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Date Sent: 2011-05-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, May 20, 2011 AM edition |
News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Obama urges Israel to go back to 1967 borders
05-19-2011
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AP
President Obama endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation." Obama urged a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Speech
No Constitutional Right to Dance in the Jefferson Memorial
05-20-2011
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Volokh Conspiracy
Today’s D.C. Circuit decision in Oberwetter v. Hilliard, concluding that (1) the Jefferson Memorial is a “nonpublic forum” in which reasonable, viewpoint-neutral restrictions are permissible, and that (2) the government could therefore bar people fro
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Coast Guard Also Believes Photography Is "Suspicious Activity"
05-20-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Earlier this week, we reported that the Spokane County Sheriff's Office was encouraging citizens to report people taking pictures in public as suspicious activity.
Now we've learned that the U.S. Coast Guard is doing the same.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
Man Told He Is Guilty Of Felony For Videotaping Whale
05-20-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Hans Welch responded to a call for volunteers where they needed help with pilot whales that had been stranded. The Miami resident was in the water holding the pectoral fin of a stranded whale. He pulled out his waterproof camera and began recording.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Another Isolated Incident
05-20-2011
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The Agitator
When Menlo Park police officers busted into an East Palo Alto home and pointed a firearm at a two-year old girl in November, they had the wrong house, say the two homeowners, who are filing a $500,000 claim against both cities.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams Should Be Arrested
05-20-2011
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The Agitator
Citizens are expected to know every law. Break one, and you suffer the consequences. Ignorance is no defense, even when it comes to vague, obscure, or densely-written laws. But when law enforcement officials"the people we pay to enforce the criminal
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
In which I give in to Obama's Nixonian demands on what the media should cover
05-20-2011
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Washington Examiner
Obama was upset that his March visit didn't get more coverage?
Okay, then, I'll provide some more coverage: LOL
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
The Morality of Profit
05-20-2011
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youtube (h/t The Agitator)
The free market needs and deserves a moral defense. The Atlas Network's "Morality of Free Enterprise" initiative focuses attention on the moral component of freedom by showing that free enterprise both depends on and reinforces morality.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard
05-19-2011
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NY Times
The laws of the United States do not apply inside its walls, and until earlier this month the I.M.F.’s own rules contained an unusual provision that some experts and former officials say has encouraged managers to pursue the women who work for them:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Is Google profiting from illegal ads?
05-19-2011
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Washington Post
They’re impossible to miss online: all those ads hawking cheap drugs, penny stock fortunes, low mortgage rates and instant wrinkle-zapping solutions. For consumers, it’s not always obvious which operators are legitimate.
Search companies such
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Mammals win by a nose: Sense of smell drove evolution of big brains
05-19-2011
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Washington Post
200 million years ago, a keen sense of smell drove an explosive growth in brain size that pushed mammals out from under the shadow of dinosaurs, a new study concludes. Enhanced smell probably gave the first mammals " tiny shrewlike critters " the abi
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
Words Eye View
Will Jesus Christ Return on May 21?
05-19-2011
Greg J Dixon
Eighty-nine year old religious broadcaster and Bible teacher, Harold Egbert Camping, has been predicting for some time now that Jesus Christ is going to return this Saturday May 21. I will assure you, in no uncertain words, HE WILL NOT!
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Obama, Jews, Israel and the transitive property
05-19-2001
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The Political Commentator
Obama Muslim outreach speech at the State Department just the latest red flag from a President who is no friend of Israel or of the Jewish people
I live in an enclave of liberal and far-left people of the Jewish faith, and I am understanding enoug
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Paralyzed man stands, steps after spine treatment
05-19-2011
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Reuters
A man left paralyzed after a car accident was able to stand and take steps after electrical stimulation of his spinal cord in what researchers described as a breakthrough in treating such devastating injuries.
Rob Summers, a 25-year-old former col
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News Link • Media: Television
Katie Couric ends her run at CBS News
05-19-2011
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AP
Katie Couric has signed off as "CBS Evening News" anchor after nearly five years.
Couric ended her last evening newscast on Thursday by telling viewers: "Thank you so much for coming along with me on this incredible journey."
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
The Fracking Controversy
Marin Katusa
Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world’s largest private equity firm, is set to invest $1 billion in unconventional oil and gas projects in North America through a joint venture with Alta Resources, which has cemented a spotlight on fracking.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Questions Mitt Romney Re: $10.5 Million Haul
05-19-2011
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www.dailypaul.com
“He actually didn’t raise (that amount),” Mr. Paul said during a trip to Nevada. “I think he got $10 million in commitment. When our chart runs on the (website) ticker, it means the money’s in the bank.”
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Japanese electric car travels over 200 miles on single charge
05-19-2011
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www.rawstory.com
...hopes to take the car to market by 2013 but gave no projected cost, said its four-seater "SIM-LEI" had motors inside each wheel and a super-light frame, allowing for 333 kilometres (207 miles) of motoring on one charge in a test.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Islands in the stream: The extraordinary homemade dams holding back the Mississippi
05-19-2011
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Built up: This homeowner has turned their house into an island in the 300 acres of flooded farmland around the Mississippi River
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Israel Expects Obama to Take Back ‘1967 Lines’ Demand
05-19-2011
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www.israelnationalnews.com
“Israel appreciates President Obama’s commitment to peace,” “Israel believes that for peace to endure between Israelis and Palestinians, the viability of a Palestinian state cannot come at the expense of the viability of the one and only Jewish stat
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Housing
Registers of Deeds as Unexpected Foot Soldiers Fighting Mortgage Abuses?
05-19-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
As MERS legal status has come under questions, a few local registers of deeds (the officers in charge of local recording offices) have made estimates of the losses to their county and have come up with significant numbers.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona universities won't permit medical pot on campus
05-19-2011
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Arizona Republic
Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University exist due to programs provided by the federal government and will continue to be "under the jurisdiction thereof," said the director of public affairs for the Arizona
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Town Lake bridge drill means possible light-rail delays on Saturday
05-19-2011
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http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/
Metro passengers may find slight delays to service Saturday during an emergency drill on the Tempe Town Lake light rail bridge.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Expert: bin Laden's death heightens need for Americans to report suspicious activity
05-19-2011
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http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/
When news broke that U.S. Navy SEALs had killed 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, Neville Cramer found himself in an unusual situation.
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Atheists offer to rescue Christians’ pets after judgment day
05-19-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
WASHINGTON " When judgment day comes -- which some US Christian fundamentalists insist will happen on Saturday -- have you thought about what you're going to do with the family dog and cat?
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News Link • Economy - International
An Interview with Hugo Salinas Price on a Return to a Silver Mexican Peso
05-19-2011
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http://news.silverseek.com/
We, here at The Dollar Vigilante (TDV), have been big supporters of Hugo Salinas Price for years. Not just for his business exploits, which have made him a billionaire.
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News Link • Events: America
84-year-old man allegedly beaten by police officer after calling 911
05-19-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
An Alabama police officer allegedly hospitalized an elderly man who called 911 to report an accident across the street from his house while his wife watched the entire beating from her wheelchair.
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News Link • Events: America
Alan Bock, Great Writer & Freedom Fighter
05-19-2011
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http://www.antiwar.com/
Alan Bock has done great work for freedom. His jovial good nature is rare in this biz. He can be a hardliner without being abrasive or bitter.
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News Link • Events: America
Alan Bock, RIP
05-19-2011
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
Eric Garris passes along the very sad news that Alan has died after a long struggle with cancer. A Freedom Newspapers journalist in the Hoiles tradition,
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Man who clashed with cops over legal gun was also armed with audio recorder
05-19-2011
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http://articles.philly.com/
MARK FIORINO'S story has three elements that tend to get people worked up - gun rights, Philly police and YouTube.
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
God Removes A Remnant Before Judgment
05-19-2011
Chuck Baldwin
Let's settle one thing first: God has never used a majority to achieve anything substantive or revolutionary. It has always been a tireless, committed, and courageous remnant that He has used to accomplish things considered noteworthy and lasting. An
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