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Date Sent: 2010-12-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 31, 2010 |
NATO General: Afghan War to Escalate in 2011 -- US pushed for ISP data retention in Sweden
FBI treats cyber ‘sit-ins’ led by ‘Anonymous’ as violation of
law -- Smoke shops sue to block ban of ‘synthetic marijuana’ blends --
As frustration grows, airports consider ditching TSA -- The Beginning of a U.S. economic collapse and hyper-inflation? (part 1
to 5) -- Maricopa County
Probate Court - Costs often shock the elderly, their families --
Fairfax family fights for epileptic son to bring service dog to school
-- Is Hillary Clinton Stepping Down As Secretary Of State? -- Codex
Alimentarius: EU to ban hundreds of herbal remedies -- Kidney parole
condition in Mississippi raises ethical questions -- The FCC can't
force net neutrality yet! -- Digital Totalitarianism - The Conspiracy
to Abolish Cash -- China preparing for
armed conflict 'in every direction' -- China’s online population hits
450 million -- Espionage Act
‘threatens every left wing activist,’ son of executed US communists
declares -- Brazil to build ‘underwater cities’ to drill for
oil -- If imprisoned or killed,
Assange reportedly prepared to out CIA-linked Arab leaders --
America Has Gone Away -- Europe to ban
hundreds of herbal remedies -- WikiLeaks being ‘exploited to
spread conspiracy theories,’ Jewish group claims -- Dennis Kucinich: My congressional district
may be eliminated -- Paul Craig Roberts: Our Lickspittle Press
-- Central Bankers Warn of Asset
Bubbles -- Anarchists Are Bad People?
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club WON'T meet
on 1/1/2011, but rather on 1/8/2011
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News Link • NATO
NATO General: Afghan War to Escalate in 2011
12-30-2010
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Antiwar.com
German General Says NATO Moving Into 'Hold' Phase
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US pushed for ISP data retention in Sweden, leaked cable reveals
12-30-2010
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Rawstory
The US pushed the Swedish Justice Minister to present a plan that would give police access to the identities behind any Internet addresses that share files. The US embassy provided Sweden with a action plan that included shutting of Internet connecti
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
FBI treats cyber ‘sit-ins’ led by ‘Anonymous’ as violation of law
12-30-2010
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Rawstory
The FBI raided Dallas-based Tailor Made Services, an Internet hosting company, and seized one of its servers as part of an international criminal investigation into cyber attacks against online payments firm PayPal.
The cyber attacks were part of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Smoke shops sue to block ban of ‘synthetic marijuana’ blends
12-30-2010
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Rawstory
Four shops in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit against the US Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) over a federal ban on five chemicals commonly found in a blend of legal herbs many have used as a synthetic form of marijuana
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
As frustration grows, airports consider ditching TSA
12-30-2010
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Washington Post
Airports that choose private screeners must submit the request to the TSA. There are no specific criteria for approval, but federal officials can decide whether to grant the request "based on the airport's record of compliance on security regulations
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
The Beginning of a U.S. economic collapse and hyper-inflation? (part 5)
12/29/2010
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the real news now
In February, Obama signed an executive order to create the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and reform, with proposed recommendations designed to balance the budget excluding interest payments on the debt by 2015. By signing this order, O
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The Real News
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
The Beginning of a U.S. economic collapse and hyper-inflation? (part 4)
12/29/2010
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the real news now
In NIA’s top 10 predictions for 2010 article that was released on December 21′st, NIA said the U.S. dollar was overdue for a short term bounce from a technical standpoint because more people had become bearish on the dollar than ever before. NI
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
The Beginning of a U.S. economic collapse and hyper-inflation? (part 3)
12/29/2010
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the real news now
Historically, one of the best performing periods for precious metals has been when the federal reserve begins to raise artificially low interest rates. While investors initially expect rising interest rates to be bad for precious metals they forget t
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
The Beginning of a U.S. economic collapse and hyper-inflation? (part 2)
12/29/2010
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the real news now
Continued from: (part1) The only way our economy can truly recover from this recession is for the government to dramatically slash spending across the board and eliminate unneeded departments.
The average American has a mindset of wanting to get p
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
The Beginning of a U.S. economic collapse and hyper-inflation? (part 1)
12/29/2010
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the real news now
The Dow Jones is up over 75% since it’s low in March of 2009. Oil is up over 90% from it’s low in February 2009. Copper is up 200% from it’s low in December 2008.
Prices for almost all stocks and commodities have been going through the roof, havin
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Maricopa County Probate Court - Costs often shock the elderly, their families
12-30-2010
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Arizona Republic
Probate lawyer Jon Kitchel said government agencies should not be steering cases to private fiduciaries at all. If an individual needs help, the public fiduciary should be the first call, Kitchel said.
"I don't believe APS should be nominating pri
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Fairfax family fights for epileptic son to bring service dog to school
12-30-2010
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Washington Post
Andrew Stevens is a 12-year-old boy who has a German shepherd named Alaya, who Andrew's parents say is trained to detect and respond to the seizures he experiences as many as 20 times a day.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Is Hillary Clinton Stepping Down As Secretary Of State?
12/29/2010
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the real news now
Rumors and reports have surfaced in recent days claiming Hillary Clinton may step down from her position as secretary of state. So far, the rumors seem to pin former New Mexico governor and Presidential candidate Bill Richardson as the forerunner for
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The Real News
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Codex Alimentarius: EU to ban hundreds of herbal remedies
12-30-2010
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independent.co.uk/
Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain on May 1st, 2011, under what campaigners say is a "discriminatory and disproportionate" European law.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Kidney parole condition in Mississippi raises ethical questions
12-30-2010
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AP
After 16 years in prison, Jamie Scott, 36, is on daily dialysis, which costs the state $200,000 a year. Haley Barbour agreed to release her because of her medical condition, but 38-year-old Gladys Scott's release says she must donate a kidney within
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
The FCC can't force net neutrality yet!
12/29/2010
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the real news now
The Federal Communications Commission may not be able to enforce net neutrality rules on the Internet, due to the decision a federal appeals court made earlier today.
The ruling states that the FCC must first get Congress to approve the sweeping e
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News Link • New World Order
Digital Totalitarianism - The Conspiracy to Abolish Cash
12-30-2010
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SmirkingChimp.com
What the anti-cash movement really wants is digital totalitarianism: a dystopian nightmare in which the entire human race is enslaved by international corporations and their pet governments.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Constitution
Calling all Tenthers!
12-29-2010
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Tenth Amendment Center
"As Ron Paul has reminded us on many occasions, while elections are important parts of our political process, it is the power of ideas that truly shape and set the foundations of nations."
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Michael Boldin
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News Link • China
China preparing for armed conflict 'in every direction'
12-30-2010
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telegraph.co.uk
China is preparing for conflict 'in every direction', the defence minister said on Wednesday in remarks that threaten to overshadow a visit to Beijing by his US counterpart next month.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
China’s online population hits 450 million
12-30-2010
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RawStory.com
China's number of Internet users rises to 450 million _ more than one-third of its population
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Espionage Act ‘threatens every left wing activist,’ son of executed US communists declares
12-30-2010
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RawStory.com
As US officials investigated whether they can charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the 1917 US Espionage Act
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Brazil to build ‘underwater cities’ to drill for oil
12-30-2010
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RawStory.com
Brazil's state oil company is planning to do away with offshore oil drilling platforms and replace them with automated "underwater cities" that extract oil.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
If imprisoned or killed, Assange reportedly prepared to out CIA-linked Arab leaders
12-30-2010
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RawStory.com
Middle Eastern leaders who've become friendly with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) could face severe retribution from their local populations if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is killed or jailed for a lengthy amount of time.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Police State
America Has Gone Away
12-30-2010
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prisonplanet.com
President George W. Bush set the scene when he declared: “you are with us or against us.”
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Europe to ban hundreds of herbal remedies
12-30-2010
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prisonplanet.com
Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain next year under what campaigners say is a “discriminatory and disproportionate” European law.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks being ‘exploited to spread conspiracy theories,’ Jewish group claims
12-30-2010
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prisonplanet.com
The release of thousands of US diplomatic cables by the secrets outlet WikiLeaks has unintentionally led to the proliferation of anti-Israel conspiracy theories, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
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News Link • Political Parties
Dennis Kucinich: My congressional district may be eliminated
12-30-2010
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prisonplanet.com
The New York Times, Newsweek, and Fox News have all recently headlined stories that I may lose my Congressional seat, not through an election, but through redistricting!
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Paul Craig Roberts: Our Lickspittle Press
12-30-2010
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CounterPunch.org
Today the press is a propaganda ministry for the government. Any member who departs from his duty to lie and spin the news is expelled from the fraternity.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government
The Struggle - the Long Arc of Advances in Human Liberty
12-30-2010
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dailybell.com
Here is some good news: The march of liberty has so far proven to be generally unstoppable.
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News Link • Activism
Anarchists Are Bad People?
12-30-2010
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dailybell.com
Anarchists arise to topple democratically elected governments.
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News Link • Housing
Sometimes the grass actually -is- greener
12-30-2010
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www.sovereignman.com
I didn’t have to go to the concert" I had the best seat in the house right from my own balcony, sort of like the Wrigley Field Rooftops in Chicago.
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News Link • Housing
The best of 2010: Finding paradise in Ecuador
12-30-2010
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www.sovereignman.com
A particular favorite of mine due to its scenic beauty, healthy living, and rock bottom prices, is Ecuador. They literally give away land for free, and it costs nothing to live quite well in the major cities.
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News Link • Economy - International
The best of 2010: Business opportunities in Panama
12-30-2010
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www.sovereignman.com
While Chile does have a lot of advantages, though, it is certainly not alone" There are opportunities everywhere for people who are willing to see, and as I was looking back over this year’s letters, I came across this one from Panama in which I desc
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