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Date Sent: 2012-02-24
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, February 24, 2012 |
Afghan soldier kills two U.S. soldiers -- Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran
Lysander Spooner, Neo-Confederate -- Meet Carlos Bea, Your New Favorite
Federal Judge -- The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No
Charges Filed -- Bank of America Breaks With Fannie Mae -- Euro zone headed for recession, report says -- Formerly secret telexes reveal Iran’s early use of deceit in nuclear program --
Afghan laborer recalls rage as he tried to save charred Korans --
Bullhead City man arrested for keeping a raccoon -- Honeymoon Murder
Trial Charges Dismissed By Judge -- Bradley Manning Arraigned, Defers
Entering Plea -- WiFi 802.22 Technology Promises Wireless Data Over 60
Miles: Say Goodbye to Data Plans -- In only 5 hours today, Silver jumped over a $1,...again. -- Short interview with Mrs. Carol Paul -- How America's Sick Drug War Brought Death and Terror to Colombia --
Has Ron Paul Formed a Political Alliance With Mitt Romney? -- Could
America's Farmers and Ranchers Face a Rhodesian Future? -- Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets -- DIA director: China preparing for space warfare Growing threat to United States --
The Pentagon Has 6 Bomb-Zapping Ray Guns (Which May Be 6 Too Many) --
February 23rd, 2012 - Adrienne Pine - Drew Phillips - (MP3 and Video
Loaded) -- Feb 22nd, 2012 - Jordan Page - Adam Kokesh - Brad Friedman -
(AV Loaded) (KickAss BONUS Seg.)
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News Link • World News
Afghan soldier kills two U.S. soldiers
02-23-2012
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World News
U.S. President Barack Obama apologized to Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday for NATO troops' burning of Korans, which has led to violent protests.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Iran
Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran
02-23-2012
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By GEORGE JAHN
Russia said Wednesday the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to investigate allegations the Islamic Republic hid secret work on atomic arms, but the U.S. and its allies accused Tehran of nuclear
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Lysander Spooner, Neo-Confederate
02-23-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
"The principle, on which the war was waged by the North, was simply this: That men may rightfully be compelled to submit to, and support, a government that they do not want; and that resistance, on their part, makes them traitors and criminals."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Meet Carlos Bea, Your New Favorite Federal Judge
02-23-2012
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The Agitator
I’ve noted before the absurdity of the judges not calling out misbehaving prosecutors by name, even in opinions that find really egregious misconduct. This makes it much more difficult for journalists and watchdog groups to find repeat offenders. So
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Trade
The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed
02-23-2012
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Reason TV
The thing that’s most troubling about the Lacey Act is that it doesn’t require an actual complaint from the offended country for U.S. officials to investigate. In fact, it doesn’t even matter if the country whose laws you’re alleged to have broken ac
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Bank of America Breaks With Fannie Mae
02-23-2012
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New York Times
Bank of America said Thursday that it would no longer sell new mortgages to Fannie Mae, underscoring tensions in a fight between giants of the home loan market over billions in losses in the housing bubble.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Euro zone headed for recession, report says
02-23-2012
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Washington Post
Countries that use the euro are headed for a mild recession this year, the European Commission said Thursday, the region’s second economic contraction since 2008, despite years of attempts to solidify the euro zone’s economic standing.
The announc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Formerly secret telexes reveal Iran’s early use of deceit in nuclear program
02-23-2012
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Washington Post
The reason for the unusual purchase " 220 pounds of highly caustic fluorine gas " was never explained, but someone at Iran’s Sharif University was clearly anxious to collect. For months, the mysterious buyer bombarded a British supply company with te
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan laborer recalls rage as he tried to save charred Korans
02-23-2012
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Reuters
Jamil said U.S. soldiers were at first willing to allow them to take away the charred remains of the Korans, explaining how some parts made their way outside the base, but said arriving Afghan interpreters immediately realized the material could inci
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Bullhead City man arrested for keeping a raccoon
02-23-2012
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AP
A Bullhead City man found out this week that keeping a raccoon as a pet is against the law. Arizona Game and Fish Department officers along with members of the Bullhead City Police Department arrested 57-year-old Stan Morris Wednesday after learning
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Honeymoon Murder Trial Charges Dismissed By Judge
02-23-2012
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The judge presiding over the so-called honeymoon killer trial dismissed murder charges against Gabe Watson after the prosecution completed its case today.
The charges were dismissed before the defense presented a single witness.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning Arraigned, Defers Entering Plea
02-23-2012
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ABC News
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of providing hundreds of thousands of classified military documents and state department cables to online publisher WikiLeaks, deferred entering a plea at his arraignment today.
Sitting in the Ft. Meade, Md., cou
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Claim: Alien Technology In Fort Knox
02-23-2012
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Terrence Aym - Before It's News
Although today the federal government still claims that about Some 147 million troy ounces of gold still resides in Fort Knox and another 220 million troy ounces rests safely in the huge sub-basement vault of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, in act
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Jordan Page to play at private party for all the activists who helped with this week's events!
02-23-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Thursday - February 23rd, 2012, Hancock's, 6 p.m. til ?? - Arizona stepped up to the plate in their tireless effort to promote liberty and showed Ron Paul (and the world) the LOV3! Now it is time to relax and enjoy the music of Jordan Page
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
WiFi 802.22 Technology Promises Wireless Data Over 60 Miles: Say Goodbye to Data Plans
07-29-2011
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www.slashgear.com
"This technology takes advantage of VHF and UHF TV bands and transmits broadband wireless internet over 60 miles in diameter." "The news release is plain and simple, but something tells me this tech might never see the light of day."
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Andrew Strmic
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News Link • Gold and Silver
In only 5 hours today, Silver jumped over a $1,...again.
02-23-2012
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www.kitco.com
Was this because of Greece, something said in last night's debate, or just common sense?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Drug War
How America's Sick Drug War Brought Death and Terror to Colombia
02-23-2012
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ByDan Kovalik
The murder and "disappearance" of vast numbers of Colombians is part and parcel of the U.S.'s policy to "drain the sea [the civilian population] to kill the fish [the insurgents]."
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Could America's Farmers and Ranchers Face a Rhodesian Future?
02-23-2012
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James Wesley, Rawles - SurvivalBlog.com
I envision one possible future for America that is fairly bleak, at least in the short term. If the economy deteriorates the way that I anticipate, and if the power grids ever collapse, then it could trigger that dreaded "worst case" situation.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
After bitter debate, Romney and Santorum eye Mich.
02-23-2012
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By BETH FOUHY and KASIE HUNT
A bitter and often personal debate behind them, Republicans Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are shoring up their campaigns in different ways ahead of a series of crucial presidential primaries.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
02-23-2012
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By Stephanie Hegarty
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.
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News Link • World News
Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets
02-23-2012
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By Steve Gutterman
Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to U.S. power.
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News Link • China
DIA director: China preparing for space warfare
Growing threat to United States
02-23-2012
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BY: Bill Gertz
Army Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, disclosed new details of China’s space weapons programs last week, including information regarding China’s anti-satellite missiles and cyber warfare capabilities.
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News Link • Government Waste
The Pentagon Has 6 Bomb-Zapping Ray Guns (Which May Be 6 Too Many)
02-23-2012
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By Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman
Since January 2006, the Pentagon has spent more than $18 billion trying to stop insurgent bombs " funding everything from radio frequency jammers to electronic dragnets that hunt bombmakers’ phone calls.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Buckyball Solids Found in Space
02-23-2012
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By Mark Brown, Wired UK
After finding gaseous clouds of buckyballs in space last year, astronomers have now discovered the carbon balls in a solid form, around a pair of stars some 6,500 light-years from Earth.
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News Link • Constitution
VIDEO: Vigilance in Action - WTP at U.S. CoA to Ban ALL voting machines, + New WEBINARS Scheduled
02-23-2012
It’s pretty simple: e-voting machines record and count your votes using unseen, unknown mechanisms and proprietary software. Bob Schulz of WTP Foundation files the Appeal. Join us on a live WEBINAR as we organize just 3% to restore Liberty.
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Bob Schulz
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News Link • Food
Blind, Footless Chickens for Future CAFOs
02-23-2012
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Farm Wars
This new CAFO method requires rendering the chickens blind so that they can be produced in a denser condition while remaining alive, and oblivious.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Fear of war drives gas prices up
02-22-2012
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RT
Tensions between America and Iran have yielded global concern, the deployment of thousands of US troops and bickering from foreign policy experts around the world.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
High spy: WikiLeaks accuses Swedish FM of spying for US
02-22-2012
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RT
The world famous whistleblowing group WikiLeaks claims it has documents exposing Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt as an American spy and is promising to publish them soon.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Putin warns US against rearming Georgia
02-22-2012
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RT news
Vladimir Putin said that Russia still hoped to become friends with the Georgian people and criticized the US authorities for rearming the current Georgian regime.
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Robert Lee
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