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Date Sent: 2011-06-24
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, June 24, 2011 |
Senate Offers Revised Secret Rules for Suspects of Terrorism
Bin Laden courier's phone provides leads -- Republicans pull out of
debt talks, demand Obama meet directly with GOP over taxes -- Arizona DPS system hacked: LulzSec group claims responsibility -- Greece in deal with EU/IMF on austerity plan -- Keeping the War on Drugs Going and Putting You in Debtor’s Prison -- Nevada Is the First State to Pass Driverless Car Legislation, Paving the Way for Autonomous Autos -- The Economics Of Bitcoin – Doug Casey Gets It Wrong -- New bill ending federal ban on marijuana to be introduced in Congress -- Congress to vote on curbing Libya operations -- U.S. anti-Internet piracy campaign violates First Amendment -- CHINGA LA MIGRA BULLETIN #1
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News Link • Police State
Senate Offers Revised Secret Rules for Suspects of Terrorism
06-23-2011
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NY Times
The panel approved the package last week 25 to 1 as part of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, and it released a brief summary of the act. Received scant attention because the vote took place in secret and the legislation has not been made
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Bin Laden courier's phone provides leads
06-23-2011
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AP
A cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier recovered in the U.S. raid last month that killed both men in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group that is a longtime asset of Pakistan's intelligence agency, The New York Times reported lat
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Republicans pull out of debt talks, demand Obama meet directly with GOP over taxes
06-23-2011
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Washington Post
Congressional Republicans abruptly pulled out of debt-reduction talks with the White House on Thursday and demanded that President Obama meet directly with GOP leaders to resolve an impasse over taxes.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona DPS system hacked: LulzSec group claims responsibility
06-23-2011
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Arizona Republic
An international group identifying itself as LulzSec claims it hacked into the Arizona Department of Public Safety's computer and downloaded a trove of sensitive law enforcement files now being distributed on the Internet.
LulzSec said in a bullet
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Greece in deal with EU/IMF on austerity plan
06-23-2011
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Reuters
European Union leaders promised more money to help Greece stave off looming bankruptcy, provided its parliament enacts an austerity plan finalized in fraught last-minute talks with international lenders.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou prom
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Boston mob boss was hiding in plain sight
06-23-2011
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AP
Bulger fled in 1995 after a retired FBI agent tipped him that he was about to be indicted. The Boston FBI had a corrupt relationship with its underworld informants, protecting mob figures for decades and allowing them to commit murders as long as the
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Keeping the War on Drugs Going and Putting You in Debtor’s Prison
06-23-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
Debtor’s prison are making a comeback because of the debt collection industry. Elites like former Comptroller D. Walker are waxing nostalgically for more punitive measures in the face of a population that simply cannot pay its debts.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Transportation
Farewell Roadster: Tesla Will Stop Taking Orders for its Iconic EV in Two Months
06-23-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
We knew the Tesla Roadster was fast, but not this fast: after just three years on the market, the Roadster is no more.
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Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Australia's Plasma Thruster Could Get a Space Trial as Soon as 2013
06-23-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
A $3.1 million grant aims to change that, giving Australian National University physicists a lift that should help them see their plasma engine all the way to orbit aboard a European satellite within two years.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Transportation
Nevada Is the First State to Pass Driverless Car Legislation, Paving the Way for Autonomous Autos
06-23-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Today, Assembly Bill No. 511 passed, granting the Department of Transportation the authorization to draft a set of regulations and rules governing autonomous cars. Pop goes the champagne in Mountain View.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Just For Fun!
The Ultimate Tailgating Station Combines a TV, Wine Refrigerator, and Grill
06-23-2011
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Gregory Mone via PopSci.com
If you can't drive it or shoot 10-foot flames from it, it's not a grill
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Currencies
The Economics Of Bitcoin â€" Doug Casey Gets It Wrong
06-23-2011
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Libertarian News
Casey’s arguments against Bitcoin are weak or misleading. His arguments can be applied to gold as well. Casey should rethink his logic before making public pronouncements about the efficacy of Bitcoins as a currency.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Afghanistan
Obama orders end to Afghan troop surge
06-23-2011
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RawStory.com
President Barack Obama ordered all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by next summer, declared the beginning of the end of the war and vowed to turn to "nation building" at home.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
New bill ending federal ban on marijuana to be introduced in Congress
06-23-2011
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Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com
The Oakland Tribute reported that the bill would limit the federal government to enforcing cross-border or inter-state smuggling laws, and allow people to grow, possess, use or sell marijuana in states where it is legal to do so.
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News Link • Libya
Congress to vote on curbing Libya operations
06-23-2011
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RawStory.com
The US House of Representatives will vote Friday on a resolution aimed at limiting the US military role in Libya without undermining NATO there, Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Scientists want to dig up Shakespeare to find out if he smoked weed
06-23-2011
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David Edwards via RawStory.com
Recently uncovered evidence suggests that William Shakespeare used marijuana, and now a team of paleontologists want to dig him up to prove it.
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News Link • Internet
U.S. anti-Internet piracy campaign violates First Amendment
06-23-2011
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Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal court to return two domain names seized as part of the U.S. government's "Operation in Our Sites," an ongoing campaign against websites that illegally provide access to copyrighted material.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Immigration
CHINGA LA MIGRA BULLETIN #1
06-23-2011
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LulzSec
LulzSec releases hundreds of law enforcement intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords for the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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