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Date Sent: 2014-03-18
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
WTF! US Navy Attacks, Captures Libyan Oil Tanker
Why Is the Crimean Referendum Supposed to be Illegal? -- The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence -- Food Pirates -- One Unjustified Arrest, One Permanent File, and One Corrupt Sheriff:
The Ordeal of Mark Patterson - by William Grigg --
Prison, indictment no bar to victory in Illinois primary: experts -- Oklahoma does not have drugs for Thursday execution, officials
say -- Doug Casey’s 9 Secrets for Successful Speculation -- 11 Years After US
Invasion, Iraq Is a Wreck -- Elon Musk Speaks To Shareholders About
The War On Tesla Motors
AZ: Party @ Hancock's Friday March 21st, 2014 from 6 p.m.
til ??; PrepperFestAZ - March 21-23, 2014
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News Link • World News
Why Is the Crimean Referendum Supposed to be Illegal?
03-17-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The White House keeps saying the referendum is illegal. The basis for those assertions are in this interview, which is at the Council for Foreign Relations website. The CFR is part of the deep government of the U.S.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence
03-17-2014
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Salon
At the single stoplight Debra Ford saw the police lights flash. She steered her beat-up black Chevy Blazer into the parking lot, under the big red dot advertising Jack’s restaurant. The officer said she had a taillight out. He asked to see her licens
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News Link • Food
Food Pirates
03-17-2014
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Jonathan Turley
The U.S. food aid program to starving people overseas started as a domestic rather than foreign policy initiative. Developed in the 1950s by the Eisenhower Administration it’s stated purpose was not all together altruistic.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
One Unjustified Arrest, One Permanent File, and One Corrupt Sheriff: The Ordeal of Mark Patterson
03-17-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
The officers let themselves into Mark’s home in Tampa without knocking. Displaying the type of restraint that has all but disappeared in this age of gratuitous SWAT raids, the officers were so stealthy that they didn’t wake up Doberman puppy,
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Prison, indictment no bar to victory in Illinois primary: experts
03-17-2014
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Reuters
In the Illinois primary elections on Tuesday, candidates on Chicago's Democratic ballot will include someone who served a prison term for bribery, another who is due to go on trial on bribery charges this spring and a third charged with bank fraud.
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News Link • Death Penalty
Oklahoma does not have drugs for Thursday execution, officials say
03-17-2014
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Reuters
Oklahoma, as of Monday, did not have the drugs needed to conduct an execution scheduled for this week but aims to obtain chemicals for the lethal injection by the time the death sentence is to be implemented on Thursday, officials said.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The Besler Steam Powered Airplane (1933)
03-17-2014
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http://www.flixxy.com
The first practical steam powered aircraft was demonstrated by the Besler Brothers on April 12, 1933 over Oakland California. It was powered by a steam boiler that was so quiet that spectators on the ground could hear the pilot calling to them. 10 g
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Breitbart: Ron Paul Talks Secession, Claims U.S. Helped Overthrow Ukrainian Government
03-15-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by FreedomLover2012
My oh my. Breitbart featuring Ron Paul on the front page.. Im reading the comment section of this post and it's very interesting. Are more people waking up? I think the answer is yes, read for yourself
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News Link • Geology
Scientists Find Evidence of Massive Water Reserve Near Earth’s Center
03-15-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by goldenequity
"A rare mineral discovery suggests a reservoir that could hold as much water as all the earth’s oceans combined."
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News Link • Government
Here’s What Lindsey Graham Offered to John Kerry When He Thought the Microphone Was Off
03-15-2014
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http://www.theblaze.com, Jason Howerton
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was caught on a hot mic Thursday telling Secretary of State John Kerry to let him know how he could “help” with House Speaker John Boehner.
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News Link • World News
Escalation: Putin Deploys Invasion Force of 80,000 Troops; Border On Lockdown *Video*
03-15-2014
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
For those who thought that the crisis in the Ukraine is over because it’s been out of the mainstream news for 72 hours, think again.
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News Link • World News
Merkel Whores For Washington
03-15-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
Washington, enabled by its compliant but stupid NATO puppets, is pushing the Ukrainian situation closer to war.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
McCain: Why Aren’t We At War Already?
03-15-2014
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Daniel McAdams
Sen. John McCain is furious with President Obama. Even though the president’s bellicosity over a relatively insignificant piece of land more than 5,000 miles away threatens not only our terminally ill economy but actually threatens World War III, McC
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News Link • European Union
European Union NGO Played Direct Role in Violent Coup in Ukraine
03-15-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
State Department and EU worked in tandem to overthrow elected government
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Data shows millions of Americans falling out of the workforce
03-15-2014
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http://dailycaller.com, Neil Munro
The number of native-born, working-age Americans who aren’t working has shot up by almost 9 million since 2007, and by almost 15 million since 2000, according to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that favors reduced immigrat
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News Link • NATO
WikiLeaks, Ukraine, and NATO
03-15-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Conn Hallinan
Is the Russian occupation of the Crimea a case of aggressive expansionism by Moscow or aimed at at blocking a scheme by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to roll right up to the Russia’s western border? WikiLeaks has revealed a secret cab
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News Link • Economy - International
Warren Buffett: Don’t dump stocks on China or Ukraine and stay away from bitcoin
03-15-2014
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http://blogs.marketwatch.com,
Warren Buffett sat down for an interview with CNBC on Friday morning and offered up a lot of wisdom on a variety of topics ranging from bitcoin to Ukraine to the global response to the wisdom of betting against No. 16 seeds in the NCAA college basket
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News Link • Internet
A Close Look at the NSA’s Most Powerful Internet Attack Tool
03-15-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Nicholas Weaver
We already knew that the NSA has weaponized the internet, enabling it to “shoot” exploits at anyone it desires. A single web fetch, imitated by an identified target, is sufficient for the NSA to exploit its victim.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
We Mapped Our Boss’ Office With This Slick New 3-D Camera
03-15-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Greg Miller
Three-dimensional interactive models of indoor spaces have traditionally been expensive and labor-intensive to create. But now anybody can buy a system that can make really neat digital renderings of a house, office or art gallery for $4,500, plus a
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News Link • Iran
A Rare Intimate Glimpse Into Private Lives in Iran
03-15-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Doug Bierend
Iran remains largely misunderstood by many of us in the West. As a theocratic country kept under rigid social, religious, and media restrictions, it’s difficult to relate to. And in the absence of much tourism or Western media based in Iran, for many
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News Link • Surveillance
How to Keep the NSA From Spying Through Your Webcam
03-15-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Kim Zetter
You already know that laptops, desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones are all at risk of being hacked. But did you know that intruders might use the built-in camera to take surreptitious pictures and videos of you and your surroundings or hijac
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News Link • Transportation
Car Dealers Are Terrified of Tesla’s Plan to Eliminate Oil Changes
03-15-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Marcus Wohlsen
Car dealers fear Tesla. In states across the country, powerful car dealer associations have lobbied to ensure the electric car maker and its direct-sales model are kept out. This movement claimed another victory this week when New Jersey banned Tesla
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News Link • Surveillance
Fourth Turning: The People vs Big Brother
03-15-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Jim Quinn
“The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule. If there is a war, it is likely to be one of maximum risk and effort " in other words,
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News Link • Propaganda
Propaganda, Lies and the New York Times: Everything you Really Need to Know About Ukraine
03-15-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Patrick L. Smith
The media keeps buying the American spin on what's happening in Ukraine. Let's cut through the fog
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News Link • Military
Thermonuclear Monarchy and Revolution
03-15-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By David Swanson
So now we (or at least the 0.03% of us who care to hunt for it) discover that U.S. military spending is not actually being cut at all, but increasing. Also going up: U.S. nuclear weapons spending. Some of the new nukes will violatetreaties, but the
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Ending Property Rights: What "Add the Words" Really Means
03-15-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com,By William Norman Grigg
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez was a regular customer of Santa Fe hair stylist Antonio Darden. About two years ago, Darden decided that he would no longer accept the Governor as a client because of her public support for the conventional definit
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Something Dead Wrong Here: Investigating the Mysterious and Central Character, “Danny”
03-15-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Russ Baker
In part I, we reported significant discrepancies in the story of the key witness in the Boston Marathon bombing-MIT police officer killing. These discrepancies cast doubt on his credibility"and therefore on the entire public narrative around those ev
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News Link • Bitcoin
Pros and cons of a mature Bitcoin economy
03-15-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Brian Dodson
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency designed to enable anonymous peer-to-peer financial exchanges without the involvement of third parties, is having serious teething problems. However, most such problems are associated with bitcoin storage or conver
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News Link • Transportation
Opinion: What do New Jersey, Texas and Arizona have against Tesla?
03-15-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Angus MacKenzie
Electric car manufacturer Tesla has been in discussions for some time with the New Jersey Government and Motor Vehicle Commission about the implementation of its direct dealership model. This week the Administration, following suit with Texas and Ari
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News Link • Justice and Judges
81-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Jailed For 2 Days For Pet Violation
03-15-2014
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CBS News
A neighbor took pictures of the dogs running down the street and reported her to Animal Control.
The agency slapped Root with a $7,000 fine or she could spend nearly a year in jail.
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico Is Taking Big Risks By Allowing The Rise of Vigilantism
03-15-2014
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Business Insider
In failing to snuff out vigilantism, Mexico is running big risks.
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News Link • Syria
Extremist Jihadi Group Retreats From Two Syrian Provinces After Alienating Everyone
03-15-2014
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Business Insider
An al Qaeda splinter group in Syria pulled out of two provinces in the country's northwest on Friday and headed to its eastern strongholds after months of clashes with rival rebels, activists said.
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