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Date Sent: 2015-01-08
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
Paris office of magazine that blasphemed Mohamed shot up by 2 gunmen, 12 killed
Israeli Persecution of Haneen Zoabi -- Ernest Hancock at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas, NV -- Afghanistan Set Record for Growing Opium in 2014 -- Juror who declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown grand jury -- Hurts So Good: When Exactly Are Falling Prices Bad? -- Harvard Professors in "Uproar" After Learning Obamacare Applies to Them! -- Red Pill, Blue Pill, Cognitive Dissonance, Pavlov's Dogs -- CES 2015: Toyota Releases Fuel Cell Patents, To Spur Development -- US Troops in Iraq Under Fire From ISIS on 'Regular Basis' -- Israel Prepares to Cut Electricity to Palestinians -- Germany, France Pushing for End to Russia Sanctions -- The Man Who Is Really In Charge At The Federal Reserve -- End of Quantitative Easing, Crashing Oil Prices, and Murder? -- Palestinians: On Their Own for Justice
AZ: AZ Legislative Forecast Luncheon featuring Governor-elect Doug Ducey 01-09-15; World Liberty Conference Bali 2015 - June 29 - July 3rd, 2015 (ISIL)
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News Link • TERRORISM
Paris office of magazine that blasphemed Mohamed shot up by 2 gunmen, 12 killed
01-07-2015
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Sky News
Two masked men shout "we have avenged the prophet" and "God is greatest" between rounds of heavy gunfire.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Economy - International
Afghanistan Set Record for Growing Opium in 2014
01-07-2015
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http://cnsnews.com-Ali Meyer
After thirteen years of occupation by U.S. forces, Afghanistan set a record for growing opium poppies in 2014, according to data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Heroin is derived from the poppy.
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Juror who declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown grand jury...
01-07-2015
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http://www.nydailynews.com-THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Juror who declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown grand jury case sues to remove lifetime gag order.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Hurts So Good: When Exactly Are Falling Prices Bad?
01-07-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com-Peter Schiff
The sudden fall in the price of oil provides a unique opportunity to examine the widely held belief that deflation is economic poison.
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News Link • Obamacare
Harvard Professors in "Uproar" After Learning Obamacare Applies to Them!
01-07-2015
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.
In what has to be the funniest as well as most ironic post to date on Obamacare, the New York Times reports Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard.
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News Link • General Opinion
Red Pill, Blue Pill, Cognitive Dissonance, Pavlov's Dogs
01-07-2015
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.
I received an email a few weeks ago stating "Hussman has been so wrong I should stop quoting him."
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News Link • Transportation
CES 2015: Toyota Releases Fuel Cell Patents, To Spur Development
01-07-2015
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http://www.popsci.com-Matthew de Paula
Toyota believes so passionately in a future "hydrogen society" that it's allowing competitors royalty-free use of its fuel cell technologies.
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News Link • Drones
Drone Films Man Changing A Lightbulb 1,500 Feet Above The Ground
01-07-2015
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http://www.popsci.com-Kelsey D. Atherton
Keeping the Great Plains safe.
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News Link • Iraq
US Troops in Iraq Under Fire From ISIS on 'Regular Basis'
01-07-2015
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http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz
Pentagon Says Attacks 'Ineffective' So Far.
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News Link • Israel
Israel Prepares to Cut Electricity to Palestinians
01-07-2015
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http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz
Cites Inability to Pay After Withholding Palestinian Tax Money.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Man Who Is Really In Charge At The Federal Reserve
01-07-2015
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Economicpolicyjournal.com
My thesis is that Stanley Fischer is really running the show from the second chair.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
End of Quantitative Easing, Crashing Oil Prices, and Murder?
01-07-2015
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wallstreetonparade.com
Odds are, you won't remember his name, but he's a Wall St. Journal reporter who forecast that with the end of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, there would be potential for a catastrophic collapse in oil prices.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police: Entitled Bullies, Specially Protected 'Victims'
01-06-2015
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
The NYPD has already pioneered the use of "hate crimes" statutes to criminalize anti-police sentiments: Last summer, a graffiti artist named Rosella Best was charged with "criminal mischief as a hate crime" for tagging police vehicles
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
CPS inspector general: Employee orchestrated $870K billing fraud
01-06-2015
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Chicago Trubune
A former Chicago Public Schools employee, with help from colleagues and vendors, orchestrated the theft of more than $870,000 by fraudulently billing the district for goods and services, and a lot more
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Nanny State: Sledding faces limits over liability concerns
01-06-2015
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Washington Times
As anyone who has grown up around snow knows, part of the fun of sledding is the risk of soaring off a jump or careening around a tree. But faced with the potential bill from sledding injuries, some cities have opted to close hills
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Going postal: Reporter sues government for spying from USPS network
01-06-2015
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ars technica
Sharyl Attkisson, the former CBS investigative reporter who claims government intimidation, electronic surveillance, and cyber-attacks takes the government to court over the hacking of her personal and work computers, and her home network.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Incoming REPUBLICAN Senate chairman: Gas tax increase on table
01-06-2015
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Associated Press
The incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee says raising the federal fuel taxes is among the options under consideration to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
State Sen. Ben Hueso avoids jail time in plea bargain
01-06-2015
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Los Angeles Times
tate Sen. Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) on Thursday entered a plea bargain in which prosecutors lowered charges of drunk driving to a lesser misdemeanor, allowing him to avoid any possibility of jail time.
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • World News
Is Another Euro Crisis at Hand?
Ivan Eland
If you have any spare cash laying around and need of a vacation, Chevy Chase would probably recommend that you go to Europe. The euro currency has dipped to a nine-year low against the dollar.
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Feature Article • Police State
Cop Block Newsletter #005
Donna Hancock
Video Contest: #WhyIFilmThePolice - The Police Accountability Report is back! - The Cop Block Store is re-opened! - Cop Block is committed to the non-aggression principle.
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Opinion • World News
Ray McGovern: My Take
Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust
01-05-2015
Ray McGovern
The year 2015 will surely mark a watershed in relations between the United States and Russia, one way or the other. However, whether tensions increase â€" to war-by-proxy in Ukraine or an even wider war â€" or whether they subside depends mostly on P
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Thatcher confidant raped boy and police covered crime up
01-05-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Bill Gardner
One of Margaret Thatcher's closest confidantes raped a teenage boy 30 years ago but escaped justice when Scotland Yard covered up the crime, it has been alleged.
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News Link • Healthcare
US Doctor Comments on Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal
01-05-2015
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Mike Shedlock
I received many interesting comments from readers on Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal; Live and Let Die; Why Does Single-Payer "Work" in Europe?
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News Link • World News
Bring the Sacrificial Lambs in Korea Home Now
01-05-2015
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http://fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
During the Christmas holiday, I had the opportunity to visit with high-school and a college-age nephew, nieces, and their friends in Texas.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
01-05-2015
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http://www.theatlantic.com, Conor Friedersdorf
President Obama's choice to lead the intelligence agency has undermined core checks and balances with impunity.
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News Link • Self-Defense
With new federal laws proposed to ban body armor for mere civilians, AMAZON begins selling vests
01-04-2015
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Amazon.com
Nothing is more American than cashing in on the panic.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Drug War
Group Forms Spontaneous 'Human Shield' To Block Cops Arresting Man For Pot
01-04-2015
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The Free Thought Proiject
20 people spontaneously formed a "human shield" to protect a Florida man from police who wanted to arrest him for smoking marijuana. Police say they witnessed a man smoking what they smelled was marijuana.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
SWAT Teams in Mass. Are "Private Companies" So Won't Share Records
01-04-2015
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by McWilly
We often express our desire for police forces to be privatized, but in Massachusetts (and presumably other states as well) privatization has taken a darker turn concerning law enforcement.
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News Link • China
'The Government Is Watching Every Citizen:' The BBC Just Reported From The Most...
01-04-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Armin Rosen
'The Government Is Watching Every Citizen:' The BBC Just Reported From The Most Oppressive Place In China
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Prosecutors say man killed by NJ cops had gun, but multiple witnesses disagree
01-04-2015
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Rawstory
Ben Mosely, a retired sheriff's deputy watched the incident from his bedroom. He said Reid had gotten out of his car but then tried to get back into the vehicle when officers opened fire, but does not believe the shooting was justified.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
How To Discover Everything Facebook Knows About You
01-04-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Julie Bort
There's an unwritten agreement every user makes with Facebook when they sign up for the service. Facebook is free and fun to use, but it will track your activity and content to help its advertisers.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Tragedy of the American Military
01-04-2015
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James Fallows, The Atlantic
The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can't win.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Rights Versus Anecdotes
01-05-2015
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The International Libertarian
Which side wins depends on whether one can reason or simply react emotionally.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Climate Change
Evidence Discovered that 'Ocean Acidification' Scare May be as Fraudulent as 'Global War
01-05-2015
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arclein
"Ocean acidification" (OA) is receiving growing attention. While someone who doesn't follow climate change science might think OA is a stomach condition resulting from eating bad seafood, OA is claimed to be a phenomenon that will destroy ocean
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robert klein
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police chief offered to drop charges against teen if she posed nude
01-04-2015
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New York Daily News
A small-town New Hampshire police chief resigned after he allegedly asked a teenager to pose for nude photos in the station basement in exchange for dropping a possession of alcohol charge.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Future Predictions
Gerald Celente 2015 Forecast: Manipulation, Depression and War
01-04-2015
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USAWatchdog.com
Trends researcher Gerald Celente predicts one of his top trends in 2015 will be manipulationâ€"of everything.
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News Link • Activism
WATCH: St. Louis cops pepper-spray protesters as they swarm police headquarters
01-04-2015
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Rawstory
Early Wednesday, approximately 25 protesters attempted to force their way into the downtown police headquarters to evict the officers they accuse of "perpetrating police brutality on our citizenry," according to Al Jazeera.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
US Debt Soars By $100 Billion On Last Day Of 2014, Hits Record $18.14 Trillion
01-04-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
It seems like it was only yesterday when we reported that, in yet another sleight of hand for the US Treasury and Social Security Administration, US debt rose by $32 billion on the last day of November sending total US debt above $18 trillion for the
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News Link • Activism
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone: The NYPD's Surreal 'Work Stoppage'
01-04-2015
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Diamond Dog
...the Post is reporting that the protesting police have decided to make arrests "only when they have to." (Let that sink in for a moment. Seriously, take 10 or 15 seconds).
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News Link • United Nations
UNSC rejects resolution on Palestinian state
01-04-2015
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http://www.aljazeera.com,
Bid to end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by 2017 garners eight votes, one short of total needed to pass.
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