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Date Sent: 2013-08-02
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, August 2, 2013

CIA 'running arms smuggling team in Benghazi when consulate was attacked'

Florida won’t investigate FBI murder of Chechen man in Florida's custody -- 08-02-13 -- Ernest goes over the headline news - energy - aquadome - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM -- Oceans on Mars? -- Pope Francis Accepts Homosexuality -- Bee Catastrophe Continues -- Monarch Butterfly Collapse Stunning -- Armed Wisconsin agents bust into animal shelter to kill baby deer -- Police assault, bind libertarian clerk candidate for 3.5 hours in Detroit -- NSA scandal shakes Americans’ trust in government -- XKeyscore presentation from 2008 – read in full -- Every Day Carry in Non-Permissive Work Environments, by D., Esq. -- "2 Guns" Movie Review -- Israeli soldiers throw stun grenades at Palestinian children -- Victim fights back, shoots robbery suspects in Museum District Houston, TX -- Every War On Drugs Myth Thoroughly Destroyed By A Retired Police Captain -- Snow Storm: US slams Russia for granting temporary asylum to Snowden -- Climate change triggers rising violence, study warns -- Sci-Fi Film 'Europa Report' Melds Space Fantasy and Fact -- Brilliant Meteor Shower and Comet to Grace August Night Sky -- U.S. Treasury now openly 'cooking the books' -- Big Pharma digs its claws deeper into academia under guise of research -- US government whitewashed economic damage of BP oil spill -- Free energy breakthrough? Holy grail of water splitting technology -- Why Are The Chinese Gobbling Up Real Estate And Businesses In Detroit? -- MIT “Whitewash” Report to Absolve Responsibility in Swartz Death -- Decoding the NSA: How the Agency Manipulates Language to Mislead the Public -- XKeyscore: Instrument of Mass Surveillance -- Israeli Referendum Measure Blocks Land for Peace

THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB TOMORROW SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD, 2013

Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine August 2nd, 2013 Edition RELEASES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

AZ: The Jackalope Freedom Festival starts TODAY! Aug 2-4, 2013 in northeast Arizona; Pool party at the Hancock's - Saturday August 10th, 2013 - 2 p.m. til ???

News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA 'running arms smuggling team in Benghazi when consulate was attacked'
08-02-2013 • The Telegraph
35 CIA operatives were working in the city during the attack last September on the US consulate that resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans. The CIA was working to supply missiles from Libyan armories to rebels Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida won’t investigate FBI murder of Chechen man in Florida's custody
08-02-2013 • Rawstory
State investigators in Florida have rejected a request for an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of a Chechen man while he was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host: Ernest Hancock
08-02-13 -- Ernest - Nanotube Lab - AzAquadome.com - Jackalope Hunt (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Ernest goes over the Freedom's Phoenix Headline News; Talks about the Jackalope Freedom Festival, his energy project and recent experiment, and the progress of the aquadome project.
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Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD, 2013...
Donna Hancock
   DUE TO THE JACKALOPE FREEDOM FESTIVAL IN NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB. WE WILL RETURN FOR THE SEPT 7TH MEETING
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Feature Article  • Freedom's Phoenix
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine August 2nd, 2013 Edition READY FOR DOWNLOAD!
Donna Hancock
   Featuring survival and sustainable communities that are already established. What can we learn from them, and how can we incorporate what they have done to help our own communities.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Oceans on Mars?
08-02-2013 • arclein
Scientists believe that the northern hemisphere of Mars was largely covered by water, as it is at a lower elevation than the southern hemisphere. However, time has weathered the surface, making a large body of water has been Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope Francis Accepts Homosexuality
08-02-2013 • arclein
Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn’t judge priests for their sexual orientation.... "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XV Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Agriculture
Bee Catastrophe Continues
08-02-2013 • arclein
There’s no doubt bees are critical to humans. By some estimates, bees and other pollinating insects, such as butterflies and moths, contribute $200-billion to global agriculture every year. Almost one-third of the food we eat has been pollinated by b Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Agriculture
Monarch Butterfly Collapse Stunning
08-02-2013 • arclein
Monarch populations have been gradually declining over the last eight years, according to Donald Davis, chair of the Monarch Butterfly Fund, who has been tagging monarchs since 1967. The organization, dedicated to the conservation of monarch butterfl Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Government
Armed Wisconsin agents bust into animal shelter to kill baby deer
08-02-2013 • Rawstory
Armed agents with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources raided an animal shelter on the Kenosha-Illinois border and killed a fawn two weeks ago..., ‘That’s our policy,’ Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Police assault, bind libertarian clerk candidate for 3.5 hours in Detroit
07-31-2013 • MOTOR CITY MUCKRAKER
Scott Boman said he was isolated in handcuffs without water to keep him from attending a candidate forum. Scotty Boman, a candidate for Detroit clerk, was assaulted by police and left alone in handcuffs and without water in a closet-sized room for Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ronald Bogner

News Link • American History
In the Land of Opportunity
08-02-2013 • FreemansPerspective.Com
In this land of opportunity every individual would be encouraged to contribute to the economic system and would be rewarded according to that contribution. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Surveillance
NSA scandal shakes Americans’ trust in government
08-02-2013 • Rare.US
The administration maintains that these programs are necessary for the fight against terrorism, but the American people are not convinced. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Privacy Rights
XKeyscore presentation from 2008 �" read in full
08-02-2013 • The Guardian
Training materials for the XKeyscore program detail how analysts can use it and other systems to mine enormous agency databases and develop intelligence from the web Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Heroes
Bruce Lee and Marijuana: The Last Days of the Dragon
08-02-2013 • blogspot via rense.com
Bruce Lee died forty years ago today, but his legend has survived to near mythical proportions. Simply put Bruce Lee is one of the most important persons and Pop culture icons that ever lived. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ed Vallejo

News Link • Techno Gadgets
Yahoo Fantasy Football App: Finally, Mobile Drafting
08-02-2013 • popularmechanics.com
Before last NFL season kicked off, PopMech reviewed some of the best apps for fantasy football freaks. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • 3D Printing
3D Printing is Headed to Space
08-02-2013 • popularmechanics.com
NASA and Made in Space have teamed up to build a 3D printer that works in zero gravity. They plan on shipping it up to the International Space Station late next year. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Gun Rights
Every Day Carry in Non-Permissive Work Environments, by D., Esq.
08-02-2013 • Survivalblog.com
I'm a lawyer. I'm a criminal defense lawyer. Every day I put on a suit and I walk though metal detectors and into a courthouse where guns, ammunition, and knives are not permitted. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Events: Arizona
The Jackalope Freedom Festival is right around the corner! Aug 2-4, 2013 in northeast Arizona
07-19-2013 • The Jackalpe Freedom Festival
The Jackalope Freedom Festival is where liberty loving individuals come to be left alone to connect with each other. (BTW - $300 fine for not having both a License Registration for Off Road Vehicle (ORV) AND a new ORV from the State of Arizona.) Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Entertainment: Movies
"2 Guns" Movie Review
08-02-2013 • rollingstone.com
Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg Directed by Baltasar Kormakur By Peter Travers Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Animals and Pets
Forest cam captures bears' secret back-scratching party
08-02-2013 • treehugger.com
Tree-hugging is one thing, but these bears have taken it to a whole 'nother level. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
Heirloom tomato bruschetta sauce over pasta [Vegan]
08-02-2013 • treehugger.com
I love bruschetta, so why have I never thought to take that wonderfully garlic-y-basil-y mix and put it on top of some angelhair pasta instead of toasted bread? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israeli soldiers throw stun grenades at Palestinian children
08-02-2013 • liveleak.com
Residents of a-Nabi Saleh, a village in the West Bank, regularly demonstrate against their dispossession from privately- owned land and a local spring by settlers from nearby Halamish. The footage shows Israeli soldiers using stun grenades, Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Self-Defense
Victim fights back, shoots robbery suspects in Museum District Houston, TX
08-02-2013 • liveleak.com
A man in the Museum District who refused to be a repeat robbery victim fought back Thursday. He put one suspect in the hospital, another in jail. The victim was smoking a cigarette in front of the Caroline Collective on Caroline near Rosedale aroun Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Drug War
Every War On Drugs Myth Thoroughly Destroyed By A Retired Police Captain
08-02-2013 • liveleak.com
Retired police Capt. Peter Christ is about to make more sense about the War on Drugs than anyone you've ever heard in the past. His basic premise is that we need to legalize drugs, but if you're skeptical, just give him a few minutes to convince you. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Events: Arizona
Pool party at the Hancock's - Saturday August 10th, 2013 - 2 p.m. til ???
08-01-2013 • www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
The pool is about 88 degrees and is pretty refreshing right now, so we hope that you can make it to the party - may be the last one of the summer for us. Bring your bathing suits and towels (and sunscreen). This is a kid-friendly party so if you brin Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Whistleblowers
Snow Storm: US slams Russia for granting temporary asylum to Snowden
08-02-2013 • youtube
Russia's granting of temporary asylum to Edward Snowden has infuriated Washington. The White House hinted September's summit between President Obama and Vladimir Putin may now be cancelled. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Trouble With Clean Energy Disinformation In Mainstream Media
08-02-2013 • earthtechling.com
According to Fox Business reporter Shibani Joshi, renewables are successful in Germany and not in the U.S. because Germany has “got a lot more sun than we do.” Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Techno Gadgets
New 55 Inch LG OLED Television Energy Efficient, Expensive
08-02-2013 • earthtechling.com
LG Electronics has just put on sale a rather unique “Curved OLED TV” which also just happens to be the first OLED HDTV to have Energy Star recognition for low energy consumption. It is a 55-inch model that prices for nearly $15,000. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • China
Giant mushroom discovered in China; is it the world’s largest? [VIDEO]
08-02-2013 • sciencerecorder.com
A new, unidentified 33-pound fungus has been discovered in China. The mushroom was found in the Yunnan province of China, an area praised for the incredible diversity of mushrooms available. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Climate Change
Climate change triggers rising violence, study warns
08-02-2013 • sciencerecorder.com
Feeling a bit hot? It may be your temper, or it may be global warming. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Sci-Fi Film 'Europa Report' Melds Space Fantasy and Fact
08-02-2013 • space.com
The minds behind the movie "Europa Report" allowed reality to shape the fictional world they created. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Brilliant Meteor Shower and Comet to Grace August Night Sky
08-02-2013 • space.com
August could be a banner month for skywatchers, weather permitting. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Government Debt & Financing
U.S. Treasury now openly 'cooking the books'
08-02-2013 • naturalnews.com
On the surface, it appears as though the federal government is finally making progress on the national debt. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Drugs and Medications
Big Pharma digs its claws deeper into academia under guise of research
08-02-2013 • naturalnews.com
Because the company has been unable to develop a steady stream of new "blockbuster" drugs on its own, London-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has decided to expand its corporate reach by essentially merging itself with the publicly-funded acade Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Gulf Oil Spill
US government whitewashed economic damage of BP oil spill
08-02-2013 • naturalnews.com
A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping eco-disaster.... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Energy
Free energy breakthrough? Holy grail of water splitting technology
08-02-2013 • naturalnews.com
A team of scientists at the University of Colorado, Boulder, have achieved what appears to be the "holy grail" of water splitting technology for the production and storage of clean, abundant energy. Because sunlight is free, I'm calling this "free en Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Activism
MIT “Whitewash” Report to Absolve Responsibility in Swartz Death
08-02-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) conducted their own investigation into how Aaron Swartz was treated by the college prior to his “suicide”. MIT reported that they acted “prudently” in how they handled their involvement in the federal g Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why Are The Chinese Gobbling Up Real Estate And Businesses In Detroit?
08-02-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Something very strange is happening to Detroit. Once upon a time, it was the center of American manufacturing and it had the highest per capita income in the United States. But now the city is dying and the Chinese are moving in to pick up the piec Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • Surveillance
Decoding the NSA: How the Agency Manipulates Language to Mislead the Public
08-02-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
When we as a species use language to communicate and engage with one another, we have a certain understanding that certain words mean certain things. That is the entire purpose of language, effective communication between human beings that can be eas Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Microchip Can Mimic How a Human Brain Thinks
08-02-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Researchers from the University of Zurich, have created neuromorphic chips that can mimic the way a human brain will process information in real-time. With the assistance of an artificial sensory processing system, these chips are able to display Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

Feature Article  • Police State
XKeyscore: Instrument of Mass Surveillance
Stephen Lendman
   police state
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Feature Article  • Israel - Palestine
Israeli Referendum Measure Blocks Land for Peace
Stephen Lendman
   Israel
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Feature Article  • Activism
Ernest Hancock - Food, Fuel & Fish: The Double Geo-Dome Aquaponics Bio-Diesel System - PorcFest X
Drew
   PorcFest experienced "The MoneyDome" in 2012... Now learn what we've done with it. Ernest Hancock is the publisher at FreedomsPhoenix.com, and a co-founder of The Freedom Summit. He is the founder of Second Amendment for Everyone, The "L" Factor,
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Feature Article  • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Not Bombs T-shirt Update
Donna Hancock
   Since we do have about 25 shirts left over we wanted to give you all a chance to pick up one or two of the remaining shirts... We will NOT be printing the two designs again and they are one of a kind so please act fast!
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Feature Article  • World News
Big Brother is Watching You: Welcome to Italy, the Fiscal Hell
Alessandro Fusillo
   Starting from July 2013, but stretching back to 2011, a new law by the Italian Republic has come into force that not only enables the Italian tax offices to have free access to all data stored in the bank accounts in Italy, but also compels the banks
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News Link • Food
EPA to American People: ‘Let Them Eat Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Cake’
08-01-2013 • http://wakeup-world.com, By Sayer Ji
The EPA, whose mission is to “to protect human health and the environment,” has approved Monsanto’s request to allow levels of glyphosate (Roundup) contamination in your food up to a million times higher than have been found carcinogenic. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Gold and Silver
The Coming Shortage Of Physical Gold That Will Change Everything
08-01-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Is the paper gold scam about to be brutally crushed by a crippling shortage of physical gold? If so, what will that do to global financial markets? According to the Reserve Bank of India, “the traded amount of ‘paper linked to gold’ exceeds by far Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • WAR: About that War
The U.S. Government Has Awarded Contracts To Al-Qaeda In Afghanistan? This can’t be true.
08-01-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Supporters of the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan have been getting U.S. military contracts, and American officials are citing “due process rights” as a reason not to cancel the agreements, according to an independent agency monitoring spending. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • WAR: About that War
ON LOCATION: Manning Trial Aftermath Ft Meade (Video)
08-01-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gary Franchi of Next News Network interviews Kevin Gosztola, writer for FireDogLake, who is on location of the Bradley Manning trial in Ft. Meade, MD. Gosztola has been covering the Manning trial on a daily basis. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

Feature Article  • Police State
Bradley Manning: Victimized by Police State Injustice
Stephen Lendman
   police state
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News Link • Surveillance
Angela Keaton Explains the Antiwar.com Lawsuit Against the FBI
07-31-2013 • Russia Today
Angela gave a concise explanation of the Antiwar.com lawsuit against the FBI to RT America. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
Homeschooling: The Public Schools’ Invasive Species
07-31-2013 • by Wendy McElroy (FEE)
To government, homeschooling resembles a weed that spreads and resists control. To homeschooling parents, it is the flowering of knowledge and values within children who have been abandoned or betrayed by public schools. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
Committing War Crimes is a Duty; Reporting Them is a Felony
07-31-2013 • by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Bradley Manning is the only combat veteran of the Iraq war whose service is worth honoring. Like hundreds of thousands of servicemen, Manning carried out unlawful orders to participate in an illegal war. Unlike the rest, he took action to expose Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Gun Rights
George Zimmerman armed during recent Texas traffic stop
07-31-2013 • Yahoo! News blog
George Zimmerman, who was recently acquitted in the controversial shooting death of Trayvon Martin, had a handgun in his truck's glove box when a Texas police officer pulled him over for speeding near Dallas last Sunday, authorities say. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Federal Reserve
US judge strikes Federal Reserve rule setting 24-cent cap on debit-card transaction fees
07-31-2013 • AP
A federal judge has struck down a rule setting a cap on the fees that banks can charge merchants for handling debit card purchases. He said the Federal Reserve didn't have the authority to set the limit the way it did in 2011, Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
07-31-2013 • The Guardian
A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Surveillance
Government unveils secret order to Verizon
07-31-2013 • Washington Post
Obama administration officials faced deepening skepticism about a far-reaching counterterrorism program that collects millions of Americans’ phone records, as they released newly declassified documents in an attempt to spotlight privacy safeguards. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Gun Rights
Teachers Will Be Armed in Arkansas
07-31-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Clarksville High School in Arkansas will be the first high school to utilize state laws that allow armed security guards in schools to arm teachers. Training is underway now that will facilitate teachers carrying concealed weapons when classes res Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • Surveillance
Google Engineer Wins Award from the NSA and then Slams it
07-31-2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In accepting the award I don’t condone the NSA’s surveillance. Simply put, I don’t think a free society is compatible with an organisation like the NSA in its current form. - Dr. Joseph Bonneau In case you weren’t aware, Dr. Joseph Bonneau, a g Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • Marc Victor
Thomas Jefferson Corrected
07-31-2013 • Attorney For Freedom
To be clear, Thomas Jefferson is one of my heroes. I find the man fascinating for many reasons. He is solidly in the top tier of historic people I would have liked to meet. Although I disagree with him on some points, much of what he said I agree wit Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Wasdin

News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona ruling says police can temporarily take guns
07-31-2013 • CBS News
A new Arizona court ruling says police can take temporary custody of a person's gun for officer-safety reasons even if the person's contact with police was voluntary. A man appealing a firearms misconduct conviction argued that police Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

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