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Date Sent: 2013-01-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, January 27, 2013

India, Pakistan eying war -- Feinstein gun ban exempts government workers

News Link • WAR: About that War
India, Pakistan peer into the abyss
01-26-2013 • atimes.com
Was it a military confrontation - the week long India-Pakistan acrimony over bloody incidents on the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir, which resulted in the killing of four soldiers? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Gun Rights
Feinstein Gun Control Bill to Exempt Government Officials
01-26-2013 • weeklystandard.com
Not everyone will have to abide by Senator Dianne Feinstein's gun control bill. If the proposed legislation becomes law, government officials and others will be exempt. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Housing
SHILLER: All This Housing Optimism Is Way Too Premature
01-26-2013 • Business Insider
Yale professor Robert Shiller is one of the pre-eminent experts in house prices. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Religion: Believers
Catholic Hospitals Win A Malpractice Suit By Saying Fetuses Aren’t Really Human
01-26-2013 • Business Insider
A chain of Catholic Hospitals has beaten a malpractice lawsuit by saying that fetuses are not equivalent to human lives. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • World News
Google Earth Exposes North Korea's Secret Prison Camps
01-26-2013 • Business Insider
Human rights activists are turning to Google Earth to identify the vast network of prison camps that dot the North Korean countryside and hold as many as 200,000 people deemed hostile to the regime. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mining Asteroids Could Make 'Warp Drive' Possible
01-26-2013 • Business Insider
Exploiting the many resources of our solar system may enable humanity to venture beyond its confines for the first time, and blaze a trail to other stars. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Color-Blind Man Is Now A Cyborg Who Can Hear Color
01-26-2013 • Business Insider
When Neil Harbisson was a kid, he could only see in black and white. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
An Accidental Prepper, by C.J.
01-26-2013 • Survivalblog.com
Last year I read JWR's novel "Survivors” and discovered, We Are Preppers! Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Gun Rights
Letter Re: New York Gun Ban: TEOTWAWKI is Here
01-26-2013 • Survivalblog.com
Sir; The end of the world as we knew it is upon us in New York State. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Bang For Your Buck: A Guide To Affordable & Reliable Firearms For Preppers, by I.K.
01-26-2013 • Survivalblog.com
This article is intended as a guide for preppers who want to buy their first or first few guns, but have very limited funds to do so. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Egypt
Six Egyptians killed in clashes with security forces: correspondent
01-26-2013 • english.alarabiya.net
Six protesters were killed after heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in Egypt, Al Arabiya correspondent reported on Friday. Read Full Story
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News Link • World News
Tina Turner 'to become Swiss, give up US passport'
01-26-2013 • france24.com
US pop legend Tina Turner, who has been living in Switzerland since 1995, will soon receive Swiss citizenship and will give up her US passport, Swiss media reported Friday. Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Iran wants a nuclear deal, not war
01-26-2013 • guardian.co.uk
Nuclear negotiations with Iran, in the right spirit, will work. US-led trade embargos and military threats will bring only disaster Read Full Story
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Anonymous hacks U.S. Sentencing Commission website
01-26-2013 • CBS News
The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Glenn Jacobs

News Link • Africa: On the Map
Militarized politics at their worst: Mali
01-26-2013 • wagingnonviolence.org
When fundamentalist rebel forces overran the central Malian city of Konna on January 11, they sent shockwaves not only through Mali itself but through the international community as well. Read Full Story
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Julian Assange says WikiLeaks movie 'anti-Iran propaganda'
01-26-2013 • theaustralian.com.au
The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is due to be released in November. Read Full Story
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News Link • WAR: About that War
North Korea: Warheads, Rockets Meant for Striking US
01-26-2013 • Antiwar.com
Defence Commission Promises New Nuke Test Read Full Story
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Russia, China grapple with Mali's future
01-26-2013 • http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/OA25Ad02.html
There is a saying, "Once bitten, twice shy". Read Full Story
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Video: Harvard's Tiny Kilobots Are Now Swarming By The Hundreds
01-26-2013 • popsci.com
When robots are cheap, why not build an army of them? Read Full Story
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
DARPA Video Shows Off Satellite-Scavenging Space Robot Tech
01-26-2013 • popsci.com
The Phoenix program is building a robot that can repurpose dead satellites into new ones in space. Read Full Story
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
One Kilogram Of This New Polymer Material Can Turn A Swimming Pool To Jelly
01-26-2013 • popsci.com
So... how can we weaponize this? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Science
Quantum Gas Temperature Drops Below Absolute Zero
01-26-2013 • arclein
Previously absolute zero was considered to be the theoretical lower limit of temperature as temperature correlates with the average amount of energy of the substance’s particles. At absolute zero particles were thought to have zero energy. Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • American History
The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
01-26-2013 • arclein
In Georgia, for example, a generation before the American Revolution, laws were passed in 1755 and 1757 that required all plantation owners or their male white employees to be members of the Georgia Militia, and for those armed militia members to mak Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Environment
China Pollution Anger Spills into State Media
01-26-2013 • arclein
t the height of the smog Beijing authorities said readings for PM2.5 -- particles small enough deeply to penetrate the lungs -- hit 993 micrograms per cubic metre, almost 40 times the World Health Organisation's safe limit. Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • God, Government and other assorted myths....
True Face of Sportsmanship
01-26-2013 • arclein
Perhaps similar forces were at work in the death of baseball legend Stan Musial on Saturday. All last week, the filth of Lance Armstrong’s prodigious mendacity coursed through the cable television veins of our culture. Armstrong intimated that he had Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Gun Rights
Progressivism’s Violent World
01-26-2013 • The International Libertarian
Today, we live in a world of the progressives’ creation, somewhere halfway between socialism and liberty. It is a volatile mixture. It is a world increasingly ruled by force; force wielded by a powerfully armed government. Whether it is the force of Read Full Story
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Reported by: Darren Wolfe

News Link • Gun Rights
The Glock: Two great commercials and one great PG-13 tutorial on cleaning one! (Video)
01-26-2013 • The Political Commentator
Two commercials about the Glock handgun that show why it is when the good guys have guns they can stop the bad guys in their tracks! The third video comes from EyeHandy and is a how to by Ashley on the correct way to clean your gun! Read Full Story
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Reported by: Michael Haltman

News Link • Voting: Voter Information
Ben Swann Currently In FIRST Place In Shorty Awards For #journalist Category!
01-26-2013 • Daily Paul.com
If You Have Twitter Vote For Him! Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Currencies
This is Huge: "Massive Squeeze Coming As WGC Confirms Gold-Backed Yuan "
01-26-2013 • Daily Paul.com
So the Chinese are listening to Dr. Paul... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • WAR: About that War
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (Warning: GRAPHIC)
01-26-2013 • Daily Paul.com
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream - Simon and Garfunkel Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Gun Rights
Geico Canceling Insurance Because Customers Work In Firearms Industry
01-26-2013 • Daily Paul.com
An SD reader has sent us his notification of cancellation of auto insurance from GEICO effective 1/22/13 due to the fact that ”the vehicle does not meet our underwriting guidelines because it is used in conjunction with a company that deals in the we Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Israel
Rand Paul: An attack on Israel is an attack on the United States
01-26-2013 • Daily Paul.com
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul took what very well could be considered his most pro-Israel stance yet, saying in an interview that an attack on Israel should be treated as an attack on the United States. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Federal Reserve
Bloomberg Discovers Federal Reserve Inflation ... Sort of
01-26-2013 • The Daily Bell
In today's "Single Best Chart," Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu displays how inflation has increased in the 100 years since the creation of the Federal Reserve. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Economy - International
Elite Depression at Davos
01-26-2013 • The Daily Bell
Inertia reigns as elite return to Davos ... The theme of this year's WEF Davos meeting is "Resilient Dynamism" ... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Police State
CIA-Controlled Anonymous Declares War on United States?
01-26-2013 • The Daily Bell
Therefore, Anonymous along with the American people have decided to openly declare war on the United States government. This is a call to arms Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
In 5-Minute Journey, Flying Telescope Cracks Mystery Of Solar Atmosphere
01-26-2013 • popsci.com
A flying telescope saw "magnetic braids" at a resolution of 0.2 arcseconds - about the size of a dime seen from 10 miles away. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Today On Mars: Opportunity Begins Its 10th Year Of Mars Roving
01-26-2013 • popsci.com
Curiosity may get all the kudos these days, but the wizened Opportunity rover continues to log miles on the Martian surface. Read Full Story
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Stunning Whale Shark Photos Aim to Help At-Risk Species
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
At first glance, Kristian Schmidt and Shawn Heinrichs’ photos of models swimming with whale sharks off the coast of the Philippines appear heavily Photoshopped. Read Full Story
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News Link • Internet
Hands-On: Vine Is Twitter’s Bet on an Easy Video-Sharing App
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Twitter has just leapfrogged everyone in the mobile, social video space with Vine, a video-sharing app that’s actually easy to use. Read Full Story
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News Link • Transportation
This Is the World’s Largest Container Ship, But Not for Long
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Meet the CMA CGM Marco Polo. It’s held the title of largest container ship in the world for a little over a month. But later this year, it will lose that distinction. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Entertainment: Movies
J.J. Abrams Will Reportedly Direct the Next Star Wars Movie
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Gird your loins Star Wars fans �" reports are surfacing that J.J. Abrams has been tapped to direct the next Star Wars. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Internet
Why Experts Think Twitter’s 6-Second Videos Could Be Huge
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Tech journalists spent Thursday playing with, writing about, and reviewing Twitter’s clever and simple new system for video posts, Vine. Read Full Story
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News Link • Technology: Software
Cellphone Chips Will Remake the Server World. Period.
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Facebook recently ran an experiment. Inside a test lab, somewhere behind the scenes at the world’s most popular network, engineers sidled up to a computer server loaded with software that typically drives... Read Full Story
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News Link • History
The Decades That Invented the Future, Part 10: 1991-2000
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Today's leading-edge technology is headed straight for tomorrow's junk pile, but that doesn't make it any less awesome. Everyone loves the latest and greatest. Read Full Story
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The Truth About Weight-Loss Pills and Energy Drinks, for Knowledge and Profit
01-26-2013 • Wired.com
Between medications and food, there’s a huge swath of edible products that don’t need approval from the Food and Drug Administration, including energy drinks, vitamins, weight-loss pills, and other supplements. Read Full Story
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Feature Article  • Gun Rights
AK47 Rifle Report
Chip Saunders
   So you have decided that you need an assault rifle to survive the apocalypse, and have settled on getting the famous AK47. Here’s the essential stuff you need to know. (Believe it or not, this is the SHORT version. Entire books have been written
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Opinion  • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 27, 2013 Edition
01-25-2013
John Semmens
   Joint Chiefs Looking to Lower Combat Standards Now that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has decreed that women may not be excluded from front line combat positions, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey ordered a review of
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Opinion  • Feminism
War is a Bracket
01-25-2013
Bob Ross

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Opinion  • Economy - Economics USA
Two commentaries debunk poppycock on wages
01-25-2013
Menckens Ghost
   The following debunks conventional non-wisdom from most of the media and academia about the supposed stagnant middle class. Among other facts, it mentions the growing proportion of non-cash pay in the form of benefits that aren't included in governm
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Opinion  • Religion: Believers
Words Eye View
RESOLUTION REGARDING WOMEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY
01-25-2013
Greg J Dixon
   WHEREAS, the Biblical admonition is that women are always to be cared for and protected ...
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Feature Article  • Casey Research Articles
Confessions of a Gold Analyst: "It's All My Fault"
Jeff Clark
   Examining gold analysts' predictions reveals a surprise... and reason for resource investors to be optimistic about the future.
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Opinion  • Government Waste
This will knock your socks off
01-25-2013
Menckens Ghost
   If state and local government employment had kept pace with population growth instead of exceeding it, there would be over 12 million fewer public-sector workers today at the state and local level.
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