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Date Sent: 2012-07-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, July 25, 2012 AM edition |
US Military On Call to Use Force at 2012 Political Conventions
Judge lets off statie chased by officers -- Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? -- Cops among Florida's worst speeders, Sun Sentinel investigation finds -- Drone operations over Somalia pose danger to air traffic, U.N. report says -- Cybersecurity bill poised for Senate consideration -- Judges Must Warn New Jersey Jurors About Eyewitnesses' Reliability -- New Orleans Accepts Federal Plan for Police Overhaul -- N.Y. Fed silent on Barclays’ admission of rigging Libor -- Ron Paul Answers Questions About HR 459 And Presidential Run On --
Marijuana advocates decry Los Angeles City Council’s vote to ban
marijuana dispensaries -- CBO: Repealing Obamacare would increase deficit by $109 billion -- Gun sales skyrocket after Colorado massacre -- Anaheim mayor demands federal investigation after cops kill two men
in two days -- BRIAN WESBURY: I Have Proof That Paul Krugman Is
Wrong -- OH CRAP: Spanish Yields Just Hit A New Record -- The Euro
Area Downturn Is Getting Worse -- America's Latest Huge Defense
Purchases -- DAVID BIANCO: 'Beware Of A Sudden Confidence Breakdown'
-- 43 Signs That The London Olympics Will Be A Complete Disaster -- This Ex-IMF Economist Probably Won't Be Asking Christine Lagarde For
A Recommendation -- You’ll Love The New Nickname They Have For The
Dollar Here… -- Migrant Workers In China Are Returning Home As Job
Losses Mount -- Rating Agency Worker: 'I Am Genuinely Frightened' --
Tel Aviv ‘Race Riots’ Reveal Much About Israel -- AURORA: Asking the
Right Questions -- Enthusiasm Escalates for Constitutional Sheriffs
-- The New Economic Collapse Video: It makes uncomfortable but
urgent viewing
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News Link • Military
US Military On Call to Use Force at 2012 Political Conventions
07-24-2012
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AntiWar
The US military will be on call to respond and use force in case of unrest at this year’s Democratic and Republican Party National Conventions in Tampa, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Judge lets off statie chased by officers
07-24-2012
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Boston Herald
The state police captain who yesterday admitted prosecutors had enough to prove he was guilty of leading Saugus cops on a late-night chase could be back patrolling Bay State highways in days after a judge gave him a break, state police and prosecutor
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News Link • Internet
Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?
07-24-2012
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Wall Street Journal
It's an urban legend that the government launched the Internet. The myth is that the Pentagon created the Internet to keep its communications lines up even in a nuclear strike. The truth is a more interesting story about how innovation happens"and ab
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops among Florida's worst speeders, Sun Sentinel investigation finds
07-24-2012
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We've all seen it, and now there's proof: Police officers sworn to uphold our traffic laws are among the worst speeders on South Florida roads.
A three-month Sun Sentinel investigation found almost 800 cops from a dozen agencies driving 90 to 130
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Drone operations over Somalia pose danger to air traffic, U.N. report says
07-24-2012
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Washington Post
In a recently completed report, U.N. officials describe several narrowly averted disasters in which drones crashed into a refugee camp, flew dangerously close to a fuel dump and almost collided with a large passenger plane over Mogadishu, the capita
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News Link • Internet
Cybersecurity bill poised for Senate consideration
07-24-2012
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Washington Post
The Senate is poised to take up comprehensive cybersecurity legislation as soon as this week, after years of discussion among lawmakers and a compromise that critics allege undercuts the effort to prevent a crippling cyberattack against the nation.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judges Must Warn New Jersey Jurors About Eyewitnesses' Reliability
07-24-2012
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New York Times
Almost a year after the New Jersey Supreme Court made a sweeping ruling aimed at resolving the "troubling lack of reliability in eyewitness identifications," it issued instructions on Thursday for judges to give jurors to help them better evaluate su
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
New Orleans Accepts Federal Plan for Police Overhaul
07-24-2012
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New York Times
The New Orleans Police Department and the United States Department of Justice announced a far-reaching agreement to overhaul the city’s scandal-ridden police force and improve safety in a city that has had little of it.
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News Link • Obama Administration
N.Y. Fed silent on Barclays’ admission of rigging Libor
07-24-2012
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Washington Post
But Geithner, who was then head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, did not communicate in key meetings with top regulators that British bank Barclays had admitted to Fed staffers that it was rigging Libor, according to people familiar with the
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Answers Questions About HR 459 And Presidential Run On
07-24-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Video ~ Ron Paul Answers Questions About HR 459 And Presidential Run On
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Marijuana advocates decry Los Angeles City Council’s vote to ban marijuana dispensaries
07-24-2012
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Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.com
Medical marijuana advocates on Tuesday vowed to overturn Los Angeles City Council’s decision to close down all of the city’s more than 850 medical marijuana dispensaries.
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News Link • Healthcare
CBO: Repealing Obamacare would increase deficit by $109 billion
07-24-2012
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Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.com
Repealing all of President Barack Obama’s health care law would increase the federal budget deficit by about $109 billion from 2013 to 2022, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun sales skyrocket after Colorado massacre
07-24-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The theater shooting in Colorado last week continues to generate discussions about firearms in America, but it is doing more than just getting people to talk. Gun sales in Colorado have skyrocketed in the days since the Aurora, CO massacre.
James
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
Anaheim mayor demands federal investigation after cops kill two men in two days
07-24-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The mayor of Anaheim, California is asking for federal assistance in an investigation of the local police department after law enforcement officers shot and killed two men in separate incidents over the weekend.
Anaheim, California Mayor Tom Tait
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News Link • General Opinion
BRIAN WESBURY: I Have Proof That Paul Krugman Is Wrong
07-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam Ro
Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman has argued that the government should ramp up deficit spending in order to avoid a full-on depression.
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News Link • Government Waste
America's Latest Huge Defense Purchases
07-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Walter Hickey
It seems like the Pentagon is just like everyone else, fleeing the cities on vacation time in the middle of July. Last week the Pentagon slacked off, spending a measly $1.8 billion on 58 defense contracts.
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News Link • Economy - International
This Ex-IMF Economist Probably Won't Be Asking Christine Lagarde For A Recommendation
07-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam Ro
"After twenty years of service, I am ashamed to have had any association with the Fund at all," wrote Peter Doyle an ex-economist for the International Monetary Fund.
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News Link • Currencies
You’ll Love The New Nickname They Have For The Dollar Here…
07-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Simon Black
No doubt, Eastern Europe is a part of the world where people are accustomed to being abused by politicians.After decades of Soviet Rule, the cultures in places like Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Belarus, etc. have been inculcated with a strong mistru
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News Link • Economy - International
Migrant Workers In China Are Returning Home As Job Losses Mount
07-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Also Sprach
Migrant workers who look for jobs in cities in China are now leaving the cities and going back to their home towns as jobs losses mount amid economic slowdown.
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News Link • Economy - International
Rating Agency Worker: 'I Am Genuinely Frightened'
07-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joris Luyendijk
We are meeting in the heart of the City after the banking blog called on rating agency employees to talk about their experiences.
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News Link • Israel
Tel Aviv ‘Race Riots’ Reveal Much About Israel
07-24-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Ran HaCohen
The “race riots” .... gives a revealing glimpse into Israeli realities under the current fascist government.
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News Link • General Opinion
AURORA: Asking the Right Questions
07-24-2012
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http://www.veteranstoday.com, by Martin Maloney
Although there have been stories I the alternative media about the events in Aurora, I’m going to limit the scope of this article to analyzing the mainstream version of what happened.
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News Link • Government
Enthusiasm Escalates for Constitutional Sheriffs
07-24-2012
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http://ppjg.me, by ppjg
Diverse economic problems and challenges face law enforcement, but in Northern California elected county sheriffs are doing something new by holding regional Town Hall-type meetings to communicate with their citizens.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
07-24-12 -- Jan Rose Kasmir - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Jan Rose Kasmir, a high school student in the 60's, Kasmir was photographed on Oct 21st,1967, putting a daisy in the gun-barrel of a soldier to protest the Vietnam War. Photo was published world-wide & became a symbol of the flower power movement
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke Prepares for QE3
07-24-2012
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Free Press Publications
Ben Bernanke is at it again. It appears the Fed Chairman is preparing for a third round of bond purchases (quantitative easing or QE3) that will further inflate the U.S. Dollar. Reuters reports Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee during the se
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Judge backs State Dept. in WikiLeaks FOIA
07-23-2012
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AP
A judge is backing the State Department's refusal to provide 23 classified embassy cables even though they had already been released by the website WikiLeaks and published by various news organizations.
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News Link • Syria
Syria says could use chemical arms against foreigners
07-23-2012
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Reuters
Western states expressed alarm after Syria acknowledged for the first time that it has chemical and biological weapons and said it could use them if foreign countries intervene.
A week of unprecedented fighting inside the capital, Damascus, includ
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Value: $0, Taxes: $40 Million
07-23-2012
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But there is one item in the collection, a work by Robert Rauschenberg that cannot be sold. It contains a stuffed bald eagle and under the terms of the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the 1918 Migratory Bird Act,
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Says Test Flight of New Inflatable Heat Shield a Success
07-23-2012
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AP
An experimental heat shield for future spacecraft landings successfully survived a test launch that brought it through the earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 7,600 mph, NASA said. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment,
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News Link • TERRORISM
U.S. drone kills 12 suspected militants in Pakistan
07-23-2012
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Reuters
U.S. drone aircraft struck a militant hideout in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 12 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The drones fired several missiles at a compound in the Shawal area o
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Lax Student Loan Standards Created Debt Crisis
07-23-2012
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ABC News
Lax loan standards have left many college graduates struggling to repay private student loans. In 2011, the figure declined to less than $5 billion as banks began to tighten credit standards and the number of undergraduates with co-signers hit a high
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists Read Monkeys' Minds, See What They're Planning to Do Before They Do it
07-23-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
While working to demonstrate that multiple parameters can be seen in the firing rate of a single neuron (and that certain parameters are embedded in neurons only if they are needed to solve the immediate task), they also found that they could read th
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News Link • Government
Nearly 5 Million People Have Government Security Clearances
07-23-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
The number of U.S. government employees and contractors holding security clearances jumped to 4.86 million last year from 4.7 million the year prior, according to the 2011 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, which the Director of National In
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News Link • Government
Russia’s Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals
07-23-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Noah Shachtman
A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the previous night’s tequila and file into a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. At the front of the room, a giant screen shows a globe targeted by
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News Link • Energy
Microgrid Keeps the Power Local, Cheap, and Reliable
07-23-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Kevin Bullis
A California jail offers a glimpse of the economic and environmental benefits of locally generated energy.
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News Link • Mexico
Tens of thousands protest in Mexico against new president
07-23-2012
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http://www.rt.com
At least 32,000 protesters marched through Mexico City on Sunday to protest the “imposition” of the new president.
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News Link • Iraq
Iraqi death toll rises to 89 in the worst wave of attacks this year
07-23-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A series of blasts and shootings has brought the single-day death toll for brutal attacks across Iraq to 89 victims, including 13 Iraqi soldiers.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Message To Americans: ‘We Own You’
07-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Fay Voshell
The president’s Roanoke speech, the full text of which may be found here, goes beyond mere insult to American entrepreneurs.
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News Link • Communications
New Gadget Allows Police To Jam Your Phone If Your Caught Driving While Talking
07-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Doug Newcomb
There’s no shortage of devices that supposedly prevent drivers from talking or texting by blocking mobile phone signals or that alert parents and employers about the behavior.
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News Link • United Nations
Secret UN Arms Trade Treaty To Be Unveiled This Week
07-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, John Lott
Sometime later this week, the UN will finally unveil its Arms Trade Treaty.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP makes room for Rep. Ron Paul at Tampa convention
07-23-2012
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http://www.usatoday.com, By Jackie Kucinich
Ron Paul supporters have feuded with state Republican parties across the country, battling for delegate seats at the national convention, but the national party is welcoming Paul and his supporters to the event with open arms, even helping the Texas
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