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Date Sent: 2010-04-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, April 16, 2010 |
Crime Prediction Software & Re-Education Programs -- Ex-NSA worker charged in classified leak case
Dusting Off Nuclear Fear For Terrorists -- White House complains about
CBS News blog post saying that possible Supreme Court nominee is gay -- Obama extends hospital visitation rights
to same-sex partners of gays -- Eight Republicans who may break
ranks on bank bill -- Former Israeli
Officer is Top Civilian Advisor to US Air Force: Ask Yourself Why? --
Palin contract stolen? Calif. students say 'no' -- Obama's Secret Plan to Drastically Reduce
the Deficit and Save the Economy -- Army doc, birther refuses
to go to Afghanistan -- Iceland's
volcanic ash halts flights across Europe -- Coalition urges
Obama, Congress to oppose national biometric ID mandate for workers and
businesses -- Tea Party Leaders Anxious About Extremists -- US military says Iran is 6 years away from nuke --
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 484,000 -- March Foreclosures Surge to Absolute
Record, At 369,491, 19% Jump from Feb.
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News Link • Police State
A Clockwork Orange: Crime Prediction Software and "Re-Education Programs"
04-15-2010
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Blacklistednews.com/
They will use this software on juvenile delinquents, using a series of variables to determine the potential for these people to commit another crime. Depending on this probability, they will put them under specific re-education programs.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ex-NSA worker charged in classified leak case
04-15-2010
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AP
A former senior executive at the National Security Agency was charged Thursday with lying and obstruction of justice in an investigation of leaks of classified information to a newspaper.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
C.I.A. Document Details Destruction of Tapes
04-15-2010
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NY Times
Porter J. Goss, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in 2005 approved of the decision by one of his top aides to destroy dozens of videotapes documenting the brutal interrogation of two detainees, according to an internal C.I.A. do
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Dusting Off Nuclear Fear For Terrorists
04-15-2010
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NY Times
1951: The United States faced an enemy with “no scruples about employing any weapon or tactic,” and nuclear weapons smuggled across porous borders threatened to devastate American cities. Sleeper cells might already be inside the country.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
White House complains about CBS News blog post saying that possible Supreme Court nominee is gay
04-15-2010
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Washington Post
The White House ripped CBS News on Thursday for publishing an online column by a blogger who made assertions about the sexual orientation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, widely viewed as a leading candidate for the Supreme Court.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays
04-15-2010
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Washington Post
President Obama mandated Thursday that hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and allow same-sex couples to share medical power of attorney, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts to expand the rig
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Eight Republicans who may break ranks on bank bill
04-15-2010
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Politico
A realization within Republican ranks that several of their own may find themselves voting with Obama when the final Wall Street reform deal comes together. “Some feel like you need to vote for it, just because it’s a popular measure,” said Sen. Lind
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
The Eternal Value of Privacy
04-15-2010
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Wired.com
The most common retort against privacy advocates -- by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures -- is this line: "If you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?"
Some
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Reported by:
Justin Tyme
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News Link • Propaganda
Charles Hugh Smith: Wall Street Is Now America
04-15-2010
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oftwominds.com
Jobs, integrity, the Constitution, democracy, moral capitalism, thrift, production, accountability--don't make us laugh; none of that matters. The only thing, quite literally the only thing, that matters is the stock market is going up.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Israel
Former Israeli Officer is Top Civilian Advisor to US Air Force: Ask Yourself Why?
04-15-2010
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AntiWar.com
Dr. Lani Kass, who is the senior Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Norton A. Schwartz, was born, raised, and educated in Israel and then served in that country’s military where she reached the rank of majo
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Palin contract stolen? Calif. students say 'no'
04-15-2010
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ABC News (video)
A California university president says a contract between a school foundation and Sarah Palin for an upcoming speech was stolen from an administrator's office. Students say they found pages of the contract in the campus University trash can.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
You can stop GE Alfalfa and GE Wheat in Canada!
04-15-2010
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Farm Wars
Take action before March 17, 2010. Your concrete action could stop genetically engineered (GE) seeds from causing chaos in Canadian farming!
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Activism
Competing Tea Parties in Savannah 2010?
04-15-2010
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www.LCLReport.com
Not happy that the Tea party movement was Co-opted by Statists and NeoCons a competing Tea party was held at the same time at Armstrong College in Savannah Ga. Is this a new tread to steer the Tea Party message back on course. Check out the REAL tea
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Reported by:
Tarrin Lupo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Newsweek Cover: In Your Face Propaganda
04-15-2010
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Ritholtz.com
I have to disagree with Barry Ritholtz on this issue. In my opinion the editors of Newsweek are idiots, and this cover is pure propaganda.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Dylan Ratigan: The Cost Of Corporate Communism
04-15-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Unfortunately, they use our wealth and laws not only to benefit their outdated, failed companies, but also spend a small pittance of their ill-gotten gains lobbying and favor-trading with politicians so the government will continue to protect...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's Secret Plan to Drastically Reduce the Deficit and Save the Economy
04-15-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
Some 60% of this incredible shrinkage will be achieved through tax hikes, and 40% via spending cuts, which together will generate the needed $938 billion in savings.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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Feature Article • New World Order
INVISIBLE EMPIRE Watch in HD NOW!
Andrew Strmic
It is April 15 "Dooms Day" for slaves in America where the Anti-Christ...oops I mean Government Demands Tribute! Watch Jason Bermas's NEW DOCUMENTARY exposing the NWO!!!! It's being Looped at Justin TV Today.
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News Link • New World Order
Walter Cronkite " Glad to sit at the right hand of Satan
04-15-2010
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Speak Truth 2 Power
Here is Walter Cronkite speaking his mind in the support of global governance, and advocating America’s yielding of sovereignty for the greater union. Also, Hillary Clinton chimes in supporting him and his efforts.
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Military
Army doc, birther refuses to go to Afghanistan
04-15-2010
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NY Daily News
An Army doc who refuses to go to Afghanistan until President Obama produces a birth certificate will face court-martial. Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, a decorated military man could face a dishonorable discharge for failing to obey orders,
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe
04-15-2010
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AP
Ash from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe grounding planes on a scale not seen since the 9/11 terror attacks. Thousands of flights were canceled and the disruptions in air travel could continue for weeks.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Coalition urges Obama, Congress to oppose national biometric ID mandate for workers and businesses
04-15-2010
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BeatTheChip.org
WASHINGTON " A broad coalition of group sent a letter Tuesday to the White House, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee urging them to oppose a proposal by Senators Charles Schu
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Reported by:
Sheila Dean
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News Link • Science
Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
04/15/2010
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CNN.com
(CNN) -- Authorities in several Midwestern states were flooded Wednesday night with reports of a gigantic fireball lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said.
The fireball was visible for about 15 minutes beginning about 10 p.m., said th
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G Cone
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Tea Party Leaders Anxious About Extremists
04-15-2010
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AP
Sensitive that poor public perception could sink their movement, some rally planners have uninvited controversial speakers, beefed up security and urged participants to pack cameras to capture evidence of any disrupters. Organizers want to project a
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Rachel Maddow: "Papers Please" Bill Passes in AZ (repaired link)
4/14/2010
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MSNBC
During an interview with none other than Sec. Napolitano, the former gov of Arizona, Ms. Maddows references the Pearce 1170 bill passing. Her version of the bill's name is the "papers please" bill. (Perhaps Maddows is reading Freedoms Phoenix!)
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Reported by:
David Alpha
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bankruptcy: Going for broke in L.A.?
04-15-2010
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LAtimes.com
Former mayor Richard Riordan has been roiling the civic waters by arguing that the surest -- and perhaps the only -- way out of Los Angeles' fiscal crisis is a declaration of municipal bankruptcy, which he believes ought to come sooner rather than...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Bayer admits GMO contamination out of control
04-15-2010
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Farm Wars
Drug and chemical giant Bayer AG has admitted that there is no way to stop the uncontrolled spread of its genetically modified crops.
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Iran
US military says Iran is 6 years away from nuke
04-15-2010
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BBC
The US military has warned that Iran could produce enough highly-enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb in one year. But it would take another three to five years to actually produce a "deliverable weapon that is usable," a senior general told Congress
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fortune 500 Companies Shed Record 821,000 Jobs in 2009
04-15-2010
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CNBC.com
The Fortune 500 largest U.S. companies slashed a record 821,000 jobs last year, even as their collective profit soared more than three-fold to $391 billion, according to the business magazine, which issued the annual ranking on Thursday.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed May Keep Low-Rate Vow as Bernanke Sees Recovery Falter
04-15-2010
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Bloomberg.com
Ben Bernanke yesterday told Congress that high unemployment and weak construction are among the “significant restraints” on the pace of growth, and he repeated the Fed’s view that borrowing costs are likely to stay low for an “extended period.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 484,000
04-15-2010
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
In the week ending April 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 484,000, an increase of 24,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 460,000.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
March Foreclosures Surge to Absolute Record, At 369,491, 19% Jump from Feb.
04-15-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
"Foreclosure filings were reported on 367,056 properties in March, an increase of nearly 19 percent from the previous month, an increase of nearly 8 percent from March 2009 and the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing its report in Ja
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Humor
Take Over Everything when You Play OBAMOPOLY!
04-15-2010
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RidesAPaleHorse
Destroy capitalism, rape fat cats and have the time of your life doing it! It’s Obamopoly! You might not have the money in real life"what with taxes, fees and mandates"but Obamopoly puts you in the driver’s seat: You’re the government with an unlimit
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Activism
Fred Phelps, Al Gore: Peas in a Radical Environmental Pod?
04-15-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Westboro Baptist was protesting in WV recently with “Miners in Hell” signs. Is the long relationship between Al Gore and Westboro head honcho, Fred Phelps, a clue to what really was going on? Is Fred Phelps, the Man of Hate, really a radical environm
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Economy - International
Five Myths About China's Economy
04-15-2010
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arclein
China's stunning economic rise is one of the biggest stories of this generation. In just three decades since beginning to embrace market economics, China has left its desperate poverty behind to become the world's top exporting nation. The transform
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Climate Modeling
04-15-2010
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arclein
Climate scientists admit that some {actually ALL} models overestimated how much the Earth would warm in the past decade. But they say this might just be natural variation in weather, not a disproof of their methods. {first rule of climate science: wh
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Japanese Whalers Cry
04-15-2010
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arclein
The last ship of Japan's Antarctic whaling fleet sailed home Monday with the lowest catch in years, a shortfall whalers blamed on high-seas clashes with the militant environmental group Sea Shepherd.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Stellar Results at Focus Fusion Trials
04-15-2010
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arclein
By mid March the device was operating at 90% good shots. In the best shots, ion energies were measured in the range of 40-60 keV (the equivalent of 0.4-0.6 billion degrees K). The electron beam carried about 0.5 kJ of energy and the plasmoid held
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robert klein
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