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Date Sent: 2011-06-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, June 7, 2011 AM edition |
China Has Divested 97 Percent of Its Holdings in U.S. Treasury Bills
Syria says protesters killed security forces
-- Military Seeks to Make Case Against Too-Hasty Reduction of Troops in
Afghanistan -- U.S. Braces for Withdrawal Along Iraqi Road -- Holding
the President Accountable on Libya - by Ron Paul -- Take Your Little Black Box and Shove It - by L. Neil Smith
-- Miami Beach Police Say They Found Gun In Car Of Man They Killed - 2
days later -- Here Is The Video Showing Miami Beach Cops Pointing Gun
At Man For Recording Them -- Mark Zandi on Housing: More Heroin Damn It
-- Meredith Whitney Broadens Concerns on State
Fiscal Woes -- QE 3 and Obama: The Man Has Got to Have It! -- Baltimore Police Issue 2nd Amendment Decal
Warning -- Witness Protection: After Death Threats, Australian
Climate Researchers Moved To Secure Locations -- China calls US culprit
in global 'Internet war' -- Jacob
Hornberger on Freedom Watch -- Man
cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies -- Ernest Hancock -
Why the Drug War and Immigration Issue will never be Solved -- Party Like It's 1936: Why Many
Big Corporations Are Hoarding So Much Cash -- NFIB: Small Business Hiring on Main Street
Has Collapsed -- Man dead after trying to rob medical marijuana
grower -- Five Out of Five Pessimists Agree: QE3 Is Coming --
Voluntaryism is treason -- Blood of Patriots: Learning From History…The
Sedition Act. by Debbie Lewis -- China
Has Divested 97 Percent of Its Holdings in U.S. Treasury Bills --
Productive Vs. Unproductive: Manufacturing Vs. Financialization
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
China Has Divested 97 Percent of Its Holdings in U.S. Treasury Bills
06-06-2011
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cnsnews.com
China has dropped 97 percent of its holdings in U.S. Treasury bills, decreasing its ownership of the short-term U.S. government securities from a peak of $210.4 billion in May 2009 to $5.69 billion in March 2011, the most recent month reported by the
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News Link • World News
Syria says protesters killed security forces
06-06-2011
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Washington Post
Syria’s government asserted 120 soldiers had been killed by armed protesters in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, amid indications that what began as a peaceful protest movement is turning into an armed rebellion in at least some parts of the co
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Military Seeks to Make Case Against Too-Hasty Reduction of Troops in Afghanistan
06-06-2011
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NY Times
With a major internal debate gathering inside the White House over how quickly to reduce the size of the American fighting force in Afghanistan, the military pushed back against the prospect of a substantial withdrawal, arguing that to leave too earl
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News Link • Iraq
U.S. Braces for Withdrawal Along Iraqi Road
06-06-2011
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NY Times
Even as the American military winds down its eight-year war in Iraq, commanders are bracing for what they fear could be the most dangerous remaining mission: getting the last troops out safely.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Take Your Little Black Box and Shove It - by L. Neil Smith
06-06-2011
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The Libertarian Enterprise
We all heard this week that from this moment onward, all new automobiles manufactured in or imported to the United States will be required to have "litle black boxes" like the flight recorders in aircraft.
The device, which steps far outside the b
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Miami Beach Police Say They Found Gun In Car Of Man They Killed - 2 days later
06-06-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Miami Beach police say they found a gun in the car of the man they shot more than 100 times on Memorial Day - two-and-a-hallf days after the actual shooting.
Chief Carlos Noriega said the gun was out of sight, which is why police did not find it u
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Here Is The Video Showing Miami Beach Cops Pointing Gun At Man For Recording Them
06-06-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The highly anticipated video that shows Miami Beach police pointing a gun at a man who had just recorded them shooting another man has been posted on Youtube.
And it confirms what we've already reported.That police were ready to kill a man for rec
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Quantum Entanglement Means Computers Could Cool Themselves By Deleting Information
06-06-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
In fact, under the right conditions, theoretical physicists say that deleting data can actually produce negative heat--that is, it can have a cooling effect. That’s right, this is a quantum mechanics post.
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News Link • Housing
Mark Zandi on Housing: More Heroin Damn It
06-06-2011
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Market-ticker.org
The federal government should enact more loss-mitigation tools to thwart another housing downturn that could erupt from falling home prices and risks tied to 14 million underwater mortgages, analyst Mark Zandi with Moody's Analytics said...
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Meredith Whitney Broadens Concerns on State Fiscal Woes
06-06-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
As Whitney shows, these off-balance sheet numbers are an incredible three times the size of all on-balance sheet debt, totaling $2 trillion. The load is rising quickly; the unfunded pension burden has jumped 50% in the past year.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
QE 3 and Obama: The Man Has Got to Have It!
06-06-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
So why does QE play such an important role for Obama going into an election? No president has ever been reelected to office when unemployment is above 8%, much less 9%.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Baltimore Police Issue 2nd Amendment Decal Warning
06-06-11
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
Baltimore Police Criminal Intelligence Section issued an “Intelligence Bulletin” warning officers about persons displaying the 2nd Amendment decal pictured here.
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Fredy Riehl
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Largest DNA-Based Computer Ever Built Can Calculate Square Roots
06-06-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
A test-tube circuit made of DNA-based logic gates can calculate the square root of numbers up to 15, using DNA replication and sequence binding to conduct computations. It’s excruciatingly slow " a calculation can take up to 10 hours
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
iPad Flight Manuals Coming to a Paperless Cockpit Near You
06-06-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Despite using advanced technology that lets planes practically fly themselves, airline pilots are still bogged down by a lingering 20th-century artifact: Paper. Now at least one commercial airline is adopting cockpit iPads
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News Link • Just For Fun!
World's First Amphibious Ice Cream Truck Jingles Around London
06-06-2011
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Julie Beck via PopSci.com
London boaters craving a cold treat on a sunny day might not to have to head ashore to find what they seek. The HMS Flake 99 is the world’s first amphibious ice cream truck.
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News Link • Climate Change
Witness Protection: After Death Threats, Australian Climate Researchers Moved To Secure Locations
06-06-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
As Australian lawmakers debate a national carbon tax, some of the country’s leading climate researchers have been moved to secure locations after receiving threats of physical violence and death.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
In the Future, Your Clothes Will Clean the Air, Generate Power and Save Your Life
06-06-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Nanotechnology, organic chemistry, thermoelectrics and, yes, fashion are all in play here, as scientists and designers come up with clothing that can protect humans’ health, generate electricity and even keep things nice and clean.
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News Link • Internet
China calls US culprit in global 'Internet war'
05-06-2011
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MyWay.com
The Chinese military accused the U.S. on Friday of launching a global "Internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments, redirecting the spotlight away from allegations of major online attacks on Western targets originating in China.
The a
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Energy
Car Doors And Hoods Could Store Power, Cutting Battery Weight and Increasing Hybrids' Range
06-06-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Future hybrid cars won’t just have powerful batteries " they will be storing energy in their doors, hoods and roofs. Car parts could serve as capacitors, which would allow for smaller and more lightweight batteries, thus increasing a hybrid’s range.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies
06-06-2011
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AP
A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies.
The Deseret News of Salt Lake City reports Jason West went to Basin Clinic in Vernal on May 27 prepared to dispute an outstand
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Master Bladesmith Bob Kramer Visits PopSci to Show Off His Chops
06-06-2011
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Paul Adams via Popsci.com
Handmade according to an exacting process, Kramer chef's knives sell for $10,000 or more. They're beloved by chefs and collectors for their keen edges, thoughtful design, and beautiful finish
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Party Like It's 1936: Why Many Big Corporations Are Hoarding So Much Cash
06-06-2011
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CNBC.com
Dividends are rising at many of our largest public companies, but cash accumulation is rising even faster.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
NFIB: Small Business Hiring on Main Street Has Collapsed
06-06-2011
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
“After solid job gains early in the year, progress has slowed to a trickle ... meaningful job creation on Main Street has collapsed.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Man dead after trying to rob medical marijuana grower
06-05-2011
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Details are unraveling about a Thursday afternoon shooting in central Phoenix where one man was killed over a medical marijuana deal gone bad.
Investigators have determined a Hispanic male, 30, was issued an Arizona Medical Marijuana Identificatio
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Five Out of Five Pessimists Agree: QE3 Is Coming
06-06-2011
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blogs.wsj.com
Everyone seemed to agree that the Fed would most likely leave the federal funds rate at zero for a long time and that a third round of quantitative easing is likely later this year.
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Voluntaryism is treason
06-06-2011
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www.wendymcelroy.com
Why is it that legislation defining the crimes of treason and sedition soon follows in the wake of the establishment of every nation-state? The answer is reasonably simple
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Productive Vs. Unproductive: Manufacturing Vs. Financialization
06-06-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
The Status Quo heavily rewards financialized profiteering and resource extraction while penalizing productive capital investments in manufacturing.
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News Link • Government
The Jose Guerena Shooting: Pima County SWAT v. We The People by Jim March
06-06-2011
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zerogov.com
On Memorial Day, May 30th 2011, I attended a rally and set of speeches surrounding the shooting of recent Iraq-war returnee Jose Guerena, USMC.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
INTERVIEW-W.Bank to suggest CO2 levy on jet, shipping fuel
06-06-2011
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www.af.reuters.com
The World Bank will suggest a global levy on jet and shipping fuel in recommendations to G20 governments later this year on raising climate finance, a senior official said on Sunday.
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News Link • Government
French ban the words 'Twitter' & 'Facebook' from being used on TV and radio news pro
06-06-2011
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www.dailymail.co.uk
'Why give preference to Facebook, when there are many other social networks?'
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News Link • Israel
Violence Flares Up at Israeli Border
06-06-2011
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online.wsj.com
Violence along the border between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights escalated, claiming casualties on Sunday, as Israeli soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in two locations who sought to march across the frontier on the anniversary of
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News Link • Economy - International
‘Bankrupt’ claim heightens Spanish debt fears
06-06-2011
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www.ft.com
The central Spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha is “totally bankrupt”, according to the incoming administration of the rightwing Popular party (PP), an accusation that will deepen concerns about Spain’s budget deficit.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
'Saint Bono' the anti-poverty campaigner facing huge Glastonbury protest " for avoiding tax
06-06-2011
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www.dailymail.co.uk
He is the rock legend dubbed 'Saint Bono' for his long-running campaign against global poverty.
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