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Date Sent: 2012-02-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, February 13, 2012 AM edition |
Arab League calls for joint UN mission in Syria -- Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting
February 13th, 2012 - Adam Kokesh - Listen Live M-F, LRN.FM, 9 a.m.- NOON -- Congress debates federal oversight for subways -- Video: President Obama Test-Fires a Marshmallow Cannon at the White House Science Fair -- Video: DARPA's Legged Squad Support System (a.k.a. Big Dog) Goes Outside to Play -- The EU is Considering Using Drones to Police Farm Subsidies, Enforce Environmental Rules -- Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It -- Anonymous Takes Down CIA -- UK Report Suggests Soldiers Could One Day Plug Their Weapons Right Into Their Brains -- Singer Tony Bennett calls for legalizing drugs -- Santorum Sees ‘Two-Person Race’ With Romney -- Mitt Romney wins 2012
Maine caucuses -- Ron Paul campaign implies foul play in Romney victory
in Maine -- Mortgage problems? Turn your house into a billboard -- Senators Consider Banning Automatic Media Sharing on Facebook --
Ron Paul on CBS's Face The Nation -- Reading "War Is A Racket"
converted me... Use it on others -- Ron Paul refuses to concede Maine -
Official Campaign release! -- Ron Paul Interview On Face The Nation Day
After Maine Caucus 02/12/12 -- Maine Caucus: NY Times Front Page Picture
Says It All! -- Ron Paul Speech After Maine Caucus Straw Vote
Announcement -- Merkel taking Europe in wrong direction: Soros
AZ: Danish Volunteer for Ron Paul in Phoenix Seeks Lodging Until the Primary; Feb 22 – ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts Center (BUY
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Arab League calls for joint mission with U.N. in Syria
02-12-2012
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Washington Post
The Arab League on Sunday called for the creation of a joint Arab-United Nations peacekeeping mission to halt the escalating violence in Syria, as Syrian government forces sustained their assault against protest strongholds in the city of Homs and el
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Danish Volunteer for Ron Paul in Arizona Seeks Lodging Until the Primary
02-12-2012
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MeetUp.com/ronpaulphoenix
"My name is Christoffer Melson, I am 27 years old and from Denmark.
I feel very strongly about Mr. Paul’s course and I am therefore volunteering
for the campaign in Arizona from February 14th until February 28th."
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World's Oldest Living Organism
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
A patch of Posidonia oceanica, a species of seagrass native to the Mediterranean, has just gotten its DNA sequenced and its age determined--and as it turns out, some parts of this particular patch are up to 200,000 years old.
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News Link • Transportation
Congress debates federal oversight for subways
02-12-2012
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Washington Post
More than two years after the deadliest crash in Metro’s history, there are no federal standards in place for making the nation’s subways and light rail systems safer.
This week, two bills that address safety are expected to go before the House an
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Video: President Obama Test-Fires a Marshmallow Cannon at the White House Science Fair
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
“The Secret Service is going to be mad at me about this.” And with due cause, Mr. President, for we’re pretty sure projectile weapons are prohibited in the State Dining Room of the White House.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Video: DARPA's Legged Squad Support System (a.k.a. Big Dog) Goes Outside to Play
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
The new LS3 prototype has just undergone its first outdoor exercise, demonstrating the ability to “see” its surroundings and distinguish between objects and humans.
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News Link • Surveillance
The EU is Considering Using Drones to Police Farm Subsidies, Enforce Environmental Rules
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
The more progressive aviation framework in Europe means that government monitors potentially have a new weapon in their arsenals--unmanned aerial drones--to enforce regulations, and they’re starting with agriculture
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
02-12-2012
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New York Times
Yet this year, as in each of the past three years, Mr. Gulbranson, 57, is counting on a payment of several thousand dollars from the federal government, a subsidy for working families called the earned-income tax credit. He has signed up his three sc
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Anonymous Takes Down CIA Web Site
02-12-2012
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PC Magazine
Anonymous has ended a rather busy week with a hack of the CIA website, which is currently offline.
"CIA TANGO DOWN: https://www.cia.gov/ #Anonymous," the @YourAnonNews feed tweeted around 3:30pm Eastern.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Tiniest Telecommunications Laser Ever Made, 200 Nanometers Wide
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
Lasers are getting smaller and more powerful " earlier this month, we saw the first-ever atomic scale laser, and now researchers are reporting the smallest telecommunications-frequency laser ever built.
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News Link • Science
Video Microscopy Unveils the Tricks of Nature's Toughest Glue, Oozed By a Bacterium
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
Now high-resolution video microscopy is shedding light on how it can carefully use this adhesive, like a super-precise application of superglue, to stick on surfaces in wet environments.
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News Link • World News
Found: The Oldest Animal Ever on Planet Earth
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
Our earliest evolutionary ancestor may have been found in the form of microscopic sponge-like organisms recently discovered inside extremely ancient African rocks
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
UK Report Suggests Soldiers Could One Day Plug Their Weapons Right Into Their Brains
02-12-2012
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www.popsci.com
A group of forward-thinking military scientists want to plug soldiers’ weapons directly into their brains, and this time DARPA is nowhere to be found.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase
02-12-2012
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www.nytimes.com
The ragtag Occupy Wall Street encampments that sprang up in scores of cities last fall, thrusting “We are the 99 percent” into the vernacular, have largely been dismantled, with a new wave of crackdowns and evictions in the past week
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
Palin On Obama: “WTF”
02-12-2012
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www.buzzfeed.com
Palin and an adoring audience chanted “USA, USA” at a couple occupiers trying to mic-check her big keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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News Link • Drug War
Singer Tony Bennett calls for legalizing drugs
02-12-2012
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www.rawstory.com
In a speech reacting to the death of Whitney Houston, legendary singer Tony Bennett urged the U.S. government to legalize drugs once and for all. “First it was Michael Jackson, then it was Amy Winehouse, and now the magnificent Whiteny Houston,” Benn
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Santorum Sees ‘Two-Person Race’ With Romney
02-12-2012
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www.wsj.com
Rick Santorum said Sunday he believes the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is now a two-man race with Mitt Romney.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Mitt Romney wins 2012 Maine caucuses
02-12-2012
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www.politico.com
Romney won the non-binding caucuses by just three points, 39 percent to Ron Paul’s 36 percent. Rick Santorum trailed in third with 18 percent, and Newt Gingrich received 6 percent of the vote.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul campaign implies foul play in Romney victory in Maine
02-12-2012
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www.rawstory.com
In the wake of would-be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s victory in Saturday’s Maine caucuses, the Ron Paul campaign is raising implications of foul play.
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News Link • Housing
Mortgage problems? Turn your house into a billboard
02-12-2012
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www.reuters.com
When they saw the house on El Dorado Drive in this Los Angeles suburb being painted a startling orange and green and giant billboards hung on the outside, Scott and Beth Hostetler's neighbors were initially angry and confused. Some even considered ca
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News Link • World News
Greek lawmakers approve austerity bill as Athens burns
02-12-2012
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www.reuters.com
The Greek parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country.
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News Link • Internet
Senators Consider Banning Automatic Media Sharing on Facebook
02-12-2012
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www.technewsdaily.com
Nagging requests for permission could overwhelm Facebook if the Senate decides all media should be governed by the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, or VPPA " passed after Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's video rental records were published in a
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul on CBS's Face The Nation
02-12-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
TX Congressman Ron Paul was interviewed by Bob Schiefer on "Face The Nation" on CBS (Check local listing in your area)
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul refuses to concede Maine - Official Campaign release!
02-12-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Tonight the campaign of 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul sent an email to supporters regarding today’s caucus results from the state of Maine.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Speech After Maine Caucus Straw Vote Announcement
02-12-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Ron Paul "If I Were A Betting Man I Would Bet We Will Control The Maine Caucus When We Go To Tampa!"
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Danish Volunteer for Ron Paul in Arizona Seeks Lodging Until the Primary
02-12-2012
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MeetUp.com/ronpaulphoenix
"My name is Christoffer Melson, I am 27 years old and from Denmark.
I feel very strongly about Mr. Paul’s course and I am therefore volunteering
for the campaign in Arizona from February 14th until February 28th."
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Opinion • Activism
Congressional Candidate - Colorado, 3rd District
Fixing Our Problems, Not Complaining About Them
02-12-2012
Tisha Casida
I cannot tell you how many posts, emails, texts, calls, and other communications I receive about all hell breaking loose in our country. What is beyond my comprehension is that we are still discussing the mere existence of these problems that can be
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News Link • Depression
Merkel taking Europe in wrong direction: Soros
02-12-2012
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www.breitbart.com
American billionaire George Soros slammed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview published on Sunday, warning that her policies could lead to a repeat of the Great Depression. "I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership. But unfortunately
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Sex change British man gives birth to son
02-12-2012
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www.telegraph.co.uk
The man, who is believed to be in his 30s, was able to carry a child after taking female hormones to reverse the effects of his female-to-male sex change treatment.
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News Link • History
The Most Interesting Things We Learned From Steve Jobs' FBI File
02-12-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
At the time, he was appointed to be a member of the president's export council. There are dozens of interviews in the report. We've gone through them and picked out some of the most interesting pieces of information. Here are the most interesting tid
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News Link • European Union
Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting
02-12-2012
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hosted.ap.org
ATHENS -- Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Pinal County Sheriff Babeu uses cash for coins, badges
02-12-2012
Purchasing records indicate Babeu's office used anti-racketeering funds, also known as RICO money, to pay $23,350 for the 308 badges and $12,080 for 4,000 coins since September
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News Link • Healthcare
The Unanswered Questions Surrounding the “Contraception Debate”
02-12-2012
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Free Patriot Press
From the time the law known as Obamacare was introduced in 2009, there has been some debate over the federal mandate that individuals must own a health insurance policy that has federal approval. More recently the debate has centered around a provisi
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Futurists: Superhuman 'Man-machines' coming soon
02-12-2012
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Terrence Aym
Futurists see a new humanity on the horizon. The next stage of evolution, they claim, will not be decided by nature, but by Mankind itself.
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News Link • Activism
Help Ed Vallejo get to DC for the Veterans for Ron Paul march on Feb 20th
02-10-2012
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www.youtube.com
Hi, my name is Ed Vallejo and this is my video promoting Adam Kokesh and his RON PAUL IS THE CHOICE OF THE TROOPS March on the White House February 20th, 2012.
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News Link • World News
Russia accuses West of arming Syrian rebels
02-11-2012
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www.reuters.com
Russia said on Friday that the West was stoking the conflict in Syria by sending weapons to the opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Actor Bill Murray to CNBC: 'I think we ought to be personally responsible'
02-11-2012
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www.thehill.com
"I think we've sort of gotten used to someone looking out for us, and I don't think any other person is necessarily going to be counted on to look out for us.
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure Deal to Spur New Wave of U.S. Home Seizures, Help Heal Market
02-11-2012
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Bloomberg
The $25 billion settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses may result in a wave of home seizures, inflicting short-term pain on delinquent U.S. borrowers while making a long-term housing recovery more likely.
Lenders slowed the pace of foreclos
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Embalmer takes speech case to Mass. high court
02-11-2012
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AP
After his comments were published the state board that licenses funeral directors and embalmers revoked his license. Now Schoeller is challenging that punishment arguing the revocation violates his constitutional right to free speech.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Group Forces Congressional Hearing On Big Sis’ Twitter, Drudge Spying
02-11-2012
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InfoWars
Among the documents were guidelines from DHS instructing outside contractors to monitor the web for media reports and comments that “reflect adversely” on the agency or the federal government.
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News Link • Afghanistan
US Marines posed with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan
02-11-2012
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Daily Telegraph
A US Marine sniper team posed with a flag emblazoned with the symbol of the Nazi SS while on duty in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted.
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Syria as Tonkin Gulf for Attack on Iran?
02-11-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Michael Lofgren, who recently retired after a long career analyzing House and Senate national security budgets admits that after dismissing the decades of scare reports on Iran by the warmongers he is suddenly a bit more worried about a possible atta
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