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Date Sent: 2012-05-26
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, May 26, 2012 |
Spanish bank to ask for $23B in state funds -- In Spain, Bank Transfers Reflect Broader Fears
City Pays $4.5 Million for Warrantless Entry That Led to Permanent Disability -- DA Running for Congress Indicted; Feds: Ran His Office as a Criminal RICO Enterprise -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News May 27, 2012 Edition -- Students will be tracked via chips in IDs -- Priest Removed Due To Sex Abuse Allegations Now Works For TSA -- Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests -- NJ official: NYPD Muslim surveillance legal -- Ron Paul Arizona Update -- U.S. Soldier Warns America Of Immanent Martial Law!
AZ: Screening of Final Cut
of "9/11: Explosive Evidence" Tuesday, May 29th-Valley Art
Theatre-Tempe-7p; Arizona Breakfast Club, Saturday, June 2nd
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News Link • Economy - International
Spanish bank to ask for $23B in state funds
05-25-2012
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AP
The board of directors of Spain’s troubled bank, Bankia, says it has agreed to ask for $23.8 billion in state funds. The bank’s president said the recapitalization “reinforced the solvency, liquidity and solidity of the bank.”
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News Link • Economy - International
In Spain, Bank Transfers Reflect Broader Fears
05-25-2012
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New York Times
It is only a trickle so far, and not nearly enough to constitute a classic bank run. But these growing transfers of deposits out of troubled Spanish banks reflect a broader fear that the country’s problems could make it hard for Spaniards to get to t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
City Pays $4.5 Million for Warrantless Entry That Led to Permanent Disability
05-25-2012
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Reason magazine
Without a warrant, cops entered Vietnam veteran Macario Dagdagan’s home investigating an assault. They found Dagdgan in his bed, sleeping, so they woke him up, Tased him and put him in a chokehold.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
DA Running for Congress Indicted; Feds: Ran His Office as a Criminal RICO Enterprise
05-25-2012
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A sitting district attorney in South Texas has been federally indicted, accused of working with his former law partner and others to operate the local justice system as a criminal racketeering enterprise.
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
May 27, 2012 Edition
05-25-2012
John Semmens
President Says World Is Entering New “Golden Age”
President Barack Obama told Air Force Academy graduates that “the world is entering a new 'golden age' thanks to me. I have bridged the differences that set America apart from what were our adversa
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Students will be tracked via chips in IDs
05-25-2012
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A School District plans to track students on its campuses using technology implanted in their student identification cards in a trial that could eventually include all 112 of its schools and all of its nearly 100,000 students.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Priest Removed Due To Sex Abuse Allegations Now Works For TSA
05-25-2012
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CBS News
The CBS 3 I-Team has learned that a Catholic priest who was removed from the ministry over sex abuse allegations now holds a sensitive security post at Philadelphia International Airport.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests
05-25-2012
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The Guardian
More than 500 people were arrested in a demonstration as protesters defied a controversial new law that places restrictions on the right to demonstrate. In Quebec City, police arrested 176 people under the provisions of the new law.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
NJ official: NYPD Muslim surveillance legal
05-25-2012
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AP
New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said following a 3-month review, a finding that angered Muslim leaders who ha
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Arizona Update
05-25-2012
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secure.campainger.com
The Arizona GOP Quadrennial State Convention was held on May 12, 2012. The Official results are under investigation as we speak by the Ron Paul for President Legal team, County GOP leaders, ranking members of the AZ GOP Party and third parties.
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News Link • Police State
U.S. Soldier Warns America Of Immanent Martial Law!
10-23-2011
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You Tube
This is a US service woman warning of what she heard command say about the nazi-style checkpoints and america's future.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Activism
About The Phoenix 411
05-25-2012
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phoenix.porcupine411.com
The Phoenix 411 is a rapid message distribution network. You can use The Phoenix 411 to participate in our growing liberty movement.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Rape of Delaware County, Oklahoma
05-24-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
In Oklahoma’s Delaware County, Sheriff’s deputies were too busy figuratively raping motorists in the village of Bernice to supervise guards who were literally raping inmates in the county jail. As a result, the County Commission has put the screws to
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News Link • Gold and Silver
The Mounting Reasons to Own Gold
05-24-2012
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Christopher Barker of fool.com
While the price of gold falls slightly, the reasons to own it are growing.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Science
Tunguska Crater Located
05-24-2012
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arclein
the sediment at the bottom of Lake Cheko; a shallow funnel shaped lake approximately five miles from where most believe was ground zero for the explosion.
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robert klein
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News Link • China
Mainland China's Top Investment Bank Say China Will Crash If Greece Exits The Eurozone
05-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Also Sprach
Everyone has their own opinion on what will happen to the Chinese economy if Europe blows up. That ranges from a totally delusional “nothing happen” to, well…
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
100 Million Americans Without Jobs
05-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Eddy Elfenbein
The national unemployment rates gets lots of attention, and lately more attention has been paid to the workforce participation rate since more Americans have given up looking for a job, but we can also see that an astounding 100 million Americans don
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Massachusetts GOP Denies The Will Of The People; Rules Provisional Ballots Won't Be Counted
05-24-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
The Massachusetts GOP has indicated that they intend to throw out provisional ballots cast by legally registered Republicans during the April 28th state wide caucus.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Penn Jillette on Hannity talking Ron Paul, GJ, and libertarian philosophy. (Video)
05-24-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Just flipped on fox news(surfing channels) Hannity happens to be doing a preview showing Penn's recent rant about Obama an the drug war.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Here's What Happened When This Guy Tried To Pay A $114,000 Student Loan In Cash
05-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mandi Woodruff
Last week, a Reddit user posted a photo of a $114,000 student loan bill"paid in cash"that elicited thousands of comments and dozens more when we posted it here.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Peter Schiff: The Worst Has Yet To Come
05-24-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
While we experienced a devastating crash in 2009, it was just a preview for the catastrophe that's coming next, says perma-bear Peter Schiff.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
HOORAY: FT Proclaims The Death of Equities
05-24-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
The FT has declared that nobody wants stock anymore, and that we're seeing the Death Of Equities.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Marc Faber Revisits His 1987-Style Crash Scenario
05-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ben Duronio
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Marc Faber discussed his previous warning of a potential crash on the scale of Black Monday, 1987.
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News Link • Housing
The Housing Bust Was Just A Preview For The Coming Catastrophe
05-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Peter Schiff
I first came to national attention back in 2008 and 2009 when the housing and credit markets imploded. I became known as the guy that other market “experts” laughed at when I warned of trouble brewing in the seemingly indestructible American economy.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
MARK CUBAN: The Facebook IPO Was A Killer, But Not For The Reasons You Think
05-24-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street. Whatever positive impression they had of the IPO market and the stock market in general was just torched to the ground.
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News Link • Economy - International
EUROPE IS IMPLODING
05-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Simone Foxman
European equities markets saw a major sell-off, while EU leaders prepared to meet for an informal summit in Brussels. The euro fell and stuck below the important $1.26 benchmark.
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News Link • Propaganda
US unveils new tactics to tackle Al Qaeda propaganda
05-24-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Hacking is a vital tool to fight extremist propaganda, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton has revealed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
‘EU forcing Greece into austerity’
05-24-2012
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http://www.rt.com
European calls for Greek contingency plans are nothing more than brinkmanship.
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News Link • Housing
Billion Dollar Bait & Switch: States Divert Foreclosure Deal Funds
05-24-2012
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propublica.org, by Paul Kiel and Cora Currier
States have diverted $974 million from this year’s landmark mortgage settlement to pay down budget deficits or fund programs unrelated to the foreclosure crisis.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The state of the military-industrial complex is strong: War may dwindle, But MIC will Never slow.
05-24-2012
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William Collins, Minuteman
The military-industrial complex remains robust. Its employment is huge, its profits gigantic, its salaries staggering. If you’ve been listening to the Republicans in Congress, you may have thought that food stamps were busting our budget. Well, no.
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News Link • Technology: Software
SceneTap: The creepy app that scans bar-goers' faces
05-24-2012
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http://theweek.com,
Does this new service help people find the most interesting crowds, or is it just another "stalker app"?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
How To Communicate If The US Govt Shuts Down The Internet
05-24-2012
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http://www.libertynewsonline.com, Wallace
Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Army Readies Its Mammoth Spy Blimp for First Flight
05-24-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David Axe
Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army.
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News Link • Police State
Planting Evidence to Sow Fear: Chicago Cops are the Terrorists
05-24-2012
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thiscantbehappening.net, by Dave Lindorff
It seems pretty clear by now that the three young “domestic terrorists” arrested by Chicago police in a warrantless house invasion reminiscent of what US military forces are doing on a daily basis in Afghanistan, are the victims of planted evidence.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Cooperative Banking is the Exciting Wave of the Future
05-24-2012
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com, Ellen Brown
As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models.
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones
05-24-2012
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http://washington.cbslocal.com
With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
DEA-Backed Honduran Commandos Put Gun to Honduran Boy's Head....
05-23-2012
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Reason magazine
Villagers say the drug bust that left four passengers of a riverboat dead after helicopters mistakenly fired on civilians continued into the predawn hours when commandos, including some they think were Americans, raided their town.
One chopper lan
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News Link • Police State
The Surveillance State: Knowing Every Bit About You
05-23-2012
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New American
No one ever accused Jeremy Bentham of thinking small. The early 18th-century British philosopher, social reformer, and co-founder of the celebrated philosophical school of Utilitarianism, Bentham was known for his unconventional ideas. Like many self
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News Link • Transportation
Sanford judge rules in favor of motorist who flashed his headlights
05-23-2012
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Orlando Sentinel
A judge in Sanford ruled Tuesday that a Lake Mary man was lawfully exercising his First Amendment rights when he flashed his headlights to warn neighbors that a deputy had set up a speed trap nearby.
That decision is another victory for Ryan Kintn
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News Link • TAXES: State
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
05-23-2012
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AP
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.
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