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Date Sent: 2011-07-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, July 13, 2011 AM edition |
Ahmed Wali Karzai killed by his bodyguard -- U.S. to sell fighter jets to Iraq
Va. judge throws out drug dealer’s death sentence in slaying -- Europe considers Greek default, leaders to meet -- Pakistan might withdraw border troops, defense minister says -- Egypt’s military leaders call for stand against protests --
Washington Attempts to Make us All Culpable for Online Child
Pornography -- 100 Firefights, Three Weeks: Inside Afghanistan’s Most
Insane Fight -- Caylee's Law, Misguided Emotions? -- Moody's cuts Ireland to junk, warns of second bailout -- Arizona town in disarray; mayor alleges corruption -- Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics -- Feds Defend Internet Domain Seizure in Piracy Crackdown -- Wi-Fi–Hacking Neighbor From Hell Sentenced to 18 Years -- Mayor of Quartzsite, Ed Foster Live In Studio for 2 hours today --
BREAKING: Ron Paul Sacrificing Congressional Seat, Tom Woods Responds
-- Freedom's Warriors to Storm New York City -- Guest Host - Barry Hess
in studio -- Traitorous Senate Republicans Considering Back-Door Debt Ceiling Increase As Usual
-- Will the State Attorneys General Turn the US into a Banktocracy? --
Look! Presidential Economic Terrorism! -- Obama: "Can Not" Guarantee SS
Payments Without A Debt Ceiling Hike
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News Link • Afghanistan
Ahmed Wali Karzai killed by his bodyguard
07-12-2011
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Washington Post
In the months before his death by an assassin’s bullets on Tuesday, Ahmed Wali Karzai had quietly rebuilt his relationship with the United States and emerged as the most influential ally for American commanders and diplomats seeking to quell the Tali
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News Link • Iraq
U.S. to sell fighter jets to Iraq
07-12-2011
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The Lookout
U.S. officials tell The Wall Street Journal the Iraqi government may buy as many as 36 U.S. fighter jets worth billions of dollars. Iraq delayed the planned purchase of 18 jets in February, when politicians said they instead planned to beef up food r
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Va. judge throws out drug dealer’s death sentence in slaying
07-12-2011
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Washington Post
A federal judge has thrown out the capital murder conviction and death sentence and lambasted corrupt Prince William Co. prosecutors who withheld or ignored crucial evidence and potential testimony that could have helped Wolfe’s defense.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe considers Greek default, leaders to meet
07-12-2011
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Reuters
European Union leaders are poised to hold an emergency summit after finance ministers acknowledged for the first time that some form of Greek default may be needed to cut Athens' debts and to stop contagion spreading to Italy and Spain.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pakistan might withdraw border troops, defense minister says
07-12-2011
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Washington Post
Pakistan’s defense minister said they might withdraw thousands of troops from its volatile border areas in response to a suspension of US military aid, ... a sign Pakistan is likely to react to the decision with defiance rather than cooperation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Egypt’s military leaders call for stand against protests
07-12-2011
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Washington Post
Egypt’s military leaders said they would not allow disruption of public life or “hijacking” of their authority and called on Egyptians to disavow protests that disturb daily routines. Tens of thousands of Egyptians had returned to Tahrir Square on Fr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Washington Attempts to Make us All Culpable for Online Child Pornography
07-12-2011
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Reason magazine
Have you heard about "The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011?" It's the latest in a long line of just terrible bills proposed to calm (though never quite eliminate) the fears of what that scary Internet might do to Our Childr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
100 Firefights, Three Weeks: Inside Afghanistan’s Most Insane Fight
07-12-2011
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Mark Moyar via WIRED.com
On Oct. 13, the day 3/5 took control of Sangin, the first Marine patrol to leave the wire came under fire 150 feet from the perimeter. One member of this patrol was shot dead. Within the next four days, another eight Marines died.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Caylee's Law, Misguided Emotions?
07-12-2011
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youtube (h/t The Agitator)
"Caylee's Law" is a new proposal is gathering signatures across the country. AP reports that at least 16 state legislatures are now considering some version of this law. Will Caylee's law really save any children's lives, or punish irresponsible pare
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Moody's cuts Ireland to junk, warns of second bailout
07-12-2011
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Reuters
Moody's cut Ireland's credit rating to junk on Tuesday, warning that the debt-laden country would likely need a second bailout -- just the latest move amid heightening concerns about Europe's ability to address its debt crisis and prevent it from spr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
For Athletes’ Peak Performance, Age Is Everything
07-12-2011
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Erik Malinowski via WIRED.com
Athletic performance obviously decreases as people get older and their bodies wear down physically, but new data compiled by French researchers sheds light on exactly when these declines might start showing up, at least in some sporting disciplines.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona town in disarray; mayor alleges corruption
07-12-2011
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AP
The council's declaration put police Chief Jeff Gilbert in charge, making [the Mayor] Foster the "deputy chief executive of nothing right now," he said. It also allows the 5-member council to meet without public notice and suspend all public comment
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Technology: Software
Google+ Poised To Surpass 10 Million Users In First Two Weeks?
07-12-2011
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Eric Blattberg via WIRED.com
Google’s latest social networking venture, Google+, has proven wildly popular. One estimate by Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen pegs the service at 9.5 million users as of Tuesday morning.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics
07-12-2011
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Jason Tanz via WIRED.com
For 25 years, the field of robotics has been bedeviled by a fundamental problem: If a robot is to move through the world, it needs to be able to create a map of its environment and understand its place within it.
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News Link • Transportation
Volvo Packs More Buckshot in Its Electric Shotgun
07-12-2011
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Chuck Squatriglia via WIRED.com
The Swedish automaker’s already wowed us with the C30 Electric, a car that it really ought to go ahead and sell already. Volvo keeps telling us we’ll see the C30 electric (pictured) in 2013. Then it wheeled out the diesel-electric V60 Plug-In Hybrid.
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News Link • Internet
Feds Defend Internet Domain Seizure in Piracy Crackdown
07-12-2011
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David Kravets via WIRED.com
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge not to return the domain names of one of Spain’s most popular websites, seized as part of a major U.S. crackdown on internet piracy.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Wi-Fi"Hacking Neighbor From Hell Sentenced to 18 Years
07-12-2011
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David Kravets via WIRED.com
A Minnesota hacker prosecutors described as a “depraved criminal” was handed an 18-year prison term Tuesday for unleashing a vendetta of cyberterror that turned his neighbors’ lives into a living nightmare.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
New Spinning Heat Sink Design Could Trim Energy Use and Unleash Processing Power
07-12-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Heat exchanger technology--the cooling machinery that ferries internal heat away from your PC, your computer, your air conditioner, and other appliances--hasn’t changed too terribly much for decades.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Tinkerer Emulates Iron Man With Real-Life, Palm-Mounted Laser Weapon
07-12-2011
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Andrew Rosenblum via PopSci.com
On a rainy weekend last year, Patrick Priebe, a German lab technician and Iron Man fanatic who rewatches the film and its sequel every week, decided to build a compact yet powerful laser inspired by Tony Stark’s repulsor-beam weapon.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Pitcher with artificial hip refuses to give up dreams
(He's a 'HESS')
07-12-2011
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Arizona Republic
At each step...Isaac Hess has heard the same question....(F)rom teammates who've seen the lefty baffle hitters with his 90-mile-per-hour fastball, and a nasty curve....Or an opposing hitter.
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Barry Hess
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News Link • Politics
BREAKING: Ron Paul Sacrificing Congressional Seat, Tom Woods Responds
07-13-11
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Reality Report
This just in, Ron Paul, the 14 term Texas Congressman, has just announced he will not be seeking re-election to his congressional seat. We'll get Tom woods reaction in just a minute, and share with you some insider info regarding the Congressman Pau
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News Link • Politics
Freedom's Warriors to Storm New York City
07-12-11
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Reality Report
Ian Cioffi joins the Reality Report to discuss the 2nd Annual Liberty Fest taking place in New York City September 10th 2011 and the Las Vegas preview event hosted by Tax Payers United of American on Friday July 15th. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Liberty Fe
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
CUTTING THE FEDERAL BUDGET " A Presidents Broken Promise
07/12/2011
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H. Skip Robinson
Ronald Reagon, a liar and a contributor to Corporate Welfare and Warfare. The very problems that one of our founders Thomas Jefferson, General Butler after WWI and General and President Eisenhower after WWII warned us about; the Military Industrial C
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Senate Republicans Considering Back-Door Debt Ceiling Increase
07-12-2011
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businessinsider.com
Only one-third-plus-one votes in the both houses would be needed to raise the debt limit under the plan.
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News Link • Corruption
Will the State Attorneys General Turn the US into a Banktocracy?
07-12-2011
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Ritholtz.com
Its a sad situation, and it appears that whatever hopes we may have had that the Attorneys General were not like the whores in Congress appear to be starting to fade.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Social Security
Look! Presidential Economic Terrorism!
07-12-2011
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Market-ticker.org
What you have is a President who has admitted to kiting checks and then borrowing to cover up the theft that previously occurred in the Treasury Department.
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News Link • Social Security
Obama: "Can Not" Guarantee SS Payments Without A Debt Ceiling Hike
07-12-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
"I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue," Obama said in an interview with CBS, according to a transcript on the network's web site.
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Opinion • Philosophy: Anarchism
Scared of Freedom
07-11-2011
Larken Rose
Why is it that so many people who vehemently complain about the actions of the monster in one breath, will turn around and defend the existence of the monster in the next? Simple: freedom scares them.
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