews.com/
One only has to read the strategic briefings in U.S. AFRICOM documents to realise the true endgame in Libya: the control of valuable resources and the eviction of China from North Africa.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
The Education Bubble: Student Loan Debt Expected to Hit $1 Trillion
04-18-2011
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GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
Like the housing bubble, the education bubble is about security and insurance against the future. Both whisper a seductive promise into the ears of worried Americans: Do this and you will be safe.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Chris Hedges: Throw Out the Money Changers
04-18-2011
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TruthDig.com
They take from us our rights, our dignity and thwart our capacity for resistance. They seek to make us prisoners in our own land. They view human beings and the natural world as mere commodities to exploit until exhaustion or collapse.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
BofA Analyst Advocates The "Unthinkable" -- An Intentional Default On US Debt
04-18-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
We continue to be astounded by the emergence of the pro-default meme within financial circles.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold hits record on inflation fear; silver at 31-year high
04-18-2011
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Reuters
Inflation accelerated in Asia and Europe in March. The lingering euro zone debt crisis also helped lift gold prices. Technical analysis indicated that gold may target $1,518 an ounce, said Reuters market analyst Wang Tao.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Counter-Economics
Freedom's Phoenix on Agorist Radio
04-15-2011
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agoristradio.com
Cypherpunks talks Freedom's Phoenix, Ernest Hancock, Declare your Independence, nonviolent direct action, agorism, trust networks, and stateless trading opportunities.
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Brock Lorber
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