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Date Sent: 2013-07-30
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Lawmakers Protecting NSA Surveillance Are Awash In Defense Contractor Cash

Always Too Late: TSA Edition -- Home-schooling in Virginia over religious exemption law -- Unnamed Experts: Unlikely US helped NZ spy on reporter -- US general urges keeping 13,600 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014 -- US agency says JPMorgan manipulated power prices -- Senate confirms Comey to be next FBI director -- Ernest Hancock - Food, Fuel & Fish: The Double Geo-Dome Aquaponics Bio-Diesel System - PorcFest X -- Ernest Hancock - Activism By Example - PorcFest X -- Feminism as Psychological Warfare & Harnessing Human Resources / Lisa Arbercheski on Red Ice Radio -- Study Reveals Techie Terms Censored Online in China -- First Planet Discovered Orbiting a Brown Dwarf -- WH releases report on immigration legislation's effects on farming -- Massive Gulf Dead Zone Shows Lack of Action by EPA, States -- 'Do the Right Thing': World Rallies Behind Bradley Manning -- A (Photovoltaic) Silver Bull in China -- Smartphones with the fastest benchmark tests

THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD, 2013

News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
Lawmakers Protecting NSA Surveillance Are Awash In Defense Contractor Cash
07-29-2013 • Common Dreams
Though it failed by a twelve-vote margin, Congressman Justin Amash’s (R-MI) amendment last week to curtail the NSA’s dragnet surveillance efforts reveals new fault lines in the debate over privacy. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB THIS WEEKEND SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD, 2013...
Donna Hancock
   DUE TO THE JACKALOPE FREEDOM FESTIVAL IN NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB. WE WILL RETURN FOR THE SEPT 7TH MEETING
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Always Too Late: TSA Edition
07-29-2013 • Simple Justice
It’s not that I’m unappreciative of former public officials finally admitting that the complaints of their curtailing liberty in the name of security are valid, and the government persists in gaming us with nonsensical claims of how critical every re Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
Home-schooling in Virginia attacked over religious exemption law
07-29-2013 • Washington Post
Not only are their children excused from attending school but they also are exempt from all government oversight. School officials don’t ever ask them for transcripts, test scores or proof of education of any kind: Parents have total control. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Surveillance
Unnamed Experts: Unlikely US helped NZ spy on reporter
07-29-2013 • AP
A US official said the National Security Agency did not monitor phone conversations between a New Zealand journalist and his Afghan sources, following claims by the journalist that his reporting was monitored by the US intelligence Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Afghanistan
US general urges keeping 13,600 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
07-29-2013 • Press TV
On Tuesday, General James Mattis, the commander of the US Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington that 13,600 soldiers should remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014. "I have made my recommendation… That recommendation is Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Corruption
US agency says JPMorgan manipulated power prices
07-29-2013 • Reuters
The U.S. power regulator outlined its case of market manipulation against JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday as industry sources said a final settlement on the issue should come on Tuesday. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Obama Administration
Senate confirms Comey to be next FBI director
07-29-2013 • Reuters
Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Comey, a Republican who gained fame when he refused to sanction a government surveillance initiative in 2004, won Senate confirmation on Monday as President Barack Obama's pick to head the FBI. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Feature Article  • Activism
Ernest Hancock - Food, Fuel & Fish: The Double Geo-Dome Aquaponics Bio-Diesel System - PorcFest X
Drew
   PorcFest experienced "The MoneyDome" in 2012... Now learn what we've done with it. Ernest Hancock is the publisher at FreedomsPhoenix.com, and a co-founder of The Freedom Summit. He is the founder of Second Amendment for Everyone, The "L" Factor,
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Feature Article  • Activism
Ernest Hancock - Activism By Example - PorcFest X
Drew
   Instead of trying to convince others to advocate your perspective, try to help others understand why you are soooo convinced. Then, demonstrate by the example of your life choices. Ernest will provide many examples from his own life.
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News Link • Feminism
Feminism as Psychological Warfare & Harnessing Human Resources / Lisa Arbercheski on Red Ice Radio
07-29-2013 • TragedyandHope.com
In this program we’ll discuss how feminism was used as a means to achieve an agenda for a ruling class. We’ll discuss the leading women behind the feminist movement who were communists. What did women really want and what was really accomplished? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Cody Hall

News Link • Underwater Exploration and Living
The Incredible Transforming Antarctic Submersible
07-29-2013 • Wired.com
How do you get a 2,200-pound robotic submarine �" a craft packed with 27 sensors and tools �" through a hole just 30 inches in diameter? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • China
Study Reveals Techie Terms Censored Online in China
07-29-2013 • Technologyreview.com
Researchers reverse-engineered a list of keywords blacklisted on various messaging platforms. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First Planet Discovered Orbiting a Brown Dwarf
07-29-2013 • Technologyreview.com
Astronomers have long supposed that planets can form around brown dwarfs just as they do around ordinary stars. Now they’ve found the first example Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Technology: Software
The Future of Graphics and Gaming
07-29-2013 • Technologyreview.com
See the best new ideas in computer graphics and interaction from last week’s Siggraph conference. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Agriculture
WH releases report on immigration legislation's effects on farming
07-29-2013 • upi.com
As the House debates incremental immigration reform, the White House issued a report on the agricultural economic benefits of a sweeping Senate-passed bill. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Environment
Massive Gulf Dead Zone Shows Lack of Action by EPA, States
07-29-2013 • Common Dreams
Today scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium released their annual measurement of the Gulf Dead Zone, which measured 5,800 square miles, larger than the state of Connecticut. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Whistleblowers
'Do the Right Thing': World Rallies Behind Bradley Manning
07-29-2013 • Common Dreams
International Day of Solidarity as the whistleblower awaits sentencing, faces 11th hour switch in charges Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Biofuel
What To Consider Around The Renewable Fuel Standard
07-29-2013 • earthtechling.com
Congressional hearings [last] week focusing on the EPA Renewable Fuel Standard [brought] together impassioned speakers representing the US biofuel constituency, traditional fossil fuel interests, major food companies and other stakeholders. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Environment
The most screwed up, badly designed, inappropriately used appliance in your home:
07-29-2013 • treehugger.com
As part of its Future of Home Living, PSFK shows the GreenHood from Italian glam-kitchen designer Snaidero and appliance-maker Falmec. They say it " helps eliminates odors while sanitizing the air around it, using a technology ...... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

Feature Article  • Casey Research Articles
A (Photovoltaic) Silver Bull in China
Jeff Clark
   Increased industrial usage is a positive sign for silver investors.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Smartphones with the fastest benchmark tests
07-29-2013 • thedroidguy.com
Which are the smartphones with the fastest benchmark tests? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • 3D Printing
Bastian Schaefer: A 3D-printed jumbo jet?
07-29-2013 • ted.com
Designer Bastian Schaefer shows off a speculative design for the future of jet planes, with a skeleton inspired by strong, flexible, natural forms and by the needs of the world's, ahem, growing population. Imagine an airplane that's full of light and Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Activism
Activist Adam Kokesh Denied Bond in D.C. Court
07-29-2013 • CBS News
Activist Adam Kokesh appeared Monday in D.C. Superior Court for a detention hearing and was denied bond by a judge who called him a “very dangerous person,” according to media reports. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Reference Link • POWER to the People
Humanity's Ultimate Weapon
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Humanity has been fighting the elite on their terms using their weapons. Instead, we should be doing this....
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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Feature Article  • Philosophy: Fascism
Lies, Damn Lies and US Promises
Stephen Lendman
   police state
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
MAX KEISER: “Deutsche Bank Is OFFICIALLY On SUICIDE WATCH….WILL Be The NEXT LEHMAN that Triggers COL
07-27-2013 • http://investmentwatchblog.com/max-keiser-deutsche
My Geneva fund contact: Deutsche Bank is officially on suicide watch. DB will be the next ‘Lehman’ moment that triggers new collapse.. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Brosnahan

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists implant false memories in the brains of mice
07-27-2013 • sciencerecorder.com
A new way to transform memories. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • States' Rights
Surprised_ Obama Admin Ignores State Marijuana Right
07-27-2013 • liveleak.com
"DEA raids in Seattle targeted several medical-marijuana dispensaries in the Puget Sound region of the state. The DEA raids happened on Tuesday, but authorities are not saying just how many dispensaries they raided, according to the Seattle Times.. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Israel
Occupation 101 US Aid to Israel-Tax Money
07-27-2013 • liveleak.com
Occupation 101 US Aid to Israel-Tax Money Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

Reference Link • Martial Law
Putin Controls the Chessboard, Obama’s In Deep Trouble
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Wonder why the war drums are quiet? Obama is being blackmailed by Putin who controls Snowden’s release of damning information. What does Snowden have?
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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Feature Article  • Philosophy: Fascism
America: Super-Bully Nation
Stephen Lendman
   America
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News Link • Surveillance
The Chilling Effects of License-Plate Location Tracking
07-26-2013 • ACLU
Once your location information is collected and stored, you have lost control over it, and there is no way to know whose hands it will end up in. We acknowledge this instinctively when we feel discomfort about being watched or followed Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Crony Capitalism
Bankrupt Detroit to Get New, Tax-Financed Hockey Arena
07-26-2013 • Reason Magazine
A state board on Wednesday unanimously gave the go-ahead for a new Red Wings hockey arena in downtown Detroit to be paid for in part with $284 million in tax dollars even as the broke city works through bankruptcy proceedings. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
For The Love Of Process: A Hearing Before Getting Screwed
07-26-2013 • Simple Justice
A defendant arrives to retain legal services, having more than sufficient assets to hire counsel of choice. A deal is struck. A check is written. Counsel gears up, ready to defend his client, then poof, the check bounces. Not for insufficient funds. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Surveillance
Democratic establishment unmasked: prime defenders of NSA bulk spying
07-26-2013 • by Glenn Greenwald (The Guardian)
One of the worst myths Democratic partisans love to tell is the GOP refuses to support President Obama no matter what he does. Like its close cousin - the massively deceitful inside-DC grievance the 2 parties refuse to cooperate on anything Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Caught Planting Drugs In Small Business
07-26-2013 • youtube
If you aren't doing anything wrong . . . we'll make sure that you are. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning trial: Leakers Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg weigh in
07-26-2013 • Christian Science Monitor
Yet Manning, rather than someone interested in aiding America’s enemies, is a patriot responsible for “without a doubt the most influential leak in history,” Mr. Assange argues. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki cited documents given by Manning Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
Attorney for accused leaker says other U.S. officials may be responsible
07-26-2013 • Washington Post
The attorney for a former State Department arms expert accused of leaking classified information to a Fox News reporter wrote that other high-level government officials may have been responsible for the illegal disclosure. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Future Predictions
NASA: The End Of Mankind “Leaked Document” 2013
07-26-2013 • Truthfeed.Net
This is a very important video with Deborah Tavares and Trevor Coppolo discussing the newly revealed NASA FUTURE WARFARE DOCUMENT. People need to be informed at least given the chance to see this information and make the decision themselves to believ Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Agriculture
Weedkillers tied to depression in farmers
07-26-2013 • Yahoo News
Farmers who used weedkillers were more than twice as likely to be treated for depression than farmers who didn't use the chemicals in a new study from France. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

Opinion  • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 28, 2013 Edition
07-26-2013
John Semmens
   NSA Demands Passwords and Security Questions/Answers CNET reports that Internet service providers are being pressed by the National Security Agency to turn over users' passwords and security questions and answers to the Government. While many see
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Reference Link • Police State
The State of the Union
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The illusion of normalcy is almost in the rear view mirror in regard to our previous way of life in the US. Even those who have the most virulent cases of normalcy bias, will soon be beyond their self-deluded ability to deny what has happened to our
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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News Link • Marc Victor
Are You Ready For ObamaCare?
07-26-2013 • Attorney For Freedom Show
Join Marc Victor, Mike Wasdin and David Dorn as they pull back the curtain on the big government nightmare known as "ObamaCare" Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Wasdin

News Link • Surveillance
Don’t Be Alarmed by the Drone Blimps Hovering Over D.C. They’re Here to Stop Cruise Missiles
07-26-2013 • National Journal
Within a year, a pair of souped-up $2.7 billion blimps (price includes R&D) will be floated 10,000 feet above the District of Columbia and act as a 340-mile-wide eye in the sky, detecting incoming missiles and the like. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Feature Article  • WAR: About that War
Russia and China Prepare for Global War
Stephen Lendman
   anti-war
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Tax reform proposals to be secret for 50 years
07-26-2013 • CNN
Tax reform is apparently so treacherous for senators these days that they require the utmost protection from the public -- half a century's worth. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Surveillance
Northern Idaho mom sues president over government surveillance program
07-26-2013 • Washington Post
Anna Smith is a mother of two who lives in rural Idaho, works the night shift as a nurse and goes to the gym often. She rarely follows the news and knows little about the debate over government surveillance and privacy that has rocked Washington in r Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
Halliburton to plead guilty to destroying evidence in BP spill
07-26-2013 • Washington Post
The oil services giant Halliburton agreed Thursday to plead guilty to destroying evidence during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in 2010, admitting to one count of criminal conduct and agreeing to pay the $200,000 maximum statutory fine.... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Chris Christie Takes on the Libertarian Strain in National Security Politics
07-26-2013 • The Atlantic Wire
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was dismissive of efforts to curtail the National Security Agency's surveillance systems. Christie excoriated the "strain of libertarianism that’s going through both parties," suggesting that people like Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
U.S. pens letter to Russia promising protections for Snowden
07-26-2013 • Reuters
Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden would not face the death penalty or be tortured and would have all the protections of the U.S. civilian court system if he were sent home... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

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