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Date Sent: 2013-09-14
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, September 13, 2013 |
EPA goes paramilitary, conducts armed raids with 'POLICE' jackets, checking for water quality
Bill to compel journalists to give up sources clears Senate panel -- Cryptographers Have an Ethics Problem -- Lobbyists helping Ron Binz, Obama’s FERC pick, move through Senate -- Jon Stewart Hilarious take on John McCain playing Poker - The Daily -- CFPB's data-mining on consumer credit cards challenged in heated House hearing -- When Smartphones Do a Doctor’s Job -- Obama's Hell Bent for War on Syria -- 09-13-13 -- Alma Sommer ('Agorist Alma') - (VIDEO LOADED) -- Human Mind Control Experiment a Success -- Smell-O-Vision: Coming to a Living Room Near You? -- Top twelve things you probably didn't know about food label claims -- China detains outspoken venture capitalist after friend's arrest -- Three dead as Colorado floods worsen, smashing rainfall records -- Afghan Taliban attack US Consulate, kill 2 Afghans
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News Link • Police State
EPA goes paramilitary, conducts armed raids with 'POLICE' jackets, checking for water qualit
09-13-2013
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naturalnews.com
In what is another example of gross regulatory abuse, a squad of Alaska enviro-agents wearing POLICE-emblazoned body armor and dressed in paramilitary garb recently "raided" a small community for the purpose of - wait for it - checking the quality of
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Bill to compel journalists to give up sources clears Senate panel
09-13-2013
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Los Angeles Times
Federal officials still may "compel disclosure" from a journalist who has information that could stop or prevent crimes such as murder, kidnapping or child abduction or prevent "acts of terrorism" or significant harm to national security.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Lobbyists helping Ron Binz, Obama’s FERC pick, move through Senate
09-13-2013
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Washington Times
President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is coordinating his campaign with two lobbyists for energy companies and several other green-technology strategists, in an unprecedented effort to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
CFPB's data-mining on consumer credit cards challenged in heated House hearing
09-13-2013
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Washington Examiner
The “markets monitoring” program in which the CFPB aims to monitor 80% of all credit card transactions in 2013, collecting data on 42 billion transactions made with 933 million credit cards, and to monitor 95% of all mortgage transactions
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Powell Gammill
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
09-13-13 -- Alma Sommer ('Agorist Alma') - (VIDEO & MP3 LOADED)
Alma Sommer (Agorist Alma) provides a recap of Libertopia 2013, talks about activism, alternative currencies, and Agorist Marketplace AgoristMarketplace.Rayneberry.Com) The result of today's show?... www.BlackMarketFriday.net :)
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Green Tea Sterilizes?
09-13-2013
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arclein
Simply dissolving polyphenol powder in water with the proper dash of salt quickly produces colorless coatings that have antioxidant properties, are non-toxic and can kill bacteria on contact.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Triple Point in Vanadium Dioxide Rigorously Determined
09-13-2013
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arclein
Scientists now have made the first-ever accurate determination of a solid-state triple point in a substance called vanadium dioxide, which is known for switching rapidly - in as little as one 10-trillionth of a second - from an electrical insulator t
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Human Mind Control Experiment a Success
09-13-2013
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arclein
For the experiment Rao would look at a screen and play a simple computer game that involved firing a cannon, but instead of actually pressing a button he instead imagined his right hand moving to do so. Across campus, Stocco, who was unable to see or
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robert klein
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Top twelve things you probably didn't know about food label claims
09-13-2013
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naturalnews.com
Are you confused about food label claims and what they really mean? That's part of the strategy of the global food giants, of course: confuse you with so much noise that you give up trying to make sense of it all.
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News Link • China
China detains outspoken venture capitalist after friend's arrest
09-13-2013
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Reuters
Chinese police have detained an outspoken and well-known venture capitalist for questioning, a fellow activist said on Friday, after he helped lead a campaign for the release of another activist, as the government tightens a crackdown on dissent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Evacuations & Catastrophe
Three dead as Colorado floods worsen, smashing rainfall records
09-13-2013
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Reuters
Flooding that killed at least three people in Colorado, toppling buildings and stranding drivers, worsened overnight as record rains pounded the state, forcing thousands more residents to flee to higher ground, officials said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban attack US Consulate, kill 2 Afghans
09-13-2013
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AP
Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the US Consulate in western Afghanistan, triggering a firefight with security forces in an attack that killed at least two Afghans. All US personnel were safe and US forces later secured the site.
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Powell Gammill
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Reference Link • Police State
Is This What Martial Law Will Look Like?
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
With the DHS federalization of local police departments, some of our local police departments have become a major threat to public safety. And this is what a federalized police force looks like...
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Dave Hodges
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Opinion • Media: Print
The Great Ones Are Leaving Us
09-12-2013
Chuck Baldwin
I just found out a short time ago that Charley Reese recently passed away. He died in May of this year. Amazingly, I did not even read a eulogy of his passing. Holy cow! How quickly people forget us after we are gone. I heard about his death via word
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Florida pastor arrested before he could burn 2,998 Qurans on anniversary of 9/11 attacks
09-11-2013
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AP
A Florida pastor has been arrested before he could set fire to almost 3,000 Qurans. Polk County sheriff's officials say the Rev. Terry Jones and his associate pastor were arrested on unspecified felony charges
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison
09-11-2013
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AFP
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments came after being asked what she is doing to protect Yahoo users from "tyrannical government"
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA begins delivery of weapons to Syrian rebels
09-11-2013
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Washington Post
The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the Obama administration, according to U.S. officials and Syrian figures. The shipments began streaming into the country over the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
D.C. executive linked to secret 2008 aid to Hillary Clinton
09-11-2013
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Washington Post
Jeffrey Thompson, a city contractor who allegedly financed a secret campaign for then-mayoral candidate Vincent Gray in 2010, financed an independent effort to reach urban voters on behalf of Clinton in Texas and at least 3 other states
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
09-11-2013
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The Guardian
The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Syrian forces responsible for Banias massacres: U.N. report
09-11-2013
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ABC News
U.N. rights investigators have established that Syrian government forces were almost certainly responsible for two massacres last May in which up to 450 civilians were killed, a report published on Wednesday said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
TPD subjected woman to 'police brutality' during DUI arrest
09-11-2013
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A woman who suffered a broken orbital bone in her face and other injuries during her arrest on a DUI charge was the victim of police brutality, her lawyer said.
Christina West, 44, was arrested in the early morning hours of Aug. 10 by officers wit
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Missouri Tax Cuts Die as Lawmakers Fail to Override Governor's Veto
09-11-2013
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Bloomberg
Missouri’s Republican-controlled legislature failed to override Democratic Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of cuts in personal and corporate income taxes, slowing a political prairie fire that began in neighboring Kansas.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Houston Family Sues Harris County For Police Abuse Caught On Tape
09-11-2013
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Jonathan Turley
A federal civil rights suit filed raises troubling questions about the conduct of Harris Co. deputies. As shown on the video below, David Scherz was arrested on Sept. 10, 2011, along with his father, mother, sister and aunt in front of their Houston
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Ben Swann Reality Check: More Americans "Rethinking" 9/11?
09-11-2013
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Ben Swann Reality Check
Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at claims by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth about why they say the official story on the collapse of Building 7 is not only untrue, it is not possible. Also, a new poll shows that more and more Americans
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
The Real Reason The Federal Government Is Coming Around On Marijuana Legalization
09-11-2013
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http://libertycrier.com,
In recent news Eric Holder announced the Federal Government would ‘allow’ the states of Colorado and Washington to keep their marijuana legalization laws in place and that they would not seek to jail marijuana consumers or sanctioned suppliers of Mar
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Meanwhile, This Is What Putin Is Doing...
09-11-2013
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zerohedge.com
For the last few days we have been bombarded with words that appear 'peaceful' and problem-solving from Russia with love.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Twelve Years After 9-11: Let’s End the Politics of Fear
09-11-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Robin Koerner
Since 9-11, it seems that the American Left and the American Right have agreed on something of profound importance: we’re scared.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
America's Next "Debt Ceiling": At Least $17.8 Trillion
09-11-2013
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zerohedge.com
The theatrics this time around will certainly be spectacular, but the end result will be the same: after much yelling, screaming, posturing and crying, the US debt ceiling will once again be raised.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Awesome Letter That A Dying Military Veteran Sent To His Representatives In Congress
09-11-2013
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http://endoftheamericandream.com, Michael Snyder
You will be amazed by the things that a dying military veteran wrote in a letter to the two U.S. Senators that are representing his state.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
President Obama Address To The Nation On Syria! - FULL SPEECH!! - 9/10/2013
09-11-2013
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http://www.youtube.com, martysoffice
September 10, 2013 - Obama Syria Speech Address
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News Link • Syria
Russia’s ‘carrier-killer’ Moskva enters Mediterranean
09-11-2013
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http://rt.com
Russia’s Moskva missile cruiser, dubbed a “carrier-killer” by NATO, has passed through the Straits of Gibraltar and is now heading toward the eastern Mediterranean to assume command of the Russian naval force there.
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News Link • Energy
The Power Has Gone Out In Downtown Detroit
09-11-2013
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Business Insider
Downtown Detroit was hit by a power outage at around 1 p.m. today.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Poll: More Americans Believe WTC 7 Was Demolished than Believe the Government’s Explanation
09-11-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Washingtons Blog
What Do You Believe?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
12 Years After 9/11, Obama Helps ‘Revive’ Al-Qaeda in Syria
09-11-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Report warns ‘Syrian rebels’ could launch chemical attacks against the west
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Labor, with union membership declining, will woo non-workers
09-11-2013
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http://thehill.com, By Kevin Bogardus
The AFL-CIO on Monday opened the door to becoming a group that is more representative of the left than of its members.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bloomberg May Court McAuliffe to Bring Gun Control to Virginia
09-11-2013
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http://www.breitbart.com, by Tony Lee
Questions are being raised whether outgoing billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is courting Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) to enact gun control measures in Virginia if he should win the statehouse in November.
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News Link • Activism
CUNY Students Chase And Harass David Petraeus On His First Day Of Class
09-11-2013
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Business Insider
David Petraeus may be regretting taking a teaching position at the City University of New York system.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
The Feds Might Remove A Huge Impediment To The Legal Marijuana Business
09-11-2013
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Business Insider
Following the successful passage of a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana in Colorado last year, the cannabis industry is on track to be a fully legal state market by 2014.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Farewell to Big Sister: Janet Napolitano’s Orwellian Legacy Lives On
09-11-2013
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https://www.rutherford.org, By John W. Whitehead
News headlines to the contrary, there is actually more taking place right now than just the Obama administration’s conveniently distracting push for military action against Syria.
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