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Date Sent: 2011-12-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, December 25, 2011 |
Congress To Fund Massive Expansion Of TSA Checkpoints -- FEMA Guide: Space Aliens Could Attack US
4409: SANTA encounters the STATE -- Spoiling for a Fight with Syria and Iran --
Israel's Repressive Permit System -- Brazil's environment agency fines
Chevron for oil spill -- How Santa Delivers All Those Gifts by Christmas
Morning -- BTP Announces 2012 Presidential Ticket -- Christmas Ron Paul 2012 SIGNS! -- Cuba to pardon nearly 3,000 prisoners -- U.S. reports progress on bioweapons control -- The Buchanan Treatment Won't Work on Ron Paul - by Steve Deace -- "Arrested in my underwear at a TSA checkpoint" Video by Adam Kokesh -- Gingrich attacks Va. for keeping him off ballot -- Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman, and Santorum ALL Fail to Make Virginia Ballot! --
For Christmas, Your Government Will Tell You When It's Legal to Kill
You. -- Ron Paul Gains 5% on Gingrich and Romney in 5 Days, Despite
Smears: Gallup -- Midwives Use Rituals to Empower Mothers -- EU Protests
Israeli Occupation Policies -- Ron Paul Supports Hero Bradley Manning (Unlike Our Current President) -- 'Blue bra girl' rallies Egypt's women vs. oppression
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News Link • Homeland Security
Congress To Fund Massive Expansion Of TSA Checkpoints
12-23-2011
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www.infowars.com
Congress is set to give the green light on funding for a massive expansion of TSA checkpoints, with the federal agency already responsible for over 9,000 such checkpoints in the last year amidst increased fears America is turning into a police state
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
ABC NEWS - New FEMA Guide: Space Aliens Could Attack U.S. (With video link)
12-24-2011
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Terrence Aym
An incredible new ABC News story blows the lid off the government's real position on UFOs. ETs exist and may be hostile.
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama campaign seeks to raise $60 million in 4th quarter
12-24-2011
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Eric Johnson via Yahoo! NEWS
President Barack Obama's campaign set a goal of raising $60 million in the fourth quarter of the year to benefit the Democratic incumbent's re-election and the Democratic National Committee, a campaign official said on Saturday.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Energy
The Cool Energy House Project Demonstrates U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Program Innovations
12-24-2011
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Yahoo! NEWS
The Cool Energy House Project in Windermere, Florida, showcases energy innovations generated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America program. The project will be shown in February in conjunction with the 2012 International Builders Show.
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News Link • Energy
Brazil's environment agency fines Chevron for oil spill
12-24-2011
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Yahoo! NEWS
Brazil's Environment Institute on Friday ordered US oil giant Chevron to pay another fine related to the early November oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
How Santa Delivers All Those Gifts by Christmas Morning
12-24-2011
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Samantha Murphy via Yahoo!News
Santa Claus needs a tremendous amount of tech backup to effectively deliver presents to every child’s house in the world before the sun rises.
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News Link • Political Parties
BTP Announces 2012 Presidential Ticket
12-23-2011
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Free Patriot Press
23 December 2011 - bostontea.us
The Boston Tea Party's Presidential Nominating Convention concluded after 2 days with the Vice Presidential nomination going to a 2nd round of balloting.
Tiffany Briscoe (Maryland) was chosen as the Presidential n
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Activism
Christmas Ron Paul 2012 SIGNS!
12-24-2011
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Chris Haskell
Christmas Ron Paul 2012 signs seem to be everwhere in our city! Tucson Ron Paul meet-up group now has there own sign factory!!!! If anyone wants to help out for the Tucson Az Ron Paul 2012 campaign let us know! Join the Tucson Ron Paul Meet-up group!
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Chris Haskell
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Swiss Army Knife Goes Digital
12-24-2011
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David Zax TechnologyReview.com
I often think that the smartphone is the Swiss Army knife of the digital age -- my iPhone springs forth apps much in the way that that iconic red multi-tool springs forth scissors, nail files, and blades.
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News Link • World News
Cuba to pardon nearly 3,000 prisoners
12-24-2011
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The RawStory.com
Cuban President Raul Castro has unveiled plans to pardon some 3,000 prisoners for “humanitarian reasons,” a group amnesty of unprecedented size, and “gradually” reform onerous laws restricting foreign travel.
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News Link • World News
U.S. reports progress on bioweapons control
12-24-2011
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The RawStory.com
Progress has been made in protecting against the threat of biological weapons, the State Department said Friday at the end of global talks which agreed to boost moves to thwart their spread.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Buchanan Treatment Won't Work on Ron Paul by Steve Deace
12-24-2011
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Town Hall .com
"I know several of these people who are the masterminds of Paul’s organization, and these folks don’t put their phasers on stun when it comes to their opponents and know what they’re doing."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Activism
"Arrested in my underwear at a TSA checkpoint" Video by Adam Kokesh
12-24-2011
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YouTube via Twitter
Boxers or briefs? Adam bares (almost) all to make a point!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich attacks Va. for keeping him off ballot
12-24-2011
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AP
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign is attacking the system in Virginia that will keep him off the state's Republican presidential primary ballot. The state GOP says Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to submit the required 10,000 si
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman, and Santorum ALL Fail to Make Virginia Ballot!
12-24-2011
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Washington Post
Gov. Mitt Romney and Conressman Ron Paul are certified. Whose your Daddy? MUHAHA
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Gains 5% on Gingrich and Romney in 5 Days, Despite Smears: Gallup
12-24-2011
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TheEndRun.com
Five days ago, on Sunday, December 18, Gallup had Iowa frontrunner Ron Paul trailing Gingrich by 18% nationally among registered GOP voters, and Romney by 14%.
Today, Gallup shows that Gingrich’s lead over Paul has shrunk to 13%, and Romney’s to t
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Adam Burke
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News Link • Anthropology
Brain Structure Variation From Nenderthal
12-24-2011
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arclein
uman temporal lobes, involved in language, memory and social functions as well as the olfactory bulbs are relatively larger in Homo sapiens than in Neanderthals.
"The structures which receive olfactory input are approximately 12% larger in modern
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Midwives Use Rituals to Empower Mothers
12-24-2011
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arclein
These are some of the findings from an Oregon State University researcher and licensed midwife who witnessed more than 400 home births in order to document an extensive list of practices utilized by midwives to express the symbolic difference between
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Super Massive Black Hole to Eat Gas Cloud
12-24-2011
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arclein
They have plotted the cloud's squashed, oval-shaped path and estimate it has doubled its speed in the last seven years - to 2,350km per second.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Merry Christmas, A happy New Year and No Hangover!
12-24-2011
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arclein
Drinking water is the best cure for hangovers. As a matter of fact, alternating a glass of water with an alcoholic drink can prevent a hangover. Sparkling waters with a twist of lime or lemon make a respectable replacement for a cocktail, preventing
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robert klein
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News Link • TERRORISM
NY judge: Iran, Taliban, al-Qaida liable for 9/11
12-23-2011
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The Associated Press
A federal judge in New York has signed a default judgment finding Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaida liable in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress passes payroll tax deal
12-23-2011
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The RawStory.com
Congress approved a two-month payroll tax cut extension on Friday, capping an exhausting year of partisan warfare over taxes and spending that will resume in January, with the economy barely scratching out a recovery and elections on the horizon.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
'Blue bra girl' rallies Egypt's women vs. oppression
12-23-2011
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www.cnn.com
(CNN) -- The Egyptian revolution has a new, and shocking, image: It's the Egyptian flag, but the eagle in the middle has been replaced by a simple blue bra. The image refers to the recent, savage beating of an abaya-clad female protester by Egyptian
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russian satellite crashes into Siberia after launch
12-23-2011
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The RawStory.com
A Russian satellite on Friday crashed into Siberia minutes after its launch due to rocket failure, the defense ministry said, in the latest humiliating setback for Russia’s embattled space programme.
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Responsible For Over 9,000 Unannounced Checkpoints In Last Year
12-23-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
“The TSA’s 25 “viper” teams " for Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response " have run more than 9,300 unannounced checkpoints. Department of Homeland Security officials have asked Congress for funding to add 12 more teams next year,” reports the L.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
How to make a speech for Ron Paul in Iowa (or anywhere else!) - VIDEO
12-23-2011
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YouTube.com
The pointers:
- Be calm, relaxed, and speak with conviction
- Use humor, but be safe with it
- Stay positive
- Know your audience
- Connect with your audience
- Don't waste their time
- Be prepared
- Have fun!
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Archaeology
1,100-year-old Mayan ruins found in North Georgia
12-23-2011
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www.rawstory.com
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the mountains of North Georgia believed to be at least 1,100 years old.
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Ernest Hancock
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