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Date Sent: 2011-04-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, April 21, 2011 AM edition |
iPhone Tracks Your Every Move, and There’s a Map for That -- France and Italy to send Libya advisers
Don't Wait for GDP, $1,500 Gold IS the Recession -- Pima County, AZ
Loses Appeal in RTA Ballot Case -- BBC Trust: "Death in the Med" was
"Accurate and Impartial" -- U.S. recommends death penalty in USS Cole attack -- Reports: Bahrain Raids Shi’ite Hospitals, Arrests Doctors -- Libya Proxy Cold War Between China & West? -- Amid cuts, shooting for the moon -- QE3 and Eating: The Hobson's Choice Before Us -- 'Governator' may have sights on EU presidency --
The Casey Report’s David Galland: Major Policy Shift Ahead --
Foreclosure-Gate: Feds and States May Take 4 More Months to Complete
Whitewash -- 1,800,000 Homes in Foreclosure, And Another 2,000,000 Are
Underwater By 50% -- Canada's largest bullion depository reclassified 5.2 million ounces of silver
-- Obama Dismisses Claim That Politics Denied Houston a Space Shuttle
-- Syrian protesters keep up pressure -- Hundreds dead in Nigeria
post-poll violence -- Reports:
Bahrain Raids Shi’ite Hospitals, Arrests Doctors -- US Envoy Predicts
Escalating Attacks in Afghanistan -- Judge: Mubarak Complicit in
Protester Killings
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
iPhone Tracks Your Every Move, and There’s a Map for That
04-20-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
Your iPhone or 3G-equipped iPad has been secretly recording your location for the past 10 months.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Don't Wait for GDP, $1,500 Gold IS the Recession
04-20-2011
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John Tamny via LewRockwell.com
Thanks to a dollar in freefall as evidenced by a spike in the price of gold, always limited capital was migrating toward the hard, unproductive assets least vulnerable to currency devaluation.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Pima County, AZ Loses Appeal in RTA Ballot Case: Libertarians Secure Legal Victory for Election Inte
04-20-2011
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Weekly Intercept
According to Attorney Bill Risner, the Arizona Supreme Court issued its order today denying Pima County's Petition for Review of the decision of the Court of Appeals. As a result, the Libertarian Party has completed the second half of its legal vict
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J.t. Waldron
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
BBC Trust: "Death in the Med" was "Accurate and Impartial"
04-20-2011
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Israeli National News
The BBC Trust ruled Tuesday that the BBC documentary Panorama: Death in the Med was "accurate and impartial," the U.K. Guardian reports.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Government
U.S. recommends death penalty in USS Cole attack
04-20-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
WASHINGTON " A US military prosecutor is recommending the prime suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole be tried at Guantanamo in what would be the first military tribunal under the Obama administration.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libya Proxy Cold War Between China & West?
04-20-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Many share the opinion that Washington is pursuing a larger goal than just regime change across the Arab world. RT crosses live to Brazil to speak to Asia Times correspondent.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Government
Amid cuts, shooting for the moon
04-20-2011
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http://www.politico.com/
For all the rhetoric about cutting government spending, NASA’s space mission remains sacred in Congress.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Video: Self-Healing Polymer Fixes Itself Under Ultraviolet Light
04-20-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
For instance, NASA plans to wrap airliners in a self-healing skin within the next 20 years, and things like flexible, self-healing concrete have already been demonstrated, albeit only in the lab.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Federal Reserve
QE3 and Eating: The Hobson's Choice Before Us
04-20-2011
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Market-ticker.org
The dollar is now sitting close to its all-time low. There is no floor beneath that level on a technical basis. While an "underthrow" excursion might well be tolerated, should there be any meaningful and sustained break below about 71.5 on the /DX.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • European Union
'Governator' may have sights on EU presidency
04-20-2011
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www.abc.net.au
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who made a seamless transition from Hollywood film stardom to California governor, could have his sights set on a new job as next head of the European Union, US media reports.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure-Gate: Feds and States May Take 4 More Months to Complete Whitewash
04-20-2011
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Bloomberg.com
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli and six other Republican attorneys general assailed the proposal as overreaching, with four calling principal reduction a “moral hazard.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
1,800,000 Homes in Foreclosure, And Another 2,000,000 Are Underwater By 50%
04-20-2011
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DoctorHousingBubble.com
There will be no recovery until the shadow inventory is cleared out. This backlog of properties hangs over any sustainable housing recovery like a dark cloud overhead. Many of these properties are still priced at values too high simply to inflate..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Precious Metals
Canada's largest bullion depository reclassified 5.2 million ounces of silver
04-20-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Is this effective transformation of physical to semi-paper silver indicative of what we may expect from other depositories in the next few days as the delivery notices start coming in?
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Obama Dismisses Claim That Politics Denied Houston a Space Shuttle
04-20-2011
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http://www.space.com/
President Barack Obama said the White House played no part in choosing the museums where NASA's retired space shuttles will be displayed, and that the city of Houston was not overlooked for political reasons.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Activism
Hundreds dead in Nigeria post-poll violence
04-20-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
More than 200 killed and 40,000 displaced after supporters of defeated candidate go on a rampage in northern Nigeria.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Envoy Predicts Escalating Attacks in Afghanistan
04-20-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
Former US military commander and Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry warned on Tuesday that officials should prepare for "continued suicide attacks, perhaps at a higher level than we saw last year.”
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Libya rebels say 10,000 killed in fighting
04-20-2011
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au
THE UN said today it has sent food for 50,000 people to west Libya as aid groups scrambled to reach trapped civilians and rebels put the death toll from two months of fighting at 10,000.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul Ryan defends tax breaks for the rich and gets booed at town hall
04-20-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
Constituents in Wisconsin are letting Rep. Paul Ryan (R) know that they aren’t happy with his plan to extend tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Censored Video: Alex Jones Joins the New World Order
04-20-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
The pressure has finally got to Alex. He has decided to implement a new “Employee Meal Plan”. Watch as he and crew use absurdity to point out the absurd with the current federal nanny state.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libya Proxy Cold War Between China & West?
04-20-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Many share the opinion that Washington is pursuing a larger goal than just regime change across the Arab world. RT crosses live to Brazil to speak to Asia Times correspondent " Pepe Escobar "
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientists: Drug effectiveness drops rapidly in space
04-20-2011
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Terrence Aym
The future of long term space missions may be in jeopardy. A new study undertaken by a team of scientists at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas has revealed the efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs tends to diminish rapidly in space.
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Bioterrorism
A Government of Monsanto, by Monsanto, and for Monsanto
04-20-2011
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Farm Wars
With help from the FDA and USDA, the biotech industry is set to completely take over our food supply with genetically modified ingredients, irregardless of the wishes of “we the people.”
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday April 20th, 2011
04-20-2011
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lewrockwell.com
You Are Getting Stiffed - Gary North on your old age, lying politicians, and what to do about it all. / Race and Economics - Walter Williams is interviewed by Lew Rockwell. / 3 More Attacks on Civilization - Jeff Tucker on prohibition of phosphate de
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Idea of Turning Africa Into China Unraveling
04-20-2011
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dailybell.ch
Many of us are deeply troubled by what is happening in the Ivory Coast. The fundamental issues are being overlooked. The consequences and ramifications of this denouement are also being overlooked. " Ghana Joy OnLine
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Currencies
Dollar Replacement Beat Goes On ... and On
04-20-2011
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dailybell.ch
Get rid of the dollar and all will be well. An "expert" says so.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Gold and Silver
How to buy silver for $15
04-20-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
Sure, Paraguayan farmland might be more like the lesser-known 3-ruble Saint George the Victorious silver coin from Russia, instead of the more famous American $1 Silver Eagle, but the bullion value is just the same.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
I Am: The shift is about to hit the fan.
04-20-2011
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http://iamthedoc.com/
From the director of BRUCE ALMIGHTY, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, and ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE comes a surprisingly powerful and inspirational film
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Obama Administration
Atlas is shrugging already
04-20-2011
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http://hotair.com/archives/
In my review of the film Atlas Shrugged earlier today, I noted that Barack Obama’s latest policy address would fit perfectly into the story " as an example of the clueless and malevolent mercantilism depicted...
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News Link • Government
How Will the Empire End?
04-20-2011
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www.fff.org
Most Americans would very likely deny that their government is a global empire, horribly destructive to national security, liberty, and wealth.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
United States Nears Hyperinflationary Great Depression
04-20-2011
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http://www.shadowstats.com/
Federal Reserve and Government Have Exploded the U.S. Fiscal Crisis,
Shattered Global Confidence in the U.S. Dollar but Not Resolved
Ongoing Economic and Systemic-Solvency Crises
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Government
U.S. Hurries to Sell GM Stake
04-20-2011
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online.wsj.com
The U.S. government plans to sell a significant share of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. this summer despite the disappointing performance of the auto maker's stock, people familiar with the matter said.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • China
China Urges US to Protect Creditors After S&P Warning
04-20-2011
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www.cnbc.com
China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the United States must take "responsible" measures to protect investors in its debt after Standard & Poor's threatened to lower its credit rating on the United States due to a bulging budget deficit.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government
Brits join ground fight in Libya
04-20-2011
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www.thesun.co.uk
BRITISH military officers are set to hit the ground in Libya to bolster rebels fighting tyrant Colonel Gaddafi.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Vin Suprynowicz - 'Atlas Shrugged The Movie, Part I'
04-20-2011
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www.lvrj.com
The enormous disconnect between 'mainstream' professional reviews and viewer response to 'Atlas Shrugged The Movie, Part I'
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Environment
U.S. Geo-Engineering Budget Exceeds Billions
04-20-2011
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http://theintelhub.com/
Recently, the question has been asked, What In the World Are They Spraying? The documentary with the same name answers many of those questions.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Putin: U.S. Monetary Policy Is ‘Hooliganism’
04-20-2011
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blogs.wsj.com
“They turn on the printing press and flood the entire dollar zone " in other words, the whole world " with government bonds. There is no way we will act this way anytime soon. We don’t have the luxury of such hooliganism,” he said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Interactive Map: Paul Ryan vs. Obama Budget Details; Path of Destruction
04-20-2011
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GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
I have been digging into the details of President Obama's budget plan vs. Paul Ryan's budget plan. What I found was so sickening that I asked my friend Ross Perez at Tableau Software for a display.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
PBoC Governor Says Chinese Foreign Reserve Stockpile Is Excessive
04-20-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The ministry said in a statement carried today on SAFE's website. "We hope the U.S. government takes responsible measures to protect investor interests."
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Jack Gregson
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