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Date Sent: 2012-11-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, November 15, 2012 AM edition |
White House ‘secede’ petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation
Petraeus and Broadwell used common e-mail trick -- 4409: Phoenix Pirates now using K9's as warrants to randomly search houses -- Video of Activist Standing up for his Right to Record Makes Good Educational Tool -- Man trying to keep his home from burning down tqzed by cops -- Ron Paul: 0% Chance Of Grand Bargain Over Fiscal Cliff -- US Deplores Murder of Honduran Teen by Military -- Cybersecurity Bill Dead After Second U.S. Senate Rebuff -- Obama signs secret directive to help thwart cyberattacks -- Ron Paul: Raising Taxes Doesn't Necessarily Increase Revenue
-- YouTube Update: Ron Paul's Farewell Address -- Israel
Kills Hamas Leader, Instantly Posts It to YouTube -- China’s
Innovation Success Depends on Political Changes -- ISS astronauts
control robot on Earth via "interplanetary internet" --
Human-powered device "unknits" old clothes to reclaim yarn --
Homeland Security to Test Social Media as Disease-Tracking Tool -- Skype
Password Flaw Made Stealing Accounts Easy -- Human
Eye-Inspired Lens Sees the World More Clearly
Webcomic: "Quantum Vibe" by Liberty Artist/Cartoonist Scott Bieser
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News Link • Secession
White House ‘secede’ petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation
11-14-2012
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The Daily Caller
Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from 7 states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Petraeus and Broadwell used common e-mail trick
11-14-2012
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USA Today
Rather than transmitting e-mails to the other's inbox, they composed at least some messages and left them in a draft folder or in an electronic "drop box," the AP reported. Then the other person could log onto the same account and read the draft e-ma
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Video of Activist Standing up for his Right to Record Makes Good Educational Tool
11-14-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A video shot 10 years ago in Chicago provides an excellent educational tool in how to deal with cops who try to intimidate you from recording them. The ironic part of the video is police did have the legal right to arrest the man
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Man trying to keep his home from burning down tqzed by cops
11-14-2012
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Miami Herald
The fire was all around Dan Jensen. It was burning down his neighbor's house. It was creeping toward Jensen's own fence 10 feet away, and he started spraying the fire with his hose. Police ordered Jensen to get back, and he complied.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: 0% Chance Of Grand Bargain Over Fiscal Cliff
11-14-2012
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Bloomberg TV
U.S. Representative Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, talks about U.S. fiscal policy and prospects for political compromise on the nation's budget deficit and debt. He speaks with Trish Regan on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
US Deplores Murder of Honduran Teen by Military
11-14-2012
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New York Times
U.S. officials are demanding answers after learning soldiers who were trained, vetted and equipped by the U.S. government chased down and killed a 15-year-old boy in Honduras, a country plagued by crime where the U.S. is already
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Cybersecurity Bill Dead After Second U.S. Senate Rebuff
11-14-2012
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Reuters
The bill would have increased information-sharing between intelligence agencies and private companies. It also would have set voluntary standards for businesses that control electric grids or water treatment plants.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Obama signs secret directive to help thwart cyberattacks
11-14-2012
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Washington Post
President Obama has signed a secret directive that effectively enables the military to act more aggressively to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s web of government and private computer networks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
YouTube Update: Ron Paul's Farewell Address
11-14-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com/263090/ron-pauls-farewell
Dr. Paul gave his "Farewell to Congress" speech on the House floor/CSPAN today. The speech is over, but it is now archived on CSPAN.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Israel Kills Hamas Leader, Instantly Posts It to YouTube
11-14-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Noah Shachtman
The Israel Defense Forces didn’t just kill Hamas military leader Ahmed al-Jabari on Wednesday as he was driving his car down the street in Gaza.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • China
China’s Innovation Success Depends on Political Changes
11-14-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Yasheng Huang
If China’s new leadership wants an innovation-based economy, it will have to begin to make the changes needed for robust science and technology development.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Will your next smartphone take a baby's temperature?
11-14-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Will Shanklin
Is smartphone evolution at a standstill? Today's batch of phones have ultra-sharp displays, zippy performance, and great cameras. What's left? One man hopes that the next big thing will be infrared sensors.
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News Link • Inventions
Human-powered device "unknits" old clothes to reclaim yarn
11-14-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
The device was created by Imogen Hedges, a Product and Furniture Design student at London’s Kingston University.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Heart failure in older breast cancer patients linked to medication
11-14-2012
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http://medicalxpress.com, byYale University
Heart failure is a relatively common complication in older women with breast cancer, but the risk is even higher in those patients treated with adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin), Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the current issue of the J
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Even moderate drinking in pregnancy can affect a child's IQ, study shows
11-14-2012
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http://medicalxpress.com, byUniversity of Bristol
Relatively small levels of exposure to alcohol while in the womb can influence a child's IQ, according to a new study led by researchers from the universities of Bristol and Oxford...
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security to Test Social Media as Disease-Tracking Tool
11-14-2012
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Staff
Can Facebook or Twitter reveal the spread of the ordinary cold or a possibly deadly pandemic? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to find out by monitoring popular social media networks in a yearlong project.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Skype Password Flaw Made Stealing Accounts Easy
11-14-2012
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, by Ben Weitzenkorn
Skype has just fixed a Skype security flaw that may have been circulating on Russian hacker forums for months. The flaw made it possible for anyone to change a user's password with only the victim's email address.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Inventions
Human Eye-Inspired Lens Sees the World More Clearly
11-14-2012
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Staff
A new artificial lens designed to mimic the optic properties of the human eye could lead to better contact lenses and improved surveillance technology, scientists say.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - International
EU, IMF clash over Greece revives debt crisis fears
11-13-2012
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Reuters
A public clash between Greece's international lenders over how Athens can bring its debts down to a sustainable level has reignited fears that Europe's troubles could flare up anew.
Euro zone finance ministers suggested Greece, where the euro zone
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Mistrust of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood lingers
11-13-2012
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Reuters
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood finally swung behind a new opposition unity deal in Qatar, but some Syrians fear it will work in the new entity to replicate the influence it wields in the narrower Syrian National Council.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israel considers resumption of Gaza assassinations
11-13-2012
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AP
Israel is considering resuming its contentious practice of assassinating militant leaders in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in an effort to halt intensified rocket attacks on Israel's south, according to defense officials.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Radical cleric Abu Qatada released from jail
11-13-2012
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AP
Britain's government has attempted since 2001 to remove Abu Qatada, who was convicted in his absence in Jordan over terror plots in 1999 and 2000, but has been repeatedly thwarted by European and British courts. [choice quotes]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Election Night Projections Cover For Vote Rigging Since 1964?
11-13-2012
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Voter News Service
The news networks don't just report election news, they create it. But do they also conspire to control election results? Voter News Service (VNS) is a top-secret private consortium owned by ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, an
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
It is the Interest, Stupid! With Ellen Brown
11-13-2012
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arclein
where they composed a whopping 40 percent of US business profits in 2006. That's more than five times the 7 percent made by the banking sector in 1980. Bank assets, financial profits, interest and debt have all been growing exponentially.
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robert klein
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Warlord’s Call to Arms Rattles Officials
11-13-2012
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New York Times
One of the most powerful mujahedeen commanders in Afghanistan is calling on his followers to reorganize and defend the country against the Taliban as Western militaries withdraw, in a public demonstration of faltering confidence in the government
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
It Isn’t a Crime When the Government Does It
11-13-2012
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The Agitator
So remember when Chicago police were arresting people for recording them, and charging them with crimes punishable by 10 or more years in prison? Remember the woman who was arrested and charged because she attempted
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Man charged with planning Prince Charles assault
11-13-2012
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AP
Police say they caught a New Zealand man before he had a chance to throw a bucket of horse manure over Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during a royal visit to the Pacific nation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Secession
Secession petitions filed on White House Web site
11-13-2012
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Washington Post
From states across the country, Americans have filed petitions on the White House Web site seeking to secede from the union and form new state governments. While most of the petitions come from states that supported Mitt Romney
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama considering John Kerry for job of defense secretary
11-13-2012
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Washington Post
President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Pet
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News Link • Activism
Man arrested for posting image of burning poppy on Twitter
11-13-2012
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Daily Telegraph
A man has been arrested for posting an image of a burning poppy on a social network site. Kent Police said the man,was detained last night on suspicion of making malicious telecommunications and he was awaiting interview.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Heroes
Scandal probe ensnares commander of U.S., NATO troops in Afghanistan
11-13-2012
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Craig Whitlock, Washington Post
The FBI probe into the sex scandal that led to the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced early Tuesday.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
REMOVED: Barry Jennings Describes "Explosions" in WTC7 (Video)
11-12-2012
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StopTheLie.com
Due to "copyright violation," YouTube has been removing clips of the Barry Jennings' interview where he describes explosions in WTC7. The following is an abbreviated version of the interview that clearly falls within the "fair-use" parameters o
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Joe Plummer
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News Link • Homeland Security
What It Looks Like When You're Entered Into A Department Of Homeland Security Data Fusion Center
11-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
Starting in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set up a vast network of what it calls "local data fusion centers," 77 in total (or maybe 68, the DHS isn't even sure)
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
About the Untold History of the United States
11-12-2012
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http://smirkingchimp.com, by David Swanson
Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznik have produced a phenomenally great book of U.S. history, and an accompanying television series premiering on Showtime on Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
To humiliate and degrade
Impressions of Gaza
11-12-2012
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informationclearinghouse.info, By Noam Chomsky
Even a single night in jail is enough to give a taste of what it means to be under the total control of some external force.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
NATO to ‘defend Turkey’ over Syria as border attacks intensify
11-12-2012
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http://english.alarabiya.net, By Al Arabiya with A
NATO will defend alliance member Turkey, which struck back after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its border, the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a meeting in Prague on Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
'We are living like animals'
11-12-2012
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dailymail, By Reuters Reporter and Damian Ghigliot
The trail of devastation left by Hurricane Sandy has been long and trying for those still overcoming setbacks.
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Robert Lee
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