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Date Sent: 2013-01-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, January 11, 2013 PM edition |
UN: Need rapid troop deployment in Mali -- Israeli President Sure Obama Will Attack Iran
01-11-13 -- David Lory Vanderbeek - Jeff Wright - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- ‘Total control’: Warner Bros. wins legal battle over Superman -- Shura shake-up: Saudi women allowed on Consultative Council -- Billion-dollar US nuclear sub comes off worst in Strait of Hormuz collision with ‘fishing boat’ -- Cannabis Helping Epileptic Children -- Homeless Handled in Scotland -- Green Energy Collapse -- Japan PM leans on BOJ as government launches big economic stimulus -- Shi'ite leader challenges Pakistan army chief over attacks -- Syria rebels seize base as envoy holds talks -- U.S. to review Boeing 787 safety issues -- Ron Paul on The Michael Berry Show -- Larry Pratt: British Gun Crime Stats are a "Sham" -- Bill O'Reilly vs. John Stossel on Gun Control --
Howard Stern on Alex Jones vs Piers Morgan Debate -- Does President
Obama have the authority to sidestep Congress on the debt ceiling? -- Video - NY Gov. Cuomo Goes Off: 'No One Needs 10 Bullets To Kill A Deer!' -- The American Revolution: Battle at Lexington and Concord -- Glenn Beck: I Believe Alex Jones Is A Fascist -- Ron Paul: Guns Are Americans’ “Line in the Sand” -- Biden Hints at Outlawing Unregulated ‘Private’ Gun Sales -- Eric Holder Reveals Effort by Government to Demonize Gun Ownership -- U.S. Cities Relying on Precog Software to Predict Murder -- How Big Would a Coin Made of $1 Trillion Worth of Platinum Be? -- Video: This Robotic Cardboard Cockroach Is The World's Second
Fastest Legged Robot -- John Brennan’s Lie About Civilian Casualties --
Iraq Closes Border With Jordan, Citing ‘Security’ -- If You Want To Take Part In A One-Way Trip To Mars Starting In 2023 -- Judge Rejects Obama Administration Ploy To Dismiss 'No-Fly' Suit With Secret Evidence
AZ Event Monday, January 14th, 2013 - SURVIVING
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE with Dana Cody; Identity Ecosystem
Phoenix Event... (Have something to say?)
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News Link • United Nations
UN calls for ‘rapid deployment’ of international troops in Mali
01-11-2013
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RT.com
The UN Security Council has called for “rapid deployment” of international forces in Mali to combat Islamist militants in the north of the country. It comes as insurgents have seized the key city of Konna as they move south.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli President ‘Sure’ Obama Will Attack Iran
01-11-2013
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antiwar.com
Americans 'Don't Begin by Shooting'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Billion-dollar US nuclear sub comes off worst in Strait of Hormuz collision with ‘fishing boat’
01-11-2013
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RT.com
The USS Jacksonville, a large nuclear submarine, has broken its periscope after colliding with a vessel which escaped unscathed. This is the latest collision to involve a US vessel in the busy and tense oil chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz.
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News Link • Environment
Green Energy Collapse
01-11-2013
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arclein
Then there's BrightSource Energy, the outfit bailed out by Obama last year despite being $1.8billion in debt.
The scary thing is these are only a few names on a long list of companies just like
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Japan PM leans on BOJ as government launches big economic stimulus
01-11-2013
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Reuters
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his biggest push yet to make jobs growth part of the Bank of Japan's mandate as his government approved $117 billion of spending to revive the economy in the biggest stimulus since the financial crisis.
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News Link • World News
Shi'ite leader challenges Pakistan army chief over attacks
01-11-2013
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Reuters
In a rare challenge, a Shi'ite Muslim leader publicly criticized Pakistani military chief General Ashfaq Kayani over security in the country on Friday after bombings targeting the minority sect killed 118 people.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Syria rebels seize base as envoy holds talks
01-11-2013
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Reuters
Rebels seized control of one of Syria's largest helicopter bases on Friday, opposition sources said, in their first capture of a military airfield used by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
‘Total control’: Warner Bros. wins legal battle over Superman
01-11-2013
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RT.com
It’s been finally carved in kryptonite: Superman officially belongs to Warner Bros. An appeals court has granted complete commercial control of the iconic Superman franchise to one of the major film studios.
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News Link • World News
Shura shake-up: Saudi women allowed on Consultative Council
01-11-2013
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RT.com
For the first time, Saudi Arabian women will advise the king on policy and legislation. King Abdullah appointed 30 female advisors to the all-male Consultative Council.
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News Link • Science
Ramanujan's Hunch Confirmed
01-11-2013
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arclein
the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan cryptically wrote down functions he said came to him in dreams, with a hunch about how they behaved. Now 100 years later, researchers say they've proved he was right.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Cannabis Helping Epileptic Children
01-11-2013
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arclein
Dravet syndrome is a severe myoclonic epilepsy whose onset occurs in infancy. Those with Dravet may have upwards of 100 seizures per day. The most intense episodes can last for 15 minutes to up to an hour. There is no known cure. The best available
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News Link • Economy - International
Homeless Handled in Scotland
01-11-2013
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arclein
“With homelessness figures already heading in the right direction, today we have taken a huge step forward for Scotland,” she said.
The BBC reports that official figures in February show that Scotland’s homelessness rate has fallen to its lowest l
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
U.S. to review Boeing 787 safety issues
01-11-2013
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Reuters
The United States ordered a wide review of Boeing's latest passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner, citing "concern" over a spate of technical problems in recent weeks.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Does President Obama have the authority to sidestep Congress on the debt ceiling?
01-11-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Twenty-one Democrats have sent a letter to President Obama telling him not to bother fighting with House Republicans over the debt ceiling. Instead, they say he should just use any authority possible to prevent the nation from going into default.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Video - NY Gov. Cuomo Goes Off: 'No One Needs 10 Bullets To Kill A Deer!'
01-11-2013
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Daily Paul.com
During his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an impassioned plea to the Legislature to ignore pressure from the gun lobby and end the madness of gun violence. He sought the toughest gun laws in the nation.
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News Link • History
The American Revolution: Battle at Lexington and Concord
01-11-2013
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dailypaul.com
On the night of April 18, 1775, 700 British soldiers marched through the night and into the morning of the 19th, on their way to confiscate and destroy American guns and military supplies in Concord, Massachusetts.
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Glenn Beck: I Believe Alex Jones Is A Fascist
01-11-2013
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Prison Planet
Glenn Beck on Alex Jones’ showdown with Piers Morgan: “this guy’s a real danger”, and “That sounds like the ravings of a fascist. That’s what that sounds like. And, quite honestly, I believe that’s what that guy is.”
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News Link • Gun Rights
Biden Hints at Outlawing Unregulated ‘Private’ Gun Sales
01-11-2013
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Prison Planet
“And so the kinds of things that there’s an emerging set of recommendations, not coming from me but coming from the groups we’ve met with,” said Biden today, before a closed door meeting on gun control.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Eric Holder Reveals Effort by Government to Demonize Gun Ownership
01-11-2013
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Prison Planet
Breitbart contributor Charles Johnson has discovered video footage from 1995 that perfectly demonstrates the attitude of the federal government toward the Second Amendment and the so-called “gun culture” prevalent in America’s heartland.
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News Link • Technology: Software
U.S. Cities Relying on Precog Software to Predict Murder
01-11-2013
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Wired.com
Who needs the freaky precogs of Minority Report to predict if someone’s likely to commit murder when you have an algorithm that can do it for you?
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News Link • Currencies
How Big Would a Coin Made of $1 Trillion Worth of Platinum Be?
01-11-2013
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Wired.com
Of course this isn’t what is being considered, but what if the U.S. Treasury minted a coin from $1 trillion worth of platinum?
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Meet Diego-San, The Humanoid Robot Toddler
01-11-2013
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popsci.com
A project spanning robotics, computer science, developmental psychology, and machine learning aims to figure out how one-year-olds learn to interact with the world.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Is Obama Entertaining a Complete Withdrawal From Afghanistan?
01-11-2013
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antiwar.com
Retired Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, now at the Center for a New American Security, writes at Foreign Policy on Hamid Karzai’s upcoming visit to Washington to discuss with the Obama administration a status of forces agreement for Afghanistan beyond 2014.
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq Closes Border With Jordan, Citing ‘Security’
01-11-2013
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antiwar.com
Protesters Accuse Regime of Moving to Retaliate Against Sunni West
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
John Brennan’s Lie About Civilian Casualties
01-11-2013
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antiwar.com
Claims by the Central Intelligence Agency’s new director-designate that the US intelligence services received ‘no information’ about any civilians killed by US drones in the year prior to June 2011 do not appear to bear scrutiny.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
AXE Is Actually Sending 22 Regular People To Outer Space
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
When the global VP of AXE, Tomas Marcenaro, said that the personal hygiene line was rolling out "the most epic prize on earth," he wasn't messing around. Unilever's AXE, also known as Lynx, is sending 22 people to space.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Here Are Some Of The Gun Control Recommendations Joe Biden Is Preparing To Give Obama By Tuesday
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
Vice President Joe Biden said today that he is prepared to give recommendations to President Barack Obama by next Tuesday on what should be done to curb the nation's gun violence.
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News Link • World News
Czech Presidential Candidate Coming Third In Polls Despite The Tattoos That Cover His Entire Face
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
Back in August, we brought you the news of Vladimir Franz, a university teacher, painter and composer, who had announced that he was planning to run for President in the Czech Republic's 2013 elections.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Seth MacFarlane Proved This Morning That He Won't Play Nice At The Oscars
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
The Academy made the rare choice this year of having ceremony host Seth MacFarlane also announce the Oscar nominees, giving viewers a taste of what's to come February 24.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Survivors Explain What It's Like To Get Struck By Lightning
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in a million. And the odds of surviving one of these major bolts of electricity are surprisingly good.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Today The Very Serious People Found Their Alternative To Minting A Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
Minting a trillion dollar platinum coin to work around the debt ceiling is...
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
29-Year-Old Sells Toys That Inspire Girls To Become Engineers
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
GoldieBlox Inc. is a toy company founded by 29-year-old Stanford engineer Debbie Sterling that’s in an enviable position at the moment.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Tim Geithner's Amazing Legacy In One Chart
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
Tim Geithner is in his final days as Treasury Secretary, as Obama officially nominated Jack lew to take over his role.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Rejects Obama Administration Ploy To Dismiss 'No-Fly' Suit With Secret Evidence
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by the Obama administration to use secret evidence to derail a former Stanford student's attempt to challenge her inclusion on the government's no-fly list, Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
If You Want To Take Part In A One-Way Trip To Mars Starting In 2023
01-11-2013
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Business Insider
If you've always dreamed of going to Mars, 2013 may be the year to get the ball rolling.
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Opinion • Gun Rights
Revolution?
01-10-2013
Chuck Baldwin
Firearms"especially semi-automatic rifles"in the hands of millions of American citizens is truly the only thing that stands between freedom and tyranny for the people of the United States.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Crowd scene casting call for Alongside Night movie. Las Vegas Jan 19, 2013
01-09-2013
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Adam VS The Man
Filming for the movie of J. Neil Schulman's Alongside Night in Las Vegas. They are looking for folks to show up and be the crowd for a scene at a rally being held by Adam Kokesh
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Here's What Happened To The Stock Market The Last Time We Got Into A Debt Ceiling Crisis
01-10-2013
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Business Insider
The U.S. hits the debt ceiling and begins the process of defaulting on its debt on February 15, 2013, a day known as the "X date".
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Identity Ecosystem Phoenix Event... (Have something to say?)
01-08-2013
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http://www.idecosystem.org
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (“NSTIC” or “Strategy”), signed by President Obama in April 2011 February 5-7, 2013
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News Link • Surveillance
The 5-11 Campaign endorses Texas bills to ban RFID in schools
01-10-2013
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Beat The Chip
Recent legal action to prevent the expulsion of Andrea Hernandez from NISD magnet school, John Jay High, was struck down in federal court today.
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News Link • Gun Rights
The Unintended Consequences of the Journal News’s Gun-Owner Map
01-10-2013
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Last Resistance
The most immediate intent of the map, as indicated by the heading “The Gun Owner Next Door: What You Don’t Know About the Weapons in Your Neighborhood,” was to let those without gun permits know who had guns.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ted Nugent unloads: Gun owners the next Rosa Parks
01-10-2013
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World Net Daily
“There will come a time when the gun owners of America, the law-abiding gun owners of America, will be the Rosa Parks and we will sit down on the front seat of the bus, case closed.”
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News Link • Philosophy: Socialism
‘Socialism is the future’ " Russian Communist leader
01-10-2013
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RT.com
Recent protests in capitalist countries indicate that the public mood is swinging from right to left and a turn to socialism has become inevitable for the entire world in the future, believes the head of the Russian Communist party, Gennady Zyuganov.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
How Obama Can Win The Debt Ceiling Fight By Giving Republicans Exactly What They Want
01-10-2013
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Business Insider
Republicans insist that there's nothing particularly irresponsible about attaching demands to a debt ceiling hike, because under no scenario are we actually risking default on our debt.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Passport Denials Long a Feature of U.S. Foreign Policy
01-10-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
In between eggnog, opening gifts, along with a bout of flu, last week I reviewed a fascinating article dealing with the near century-long tradition of passport denials by U.S. officials.
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