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Date Sent: 2012-02-12
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, February 12, 2012 |
Russia accuses West of arming Syrian rebels -- Airlines urge U.N. deal to avert carbon trade war
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty -- Libya fighters-turned-jailors face heat over prisons -- Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come -- UK gov't: Press must face tougher penalties -- Romney wins Maine, barely beating Paul -- Iran's Historic Anniversary -- Thousands rally against nuclear power in Japan -- A Military Robot that Does It All --
Attacks on Android Devices Intensify -- The Judge Says Tone It Down... -- Ron Paul
Interview on Fox News Saturday 2-11-12 -- Reagan's Speechwriter
Explains Why No One Likes Mitt Romney -- California's High Speed
Rail Costs Are Getting Absolutely Out Of Control -- One Stat Which Shows How Little Trading
Is Happening In This Market -- Actor Bill Murray to CNBC: 'I think we
ought to be personally responsible' -- ‘Occupy CPAC’ protesters paid
$60 for the day [VIDEO] -- Doug Wead talks Delegate Strategy on
Rachel Maddow 2-10-12 -- Ron Paul and the Youth Revolution
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News Link • World News
Russia accuses West of arming Syrian rebels
02-11-2012
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www.reuters.com
Russia said on Friday that the West was stoking the conflict in Syria by sending weapons to the opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Airlines urge U.N. deal to avert carbon trade war
02-12-2012
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Reuters
Global airlines called on Sunday for a U.N.-brokered deal to prevent a row over aviation emissions between China and the European Union spilling into a damaging trade war.
The call by the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty
02-12-2012
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Reuters
Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.
More than 25
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Libya
Libya fighters-turned-jailors face heat over prisons
02-12-2012
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Reuters
The revolutionary fighters-turned-jailors who run what passes for a justice system in Libya's Gharyan region say they are making the best of a bad business.
"We need help from the government. We are paying for food and medicine from our own pocket
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come
02-12-2012
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Reuters
In the crush of people in Kabul's Shahzada money market, conspiracy theories are a currency as hard as the bundles of cash in the hands of bearded traders trying to divine their future.
And the theory going around - amid the din of shouted exchang
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
UK gov't: Press must face tougher penalties
02-12-2012
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AP
The British Cabinet minister responsible for the media says the press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal. Culture Secretary Hunt said newspapers must change their system of self-regu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney wins Maine, barely beating Paul
02-12-2012
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AP
In Maine, Romney won just a plurality of the vote. He narrowly defeated Texas Rep. Ron Paul, capturing 39 percent to Paul's 36 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, who didn't actively campaign in Maine, won 18 percent and 6 percent r
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News Link • Energy
Thousands rally against nuclear power in Japan
02-11-2012
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The RawStory.com
Thousands demonstrated in Tokyo on Saturday against nuclear power generation, 11 months after a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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News Link • World News
Russia alarmed over teen suicide rate
02-11-2012
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The RawStory.com
Top Russian psychiatrists on Friday called for urgent measures to battle the soaring teenage suicide rate, one of the world’s highest.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Attacks on Android Devices Intensify
02-11-2012
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David Talbot via TechnologyReview.com
Rising security incidents and poorly defended phones suggest 2012 could be a risky year for smart-phone users.
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News Link • Energy
Amyris Gives Up Making Biofuels
02-11-2012
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
Humbled by production challenges, the company plans to scale back production goals, it told investors Thursday.
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News Link • Energy
Charge Your Phone (and Your Car) from Afar
02-11-2012
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
Eric Giler points a remote control and three lamps instantly light up and a tablet computer starts charging. The funny thing is, the devices all sit several feet away from the black pad, which provides power, and aren't plugged in.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Chinese for Ron Paul-Liberty Brings People Together
02-11-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Hello, I am a Chinese. I would like to share my thoughts with you why American needs Ron Paul as president and why the world needs Ron Paul as American President.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
The Judge Says Tone It Down...
02-11-2012
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DailyPaul.com
It will be far more productive for my work at Fox and the work of my friends and colleagues here--many of whom share our values--if the email traffic to Fox toned down considerably.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Reagan's Speechwriter Explains Why No One Likes Mitt Romney
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Financially and culturally we fear our country is going down the drain. This guy doesn't seem to be feeling it. So why's he running? Maybe he thinks it's his personal destiny to be president.
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News Link • Government Waste
California's High Speed Rail Costs Are Getting Absolutely Out Of Control
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
It started out benign enough. In November 2008, California voters passed Proposition 1A, which authorized the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds to fund the first stage of a high-speed rail link between Los Angeles and San Francisc
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla Unveils Its All Electric Model X Crossover
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Late last night on the East Coast, Tesla held a web event to introduce the world to its first entry into the heavily crowded crossover segment.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
11 Dumb Moves That Should Have Cost Mark Zuckerberg His $25 Billion Fortune
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
When Facebook shares begin public trading in May, Mark Zuckerberg will be worth ~$25 billion.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
JACK WELCH: Facebook Is Going To Have 'A Hell Of A Time' Dealing With Millionaire Employees
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Former GE CEO Jack Welch told Reuters that Facebook is going to struggle after its IPO dealing with employees who suddenly "have" millions of dollars in their bank accounts versus those who "have not."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
INTRODUCING THE AZERBAIJAN TOWER: Soon To Be The World's Tallest Building
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
We brought you the news last month that Azerbaijan was planning to build the world's tallest building at 3,645 feet " taller than both the Burj Khalifa and the upcoming Kingdom Tower to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
One Stat Which Shows How Little Trading Is Happening In This Market
02-11-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Indeed a big theme over the last several days has been the lack of market range " we can't remember seeing so many moments when the S&P 500 was, like, 0.1% over where it closed the day before.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Actor Bill Murray to CNBC: 'I think we ought to be personally responsible'
02-11-2012
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www.thehill.com
"I think we've sort of gotten used to someone looking out for us, and I don't think any other person is necessarily going to be counted on to look out for us.
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News Link • Activism
‘Occupy CPAC’ protesters paid $60 for the day [VIDEO]
02-11-2012
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www.dailycaller.com
Protesters at Friday’s “Occupy CPAC” event, organized by AFL-CIO and the Occupy DC movement, told The Daily Caller that they were paid “sixty bucks a head” to protest outside the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Former CIA Head blows the lid off the fraudulent Wars, live on CNN (reporters shocked)
09/05/2011
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CNN
(reporters shocked) Anchor asks a question at 2:48 into this 6:30 segment. Scheur cites Ron Paul at 3:00 in reponse. Report is dated, but amazing this was ever spoken out loud in main-stream media.
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News Link • World News
Why the World Needs America
02-10-2012
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www.online.wsj.com
Foreign-policy pundits increasingly argue that democracy and free markets could thrive without U.S. predominance. If this sounds too good to be true, writes Robert Kagan, that's because it is.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Top Republican at CPAC: Jeb Bush could emerge as nominee at a brokered convention
02-10-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Al Cardenas, head of the American Conservative Union, has said that Republican turmoil might lead to a brokered convention in which Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, would emerge as a “possible alternative” party nominee.
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News Link • Activism
Help Ed Vallejo get to DC for the Veterans for Ron Paul march on Feb 20th
02-10-2012
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www.youtube.com
Hi, my name is Ed Vallejo and this is my video promoting Adam Kokesh and his RON PAUL IS THE CHOICE OF THE TROOPS March on the White House February 20th, 2012.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • NATO
NATO Air Strike Kills Eight Children in
02-10-2012
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www.antiwar.com
Karzai Announces 'All-Out Probe' of Killings
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Libya
US Still Can’t Find Missing Libyan Missiles
02-10-2012
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original.antiwar.com
State Dept: Probably Never Will Know Where They Went
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News Link • World News
Why Egypt may not care about losing US aid
02-10-2012
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www.csmonitor.com
Some say that Egypt's military rulers may be willing to forgo $1.3 billion in aid if it means a boost in popularity.
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News Link • World News
Pressure for Western intervention in Syria builds with fresh assaults (+video)
02-10-2012
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csmonitor.com
A Syrian Army invasion of opposition neighborhoods in Homs is seemingly imminent and explosions rocked the northern city of Aleppo today.
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News Link • World News
Why Ethiopia's authoritarian style gets a Western nod
02-10-2012
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www.csmonitor.com
Ethiopia is a geostrategically important ally in the West's efforts to battle extremism in the Horn of Africa. Western leaders have also emphasized its progress in battling poverty.
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