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Date Sent: 2012-01-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, January 4, 2012 PM edition |
Rahm Emanuel on duration of suppression of civil liberties: ‘I made a mistake. Real simple, OK.’
Mish 2012 Predictions; 2011 Year in Review with Max Keiser -- Ron Paul May Have Secretly Won The Iowa Caucuses -- Chris Hedges: "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: 2012 could be the year Germany lets the
euro die -- Ron Paul Doubles Vote Tally, Captures Equal Number of
Delegates As Romney & Santorum -- Free Americans Buy 10,800,000 Guns in 2011 -- Iowa Voters Bring Antiwar Message Into the Mainstream -- HOT:
"Error" on Poll Results Put Santorum Ahead of Ron Paul -- EU PLAN TO
SLAP VAT ON FOOD -- Obama's motion to dismiss is DENIED in GA - "He will
have to stand trial" -- Illinois Police Officer Uses Ticket To Ask
Woman On Date -- Taliban leaders held at Guantánamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal -- Man confesses to bombing NY mosque -- Dash cam video appears to show officer planting evidence -- Sen. McCain to endorse Romney tomorrow -- US Closes 2011 With Record $15.22 Trillion In Debt, Officially At 100.3% Debt/GDP -- Money Power Runs America - by Stephen Lendman
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News Link • Free Speech
Rahm Emanuel on duration of NATO-G8 rules: ‘I made a mistake. Real simple, OK.’
01-04-2012
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www.suntimes.com
He “made a mistake” when he claimed that extraordinary security measures he proposed to handle protesters who descend on Chicago for the NATO and G-8 summits would be temporary and repealed after the events are over.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government Waste
New financial watchdog vows to protect consumers
01-04-2012
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www.reuters.com
President Barack Obama's nominee to head a new financial watchdog agency said on Wednesday he was ready to get to work, and would not be distracted by challenges to his appointment.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
Mish 2012 Predictions; 2011 Year in Review with Max Keiser
01-04-2012
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Shortly before Christmas I did a video discussion of 2011 with Max Keiser with a look-ahead to a few ideas for 2012.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Risky Rescue for Crippled Air Force Satellite
01-04-2012
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www.wired.com
Granted, it was quite a lot of money: around $2 billion. And the satellite’s loss would also set back the Pentagon’s efforts to revamp its communications infrastructure as battle becomes more bandwidth-intensive.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Paul on third-place finish: 'Nothing to be ashamed of'
01-04-2012
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www.politico.com
Ron Paul, speaking to supporters just now after finishing third in Iowa tonight, said there’s “nothing to be ashamed of” and urged his supporters to be ready for the next contests on the calendar.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop Types. . .
01-04-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Eric Peters
Bad laws attract bad people to enforce them " while pushing out the good (and semi-good) people. It’s a sort of Gresham’s Law as applied to human society.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
The Outlook for the New Year
01-04-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Paul Craig Roberts
The outlook for liberty is dismal. Those writers who are critical of Washington’s illegal wars and overthrow of the US Constitution could find themselves in indefinite detainment, because criticism of Washington’s policies can be alleged to be aiding
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Three countries where you’ll want to have exposure
01-04-2012
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www.sovereignman.com
Most of us have grown up steadily ingesting a hearty line of crap that has made its way into the social consciousness. Governments can’t go bankrupt. Government bonds are safe. Banks are safe. Real estate always goes up. The US dollar is king.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul May Have Secretly Won The Iowa Caucuses
01-04-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
DES MOINES " Ron Paul may have officially come in third tonight, but if the campaign's caucus strategy went off as planned, then Paul may actually be the real winner of the first Republican voting contest.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Closing Hormuz
01-04-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Walter Block
The closure of an international body of water is an act of war. If Iran implemented such a policy in the Strait of Hormuz, it would thus constitute an act of war. This is because in order to do so, this country would have to physically violate the ri
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Liberty Defined
01-04-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/David Gordon
This brilliant book collects fifty short essays by Ron Paul on issues that range from abortion and assassination to unions and Zionism. It is no disparate assemblage, though; rather it is unified around a central theme, the vital importance of libert
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News Link • European Union
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: 2012 could be the year Germany lets the euro die
01-04-2012
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www.telegraph.co.uk
There will be no real help from China, India or over-stretched Brazil. The second wave will hit with youth unemployment already at 45pc in Greece and 49pc in Spain; and with the US labour participation rate already at depression levels of 64pc.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Books
ONLY 12 HOURS LEFT! FREE eBook about a pirate treasure hunt for young adults!
12-30-2011
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www.amazon.com
So the original and best selling "Pirates of Savannah : The Trilogy" free for a short time today...
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Doubles Vote Tally, Captures Equal Number of Delegates As Romney & Santorum
01-04-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
“Paul may actually be the real winner of the first Republican voting contest,” writes Grace Wyler. “That’s because Paul’s massive organizational push in Iowa focused on both winning votes, and also on making sure that Paul supporters stuck around aft
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Free Americans Buy 10,800,000 Guns in 2011
01-04-12
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
Law abiding Americans now easily qualify as the most heavily armed population in the world...
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Fredy Riehl
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
With Bachmann out, Texas governor spies opportunity in South Carolina.
01-04-2012
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slatest.slate.com
“Last night the people of Iowa spoke with a very fair voice, and so I have decided to stand aside," she said.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Humor
Romney Jubilant After Finishing in Dead Heat with Walking Joke in Sweater Vest
01-04-2012
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The Borowitz Report
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was overjoyed today after finishing the Iowa caucuses in a virtual tie with a walking joke who wears sweater vests.
“The eight people have spoken!” exclaimed Mr. Romney,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Maddow: Ron Paul supporters are human beings
01-04-2012
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RawStory.com
“It’s like he doesn’t have corporeal form,” she said. “There is never a discussion of whether or not any other Republican candidate will ever try to compete for his voters. Ron Paul voters are human beings. Why does nobody compete for them?”
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema resigns to run for Congress in new CD 9
01-04-2012
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tucsoncitizen.com
As long-expected, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Phoenix) gave notice on Tuesday that she is resigning her seat to run for Congress in the new CD 9.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sheriff Paul Babeu: "It's Time For a New Sheriff in Washington." Announces He'll R
01-04-2012
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blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
We have an unsecured border that allows the drug cartels to operate freely in our country, and results in 400,000 illegal crossings into our state every year."
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Iowa Voters Bring Antiwar Message Into the Mainstream
01-04-2012
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www.antiwar.com
Ron Paul placed third in the Iowa Republican Caucuses, trialing closely behind Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. The only antiwar candidate reaped tens of thousands votes in the first campaign event of the pro-war party.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
HOT: "Error" on Poll Results Put Santorum Ahead of Ron Paul
01-04-2012
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www.economicpolicyjournal.com
On Saturday evening Politico incorrectly reported that the poll showed former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum “climbing to second [place] at 21 percent and Ron Paul in third, with 18 percent.” In fact, Paul took second place with 22 percent of the vo
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News Link • European Union
EU PLAN TO SLAP VAT ON FOOD
01-04-2012
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www.express.co.uk
The European Commission wants VAT exemptions on food, children’s clothes and other essentials abandoned in an effort to harmonise the sales tax across Europe.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Perry tweets: 'Here we come South Carolina'
01-04-2012
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USA Today
Despite a poor showing in Iowa and telling supporters there he was going home to reassess his campaign, Texas Governor Rick Perry has decided to press on with his bid for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination.
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News Link • Mexico
The Exodus Begins - Maybe, Anyway
01-04-2012
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www.fredoneverything.net
Now, American politicians want to send the military to Mexico, and are doing it quietly in the form of retired or “retired” military types, DEA, drones, training, and all the rest of the now-standard camels' noses under other people's tents.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's motion to dismiss is DENIED in GA - "He will have to stand trial"
01-04-2012
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thesteadydrip.blogspot.com
"I still can’t believe this. The order is in the link above. Judge Malihi, Deputy Chief judge of the Administrative court in GA, ruled, that Obama’s motion to dismiss is denied. He will have to stand trial and prove his eligibility for office." Orly
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Illinois Police Officer Uses Ticket To Ask Woman On Date
01-04-2012
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jonathanturley.org
Who needs eharmony? Evangelina Paredes found a match in a handwritten note on her windshield. It was from Stickney police officer Chris Collins who used the information that he recorded on a $132 speeding ticket to track her down and ask her out.
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News Link • Healthcare
The Top 12 Cancer-Causing products in the Average Home
01-04-2012
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www.unitedtruthseekers.com
The Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC) and Ralph Nader have released a “Dirty Dozen” list of consumer products used in most American homes, and manufactured by giant U.S. corporations.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Taliban leaders held at Guantánamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal
01-04-2012
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U.K. Guardian
This report speculates about a possible prisoner exchange for an abducted U.S. soldier and by all appearances the U.S. is trading risky American actions for pledges from the Taliban.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Man confesses to bombing NY mosque
01-04-2012
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Reuters
A New York City man faces arson and bias charges after confessing to a series of Molotov cocktail attacks that hit a mosque and a Hindu place of worship and unsettled civic leaders concerned the actions might portend violent religious bigotry.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Dash cam video appears to show officer planting evidence
01-04-2012
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Rawstory
An officer in Utica, New York is being accused of planting evidence " and he was busted by the dash cam in his own police cruiser.
The Utica Phoenix recently obtained dash cam video of a February 11, 2011 traffic stop, where officers Palladino and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
McCain to endorse Romney tomorrow
01-04-2012
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Politico
John McCain will endorse his '08 rival Mitt Romney tomorrow, a top Republican source confirmed to POLITICO. The Arizona senator fought a bitter nomination battle with Romney four years ago, though Romney has worked to mend the relationship since then
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Closes 2011 With Record $15.22 Trillion In Debt, Officially At 100.3% Debt/GDP
01-04-2012
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ZeroHedge
According to the US Treasury, America has closed the books on 2011 with debt at an all time record $15,222,940,045,451.09. And US debt to GDP is now officially over 100%, a fact which the US government decided to delay exposing until the very end of
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News Link • Science
Oxidative DNA Repair Investigated
01-04-2012
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arclein
expect that the DNA repair mechanism discovered here will lead to less invasive approaches in cancer therapy and that it will be possible to develop new clinical tests for the early detection of certain types of cancer."
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News Link • Science
Rapid Evolution in Domesticates Informs
01-04-2012
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arclein
that the genetic change causing fibromelanosis is a complex rearrangement that leads to increased expression of Endothelin 3,a gene known for promoting the growth of pigment cells," explains Ben Dorshorst, one of the authors.
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News Link • Science
New Evolutionary Sea Land Transition Idea
01-04-2012
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arclein
"These transitional fossils were not associated with drying ponds or deserts, but consistently were found with humid woodland soils," he said.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Longevity Thoughts
01-04-2012
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arclein
Our results support the notion of a tradeoff between longevity and reproduction in humans. PEL and non-PEL individuals in our cohort were all born around the turn of the century and reached reproductive age in the 1920's, long before reliable method
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"The Global Crisis: What Is the Evidence and Does It Matter?"
01-03-2012
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PPEC & Rocky Mountain Streams (Pikes Peak Economcs
Colorado State Senator Kent Lambert and national security consultant Dr. Ron Scott present a geo-strategic perspective on the emerging financial crisis in Europe. They will discuss this from the perspective of political economy, including both theory
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Tres Melton
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The 13 Moon Calendar
01-04-2012
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www.lawoftime.org
The Gregorian calendar is THE most useful tool for controlling the masses and keeping them lock stepped with the establishment! The 13 Moon, 28-day calendar is a new standard of time for all people everywhere who desire a genuinely new world. If the
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