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Date Sent: 2012-03-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, March 15, 2012 AM edition |
No Child Left Behind's 10th Anniversary....it FAILS -- Why Is Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison?
Ex-Fullerton Cop Charged With Destruction Of Evidence After Destroying
Audio Recorder -- Council bans daughter contact over child images -- Anarchy, Murder and Mayhem for Fun and Profit - by Joe Collins -- The Death-Dealing "Divinity" in the White House - by William Grigg -- Senate Passes 2-Year Transportation Bill -- Contractor Strikes $500 Million Deal in City Payroll Scandal -- US Special Forces "in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives as well as India" -- Blagojevich defends actions on way to prison -- 03-15-12--Drew Phillips - Jan Helfeld - Jason Osborne - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- The Nazi Influences of Islamic Terror -- THRIVE: What On Earth Will It Take (online movie) -- Zooey Greif Interviews Sheldon Richman -- Pat Robertson Advocates Making Marijuana Legal on 700 Club -- Andrew Breitbart's Death: Some Uncomfortable Reality -- Delta Shelter provides almost indestructible living space -- Professor Wants Population to be Chemically Castrated of Free Will --
Insane Afghanistan war creating more insanity -- What's wrong with
requiring voter ID? -- Obama trails
Romney in new poll. Are gas prices the key? -- Lawsuit could make DOMA
apply to private companies -- Unbelievable: 2 arrested after fight,
shooting at Hendersonville apartment -- US, EU, Japan challenge China over minerals trade -- Taliban-linked Afghan convicted on drug charges -- U.N. official critical of Manning detention
AZ: Richard Gage, AIA, and Founder
of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, in Phoenix March
16-18; Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th,
2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
CA: Freedom Law School's 2012
Freedom Rally - Fri-Mon., March 16-19 - Crowne Plaza Hotel -
Irvine, CA
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
No Child Left Behind's 10th Anniversary....it FAILS
01-01-2012
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www.fairtest.org
Ten years have passed since President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind (NCLB), making it the educational law of the land. A review of a decade of evidence demonstrates that NCLB has failed badly both in terms of its own goals and more broad
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Reported by:
Michele Power
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News Link • Obama Administration
Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?
03-14-2012
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The Nation
Unlike most journalists covering Al Qaeda, Shaye risked his life to travel to areas controlled by Al Qaeda and to interview its leaders. He also conducted several interviews with the radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. Shaye did the last known interview
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-Fullerton Cop Charged With Destruction Of Evidence After Destroying Audio Recorder
03-14-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
After a man he arrested hanged himself in his jail cell last year, police officer Mater ripped the department-issued recorder off his uniform and crushed it, making it impossible to retrieve the audio recording of the conversation he had with the man
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Council bans daughter contact over child images
03-14-2012
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BBC News
Nigel Robinson from Hull said he called police after trying to download music but instead finding pornographic images on his laptop last November.
As a result social services said he "should not have unsupervised access with his own or other child
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Anarchy, Murder and Mayhem for Fun and Profit - by Joe Collins
03-14-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
What would be the best way to start a revolution, and not get caught? One day, this came to me in a moment of inspiration: What if a piece of software was directing the assassination of certain people? That story premise eventually became my first pu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Death-Dealing "Divinity" in the White House
03-14-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Barack Obama rarely indulges in public displays of dictatorial arrogance. He leaves it to underlings like Eric Holder, Leon Panetta, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In testimony before separate congressional commit
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Senate Passes 2-Year Transportation Bill
03-14-2012
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New York Times
The Senate easily approved a two-year, $109 billion transportation and infrastructure bill on Wednesday, putting pressure on House Republicans to set aside their stalled version and pass the Senate’s before the federal highway trust fund expires at t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Contractor Strikes $500 Million Deal in City Payroll Scandal
03-14-2012
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New York Times
A major government contractor agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $500 million to avoid federal prosecution for its role in the scandal-tarred CityTime project, an effort at modernizing New York’s payroll system. The project was plagued by widespread
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Special Forces "in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives as well as India"
03-14-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The source of this news: US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard at a Congressional hearing a few weeks ago.
A sample of reaction within those countries is this thoughtful Bangladesh perspective that raises many legal and political questions t
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Blagojevich defends actions on way to prison
03-14-2012
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Reuters
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich used his final public appearance before reporting to prison to defend his political actions and express confidence that his conviction on federal corruption charges will ultimately be overturned. Blagojevich c
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Ron Paul LIVE RIGHT NOW at U OF I, 5000 people in Huff Hall.
03-14-2012
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http://revolutionpac.com
over 5000 people at Huff hall at U of I
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Drew
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News Link • Science
Laser atomic clocks could be 100 times more accurate
03-14-2012
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Terrence Aym
Scientists believe achieving such a level of accuracy will have profound applications and significant impact on future technology involving such diverse fields as medical imaging machines, geological surveying and mapping radiation and waves that aff
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Reported by:
Terrence Aym
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News Link • Israel
Zooey Greif Interviews Sheldon Richman
03-14-2012
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Zooey Greif, antiwar.com
Sheldon Richman, senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his article “No to AIPAC, No to Israel, and No to War;”
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Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • General Opinion
Pat Robertson Advocates Making Marijuana Legal on 700 Club
03-14-2012
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youtube.com Uploaded by MPPstaff
"I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol," says Pat Robertson, and he's right.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Andrew Breitbart's Death: Some Uncomfortable Reality
03-14-2012
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brentwood.patch.com
No sooner had news of conservative Brentwood political activist Andrew Breitbart's shocking death at age 43 of a suspected heart attack been reported, speculation began to circulate that he may have been murdered (assassinated if that sounds better)
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Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Architecture
Delta Shelter provides almost indestructible living space
03-14-2012
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By Randolph Jonsson, gizmag.com
What do you do when you want to build a worry-free home on land that also happens to be a 100-year flood plain?
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Environment
Professor Wants Population to be Chemically Castrated of Free Will
03-14-2012
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Prisonplanet.com
A new paper to be published in Ethics, Policy & Environment argues that serious consideration should be given to mass drugging the population to make them more environmentally conscious.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
What's wrong with requiring voter ID?
03-14-2012
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The Political Commentator
Why is proving who you are in order to be allowed to vote such a bad idea!
I was listening to Bloomberg Radio this morning when a guest from SMU came on to discuss the foibles of requiring voter ID.
My simple understanding of voter ID is that i
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Gun Rights
2 arrested after fight, shooting at Hendersonville apartment
03-14-2012
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Reported by Forrest Sanders, wsmv.com
A neighbor armed with a shotgun who rushed in to stop a fight inside a Hendersonville apartment is facing his own set of charges.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
US, EU, Japan challenge China over minerals trade
03-14-2012
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trib.com Associated Press
The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints Tuesday with the World Trade Organization charging that China is limiting its export of rare earths, minerals that are vital to the production of technology components.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Taliban-linked Afghan convicted on drug charges
03-14-2012
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By WILL LESTER Associated Press hosted.ap.
An Afghan man linked to the Taliban who was one of the largest heroin traffickers in the world was convicted Tuesday on charges of importing and distributing heroin and for narco-terrorism, federal officials said.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
U.N. official critical of Manning detention
03-14-2012
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news.blogs.cnn.com
U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of aiding the enemy by passing reams of classified military documents to WikiLeaks, may have been treated inhumanely by the U.S. military since his arrest in 2010, according to a report from the United Nations'
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Alabama Election Fraud -Video Proof!? Wow!
03-14-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Independentforl
Saw this on Ben Swann's facebook page!! I understand this is not 100% hard proof, but it is the video evidence we need more of, both at the primaries and the caucases.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Fed To Take Propaganda To The Schoolroom
03-14-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Back in September we noted a peculiar RFP by the Fed which sought to become a secret 'big brother' to the social media world, and to "monitor billions of conversations and generate text analytics based on predefined criteria."
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Justice backs new category of secret gov't files
03-14-2012
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http://www.google.com, By RICHARD LARDNER, AP
In the middle of Sunshine Week, when news organizations and advocacy groups promote government transparency, the Obama administration urged Congress on Tuesday to keep secret a whole new category of information even under the Freedom of Information A
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Friends no more? Egypt’s MPs declare Israel No. 1 enemy
03-14-2012
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http://rt.com
Egypt calls Israel its number one enemy, saying it will “revise all its relations and agreements” with Tel Aviv.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Crowd control: Chemical gas & water cannons on London police wish list
03-14-2012
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http://rt.com
London Police may soon get access to water cannons, CS gas and even more Tasers as a means to tackle pesky troublemakers.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama and Cameron: the good, the bad or the ugly?
03-14-2012
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http://rt.com
In a joint article published in the Washington Post, the two leaders called the US-British relationship "a partnership of the heart, bound by the history, traditions and values we share." But what has that partnership really achieved?
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iranian ultimatum: Yield now or be attacked by year’s end
03-14-2012
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http://rt.com
The US wants Russia to deliver a message to Iran: Tehran has one last chance for talks. If it is wasted, an attack will happen in a matter of months, according to Russian diplomatic sources.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Nutrition
The Plutonium Files - Radiation Experiments on US Citizens (Video)
03-14-2012
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DemocracyNow.com
73 disabled children were fed oatmeal laced with radioactive isotopes. 829 pregnant women were served "vitamin cocktails" (so they thought) containing radioactive iron. An eighteen-year-old woman believing she was being treated for a pituitary diso
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Joe Plummer
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