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Date Sent: 2012-02-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 AM edition |
Seattle Cops Exonerated After Caught On Cam Threatening To Make Up Evidence
Grade Students Racking Up Cafeteria Debt -- Syria would not send troops to protect protesters at OWS – envoy to UN -- Ron Paul Wins Maine -- The Wonderful World of Gold in One Graphic -- Portugal’s Debt Efforts May Be Warning for Greece -- Banks aren’t liable for auto industry woes -- CNN Fires Entire
Jewish Staff Of Israel Bureau - And Retains Only Arab Reporters --
Starbucks pulled into gun debate -- Why Not Thorium? -- The Eighth
Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair 2012 -- Ron Paul: Americans should be
'outraged' with Obama budget -- Prisons, Drones, and Black Ops in Afghanistan -- Can Mitt Romney convince Arizona he is a true conservative? -- EPA
Sued for Failure to Issue Air Pollution Standards -- Occupy Protesters
Sue NYC over Pepper Spray Incident -- Study: 1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered To Vote --
Greece: From Despair to Resistance: Test Site for Neoliberal Social
Engineering. -- Fukushima Nuclear Plant at High Risk for Major
Earthquake -- For decades, the most secure and profitable gov't job was as a CA. prison guard,...no longer. --
Arizona Minting of Gold - Silver - Copper (You can't make this stuff
up) -- ★Drudge: Time to Take Down Santorum's Disguise -- For Gingrich,
"Super Tuesday" looms as turning point -- Pew study: 1 in 8 voter
records flawed -- NYPD "Stop and Frisks" Hit All-Time High -- TSA Forces Woman To Use Naked Body Scanner Three Times Because of
“Cute” Figure -- Obama welcomes Chinese vice president at start of U.S.
tour -- PENNSYLVANIA VOTER EMERGENCY! (Need 1000′s of Signatures BY FEB.
14 in Pennsylvania!) -- Steve Wynn Is Feuding With His Best Friend Over
His Casino Empire, And Now The SEC Is Involved
AZ: Feb 22 – ARIZONA
REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts Center (BUY
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Grade Students Racking Up Cafeteria Debt
02-14-2012
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Many school districts are switching to electronic payment systems in their cafeterias. Parents can fund their kids' accounts online and even see what their kids are buying for lunch. But kids can also charge food when there's no money in their accoun
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Syria would not send troops to protect protesters at OWS " envoy to UN
02-14-2012
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Russia Today
UN is applying double standards towards Syria, the country’s envoy stated while addressing the General Assembly. He said that his country, like any sovereign state, has exclusive responsibility for maintaining security on its national territory.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Seattle Cops Exonerated After Caught On Cam Threatening To Make Up Evidence
02-14-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
eattle police were caught on dash cam telling a pair of innocent robbery suspects that they would "make stuff up" to ensure the charges would stick, even though there was a complete lack of actual evidence.
That incident is just small sample of wh
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Ron Paul Wins Maine
02-14-2012
A voter advocacy group tallies votes from eye witnesses to the Maine caucus that results in Ron Paul winning with 43%, Mitt Romney 32%, Rick Sanatorium 19%, and Newt 5%.
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Gold and Silver
The Wonderful World of Gold in One Graphic
02-14-2012
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Gold Scams Exposed Blog
NumberSleuth.org took on the ever interesting task of breaking down the life of gold, including where it is, who has it, and where it's going. Some of the facts pulled from this beautiful graphic are astonishing.
Did you know that all the gold in
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Megan Duffield
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News Link • Economy - International
Portugal’s Debt Efforts May Be Warning for Greece
02-14-2012
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New York Times
As debt-plagued Greece struggles to meet Europe’s strict terms for receiving its next round of bailout money, the lesson of Portugal might bear watching. Unlike Greece, Portugal is a debtor nation that has done everything that the European Union and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bailouts
Banks aren’t liable for auto industry woes
02-14-2012
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Washington Post
WALL STREET IS recovering from the Great Recession, but the U.S. financial sector might not exist at all if Congress had not enacted a $700 billion bailout, the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), on Oct. 3, 2008. In President Obama’s view, the fi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Television
CNN Fires Entire Jewish Staff Of Israel Bureau - And Retains Only Arab Reporters
02-14-2012
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Before It's News
CNN denied Monday reports from numerous media outlets that it fired all Israeli Jewish reporters at its Jerusalem bureau and retained only Arab reporters.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Gun Rights
Starbucks pulled into gun debate
02-14-2012
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MSN Money
To commemorate Valentine's Day anti-gun groups gave Starbucks a hard time for their allowing the open & concealed carry of firearms in their stores.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Eighth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair 2012
02-14-2012
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Brooklyn For Peace
It's that time of year again and we are thrilled to invite you and your organization to become a part of the Eight Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair on Saturday April 28, 12 pm to 5 pm, at Brooklyn College.
Through workshops on current events, music, ar
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Americans should be 'outraged' with Obama budget
02-14-2012
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By Justin Sink - 02/14/12 04:28 PM ET
Ron Paul said Tuesday that Americans should be "outraged" over President Obama's 2013 budget proposal and echoed fellow Republicans in arguing that the plan fell short of the president's promises to reduce deficit spending.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Prisons, Drones, and Black Ops in Afghanistan
02-14-2012
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by Nick Turse
The American military in Afghanistan doesn’t want to talk about it, but one day soon, it will be a new hub for the American drone war in the Greater Middle East.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Can Mitt Romney convince Arizona he is a true conservative?
02-14-2012
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By Amanda Paulson, Staff Writer / February 14, 201
A Mitt Romney win in Arizona seems likely, but the state will provide a testing ground for whether Rick Santorum's social-conservative message can resonate in a less traditionally religious state.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
EPA Sued for Failure to Issue Air Pollution Standards
02-14-2012
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EarthJustice News Room
Dangerous levels of soot particles cause thousands of deaths each year
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Occupy Protesters Sue NYC over Pepper Spray Incident
02-14-2012
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Common Dreams staff
Two protesters who were pepper sprayed by Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna of the NYPD last fall during a peaceful march against Wall Street crimes and corporate greed, have sued the city for damages
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Study: 1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered To Vote
02-14-2012
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by Pam Fessler
Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much. But they do agree that voter registration lists across the country are a mess.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
For decades, the most secure and profitable gov't job was as a CA. prison guard,...no longer.
02-14-2012
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Associated Press
California prison officials have sent layoff notices to 545 employees, including 140 guards, as the inmate population declines to comply with a federal court order.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Self-Help: Rational Living
Don't Be Stupid, Cupid: How to Show Your Love Responsibly
02-14-2012
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Annie Leonard
For holidays tainted by commercialism, Valentine's Day gives Christmas a run for the money"big money.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
For Gingrich, "Super Tuesday" looms as turning point
02-14-2012
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www.ca.news.yahoo.com
His campaign is running low on money, he's falling behind in voter surveys and he has begun to aim his biting criticism at the leadership of his own political party.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Voting: Voter Information
Pew study: 1 in 8 voter records flawed
02-14-2012
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www.usatoday.com
More than 24 million voter-registration records in the United States" about one in eight " are inaccurate, out-of-date or duplicates. Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states, and perhaps 1.8 million registered voters are dead.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Privacy Rights
NYPD "Stop and Frisks" Hit All-Time High
02-14-2012
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www.nbcneyyork.com
City police officers stopped and questioned 684,330 people on the street last year, a record since the NYPD began yearly tallies of the tactic in 2002 and a 14 percent increase over 2010.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Forces Woman To Use Naked Body Scanner Three Times Because of “Cute” Figure
02-14-2012
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www.infowars.com
New legislation will force TSA to install “passenger advocates” at every airport
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
Obama welcomes Chinese vice president at start of U.S. tour
02-14-2012
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www.latimes.com
President Obama greeted the Chinese heir apparent in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning, a venue where the U.S. president usually receives only the nation's closest friends.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
PENNSYLVANIA VOTER EMERGENCY! (Need 1000′s of Signatures BY FEB. 14 in Pennsylvania!)
02-14-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
!! DEADLINE IS 5PM FEB. 14 (THAT'S TOADY) !!
LAST DAY TO SIGN PETITIONS AND HELP RON PAUL.
IF THIS IS NOT DONE, NO RON PAUL ON THE BALLOT IN PENNSYLVANIA!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: America
Steve Wynn Is Feuding With His Best Friend Over His Casino Empire, And Now The SEC Is Involved
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Steve Wynn is known for his epic anti-Obama/big government rants, so we've seen his temper in action. We've even gone so far as to imagine how uncomfortable it might be to have that anger directed at us.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
On The Dresden Bombing Anniversary, 13,000 People Formed A Human Chain To Block A Neo-Nazi March
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
67 years ago today the allies devastated the German city of Dresden with a bombing campaign that took 25,000 lives " just a few months before the end of World War II.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
ART CASHIN: The Unemployed Are Now Going On Disability And It's Costing The Government Billions
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
The topic was unemployment or, more specifically, where do those people go who have stopped looking for work. Their absence is credited with distorting the unemployment rate and making it lower than most expect or believe.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Free Trade
The 11 Most Revered Companies In The World
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Tech, manufacturing and retail are the three industries that people feel are part of the solution to the current economic crisis, and it affects their reputations. Tech, in particular, dominates the top of the list.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
MAP OF THE DAY: Track The Giant Mass Of Tsunami Debris Headed For The US
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
And now that giant mass of garbage, carrying everything from small fishing vessels to cars to TV sets, is headed toward California's beaches, scheduled to reach the U.S. West Coast as early as 2014, according to researchers at the University of Hawai
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Warren Buffett's Straw Man Argument Ignores One Fundamental Trend
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
For value investors of a certain age (e.g. mine), discovering that Warren Buffett could be wrong is like suddenly not believing in Father Christmas
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
If You Live In Britain, All Your Savings Belong To Debt
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
The great myth of the last few decades is that people can establish sustainable savings by investing in other people’s debt.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Is This The Most Ridiculous Mitt Romney Flip Flop Of All Time?
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Great catch here from Paul Krugman, who notices that in the course of one paragraph, Mitt Romney manages to slam Obama for not cutting entitlement spending and cutting entitlement spending at the same time.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Here's Why The GM Turnaround Is Failing
02-14-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
The American Auto industry"an industry that’s been the proud symbol of America’s manufacturing might for a century, an industry that helped to build our middle class"is once again on the rise.”
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Donna Hancock
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