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Date Sent: 2012-10-09
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, October 9, 2012 AM edition |
Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves, relatives
Hickory man found innocent after 24 years in prison -- 4409: New York's 9/11 Museum of Death / Amusement Park -- U.S. Panel Calls 2 Chinese Firms ‘National Security Threat’ -- Worries About Lead in New York City’s Home Grown Eggs -- With ‘sabotage’ charge, Iran takes hostile tone with U.N. watchdog -- Warp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies -- Boeing testing truck-mounted high energy laser -- Fear can
be erased from the brain before its memory has been formed -- TSA
Worker ‘Smacked Me In My Testicles’ For Refusing Body Scan --
Whole Foods caught in GMO marketing deception, false advertising –
here’s the proof -- Upcoming Food Scarcity – Promotion or Reality?
-- Why is the US government planning for ‘mass fatalities’ ? -- Peter Schiff asked about Bilderberg, 9/11 and Gray State --
Want To See What Ben Bernanke Has Done? -- Cenk Rips NYT For
Julian Assange Hit Piece -- You may be about to lose the right
to sell your stuff -- Surprise: Europe's Richer Regions Want Out -- Swiss Gearing Up for Major Unrest Throughout Europe -- THERE IS
NO HYPERINFLATION IN IRAN–The Real Story Is Much More Interesting -- America's New College Graduates Are In For A World Of Hurt --
European Markets Tanked -- 10 Countries Sitting On Gigantic Piles Of
Gold -- These Are The Weapons That Could Set Off War Between Syria
And Turkey -- How Baby Boomers Destroyed The Economy --
Soldier Was Shocked When His Taliban Gunfight Video Went Viral --
Pentagon Tells Latin America To Stop Using Military For Domestic
Operations -- Iran Attempts To Crowdsource Intelligence Gathering
With A New Website -- See What Happened When 'Red Air'
Stranded A Bunch Of Marines In Taliban Territory -- Slow-Mo
Video Shows SpaceX Engine Explosion Last Night -- Americans
Putting Noose Around Their Own Necks - by Chuck
Baldwin -- On the Murder of Eight Afghan Women -- From The SEC
To Goldman Sachs In One Easy Step: The Revolving Door Farce Full
Frontal -- The US presidential debates' illusion of political
choice - by Glenn Greenwald -- Support Our Troops
— Bring Them All Home Now - by Lee Wrights --
America’s Longest War Moves Into 12th Year -- Pakistan’s Military
Moves Against Anti-Drone Rally -- Living with death by drone --
Medicine Nobel Awarded to Stem Cell Pioneers Who Reprogrammed Adult
Cells
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine October Issue Now
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News Link • Corruption
Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves, relatives
10-08-2012
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Washington Post
A California congressman helped secure tax breaks for racehorse owners " then purchased seven horses for himself when the new rules kicked in.
A Wyoming congresswoman co-sponsored legislation to double the life span of federal grazing permits that
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Hickory man found innocent after 24 years in prison
10-08-2012
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Grimes' lawyer presented evidence that police did not question a half-dozen people who said Grimes was somewhere else when the rape happened. They showed 2 fingerprints found at the home where the rape happened were linked to a rapist
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
What an Astronaut Sees at Night (from ISS)
10-08-2012
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youtube (h/t The Agitator)
Aboard the ISS, we fly along over Earth's luminous nocturnal landscapes, with Dr. Justin Wilkinson as our guide. This intimate tour takes us over cities and coastlines in the Americas, the Middle East and Europe.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
U.S. Panel Calls 2 Chinese Firms ‘National Security Threat’
10-08-2012
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New York Times
The House Intelligence Committee recommended on Monday that American companies should be blocked from carrying out mergers and acquisitions involving two Chinese telecommunications firms, saying their equipment could be used for spying in the United
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Worries About Lead in New York City’s Home Grown Eggs
10-08-2012
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New York Times
Preliminary results from a New York State Health Department study show that more than half of the eggs tested from chickens kept in community gardens in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens had detectable levels of lead, unlike their store-bought counterparts.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
With ‘sabotage’ charge, Iran takes hostile tone with U.N. watchdog
10-08-2012
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Washington Post
Iran is ratcheting up pressure on the U.N. agency responsible for overseeing the country’s nuclear program, accusing its inspectors of engaging in spying and sabotage and threatening to restrict U.N. access to Iranian nuclear facilities.
So stride
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Warp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies
10-08-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Brian Dodson
The first steps towards interstellar travel have been taken, but the stars are very far away.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Boeing testing truck-mounted high energy laser
10-08-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
With the solid-state high-energy lasers already being tested on the sea and in the air, Boeing is continuing development of a truck-mounted system.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Worker ‘Smacked Me In My Testicles’ For Refusing Body Scan
10-08-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Federal screeners now crushing genitals as form of punishment
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Upcoming Food Scarcity " Promotion or Reality?
10-08-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
UN warns on food security as prices hit six-month high ... Food prices around the world jumped by 1.4pc in September to a six-month high, the United Nations said, as the severe US drought cut grain harvests.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Why is the US government planning for ‘mass fatalities’ ?
10-08-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
Late last week, a bill HR 6566 was introduced on the floor of the US House of Representatives. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Peter Schiff asked about Bilderberg, 9/11 and Gray State
10-08-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, MinnesotaChange
Peter Schiff asked about Bilderberg, 9/11 and Gray State
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Want To See What Ben Bernanke Has Done?
10-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, TommyPaine
Here is a graph of the Monetary Base from the St. Louis Fed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
You may be about to lose the right to sell your stuff
10-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, dddienst
It could become illegal to resell your iPhone 4, car or family antiques
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Surprise: Europe's Richer Regions Want Out
10-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
CATALONIA may be the catalyst for a renewed wave of separatism in the European Union, with Scotland and Flanders not far behind.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
THERE IS NO HYPERINFLATION IN IRAN"The Real Story Is Much More Interesting
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew Boesler
Contrary to reports, there is no hyperinflation in Iran right now at all.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
America's New College Graduates Are In For A World Of Hurt
10-08-2012
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Vivian Giang and Mandi Woodruff
There's no question college graduates are swimming in student loan debt, which is estimated at more than $1 billion nationwide.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
10 Countries Sitting On Gigantic Piles Of Gold
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar
Gold prices have been supported by central bank gold purchases.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
These Are The Weapons That Could Set Off War Between Syria And Turkey
10-08-2012
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Michael Kelley and Robert Johnson
Turkey and Syria have now been exchanging mortar fire for six consecutive days as Syria's civil war spills over the 550-mile long border it shares with Turkey.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How Baby Boomers Destroyed The Economy
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim Tankersley
My father taught me how to throw a baseball and divide big numbers in my head and build a life where I'd be home in time to eat dinner with my kid most nights.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Soldier Was Shocked When His Taliban Gunfight Video Went Viral
10-08-2012
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Geoffrey Ingersoll and Robert Johnson
We received a phone call Thursday afternoon from a "15-year veteran" of the Army infantry and "close friend" to Ted Daniels, the actual soldier in the helmet-cam video that's gone viral achieving more than 21 million YouTube hits.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Pentagon Tells Latin America To Stop Using Military For Domestic Operations
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Allison Churchill
During a trip to South America for the 10th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, U.S. Defense Secretary advised Latin American countries to strengthen their civilian police forces, instead of using the military for regular law enforcement
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran Attempts To Crowdsource Intelligence Gathering With A New Website
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
So the media went crazy today as the story about Iran's "Secret Service" opening up a website spread across the web like the flu.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
See What Happened When 'Red Air' Stranded A Bunch Of Marines In Taliban Territory
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
I was with the Marines in April when we assaulted a Taliban jump-off point just east of the Musaqela District in Helmand, Afghanistan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Confirmed: Slow-Mo Video Shows SpaceX Engine Explosion Last Night
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jennifer Welsh
The slow motion video of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket take off, which was carrying the Dragon cargo capsule, last night seems to show a possible explosion in the engines, and a fair amount of debris flowing out of it.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Graphite Superconductance
10-08-2012
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arclein
But other experts are not convinced. ‘There is no physical evidence of superconductivity, by which I mean primarily there are no resistance measurements that show the material has become superconducting,’ saysMark Ellerby of University College London
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robert klein
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News Link • Corruption
From The SEC To Goldman Sachs In One Easy Step: The Revolving Door Farce Full Frontal
10-08-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
This particular news from Goldman and the SEC needs absolutely no introduction, explanation, or conclusion.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Recent Oil Production and Projections
10-08-2012
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arclein
US Crude oil production just reached 6.509 million barrels per day. There was a dip for several weeks because of production shutdowns because of weather in the gulf of mexico.
All US oil liquid production is at 10.8 million barrels per day. US
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Turkish president says "worst case" unfolding in Syria
10-08-2012
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/us-syria
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Monday the "worst-case scenarios" were now playing out in Syria and Turkey would do everything necessary to protect itself, as its army fired back for a sixth day after a shell from Syria flew over the border.
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News Link • Afghanistan
On the Killing of Eight Afghan Women
10-08-2012
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informationclearinghouse.info, By John Dear S.J.
If you looked carefully at the news last week, you might have heard a report from Afghanistan about how the U.S./NATO forces bombed and killed eight Afghan women who were out walking in the mountains early in the morning before dawn to collect wood.
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News Link • Imperialism
Will Egypt Seize Libya with Laurence Solomon?
10-08-2012
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arclein
the Egyptian economy has been collapsing. Egypt’s foreign currency reserves have more than halved and many expect the Egyptian pound, already at its lowest point in eight years, to be devalued. Discontent is widespread. According to Gulf News, “In t
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News Link • Political Parties
The US presidential debates' illusion of political choice
10-08-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Glenn Greenwald
The issue is not what separates Romney and Obama, but how much they agree. This hidden consensus has to be exposed
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
GRAY STATE Official Concept Trailer #1
10-08-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by GrayStateMovie
The world reels with the turmoil of war, geological disaster, and economic collapse, while Americans continue to submerge themselves in illusions of safety and immunity
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News Link • TERRORISM
Jason McCue: Terrorism is a failed brand
10-08-2012
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http://www.ted.com
In this gripping talk, lawyer Jason McCue urges for a new way to attack terrorism, to weaken its credibility with those who are buying the product -- the recruits.
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News Link • Military
Support Our Troops " Bring Them All Home Now
10-08-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Lee Wrights
Samuel Johnson said, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
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News Link • Afghanistan
America’s Longest War Moves Into 12th Year
10-08-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Another Year Gone in Afghanistan, No End in Sight
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Pakistan’s Military Moves Against Anti-Drone Rally
10-08-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Troops Block Convoy From Reaching South Waziristan
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Living with death by drone
10-08-2012
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http://www.latimes.com, By Jennifer Gibson
U.S. drones hover over villages in Pakistan, with the residents never knowing when they will strike.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
You Built What?!: A Tesla Coil Gun That Produces Foot-Long Sparks
10-08-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Gregory Mone
Modeled after a Nerf gun--but with 200,000 volts under the hood
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