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Date Sent: 2012-05-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 AM edition |
Ron Paul ends his hunt for votes -- Ron Paul ends active campaigning; will continue to run
Addiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes -- Obama: JPMorgan Is 'One of the Best-Managed Banks' -- 'More Invasive Searches' at Airports, I Kid You Not -- Another Highway Robbery -- China may raise investment quota for foreigners-paper -- Analysis: As Funds Flee, India's Pain Is Southeast Asia's Gain --
Judge overseeing the trial of John Edwards limits testimony of key
defense witness -- Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel to build a city on the
sea ("utopian floating business hub") -- Fukushima Radiation Release is
Worse than You Have Been Told – What You Can Do to Protect Yourself -- 'Devil's Breath' chemical from Colombia can block free will, wipe memory -- Eurozone: If Greece goes ...
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul ends his hunt for votes
05-14-2012
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www.washingtontimes.com
Mr. Paul said he will continue to work to win delegates in states that have already voted and where the process of delegate-selection is playing out.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul ends active campaigning but will continue to run for GOP nod
05-14-2012
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http://rt.com/usa/news
Congressman Ron Paul has announced that he will no longer be using resources to campaign in primary states, instead focusing all of his efforts on delegate-selection events as he vows to continue to vie for GOP nomination for presidential candidate.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare
Addiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes
05-14-2012
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New York Times
In what could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the nation’s arbiter of mental illness have agreed to revise the definition of addiction, which could
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: JPMorgan Is 'One of the Best-Managed Banks'
05-14-2012
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ABC News (video)
"JPMorgan is one of the best managed banks there is. Jamie Dimon, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we got and they still lost $2 billion and counting," the president said. ".... this is why we passed Wall Street reform."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
'More Invasive Searches' at Airports, I Kid You Not
05-14-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Ah, but there’s a message for us in Di’s prattle: “Consequently the flying public is going to have to tolerate more invasive searches, she said.” More invasive? Really, Di? Just how much more invasive can they be? “‘The American public has not been t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Another Highway Robbery
05-14-2012
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The Agitator
For more than a year, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has been shining a light on a practice that some call “policing for profit.”
In this latest case, a Monterey police officer took $22,000 off the driver " even though he had committed no crime.
“Y
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China may raise investment quota for foreigners-paper
05-14-2012
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Reuters
China may increase the maximum amount that a foreign financial institution can invest in the country's capital markets. Quotas are individually capped at $1 billion under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme, the main channel for forei
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Analysis: As Funds Flee, India's Pain Is Southeast Asia's Gain
05-14-2012
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Reuters
Southeast Asian nations are swallowing an outflow of money from India, as foreign investors lose patience with its policy paralysis and slowing growth and aim instead for more promising emerging markets such as Indonesia.
Corruption scandals and h
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge overseeing the trial of John Edwards limits testimony of key defense witness
05-14-2012
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Washington Post
The judge overseeing the criminal trial of John Edwards will sharply curtail the testimony of a key witness for the defense who could raise doubt about whether the former presidential candidate broke campaign finance laws.
Edwards’ lawyers had int
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel to build a city on the sea ("utopian floating business hub")
05-14-2012
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Yahoo
Imagine living on a serene, man-made floating city where you can live and work with other like-minded individuals from all over the globe, without direct influence from any government entity.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Fukushima Radiation Release is Worse than You Have Been Told " What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
05-14-2012
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Farm Wars
The reactors have not been stabilized, and radiation continues to be released. How to protect from contamination by taking large doses of vitamin C.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
'Devil's Breath' chemical from Colombia can block free will, wipe memory
05-14-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Stories surrounding the drug are the stuff of urban legends, with some telling horror stories of how people were raped, forced to empty their bank accounts, and even coerced into giving up an organ.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Concerts - Theatre - Events
American Craft Beer Week May 14-20..
05/14/2012
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www.craftbeer.com
Dubbed the 'Mother of All Beer Weeks,' American Craft Beer Week is the annual celebration of small and independent craft brewers, their craft beer and the American craft beer culture.
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Drunk On Liberty
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Supporters Allege Fraud as Arizona Republican Convention is Shut Down
05-14-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
“Someone on the stage made a motion to adjourn. People started screaming ‘Nay.’ The convention was declared over. They took away the microphones and began turning off the lights.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Stuns in Arizona, Upset Win is Game Changer!
05-14-2012
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Doug Wead blog via e-mail (BIG thanks J&J!)
"If the victory in Arizona proves true, and remember, there is a tantalizing and suspicious delay, then Ron Paul will likely win the right to be nominated on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Tampa."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Drastic cuts planned as California state government announces huge deficit increase
05-14-2012
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http://wsws.org, By David Brown
This weekend, Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown announced that the predicted state budget deficit has ballooned from $9.2 billion to $16 billion, in the space of just four months.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
How To Hide From Face-Detection Technology
05-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, John D. Sutter
If you take Adam Harvey’s advice, here’s what you might wanna wear to a party this weekend.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Fight looms over detainee provisions
05-14-2012
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thehill.com, By Jeremy Herb and Carlo Munoz
The House will re-ignite a debate this week that last year sparked public outrage and a White House veto threat: Can terror suspects on U.S. soil be detained indefinitely?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
GREAT RON PAUL NEWS from VIRGINIA!
051412
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www.varight.com
Looks like the Commonwealth of Virginia is quietly coming through for Ron Paul. Under the leadership of Chris Stearns, the RP campaign is winning delegates and also members of the powerful state central committee. State Convention is June 16!
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Idaho Ron Paul Supporters Plan to Take Control of State Convention
05-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Joe Wolverton, II
Word out of Idaho is that the Ron Paul bloc in the Gem State’s GOP, perhaps encouraged by recent events at the Nevada and Maine state Republican conventions, plans to attempt a similar strategy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Why Is The Obama Administration Allowing The Chinese Government To Buy Up U.S. Oil And Gas Deposits?
05-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Synder
If we are trying to become independent of foreign oil, then why is the Obama administration allowing the Chinese government to buy up U.S. oil and gas deposits worth billions of dollars?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
‘With or without the euro, Greece will face devastation if polices don’t change’
05-14-2012
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http://rt.com
As coalition government talks in Greece falter under disagreements over austerity and bailout terms.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
US military officers taught to target civilians and wage ‘total war’ on Islam
05-13-2012
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Over the past decade, fringe ideas about Muslims and Islam have seeped into law enforcement agencies across the country. Now we know the details about what some members of the US military have been learning about Muslims. It’s not pretty.
Wired’s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Metra Unveils Commuter Rail Security Restrictions For NATO
05-13-2012
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CBS News
All Metra passengers"not just those on the Electric Line"will also face carry-on restrictions and security screenings from May 19-21. Riders will be allowed one briefcase-sized bag up to 15 by 15 inches and four inches deep. Riders will not be allowe
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
US spy agency can keep mum on Google ties: court
05-13-2012
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AFP
The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled. The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
New York police tout improving crime numbers to defend frisking policy
05-13-2012
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CNN.com
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...or something like that...
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Oklahoma GOP Convention Update
05-13-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Chaos at the convention, police called to assist; After complaints about "illegal" activity, Ron Paul faction takes GOP convention to parking lot; GOP Establishment makes a mockery of the democratic process in Oklahoma
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
London 2012 Is Psychological Warfare
05-13-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
The London 2012 Olympics have barely anything to do with sport. Not only is Britain continuing pagan/Nazi traditions and symbolism, the event is also a police state showcase and a psychological warfare attack on the people.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
To Hell With Public Schools - by L. Neil Smith
05-13-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
It is time to end the public schools. I just heard about a little boy"a six-year-old in First Grade"who is being treated like a sex criminal by the drooling half-wits who run the Aurora (Colorado) school system because he quoted an
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News Link • TAXES: State
Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen
05-13-2012
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Reuters
California Governor Brown was elected in 2010 on a promise to fix the state's chronic fiscal crisis. His announcement of a much bigger-than-expected shortfall in the state budget signals how far he still has to go.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Marriage
Obama, Romney and Marriage
05-13-2012
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Free Patriot Press
President Obama and presumed GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have both made public statements about marriage recently. Obama claims that his views have evolved over the years. Romney's position may be consistent, however it is not historically
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Events: Arizona
AZ GOP state convention was a total disgrace
05/12/2012
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Madeline Haselhoff
Chairman Morrissey was pathetic. That he allowed the American Indian speaker and Josh Romney to promote the Romney slate and do nothing about it; that he allowed ballots with asterisks to push forward a delegate “supposedly” endorsed by Romney which
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Renee Houlihan
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Do You "Possess" What You View Online?
05-13-2012
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www.popsci.com
The New York Court of Appeals just ruled that "viewing" child porn online is not the same as "possessing" it. But is the idea of "possessing" a digital file outdated?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers
05-13-2012
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www.popsci.com
Physicists, working from the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai, have again taken advantage of quantum entanglement moving an object from one place to another without ever moving in the space between.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Secret Societies
Sources Inside Bilderberg Spill Cabal’s Secret Plans
05-13-2012
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www.infowars.com
Jones said he was “contacted by somebody inside Bilderberg” two years ago and that he also developed another source intimately connected to the organization within the last week.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Air Force Document: Drones Can Be Used To Spy On Americans
05-13-2012
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www.infowars.com
A newly discovered Air Force intelligence brief states that should fleets of unmanned drones accidentally capture surveillance footage of Americans, the data can be stored and analyzed by the Pentagon for up to 90 days.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Shortfall in California’s Budget Swells to $16 Billion
05-13-2012
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www.nytimes.com
Gov. Jerry Brown, disclosing the development in a video posted on YouTube, said that California’s shortfall was now projected to be $16 billion, up from $9.2 billion in January.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Radioactive man? Milford resident pulled over by state police
05-13-2012
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www.ctpost.com
Mike Apatow works as firefighter. Apatow, who had a radioactive stress test Wednesday, was pulled over later in the day, in Newtown, by a state police trooper after a radioactivity detector in the trooper's car was set off when Apatow passed.
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