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Date Sent: 2012-02-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, February 28, 2012 AM edition |
U.S. stocks tumble as high oil price weighs -- U.S. vows no change in Afghan war strategy
White House Pumped Millions Into NYPD’s Muslim Surveillance Programs -- Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth -- The causes of the protests in Afghanistan -- Coloradans to decide marijuana legalization in November -- A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Sudafed From Meth -- Wikileaks emails indicate Stratfor discovered Israel already destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities --
Tight Republican race exposes liabilities -- Piracy threatens West
Africa oil expansion -- Inquiry Leader Says Murdoch Papers Paid Off
British Officials -- White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity,
personal privacy -- Veteran who called suicide line
offered counseling to avoid gun charges -- Rasmussen Poll: Ron Paul
Leads Obama 43 - 41 in Public Opinion Milestone! -- Metro Detroit Arab-American leaders
line up behind Ron Paul -- Gunman kills one, injures four
in Ohio school shooting -- TransCanada
makes new push for Keystone XL oil pipeline -- Former
President Bill Clinton among Nobel Prize nominees -- 'Hallwalkers': The Ghosts Of The State
Department -- Secret £14million Bible in which 'Jesus
predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad' unearthed -- Is Israel a
Failed State? -- New evidence
casts doubt in Lockerbie case -- Yemen’s Saleh formally
steps down after 33 years -- Syrians Overwhelmingly Approve New
Constitution -- Carlos Miller in Keene, NH, Part 1 -- CNN Silences War-Skeptical Soldier --
Ernest Hancock segment on Revolution Super PAC Broadcast Sat.
2-25-2012 -- February 27th, 2012 - Ademo Freeman - Drew Phillips -
Jun Dam - Susan Lindauer (MP3 & Video Loaded)
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this
Saturday, March 3rd
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News Link • Military
U.S. vows no change in Afghan war strategy
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
The US military has no plans to alter its troop drawdown timetable in Afghanistan despite a week of deadly unrest over the burning of the Koran at an American base, the Pentagon said Monday.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. stocks tumble as high oil price weighs
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
US stocks sank Monday as traders worried about the high price of oil and after the Group of 20 major economies snubbed Europe’s call for more aid to fight the eurozone debt crisis.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House Pumped Millions Into NYPD’s Muslim Surveillance Programs
02-27-2012
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CBS News
Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance.
The money is part of a little-known grant intended to help law enforcement fight drug
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth
02-27-2012
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New York Times
The White House correspondent for ABC News, pointed out that the administration had lauded brave reporting in distant lands asked, “How does that square with the fact that this administration has been so aggressively trying to stop aggressive journal
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
The causes of the protests in Afghanistan
02-27-2012
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by Glenn Greenwald (Salon)
Protesters in Kabul interviewed on the road and in front of Parliament said that this was not the first time that Americans had violated Afghan cultural and religious traditions and that an apology was not enough.
“This is not just about dishonori
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Coloradans to decide marijuana legalization in November
02-27-2012
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Eric W. Dolan via The RawStory.com
Residents of Colorado will have the opportunity this November to legalize marijuana possession and allow regulated sales of marijuana in their state.
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News Link • Iran
Wikileaks emails indicate Stratfor discovered Israel already destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities
02-27-2012
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Rawstory
Growing concerns over Iran’s nuclear facilities may prove to be all for naught. Officials from the global intelligence company Stratfor allegedly discussed that Israel may have already destroyed the Iranian nuclear facility, according to one of the e
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Tight Republican race exposes liabilities
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
A rich guy with a tin ear and a culture war extremist: Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have reinforced these unflattering narratives as the battle for the Republican nomination heats up in Michigan.
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Finkelstein Sparks Outrage Within BDS Movement
02-27-2012
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Arutz Sheva - Israeli National News
In an entirely uncharacteristic interview, infamous “Palestinian activist" and author, Norman Finkelstein, admitted that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is “a cult” and both he and Noam Chomsky admit it wants Israel destroyed.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • World News
Piracy threatens West Africa oil expansion
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
Piracy is a growing threat to West Africa’s plans to double oil production over the next decade and is already having a devastating impact on ports, the UN Security Council was warned Monday.
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News Link • Government
Inquiry Leader Says Murdoch Papers Paid Off British Officials
02-27-2012
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New York Times
Rupert Murdoch was confronted with fresh allegations from a top police investigator that the daily Sun had systematically paid large sums of money to “a network of corrupted officials” in the British police, military and government.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy
02-27-2012
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Washington Post
The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to admi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Veteran who called suicide line offered counseling to avoid charges
02-27-2012
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Washington Post
Duvall, a 45-year-old Persian Gulf War veteran who lives outside Roanoke, was charged with four counts related to the manufacturing of the weapon after calling a [confidential?] suicide crisis hotline run by the Department of Veterans Affairs last Ju
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics
Rasmussen Poll: Ron Paul Leads Obama 43 - 41 in Public Opinion Milestone!
02-27-2012
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Wesley Messamore, HumbleLibertarian.com
For the first time ever, Ron Paul leads Obama in the Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll! Mitt Romney also leads Obama again for the first time since December. Both Santorum and Gingrich trail Obama nationally in a hypothetical 2012 ma
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Wesley Messamore
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News Link • Activism
Call a Spade a Spade (note & video)
02-27-2012
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C. Smith blog and YouTube video
Integrity is having your words and behavior match what you profess to believe. I’ve learned (and questioned myself leading to greater understanding) from freedom educators who were straightforward, blunt, with moral courage to call a spade a spade.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Metro Detroit Arab-American leaders line up behind Ron Paul
02-27-2012
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freep.com
Several Arab-American leaders in metro Detroit lined up today behind Ron Paul, saying his views on foreign policy and civil liberties make him the best Republican candidate for president.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Gunman kills one, injures four in Ohio school shooting
02-27-2012
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By Kim Palmer
A student gunman opened fire with a handgun in the cafeteria of a high school near Cleveland on Monday morning, fatally wounding one boy and injuring three other boys and one girl ....
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News Link • Energy
TransCanada makes new push for Keystone XL oil pipeline
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
TransCanada Corp announced Monday it would go ahead with construction of part of its Keystone XL oil pipeline that does not require US presidential approval, a stretch from the state of Oklahoma to the US Gulf Coast.
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News Link • Government
Former President Bill Clinton among Nobel Prize nominees
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, and former President Bill Clinton may be among the hundreds of nominees for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, rights activists say.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
'Hallwalkers': The Ghosts Of The State Department
02-27-2012
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by NPR Staff
The halls of the State Department are haunted, not by actual ghosts, but by people who might as well be ghosts
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Secret £14million Bible in which 'Jesus predicts coming of Prophet Muhammad' unearthed in Tu
02-27-2012
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By Daily Mail Reporter
A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
My Remarks at the Amherst NY Presidential Straw Poll
02-27-2012
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by James Ostrowski
Ron Paul won the straw poll with 30 votes. Santorum had 25, Romney " 21 and Gingrich " 18.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Is Israel a Failed State?
02-27-2012
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by Noah Millman
The Unmaking of Israel, Gershom Gorenberg, Harper, 336 pages
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
New evidence casts doubt in Lockerbie case
02-27-2012
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ALJAZEERA
Fresh scientific evidence unearthed by a Scottish legal review undermines the case against the man convicted of being responsible for the Lockerbie aircraft bombing, an investigation for Al Jazeera has found.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nearly 10 percent of customers switch banks in 2011
02-27-2012
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Andrew Jones via The RawStory.com
Global research company J.D. Power & Associates found that almost 10 percent of bank customers switched to another financial outlet in 2011, thanks in large part to increased fees.
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News Link • World News
Yemen’s Saleh formally steps down after 33 years
02-27-2012
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The RawStory.com
Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down after 33 years at the helm on Tuesday at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Sanaa, formally handing power to his deputy, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi.
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News Link • Transportation
Bill Ford Says Connected Cars Can Save Us From Gridlock
02-27-2012
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Keith Barry via Wired.com
As the number of privately-owned vehicles increases worldwide, the executive chairman and scion of an automotive dynasty is warning of massive global gridlock that can only be solved through technological advances.
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News Link • Conspiracies
How Romney Campaign Forged 'GrassRoots' Image in Chandler, Arizona
02-27-2012
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RonPaulFilms at YouTube via Daily Paul
You can tell a real homemade GrassRoots sign from what they handed out from a mile away! That, and they weren't all made with the same brush and ink...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Space Industry Races To Fill Job Openings
02-27-2012
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Jason Paur via WIRED.com
The burgeoning private space industry continues to grow and based on hiring needs. Three of the leaders representing both commercial orbital and sub-orbital missions have busy human resource departments trying fill dozens of openings.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Newly Discovered Space Rock Is Headed Toward Earth, Estimated Time of Arrival 2040
02-27-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
All eyes are on the asteroid Apophis, but a new threat--just 460 feet wide--dominated the conversation at a recent meeting of the UN Action Team on near-Earth objects (NEOs)
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Neural Interfaces Can Bring True Feeling to Artificial Limbs
02-27-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
New plastic scaffolds attached to prosthetic devices could enable nerves to feel and control artificial limbs, using electrical signals to bring back real sensations.
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News Link • Internet
ACTA: the Internet censorship “law” that can’t be repealed?
2-26-2012
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Free Patriot Press
Just last month millions of Americans rallied to defeat SOPA and PIPA. However, something worse has crept in the back-door and may not be able to be repealed. In October 2011, President Obama signed an international agreement called the Anti-Counterf
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • World News
'US to announce aerial blockade on Syria'
02-27-2012
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Roi Kais
US readies for possibility of intervention without UN resolution, Asharq Al-Awsat reports, citing US military official; plan to include humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees on Turkey's border.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Assassinations and American Presidents
02-27-2012
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by Alison Weir
On Jan. 13 the Atlanta Jewish Times featured a column by its owner-publisher suggesting that Israel might someday need to “order a hit” on the president of the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
State Trooper Kills Woman With Taser Instead Of Chasing Her
02-27-2012
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by David Drumm (Nal)
Florida Highway Patrol officer Daniel Cole used his taser to stop a fleeing Danielle Maudsley. As a result, Maudsley fell and cracked her head on the concrete roadway.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Drone Makers Cash In as Other Nations, US Police Enter Market
02-27-2012
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Common Dreams staff
'The hungriest market is the nation's 19,000 law enforcement agencies'
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Robert Lee
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