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Date Sent: 2011-04-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, April 27, 2011 AM edition |
Drug-bashing RI Republican charged with drug use -- 545 vs. 300,000,000 People - by Charley Rose
Detainees’ Lawyers Can’t Click on Leaked Documents -- Secret Case Against Detainee Crumbles -- U.S. prosecutors indict 4 Pakistanis in Mumbai attacks -- At least 400 civilians killed in Syria revolt: group -- Surveillance Takes A Village --
Judge Denies Relief to Pennsylvania Man Convicted on Bogus Bite Mark
Testimony -- Las Vegas Cop Beats Man For Videotaping Him -- Some Gitmo prisoners held without any evidence, WikiLeaks reveals -- U.S. considered Pakistani spies part of ‘terrorist’ group, WikiLeaks reveals -- Local Man Says TSA Broke Promise -- Ron Paul launches uphill bid for 2012 White House -- What Does Your Phone Know About You? More Than You Think -- Ernest Hancock Speaks at Fedstock II -- Ron Paul Week - The View, Hannity, Colbert, Fox & Friends, & More -- QE2 and the Fate of the U.S. Economy -- Foreclosure-Gate Arizona: Denninger on Rep. McClain's Savaging Homeowner Rights --
Michele Naar-Obed - Iraq Protest / Bernard von NotHaus - Liberty Dollar
-- Nonviolent Demonstrations End and Military Occupation Begins in
Suleimaniya Iraq -- Media Distorts Truth To Propagandize For NATO-Backed War On Syria -- QE2 and the Fate of the U.S. Economy -- Should I sell my silver? -- IMF Taps China as #1 Power, Roubini Disagrees -- Ivory Coast Revolution Runs Into Civil War Realities? -- Bahrain expels Iran diplomat over 'spy link' --
Pakistani Taliban claims deadly bus attacks -- Gaddafi forces pound
Libyan towns -- Surviving Swat Teams to empower the real America --
Syria extends military crackdown -- Battle for Kurdistan --
Foreclosure-Gate Arizona: Legislators Feel Wrath of Citizens, Bloggers,
and Media
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News Link • Drug War
Drug-bashing RI Republican charged with drug use
04-26-2011
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Rawstory
Robert Watson, a high-ranking Republican state legislator in Rhode Island, is in hot water after being charged with driving under the influence of marijuana and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Drug charges alone would be bad enough fo
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News Link • TAXES: State
545 vs. 300,000,000 People
04-26-2011
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http://disc.yourwebapps.com/
Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel ... He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN. Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Detainees’ Lawyers Can’t Click on Leaked Documents
04-26-2011
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NY Times
Anyone surfing the Internet this week is free to read leaked documents about the prisoners held by the American military at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Except, that is, for the lawyers who represent the prisoners.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Secret Case Against Detainee Crumbles
04-26-2011
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NY Times
The secret document described Prisoner 269, Mohammed el-Gharani, as the very incarnation of a terrorist threat: “an al Qaeda suicide operative” with links to a London cell and ties to senior plotters of international havoc. But there was more to the
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News Link • TERRORISM
U.S. prosecutors indict 4 Pakistanis in Mumbai attacks
04-26-2011
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Washington Post
Federal prosecutors in Chicago have indicted four alleged masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, including two men who have been linked by U.S. investigators and foreign court documents to Pakistan’s security forces.
The indictment filed Monday n
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Next Big Wave in Concussion Testing: Radar Scans
04-26-2011
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Erik Malinowski via WIRED.com
Georgia Tech engineers believe they’ve developed the next weapon in the ongoing challenge of detecting concussions and other traumatic brain injuries: deployable radar systems that could be tucked away on any NFL sideline.
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News Link • World News
At least 400 civilians killed in Syria revolt: group
04-26-2011
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Reuters
Syrian security forces have shot dead at least 400 civilians in their campaign to crush month-long pro-democracy protests, Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said on Tuesday.
The group, founded by jailed human rights lawyer Mohannad al-Hass
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Surveillance Takes A Village
04-26-2011
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Simple Justice
The 3.3-square-mile North Shore enclave of Kings Point is launching a far-reaching surveillance network that can compare the license plate of every car going into the village against federal and state crime databases such as most-wanted lists, stolen
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge Denies Relief to Pennsylvania Man Convicted on Bogus Bite Mark Testimony
04-26-2011
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The Agitator
In April 2009 I blogged about the case of John Kunco, a Pennsylvania man convicted of a rape in 1992 based mostly on the testimony of a bite mark expert. The Innocence Project asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant Kunco a new trial, based mos
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Las Vegas Cop Beats Man For Videotaping Him
04-26-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Derek Colling is a Las Vegas police officer who attacked a citizen for videotaping him on a public street last month.
The videographer was Mitchell Crooks, a 36-year-old man who ended up with a bruises on his face and a broken nose.
Colling cha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Some Gitmo prisoners held without any evidence, WikiLeaks reveals
04-26-2011
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AFP
The United States has botched the handling of inmates at Guantanamo, holding men for years without reliable evidence while releasing others who posed a grave threat, according to leaked secret files.
The trove of more than 700 classified documents
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. considered Pakistani spies part of ‘terrorist’ group, WikiLeaks reveals
04-26-2011
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Rawstory
US investigators who screened prisoners considered Pakistani intelligence to be a terrorist group, leaked documents said, laying bare the deep mistrust between the two countries' spies.
A secret 2007 US list of "terrorist and terrorist support ent
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Local Man Says TSA Broke Promise
04-26-2011
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WLNS
That meeting, motivated by what happened to sawyer last November, when a rough airport patdown ruptured his urostomy bag.
Tom Sawyer: "Off came the urostomy bag and urine."
An embarrassing moment that quickly gained national attention, motivati
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul launches uphill bid for 2012 White House
04-26-2011
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Reuters
Representative Ron Paul took the first step toward a longshot campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, hoping to expand his support beyond a fervent group of loyalists.
Paul, a Texas Republican and anti-war libertarian,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
What Does Your Phone Know About You? More Than You Think
04-26-2011
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The Atlantic
Figuring that I've got nothing to hide or steal, I'd always privileged convenience over any privacy and security protocols. Not anymore. Immediately after trying out Lantern, I enabled the iPhone's passcode and set it to erase all data on the phone a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
'Atlas Shrugged' producer: 'Critics, you won.' He's going 'on strike.'
04-26-2011
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Los Angeles Times
Twelve days after opening "Atlas Shrugged: Part 1," the producer of the Ayn Rand adaptation said Tuesday that he is reconsidering his plans to make Parts 2 and 3 because of scathing reviews and flagging box office returns for the film.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Declaration of Independence
Colorado Man Renounces U.S. Citizenship
04-26-2011
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Sharlene Holt, Musicians for Freedom
Here’s the 1st episode of the Story of Burt, a Free People, which is part of Musicians 4 Freedom’s "A Journey to Freedom" project in which we document musicians, artists, filmmakers, and activists renouncing their U.S. Citizenship.
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Sharlene Holt
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fedstock II (video)
04-23-2011
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The International Libertarian
Once again Philadelphia raised the bar for an End the Fed rally with Fedstock II. Jordan Page played his great music. Yours truly was the first speaker followed by a great line up, Scott Davis, Ernest Hancock, and Adam Kokesh. A big thanks to Mike Sa
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Atlas Shrugged Adding theaters!
04-26-2011
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wwww.atlasshruggedpart1.com
465 theaters and counting. Not near you yet? DEMAND Atlas to your town. Theaters being added regularly. ATLAS SHRUGGED MOVIE: Latest News
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Case-Shiller Index: Worst 10 Cities - Phoenix Housing Market Down 8.4% YOY
04-26-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
This morning's Case-Shiller number continued to show that the U.S. is in the midst of a housing double-dip. Prices in 10 cities hit brand new lows, and overall prices fell 3.3% year-over-year in February.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
The Underwater Homeowner: Strategic Default, Or Feel Like A Chump... Forever
04-26-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
As he saw it, “More and more Floridians who pay their mortgage feel like chumps compared to defaulters; they turn over their disposable income to the bank and know it will take most of their lifetimes to recover.”
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News Link • Housing
Welcome To The Home Rentership Society
04-26-2011
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CNBC.com
"These affordability problems are marching up the income scale," notes JCHS's Eric Belsky. "It means more people have less money to spend on household necessities such as food, health care, and savings."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Foreclosure-Gate Arizona: Denninger on Rep. McClain's Savaging Homeowner Rights
04-26-2011
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Market-ticker.org
Ms. McLain, deserves every bit of political heat that she has taken and, hopefully, will continue to take on this very issue. Her action, while legal under parliamentary rules, stands as a raw financial **** of those in Arizona who have...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Nonviolent Demonstrations End and Military Occupation Begins in Suleimaniya Iraq
04-26-2011
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http://www.commondreams.org/
Today marks the fourth day since Azadi (Freedom) Square in Suleimaniya Iraq was violently overthrown by military forces following 62 days of primarily nonviolent protests against corruption by the two ruling parties.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Modern British Royalty: Eugenicists, Nazis and Neo-Feudalists
04-26-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
The upcoming royal Wedding of William Mountbatten-Windsor, heir in waiting to the British throne has the UK media in a frenzy of vomit inducing worship and stomach churning sycophantic fawning.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Media Distorts Truth To Propagandize For NATO-Backed War On Syria
04-26-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Just like Libya, a civil war fought between a desperate regime and a western-backed force of Islamic militants is being misrepresented as a genocide against “pro-democracy”...
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Apmex Starts Reverse Inquiry: Seeks To Buy “Any Quantity” Of Silver From Clients At $3 Over Spot
04-26-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Aside from this first public confirmation that one of the biggest wholesale retailers of precious metals is now inventoryless , we can certainly see why Asia has decided to take silver down in the afterhours electronic session
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Should I sell my silver?
04-26-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
Silver’s rise (in US$ terms, at least) over the past several weeks has been nothing short of phenomenal. The chart has effectively “gone parabolic,” and people I’ve never met have started to e-mail me for advice on silver.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Late to The Party ... Once Again
04-26-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
The only thing more ridiculous than S&P's too little too late semi-downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt was the market's severe reaction to the announcement.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Waking Up to Economic Realities
04-26-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
Last week the financial markets were roiled by Standard & Poor's announcement that they will change their outlook on the fiscal health of the United States over the next two years from "stable" to "negative".
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Ivory Coast Revolution Runs Into Civil War Realities?
04-26-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
The danger is that in much of Africa, former imperialists are suspected of being imperialists still, which could make the development of international law appear to be a mere power play.
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News Link • World News
Bahrain expels Iran diplomat over 'spy link'
04-26-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Tensions escalate between neighbours after second secretary is declared persona non grata over alleged ties to spy ring.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Foreclosure-Gate Arizona: Legislators Feel Wrath of Citizens, Bloggers, and Media
04-26-2011
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Market-ticker.org
That's right folks, in Arizona actually having a lender prove they own the debt they alleged you're not paying is asking too much, is "false hope", and is a violation of their rights...... to steal your house without proving they have the right to...
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