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Date Sent: 2012-01-19
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, January 19, 2012 PM edition |
Larry Summers Next World Bank Chief? -- China Aids Saudis in Nuclear Power Development
Arizona Election Fraud: Pima County Loses Bid to Stop Ballot Custody
Depositions -- More cracks found in Airbus A380 wings -- Gingrich
Reaffirms Pledge To Violate Constitution After Promising To Kill Enemies
Of Our Nation -- U.S. ambassador: Political situation in China “very, very delicate” -- Iran Threatens U.S., Persian Gulf Cities with Missile Attacks -- Iranian Lawmaker: Obama Proposed Talks; US Denies -- ABC's Brian Ross Discusses Interview With Marianne Gingrich -- New York Moves to Deploy Body Scanners on Street in Search for Guns -- Costa Concordia: investigators probe role of young Moldovan woman on
cruise ship -- Iran TV: Earthquake Jolts Iranian City -- Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of President’s Piracy Stand --
Perry dropping out of GOP race to endorse Newt -- "Paul's Congressional
Flights Home Just Like Everyone Else's" -- Ron Paul NDAA Floor Speech -
Jan 18, 2012 -- I Wouldn’t Hire Ron Paul… - by Charles Goyette -- Gilligan, The Skipper, and the Federal Reserve
-- Ron Paul: We Must Stop Raising the Debt Ceiling! [video] -- Tip for
censors: Fans of "Firefly" fight back (and win) -- Protesting Internet Censorship - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Debate Watching Party - Hancock's - Tonight, Jan 19th, 6 p.m. til??; Obama to visit
Phoenix area on Jan. 25; Feb 22 –
ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts
Center (BUY TICKETS NOW!)
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News Link • Currencies
Larry Summers Being Considered For World Bank Chief
01/18/2012
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Jillian Berman, Huffington post
President Barack Obama is considering naming Larry Summers, his former top economic advisor, as head of the World Bank, Bloomberg reports, citing "two people familiar with the matter."
Summers, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Harvard Presiden
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Hugo Tellez
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News Link • Energy
China to Aid Saudi Arabia in Nuclear Power Development
01-19-2012
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Oilprice.com
Ever since the end of World War Two, the U.S. has come to regard Saudi Arabia as almost its exclusive oil producing enclave. In February 1945, after the Yalta Conference with Soviet General Secretary
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Debate Watching Party - Hancock's - Thurs, Jan 19th, 6 p.m. til??
01-18-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
CNN to Host Final Debate Ahead of Crucial South Carolina Primary
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Obama to visit Phoenix area on Jan. 25
01-18-2012
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www.azcentral.com
WASHINGTON " President Barack Obama will travel to the Phoenix area on Wednesday, Jan. 25, a White House official confirmed Wednesday. The president’s trip to Arizona will be part of a five-state, three-day swing across the country that will begin th
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Arizona Election Fraud: Pima County Loses Bid to Stop Ballot Custody Depositions
01-19-2012
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Intercept
The Libertarian party may depose employees at the Iron Mountain storage facility in an effort to determine who in Pima County had access to the ballots for the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) election since 2006.
Previous depositions indic
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J.t. Waldron
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
More cracks found in Airbus A380 wings
01-19-2012
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www.reuters.com
Airbus (EAD.PA) said on Thursday it had discovered more cracks in the wings of two A380 superjumbo aircraft but insisted the world's largest jetliner remained safe to fly.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich Reaffirms Pledge To Violate Constitution After Promising To Kill Enemies Of Our Nation
01-19-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
After pledging to kill our enemies, Newt Gingrich returned to one of his favorite themes: violating the United States Constitution.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
U.S. ambassador: Political situation in China “very, very delicate”
01-19-2012
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www.thecable.foreignpolicy.com
The Chinese people are increasingly frustrated with the Chinese Communist Party and the political situation in China is "very, very delicate," U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke said on Wednesday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iran Threatens U.S., Persian Gulf Cities with Missile Attacks
01-19-2012
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www.usnews.com
A new report says Tehran wants to dissuade a U.S. attack on its nuclear sites
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iranian Lawmaker: Obama Proposed Talks; US Denies
01-19-2012
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www.abcnews.go.com
An Iranian lawmaker claimed Wednesday that President Barack Obama called for direct talks with Iran in a secret letter to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader that also warned Tehran against closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Murdoch company to pay hacking damages in 36 cases
01-19-2012
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www.apnews.myway.com
Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
ABC's Brian Ross Discusses Interview With Marianne Gingrich
01-19-2012
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www.wmal.com
Ross says Marianne Gingrich wanted to come forward now, because she thinks voters would want to know this kind of information before they go to the polls.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Copper Basin 300 canceled because of 'impassible' trail conditions
01-19-2012
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www.newsminer.com
The Copper Basin 300 sled dog race is the latest victim of Alaska’s weird winter weather pattern as race officials canceled the event Sunday morning, less than a day after the race started.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
New York Moves to Deploy Body Scanners on Street in Search for Guns
01-19-2012
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www.infowars.com
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly told CBS in New York his department is looking to deploy Terahertz Imaging Detection scanners on the street in the war on “illegal guns.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Costa Concordia: investigators probe role of young Moldovan woman on cruise ship
01-19-2012
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www.telegraph.co.uk
Italian investigators are probing the mystery of a young Moldovan woman who was reportedly on the bridge of the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it smashed into rocks off the coast of Giglio island, forcing the evacuation of its 4,200 passengers and
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iran TV: Earthquake Jolts Iranian City
01-19-2012
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www.myfoxdc.com
Iran's state TV reports a moderate earthquake has jolted the city of Neyshabour in the northeast part of Iran.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of President’s Piracy Stand
01-19-2012
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deadline.com
Internet sites on their SOPA-Strike may be conducting a blackout but Hollywood studios are conducting a boycott.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
FIRST ON CNN: Sources: Perry dropping out of GOP race
01-19-2012
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www.politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid Thursday for the Republican presidential nomination, two sources familiar with his plans told CNN.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Gilligan, The Skipper, and the Federal Reserve
01-19-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Imagine if life on the island were different. Instead of seven stranded castaways, there were only four: Gilligan, the Skipper, Mr. Howell, and Ben Bernanke.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
How Ron Paul Won ALL THREE of My Iowa Caucus Precincts
01-19-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
On caucus night, I gave a speech at a triple-precinct site. We all voted separately, but the function was run together. Ron Paul won all the individual precincts
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Biden’s oops moment in SF: “Giants on their way to Super Bowl”
01-19-2012
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Vice President Joe Biden had his “oops” moment Wednesday speaking in a 49er-crazed San Francisco when he told a crowd at a city political fundraiser that “the Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
CNN GOP debate tonight from South Carolina at 8pm EST
01-19-2012
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www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com
The final GOP debate before this Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary will take place tonight from Charleston, South Carolina. This debate is sponsored by CNN and the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Free Speech
Tip for censors: Fans of "Firefly" fight back (and win)
01-19-2012
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www.geeksofdoom.com
Fans, Neil Gaiman Help Bring Justice To Professor Threatened With Criminal Charges For ‘Firefly’ Poster,...and Firefly fans prove once again that you just can’t take that sky away.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Energy
One Third Fuel Consumption For Friction
01-19-2012
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arclein
However, new technology can reduce friction by anything from 10% to 80% in various components of a car, according to a joint study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in USA. It should thus be possible to
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
3D mapping of Earth Well Underway
01-19-2012
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arclein
green tinted areas already comply with a the requirement of a two-metre accuracy. Yellow-coloured areas must be recorded a second time, reddish surfaces also require recording from a different angle. Gray-shaded strips have been recorded, but have ye
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Quantum Critical Theory Wins Support
01-19-2012
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arclein
In correlated electron processes, the electrons in a superconductor behave in lockstep, as if they were a single entity rather than a large collection of individuals. These processes bring about tipping points called "quantum critical points" at wh
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News Link • World News
Dominqiue Strauss-Kahn's wife Anne Sinclar to be editorial director of "Le Huffington Post*
01-18-2012
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Daily Telegraph
Anne Sinclair, the wife of former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is to be editorial director of the French version of news website the Huffington Post.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Poll Sees Shift in Independent Vote, a Hurdle for Obama
01-18-2012
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New York Times
President Obama opens his re-election bid facing significant obstacles among independent voters, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, with the critical piece of the electorate that cemented his victory four years ago open to denying
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
U.S. charges Chinese man with NY Fed software theft
01-18-2012
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Reuters
U.S. prosecutors arrested a Chinese computer programmer on charges he stole software code valued at nearly $10 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Bo Zhang, 32, of Queens, New York, worked as a contract programmer at the bank. He wa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Treasury dips into pension funds to avoid debt
01-18-2012
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news.yahoo.com
The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Don't think the drug war is the new Jim Crow? Then read this book
01-18-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
...although white Americans are far and away the nation's biggest dealers and users of illegal drugs, African-Americans are far and away the ones most likely to be jailed for drug crimes
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
HOT: Ron Paul NDAA House Floor Speech 1/18/2012 (video)
01-18-2012
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YouTube via RonPaulSocialNetwork.com post (YEAH!)
"What a way to usher in the New Year." The Doc at his finest. Freedom's time has come ONCE AGAIN!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • World News
Kim Jong Il's other son expects North Korean regime to fail, journalist says
01-18-2012
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www.cnn.com
Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son, is the half-brother of Kim Jong Un, the new leader of North Korea. Kim Jong Nam believes his youngest brother will fail as the "supreme leader" of the reclusive state, according to the book's author, Yoji Gomi.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
New Obama OMB director a Bain alum
01-18-2012
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Washington Examiner
Jeffrey Zients will serve as President Obama's new acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but the president's decision might undercut attacks on Republican Mitt Romney's career as a venture capitalist, because Zients and Romney
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Baptist Pastor Explains “Why Ron Paul?”
01-18-2012
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www.ronpaul2012.com
Since posting a passing comment on my Facebook fan page about Ron Paul, I have been inundated with questions and concerns about my support of the Texas Congressman in the current Republican Primary race…
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
DEA agent wounds self, video goes viral, agent sues DEA, world laughs
01-18-2012
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Wall Street Journal
A federal agent who accidentally shot himself while lecturing children on gun safety lost his appeal Tuesday in a lawsuit over release of the video that subjected him to ridicule on the Internet and late-night talk shows.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Addresses Boos From South Carolina GOP Debate
01-18-2012
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ABC News
“This is why I bring up the “the golden rule” if we don’t want people to ban oil imports to our country, why should we do that to another country,” said Paul adding “I don’t know why that is such a negative term for people to boo that. ”
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