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Date Sent: 2012-09-26
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, September 26, 2012 AM edition |
Army Corps not liable for Katrina damage: court -- Dow drops 100 after Fed official's warning
Restaurants oppose $7.2 billion credit-card fee settlement -- U.S. top court to review blood tests to test driver sobriety --
Iran test-fires missiles designed to hit warships -- Warning Graphic
Images: Man Crushed by Steamroller On Orders of Chinese Officials -- Dispute escalates between China and Japan -- Government Do-Goodism Is a Trojan Horse -- Funeral set for 83-year-old woman shot and killed by police officer -- Fingerprints aren’t proof -- Dangers of Garbled Foreign Policy Messages -- Ahmadinejad pushes new world order -- Police Reprimanded after missing Homeless man 35 Times --
Home Defense: 'If You Can’t Protect It, You Don’t Own It' -- Fury at
the American Raj -- ROMNEY AND THE NEOCONS COURT NUCLEAR DISASTER -- We
Should Do What the Government Says Is Good for Us -- When Nonviolent Resistance Becomes a Sin Greater Than War -- Warren backs medical marijuana ‘with the right restrictions’ -- Benghazi, Beijing show limits of power -- Why Does the Government So Desperately Want Indefinite Detention for Terror Suspects? -- AIPAC-Drafted US Aid to Israel Illegal --
No more pretending in Afghanistan -- The Printable Firearm Revolution
is Closer Than You Think -- James Timothy Turner Indictment -- The
Sovereign Man is the Real Prisoner -- General Motors is becoming China Motors -- Wartime Expulsions Left Trail of Torture, Rape: Interview -- Green Beam Laser: Graffiti Activism That Respects Property Rights -- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (Part 1) -- Sheriff Candidate proposes Moratorium on Mortgage Foreclosures
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Army Corps not liable for Katrina damage: court
09-26-2012
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Reuters
A U.S. appeals court has reversed itself and found that the Army Corps of Engineers cannot be held liable in property owners' lawsuits over flood damage during Hurricane Katrina. More than 400 property owners had filed lawsuits after the
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dow drops 100 after Fed official's warning
09-25-2012
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AP
A quiet day on Wall Street turned into the worst sell-off in 3 months after a Federal Reserve official said he doubted the bank’s effort to boost economic growth would work. Charles Plosser, president of the Fed’s Philadelphia branch, told an audienc
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Marc J Victor Fundraiser - Wine and Hors d’oevres Event Wednesday, Sept. 26th, 6:00 " 9:00 pm
09-12-2012
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www.victorforsenate.com
Our special guest is Amanda Whittemore, Co-Founder of Americans for Safe Access (advancing legal medical marijuana therapeutics and research)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Restaurants oppose $7.2 billion credit-card fee settlement
09-26-2012
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Reuters
The trade group's chief concern is that the settlement would prohibit all merchants that use Visa and MasterCard - whether they decide to opt in or opt out of the settlement - from filing future lawsuits over interchange issues.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. top court to review blood tests to test driver sobriety
09-26-2012
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Reuters
The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether police must get a warrant before forcing a suspected drunken driver to submit to a blood test, in a case that could set a new legal standard for motorists' privacy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran test-fires missiles designed to hit warships
09-26-2012
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AP
Iranian military leaders gave details of a new long-range drone and test fired four anti-ship missiles in a prelude to upcoming naval war games planned in an apparent response to U.S.-led warship drills in the Persian Gulf.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Warning Graphic Images: Man Crushed by Steamroller On Orders of Chinese Officials
09-26-2012
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InfoWars
A villager in northern China attempting to resist a forced government relocation by remaining on his land was brutally crushed to death by a road flattening truck on the orders of a Chinese government official.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Dispute escalates between China and Japan
09-25-2012
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Reuters
Japan and China’s historic dispute regarding ownership of a chain of islands in the East China Sea has recently resurfaced.
The islands, referred to as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, began to be a source of tension in the 1970's when oil re
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Government Do-Goodism Is a Trojan Horse
09-25-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The US government combines joint military exercises and coordination with activities that once were conducted by missionaries and by private charitable organizations. Nepal is an example. Operation Pacific Angel is the broader organization
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Funeral set for 83-year-old woman shot and killed by Altavista police officer
09-25-2012
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According to family members, an 83-year-old woman was shot and killed by an Altavista police officer Wednesday night.
Family members tell WDBJ7 that Delma Towler called police because she thought someone was breaking into her home on 10th Street.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Fingerprints aren’t proof
09-25-2012
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Salon
“Fingerprint examiners typically testify in the language of absolute certainty.” But like many other claims for forensic science, the assertion that fingerprints are unique lacked a solid scientific basis and now is viewed with new caution.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Dangers of Garbled Foreign Policy Messages
09-25-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
I read Ralph Raico's piece on the origins of World War I. Politicians made some bluffs that were called, and that was a contributing factor. I retained that but it didn't hit home until now when I read a news item about Obama's UN speech
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Ahmadinejad pushes new world order
09-25-2012
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AP
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a new world order needs to emerge, away from years of what he called American bullying and domination.
Ahmadinejad spoke on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly " his last as president of Iran.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Police Reprimanded after missing Homeless man 35 Times
09-22-2012
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CBS Detroit
A Saginaw police supervisor has been demoted and two officers disciplined for their roles in the fatal shooting of a homeless, mentally ill man in a parking lot, city officials said Friday following a review of the case.
The on-scene supervisor d
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Jim Fulner
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News Link • Gun Rights
Home Defense: 'If You Can’t Protect It, You Don’t Own It'
09-25-2012
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lewrockwell by Tess Pennington
“If you can’t protect it, you don’t own it;” this popular prepping phrase describes the mentality the unprepared have about you and your preps.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Behind the Curtain
09-25-2012
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by Charles Goyette lewrockwell.com
This article is an excerpt from New York Times bestselling author Charles Goyette's new book Red and Blue and Broke All Over: Restoring America's Free Economy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Richard Carmona Advertisement Uses Marc Victor Quote to Attack Jeff Flake
09-25-2012
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VictorForSenate
Richard Carmona supporter quotes Marc J. Victor when attacking Jeff Flake. Who can blame him? Marc Victor is the best man for the job…even Carmona agrees!
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Fury at the American Raj
09-25-2012
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by Eric Margolis lewrockwell.com
The killing of the US ambassador to Libya and angry demonstrations across the Muslim world over a tacky anti-Islamic hate video.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
ROMNEY AND THE NEOCONS COURT NUCLEAR DISASTER
09-25-2012
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by Eric Margolis
Chinese and Japanese vessels prowl menacingly in the sea around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands as Beijing and Tokyo exchange threats.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
We Should Do What the Government Says Is Good for Us
09-25-2012
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lewrockwell.com
This article from Gawker media, which is centered on my opinions and writings about the incandescent light bulb banishment, appeared on Gizmodo on Thursday, September 20, 2012, complete with compare-and-contrast photos.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Warren backs medical marijuana ‘with the right restrictions’
09-25-2012
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By Stephen C. Webster rawstory.com
Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D) said Monday that she favors legalizing medical marijuana, provided the law has “the right restrictions” to prevent people who aren’t actually sick from getting the drug.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Village Voice Media dumps papers to keep sex ads
09-25-2012
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By Arturo Garcia Raw Story
Village Voice Media agreed Sunday to sell New York’s Village Voice alternative weekly and its 12 affiliated publications, while keeping a classified ads website criticized for hosting ads for prostitution and sex trafficking.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Science Of Theft: Freeze A Bike Lock With Canned Air, Then Smash It With A Hammer
09-25-2012
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popsci.com By Theodore Gray
The fatal flaw of bike locks: Freezing one makes it easy to bust open. Check out video of some DIY bike theft inside.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
How A Tiny Group Of Designers Built The Most Efficient Racecar In History
09-25-2012
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http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2012-08/light-s
An inside look at the DeltaWing, the boldest--and most polarizing--racecar design in decades
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Benghazi, Beijing show limits of power
09-25-2012
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By Peter Lee atimes.com
It has been a rough couple of weeks for the international neo-liberal adventure.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
Why Does the Government So Desperately Want Indefinite Detention for Terror Suspects?
09-25-2012
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by Andy Worthington fff.org
What is the government doing?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
AIPAC-Drafted US Aid to Israel Illegal
09-25-2012
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original.antiwar.com by Grant Smith
The Israel lobby’s biggest and longest-running Washington boondoggles are the massive annual weapons and economic packages to Israel.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
WTF?? LIVE VIDEO FEEDS FROM BALLOT TABULATION CENTER (via Maricopa County Recorder)
09-25-12
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Maricopa County Elections
Is it me or is this just an illusion of transparency?
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Michele Power
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News Link • Afghanistan
No more pretending in Afghanistan
09-25-2012
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dailystar.com By Michael Glackin
The British foreign secretary, William Hague, insisted on Tuesday that NATO’s sudden decision to suspend joint patrols with Afghan forces will have a “minimal” impact on Western actions in Afghanistan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
The Printable Firearm Revolution is Closer Than You Think
09-25-2012
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Adan Salazar .infowars.com
The right to bear arms is undeniably explicit in the constitution, but what about the right to produce your own arms?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Republic for the united States of America
James Timothy Turner Indictment
09-25-2012
1.) Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, 2.) Fictitious Obligations, 3-7.) Aiding and Abetting Fictitious Obligations, 8.) Attempting to Interfere with Administration of Internal Revenue Laws, 9.) Failure to File a Tax Return - Tax Year 2009, 10.
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Activism
The Sovereign Man is the Real Prisoner
09-25-2012
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batr.org/solitary
According to establishment officials, the concept of the Sovereign Man philosophy is a direct threat to the authority of the State.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
General Motors is becoming China Motors
09-25-2012
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youtube.com
General Motors is becoming China Motors. Forget the spin. The evidence is clear and convincing. Did U.S. taxpayers save GM for China? Listen to the candid comments of GM's CEO.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Self-Defense
Green Beam Laser: Graffiti Activism That Respects Property Rights
09-25-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, TheCopBlock
Get your own Green Beam Laser by emailing Manchester, NH-based entrepreneur and activist Bill Domenico: bill@resunltd4u.com
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Sheriff Candidate proposes Moratorium on Mortgage Foreclosures
09-25-2012
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Rico S. Giron
Moratorium on Mortgage Foreclosures
Click here to read this Memorandum of Law - Bank Fraud
The Constitution for the united States of America is the Supreme Law of the Land, Article VI, paragraph 2. All statutes and laws enac
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News Link • Technology: Software
Here's Why New Jersey Banned Smiling In Driver's Licenses
09-25-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
Apparently it's only the huge smiles they're worried about, otherwise known as an "I just won the lottery" smile, according to the Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles.
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Nobody 2012: On Election Day, vote for the politician who is truly on your side.
09-25-2012
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www.anti-politics.ws
We, the Anti-Electorate, do not believe there is a need for “strong leadership” in government. We are not drawn to “intellectual” authorities and political “heroes.” We are not impressed with titles, ranks, and pecking orders " politicians, celebriti
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Paul Ryan: ‘Do you want Barack Obama to be re-elected? Then don’t vote for Ron Paul.’
09-24-2012
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The Ticket
"For those of us who would have voted in the primaries for, say, Ron Paul, why should we vote for you and not, say, libertarians or Vermin Supreme and the Pony Party or something like that?" a man from the audience asked .
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • United Nations
Official: US won’t surrender Internet control to UN agency
09-24-2012
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http://thehill.com, By Jennifer Martinez
U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer vowed that the United States will not compromise its principles on human rights, free speech and other issues during negotiations of an international telecommunications treaty in December.
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