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Date Sent: 2012-08-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, August 16, 2012 AM edition |
Obama: US ‘Will Attack Iran by June 2013′ -- UK threatens to storm Ecuador embassy to get Assa
Economic recovery is weakest since World War II -- Top 10 Reasons Why the Mafia is Better than the State -- Pockets of City See Higher Use of Force During Police Stops -- Virginia surplus will fund bonuses for state workers -- N.Y. Fed says municipal bond defaults higher than ratings agency counts -- Approval of Congress falls to all-time low -- Muslim group blasts judge over "sea monster" comparison -- 7 Banks Subpoenaed Over Rate-Fixing --AZ Gov. bars public benefits for illegal immigrants -- Arizona Election Fraud: "In the Spirit of Cooperation, Let's Not Look Into the Past" -- NASA Pilots Capture Perseid Meteor Dust at 65,000 Feet -- Military’s Mach 5 Missile Fails, Again -- With New Programming, Autonomous Airplanes Can Navigate on the Fly With No GPS -- Strange, Unexplained Solar Influence Over Earth's Radioactive Material Could Herald Solar Flares -- Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Backs New Venture Aimed at Producing 3-D Printed Meat -- 301. We Are on a 9/11 Countdown -- US Hypocritically Accuses Iran of Sending Pro-Regime Militias to Syria -- 48 Killed, 130 Wounded in Afghan Suicide Blasts -- House members' VIP loans from Countrywide excluded from subpoena, report says -- How Did Harry Reid Get Rich? -- Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets -- Message to the Voting Cattle - by Larken Rose -- The next big trend… -- The assault on freedom is just beginning -- Ethnic groups, racial and religious differences led to Sikh shootings
POOL PARTY AT HANCOCK'S SUNDAY, AUG 19, 2012 from 1 P.M.
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News Link • Iran
Report: Obama to Tell Israel US ‘Will Attack Iran by June 2013′ If Diplomacy Fails
08-15-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
It could be a tactic to stave off an Israeli attack before the November elections, but such talk is incredibly dangerous
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Britain threatens to storm Ecuador embassy to get Assange
08-15-2012
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Reuters
The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Economic recovery is weakest since World War II
08-15-2012
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AP
The recession that ended 3 years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression. Since World War II, 10 U.S. recessions have been followed by a recovery that lasted at least 3 years.
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News Link • Government
Top 10 Reasons Why the Mafia is Better than the State
08-15-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
http://freestateproject.org
Emily delivered the winning rant at the Soapbox Idol competition from Porcfest 2011. Porcfest is short for the Porcupine Freedom Festival which is held annually in NH by the Free State Project. The judges panel includ
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Pockets of City See Higher Use of Force During Police Stops
08-15-2012
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New York Times
Police officers from the nearby 44th and 46th Precincts patrol the streets, from time to time stopping and frisking young men, mostly black and Latino. And when they do they use physical force far more often than the police do anywhere else
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News Link • TAXES: State
Virginia surplus will fund bonuses for state workers
08-15-2012
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Washington Post
At a time when struggling states are cutting budgets and sending pink slips to workers, Virginia has something else in store: bonuses for state employees.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
N.Y. Fed says municipal bond defaults higher than ratings agency counts
08-15-2012
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Washington Post
Defaults on municipal bonds for decades have been far higher than reported by rating agencies, bringing into question the true risk of a common investment widely considered to be safe, according to a study released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Approval of Congress falls to all-time low
08-15-2012
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AP
Just one in 10 Americans approves of the job Congress is doing, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, tying the branch's lowest approval rating in 38 years. Congress originally hit the 10% mark in February, before
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Muslim group blasts judge over "sea monster" comparison
08-15-2012
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Reuters
A Muslim rights group criticized a federal judge, complaining he had compared the civil liberties of Muslim Americans to a "hideous sea monster" while tossing out a lawsuit over the infiltration of California mosques by an FBI informant.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
7 Banks Subpoenaed Over Rate-Fixing
08-15-2012
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AP
The attorneys general of New York and Connecticut have issued subpoenas to seven banks over the possible manipulation of a global interest rate, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
AZ Gov. bars public benefits for illegal immigrants
08-15-2012
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Arizona Republic
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer reiterated to state agencies today that they must deny driver's licenses and other public benefits to undocumented youth who can remain in the country without fear of deportation under a new federal program.
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Arizona Election Fraud: "In the Spirit of Cooperation, Let's Not Look Into the Past"
08-152012
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The Intercept
By "taking the matter under advisement", Judge Kyle Bryson kicked the can a little farther down the road last Monday and further postponed the hearing granted to the Libertarian Party by the appellate courts for prospective relief in rigged electio
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News Link • Environment
Arctic Coastlines Hitting Ecological Tipping Point
08-15-2012
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Brandon Keim via WIRED.com
Along rocky coastlines of the Arctic Ocean, a radical change is taking place, perhaps as profound as vanishing sea ice but less evident to the eye.
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News Link • Military
Military’s Mach 5 Missile Fails, Again
08-15-2012
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Robert Beckhusen and Noah Shachtman via WIRED.com
A crucial test for the Air Force’s experimental Mach 5 missile has ended in failure, according to the Air Force. Tuesday’s test is also the third time the hypersonic X-51A Waverider cruise missile has fallen short. But this time could be the last.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
With New Programming, Autonomous Airplanes Can Navigate on the Fly With No GPS
08-15-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Self-piloted drones may be able to land or fly almost anywhere -- even aircraft carriers -- but they need some complex navigation skills to do it, including the somewhat existential ability to know where they are in the world.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Museum Relics Prove Pacific Sharks Died Out Before We Knew They Were There
08-15-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Dusky sharks do not live in the Pacific waters near the Republic of Kiribati. Neither do spottail sharks, nor the aptly named bignose sharks. But they used to live there at one point in the past
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News Link • Solar Flares
Strange, Unexplained Solar Influence Over Earth's Radioactive Material Could Herald Solar Flares
08-15-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
A mystifying trick of the sun, inappropriately interfering with particles on Earth, could be used as an early-warning system for solar flares, a new study says.
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News Link • Food
Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Backs New Venture Aimed at Producing 3-D Printed Meat
08-15-2012
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Ctrl + P for protein
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Eli Lilly admits to more than $200 million dollars worth of doctor payoffs
08-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Prozac. Cialis. Cymbalta. If you have a television or read magazines, you’ve heard of their drugs. Eli Lilly, out of Indiana, makes billions of dollars every year off the sale of their patented chemicals, which are used to suppress the symptoms of di
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News Link • Police State
DHS Says Veteran Lone Wolf Extremists Will Carry Out More Violent Attacks
08-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Michael Chertoff, former director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have brought the influence of the Israel Defense Force to local police departments across America. By using Zionist training, local police are being mentally and physicall
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News Link • Police State
DHS classifies ammo purchase following controversy
08-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Federal agency blacks out amount of bullets being bought
The Department of Homeland Security has redacted information relating to the quantity of bullets it is buying following a controversy concerning the agency’s purchase of over a billion round
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News Link • Technology: Software
Video: Disney's 3-D Facial Scruff Technology Reconstructs Beards Down to the Individual Hair
08-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Face capture technology has come a long way, especially as 3-D stereoscopic imaging and the like have made leaps forward in recent years. It’s now relatively easy to capture a face in 3-D and reconstruct it digitally for applications such as the amaz
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News Link • Iran
US Hypocritically Accuses Iran of Sending Pro-Regime Militias to Syria
08-15-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Iranian meddling in Syria is condemned, while US-backed regime change by proxy is just
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News Link • Government
House members' VIP loans from Countrywide excluded from subpoena, report says
08-15-2012
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http://www.foxnews.com, Associated Press
A Democratic committee chairman overrode his own subpoena three years ago in an investigation of former subprime mortgage lender Countrywide to exclude records showing that he, other House members and congressional aides got VIP discounted loans from
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News Link • Food
Price of Ground Beef Hits Record High
08-15-2012
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http://cnsnews.com, By Terence P. Jeffrey
The average price of ground beef hit a record high in the United States in July, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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News Link • Social Security
Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets
08-15-2012
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http://www.infowars.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Preparing for civil unrest? Ammunition to be delivered to 41 locations across U.S.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Message to the Voting Cattle - Larken Rose
08-15-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by FreiwilligFrei
These are the words of a fictional character in the book, and he says quite a bit more. And yes, the character is rather harsh in his condemnation of state-worship, but for a reason. If you have the story context of who is saying it, where, when, and
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News Link • Geography
The next big trend…
08-15-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Tim Staermose
A sprawling archipelago of more than 14,000 islands, Indonesia is home to some of the most beautiful, exotic, and alluring places in the world.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The assault on freedom is just beginning
08-15-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
...British government is doing its damnedest to outdo the US as the WORST place to travel in, out, and through in the entire world. And if you plan on traveling, this is important information to know.
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News Link • Battery Project
Versatile Vacuum, Air & Inert Gas All-In-One Furnace
08-15-2012
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http://www.sentrotech.com
Sentro Tech's 1600oC versatile all-in-one high temperature furnaces facilitate operation of firing cycles where atmosphere condition can be altered during operation cycle, from oxidizing, (such as air to inert atmosphere), or argon/nitrogen to rough
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News Link • Battery Project
The "2 bucks" furnace
08-15-2012
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http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com,
I wanted a small propane fired furnace for efficient aluminum and bronze melts. I figured that the coffee can furnace mentioned elswhere on the internet was too small, but metal 12 quart buckets seemed just right for my 4" diameter crucible.
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Opinion • WAR: About that War
Ray McGovern: My Take
Israel’s ‘Bomb Iran’ Timetable
08-12-2012
Ray McGovern
As the clock ticks down to the U.S. elections in November, another clock is ticking in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, whether Israeli forces should exploit the American political timetable to pressure President Obama to support an attack on Iran’s nuclear s
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