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Date Sent: 2012-10-09
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, October 9, 2012 PM edition |
Military Suicide Policy Trying to Take Private Guns
‘Fearless’ Felix’s 23-Mile Supersonic Skydive Live (NOW!... ABORT due to Gusty Winds) -- 10-09-12 -- Tona Monroe, OperationDefuse.com (MP3
LOADED) -- An interesting tidbit of information that became available
to us... -- Factory Towers -- Double Strength Glass May be Attainable
-- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative -- SpaceX rocket delivers for NASA, but not for commercial satellite owner because of glitch -- Brainless Slime Molds Have Memories -- US Protestants lose majority status -- Worrisome Middle East Developments -- Gary Johnson: If I were young I'd be in a state of revolt
NH: Announcing the format of the Cheshire County Candidates Forum
Please Help Sponsor Mike Shipley For AIDSWalk!
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News Link • Military
Military Suicide Policy Trying to Take Private Guns
10-09-2012
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presstv.ir via rense.com
"...Congress and the Pentagon are moving to implement policies that will discourage at-risk members of the armed forces from retaining their personal weapons."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
‘Fearless’ Felix’s 23-Mile Supersonic Skydive Live (NOW!... ABORT due to Gusty Winds)
10-08-2012
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http://www.wired.com
Just before dawn, “Fearless Felix” will don a custom-made spacesuit and ascend high over the New Mexico desert in a capsule suspended beneath an immense helium balloon, then fall to earth from 120,000 feet. The Austrian adventurer hopes to break an u
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Factory Towers
10-09-2012
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arclein
“Traditional construction is chaotic,” he says. “We took construction and moved it into the factory.” According to Zhang, his buildings will help solve the many problems of the construction industry. They will be safer, quicker, and cheaper to build.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Double Strength Glass May be Attainable
10-09-2012
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arclein
Wolynes’ theory can now predict the ultimate strength of any glass, including the common varieties made from silica and more exotic types made of polymers and metals.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Super Comet Approaching
10-09-2012
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arclein
It is currently very faint because it is out in the depths of space near Jupiter's orbit. But it will steadily brighten over the coming months until it passes less than two million km from the Sun on November 28.
That makes it a type of comet cal
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Crossing Ice Age Beringia
10-09-2012
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arclein
It may also have been able to follow the coastal periphery taking advantage of coastal forest elements. Yet there are some seriously challenging barriers in the way of all that although the same hold through for the interior. In fact tomorrow we wi
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robert klein
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Reference Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The Perlan Project
Wikipedia
The Perlan Project's goal is to fly a sailplane to an altitude of 90,000 feet, almost double the record holders. This method uses the powerfully rising and sinking air in mountain waves. Gliders regularly climb in these waves to high altitudes.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Please Help Sponsor Mike Shipley For AIDSWalk!
09-23-2012
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Ed Vallejo
I've known Mike for years now, and he has a good heart, but could use some help right now. Please Sponsor him for any amount you can, and I thank you greatly. I'm sure he will too. - Ed
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX rocket delivers for NASA, but not for commercial satellite owner because of glitch
10-09-2012
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AP
Because this is a new resupply ship for the space station, NASA set detailed safety rules in advance for Falcon, even though the engine failure was far from the station. And those rules prevent SpaceX from firing its second stage engines,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
10-09-2012
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DHS.Gov
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires all citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted document that establishes the bearer’s identity and nationality to enter or depart the United
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Religion: Believers
US Protestants lose majority status
10-09-2012
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AP
For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Puddles of Goo? Brainless Slime Molds Have Memories
10-09-2012
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LiveScience
Even without a brain, a slime mold can essentially remember where it's been, helping it navigate past complex obstacles. These findings reveal how ancient organisms could solve certain problems well before complex brains evolved,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Announcing the format of the Cheshire County Candidates Forum
10-09-2012
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www.freekeene.com
The Cheshire County Candidates Forum will be held October 16 at 2pm in the Ruth Huntress Auditorium of the Keene Public Library. A total of 27 candidates from 3 parties were invited, 9 candidates have accepted the invitation to attend.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Let Gary Johnson Debate
10-08-2012
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Brian LaSorsa
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama took the stage Wednesday night at the 2012 election cycle's first presidential debate, and they made it clear beforehand: libertarian candidate Gary Johnson ain't invited.
In response, Johnson actually filed an antitru
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Gary Johnson: If I were young I'd be in a state of revolt
10-08-2012
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Bruce St. James Show
"Kids are getting screwed right now!"
That's how presidential candidate Gary Johnson started his final answer during his time in studio with the Bruce St. James Show on Wednesday.
Johnson then continued with a full list of how he believes youn
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Why isn’t Gary Johnson in the debates and funny things that make you go “Hmm”
10-08-2012
WASHINGTON D.C., October 7, 2012 ― Lately American politics just isn’t what it used to be. In the old days, people knew exactly what they wanted and were enthusiastic to go to the ballot booth to vote for it. Today, presidential candidates rout
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Hickory man found innocent after 24 years in prison
10-08-2012
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Grimes' lawyer presented evidence that police did not question a half-dozen people who said Grimes was somewhere else when the rape happened. They showed 2 fingerprints found at the home where the rape happened were linked to a rapist
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Inventions
Bending Wires Is the Next Big Thing in Desktop Fabrication (Publisher Recommended)
10-08-2012
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http://www.wired.com
This type of system has the potential to allow users to design or download a specific wire-based project and precisely create its individual components. And it creates the possibility to create skeletal frameworks for 3-D printers to build on
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • China
U.S. Panel Calls 2 Chinese Firms ‘National Security Threat’
10-08-2012
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New York Times
The House Intelligence Committee recommended on Monday that American companies should be blocked from carrying out mergers and acquisitions involving two Chinese telecommunications firms, saying their equipment could be used for spying in the United
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Worries About Lead in New York City’s Home Grown Eggs
10-08-2012
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New York Times
Preliminary results from a New York State Health Department study show that more than half of the eggs tested from chickens kept in community gardens in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens had detectable levels of lead, unlike their store-bought counterparts.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves, relatives
10-08-2012
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Washington Post
A California congressman helped secure tax breaks for racehorse owners " then purchased seven horses for himself when the new rules kicked in.
A Wyoming congresswoman co-sponsored legislation to double the life span of federal grazing permits that
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Boeing testing truck-mounted high energy laser
10-08-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
With the solid-state high-energy lasers already being tested on the sea and in the air, Boeing is continuing development of a truck-mounted system.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Worker ‘Smacked Me In My Testicles’ For Refusing Body Scan
10-08-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Federal screeners now crushing genitals as form of punishment
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Whole Foods caught in GMO marketing deception, false advertising " here’s the proof
10-08-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mike Adams
A bombshell investigative video just released by Infowars.com has exposed what can only be called false and misleading advertising by Whole Foods.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Upcoming Food Scarcity " Promotion or Reality?
10-08-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
UN warns on food security as prices hit six-month high ... Food prices around the world jumped by 1.4pc in September to a six-month high, the United Nations said, as the severe US drought cut grain harvests.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Why is the US government planning for ‘mass fatalities’ ?
10-08-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
Late last week, a bill HR 6566 was introduced on the floor of the US House of Representatives. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Peter Schiff asked about Bilderberg, 9/11 and Gray State
10-08-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, MinnesotaChange
Peter Schiff asked about Bilderberg, 9/11 and Gray State
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Want To See What Ben Bernanke Has Done?
10-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, TommyPaine
Here is a graph of the Monetary Base from the St. Louis Fed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
You may be about to lose the right to sell your stuff
10-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, dddienst
It could become illegal to resell your iPhone 4, car or family antiques
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Surprise: Europe's Richer Regions Want Out
10-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
CATALONIA may be the catalyst for a renewed wave of separatism in the European Union, with Scotland and Flanders not far behind.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
THERE IS NO HYPERINFLATION IN IRAN"The Real Story Is Much More Interesting
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew Boesler
Contrary to reports, there is no hyperinflation in Iran right now at all.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
America's New College Graduates Are In For A World Of Hurt
10-08-2012
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Vivian Giang and Mandi Woodruff
There's no question college graduates are swimming in student loan debt, which is estimated at more than $1 billion nationwide.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
10 Countries Sitting On Gigantic Piles Of Gold
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar
Gold prices have been supported by central bank gold purchases.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
These Are The Weapons That Could Set Off War Between Syria And Turkey
10-08-2012
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Michael Kelley and Robert Johnson
Turkey and Syria have now been exchanging mortar fire for six consecutive days as Syria's civil war spills over the 550-mile long border it shares with Turkey.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How Baby Boomers Destroyed The Economy
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim Tankersley
My father taught me how to throw a baseball and divide big numbers in my head and build a life where I'd be home in time to eat dinner with my kid most nights.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Pentagon Tells Latin America To Stop Using Military For Domestic Operations
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Allison Churchill
During a trip to South America for the 10th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, U.S. Defense Secretary advised Latin American countries to strengthen their civilian police forces, instead of using the military for regular law enforcement
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran Attempts To Crowdsource Intelligence Gathering With A New Website
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
So the media went crazy today as the story about Iran's "Secret Service" opening up a website spread across the web like the flu.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Confirmed: Slow-Mo Video Shows SpaceX Engine Explosion Last Night
10-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jennifer Welsh
The slow motion video of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket take off, which was carrying the Dragon cargo capsule, last night seems to show a possible explosion in the engines, and a fair amount of debris flowing out of it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Graphite Superconductance
10-08-2012
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arclein
But other experts are not convinced. ‘There is no physical evidence of superconductivity, by which I mean primarily there are no resistance measurements that show the material has become superconducting,’ saysMark Ellerby of University College London
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robert klein
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News Link • Corruption
From The SEC To Goldman Sachs In One Easy Step: The Revolving Door Farce Full Frontal
10-08-2012
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
This particular news from Goldman and the SEC needs absolutely no introduction, explanation, or conclusion.
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