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Date Sent: 2012-02-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, February 22, 2012 PM ed. |
U.S. Rejects Afghanistan's Demand to End Raids -- Drones Come to the U.S.
SPECIAL EARLY NEWSLETTER RELEASE: To promote Ernie's live broadcasting all day today on FP. Feb 22nd, 2012 - Jordan Page - Adam Kokesh - Brad Friedman - Listen Live M-F, LRN.FM, 9-Noon EST -- Phoenix 'Honor beating' now connected to entire family, parents and sibling arrested -- Mohammad cartoonist attacked during lecture -- Ben Graham’s Curse on Gold -- Republican hopeful Ron Paul to speak Saturday on campus; paid for by Campus Conservatives -- Chavez surgery unsettles Venezuela ahead of election -- Nevada Sets Regulations for
Google's Driverless Cars -- BP Exits California -- Nationwide, States
Move to Ban Shackling -- Yes, The War for the Internet Has Begun -- How
the Hell Does the Dow Break 13,000? -- Obama to propose corporate tax rate of 28 percent -- Ron Paul in ND: Cut spending, end foreign wars -- Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast -- NBC poll: Romney, Santorum deadlocked in Michigan; Romney leads in Arizona -- College Affirmative Action Threatened by U.S. High Court Case -- Paul presents presidential platform -- Four killed, dozens wounded in Afghan Koran burning -- Foreign journalists killed' in Homs shelling -- US Running on Myths, Lies, Deceptions and Distractions -- Spanish Police Continue Brutality on Fifth Day of Protests Against Education Cuts -- Israel to Release Palestinian After 66-Day Hunger Strike -- Tasered Woman Brain Dead; Trooper's Actions "Within Scope of his Duties" -- Manipulating Reality: Shaping Threats, Destroying Democracy -- The Crazy Cost of Becoming President, From Lincoln to Obama -- How Rick Santorum Ripped Off American Veterans -- Should Valets Be Responsible For Drunk Drivers Too? -- Greece: The Epicenter of Global Pillage - by Stephen Lendman -- Canonical reveals Ubuntu for Android
AZ: Today, Wednesday, Feb 22 –
ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts Center AND
Debate/Concert/Party - Ron Paul will Attend! Freedom's Phoenix will be streaming live throughout the day at the debate events
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S. Rejects Karzai's Demand to End Raids
02-22-2012
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by Gareth Porter and Shah Nouri
Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, both sides confirmed last week that the talks are still hung up over t
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News Link • Police State
Drones Come to the US
02-22-2012
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by Bill Van Auken
A little-noted amendment to a $63 billion Federal Aviation Authority appropriations bill has ominous implications for democratic rights in the United States.
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News Link • Media: Television
PD: 'Honor beating' now connected to entire family, parents and sibling arrested
02-22-2012
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ABC 15 KNXV
An Iraqi mother accused of beating and involuntarily incarcerating her 19-year-old daughter for talking to a boy and refusing an arranged marriage is back behind bars, along with her husband and another daughter.
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News Link • Free Speech
Mohammad cartoonist attacked during lecture
02-22-2012
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MSNBC
Swedish artist Lars Vilks who created a blasphemous sketch of Prophet Mohammad has been pelted with eggs by a group of people during a university lecture on the limits of the freedom of expression.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Republican hopeful Ron Paul to speak Saturday on campus; paid for by Campus Conservatives
02-22-2012
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Ben Harris
With the Michigan primaries fast approaching, Central Michigan University will see one of the contenders for the Republican nomination speaking on its campus.
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News Link • World News
Chavez surgery unsettles Venezuela ahead of election
02-22-2012
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Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Wallis
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's election rival wished him a fast recovery on Wednesday while allies closed ranks behind the "comandante" whose announcement of new surgery in Cuba revived doubts over his future.
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Traditional Tools for TEOTWAWKI
02-22-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
It is my strong opinion that knowing how to use hand tools is vital. This is especially important in the event of a long term societal disruption. I leave it up to you to decide what this may be, based on your own situation and environment.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Nevada Sets Regulations for Google's Driverless Cars
02-22-2012
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arclein
Nevada already legalized driverless cars back in June of last year, but there was no a legal framework in place for companies to test their vehicles. Now, Google and other technology firms have the green light to get on the road.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
BP Exits California
02-22-2012
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Ngoc Nguyen
As political maneuvering continues over the fate of the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, one of the world's largest energy companies -- BP -- is already signaling the direction it plans to take:
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Nationwide, States Move to Ban Shackling
02-22-2012
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Valeria Fernández
A movement to ban the use of shackling women detainees while pregnant or in labor is growing across the United States.
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News Link • Internet
Yes, The War for the Internet Has Begun
02-22-2012
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by Anthony Wile
By now, people who use the Internet seriously, and even plenty who don't, are aware of the arrest of six-foot-seven, 300-pound Kim Dotcom
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How the Hell Does the Dow Break 13,000?
02-22-2012
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by Staff Report
Dow crosses 13,000 for first time since May 2008 ... Market sentiment was boosted by news that euro zone finance ministers secured a deal that will enable Greece to avoid a March default.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama to propose corporate tax rate of 28 percent
02-22-2012
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Kim Dixon
The Obama administration on Wednesday will propose cutting the top tax rate for corporations to 28 percent, and pay for it by eliminating dozens of tax loopholes companies now use to lower their rates, a senior administration official said.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul in ND: Cut spending, end foreign wars
02-22-2012
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Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul brought some familiar messages to North Dakota Republicans - cut federal spending, end the nation's foreign wars and enforce private property rights.
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast
02-22-2012
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF and MALCOLM RITTER
Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
NBC poll: Romney, Santorum deadlocked in Michigan; Romney leads in Arizona
02-22-2012
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By Mark Murray, NBC News' Senior Political Edi
Less than a week before Tuesday’s crucial Republican presidential primary in Michigan, a new NBC News/Marist poll shows Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum locked in a statistical tie, while a separate NBC/Marist survey shows Romney comfortably leading in
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News Link • Racism
College Affirmative Action Threatened by U.S. High Court Case
02-22-2012
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By Greg Stohr and John Hechinger
Colleges may soon have to overhaul decades-old efforts to promote racial diversity after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to reconsider the constitutionality of affirmative action in admissions.
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News Link • Iran
IAEA 'Disappointed' as Iran Blocks Experts From Visiting Military Site
02-22-2012
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VOA News
The U.N. chief nuclear inspector says a two-day visit to Iran has ended with his team unable to visit a key military site and without an agreement with Tehran on the way forward.
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News Link • Energy
Renewables Are a Reality: How We Can Ditch Fossil Fuels Without Any Help From Congress
02-22-2012
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ByFen Montaigne
Amory Lovins explains his plan for transforming our energy, transportation and industry sectors while at the same time growing our economy and cutting dirty fossil fuels.
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News Link • World News
Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria Shelling
02-22-2012
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ROD NORDLAND and ALAN COWELL
Two Western journalists, one American and one French, were killed early Wednesday as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad pursued a deadly bombardment of the central city of Homs, according to activists and officials.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
In GOP race, a new breed of superdonor
02-22-2012
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NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, MICHAEL LUO and MIKE MCINTIRE
In June, Harold C. Simmons, a wealthy Texas businessman, sent a $100,000 check to Americans for Rick Perry, a super PAC preparing for Perry's entry into the presidential race. In December, Simmons wrote another check, this one for $500,000, to Winnin
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Paul presents presidential platform
02-22-2012
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Katy Sword uiargonaut.com
Christine Paulsen said she attended Friday’s rally in the Student Union Building ballroom to support Ron Paul and the youth of America.
“I think it’s great so many young people (are) here today,” Paulsen said. “It gives me " as a baby boomer " hope
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News Link • Afghanistan
Four killed, dozens wounded in Afghan Koran burning
02-22-2012
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Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi
Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
'Waterworld' super planet confirmed
02-22-2012
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Angencies
An entirely new kind of planet dominated by water and not by rock, gas or other common materials has been identified by US scientists.
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News Link • World News
Foreign journalists killed' in Homs shelling
02-22-2012
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Al Jazeera
Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik reportedly killed in Bab Amr assault as activists warn of humanitarian crisis.
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News Link • Misinformation
US Running on Myths, Lies, Deceptions and Distractions
02-22-2012
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by John Atcheson
The United States is headed for a plutocratic dystopia where a few gated communities sit like islands amidst a sea of bitterness, misery, and want.
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News Link • Activism
Spanish Police Continue Brutality on Fifth Day of Protests Against Education Cuts
02-22-2012
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Common Dreams staff
In the face of police brutality, thousands of students, parents, professors and others are on the streets of Valencia
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News Link • Iran
Iran Vows to Launch Preemptive Strike If Attack on Them Imminent
02-22-2012
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Common Dreams staff
A top Iranian military commander said today that Iran would take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it felt it were about to be attacked.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israel to Release Palestinian After 66-Day Hunger Strike
02-22-2012
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Common Dreams staff
Khader Adnan, a Palestinian baker, who has been detained without charge by Israeli authorities since last year and has been on a hunger strike for over 65 days will be released
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News Link • Police State
Tasered Woman Brain Dead; Trooper's Actions "Within Scope of his Duties"
02-22-2012
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by Abby Zimet
Two state agencies have cleared Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Cole of wrongdoing last September when he tasered a young suspect in a hit-and-run accident as she frantically tried to escape.
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News Link • Misinformation
Manipulating Reality: Shaping Threats, Destroying Democracy
02-22-2012
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by Lawrence Davidson
Over the past few decades in America, reality has been put in play as never before, with powerful interests using sophisticated “perception management,” the shaping of how the public perceives the outside world, a threat that Lawrence Davidson says
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News Link • Transportation
Nuclear Weapons on a Highway Near You
02-22-2012
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By Adam Weinstein
Big rigs with bombs are secretly cruising America's interstates. But how safe are they from terrorists or accidents?
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News Link • History
The Crazy Cost of Becoming President, From Lincoln to Obama
02-22-2012
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By Dave Gilson
Barack Obama spent $730 million getting to the White House in 2008"twice as much as George W. Bush spent 4 years earlier and more than 260 times what Abraham Lincoln spent in his first election (as measured in 2011 dollars).
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News Link • Anonymous
How Hackers Could Target Power Plants
02-22-2012
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by Steve Henn
Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, has warned administration officials that Anonymous " the loosely organized, computer-hacking collective " could have the ability to knock out power stations within the next few years
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Could Higher Gas Pump Prices Leave Obama Running On Empty?
02-22-2012
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by Frank James
Rising gasoline prices and their potential to hurt President Obama's re-election chances have gotten recurrent journalistic attention during his presidency.
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News Link • General Opinion
Should Valets Be Responsible For Drunk Drivers Too?
02-22-2012
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by Tovia Smith
Bars and restaurants are already legally on the hook for stopping would-be drunk drivers. Some in Boston say valet parking attendants should be too.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Protesters: GOP Candidates Don't DREAM Halfway
02-22-2012
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by Teresa Tomassoni
"Dreamers" " or undocumented immigrant youth who came to the U.S. illegally when they were young " have grown up in public schools and many of them want to go to college to become lawyers and scientists.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Method to MRI Batteries Developed
02-22-2012
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arclein
"The work clearly shows how we can use the method to identify where lithium deposits form on metal electrodes. The resolution is not yet where we want it to be and we would like to extend the method to much larger batteries, but the information that
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News Link • Agriculture
Repelling the Knapweed Invasion
02-22-2012
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arclein
The rangeland plant had spread through the interior of British Columbia, ruining pastureland for cattle and impacting local economies.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Autism Related Brain Differences at Six Months
02-22-2012
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arclein
), found significant differences in brain development starting at age 6 months in high-risk infants who later develop autism, compared to high-risk infants who did not de
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News Link • Activism
Video: Troops March on White House for Ron Paul
02-21-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Ron Paul's consistently strong anti-war message is one that resonates with many U.S. troops today. Hundreds of active duty troops, veterans, and Paul supporters marched from the Washington Monument to the White House this afternoon.
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News Link • Unintended Consequences
Phoenix Valley stores caught cheating government food stamp system
02/21/2012
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abc 15
PHOENIX - Many Arizona families rely on the government food stamp program to help make ends meet.
In fact, one in six Arizonans are now getting the government assistance, including many who never thought they would need help....We found 24 stores
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News Link • Science
Earthquake Cloaking Possible?
02-21-2012
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arclein
That's the basic principle behind new research by University of Manchester scientist Dr. William Parnell and his team. Their idea is to create what we might call a cloak of intangibility, a device that makes vibration waves pass right past the objec
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Why wasn't this a crime? Tioga County taxpayers will pay the price to settle a civil lawsuit
02-20-2012
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A defenseless inmate was beaten by Tioga County Jail's top administrator, after being pepper-sprayed and handcuffed to a wooden bench by other officers. But the Commission of Correction ended its investigation and Tioga's district attorney decided no
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Tattoo parlor files civil lawsuit against Mesa
02-20-2012
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eastvalleytribune.com
"It's about does the city have the power to simply say, "Eh, we don't feel like it. We don't like you,'" Kielskly said. "They can't do that. You've got to have standards. Once they are met, you've got to issue the permit."
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News Link • World News
Government Resurrects Plan To Monitor All Phone Calls And Emails
02-20-2012
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Steve Watson
The British government has dusted off previously shelved plans to create huge databases, enabling spy agencies to monitor every phone call, email and text message as well as websites visited by everyone in the country.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Sign Wave in Wasilla, Alaska! - Freezing for Freedom
02-20-2012
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by AlaskansForLiberty
We had a sign wave in Wasilla (yes Sarah Palins home town) today and there was probably like 15 people there!
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