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Date Sent: 2014-11-03
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Monday, November 3, 2014 |
Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media -- Sensitivity Training For Crazy Joe Arpaio
It Will Take 6.25 BILLION "Man Years" To Pay Off Federal Government Liabilities -- Why A Christian Should Not Vote -- Court Rules Police Can Force Users to Unlock iPhones With Fingerprints, But Not Passcodes -- I Will Never Vote for Jeb Bush - by L. Neil Smith -- Prosecutors Seem Surprised that Banksters May Still Be Breaking the Law -- North Carolina voters report voting machines switching their votes to GOP candidate -- Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden could face criminal charges for Fox interview -- Marine veteran out of Mexico jail, home in Florida -- Sharyl Attkisson releases video of apparent computer hack -- Former Israeli soldier describes how IDF troops do not view Palestinians -- Israeli Matrix of Control: Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields -- Vote 2014: Congressional District Nine Debate - Gammill vs They/Them/Those -- Reinvention of Alan Greenspan, calls Fed balance sheet a tinder box, endorses private gold ownership
AZ: Survival Rendezvous – Young, AZ – Starts This Saturday, November 8-11, 2014
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News Link • Police State
Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media
11-02-2014
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Associated Press
The US government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sensitivity Training For Crazy Joe Arpaio
11-02-2014
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Simple Justice
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ordered a controversial Arizona sheriff to undergo the same training as his deputies to prevent racial profiling and unlawful detention in the wake of the lawman's recent comments.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
It Will Take 6.25 BILLION "Man Years" To Pay Off Federal Government Liabilities
11-02-2014
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Puts a different spin on it, huh? Now, you really want your mind blown? Do that same calculation with the debt (now $18 trillion). Now do it with the unfunded liabilities of the FEDGOV (conservatively $250 trillion).
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Why A Christian Should Not Vote
11/02/2014
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C. Smith's Blog
As one who believes in freedom, in non-aggression, in love, in God, I reject voting. Voting is the antithesis of Jesus' teaching of love, peace, and faith.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Court Rules Police Can Force Users to Unlock iPhones With Fingerprints, But Not Passcodes
11-02-2014
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Judge Steven C. Frucci ruled this week that giving police a fingerprint is akin to providing a DNA or handwriting sample or an actual key, which the law permits. A pass code, though, requires the defendant to divulge knowledge,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
I Will Never Vote for Jeb Bush - by L. Neil Smith
11-02-2014
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Attention Republicans! You're about to make an historic mistakeâ€"you're about to make the usual historical mistake that has given Democrats the upper hand too many times over the past eighty years or so.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Prosecutors Seem Surprised that Banksters May Still Be Breaking the Law
11-02-2014
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Jonathan Turley
It would be the Wall Street equivalent of a parole violation: Just two years after avoiding prosecution for a variety of crimes, some of the world's biggest banks are suspected of having broken their promises to behave.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
North Carolina voters report voting machines switching their votes to GOP candidate
11-02-2014
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Rawstory
A voter in Guilfrord County, attempting to take advantage of early voting in North Carolina, told the News-Record that the voting machine he used repeatedly switched his vote for a Democrat to a vote for her Republican opponent.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden could face criminal charges for Fox interview
11-02-2014
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Despite objections from the Pentagon, Fox News Channel plans to air a 2-day documentary featuring an interview with the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden. The move could result in criminal charges for the SEAL,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Mexican United States Relations
Marine veteran out of Mexico jail, home in Florida
11-02-2014
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Associated Press
Tahmooressi, 26, has said he took a wrong turn on a California freeway that funneled him into a Tijuana port of entry with no way to turn back, and that he had no intention of illegally bringing guns into Mexico.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Sharyl Attkisson releases video of apparent computer hack
11-02-2014
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http://www.politico.com, By DYLAN BYERS
Sharyl Attkisson, the former CBS News correspondent who claims that her computers were hacked by the government while she was reporting on the Benghazi scandal, has released a video she took with her cellphone of one apparent hack...
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Former Israeli soldier describes how IDF troops do not view Palestinians...
11-02-2014
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http://www.independent.co, Rose Troup Buchanan
Former Israeli soldier describes how IDF troops do not view Palestinians as 'human beings'
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israeli Matrix of Control: Use of Palestinian Civillians as Human Shields
11-02-2014
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http://www.euromid.org, Euromid Observer
This report presents documented cases of Palestinian civilians used as human shields by Israeli military forces during the 51-day conflict in the Gaza Strip, 8 July-26 August, 2014. It also discusses Israeli claims that Palestinian armed factions use
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Reinvention of Alan Greenspan, calls Fed balance sheet a tinder box, endorses private gold ownership
11-02-2014
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Goldseek.com
The "new" post-Fed Greenspan sounds very much like the "old" pre-Fed Greenspan-â€"â€"the one who consistently advocated gold before he became Fed chairman.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Events: America
Don't panic: Watch 'Saving Daylight â€" the Movie' and set your clocks back tonight
11-02-2014
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Rawstory
Daylight saving time ends tonight so the people at Nacho Punch have created a movie trailer documenting the fear, anxiety, and uncertainty that comes with switching back from the "imaginary construct" that allows Americans to enjoy
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Political flyer does the unthinkable; calls out residents that don't vote â€" by name
11-01-2014
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Cheryl Carpenter Klimek
An unusual political flyer mailed in Orange County has people fuming over its contents â€" it's calling out people who don't vote.
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News Link • NATO
NATO: Rebellion in the Ranks?
11-01-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by John Feffer
The countries of the former Warsaw Pact are not knuckling under to pressure from Russia. They're trying to avoid a new cold war
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop charged with stealing nude pics from women's phones
10-31-2014
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ars technica
Prosecutors have filed criminal felony charges against a California Highway Patrol officer, Robert Harrington, who is accused of seizing and distributing racy photos copied from arrestees' phones....
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop Leaves Party After Drinking, Runs Over Man, Leaves Scene, No Charges
10-31-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Police say they performed a "prescreening" for alcohol on Officer Beardsley but there is no indication of a BAL test. They insisted they had no reason to believe he had been drinking, but he had in fact been drinking. The question is
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Ohio Speed Traps Continue To Thrive Under Mayors Courts
10-31-2014
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The Newspaper
In 310 small towns statewide, the mayor or someone he designates decides guilt or innocence of the accused driver, collects the fine and decides how to spend the revenue.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
The War Nerd: How do you deal with wannabe jihadis? An upgrade to business class
10-31-2014
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Both these guys tried their best to get out of Canada, were refused the chance to fight in Syria/Iraq. Both had their passports seized, and were "counseled" against jihad. Instead, it simply made them consider the local option.
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News Link • Healthcare
Ebola quarantine: why judge sided with nurse Kaci Hickox
10-31-2014
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Christian Science Monitor
A judge in Maine rejected a request by state officials that the movements of nurse Kaci Hickox be restricted. The order he issued will remain in effect pending the outcome of a full hearing that must be held within 10 days.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Captive Labor, Capitalism's Best Idea
10-31-2014
immigrant detainees in Aurora, Colorado are suing the their detention facility's owner for violating labor laws. According to Colorado Public Radio, "The federal class-action complaint alleges detainees are threatened with solitary confinement if
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News Link • Drug War
Government Authority Intended for Terrorism is Used for Other Purposes
10-31-2014
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EFF
The "sneak and peek" warrant, police were adamant was needed to protect against terrorism. The numbers of "sneak and peek" warrants reveals out of a total of over 11,000 sneak and peek requests, only 51 were used for terrorism.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
How Cops Talk About Mundanes When They Think Nobody Else is Listening (VIDEO)
10-31-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Some on-duty cops are content to make jokes about rape victims that express unalloyed contempt for people who cling to the durable but demonstrably false belief that police exist to serve and protect the public:
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Proof of Consent in Rape Cannot Be Shifted To The Accused
10-31-2014
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Simple Justice
The Washington State Supreme Court faced up to its own earlier error, holding in State v. W.R. that the burden of proving consent in a juvenile forcible compulsion rape case cannot be shifted to the defendant.
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News Link • Drug War
Mexico's 43 missing students are victims of America's war on drugs
10-31-2014
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http://www.vox.com, by Amanda Taub
The United States' war on drugs? isn't just doing damage within the US: it's helping to drive appalling atrocities in Mexico and Central America.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
BREAKING NEWS - Authorities: 1 dead, 1 injured in SpaceShipTwo test flight failure
10-31-2014
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CNN
One person died and another was injured Friday when Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo test flight failed following what the company described as a "serious anomaly."
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News Link • Drug War
This Is What Legalizing Marijuana Did to the Black Market in Colorado
10-31-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Illegal pot dealers still undersell licensed marijuana merchants in Colorado, but their advantage may be fading.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Trader smacks down Peter Schiff: 'This is dangerous'
10-31-2014
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http://www.cnbc.com
Over the past few years Peter Schiff has consistently predicted that gold was headed higher, and has consistently been proved wrong.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russia Delivers Cargo to Space Station After U.S. Setback
10-31-2014
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http://www.nbcnews.com
A robotic Russian supply ship delivered nearly 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station on Wednesday, just hours after a commercial U.S. rocket exploded while attempting a similar mission.
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News Link • Government
With a Government this Vile and This Secretive We Need to Ask Questions
10-31-2014
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http://thiscantbehappening.net
A few days ago, I published a short story linking to a PRN.fm radio interview I did with noted international law attorney Francis Boyle, whom I pointed out was a drafter of the US Biological Weapons and Anti-Terrorism Act passed into law in 1981, whi
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News Link • World News
Good thing Catalans have grit. They're going to need a lot of it to gain independence
10-31-2014
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http://www.globalpost.com
The restive Spanish region of Catalonia is preparing for a symbolic referendum on secession, even as the government is moving to block it.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
There's A Huge Age Divide In How Americans Want Their Tax Dollars Spent
10-31-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
With the U.S. Midterm Elections coming up, it's time again to rally your friends and family to fulfill their civic duty at the voting booths on November 4th.
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News Link • World News
Filipino Representative Proposes "E-Peso" Digital Currency
10-31-2014
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http://thelibertybeat.com
A member of the Filipino House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would mandate the creation of an "E-Peso" and research of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Representative Kimi Cojuangco introduced House Bill 4914 as an effort
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk Wants To Land Rockets On Floating Platforms In The Ocean
10-31-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
The private spaceflight company SpaceX is hoping to bring a rocket back from space and land it on a giant, floating platform in the middle of the ocean, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 24).
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Good Riddance To QEâ€"It Was Just Plain Financial Fraud
10-31-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
QE has finally come to an end, but public comprehension of the immense fraud it embodied has not even started.
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News Link • Constitution
Texas Send in SWAT Teams Against Un-Armed Community â€" Why the Constitution...
10-31-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
Texas Send in SWAT Teams Against Un-Armed Community â€" Why the Constitution Does Not Work.
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News Link • Government
Make America Safer: Shut Down the Department of Homeland Security
10-31-2014
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http://reason.com
DHS, a massive department that wastes taxpayer dollars and abuses civil liberties, should be replaced by a small, focused and efficient set of federal security and intelligence agencies.
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