 |
REAL TIME SPOT PRICES
Bitcoin Average: $61918.54
Gold: $4072.2 Change: $1.9
Silver: $63.68 Change: $0.39
|
|
|
ARCHIVED NEWSLETTER |
|
Sign up
to receive the Freedom's Phoenix Headlines by Email. |
|
HELP FUND FREEDOM'S PHOENIX!
Make a one-time or periodic contribution.
Use your credit card or PayPal account. |
|
Join us on our
Social Networks |
Share this page with your friends
on your favorite social network:
|
 |
|
|
|
Date Sent: 2012-11-02
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, November 2, 2012 |
Feds Say No Dice in Retrieving Your Data Seized in Megaupload Case
Some accident: Boy, 10, tasered by police for refusing to clean officer's car -- Obama Supporters Actually Hate Obama's Policies -- Romney Rep. Bob McDonnell Reluctantly Anti-NDAA -- Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed -- ABC News asks judge to toss 'pink slime' lawsuit -- China’s Newest Stealth Fighter Takes Flight -- The Kremlin’s New Internet Surveillance Plan Goes Live Today -- Anticipating the Devolution of Big Government -- Big Sis Loaning Out Military Style Drones To Sheriffs Departments: Privacy Group Sues -- Police State: Growth Rate of Cops Exceeds Population Growth -- Israeli Attack on Iran Could Inconvenience US Attack on Iran, Military Warns -- Greece Running Out of Cash; Government Under Threat -- Afghanistan 'will be unable to run military bases post Nato withdrawal' -- Looming Tax Hike Motivates Owners to Sell -- New Obamacare Tax Form Mandates Americans Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club tomorrow;
Election Night Party - Hancock's - Libertarian Candidates &
Activists Invited - 6:30-11 p.m. next Tuesday
|
News Link • Internet
Feds Say No Dice in Retrieving Your Data Seized in Megaupload Case
11-01-2012
•
Wired.com
Federal prosecutors are proposing a process that would make it essentially impossible for former Megaupload users to recover their data.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Some accident: Boy, 10, tasered by police for refusing to clean officer's car
11-01-2012
•
Daily Mail
[and we have to read it in the English press!] A police officer has appeared in court after it is alleged he used his Taser gun on a 10-year-old schoolboy who refused to clean his patrol car.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Obama Supporters Actually Hate Obama's Policies
11-01-2012
•
youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Luke Rudkowski hits the streets of NYC to find out where Obama supporters really stand on his policies. Now he did this in an underhanded way where the policies where presented to be Romney's, but this was only done to get an honest opinion.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Media: Internet
Romney Rep. Bob McDonnell Reluctantly Anti-NDAA
11-01-2012
•
youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Republican Governor Bob McDonnell and representative for Romney during the Presidential debates, spoke to Sierra Adamson about his state of Virginia nullifying the NDAA.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Syria
Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed
11-01-2012
•
Reuters
Anti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers in attacks on 3 army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria's main north-south highway. Some of the dead were shot after they had surrendered. Rebels berated them, calling them "Assad's Dogs",
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Rare lobster hauled from the ocean revealing true Halloween colors
11-01-2012
•
.
The Internet is flooded with images of animals dressed up for Halloween, but the orange-and-black lobster pictured with this post is revealing its true Halloween colors (no tricks), albeit very odd colors for an American lobster. The rare "split" lob
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Food
ABC News asks judge to toss 'pink slime' lawsuit
11-01-2012
•
ABC News
Lawyers for ABC News asked a judge to toss out a $1 billion defamation lawsuit filed by a South Dakota-based meat processor over a meat product that critics dub "pink slime," saying the news organization did not knowingly disparage the company or its
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • History
WWII Carrier Pigeon Delivers Message
11-01-2012
•
ABC News
Secrets from World War II may have been found in a coded message attached to the skeleton of a carrier pigeon found in an English chimney. The bird was found when David Martin in Bletchingly, Surrey, was renovating his fireplace.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Curiosity Rover Takes Best Self-Portrait Ever
11-01-2012
•
Wired.com
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been sitting tight on the Martian sand doing a few sciences for nearly a month now. But it recently took some time out for a vanity shot, producing this adorable self-portrait .
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Technology: Software
Whittling With Lasers: Constructable Brings Handheld ‘Pew Pew’ Power to your Workshop
11-01-2012
•
http://www.wired.com, By Tim Maly
Here’s the thing about contemporary rapid prototyping tools â€" while they’re rapid compared to sending your designs off to a factory, they still aren’t all that rapid.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Intel Wants to Put a Supercomputer in Your Pocket
11-01-2012
•
http://www.wired.com, By Klint Finley
Five years from now, says Intel, your phone could double as a supercomputer.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • China
Next post
inShare.26
China’s Newest Stealth Fighter Takes Flight
11-01-2012
•
Wired.com
China’s newest stealth fighter prototype reportedly took off on its first test flight over the Shenyang Aircraft Company airfield in northeastern China on Wednesday morning.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Internet
The Kremlin’s New Internet Surveillance Plan Goes Live Today
11-01-2012
•
http://www.wired.com, By Andrei Soldatov and Irina
On the surface, it’s all about protecting Russian kids from internet pedophiles.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Philosophy: Political
318. Teaching Freedom
11-01-2012
•
Lewrockwell.com
Ron Paul talks about our path forward, the example of the Mises Institute, and why he’s so optimistic.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Internet
Coiled Beams Of Light Send 100 Terabits Per Second Through The Air
11-01-2012
•
http://www.popsci.com, By Amber Williams
Engineers could use the technology to produce the fastest Internet ever.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Large Hadron Collider Unleashes Rampaging Zombies
11-01-2012
•
http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Could radiation from the Higgs boson turn us all into monsters?? No, but watch this fun trailer, filmed on-site at the LHC by physics students.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Government
Anticipating the Devolution of Big Government
11-01-2012
•
Lewrockwell.com
Expect destructive feedback loops
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Techno Gadgets
The Goods: November 2012's Hottest Gadgets
11-01-2012
•
http://www.popsci.com, By Amber Williams
The apocalypse edition: Featuring a tiny hand-turbine that's good in a pinch, a jacket for firestorms or nuclear winter, and a stove that can burn almost any fuel.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Techno Gadgets
Efficiency Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power
11-01-2012
•
technologyreview.com
A startup says it's cracked a decades-old efficiency problem dogging wireless communications.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Natural Disasters
FYI: Why Does Salt Water Make Hurricane Damage So Much Worse?
11-01-2012
•
http://www.popsci.com, By Colin Lecher
The white stuff can stick around and ruin, well, pretty much everything. That puts the officials trying to fix it on a ticking clock.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
NOAA's New Storm-Chasing Robot Survives Sandy And Reports Back
11-01-2012
•
http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Deployed off the coast of New Jersey earlier this week, the modified Wave Glider robot gathered realtime data from Sandy as the storm approached landfall Monday.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Homeland Security
Big Sis Loaning Out Military Style Drones To Sheriffs Departments: Privacy Group Sues
11-01-2012
•
Prison Planet
DHS secretly flying surveillance missions for other law enforcement agencies
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Media: Television
The Local News: Now Brought To You By Drones?
11-01-2012
•
http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
A program dedicated to exploring the role of unmanned systems in news gathering issues its first report from the field.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Police State
Police State: Growth Rate of Cops Exceeds Population Growth
11-01-2012
•
Prison Planet
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a report demonstrating the growth of police in the United States.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Military
U.S. military forces train for zombie apocalypse
11-01-2012
•
Prison Planet
Why is the US military preparing for a zombie apocalypse?
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Iran
Israeli Attack on Iran Could Inconvenience US Attack on Iran, Military Warns
11-01-2012
•
http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Strike Will Only Make Iran Angrier, Officials Say
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • European Union
Greece Running Out of Cash; Government Under Threat
11-01-2012
•
http://www.cnbc.com, By: Catherine Boyle
Greece’s downward spiral has come to the top of the euro zone agenda again, with economists and analysts warning that it is closer than ever to running out of cash, and that the survival of a coalition government brought in just five months ago is un
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Transportation
More Than A Dozen Fisker Karma Hybrids Caught Fire And Exploded In New Jersey Port After Sandy
11-01-2012
•
http://updates.jalopnik.com,
Approximately 16 of the $100,000+ Fisker Karma extended-range luxury hybrids were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey last night when water from Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge apparently breached the port and submerged the vehicles.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan 'will be unable to run military bases post Nato withdrawal'
11-01-2012
•
http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Ben Farmer
Afghanistan will probably be unable to keep running the military bases its international backers have spent billions building after Nato troops leave, a US Congressional report has said.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Marriage
CDC: U.S. Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low; 40.7% of Babies Born to Unmarried Women
11-01-2012
•
http://cnsnews.com, By Terence P. Jeffrey
The birth rate in the United States hit an all-time low in 2011, according to a report released this month by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Obama Administration
New Obamacare Tax Form Mandates Americans Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS
11-01-2012
•
http://www.atr.org, Ryan Ellis and John Kartch
Here's why the IRS will require Americans to disclose their personal health ID information starting in 2014
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • TAXES: Federal
Looming Tax Hike Motivates Owners to Sell
11-01-2012
•
http://online.wsj.com, By JOHN D. MCKINNON
A looming increase in the capital-gains tax rate next year is fueling sales of some privately-held businesses.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Libertarian Marc Victor, Targeted in Arizona Senate Race by Wealthy Super PAC
11-01-2012
•
New Times
One of the biggest "Super PACs" in the nation is focusing part of its cash on the U.S. Senate Race that will undoubtedly be won by Democrat Richard Carmona or Republican Jeff Flake.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Mike Wasdin
|
News Link • Death
Russell Means: Renegade, Patriot, Freedom Fighter
10-31-2012
•
by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Confined to a barren prison camp in Washington, the displaced Paiute Indians were dying. The Interior Department had promised to send rations, but they never arrived. After being exposed to the elements during the winter of 1880, 58 of them had died.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Food
New Yorkers search for food, water and electricity
10-31-2012
•
AP
The people gathered around the side of a building on 3rd Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. Instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been offered to charge cellphones.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Economy - International
Why Germany Wants to See its US Gold
10-31-2012
•
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany
For decades, almost half of Germany's gold has been stored deep below the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Now, with the euro crisis swirling, German politicians are asking their central bankers to take stock of the reserves. Some even say that the
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Iowa warns UN observers of arrest
10-31-2012
•
Politico
Iowa has joined Texas in warning international election observers of possible criminal prosecution if they violate state laws and get near polling places on Election Day.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Voting: Voter Information
AZ Prop 121 - PDF on Az Sec of St site unavailable???? Makes you go Hummmmm!
10-31-2012
•
Arizona Secretary of State
CREATING AN OPEN PRIMARY GIVING ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE VII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA RELATING TO DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Donna Hancock
|
News Link • Afghanistan
Man in Afghan uniform kills 2 British troops
10-31-2012
•
usatoday.com
The attack by a man in an Afghan police uniform killed two NATO troops, further straining relations between Afghan and international forces.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Government
A Big Storm Requires Big Government
10-31-2012
•
nytimes.com
Most Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they’re lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
News Link • Internet
Showdown set on bid to give U.N. control of Internet
10-31-2012
•
dailystar.com
It is expected to be the mother of all cyber diplomatic battles.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Robert Lee
|
Reference Link • Eugenics
Saving Humanity
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Do you remember when your mother asked you if you would jump off a cliff if everyone else was doing it? It turns out that all of us would have been wise to heed the advice from our mothers.
Entered by:
Dave Hodges
•
•
|
News Link • China
China powerless to prevent rising tide of Tibetan self-immolations
10-30-2012
•
Washington Post
As China’s Communist Party prepares for its leadership transition, a wave of self-immolations has spread and accelerated across Tibet, in the most sustained protests against Beijing’s rule there in five decades.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Video shows Omaha man’s dog ‘executed’ by police
10-30-2012
•
Rawstory
A home surveillance camera in Omaha, Nebraska filmed police officers earlier this year arresting a man for walking too close to a search area, then shooting and killing his dog in what the man now calls an execution.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Libya
Libya assembly stormed in new blow to forming government
10-30-2012
•
AFP
Protesters stormed Libya’s national assembly on Tuesday derailing a vote on a cabinet line-up in a new blow to efforts to form a government after a landmark July election.
As he adjourned the session amid chaotic scenes, assembly president Mohamme
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Facebook Censors Navy SEALS to Protect Obama on Benghazi-Gate
10-30-2012
•
Breitbart
Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Activism
Another Anarchist Subpoenaed to Grand Jury, as Leah Lynn Plante Denied Support
10-30-2012
•
Will Potter/greenisthenewred.com
Another anarchist has been subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in Seattle investigating political activists in the Pacific Northwest, while a support group for grand jury resisters has decided to withdraw support from Leah Lynn Plante until she provid
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Bob Ross
|
News Link • Economy - International
IT'S OFFICIAL: UBS Announces Up To 10,000 Job Cuts
10-30-2012
•
http://www.businessinsider.com, Andre Lehmann
Swiss banking giant UBS intends to cut nearly 10,000 jobs worldwide in a restructuring of its hard-hit investment bank, the group said on Tuesday reporting that reorganisation costs had pushed it deep into loss in the third quarter.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • China
China's Central Bank Just Pumped A Record Amount Of Money Into Its Financial System
10-30-2012
•
http://www.businessinsider.com, Also Sprach Analys
People’s Bank of China injects record amount of liquidity today through open market operation.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Justice and Judges
The Supreme Court Is Set To Rule On What You Can Sell On eBay
10-30-2012
•
http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
Several justices on the U.S. Supreme Court voiced concern on Monday about letting U.S. copyright holders block the resale inside the country of products they make elsewhere, in one of the court's biggest copyright cases in years.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Heroes
Amazing Video Of Coast Guard Helicopter Rescuing HMS Bounty Survivors In Hurricane
10-30-2012
•
http://www.businessinsider.com, Henry Blodget
A replica of the famous HMS Bounty set sail from New London, Connecticut on October 25th with the intention of sailing east and avoiding the oncoming hurricane.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • World News
Polish Newspaper Reports Explosives Found At Scene Of 2010 Plane Crash That Killed President
10-30-2012
•
http://www.businessinsider.com,Adam Taylor
In 2010, the plane that was carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed into trees in Russia. Kaczynski died in the crash, along with over 100 others.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Outdoor Survival
Letter Re: DIY Drones on the Homestead
10-30-2012
•
http://www.survivalblog.com, Rockhound
Although land, sea, and aerial [unmanned vehicles] are available, for the purpose of survival ‘hobbyist’ surveillance from an aerial vehicle is the best option.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
News Link • Precious Metals
Ron Holland on Gold, Switzerland and the European Secessionist Movement
10-30-2012
•
http://www.thedailybell.com, with Anthony Wile
The Daily Bell is pleased to present another exclusive interview with Ron Holland
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
|
| Tags: freedoms, phoenix, archives, politics, libertarian, alternative, government, freedom |
|
|
Feature Article • 
Feature Article • 
News Link • 
Feature Article • 
Opinion • 
News Link • 
News Link • 
