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Date Sent: 2012-08-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, August 30, 2012 PM edition |
Rutherford Institute Attorneys to File Civil Lawsuit Over Wrongful Arrest
Judge John Buttrick Headed to Federal Court... as a Judge! -- 08-30-12 -- Matt Papke - Art Olivier - Charles Goyette (MP3 & Video LOADED) -- Save Your Miles! Virgin Airlines Offers Top Flier Free Trip to Space -- School: Teacher Helps Students Cheat Because She Says They’re ‘Dumb As Hell’ -- France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning -- Chinese banks step up lending in the US -- NATO Mulls Another Afghan Surge for ‘Drawdown’ -- Reports: Egypt wouldn't fire on Iran ship -- Two Tibetan teenagers die in self-immolations -- Open Letter to My Fellow RP Delegates by Ed Vallejo, Arizona Alternate Delegate to RNC -- Why Everybody's Going to War in the Middle East -- Nazi Economics -- Hot Mic Catches Republican Praising Censorship of Ron Paul --
DHS Source: “It’s Going Hot”- Obama False Flag Coming -- VIDEO:
TSA Takes Over Bus Station In Tampa, DHS Agents Threaten
Journalists -- Ron Paul Won -- Ron Paul's 'Thank You'
letter -- Rand Paul to Iowans: ‘You could argue you had a
disproportional influence here’ -- CNN's Wolf Blitzer Interviews Rand: "Republican
Officials Clearly Snubbed Ron Paul." -- Rand Paul risks
alienating his father’s base as he tries to expand his own -- Federal
Reserve Emphasizes Transparency, as If It Matters ... -- Now
the Real Killing of bin Laden Is Revealed? -- The American
Onslaught Against International Law -- Why you always want
physical EVERYTHING… -- Report from Arizona
delegate at the RNC... -- Eugenicists Use DNA and Genetic Research
to Push Depopulation Agenda -- Pirates of West Africa: Tanker
with Russian crew found near Nigeria -- Can Android
Revolutionize Spacecraft Design? -- F-Droid: The Android Market
That Respects Your Rights -- Open source is not limited to
software -- Media Scoundrels Promote Permanent Wars --
Israeli Soldiers Break Silence -- Iron Sky: Entertaining,
Original, Funny, and a Open Source movie project....? -- Deciphering
Propaganda - by Larken Rose -- There’s no comeback for
Russell Pearce — he’s done
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday
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News Link • Activism
Rutherford Institute Attorneys to File Civil Lawsuit Over Wrongful Arrest
08-30-2012
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The Rutherford Institute
In challenging the government’s actions as unlawful and an egregious abuse of power, Institute attorneys hope to shed light on and put a stop to what appears to be a growing problem in terms of a governmental system seemingly targeting Americans"espe
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Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday
Powell Gammill
Ernie has taken an active passion in building his own modern battery storage technology on the cheap to store electricity using carbon nanotubes that he is making himself :) / Marc Victor Libertarian for Az U.S. Senate shares 'the plan'
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Friday August 30th 2012
08-30-2012
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
The Revolution Is Over, Long live the revolution! by Bretigne Shaffer. / That 'Fiscal Cliff' Ahead by Charles Goyette / I Was Booed in Tampa by Walter Block / The RNC Proves One Thing, It's impossible to take over or reform the GOP, by Joel Skousen.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Battery Project
Tube Furnace with Optional 1-2" quartz Tube, Vacuum Flange and 30 Segments Temperature Control
08-30-2012
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http://www.mtixtl.com
GSL-1100X is a CE certified small quartz tube furnace (1~2" diameter) and is designed for firing small sample up to 1100oC. (This unit has been ordered and we should start experimentation within 1 week - Needed to grow Nanotubes :)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Open source is not limited to software
08-30-2012
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Ravindra Maurya
"The birth of open source software began with a simple thought process: I had an idea and created something from it. Now, I want to share it (in its entirety) with others who might like to use it. I want them to be able to modify it, enhance it, and
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Andrew Strmic
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
School: Teacher Helps Students Cheat Because She Says They’re ‘Dumb As Hell’
08-30-2012
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http://atlanta.cbslocal.com
A former fifth-grade teacher implicated in a cheating scandal reportedly gave students the illegal assistance because she thought they were “dumb as hell.”
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News Link • Death
France opens enquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning
08-30-2012
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com, By Pauline Talagrand
French prosecutors have opened a murder enquiry into Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's 2004 death near Paris following claims he may have died of polonium poisoning, sources told AFP Tuesday.
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News Link • China
Chinese banks step up lending in the US
08-30-2012
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http://www.ft.com, By Kandy Wong
China’s top banks are stepping up their lending activities in the US as large US companies diversify their funding sources and seek to penetrate more deeply into the world’s second-largest economy.
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News Link • NATO
NATO Mulls Another Afghan Surge for ‘Drawdown’
08-30-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Needs More Troops Just to Deal with Shipping Containers
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News Link • Egypt
Reports: Egypt wouldn't fire on Iran ship
08-30-2012
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http://www.upi.com
Egypt's Navy refused a U.S. request to fire on an Iranian weapons ship heading for violence-torn Syria through the Suez Canal, al-Arabiya reported.
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News Link • Activism
Two Tibetan teenagers die in self-immolations
08-30-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk
Two Tibetan teenagers have died after setting themselves on fire in Sichuan province, activists and US media said.
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News Link • Technology: Software
IBM Is Bringing Its Mega-Intelligence Watson to Your Smartphone
08-30-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Siri is helpful when you want to schedule a reminder or look at the forecast, but wouldn’t it be better to have a bona fide Jeopardy! champ in your pocket?
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News Link • History
Nazi Economics
08-30-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Bill Bonner
Adam Tooze, a British historian, has written a marvelous book on the Nazi economy, The Wages of Destruction. He shows that, far from illustrating the success of intelligent central planning, the German economy of the Third Reich was a disaster.
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News Link • Homeland Security
VIDEO: TSA Takes Over Bus Station In Tampa, DHS Agents Threaten Journalists
08-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Reporters forced to show papers or be “detained for 72 hours” by Homeland Security
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Won
08-30-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Robin Koerner
In a competition, when someone cheats, he gets disqualified. The disqualification does not make the runner-up the winner. Rather, it reveals that the man who appeared to be the runner-up had in fact been the winner all along.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul to Iowans: ‘You could argue you had a disproportional influence here’
08-30-2012
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by Jennifer Jacobs
The son of the presidential candidate that most of the Iowa delegation wanted as their president told them today he’s optimistic about the future of the GOP " and their role in it.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul risks alienating his father’s base as he tries to expand his own.
08-30-2012
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By JAMES HOHMANN and MANU RAJU
The Kentucky senator, who speaks at the Republican convention Wednesday night, has a younger face and a softer edge, but his name does not guarantee the loyalty of Ron Paul’s most passionate supporters.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Emphasizes Transparency, as If It Matters ...
08-30-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Finally, the Fed takes steps to address critics and create a more efficient and honest facility.
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News Link • Military
Now the Real Killing of bin Laden Is Revealed?
08-30-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Osama bin Laden was shot in the head as he peeked out of his bedroom, according to the No Easy Day book by a Navy SEAL, contradicting previous official accounts of the raid on the former al-Qaeda leader.
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News Link • General Opinion
The American Onslaught Against International Law
08-30-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Paul Craig Roberts
Liberal institutions, such as the media, universities, federal courts, and human rights organizations, which have traditionally functioned as checks on the blind obedience to authority, have in our day gone over to power's side.
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News Link • Currencies
Why you always want physical EVERYTHING…
08-30-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
On the way from San Marino yesterday, I had to stop for some gas near Rimini, a beautiful beach town on Italy’s Adriatic coast. As an aside, Italian gas prices are among the highest in Europe… and the world… at €1.77 per liter (almost USD $8.50 per g
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News Link • Eugenics
Eugenicists Use DNA and Genetic Research to Push Depopulation Agenda
08-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
DeCODE Genetics (DCG) has published a study that states Icelandic fathers who are in the 40’s pass down more genetic mutations than their 20 year old counter-parts. According the DCG, 97% of genetic mutations are derived from older fathers.
Becaus
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Energy
Pirates of West Africa: Tanker with Russian crew found near Nigeria
08-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Energy Centurion oil tanker seized by pirates in Togo’s territorial waters was found off the coast of Nigeria still under pirate control. All the crew members are believed to be safe, as the pirates seem to be interested only in stealing cargo.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Can Android Revolutionize Spacecraft Design?
08-30-2012
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Tom Nardi
NASA is planning a fleet of small satellites to demonstrate the ability for Android Nexus smartphones to control spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Could open source software and consumer hardware change the way future spacecraft are designed, and help l
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Andrew Strmic
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News Link • Intellectual Property
F-Droid: The Android Market That Respects Your Rights
08-30-2012
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Tom Nardi
"Android’s meteoric rise in popularity is due, in no small part, to the fact it is an open source project."
"F-Droid is an Android repository designed to respect the privacy and rights of its users."
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Opinion • Military
Deciphering Propaganda
08-29-2012
Larken Rose
Have you heard about the "anarchists" attempting to assassinate Obama and overthrow the government? Well, here's how to find the truth beneath the propaganda.
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
There’s no comeback for Russell Pearce " he’s done.
08-29-2012
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Nick R. Martin
Immigration hardliner Russell Pearce’s burning desire to return to office in Arizona got doused with cold water on Tuesday night when he lost the Republican primary for state Senate to a moderate businessman who took a softer tone on immigration.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Libertarian Marc J. Victor Looks Forward to U.S. Senate Race
08-29-2012
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Mike Wasdin
Chandler, Arizona (August 29, 2012) Libertarian candidate Marc J. Victor looks forward to debating the big issues with opponents Flake and Carmona for the U.S. Senate.
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Guest Post: In Defense Of Liberty Extremism
08-29-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
It’s a safe statement to make that when Mitt Romney is finally crowned the GOP nominee for president during the Republican National Convention, any vestige of liberty will be firmly wiped away from the ballot box come this November.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Global Demise Of Pension Plans
08-29-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Raúl Ilargi Meijer
We have been saying for a long time that anyone in the western world who's 10-15 years away from collecting their first pension payments, shouldn't expect to get much, if anything, when the time comes.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
RICHARD KOO: If History Is Any Guide, Hitting The Fiscal Cliff Will Lead To 'Economic Meltdown
08-29-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
In his new note, Nomura's Richard Koo comments on the fiscal cliff (the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes that will kick in this year if Congress doesn't do anything), and a CBO report that anticipates a mild recession if that happens.
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News Link • Housing
It's Not Just Case-Shiller: Almost Every House Price Index Everywhere Has Bottomed
08-29-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, New Deal democrat
This morning's Case Shiller report for June showed prices in the 20 city composite rising YoY for the first time since 2007, with the exception of a few months during the $8000 home buying tax credit in 2010.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Peter Schiff Confirms Jesse Benton Paul Festival Sabotage
08-29-2012
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YouTube.com
Peter Schiff reads a text message from Jesse Benton to Paul Festival Organizer Deborah Robinet. The text proves that Jesse Benton of the Ron Paul campaign intentionally sabotaged Paul Festival and the Ron Paul supporters who organized it.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • China
A Bunch Of Industries Are Collapsing In China's Bad Debt Nightmare
08-29-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar
Chinese non-performing loans (NPL) reached 456.4 billion yuan at the end of the second quarter, but the non-performing loan ratio held steady at 0.9 percent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
INFOGRAPHIC: See Who's In Prison In The U.S. And How They Got There
08-29-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ashley Lutz
The U.S. Prison population has skyrocketed since 1980, and many of the prisoners are serving time for drug offenses.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
U.S. ‘withheld’ emails on WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning: defense
08-29-2012
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AFP
Manning’s civilian lawyer David Coombs told a pre-trial hearing that 84 emails were released to the defense team in July last year, before it emerged that 1,290 other messages had not been passed on to him.
The government “chose to let these email
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
VIDEO: Who's Counting the Votes?
08-29-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
2012 US Presidential Election Fraud In Motion: Obama Sends "Voting Services" To George Soros Company In Spain!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA: Boston bag screeners distracted by cellphones
08-29-2012
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AP
Some officers were not paying close attention to monitors that display the contents of each bag passing through an explosives-detection machine. Those screeners were distracted by their phones or other devices and are being recommended for
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News Link • Police State
Brandon Raub Interviewed by John Whitehead
08-28-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Brandon Raub, a decorated marine was arrested by federal agents and incarcerated in a psych ward for simply posting thoughts and song lyrics to his Facebook page, discusses his ordeal and his thoughts about the state of our freedoms
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul supporters walk out of GOP convention
08-28-2012
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Los Angeles Times
Ron Paul supporters at the Republican National Convention erupted in fury over decisions that weakened their delegate count and other rule changes that will make it harder for non-establishment candidates in future elections.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul's Maine Delegates Erupt After Getting Barred from Republican Convention
08-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
What a complete fraud. Hopefully all of you will now see that there is a conspiracy happening and it is very very massive. And it hates true liberty. RON PAUL
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Anger Erupts At Convention Due To GOP Corruption
08-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
The GOP showed how corrupt their Party is after the way they treated Ron Paul and his supporters this past year. Sad that they won't win any over to vote for Mitt Romney!
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