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Date Sent: 2013-01-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, January 17, 2013 AM edition |
Pentagon Swears It Won’t Sell Killer Drones to Afghanistan, Just Spy Ones
Judge: Bradley Manning’s motive not a defense in WikiLeaks case -- ‘Red October’ malware found snooping on Russian state networks -- Inside NASA's Deal for an Inflatable Space Station Room -- Protect, don’t prosecute, pedestrians -- UK police accused of wrongly taking DNA of gay men -- Tiny Solar Activity Changes Affect Earth's Climate -- More on Domestic "No-Fly Zones" -- The Power Of The Prosecutor - by Radley Balko -- Satanists announce support for Florida Governor's school prayer plan -- Video: Patriot Kentucky Sheriff: 'I Will Not Enforce Federal Gun Grabbing Laws' --
This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe -- Syria
Dropped Hallucinogen Weapon on Rebels, Secret Cable Says -- Sentencing appeal of Bernard Von NotHaus -- Sandy Hook: Read the last sentence in today's Newtown Bee newspaper article: -- Video: Patriot Kentucky Sheriff: 'I Will Not Enforce Federal Gun Grabbing Laws' -- Aaron Swartz was 'killed by the government', father tells mourners -- U.S. Government Claims – Just Like the Nazis – that the Truth Is Too Complicated and Dangerous -- Some Inspiration From Aaron Swartz -- Video: Second Sheriff Refuses to Enforce Gun Confiscation -- The Real Goal?... A National Database -- STUDY: 60% of high school and college students plan to purchase firearms -- Surprise, Surprise. Fox News Comes Out With An Opinion Piece In Favor Of Gun Control -- Investigating Investigative Journalism
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News Link • Afghanistan
Pentagon Swears It Won’t Sell Killer Drones to Afghanistan, Just Spy Ones
01-16-2013
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Wired.com
Yesterday, when Afghan president Hamid Karzai boasted that the U.S. was about to give him his own fleet of drones, you may have been tempted to see the mercurial leader with his hand on the joystick of an armed Predator.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Judge: Bradley Manning’s motive not a defense in WikiLeaks case
01-16-2013
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AFP
Manning’s lawyers had argued evidence regarding the soldier’s motivation for illicitly passing the confidential documents to WikiLeaks should be heard at trial, but judge Denise Lind largely threw out the request.
In what amounts to a boost for th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
‘Red October’ malware found snooping on Russian state networks
01-16-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
Kaspersky Labs announced it has hunted down a previously unknown, advanced cyber-espionage network it calls "Red October" which has been vacuuming top-secret data from diplomatic, scientific, and corporate computers since 2007.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Inside NASA's Deal for an Inflatable Space Station Room
01-16-2013
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Space
NASA will pay $17.8 million to Bigelow Aerospace of North Las Vegas to build an inflatable module, test it and prep it for flight. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is to be launched around the summer of 2015.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Protect, don’t prosecute, pedestrians
01-16-2013
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Washington Post OpEd
People across the country were shocked last week to learn that a Georgia pedestrian who did not even own a car could be convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of her 4-year-old son, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
UK police accused of wrongly taking DNA of gay men
01-16-2013
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ABC News
In 1983, Stephen Close was arrested, jailed and expelled from the British army for having sex with a male squad mate. 3 decades later, police tracked him down and demanded a sample of his DNA because of that conviction.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Tiny Solar Activity Changes Affect Earth's Climate
01-16-2013
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Space
Even small changes in solar activity can impact Earth's climate in significant and surprisingly complex ways, researchers say.
The sun is a constant star when compared with many others in the galaxy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
More on Domestic "No-Fly Zones"
01-16-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
It’s worth remembering, as well, that Fleming was held until after he promised not to sue the valiant defenders of the sacred Homeland for kidnapping him at gunpoint " after making preparations to blow him from the sky.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Power Of The Prosecutor
01-16-2013
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by Radley Balko (Huffington Post)
Prosecutors have enormous power. Even investigations that don't result in any charges can ruin lives, ruin reputations, and drive their targets into bankruptcy If a prosecutor wants to ruin your life, they can. Even if you've done nothing wrong,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Satanists announce support for Florida Governor's school prayer plan
01-16-2013
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Yahoo News
Prayer in school is Beelzibub-approved. What's good for the goose is good for the goat.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Gun Rights
Video: Patriot Kentucky Sheriff: 'I Will Not Enforce Federal Gun Grabbing Laws'
01-16-2013
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Daily Paul.com
“I would be ashamed if a founding father were in this room now; You are never going to pull a gun from Jackson County”
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Problem Solved!!!
01-16-2013
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Allan Mason
ATTENTION ALL SHERIFFS: Stop the Federal Government from undermining the second amendment with gun laws, statutory restrictions and executive orders. Simply abide by the original mandate of constitution and deputize every citizen in your county. O
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News Link • China
This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe
01-16-2013
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Wired.com
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy now has an aircraft carrier, new jet fighters to fly off the flattop and even new submarines and guided-missile destroyers able to protect the refurbished Soviet carrier.
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News Link • Syria
Syria Dropped Hallucinogen Weapon on Rebels, Secret Cable Says
01-16-2013
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Wired.com
The Syrian military used an exotic chemical weapon on rebels during an attack in the city of Homs, some U.S. diplomats now believe.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Sentencing appeal of Bernard Von NotHaus
01-16-2013
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Jim Babka
Does morality precede law or does law precede morality? Are all laws necessarily moral? Should a judge insist on sticking to the letter of a law, no matter how immoral it may be? Take a moment, send this letter to the judge just do it Roll the Bones!
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Conspiracies
Sandy Hook: Read the last sentence in today's Newtown Bee newspaper article:
01-16-2013
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dailypaul.com
A man with a gun who was spotted in the woods near the school on the day of the incident was an off-duty tactical squad police officer from another town, according to the source.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Video: Patriot Kentucky Sheriff: 'I Will Not Enforce Federal Gun Grabbing Laws'
01-16-2013
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Daily Paul.com
“I would be ashamed if a founding father were in this room now; You are never going to pull a gun from Jackson County”
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News Link • Activism
Aaron Swartz was 'killed by the government', father tells mourners
01-16-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old Internet genius, was eulogized on Tuesday as a person who wanted to make the world better but was hounded into killing himself by harsh government policies.
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News Link • Government
U.S. Government Claims " Just Like the Nazis " that the Truth Is Too Complicated and Dangerous
01-16-2013
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Daily Paul.com
History Repeats …
In the classic history of Nazi Germany, They Thought They Were Free, Milton Mayer writes:
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News Link • Gun Rights
Video: Second Sheriff Refuses to Enforce Gun Confiscation
01-16-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Linn County Oregon Sheriff Tim Mueller has become the second prominent law enforcement official to put the Obama administration on notice that he will not enforce unconstitutional gun confiscation programs
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
STUDY: 60% of high school and college students plan to purchase firearms
01-16-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Sixty percent of high school and college students say they plan on owning guns at a later stage in life, an academic study from American University revealed on Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Surprise, Surprise. Fox News Comes Out With An Opinion Piece In Favor Of Gun Control
01-16-2013
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dailypaul.com
What everybody needs to know about our Constitution and gun control
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Here are the 23 gun grabbing Executive Orders implemented by Obama
01-16-2013
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Washington Post
President Obama formally proposed the most expansive gun-control policies in generations and initiated 23 separate executive actions aimed at curbing the nation's gun violence. The White House released this list of the executive actions
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday January 16th 2013
01-16-2013
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LewRockwell.com
The Federal Massacre at Wounded Knee, It was about gun control / Never Talk to a Shrink / Liberals Don't Hate Guns, Not when they're in the hands of the police state / Lincoln, the Phony Emancipator
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama unveils gun-control proposals
01-16-2013
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Washington Post
President Obama formally proposed the most expansive gun-control policies in generations and initiated 23 separate executive actions aimed at curbing what he called “the epidemic of gun violence in this country.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Problem Solved!!!
01-16-2013
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Allan Mason
ATTENTION ALL SHERIFFS: Stop the Federal Government from undermining the second amendment with gun laws, statutory restrictions and executive orders. Simply abide by the original mandate of constitution and deputize every citizen in your county. O
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bank of America not authorizing guns or ammo purchases with their cards?!
01-16-2013
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YouTube
Now maybe someone is just playing a prank. But BofA does already have a track record of f**king with gun companies themselves.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
From Undercover Narco-Creeper to Police Chief
01-15-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
As a 23-year-old who “looked about 15,” Kingsbury would change into “school-type clothes” and “hang out at the Maverick across from Nampa High School and attempt to purchase narcotics from kids,” the chief proudly recalls
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Screener Assaults and Detains Passenger for “Offensive” Shirt and for Video Recording
01-15-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Offended by a passenger’s t-shirt that read, “Fuck TSA Security Theater, ” a Transportation Security Administration screener assaulted the passenger who was video recording before detaining him, claiming photography is prohibited
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News Link • Gun Rights
Has Adam Lanza Even Been Alive The Last 3 Years?
01-15-2013
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http://www.youtube.com
Published on Jan 5, 2013 - There is ZERO online fingerprint of him, there is ZERO video evidence, there is ZERO car insurance, tax information, phone history. There is ZERO proof this guy has even been alive for the last 3 years.
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News Link • Activism
Sorry we missed you! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
10-04-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix/events
It's time to familiarize yourself with this activist tool again... It's about to get a SAFE upgrade www.SAFEgunowners.org
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News Link • Gun Rights
Breaking: Printable 30-Round AR Magazines Now Available for Download, Seriously
01-15-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Defense Distributed’s goal is to provide a website that anyone in the world could visit to download the files needed to literally print out a working firearm, aptly dubbed a “wiki weapon,” using a 3D printer
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Kid Sends Brilliantly Blunt Cover Letter For Wall Street Internship
01-15-2013
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Business Insider
Sometimes we get forwarded applications for for summer internships on Wall Street that are extremely embarrassing because the applicant is totally full of themselves or completely clueless.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Wyden asks Obama’s terrorism chief for rules governing assassination of U.S. citizens
01-15-2013
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Raw Story
Before he votes to confirm Obama terrorism czar John Brennan as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has a few rather touchy questions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Savage Attacks: Flu Debunkery Hits the Conservative Mainstream
01-15-2013
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The Daily Bell
Michael Savage: Don't trust feds on flu shot ... 'Not everything your government tells you is true' ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
The Deification of Draghi
01-15-2013
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The Daily Bell
Mario Draghi: the closest thing the Eurozone has to a leader? Who leads the Eurozone?
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Robert Lee
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