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Date Sent: 2012-04-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, April 21, 2012 |
News Link • Afghanistan
Taliban claim responsibility for downing Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan
04-20-2012
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CNN
The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for downing a Black Hawk helicopter in southern Afghanistan.
"Yesterday (Thursday) evening Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter and killed all its passengers in Khanashen Dewalak area near Garmsir, sout
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Analysis: Did U.S. fumble chance to peer inside China's secretive leadership?
04-21-2012
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Reuters
Information about a Chinese policeman who implicated the wife of a top Chinese official in a British businessman's murder was not circulated widely in Washington as he was considered of marginal intelligence value, current and former U.S. officials s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Miami-Dade Cop Attacks Innocent Man Before Turning On News Crew
04-20-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
But when a Spanish language news crew arrived on the scene to interview the cop, he ordered them to turn off the camera, demanding their identifications.
Officer Thomas ended up writing three citations to the news videographer, including one for n
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Dershowitz Blasts Zimmerman Prosecution: 'Not Only Immoral, But Stupid'
04-20-2012
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Breitbart
Dershowitz continued, “An affidavit that willfully misstates undisputed evidence known to the prosecution is not only unethical but borders on perjury because an affiant swears to tell not only the truth, but the whole truth, and suppressing an impor
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Tampa may seek Gov. Rick Scott's help keeping guns away from RNC protests
04-20-2012
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"The absurdity of banning squirt guns but not being able to do anything about real guns is patently obvious," Buckhorn said. "You would not want firearms introduced into that environment by people other than law enforcement."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Unarmed California Man Threatens to Kill Himself " Police Arrive, Stun and Then Shoot Him To Death
04-20-2012
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Jonathan Turley
Police in Keyes, California are investigating why police officers killed an unarmed 32-year-man after first shooting him with a stun gun. Family members called police to tell them that George Ramirez was suffering from depression and threatening suic
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Secret Service ousts three more, White House hits out at Palin
04-20-2012
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The Ticket
The Colombia prostitute scandal engulfing the Secret Service widened Friday as the agency announced that three more employees would resign in connection to the alleged misconduct, bringing the overall number of employees to lose their jobs to six. Th
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
April 22, 2012 Edition
04-20-2012
John Semmens
Obama Press Secretary Says GOP Is Politicizing Election
President Obama's Press Secretary Jay Carney lashed out at the GOP for “politicizing the upcoming elections.” “They're trying to exploit so-called scandals and policy failures for political g
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News Link • Energy
Make It So - Energy Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact
04-20-2012
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Oilprice.com
Star Trek has been noted on many occasions throughout the series for seemingly predicting (or perhaps inspiring) the progression of technology.
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Staffoilpricedotcom Erik
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Judge rules against CIA whistle-blower
04-20-2012
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AP
A federal judge has ruled a CIA whistle-blower will have to forfeit any future money he earns from a scathing book he wrote about the spy agency after he failed to get approval from his former employer prior to publication. also barred Jones from pub
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona and the Central Arizona Project (CAP), holding Navajo/Hopi water hostage.
04-20-2012
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Nikke Alex
State of Arizona and the Central Arizona Project (CAP) are holding Navajo water hostage for coal and energy from the Navajo Generating Station.
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Shondean Coochise
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Free CCW Legal Seminar - Marc J. Victor - Weds, 4-25, 6-8 pm, Chester's Harley-Davidson (Mesa, A
04-20-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Another opportunity to learn about your rights....
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
George Zimmerman's bail set at $150K
04-20-2012
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New York Post
In a dramatic courtroom appearance, George Zimmerman took the stand at his own bail hearing today and apologized to Trayvon Martin's family, saying he was "sorry" for the shooting as a judge set bail at $150,000.
Zimmerman will not be immediately
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News Link • Death
America’s drone sickness
04-20-2012
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http://www.salon.com, By Glenn Greenwald
There are many evils in the world, but extinguishing people’s lives with targeted, extra-judicial killings, when you don’t even know their names, based on “patterns” of behavior judged from thousands of miles away, definitely ranks high on the list.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq Carnage: 69 Killed, 176 Wounded
04-20-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret Griffis
Iraq suffered significant bomb attacks in multiple cities today, leaving at least 69 dead and 176 more wounded.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai Demands ‘Accelerated’ Withdrawal After LA Times Photos
04-20-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
The fact that the war is lost is virtually accepted wisdom at this point.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
US Pushing ‘Libya Model’ for Upcoming Syria War
04-20-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Clinton Demands More Sanctions on Syria During Ceasefire.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The New Dealers
04-20-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Tony D'Souza
Family, kids, minivan"and drug dealing. How the recession has driven average Americans into the game.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
GOP leaders gather in Arizona, ready to embrace Romney
04-20-2012
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http://edition.cnn.com, By Peter Hamby
Not too long ago, it seemed this week's meeting of the Republican National Committee in Arizona might be consumed with squabbles about delegate math and anxious hand-wringing over the long and acrimonious presidential primary fight.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Germany to Greece: Cut Safety Nets for Citizens But Keep Buying Our Weapons
04-20-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
As Germany insists that Greece submit to harsh austerity measures leaving pensions cut, unemployment soaring and the healthcare system slashed, one area it believes needn't be cut is Greece's weapons purchases, provided in great part by and benefitin
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
Moscow extends helping hand to NATO - strings attached
04-20-2012
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http://rt.com
NATO is to get more help from Russia in the Afghan war.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Pressure rising: US calls for tougher measures on Syria
04-20-2012
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http://rt.com
While Damascus and the UN have signed an agreement on the terms of the UN monitoring mission in Syria, the US has called for tougher sanctions against the Assad regime, including a global arms embargo.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bill of Rights
NY judge tosses out jury nullification charges
04-19-2012
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APnews
A federal judge threw out charges Thursday against a man who urged jurors in multiple East Coast cities from Florida to New Hampshire to sometimes disregard the law and vote their conscience.
U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan tossed the
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Andre Campos
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Is James Cameron launching an asteroid mining company?
04-18-2012
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The Sideshow
A new company called Planetary Resources held its official launch today promising a new venture that would merge "space exploration and natural resources," while adding "trillions" of dollars to the global GDP.
The company counts some heavy-hitter
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
American Expatriates Renounce Citizenship Over Taxes
04-19-2012
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HuffingtonPost
This year almost 1,800 people renounced their American citizenship and Green Cards as published in the Federal Register, thanks to a costly and timely tax requirement.
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Man Goes 'Full Monty' To Protest TSA Pat Downs
04-19-2012
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Breitbart/ AP
A high-tech worker who stripped naked at Portland International Airport as a protest against airport security screeners said Wednesday he was being "nude but not lewd," and characterized his act of defiance as protected political speech.
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News Link • Economy - International
Nigel Farage: There Are Going to Be Serious Banking Collapses
04-19-2012
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King World News
The EU's problems have not been fixed, just paper over. MEP Nigel Farage believes that the end of this Ponzi scheme will bring massive banking collapses, civil unrest, rebellion, and perhaps "some sort of awful social cataclysm."
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Political Theory
Jan Helfeld interviews David Gergen
04-19-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
David Gergen, CNN TV commentator and Harvard professor, refuses to answer fundamental questions about our political system.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Books
NY Times bestselling author of The Dollar Meltdown joins Daily Paul Radio with Kurt Wallace
04-19-2012
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www.dailypaulradio.com
We discuss several powerful chapters of his new book including the blessings of liberty, fascism and crony capitalism and the dollar endgame.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Tethr: Getting online in a crisis
04-19-2012
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BBC Clark Boyd
Aaron Huslage with a laugh. He's explaining to me how, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he came up with the idea for tethr, a shoebox-sized set of hardware designed to help anyone get internet and phone connections from any spot on the
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Howard Pearlman
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
States asked to apply for unemployment test plan
04-19-2012
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www.news.yahoo.com
The Obama administration is looking for states that will experiment with unemployment insurance programs by letting people test a job while still receiving benefits.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.”
04-19-2012
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www.nsaarchive.wordpress.com
On the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, the National Security Archive filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the release of a five-volume CIA history of the Bay of Pigs affair.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Campaign Condemns Alaska GOP...
04-19-2012
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Ron Paul 2012
Ron Paul Campaign Condemns Alaska GOP Illegal Exclusion of All non-Romney Delegates to State Convention
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Attacks on RT and Assange reveal much about the critics
04-18-2012
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by Glenn Greenwald (Salon)
A new news show hosted by Julian Assange debuted yesterday on RT, the global media outlet funded by the Russian government and carried by several of America’s largest cable providers. His first show was devoted to an interview with Hezbollah leader H
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