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Date Sent: 2014-11-06
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Thursday, November 6, 2014 |
Obama Admin Waits Until Election To Dump 64,000+ Pages In Fast & Furious Operation
Defending Searches, Security Director Says 'Every School Has Drugs In It' -- HISTORY: Republican Tim Scott First Black Senator Elected in South Since Reconstruction -- Toledo municipal court arrest warrants unconstitutional -- HPD: Gun fired in attempted 'suicide by cop' -- CHP Sergeant Finds $120K In Middle Of Street; Man Had Lost Life Savings -- Where are the "Moderate" Christians? -- Elderly American Professor Arrested For Taking Picture Of Sign Prohibiting Photography -- Remember remember the 5th of November -- Why Drug Dealers Love the War on Drugs -- Gary Johnson: "I'll Run in 2016 to Provide Libertarian Option..." -- Ron Paul: US elections are a one-party monopoly -- Blaming Victims: Official Israeli Policy
AZ: Survival Rendezvous – Young, AZ – Starts This Saturday, November 8-11, 2014
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Admin Waits Until Election To Dump 64,000+ Pages In Fast & Furious Operation
11-05-2014
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Jonathan Turley
The Justice Department has previously been held in contempt by Congress and hit with increasingly tough court orders from a federal judge over its obstruction of efforts to secure evidence in the notorious Fast and Furious operation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Defending Searches, Security Director Says 'Every School Has Drugs In It'
11-05-2014
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The finds are mostly alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, but the dogs have also discovered other prohibited items like cap guns and fireworks. The Interquest dogs have even found marijuana pipes made of fruit, and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Search Party
11-05-2014
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Slate
A 30-year-old loophole increasingly gives police officers a pass when they violate the Fourth Amendment.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Toledo municipal court arrest warrants unconstitutional
11-05-2014
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Associated Press
Toledo's municipal court has been improperly issuing arrest warrants for 17 years, a "flagrant" violation of protections against illegal searches and seizures, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today.
The local court should revamp its process for
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
HPD: Gun fired in attempted 'suicide by cop'
11-05-2014
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"She was suicidal and was going to use the shotgun to force the officers to shoot her," HPD Lt. Larry Crowson said. Officers were able to sneak behind her. They were able to kick away the shotgun, officials said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
CHP Sergeant Finds $120K In Middle Of Street; Man Had Lost Life Savings
11-05-2014
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CBS News
A man's life savings have been recovered after an off-duty California Highway Patrol sergeant found over $120,000 in cash in the middle of a Concord roadway, CHP officials said Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Inventions
A New Acoustic Instrument That Creates Sounds like a Digital Synthesizer
11-05-2014
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The Yabahar is a new acoustic instrument designed by Istanbul-based musician Görkem ?en that emits music right out of a retro sci-fi movie, a remarkable feat considering there isn't a bit of electricity involved. The Yabahar can be played in a va
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Where are the "Moderate" Christians?
11-05-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Following every highly publicized act of violence carried out by people of the Muslim faith, supporters of the regime's war on Islam theatrically condemn the supposedly incriminating silence from the Muslim majority.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Elderly American Professor Arrested For Taking Picture Of Sign Prohibiting Photography
11-05-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Dr. Alan Black, an American professor, was arrested last month for taking a picture of a sign banning photography. That act could send him to jail for five years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Rare Genes from History Revisited
11-05-2014
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arclein
At DNA Consultants, that new chapter in DNA testing arrived several years ago," said Donald Yates, chief research officer and founder. "As we approach our tenth anniversary, examining human population diversity continues to be the whole thrust of
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robert klein
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Ron Paul: US elections are a one-party monopoly
11-05-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Michael Nystrom
Former congressman Ron Paul told RT in the midst of Tuesday's midterm elections that the "monopoly of a one party system" is all too evident as Americans go to the polls this Election Day.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Killer on the Loose: Did Cops "Botch" a Case to Punish an Independent DA?
11-03-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
After 72-year-old Robert Warren was shot in the face at the front door of his home in West Valley City, Utah, the police quickly identified and arrested the likely shooter and 3 accomplices.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Presidential "pixie dust": How a quiet new rule can wipe away your basic rights
11-03-2014
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Salon
In short, if the President does something (or orders something done) that is prohibited by his own Executive Order, no biggie. He can do that if he wants. Without even changing the language in the order!
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Why I Don't Vote
11-03-2014
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I have not voted in a national election since 1996 and will never vote again. It's not I don't care or I'm lazy. It's just I've come to the conclusion voting doesn't matter. More importantly, voting is antithetical to the values I hold de
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
51 countries declare banking secrecy 'obsolete', sign pact in Berlin
11-03-2014
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Russia Today
Finance ministers from over 51 countries signed an agreement in a step closer to ending the dark financial underworld of tax-evasion and money-laundering. Another 30 countries pledged to join by 2018.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
College Rescinds Suspension of Professor For Picture Of Daughter Wearing Game of Thrones Teeshirt
11-03-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Professor Francis Schmidt has faced a bizarre suspension after he posted a photo of his daughter wearing a tee-shirt with a quote from the HBO "Game of Thrones" series that read "I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Megyn, Judge Nap Go Head-to-Head Over Legality of Ebola Quarantines
11-03-2014
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FOX News
The nurse at the center of the national debate over mandatory Ebola quarantines, Kaci Hickox, threatened to sue the state of New Jersey over her forced confinement before officials decided to release her.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
How The Petrodollar Quietly Died, And Nobody Noticed
11-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com
Two years ago, in hushed tones at first, then ever louder, the financial world began discussing that which shall never be discussed in polite company - the end of the system that according to many has framed and facilitated the US Dollar's reserve cu
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Non-voting
11-03-2014
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Strike-the-Root
Governments, like all other hierarchical institutions, depend upon the cooperation and the tacit consent of those over whom they exercise power. In the long run such coercion is either too expensive or too futile to accomplish its goals
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
LAPD Hollywood Police Arrest Photographer (This is what a police state looks like)
11-03-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
LAPD Hollywood Police Arrest Photographer (This is what a police state looks like),
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Internet
The Silk Road's Forgotten Three Languish Without Trial
11-03-2014
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While the spotlight shines ever stronger on the upcoming trial of alleged Silk Road 'kingpin' Ross Ulbricht, much less attention is paid to 3 men who have also been accused of being staff members on the deep web marketplace.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Presidential Crimes: Then And Now
11-03-2014
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org
Writing for Americans is not always an enjoyable experience. Many readers want to have their prejudices confirmed, not challenged.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - International
Bank of Japan Buying Over 100% of Japanese Bond Issuance; Steen Jakobsen...
11-03-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Bank of Japan Buying Over 100% of Japanese Bond Issuance; Steen Jakobsen Expects "FantasyLand Will Give Way to RealityLand".
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
Ukraine has options left -- all bad
11-03-2014
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AFP
Sunday's leadership elections -- approved by Moscow despite intense Western pressure -- were only the latest addition to a growing sense that rebel areas have slipped near permanently from Kiev's control.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Cameron's Lies Reach "Point of No Return" Warning From Merkel; Chameleon Politics
11-03-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is in increasingly hot water on a number of fronts as his lies become more and more transparent.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ed Snowden Taught Me To Smuggle Secrets Past Incredible Danger. Now I Teach You.
11-03-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
Late on the evening of January 11, 2013, someone sent me an interesting email. It was encrypted, and sent from the sort of anonymous email service that smart people use when they want to hide their identity.
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News Link • Surveillance
Pentagon's plans for a spy service to rival the CIA have been pared back
11-03-2014
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http://www.washingtonpost.com
The Pentagon has scaled back its plan to assemble an overseas spy service that could have rivaled the CIA in size, backing away from a project that faced opposition from lawmakers who questioned its purpose and cost, current and former U.S. officials
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News Link • Free Trade
Rand Paul Supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Deal
11-03-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
I have not looked into the TTP, but the person doing the analysis seems well informed. I became well versed in one of the other trade agreements, and the problems he describes were in the one I did read.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • China
China develops anti-drone laser
11-03-2014
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http://news.xinhuanet.com
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- China has successfully tested a homemade laser defense system specially targeting small-scale drones flying at low attitude.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Forget the 2014 Election: Why Ron Holland Voted With His Feet
11-03-2014
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The Daily Bell
Another election day is upon us, always a great boost to the establishment media giants. Total political advertising spending should reach $2.5 billion dollars in this cycle. Most of the payoff money goes to only 6 companies.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Samsung 'Smart TV' Records "Personal" Conversations & Sends Them to Third ...
11-03-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Samsung 'Smart TV' Records "Personal" Conversations & Sends Them to Third Parties
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Churches defy IRS, endorse candidates, dare agency to sue...
11-03-2014
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Politico.com
The number of pastors endorsing candidates in what they call Pulpit Freedom Sunday jumped from 33 people in 2008 to more than 1,600 this year.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • History
Fall of the Berlin Wall Eyewitness: An Accidental Explosion of Freedom
11-03-2014
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http://www.unz.com, By Patrick Cockburn
A journalist who witnessed the events of 1989 from a Soviet perspective looks back on a surreal period when attempts at moderate reform quickly an uncontrollable momentum of their own.
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Democratic Party threatens their members - If you don't vote, we'll know who you are
11-03-2014
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www.weaselzippers.com
NY Democrats Sending Menacing Letters To Registered Dems: "We Will Be Reviewing Voting Records" To See If You Voted…
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
"Taxation Must Go Global," Says German Finance Minister
11-03-2014
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Prison Planet
In one of the bluntest statements on the topic by any globalist thus far, controversial German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble openly called for "global standards" and "global governance" in taxation to ensure that governments can continu
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
The Fourth British Defeat in Afghanistan
11-03-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Eric Margolis
The last British soldiers were airlifted out of Afghanistan last week, marking the sorry end of Britain's fourth failed invasion of Afghanistan. With them went the last detachment of US Marines in Helmand.
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News Link • Internet
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems (Publisher Recommended)
10-31-2014
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http://www.newsweek.com
In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country house in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Reinvention of Alan Greenspan, calls Fed balance sheet a tinder box, endorses private gold ownership
11-02-2014
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Goldseek.com
The "new" post-Fed Greenspan sounds very much like the "old" pre-Fed Greenspan-â€"â€"the one who consistently advocated gold before he became Fed chairman.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Agriculture
WHY HAVEN'T STATES KICKED MONSANTO OUT?
11-03-2014
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http://www.newswithviews.com, By: Devvy
The elections tomorrow affect all branches of government, local, state and federal. Please get out and vote.
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News Link • Bioterrorism
GMO â€" Just Ban It (Video)
11-03-2014
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Farm Wars
Showin' how funky strong is your fight. It doesn't matter, GMOS are just a blight. Just Ban It! Just Ban It!
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Barbara Peterson
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