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Date Sent: 2013-06-25
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, June 24, 2013 |
Ed Snowden beware: abductions of Americans in Ecuador
Prosecutor opens with Zimmerman's obscenity -- Lawn chair balloonist’s flight goes awry -- IRS chief: Inappropriate screening was broad -- Trafficking in Lies about Syria -- India's Severe Floods Spied by Satellite --
Russian Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk Outside Space Station -- Should We
Stay Or Should We Go? -- U.S. warns countries against Snowden travel -- Snowden Payback: Moody's takes rating actions on 9 Hong Kong banks --
Chief executive Leung says Snowdon departure shows Hong Kong's respect
for rule of law -- Washington v. Edward Snowden Update -- Enemies of Syria Plan Escalated Aggression -- Cyber Attacks Against Web Sites Overwhelming - by Greg Dixon
George Zimmerman Trial Livestream link
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecutor opens with Zimmerman's obscenity
06-24-2013
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AP
A prosecutor told jurors in opening statements George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin "because he wanted to," not because he had to, while a defense attorney said the neighborhood watch volunteer shot the teen in self-defense to stop him
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Lawn chair balloonist’s flight goes awry
06-24-2013
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The Sideshow
A 60-year-old man whose lifelong dream was to take flight in a lawn chair using helium-filled balloons did so on Saturday, though his attempt to set a record didn't go quite as planned. “I've been thinking about this forever," Joe Barbera, an enginee
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS chief: Inappropriate screening was broad
06-24-2013
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AP
The Internal Revenue Service's screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer than has been previously disclosed, the new head of the agency said Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Robot rock band performs with Amoyamo in Tokyo, Japan
06-24-2013
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youtube
A three-piece robot rock band has taken to the stage in Tokyo, Japan to perform with pop group Amoyamo. The bionic guitarist, drummer and keyboardist were joined by pop group Amoyamo for the performace.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Chronic Cannabis Use May Cause Brain Inflammation
06-24-2013
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livescience.com
Chronic marijuana use may cause inflammation in the brain that leads to problems with coordination and learning, a new study in animals suggests.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
New 'Assassin Bug' Species Discovered in Arizona Cave
06-24-2013
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livescience.com
A new species of "assassin bug" " a type of gutsy predatory insect that neutralizes prey using its thorny front legs and sharp, needlelike mouth " has been discovered deep in a limestone cave in Arizona.
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News Link • Transportation
Meet the College Kids Who Set Out to Build the ‘Ultimate Electric Vehicle’
06-24-2013
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Wired.com
The World Solar Challenge is returning to the Land Down Under this fall, and with new rules, new teams, and new cars, the University of Michigan team is betting big on its latest design, the Generation.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Inspired by a Cardboard Box, This Chair Is a Private Escape
06-24-2013
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Wired.com
Between establishing an industrial design studio for Google’s Android team and raising a family together, designers Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers spend a lot of time in hectic environments.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Medical Cooperatives Reborn
06-24-2013
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arclein
Thirty-two-year old family physician Doug Nunamaker of Wichita, Kan., said after five years of dealing with the red tape of health insurance companies and the high overhead for the staff he hired just to deal with paperwork, he switched to a system o
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News Link • China
China’s Great Uprooting
06-24-2013
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arclein
China has long been home to both some of the world’s tiniest villages and its most congested, polluted examples of urban sprawl. The ultimate goal of the government’s modernization plan is to fully integrate 70 percent of the country’s population, or
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News Link • Geology
Early Biotic Phosphorus Enrichment
06-24-2013
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arclein
The scientists found that during the Hadean and Archean eons " the first of the four principal eons of the Earth's earliest history " the heavy bombardment of meteorites provided reactive phosphorus that when released in water could be incorporated
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News Link • Agriculture
Is Monsanto Killing Your Brain?
06-24-2013
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arclein
Last year Chinese researchers published a paper in the journal Cell Research where they found small pieces of rice RNA in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice.1
And this rice RNA wasn’t just sitting there doing nothing. It was binding to re
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russian Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk Outside Space Station
06-24-2013
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space.com
Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station today (June 24) to begin a six-hour spacewalk to test and upgrade systems on the orbiting lab's exterior.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Lesley Hazleton: The doubt essential to faith
06-24-2013
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ted.com
When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, his first reaction was doubt, awe, even fear.
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
FALSE FLAG - a novelist's take on 9/11 in under 90 pages
06/24/13
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myself, thanks to www.scribd.com
Can serious-minded fiction play a role in creating a better understanding of critical contemporary social/political issues like 9/11?
Is there a body of 9/11-related fiction? This seems to me a subject worthy of editorial inquiry.
Thanks to the I
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Dick Croy
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Reference Link • Whistleblowers
Don’t Stand Too Close to These People
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
We used to honor whistle-blowers as the media fulfilled its mission to be the watchman on the wall of tyranny. Increasingly, these watchmen are finding themselves watched and are often targeted for elimination, or at least they meet a suspicious and
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Reference Link • Emmigration
Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Are you tired of living under relative tyranny where every email is read, every phone call is listened to and your every movement is tracked and dissident journalists are harassed and even murdered by federal agencies such as the rogue NSA, CIA and I
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News Link • Whistleblowers
U.S. warns countries against Snowden travel
06-24-2013
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Reuters
It warned Western Hemisphere nations that Snowden "should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel, other than is necessary to return him to the United States," a State Department official said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Snowden Payback: Moody's takes rating actions on 9 Hong Kong banks
06-24-2013
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Reuters
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlooks for the bank financial strength ratings (BFSRs)/Baseline Credit Assessments of 8 Hong Kong banks to negative from stable, and one bank's BFSR outlook to stable from positive.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Eye on Research: Nanotechnology holds big potential for NMSU faculty
06-24-2013
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lcsun-news.com
Sending probes to Mars and harvesting energy are just two of the many applications of thermoelectric and nanotechnology research conducted by Professor Julio Martinez's group at New Mexico State University.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Chief executive Leung says Snowdon departure shows Hong Kong's respect for rule of law
06-24-2013
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scmp.com
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Monday defended his government’s handling of the case of US whistle-blower Edward Snowden after the US expressed disappointment over the city’s failure to arrest the fugitive intelligence leaker.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
If carbon dioxide is so bad for the planet, why do greenhouse growers buy CO2 generators
06-24-2013
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naturalnews.com
For only "pennies a day," any greenhouse owner can produce CO2 to help increase plant yields in their greenhouses.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
New wave of business opportunities involving medicinal, nutritional marijuana sweep Colorado
06-24-2013
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naturalnews.com
New business opportunities abound in the state of Colorado, where Amendment 64 to legalize the recreational sale and use of marijuana was recently passed with flying colors by 1.36 million enthusiastic Colorado voters.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Five simple fiber-rich recipes that help to lose weight
06-24-2013
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naturalnews.com
The average individual gains about a pound or two every year.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ed Snowden beware: abductions of Americans in Ecuador
06-24-2013
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naturalnews.com
As reported by the Associated Press, Edward Snowden managed to evade U.S. authorities and fly to Ecuador where he is apparently being granted political asylum.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 23, 2013 Edition
06-21-2013
John Semmens
Congressman Demands “More Balanced” Campaign against Terrorism
Representative Jim McDermott (D-Wash) directed pointed criticism at the FBI's focus on Islamic terrorists. His criticism was sparked by a bus ad that featured photos of 16 suspected te
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News Link • Obama Administration
We petition the obama administration to:
Pardon Edward Snowden
06-21-2013
Americans must send a message to Edward Snowden, one that will also be immediately noted and understood by our nervous rulers: Ed, we’ve got your back!
That’s why it’s so vitally important for you to sign the White House petition to pardon Snowden.
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla vs. Audi: Musk Powers up in 90 Seconds Flat
06-21-2013
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youtube
Tesla founder Elon Musk demonstrated at a company event how the battery on his electric car can be swapped out in far less time than it takes to pump gas for an Audi.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Will scientists soon be able to regrow organs and injured tissue in patients?
06-21-2013
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naturalnews.com
Regenerating organs and damaged tissues has long been the dream of forward-thinking biologists and medical researchers, but it wasn't until advances in stem cell technology in the 1990s that such a dream became a reality.
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News Link • Economy - International
Eurozone Economic Failings
06-21-2013
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arclein
the eurozone countries have little to no control over the most important policies that the government can use to increase employment and income, including monetary, exchange rate, and increasingly, fiscal policy. They have ceded this control to euro
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News Link • China
Official Chinese Culpability on Organ Harvesting
06-21-2013
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arclein
he man in charge of reforming China’s abusive organ transplantation system took part in two high-profile attempts to defend his record and reform efforts, but both attempts seemed to only make matters worse.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
DHA found to reduce aggression and violent behavior in young men: Research
06-21-2013
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naturalnews.com
The omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) decreases aggressive behavior in young adults, studies have shown. Notably, having more DHA in the diet appears to help young people cope better with stressful situations.
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News Link • Economy - International
Banking Crisis in China
06-21-2013
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arclein
Ominous signs usually emerge from the banking system, just like in the fall of 2008, when the Western financial system was on the brink of collapse. When banks don’t trust each other anymore, they charge higher rates for inter-bank lending, fearing t
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
How the Farm Bill could undermine the future of GMO labeling by individual states
06-21-2013
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naturalnews.com
The Republicrats in the U.S. Congress have once again betrayed their constituents by voting down an amendment to the upcoming Farm Bill that would have openly recognized the right of individual states....
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News Link • Seriously?
TN Water Officials Warn Citizens: Complaints About Water Quality May Be Treated As Terrorist Threat
06-21-2013
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www.jonathanturley.org
...unfounded complaints could be considered an “act of terrorism” and turned over the the police and the FBI. The meeting followed complaints about water quality in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee where children have become ill drinking the water. That left
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News Link • Surveillance
CNN Ambush | Greenwald Calmly Rebuts: 'Oversight' guise is SYMBOLIC & EMPTY
06-21-2013
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Daily Paul.com
"As far as the FISA court is concerned.. this is so crucial.. the NSA does not NEED individual warrants...
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News Link • Syria
So You Want to Intervene in Syria Without Breaking the Law? Good luck with that.
06-21-2013
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Daily Paul.com
So,let's say you're the president of the United States and you want to use military force to intervene in Syria.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Drug users stealing Tide detergent, trading it for crack, officials say
06-21-2013
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Fox News
Authorities in Southern California say they have noticed a bizarre new trend: drug users trading Tide laundry detergent for crack cocaine and marijuana.
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