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Date Sent: 2012-01-26
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, January 26, 2012 AM edition |
Gold for Oil: India and Iran Ditch Dollar -- Will Iran Kill the Petrodollar?
Under Obama, Price of Gas Has Jumped 83%, Ground Beef 24%, Bacon 22% -- Anonymous CNN Debate Blackout #OpDebateBlackout 1/26/2012 --
Adam Kokesh's Veterans for Ron Paul DC Rally - Money Grenade 2/1/12 --
University of Florida Independent Alligator Editorial Board Endorses
Texas Congressman: We Pick Paul -- Is The NYPD Experimenting With Drones
Over The City? Evidence Points To Yes -- Appeals court rejects Padilla torture lawsuit --
Longest-serving Pennsylvania lawmaker goes on trial -- One Year
Anniversary: Egypt's "Arab Spring" -- Massachusetts Man Who Refused To
Open Door For Cops Receives Arrest Warrant -- January 26th, 2012 - Kat Affholter
- Andrew Reno - Chris Gault - Listen Live on LRN.FM, M-F,
9-Noon -- Police drag Occupy
activists from Santorum event -- Stop Arizona Call for BBA
(Balanced Budget Amendment) -- Journalist
Chris Hedges Files Lawsuit Over NDAA (Video) -- WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange to launch political talk show -- Arizona
Could Have Pot Dispensaries by Summer, Official Said -- Silver hits
$33 per oz. today - 15% increase in just over 2 weeks -- Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out
of Okinawa -- 24 Facts That Show How Ridiculously Unfair
Our Economy Is For Americans Under The Age Of 30 -- Gov. Cuomo Plans to Abolish Failed
"Ballistic Fingerprint" Program
AZ: Debate watching party-today, Thurs, Jan 26th-Hancock's-6
p.m. til?? CNN GOP Debate from Jacksonville, Fla.
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News Link • Iran
Gold for Oil: India and Iran Ditch Dollar " Report
01-25-2012
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Oil is priced in US dollars, and bypassing the greenback posed challenges for both parties. Two banks are reportedly involved in this deal: India’s state owned UCO Bank and Turkey’s state owned Halkbank.
Both banks don’t have any business with the
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Debate watching party-Thurs, Jan 26th-Hancock's-6 p.m. til?? CNN GOP Debate from Jacksonville, F
01-25-2012
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meetup.com
Hispanic Leadership Network to co-sponsor CNN debate in Florida - Ron Paul educates the establishment once again with clear thought, common sense, and truth.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Inventions
Ross Nanotechnology's NeverWet superhydrophobic spray-on coating
01-25-2012
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YouTube.com
Ross Technology Corp. needed a better way to reduce corrosion on the steel products. When they couldn't find a suitable one, they worked on creating something on their own.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Under Obama, Price of Gas Has Jumped 83%, Ground Beef 24%, Bacon 22%
01-25-2012
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CNSNews
So far, during the presidency of Barack Obama, the price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 83 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the same period, the price of ground beef has gone up 24 percent and price of bacon
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Anonymous CNN Debate Blackout #OpDebateBlackout 1/26/2012
01-25-2012
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YouTube.com
We will do this by making a mass number of requests to the CNN servers starting at 8PM on Thursday, January 26 until the conclusion of the debate. We will cease making requests during those periods of time when Ron Paul is speaking.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Update: Adam Kokesh's Veterans for Ron Paul DC Rally - Money Grenade 2/1/12
01-25-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Here's a brief update: "Veterans march for Ron Paul announcements - Money Grenade 2/1!!!"
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
University of Florida Independent Alligator Editorial Board Endorses Texas Congressman: We Pick Paul
01-25-2012
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www.alligator.org
Rather than going after his competitors over non-issues like extramarital affairs, he has been attacking the other candidates for their inconsistency and lack of commitment to serious ideas.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Is The NYPD Experimenting With Drones Over The City? Evidence Points To Yes
01-25-2012
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CBS News
They’re used in war zones for surveillance and military strikes.
But are there plans to deploy drones in the Big Apple to keep an eye on New Yorkers?
More and more people believe it’s inevitable, reports CBS 2’s Don Dahler.
Drones are unmann
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Appeals court rejects Padilla torture lawsuit
01-25-2012
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Rawstory
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against current and former government officials for their alleged roles in the detention and torture of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen and convicted terroris
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Longest-serving Pennsylvania lawmaker goes on trial
01-25-2012
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Reuters
The corruption trial of Pennsylvania's longest-serving state lawmaker, H. William DeWeese, opened on Monday with prosecutors describing him as "a common thief with uncommon access to other people's money."
DeWeese, 61, a former speaker of the stat
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
One Year Anniversary: Egypt's "Arab Spring"
01-25-2012
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AP
Crowds of several hundred thousands teemed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of Egypt's 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists in a competition over the course of the revolution, reflecting the deep political div
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Massachusetts Man Who Refused To Open Door For Cops Receives Arrest Warrant
01-25-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Hector Nunez, the Massachusetts man who has had a running dispute with the local police department, was issued an arrest warrant for maintaining a noisy and disorderly house, a summons that obviously stems from the videos he’s been posting on Youtube
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Adelson, Gingrich, and the Selling of America
01-25-2012
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antiwar.com
If you want to know what’s wrong with our campaign finance laws " and our political system in a more general sense " look at the way Sheldon Adelson is buying the Republican nomination for his sock puppet, Newt Gingrich.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Police drag Occupy activists from Santorum event
01-25-2012
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www.rawstory.com
Police on Monday physically dragged several Occupy Tampa protesters from an event with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum and cited them for trespassing.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Journalist Chris Hedges Files Lawsuit Over NDAA (Video)
01-25-2012
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InfoWars.com
Alex Jones talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about challenging NDAA and other abuses of government power.
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Reported by:
Joe Plummer
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to launch political talk show
01-25-2012
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www.rawstory.com
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will host a new political talk show that focuses on power brokers, revolutionaries and where the world goes next, the anti-secrecy website announced on Monday.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Arizona Could Have Pot Dispensaries by Summer, Official Said
01-25-2012
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www.latino.foxnews.com
Arizona is not appealing a court ruling on medical marijuana and there could be licensed dispensaries established around the state as soon as this summer, Health Services Director Will Humble announced Tuesday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa
01-25-2012
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www.opednews.com
A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Trauma School
01-25-2012
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Survivalblog.com
My desire today is to share some knowledge and tidbits I've picked up at my job in the medical field. I hope these notes will be of benefit to you in the days ahead and that you can use them when I'm no longer coming in to work to help good folks lik
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
24 Facts That Show How Ridiculously Unfair Our Economy Is For Americans Under The Age Of 30
01-25-2012
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www.endoftheamericandream.com
If you are an American under the age of 30, you have probably figured out by now that the entire economic system is stacked against you. The way that our economy is structured today is ridiculously unfair to younger Americans.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Boondoggle and white elephants
Gov. Cuomo Plans to Abolish Failed "Ballistic Fingerprint" Program
01-25-2012
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NYSRPA
After collecting over 356,000 spent shell casings since March 2001 at an estimated cost of nearly $44 million, not a single crime has been solved because of the program.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Welfare: Political
Buffett would profit from Keystone cancellation
01-25-2012
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www.washingtontimes.com
Warren Buffett, whom President Obama likes to cite as a fair-minded billionaire while arguing for higher taxes on the wealthy, stands to benefit from the president’s decision to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Emmigration
Tax Evaders Renounce U.S. Citizenship
01-25-2012
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www.allgov.com
Rather than deal with the complexities of U.S. tax law, Americans living overseas are increasingly renouncing their citizenship in order to avoid paying their income taxes.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New York police officer pleads guilty in civil rights case
01-25-2012
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Reuters
A New York City police officer pleaded guilty to federal charges that he violated an African-American man's civil rights by arresting him on false charges. Michael Daragjati, an 8-year veteran of the NYPD, was later heard using a racial slur to brag
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Wife of alleged CIA leaker resigns from agency
01-25-2012
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www.washingtonpost.com
A senior CIA analyst resigned Tuesday amid accounts that she had been pressured to step down after her husband " a former agency employee " was charged with leaking classified information to the press.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Responds To Obama’s State Of The Union Speech
01-24-2012
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us2.campaign-archive1.com - Ron Paul
“Tonight, President Obama once again showed that he does not represent the fundamental change this country needs.” LAKE JACKSON, Texas " See below for 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s response to State of the Union address.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops
01-24-2012
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by Declan McCullagh (cNet)
American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for police to peruse for incriminating files, a federal judge in Colorado ruled today in what could become a precedent-setting case.
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News Link • Politics
BTP Response to the 2012 State of the Union
1-24-2012
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Boston Tea Party
President Obama wants us to imagine an America that is within reach. I would rather have you imagine a world a little further down the road. The President wants “[a] country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold, Silver Pause Off Fresh Highs; Asian Demand Seen Returning
01-24-2012
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www.blogs.barrons.com
Gold and silver are sliding Tuesday, pausing after both hit six-week closing highs to open the week and physical demand from Asia remained light as Chinese markets celebrated the Lunar New Year holidays.
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Donna Hancock
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