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Date Sent: 2014-11-26
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
Darren Wilson Investigation Swayed by Favoritism from Start
Unaccountable Israeli Settler Criminality -- 11-26-14 -- Boston T Party - Jerry Day -- LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Israeli Ruthlessness 101 -- US Army may station tanks in Eastern Europe: general -- Darren Wilson Investigation Swayed by Favoritism from Start -- Why It's Impossible to Indict a Cop -- The Ferguson Lie -- County Medical Examiner Never Took Photos or Measurements After Ferguson Shooting -- Washington Bails On Demilitarization After Ferguson -- NSA Backdoor Exploit in Windows 8 Uncovered -- New Snowden docs: GCHQ's ties to telco gave spies global surveillance reach -- Ferguson Michael Brown Shooting: 'Boycott Black Friday' Aims to Hit America Where it Hurts -- Fascism in Ukraine -- 11-25-14 -- Pastor Chuck Baldwin - Liberty Fellowship in Kalispell, MT -- NATO's Dark Side -- 11-25-14 -- Andrea Garcia - Michael Eliot -- (VIDEO & MP3 LOADED) -- Obama Hates The Press by Jonathan Turley -- Giant Flying Cryptid Reports Increase in Pennsylvania -- Woolly Mammoth Could be Cloned by South Korean Scientists -- Why China won't be Asia's Dominant Power -- Olive oil bars, old hardware store, Alzheimer's and sugar -- Darren Wilson and the Protocols of Official Exoneration -- Caswell's Shooting Show – Marc Victor & Peter Steinmetz (Audio Interview) -- Systemic Injustice in America -- The Grand Jury Testimony of Officer Wilson (PDF format) -- Ferguson erupts after officer not charged in teen's shooting -- Tomgram: David Vine, A Permanent Infrastructure for Permanent War -- Congress Is Irrelevant on Mass Surveillance. Here's What Matters Instead. -- Florida man turned away at firehouse trying to report blaze, told to call 911 instead -- Violent killings by Utah police outpace deaths by gangs, drug dealers and child abusers --
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Army may station tanks in Eastern Europe: general
11-25-2014
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AFP
The US Army plans to deploy about 150 tanks and armored vehicles to NATO countries next year and some of the heavy armor may be stationed in Eastern Europe, a top American general said Tuesday.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Darren Wilson Investigation Swayed by Favoritism from Start
11-25-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
"Any time I'm involved in an officer-involved shooting, be it a fatal one or non-fatal, it is always during my initial investigation listed as an assault on law enforcement," explained the St. Louis County Police Detective who inaugurated
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Why It's Impossible to Indict a Cop
11-25-2014
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The Nation
How to police the police is a question as old as civilization, now given urgency by a grand jury's return of a "no bill" of indictment for Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson in his fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Ferguson Lie
11-25-2014
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Simple Justice
Americans may be a smart, educated people, but we are lazy and ignorant. It's too much effort for our delicate sensibilities to gain a deeper understanding of how our nation functions. This is why the Ferguson Lie happened and works.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
County Medical Examiner Never Took Photos or Measurements After Ferguson Shooting
11-25-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An investigator with the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office testified he did not feel it necessary to take photos or measurements of the Michael Brown shooting scene, though that is a normal part of a homicide investigation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Washington Bails On Demilitarization After Ferguson
11-25-2014
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Lawmakers vowed changes to the Pentagon programs that deliver military-grade equipment to local police after images of cops climbing out of armored vehicles with military-grade weapons filtered out of Ferguson, Missouri, in August.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA Backdoor Exploit in Windows 8 Uncovered
11-25-2014
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The German federal government warned national agencies and companies not to use Windows 8. The reason? An alleged backdoor giving the NSA access to a hidden feature which apparently can't be shut off and allows remote control
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
New Snowden docs: GCHQ's ties to telco gave spies global surveillance reach
11-25-2014
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ars technica
Documents reportedly from the Edward Snowden cache show that in 2009, GCHQ (and by association, the NSA) had access to the traffic on 63 submarine cable links around the globe. The cables listed handle the vast majority of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Ferguson Michael Brown Shooting: 'Boycott Black Friday' Aims to Hit America Where it Hurts
11-25-2014
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Momentum is building on social media to boycott the Black Friday sales in order to hit corporate America "where it hurts" over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Hates The Press by Jonathan Turley
11-25-2014
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arclein
While President Barack Obama continues to assure the public that he is protecting privacy and the press, his Administration continues to do precisely the opposite in court with comprehensive attacks on civil liberties. A good example is the continued
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Giant Flying Cryptid Reports Increase in Pennsylvania
11-25-2014
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arclein
Others reluctantly told me what they observed looked more prehistoric and similar to a pterodactyl or teratorn. More than one person told me that the huge flying creature they saw could only be described as a dragon. And yes, some who have witnessed
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News Link • Science
Woolly Mammoth Could be Cloned by South Korean Scientists
11-25-2014
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arclein
they have recovered.
"We're trying hard to make this possible within our generation", he told a Channel 4 documentary team who have been charting the project's progress.
However, many in the science community oppose the idea of bringing a
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robert klein
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News Link • China
Why China won't be Asia's Dominant Power
11-25-2014
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arclein
The argument that China is already Asia's pre-eminent power based on its growing economic and military capacities is weak, the authors say. They expect the limitations of China's economic might, a lack of close bilateral relationships and weak mili
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Darren Wilson and the Protocols of Official Exoneration
11-25-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Asked if he had filled out an incident report on the shooting, Wilson explained the "protocol" in such cases is to "contact your FOP [Fraternal Order of Police] representative and he will advise you of what to do step by step."
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Caswell's Shooting Show â€" Marc Victor & Peter Steinmetz (Audio Interview)
11-25-2014
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Attorney for Freedom
Attorney Marc Victor and Dr. Peter N. Steinmetz were on Radio Caswell's talk show this past Friday November 21st, 2014 - They discussed Dr. Steinmetz's open-carry protest on July 25th as well as the legal response.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
The Grand Jury Testimony of Officer Wilson (PDF format)
11-25-2014
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CNN
If one is perceptive, they can pick out where he has been coached to use key emotional phrases. There are plenty of unexplored contradictions.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ferguson erupts after officer not charged in teen's shooting
11-24-2014
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Reuters
A Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer on any charges in the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager unleashed a wave of violent protests Monday night similar to what engulfed Ferguson in August.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Tomgram: David Vine, A Permanent Infrastructure for Permanent War
11-24-2014
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Iraqi troops and small numbers of Syrian rebels have hardly been alone in receiving American military support. Yet few in our world have paid much attention to everything Washington has done to keep the region awash in weaponry.
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News Link • Surveillance
Congress Is Irrelevant on Mass Surveillance. Here's What Matters Instead.
11-24-2014
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The last place one should look to impose limits on the powers of the US government is . . . the US government. Governments don't walk around trying to figure out how to limit their own power, and that's particularly true of empires.
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News Link • Government
Florida man turned away at firehouse trying to report blaze, told to call 911 instead
11-24-2014
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Rawstory
A Florida man attempting to get local firefighters to save his home -- which was ablaze four houses away -- was rebuffed at the firehouse door and told to call 911 instead, even though he told them he did not have a cell phone.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Violent killings by Utah police outpace deaths by gangs, drug dealers and child abusers
11-24-2014
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Rawstory
If you live in Utah, you are more likely to be killed by police than gangs, drug dealers or child abusers. Deaths from police violence were the second most common type of killing after intimate partner violence in Utah.
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News Link • Police State
NY Times Report Documents Metastasizing of the Police State of America
11-24-2014
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The latest news on the burgeoning police state disclosing at least 40 agencies of the US government from the Dept of Health and Human Services to the Supreme Court are using undercover agents to spy on and to entrap Americans
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News Link • Police State
21 Facts That Prove That Dependence On The Government Is Out Of Control In America
11-24-2014
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Today, the American people collectively receive more money from the government than they pay in taxes. And remember, the federal government uses our money to build roads, inspect our food and fund the military as well.
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News Link • Military
Reddit: Retired soldiers describe what they saw and experienced and never told anyone
11-24-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Just a warning. This is absolutely heartbreaking.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
What's covered in new menu labeling rules
11-24-2014
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Associated Press
The Food and Drug Administration plans new rules requiring chain restaurants, movie theaters and other retailers that sell prepared foods to put calorie labels on menus and menu boards. The rules will apply to establishments that
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
SNL: Obama Shoves The Schoolhouse Rock Bill Down The Capitol Steps
11-24-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
A bill (Kenan Thompson) and an executive order (Bobby Moynihan) explain how government really works with a little help from President Obama (Jay Pharaoh).
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News Link • Police State
Ferguson Prosecutor's Idiot Speech Blames Everyone But Darren Wilson
11-24-2014
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http://gawker.com
Ferguson prosecutor Robert McCulloch delivered a long-winded, smirking speech blaming social media, the media, journalists, neighborhood residents, and everyone else who isn't Darren Wilson, for Darren Wilson shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael
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News Link • Death
MassMutual Senior Vice President Found Dead, Stabbed In Chest In Apparent Homicide
11-24-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com
A week after stunned Tribeca woke up to news of a grizzly death in which a Citigroup managing director living on Greenwich Street was found dead in his bathtub with a slashed throat and the lack of a suicide weapon on the scene suggesting there was f
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News Link • World News
Russian Crew Boards 1st Mistral Carrier As France Quietly Completes Construction...
11-24-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com
Russian Crew Boards 1st Mistral Carrier As France Quietly Completes Construction Of 2nd Ship.
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News Link • Energy
GUNDLACH: Tesla Could Change Society
11-24-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
DoubleLine Funds' Jeff Gundlach just spoke with CNBC's Sara Eisen, and in a wide-ranging interview, Gundlach discussed, among other things, Tesla.
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Why I Don't Post Any Photos Of My Kid Online -- And You Shouldn't, Either
11-24-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
I vividly remember the Facebook post. It was my friend's 5-year-old daughter "Kate," (a pseudonym) standing outside of her house in a bright yellow bikini, the street address clearly visible behind her on the front door.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Why Judges OK Plea Bargains That Put Innocent People In Jail
11-24-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
One of America's most respected judges recently wrote an insightful and unsettling essay about the many problems with plea bargains, and we spoke to him about why judges almost always sign off on these agreements.
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News Link • TERRORISM
ISIS Is Pushing To Take Another Major City In Iraq
11-24-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
A humanitarian catastrophe is looming in Iraq's beleaguered Anbar Province, as Islamic State militants launched a fresh push to capture the regional council in the provincial capital of Ramadi.
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News Link • World News
France Just Agreed A Deadline To Deliver That Warship To Russia
11-24-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
French industrial group DCNS charged with delivering two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia has agreed a new deadline of November 27th to hand over the first ship, according to Russian media reports.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
This Hilarious Video Shows A Robot Escaping From A Locked Room
11-24-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
A hilarious new video shows what happens when you let the internet control a robot stuck inside a demo room.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Metamaterials allow ultrasound to penetrate bone and metal
11-24-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com
Score another point for metamaterials. Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed complementary metamaterials that will aid medical professionals and engineers in diagnosing problems under the skin.
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News Link • Inventions
Fugu Luggage expands travel options
11-24-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com
Many travelers will have faced the problem of the carry-on luggage that was big enough when embarking on a trip, but fell well short on carrying capacity for the return journey thanks to the addition of souvenirs, bargains and gifts for loved ones.
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