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Date Sent: 2012-03-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, March 31, 2012 |
General: US may export terror war tactics to fight drug gangs -- West continues its war on Iran
Philadelphia student arrested for photographing police -- Arkansas legalized teacher-student sex -- Keith Olbermann ousted from Current TV talk show -- A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine -- Mysterious Clintonville Booms Caught On Tape -- Bin Laden Wife Says He Hid for a Decade in Homes in Pakistan -- California Slammed With Fukushima Radiation --
US House of Representatives approves plan to destroy Medicare, Medicaid
and food stamps -- Study: 'Arctic Cold War' Heats Up -- Today In Reasons to Be Killed If You're Black: Asking For Medical Help -- FDA Keeps BPA in Food, Fails Public Health Again -- Lottery buyers line up to pay a tax -- Papering Over Disaster - by Stephen Lendman -- Defense secretary blasts budget cuts -- Israel Encircles Iran - by Philip Giraldi -- Speculation Grows: Was France Gunman a Police Informant? -- China Punishes Social Media, Websites on Coup Talk -- Judge Throws Out Rule Shielding Campaign Donors -- Virginia plans changes in prisoner isolation process -- We Have a Right to Health Care -- -- Historic breach of credit card security reported at Global Payments! -- Record Number Of Americans Registering As Independents -- American Spending Goes Into Overdrive As Savings Plunge To 2008 Levels -- Army Officially Reprimands Soldier Who Spoke At Ron Paul Rally -- Santorum denies calling Obama the N-word (VIDEO) -- New York police officers defy order to cut marijuana arrests -- Two men torch themselves in Italy as hardship bites -- Obama:
"You're On Your Own" Economics Doesn't Work -- We’re No. 1: In highest
corporate taxes
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News Link • Drug War
General: U.S. may export terror war tactics to fight drug gangs
03-30-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Stephen C. Webster
Drug cartels in Mexico and across South America pose a grave and growing threat to the security of the United States, and Army General Martin Dempsey is well aware of it.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
West continues its war on Iran
03-30-2012
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Washington Post
Coordinated pressure by the Obama administration and its European allies has caused a rapid fall in oil revenue to Iran, squeezing that nation’s economy ahead of nuclear talks next month, U.S. officials and industry analysts said Friday.
The finan
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
We are what we eat, so beware of additives
03-31-2012
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http://www.philly.com, Melanie Burney
A federal court has given the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a legal push to stop the overuse of common antibiotics in animal feed and make the food supply safer.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Oregon food bank combats rising meat prices by turning to local lentil farmers for protein
03-31-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
The food bank in Eugene says it’s facing a shortage of protein brought on by rising Asian demand for meat and domestic animal production squeezed by high feed costs.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Philadelphia student arrested for photographing police
03-31-2012
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http://rt.com,
A student in Philadelphia has been arrested for taking photos of a traffic stop outside his house.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Arkansas legalized teacher-student sex
03-31-2012
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http://rt.com
The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a law prohibiting sexual interaction between teachers and students when it reversed a teacher’s conviction of sexual assault.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Television
Keith Olbermann ousted from Current TV talk show
03-31-2012
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http://www.google.com, By FRAZIER MOORE
Keith Olbermann is looking for a new job after less than a year as a talk show host at Current TV.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Future Predictions
A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine
03-31-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, The Economic Collapse
Most people think of a cashless society as something that is way off in the distant future. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Mysterious Clintonville Booms Caught On Tape
03-31-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Noise sounds more like an underground explosion than an earthquake
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Misinformation
Bin Laden Wife Says He Hid for a Decade in Homes in Pakistan
03-31-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Osama bin Laden’s youngest wife has revealed that the al-Qaeda leader was not holed up in caves along the Afghan-Paksitan border.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
US House of Representatives approves plan to destroy Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps
03-31-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Patrick Martin
The US House of Representatives has adopted a budget resolution that calls for privatization of Medicare and the elimination of Medicaid, food stamps and many other federal entitlement benefits.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Obama’s Forgery and Fraud Have Become a Thorn in the Side of the Unio
03-31-2012
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www.globalresearch.ca, by Patrick Henningsen
Who is Barack Obama? Where was he born, in the United States, or in Kenya? Where is the hard copy of his birth certificate?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Study: 'Arctic Cold War' Heats Up
03-31-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Numerous countries are developing military presence in the Arctic
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Racism
Today In Reasons to Be Killed If You're Black: Asking For Medical Help
03-31-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Abby Zimet
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a black 68-year-old former Marine with a heart condition, was shot and killed in his home by White Plains, N.Y., police who responded to a false alarm from his medical alert pendant.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
FDA Keeps BPA in Food, Fails Public Health Again
03-31-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Today the Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will not take steps to bar bisphenol-A, or BPA, a known toxic chemical, from canned food and liquid infant formula containers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: State
Lottery buyers line up to pay a tax
03-31-2012
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http://edition.cnn.com, By Scott Drenkard
Friday morning, many Americans lined up outside their local convenience stores, hoping to pick the lucky numbers that would win the record-setting $640 million jackpot.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science
Persistence of Coal?
03-31-2012
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arclein
It is illuminating to compare the Myhrvold"Caldeira partial emissions scenarios with the two full blown scenarios of the International Energy Agency (IEA)"the Current Policy Scenario and the 450 Scenario, presented in World Energy Outlook 2010 [3].
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robert klein
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Biologically Enhanced Soldiering
03-31-2012
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arclein
If we can engineer a soldier who can resist torture, would it still be wrong to torture this person with the usual methods? Starvation and sleep deprivation won't affect a super-soldier who doesn't need to sleep or eat. Beatings and electric shocks
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Metallic Hydrogen as Propellent
03-31-2012
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arclein
Atomic metallic hydrogen, if metastable at ambient pressure and temperature could be used as the most powerful chemical rocket fuel, as the atoms recombine to form molecular hydrogen. This light-weight high-energy density material would revolutionize
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robert klein
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Defense secretary blasts budget cuts in Cal visit
03-30-2012
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AP
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told U.S. Marines and sailors on Friday that Congress would be irresponsible if it doesn't act to prevent drastic military budget cuts.
In a visit to this amphibious assault ship off the Southern California coast, he
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Israel Encircles Iran - by Philip Giraldi
03-30-2012
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The American Conservative
Israel is tightening the noose around Iran. The Israeli government has signed a secret agreement with the government of Azerbaijan to lease two former Soviet military airfields located close to the Iranian border. One of the facilities is being used
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Speculation Grows: Was France Gunman a Police Informant?
03-30-2012
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AntiWar
The French government’s attempts to explain why gunman Mohamed Merah escaped scrutiny for so long before an ugly flurry of attacks rose to a new level with an official denial from French spy (DCRI) chief Bernard Squarcini that Merah was missed becaus
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China Punishes Social Media, Websites on Coup Talk
03-30-2012
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AP
China is shuttering more than a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Judge Throws Out Rule Shielding Campaign Donors
03-30-2012
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New York Times
The Federal Election Commission overstepped its bounds in allowing groups that fund certain election ads to keep their financiers anonymous, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Virginia plans changes in prisoner isolation process
03-30-2012
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Washington Post
Virginia is reconsidering how it administers solitary confinement at the state’s only super-maximum prison and plans to implement sweeping changes to its often-criticized practices.
Nearly 500 inmates at Red Onion State Prison spend 23 hours a day
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
We Have a Right to Health Care
03-30-2012
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StopTheLie.com
I agree that we all have a right to "health care." Unfortunately, I disagree with the commonly accepted meaning of that term. My definition of health care is very straight forward. Quite simply, it means: Take care of your health!
That's the op
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Joe Plummer
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
April 1, 2012 Edition
03-30-2012
John Semmens
In what President Obama believed to be an “off-the-record” exchange, he was overheard requesting “space” from the Russians until after the November election when he would have more “flexibility.” This would-be covert conversation has raised suspicion
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's Gay Marriage Stance Could Create Election-Year Issue
03-30-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Gay rights advocates wonder if Obama will support gay marriage before the election
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Cyberspace and the New Economy
Historic breach of credit card security reported at Global Payments!
03-30-2012
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The Political Commentator
It's Friday, do you know where your credit card informations is?
"It's one of the largest incidents of data theft in U.S. history. Leading credit card companies Visa and Mastercard are reporting that as many as ten million users may have been aff
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Healthcare
Dying for Satisfaction: Being Happy with Your Doctor is Bad for Your Health
03-30-2012
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http://www.nakedcapitalism.com,
There is an important study in the Archives for Internal Medicine last month, which escalates an ongoing row as to whether patient satisfaction is in any way correlated with positive medical outcomes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Independent and Other Campaigns
Record Number Of Americans Registering As Independents
03-30-2012
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http://www.alt-market.com, Brandon Smith
For all the doom and gloom that tends to permeate elements of the Liberty Movement at times, we sometimes overlook the incredible progress made in public awareness over the last few years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
American Spending Goes Into Overdrive As Savings Plunge To 2008 Levels
03-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Zero Hedge
Why save when one can spend (and, more importantly, why save when one has ZIRP)?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Army Officially Reprimands Soldier Who Spoke At Ron Paul Rally
03-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Reserve Corporal Jesse Thorsen says punishment “absolutely worth it”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Santorum denies calling Obama the n-word
03-30-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By David Edwards
The Internet was buzzing on Friday morning that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum may have almost dropped the n-bomb on President Barack Obama.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
New York police officers defy order to cut marijuana arrests
03-30-2012
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rawstory.com, By Alice Brennan, Ryan Devereaux
Survey shows nearly half of people charged with marijuana posession were not displaying the drug when they were stopped.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Two men torch themselves in Italy as hardship bites
03-30-2012
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com, Reuters
A Moroccan worker in Italy set himself on fire on Thursday in protest at not being paid for months, a day after an Italian businessman set himself alight over a tax dispute, police said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: "You're On Your Own" Economics Doesn't Work
03-30-2012
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com
"You know, each of us is only here because somebody somewhere felt responsibility, yes to their families, but also to their fellow citizens.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
We’re No. 1: In highest corporate taxes
03-30-2012
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http://washingtonexaminer.com, Paul Bedard
Come Sunday, America finally has something to crow about in its economic war with China and Japan: It will have the highest jobs-killing corporate tax rate in the industrialized world.
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Robert Lee
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
03-30-12 -- Jun Dam - Ken Schoolland
Jun Dam of RP2012.org Ron Paul Third Party Run While Still On GOP Ticket? - Ken Schoolland http://www.jonathangullible.com/ "Philosophy of Liberty" in many languages.... BONUS SHOW with Ken Schoolland about FreedomsPhoenix helping WORLDWIDE.
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