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Date Sent: 2011-05-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, May 17, 2011 AM edition |
Supreme Court allows warrantless drug search -- US speeds up direct talks with Taliban
Pakistan to return U.S. helicopter tail, Kerry sayswa -- Friday the 13th Summary--Ron Paul's Lucky Day! : ) -- Rahm Emanuel sworn in as Chicago’s mayor -- Saudi diplomat assassinated in Pakistan: embassy -- Trump Exits After Allowing Obama To Neutralize Birther Controversy -- Iran president takes over oil ministry temporarily -- Romney phone bank raises $10.25M in a single day -- Cannes 2011 Review: Michel Hazanavicius' B&W Silent Film 'The Artist' -- Trailer: Webster Tarpley & Elite’s Plan for Global Extermination -- Secret Weather Weapons Can Kill Millions, Warns Top Russian Politician -- Gerald Celente: Raping – Part of IMF Business -- Zimbabwe Says Days Of The US Dollar Are Numbered, Pushes For Gold-Backed Local Currency
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News Link • Constitution
Supreme Court allows warrantless drug search in Kentucky case
05-16-2011
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Louisville Public Policy Examiner
"The Court today arms the police with a way routinely to dishonor the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement in drug cases." Ginsberg
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Kenneth Rineer
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. speeds up direct talks with Taliban
05-16-2011
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Washington Post
The administration has accelerated direct talks with the Taliban, initiated several months ago, that U.S. officials say they hope will enable President Obama to report progress toward a settlement of the Afghanistan war when he announces troop withdr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Pakistan to return U.S. helicopter tail, Kerry sayswa
05-16-2011
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Washington Post
Pakistan has agreed to return the tail of the U.S. military helicopter that was damaged during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said here Monday, part of what he called a “specific series of steps” aimed at reducing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Rahm Emanuel sworn in as Chicago’s mayor
05-16-2011
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www.suntimes.com
Mayor Rahm Emanuel took the oath of office Monday amid sunshine, children’s choirs and a billion-dollar deficit he says he must tame.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Saudi diplomat assassinated in Pakistan: embassy
05-16-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
KARACHI (AFP) " A Saudi diplomat was killed in a hail of bullets on his way to the country's consulate in Karachi on Monday, the second attack on Saudi interests in Pakistan's biggest city in less than a week.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
TREASON " A NOTICE TO PUBLIC SERVANTS
05-16-2011
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TREASON " A NOTICE TO PUBLIC SERVANTS
On the night of December 23, 1913 the United States Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act and thereby committed the greatest act of TREASON in history. It surrendered this nation’s sovereignty and sold the A
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SETI Turns Radio Telescopes Toward Kepler Candidate Planets, Listening for Signs of Life
05-16-2011
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http://www.popsci.com/
A gigantic radio telescope in Virginia has started listening to 86 Earth-like planet candidates identified by the Kepler Space Telescope, hoping to hear signs of alien life.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed College Student Walk Across the Stage at Graduation
05-16-2011
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http://www.popsci.com/
Exoskeletons are valuable for several reasons, but this one might be the best use of all: A 22-year-old paraplegic college graduate, paralyzed since a 2007 car crash, used an exoskeleton to walk across the stage Saturday to receive his diploma.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich Supports ‘Variation’ on Obamacare-Type Health Insurance Mandate
05-16-2011
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http://www.cnsnews.com/
(CNSNews.com) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R.-Ga.) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday that he supports requiring all individuals to buy health insurance, post a bond to pay for health care, "or in some way you indicate you're going to
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
SNL: Barack Obama’s Osama bin Laden stand-up comedy act
05-16-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
President Barack Obama performs stand-up comedy after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in the teaser of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.During his speech, Obama unveiled his new campaign slogan: “Killed bin Laden!”
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Free Speech
Bill Lets Parents Edit Children's FB Pages
05-16-2011
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http://www.nbcbayarea.com/
A new state bill in the California State Senate could make social-networking sites like Facebook take down personal information and photos for account users under 18 and require more private settings.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • World News
Iran president takes over oil ministry temporarily
05-16-2011
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http://news.yahoo.com/
TEHRAN (AFP) " Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he has temporarily assumed the duties of the oil ministry, as the oil cartel OPEC prepares for a biannual meeting in Vienna.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney phone bank raises $10.25M in a single day
05-16-2011
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http://news.yahoo.com/
LAS VEGAS " Mitt Romney wants his money to show his might.The all-but-declared Republican presidential contender, who has kept his head low for much of the year as he collected cash, raised $10.25 million in a single day Monday.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Cannes 2011 Review: Michel Hazanavicius' B&W Silent Film 'The Artist'
05-16-2011
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http://www.firstshowing.net/
In today's modern world, we're used to seeing films in color, with sound, with music, with dialogue, and sometimes even in 3D. Every once in a while a filmmaker goes black-and-white to tell a story.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Trailer: Webster Tarpley & Elite’s Plan for Global Extermination
05-16-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
This is the trailer for the upcoming PrisonPlanet.tv exclusive interview with Dr. Webster Tarpley. In this interview, Dr. Tarpley reviews the writings of John P. Holdren, the current White House science advisor.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Conspiracies
Secret Weather Weapons Can Kill Millions, Warns Top Russian Politician
05-16-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Influential political leader says Russia has capability to “destroy any part of the planet” with new technology
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything - for free. (Publisher Recommended)
05-15-2011
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khanacademy.org
Help us change education - Our small team is on a mission to deliver a world-class education to anyone anywhere, and you can help. Take a second to get the word out, or read about how teachers, translators, donors, and everyone else can contribute.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Part 3
05-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The economic peril that we find ourselves confronted with, has been ninety-eight years in the making. The confluence of debt, demographics, delusion, and denial has left the country at the precipice of annihilation.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • New World Order
Satanic Psychopaths Loot U.S. Pensions
05-16-2011
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moneyteachers.org
Next on the agenda will be private Retirement Plans like IRAs or 401Ks, State Retirement Plans and Annuities. The manipulation of silver prices is designed to keep the public in these other vehicles long enough to wipe them out.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Zimbabwe Says Days Of The US Dollar Are Numbered, Pushes For Gold-Backed Local Currency
05-16-2011
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www.zerohedge.com
Yes. Zimbabwe, the same place that two years ago sported a brand new crisp $100 trillion bill. What is just as odd is that this news comes less than a week after Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized US economic policies
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Indiana Supreme Court dispenses with Magna Carta, Constitution
05-16-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
On June 10, 1215 AD, after prolonged rebellion and frustrating negotiation, a group of England’s most influential barons entered London to force the disastrous King John Softsword into accepting a revolutionary charter of individual freedoms.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Eye Witness Tells Different Story of Bin Laden Death?
05-16-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
This Is The Truth " Osama Died In 2001 ... Muhammad Bashir told us something that no one said before. So we checked his identity card, we also confirmed that he really lives there, we asked the senior fellows about him.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Government
Some Serious Flaws of Egalitarianism
05-16-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
Egalitarianism teaches that everyone deserves to be treated with equal consideration and respect. Mostly this is meant to stress how everyone should be provided (as a matter of public policy) with basic necessities like food, health care, schooling,
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Super-Windstorms Can Strip Galaxies of Star Stuff
05-16-2011
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http://www.space.com/
Winds 10,000 times faster than an Earth hurricane’s have been seen streaming molecular gas " the raw material needed to make new stars " away from galaxies.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Our Peculiar State of Suspended Animation
05-16-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
In a nutshell, here's the reality: the entire "prosperity" of the past decade was a false prosperity, constructed entirely of money borrowed by the private sector based on the rising value of McMansions and strip-malls that made no sense...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
DIY Lasers Are Irresistibly Dangerous
05-16-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
Decades after its birth, the laser is still irresistibly cool.How many other fifty-somethings can you say that about?
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
David Morgan on the Global Economy, Inflation, Recession and Where Silver Is Headed
05-16-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
The Daily Bell is pleased to present an exclusive interview with David Morgan whom is a widely recognized analyst in the precious metals industry and consults for hedge funds, high net worth investors, mining companies, depositories and bullion deale
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on Final Voyage
05-16-2011
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http://www.space.com/
The space shuttle Endeavour, the youngest orbiter in NASA's fleet, soared into the morning sky Monday to begin the final mission of its 19-year career.Endeavour blazed a path through the sky here at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m.lifting off fr
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Eight Foods You Should Almost Never, Ever Eat
05-16-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
Most soybean, corn, cotton and canola crops in the U.S. are genetically altered. Some experts argue that these crops could pose serious health and environmental risks, but the scientific picture is currently incomplete " deliberately so.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Scotland Yard Fights to Keep Jack the Ripper Files Secret
05-16-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
Four thick ledgers compiled by Special Branch officers have been kept under lock and key since the Whitechapel murders in 1888.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Is Anonymous Less Anonymous Now?
05-16-2011
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http://www.technologyreview.com/
So goes the cartoon-villain tagline of Anonymous, the amorphous collective entity that started as an ad-hoc identity for Internet trolls and pranksters and, in the last year especially, has become an increasingly politicized engine of online agitatio
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News Link • Police State
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday May 16th, 2011
05-16-2011
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lewrockwell.com
The Predator State Attacks Google - For Big Pharma. Article by Lew Rockwell. /
Armed Strangers Broke into My House and Killed My Dad - Did he deserve it because they were cops? Article by Will Grigg. / Planet Depreciated - Karen De Coster on fitnes
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare
Pelosi Talks About Cutting Deficit: "Medicare Is On The Table"
05-16-2011
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www.realclearpolitics.com
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told CNBC this morning that Medicare was on the table to be cut to tackle the federal deficit.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Nanosatellite Will Look for Alien Worlds
05-16-2011
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http://www.technologyreview.com/
Draper Laboratory and MIT have developed a satellite the size of a loaf of bread that will undertake one of the biggest tasks in astronomy: finding Earthlike planets beyond our solar system"or exoplanets"that could support life. It is scheduled to la
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Why Android Honeycomb Tablets Aren’t Hot " Yet
05-16-2011
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wired.com
Nvidia’s head honcho knows that sluggish sales of Android tablets are a problem, but says it won’t be that way forever.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
NYT: Arrest of IMF's Most Magnificent Man Seen as Ending the World
05-16-2011
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dailybell.ch
Talks in Greek Crisis at Key Juncture ... The arrest of the head of the International Monetary Fund in New York on Saturday comes at an especially sensitive time for its most high-profile project: saving Greece from default ...
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News Link • Conspiracies
China: The New bin Laden
05-16-2011
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
George Orwell, the pen name by which Eric Blair is known, had the gift of prophecy, or else blind luck. In 1949 in his novel, 1984, he described the Amerika of today.
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News Link • Bioterrorism
You might be a Roundup Ready terrorist if….
05-16-2011
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Farm Wars
Well folks, it’s gardening time again, and time to find out if your neighbors have sprayed poison on your soil.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Politics
This Week In Paul #2 - Win a 1oz Ron Paul Silver Medallion!
05-16-11
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http://ronpaul2012.tv
http://RTR.org | Win a 1oz Ron Paul Silver Medallion! Spread the word about Ron Paul and win some silver, not a bad gig huh? CONTEST RULES: To enter your chance to win you must: Comment, Subscribe, AND Share this video. If you do not do ALL three you
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