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Date Sent: 2011-05-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 AM edition |
Raped Peace Corps volunteer forced to have an abortion or quit
U.S. tries to assassinate U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki -- Libertarianism and Torture - by Wendy McElroy -- New Jersey Trying To Pass Law Banning Photography Of Children -- Righthaven, Hoping To Turn Tide In Court, Hires Top NYC Copyright Lawyer -- ATF knowingly permitted U.S. guns to be illegally shipped to Mexico -- What Did You Do With My Judge? -- Will U.S. Recognize Mexico’s Spring Uprising? -- Mozilla to Homeland Security: Why? -- Taser safety studies significantly biased from ties to manufacturer -- Google Lobbies Nevada To Allow Driverless Cars -- Two Horrible Deaths in Colorado – these are tragedies -- Expanding Presidential Authority and Widening The War On Terror --
The Book of Mormon, The Constitution and YOU! -- Divers Attempt to
Communicate With Wild Dolphins, Using A Two-Way Translation Device -- Robert Naiman - Release Bin Laden Photo? "Instead Release Afghanistan and Iraq"
AZ: GardenPool.org Tour -
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News Link • Government
Raped Peace Corps volunteer forced to have an abortion or quit
05-10-2011
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Rawstory (video)
Carol Clark told ABC News’ Brian Ross that after becoming pregnant because she was raped by a Peace Corps employee over 25 years ago, the Peace Corps gave her the choice of having an abortion or resigning as a volunteer.
Clark will testify at befo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
U.S. tries to assassinate U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki
05-10-2011
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Glenn Greenwald (Salon)
That Barack Obama has continued the essence of the Bush/Cheney Terrorism architecture was once a provocative proposition but is now so self-evident that few dispute it (watch here as arch-neoconservative David Frum -- Richard Perle's co-author for th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Libertarianism and Torture - by Wendy McElroy
05-10-2011
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Wendy McElroy
The killing of Osama bin Laden has emboldened advocates of torture as an anti-terrorism technique because the operation was supposedly facilitated by intelligence gathered from “enhanced interrogation.”
From this, some advocates conclude that the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
New Jersey Trying To Pass Law Banning Photography Of Children
05-10-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
New Jersey legislators are trying to make it illegal to photograph children in public without parental consent, proving that they have no Constitututional common sense to be lawmakers.
The bill is an attempt to prevent pedophiles from photogaphing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
In Defense of Flogging
05-10-2011
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The Agitator
The United States now has more prisoners than any other country in the world. Ever. In sheer numbers and as a percentage of the population. Our rate of incarceration is roughly seven times that of Canada or any Western European country. Despite our “
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Property Rights
Righthaven, Hoping To Turn Tide In Court, Hires Top NYC Copyright Lawyer
05-10-2011
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Controversial copyright-enforcement company Righthaven"which has worked with newspapers to file more than 250 copyright lawsuits against small websites"has not been faring well in court lately, to say the least. The company is under fire from multipl
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Mexico
ATF knowingly permitted U.S. guns to be illegally shipped to Mexico
05-10-2011
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The Agitator
The ATF is being accused of permitting 1300+ guns to be purchsed by straw buyers and shipped to drug gangs in Mexico. Fox News: Some of the straw buyers were ATF agents, making he U.S. government an actual participant rather than just an observer.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
What Did You Do With My Judge?
05-10-2011
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Simple Justice
A phenomenon occurs in court where a person appears before a judge who seems to be on top of their case, aware of the issues, interested in the arguments and, maybe, even dubious of the prosecution. To a defendant, it's an exhilarating experience,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Mexico
Will U.S. Recognize Mexico’s Spring Uprising?
05-10-2011
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The Agitator
If the popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East didn’t present a big enough problem for the foreign policy realists-turned-revolution cheerleaders in the Obama administration, it appears that Mexicans have caught the freedom bug, and tha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Mozilla to Homeland Security: Why?
05-10-2011
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Simple Justice
In the Age of Acquiescence, a corporation willing to do anything other than bend over when the government comes a'knocking is a shocking welcome. After all, if one can buy a bit of good will with the powerful, whether from cash on hand or mere back
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Taser safety studies significantly biased from ties to manufacturer
05-10-2011
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Rawstory
Taser safety studies may be biased due to researchers' ties to the electrical stun guns' manufacturer, Taser International Inc., according to cardiologists at the University of California, San Francisco.
The cardiologists examined the the accuracy
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Google Lobbies Nevada To Allow Driverless Cars
05-10-2011
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NY Times
Google, a pioneer of driverless cars, is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state where they could be legally operated on public roads. And yes, the proposed legislation would include an exemption from the ban on distra
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics
Chase Bank Genocide, Vaccine Contest
05-10-11
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Reality Report
http://RTR.org | Angie Ress breaks down the top stories this week, including: J. P. Morgan Chase investing in companies that support genocide, a North Carolina school district promoting vaccines by giving away prize incentives, Mozilla standing up to
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Expanding Presidential Authority and Widening The War On Terror
05-10-2011
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Wired.com/
The proposal is a big expansion of executive authority, giving the president the ability to “use all necessary and appropriate force” against those terrorist groups he decides are U.S. enemies.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Newt Seeks The Votes Of Stepford Wives In His Run For The Presidency
05-10-2011
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news.yahoo.com/s
These days, Gingrich rarely makes a political move without Callista, a former Capitol Hill staffer whom the former GOP lawmaker became extramaritally involved with while he was still speaker of the House. She's a constant presence at his...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Immigration
Barack to Divide and Conquer: Adding Millions Of Immigrants In A Depression
05-10-2011
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Bloomberg.com
Obama said his administration has answered critics who demanded stricter border enforcement and now it is time to overhaul the law to provide a legal path to residence for some of the 11 million people in the country illegally and revise...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Don’t Buy A House In 2011 Before You Read These 20 Wacky Statistics
05-10-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Unless you have been asleep or hiding under a rock for the past five years, you already know that we are experiencing the worst real estate crisis that the U.S. has ever seen.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Richard Russell - Expect Huge Rebound in Silver
05-10-2011
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KingWorldNews.com/
I don't think I've ever seen so much gloating in the face of a plunge in a sector of the market. And I wonder, just wondering, whether silver will now cross up the crowd by bouncing back to a surprising degree.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
$6.5 Trillion Lost, One House at a Time
05-10-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
The $6.5 trillion lost in the bursting of the housing bubble is not a "paper loss," it is tragically real.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Events: America
2011 Survival & Preparedness Conference
05-10-2011
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survivalist.com
The 2011 Survival & Preparedness Conference kicks off on Memorial Day weekend (May 28-29) at the DFW Marriott in Dallas Texas. This eagerly anticipated conference features the world’s leading experts in survival tactics and preparedness instruction.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Today on LewRockwell.com - Tuesday May 10th, 2011
05-10-2011
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lewrockwell.com
That Osama Rub-Out Tale - It's getting stranger and stranger, says Eric Margolis.
/ The 1st Lying 'War on Terror' - Murray Rothbard on the Cold War. Article by David Gordon. / The Minimum Wage Is Anti-Black - Here is new evidence, says Walter Willia
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
The Human Body, Searchable in 3-D
05-10-2011
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technologyreview.com
A new tool lets people see the inside of the body up close and in great detail.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Electric Racer to Charge Through Dakar
05-10-2011
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wired.com
The Dakar Rally is among the most grueling events in all of motorsports, a 14-day sprint through the deserts and mountains of Argentina and Chile. It is a monumental challenge for any vehicle, and Alister McRae and Tim Coronel want to do it in an EV.
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Sierra Hancock
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