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Date Sent: 2012-04-06
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, April 6, 2012 |
Owe The IRS? Bill Would Suspend Passport Rights For Delinquent Taxpayers
U.S. Not Backing Off as Iran Sanctions Bite -- Karzai Orders Prosecutor and Tribunal in Scandal Over Kabul Bank’s Losses -- For Detroit, a Path to Recovery Under State Oversight -- Russian Weapons Trafficker Avoids Getting Life in Prison -- Russia
developing a gun that turns people into zombies (seriously) -- Administration Concedes Courts’ Review Power -- Former CIA officer indicted on charges of leaking classified
information -- Half of Vietnamese companies admit they ‘bribe officials’
-- At Long Last, Twitter Files Anti-Spam Lawsuits -- Canada to Mint Its
Own Crypto-Currency -- Security grounds Delta flight attendant -- Americans brace for next foreclosure wave -- U.S. Pressing Interpol to Deny Egypt's Request to Arrest NGO Workers -- CIA: Iran Nuke Expansion -- Rocket fired from Egypt hits Israeli city of Eilat -- Our government is watching us more -- 83-Year-Old Woman Denied Health Care Over “Carbon Footprint” -- 'Necessary Force' -- Chinese websites 'defaced in Anonymous attack' -- Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware' -- Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses -- Customer tips needy waitress $12,000. Police take money under RICO laws. -- White House in damage control over Obama Supreme Court remarks -- CNN Enhances Zimmerman 911 Call Again — And Doubts Racial Slur Used --
Arizona senators coming to steal Navajo and Hopi water rights -- Next
Great Depression? MIT researchers predict ‘global economic collapse’ by
2030
AZ: AZ Breakfast Club, this Sat-April 7th, 2012
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Owe The IRS? Bill Would Suspend Passport Rights For Delinquent Taxpayers
04-05-2012
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losangeles.cbslocal.com
A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could potentially allow the federal government to prevent any Americans who owe back taxes from traveling outside the U.S. is one step closer to becoming law.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Iran
U.S. Not Backing Off as Iran Sanctions Bite
04-05-2012
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Reuters
The Obama administration's man in charge of squeezing Tehran over its nuclear program is unapologetic for the difficulties faced by banks in their dealings with Iran since the U.S. tightened sanctions against the country.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai Orders Prosecutor and Tribunal in Scandal Over Kabul Bank’s Losses
04-05-2012
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New York Times
Mr. Karzai ordered hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding loans by the bank be repaid within 2 months. Most of the loans were taken by politically connected insiders " including the president’s brother " and few of the loans were ever meant t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
For Detroit, a Path to Recovery Under State Oversight
04-05-2012
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New York Times
The deal, which creates an advisory board to oversee financial decisions, spared the city from fates that many viewed as far worse: a complete takeover by a state-appointed manager, bankruptcy or default. But Detroit’s problems are far from over, and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Russian Weapons Trafficker Avoids Getting Life in Prison
04-05-2012
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New York Times
Judge Scheindlin rejected the notion of life imprisonment because she believed that had Mr. Bout not been ensnared in a sting operation, “there’s no reason to believe that Bout would have ever committed the charged crimes.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Russia developing a gun that turns people into zombies (seriously)
04-05-2012
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Y!Tech
Russian President Vladmir Putin confirmed that his country is working on the creation of an electromagnetic gun that attacks its target's central nervous system, putting them in what we hope is a temporary, zombie-like state. According to Russian def
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
04-05-2012
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LiveScience
The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.
With a killer jaw and sharp claws, T. rex has long been depicted in movies and popular culture as having scaly skin.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Administration Concedes Courts’ Review Power
04-05-2012
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New York Times
The Obama administration stipulated the incontestable to a disgruntled federal court on Thursday, formally declaring that “the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Former CIA officer indicted on charges of leaking classified information
04-05-2012
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Washington Post
A former CIA officer has been indicted on charges that he leaked classified secrets to journalists.
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday returned a five-count indictment against John Kiriakou, who was arrested in January.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Apple fights hundreds of thousands of virus-controlled Macs
04-05-2012
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Stephen C. Webster via RawStory.com
Computer giant Apple released a patch this week for its OS X 2012 and 10.6 operating systems about the same time a Russian security company claimed that up to 600,000 Mac computers are being controlled by a piece of malware
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • World News
Half of Vietnamese companies admit they ‘bribe officials’
04-05-2012
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RawStory.com
Nearly 50 percent of Vietnamese companies admit to bribing officials in order to bid on contracts, a new survey shows, but experts say the real figure could be far higher.
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News Link • Internet
At Long Last, Twitter Files Anti-Spam Lawsuits
04-05-2012
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Mike Isaac via WIRED.com
Since the microblogging service exploded in popularity just a few short years ago, Twitter’s most egregious problem has been spam. Type ‘iPad’ in a tweet, and expect a deluge of twitterbots @replying you with fake offers of $99 discount tablets.
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News Link • Economy - International
Canada to Mint Its Own Crypto-Currency
04-05-2012
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Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.com
The Royal Canadian Mint has invented a new, digital currency called MintChip intended to be an alternative to using debit and credit cards.
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News Link • Energy
Sapphire Energy Raises $144 Million for an Algae Farm
04-05-2012
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
The company, which is less than five years old, has been moving quickly to build a 300-acre algae farm as a large-scale demonstration of its process for making algae oils.
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News Link • Seriously?
Was $12,000 A Restaurant Tip Or Drug Money?
04-05-2012
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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com,
A waitress in Minnesota is suing after $12,000 was left at her restaurant table " she says it was a tip but police say, it’s drug money, according to The Forum.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Security grounds Delta flight attendant
04-05-2012
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http://www.buffalonews.com, By Lou Michel
Flight delayed three hours; TSA officer at security checkpoint observed irregular behavior
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
Americans brace for next foreclosure wave
04-05-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Nick Carey
Half a decade into the deepest U.S. housing crisis since the 1930s, many Americans are hoping the crisis is finally nearing its end.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
U.S. Pressing Interpol to Deny Egypt's Request to Arrest NGO Workers
04-05-2012
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http://www.nationaljournal.com, By Sara Sorcher
The Obama administration is petitioning Interpol to deny Egypt’s request for the arrest of American and other nongovernmental workers accused of illegally operating democracy programs and stirring unrest
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA: Iran Nuke Expansion
04-05-2012
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http://freebeacon.com, BY: Bill Gertz
Iran boosts its nuclear program in 2011 adding both nuclear material and facilities, CIA report says
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Rocket fired from Egypt hits Israeli city of Eilat
04-05-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk
A Grad rocket has landed in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, but has caused no damage or injuries, Israeli security officials said.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Our government is watching us more
04-05-2012
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http://www.southernstandard.com, By NAT HENTOFF
Not long before Dick Armey -- a conservative Republican constitutionalist -- retired as House majority leader, he gave a speech expressing his worry about the government's increasing blanket surveillance over We the People.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
83-Year-Old Woman Denied Health Care Over “Carbon Footprint”
04-05-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
The case for killing granny meets global warming alarmism
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
'Necessary Force'
04-05-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by William Norman Grigg
"I always thought police were nothing but good and were there to protect people," testifies Elizabeth Polak, a registered nurse from Phoenix
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Jehovah’s Witnesses to hold annual Memorial observance this week
04-04-2012
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jw-media.org
NEW YORK"Jehovah’s Witnesses are out in force inviting all to attend the annual commemoration of the death of Jesus Christ. This year’s event will be observed by congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide on Thursday, April 5, 2012, after sundown
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Mike Burgin
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Silver Circle on the Silver Doctor's Podcast
04-05-12
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Silver Underground
The Silver Doctors have a hit blog that will keep you up to date on the latest silver news from the top leaders in the community along with their own useful commentary. They even sell silver...Silver Circle Silver! Our interview covers the film's cl
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Megan Duffield
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News Link • Internet
Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware'
04-05-2012
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bbc.co.uk/news
More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, according to a Russian anti-virus firm.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses
04-05-2012
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bits.blogs.nytimes. By NICK BILTON
If you venture into a coffee shop in the coming months and see someone with a pair of futuristic glasses that look like a prop from “Star Trek,” don’t worry. It’s probably just a Google employee testing the company’s new augmented-reality glasses.
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News Link • Police State
Customer tips needy waitress $12,000. Police take money under RICO laws.
04-05-2012
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AP
A Minnesota waitress who says a customer told her she could keep a box containing $12,000 has sued after police impounded the cash as suspected drug money.
Stacy Knutson of Moorhead, Minn., filed a lawsuit asking that the cash be returned to her.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House in damage control over Obama Supreme Court remarks
04-05-2012
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Reuters
The White House was forced on the defensive on Wednesday as it sought to explain controversial remarks President Barack Obama made earlier in the week about the Supreme Court's review of his signature healthcare reform law.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
CNN Enhances Zimmerman 911 Call Again " And Reporter Now Doubts Racial Slur Used
04-05-2012
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Jonathon M. Seidl theblaze
Recently, CNN enhanced audio of George Zimmerman " the man who shot Trayvon Martin " to try and determine if he did, in fact, use a racial slur while calling police on the night of the shooting.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Water Rights: Arizona Senators John Kyl and John McCain Meet With Navajo Nation Leaders
04-05-2012
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By Brett Walton-Circle of Blue
Decades in the making, a Navajo-Hopi water rights settlement faces grassroots opposition, as tribe members fear the proposed settlement gives away too much and promises too little.
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Shondean Coochise
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Three former Hopi tribal leaders question Arizona Sen. Kyl water rights settlement
04-05-2012
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News from the Grand Canyon Trust
The former tribal elected leaders are echoing the concerns of tribal members over the provisions of the water settlement bill introduced by Arizona Senator Jon Kyl.
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Shondean Coochise
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News Link • Depression
Next Great Depression? MIT researchers predict ‘global economic collapse’ by 2030
04-05-2012
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Eric Pfeiffer, The Sideshow
Uber smart people are predicting a depression to support the narrative of the big bad guys who want to steal everything including your life. This study was produced for the Club of Rome. That tells some of us all we need to know about the conclusions
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Christopher Campbell
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
04-05-12 -- Bill Mastin - Sal Martin - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Bill Mastin, creator of GrassMuscle.Com, a social marketing and funding platform for political and issue based campaigns, discusses the concept behind the webpage - Sal Martin comes in studio to discuss the book, "Pawns In The Game"
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