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Date Sent: 2011-03-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, March 18, 2011 |
WAR: U.N. authorizes ‘all necessary measures’ to protect civilians in Libya
Suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, 38 killed -- In face of government shutdown, it’s still party time -- U.S. Debt Jumped $72 Billion Same Day U.S. House Voted to Cut Spending $6 Billion -- Scientists say quartz is key to understanding quakesr -- National Review editor defends Bradley Manning -- Justice Department criticizes New Orleans police, vows to fix problems -- Japan kicks off yen intervention as G7 agrees joint action --
Ariz. Senate rejects illegal immigration bills -- Bullets Stall
Youthful Push for Arab Spring -- Congress Asks to Review DoD and NSA
Contracts With HBGary -- Next Step for Airport Security: Scanners for Your Shoes -- Pentagon Isn’t Hot for New Law to Bless Al-Qaida War -- Hacker Spies Hit Security Firm RSA -- Air Support Assists In Japanese Nuclear Crisis -- The World’s Best Gold Experts: “Buy and Hold!” -- Viva Los San Patricios -- Urine: Waste Product or Future Power Source?
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News Link • World News
U.N. authorizes ‘all necessary measures’ to protect civilians in Libya
03-17-2011
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Washington Post
The United Nations on Thursday authorized the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya, opening the door to air and naval attacks against the forces of leader Moammar Gaddafi as he vowed to level the city of Benghazi, the last ma
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News Link • Afghanistan
Suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, 38 killed
03-17-2011
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Reuters
A U.S. drone missile strike on Thursday killed at least 38 suspected militants in a Pakistani tribal region known as a haven for Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
There were conflicting accounts about the targe
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
In face of government shutdown, it’s still party time
03-17-2011
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Washington Times
Despite the looming possibility of a government shutdown, federal layoffs and furloughs, there’s at least one thing members of Congress from both political parties can readily agree on these days: partying.
Morning, noon and night, more than 150 f
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Debt Jumped $72 Billion Same Day U.S. House Voted to Cut Spending $6 Billion
03-17-2011
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CNS News
If Congress were to cut $6 billion every 3 weeks for the next 36 weeks, it would manage to save between now and late November as much money as the Treasury added to the nation’s net debt during just the business hours of Tuesday, March 15.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists say quartz is key to understanding quakesr
03-17-2011
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Reuters
Underground quartz deposits worldwide may be behind earthquakes, mountain building and other continental tectonics, a discovery that may aid in predicting tremblers. May solve the formation and location of earthquake faults, mountains, valleys and pl
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
National Review editor defends Bradley Manning
03-17-2011
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Rawstory
Bradley Manning has found yet another unexpected defender. An editor at the conservative National Review magazine declared there was "no excuse" for subjecting Manning, who has not been convicted of a crime, to harsh conditions.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Justice Department criticizes New Orleans police, vows to fix problems
03-17-2011
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Washington Post
The Justice Department on Thursday accused the New Orleans Police Department of systematic misconduct that violated the Constitution, saying that officers used excessive force, illegally arrested people and targeted black and gay residents.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan kicks off yen intervention as G7 agrees joint action
03-17-2011
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Reuters
The Group of Seven rich nations on Friday agreed to join in rare concerted intervention to restrain a soaring yen and calm global markets after a wild week of panicky trading as Japan scrambled to prevent a meltdown at a nuclear power plant.
The U
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Ariz. Senate rejects illegal immigration bills
03-17-2011
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AP
The Arizona Senate soundly defeated five bills aimed at illegal immigration on Thursday in a marked departure from last year, when enactment of a tough local enforcement measure put the state at the heart of a fierce national debate over the issue.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Bullets Stall Youthful Push for Arab Spring
03-17-2011
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NY Times
These days, Muhammad al-Maskati is a prisoner in his apartment, his BlackBerry shut off by the government, the streets outside his apartment filled with tanks, the hospitals around town packed with the wounded.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress Asks to Review DoD and NSA Contracts With HBGary
03-17-2011
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Kim Zetter via WIRED.com
Anonymous’ recent exposure of a federal contractor’s plan to take down WikiLeaks has led to a congressional probe seeking data on contracts the company and its partners hold with the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon Isn’t Hot for New Law to Bless Al-Qaida War
03-17-2011
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Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.com
Most terrorists and insurgents that the U.S. military and CIA target in the war against al-Qaida have nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. But the act of Congress (passed days after attacks) authorizing that war still tethers U.S. action to 9/11.
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News Link • Imperialism
Viva Los San Patricios
03-27-2011
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Becky Chandler
It's St. Patrick's Day, a day which is also celebrated in Mexico, in honor of Batallón de San Patricio. The Battalion was comprised of young men who had left their home and come to America in search of liberty and a better life. It did not take t
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Becky Chandler
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News Link • Energy
Urine: Waste Product or Future Power Source?
03-17-2011
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Science Daily
(This article is from last summer, but I just came across it and thought I would share)
Researchers at Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL), a collaborative UWE/University of Bristol research facility, are looking into the use of urine as the 'fuel."
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Nick Barnett
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News Link • Food
Janet's Whizbang Chicken Plucker In Action! / Whizbang Chicken Plucker
03-17-2011
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youtube.com
Located in San Jose, California. A homemade chicken plucking machine built from Herrick Kimball's book "Anyone Can Build A Whizbang Chicken Plucker". / Pluck faster now! Ask me how! Everyone thought I was crazy. No rednecks were injured making this v
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