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Date Sent: 2013-07-13
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, July 13, 2013

Aurelia Fedenisn: Is State Department Above the Law? -- Cops study 'United Stasi of America' artist

Jailed Journalist Barrett Brown Faces 105 Years For Reporting on Hacked Private Intelligence Firms -- Millions in US tax dollars go to Big Data for wiretap capabilities -- Lawmaker demands the National Guard patrol the streets of Chicago to stop gun violence -- Snowden has 'no regrets,' seeks asylum in Russia -- Pakistani teenage activist Malala addresses UN on her 16th birthday -- Report: Microsoft taught NSA how to crack encrypted emails -- Rumors Of The Demise Of U.S.-Ecuador Relations Have Been Greatly Exaggerated -- Shocking study on how much the government pays to spy on you -- Aquaponics new facet of agriculture, combines fish, vegetables -- Obama Blocks Snowden's Asylum -- Wrongheaded Fed Policy -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 14, 2013 Edition -- History… Merging the Trivium Method with Non-Violent Communication Skills -- New DOE report outlines energy sector’s vulnerability to climate change -- ISS astronaut demonstrates how to wash your hair in space -- Vampire Graves Uncovered in Poland

News Link • Whistleblowers
Aurelia Fedenisn: Is the State Department Above the Law?
07-13-2013 • .
A whistleblower has come forward to claim that members of the State Department engaged in illegal activities. Computers from the whistleblower's lawyers have been stolen. Is this a random act, or part of a State Department coverup? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Activism
Police investigate 'United Stasi of America' artist
07-13-2013 • .
Berlin police are investigating whether an artist who projected “United Stasi of America" onto the US embassy in the German capital earlier this week could be charged with a criminal offense. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Media: Internet
Jailed Journalist Barrett Brown Faces 105 Years For Reporting on Hacked Private Intelligence Firms
07-13-2013 • .
Journalist Barrett Brown spent his 300th day behind bars this week on a range of charges filed after he used information obtained by the hacker group Anonymous to report on the operations of private intelligence firms. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Surveillance
Millions in US tax dollars go to Big Data for wiretap capabilities
07-13-2013 • Russia Today
AT&T charges the government a $325 “activation fee” for each individual wiretap and a daily fee of $10 to maintain it. Verizon charges government eavesdroppers $775 for the first month of monitoring an individual then $500 in a month Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Lawmaker demands the National Guard patrol the streets of Chicago to stop gun violence
07-13-2013 • Russia Today
The military could soon be patrolling the streets of Chicago, Illinois if a local lawmaker has her way. State Rep. Monique Davis has asked the governor to deploy the National Guard among an epidemic of violent crime. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
Snowden has 'no regrets,' seeks asylum in Russia
07-12-2013 • Anna Arutunyan and Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY
Snowden said Friday that he has no regrets over leaking details about U.S. electronic spying networks and is seeking temporary asylum in Russia until he can reach one of the Latin American countries that has offered to take him in. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins

News Link • Just For Fun!
Twerking To Classical Part 2: High Class Male Makeover (NSFW VIDEO)
07-13-2013 • Huffington Post
Welcome to part two of ‘Twerking to Classical’, an ongoing series in which we strive to establish the legitimacy of the budding dance form known as “Twerking.” Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Meet ATLAS!
07-13-2013 • youtube
Say hello to ATLAS, one of the most advanced humanoid robots ever built! Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Activism
Pakistani teenage activist Malala addresses UN on her 16th birthday
07-13-2013 • youtube
Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations on her 16th birthday and said the Taliban can not silence women in Afghanistan. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
Report: Microsoft taught NSA how to crack encrypted emails
07-11-2013 • Jennifer Martinez, The Hill
Microsoft also gave the FBI easier access to its cloud storage service SkyDrive and let the NSA have access to email on Outlook and Hotmail before it was encrypted, according to the paper. Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, also allowed the NSA to c Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins

News Link • General Opinion
Rumors Of The Demise Of U.S.-Ecuador Relations Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
07-13-2013 • forbes.com
The Edward Snowden affair has turned into something of a global diplomatic third rail: all who touch it get burned. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
Shocking study on how much the government pays to spy on you
07-11-2013 • Kevin Camps, Death & Taxes
USA Today published in in-depth piece on the matter and it brought about more questions than answers. Let us first get down to brass tax�" it costs the United States Government on average $50,000 per wiretap when everything is said in done. Take a sec Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Bioinspired nanotechnology colorimetric assays - turning trash into treasure
07-13-2013 • nanowerk.com
Colorimetric sensing techniques require only the naked eye or ordinary visible color photography and are attractive because of their low cost, use of inexpensive equipment, and above all, their simple-to-understand results. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Agriculture
Aquaponics new facet of agriculture, combines fish, vegetables
07-13-2013 • agriview.com
The first International Aquaponics Conference was held last month in Stevens Point. As a type of agriculture, aquaponics is still in its infancy, but gauging from the attendance, it’s generating lots of interest, both in this country and abroad. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

Feature Article  • Philosophy: Fascism
Obama Blocks Snowden's Asylum
Stephen Lendman
   Snowden
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Feature Article  • Federal Reserve
Wrongheaded Fed Policy
Stephen Lendman
   Fed
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Opinion  • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 14, 2013 Edition
07-12-2013
John Semmens
   President to Defy Congressional Cut to Syrian Arms Aid Concerned over evidence that some of the weapons the US has been supplying to enemies of the Syrian government have fallen into the hands of jihadists inimical to US interests, both the House
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News Link • History
History… Merging the Trivium Method with Non-Violent Communication Skills
07-12-2013 • TragedyandHope.com
Tonight, on History So It Doesn’t Repeat: We feature a presentation by Tragedy and Hope researcher Darrell Becker, discovering how to formulate effective Critical Thinking (via the Trivium Method) and empathetic communication skills (via NVC); And... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Cody Hall

News Link • Climate Change
New DOE report outlines energy sector’s vulnerability to climate change
07-12-2013 • sciencerecorder.com
The report also identifies current activities addressing these challenges, and discusses opportunities that exist to increase the resiliency of the energy sector. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
ISS astronaut demonstrates how to wash your hair in space
07-12-2013 • sciencerecorder.com
Karen Nyberg posted the video in response to the many questions she has received asking her how she washes her hair in space. Read Full Story
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News Link • Archaeology
Vampire Graves Uncovered in Poland
07-12-2013 • livescience.com
Archaeologists in Poland believe they've made a startling discovery: a group of vampire graves. Read Full Story
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Dozing at the Wheel? New Brain Tech May Alert You
07-12-2013 • livescience.com
Technology for monitoring brain activity and eye movements might someday be used to detect when a person is falling asleep while driving, and alert them to prevent an accident. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Worst Movies of 2013 (So Far)
07-12-2013 • rollingstone.com
It's the worst of the worst on At the Movies with Peter Travers as he takes us through the most unappealing movies of 2013 so far. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Science
Manganese Stepping Stone to Oxygen Photosynthesis
07-12-2013 • arclein
a precursor photosystem involving manganese that predates cyanobacteria, the first group of organisms to release oxygen into the environment via photosynthe Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

Opinion  • Religion: Believers
Words Eye View
The Tale of Two Mothers
07-11-2013
Greg J Dixon
   Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, listened from the witness stand ...
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Feature Article  • Police State
Charges Against Checkpoint USA Dismissed In Court Again
Terry Bressi
   On July 1, 2013 in Pima County's Consolidated Justice Court, hearing officer Chris Holguin dismissed the single charge of "stopping unnecessarily in the highway" levied against me by Pima County Sheriff Deputy Thomas Audetat after he decided he neede
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News Link • Gun Rights
Adam Kokesh - URGENT ACTION
07-11-2013 • Shield Mutual
His house raided and ransacked with helicopters and APCs included Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Gun Rights
Gun-rights activist Adam Kokesh arrested in Virginia
07-10-2013 • Washington Post
Police searched the Virginia home of libertarian activist Adam Kokesh Tuesday evening and took him into custody. Kokesh is charged with possession of schedule I and II drugs while in possession of a firearm. The search warrant was served by Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge Considers Adding Charges In Rested Zimmerman Trial
07-11-2013 • CBS News
Prosecutors in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial want to ask jurors to consider lesser charges of third-degree murder and manslaughter and are also seeking a child abuse charge against Zimmerman since Trayvon Martin was 17 Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
DOJ sends secret “peacekeepers” where Trayvon Martin was killed
07-11-2013 • Judicial Watch
The so-called peacekeepers are part of a large and growing division within DOJ called the Community Relations Service that actively worked to foment unrest, spending thousands of taxpayer dollars to train protestors throughout Florida. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Ex-Sanford police chief: Zimmerman probe 'taken away from us'
07-11-2013 • CNN (video)
The George Zimmerman investigation was hijacked "in a number of ways" by outside forces, said the former police chief of Sanford, Florida. "It was (relayed) to me that they just wanted an arrest. They didn't care if it got dismissed later," he said. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge Confronts Zimmerman in Testy Exchange
07-11-2013 • .
A hostile exchange took place in the courtroom today where George Zimmerman is on trial for second degree murder as Judge Debra Nelson questioned the defendant about his plans to testify. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
This Water Repellent Chemical Spray Is One Of The Most Incredible Things We've Ever Seen
07-11-2013 • Business Insider
We don't normally recommend infomercial videos to our readers, but trust us on this one: This commercial for Rustoleum's NeverWet water-repellent spray is mind-boggling. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Whistleblowers
Poll: US Voters See Snowden as Whistleblower, Not Traitor
07-11-2013 • antiwar.com
Huge Shift as Americans Say Policies Have Gone Too Far Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Surveillance
Privacy Group to Supreme Court: Tell NSA to Stop Spying on Americans
07/11/2013 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a petition with the US Supreme Court to end the National Security Agency (NSA) PRISM surveillance program. EPIC stated: “it is simply not possible that every phone record in the possession Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke

News Link • MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
Geithner Joins Top Table of Public Speakers With Lucrative Appearances (I am sure his pearls of wisd
07-10-2013 • http://www.cnbc.com/id/100868876
However, attending an event immediately after leaving office strikes many former colleagues as unseemly. Within a week of stepping down as Federal Reserve chairman, for example, Alan Greenspan was paid about $250,000 to speak at a dinner for hedge fu Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Brosnahan

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Lawyers for theater shooting suspect say he did it
07-10-2013 • AP
For the first time, lawyers for accused theater shooter James Holmes say he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more at an Aurora movie theater last summer. But Holmes' lawyers say he was "in the throes of a psychotic episode" at the time. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Greenwald's Courage Can Be Contagious. So Can Fear. Choose.
07-10-2013 • by Wendy McElroy
In response to this leak (and others in the last three years), Obama is attempting to criminalize the act of investigative reporting. He prefers the alternative of a press that reports only what the state permits and never asks independent questions. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Gun Rights
Schools Seeking to Arm Employees Hit Hurdle on Insurance
07-10-2013 • New York Times
As more schools consider arming their employees, some districts are encountering a daunting economic hurdle: insurance carriers threatening to raise their premiums or revoke coverage entirely. During legislative sessions this year, seven states ena Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Miami Police Department Is Accused of Pattern of Excessive Force
07-10-2013 • New York Times
Feds found the Miami Police Dept. engaged in a pattern of excessive force that led to a high number of shootings by officers, among them episodes that resulted in the deaths of 7 young black men over an 8-month period in 2011. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Whistleblowers
Defense rests in court-martial of soldier accused of WikiLeaks disclosures
07-10-2013 • Reuters
The soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history chose not to testify at his court-martial on Wednesday, when the defense rested its case. U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, is charged with disclosing Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Defense rests case in George Zimmerman trial
07-10-2013 • .
Defense attorneys have rested their case in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial after calling 18 witnesses over less than a week. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Boston bombing suspect pleads not guilty
07-10-2013 • AP
His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty in the Boston Marathon bombing in a 7-minute proceeding that marked his first appearance in public since his capture in mid-April. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • General Opinion
The Journalistic Practices of the Washington Post and Walter Pincus
07-10-2013 • Common Dreams
Fifteen hours after acknowledging that an innuendo-filled article is factually false, the Post still has not corrected it Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Conspiracies
Washington Post's WikiLeaks/Snowden/Greenwald Conspiracy Theory
07-10-2013 • Common Dreams
To Washington Post columnist Walter Pincus (7/9/13), something about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden just doesn't smell right. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • General Opinion
Oliver Stone: 'Our Civil Liberties Are Being Eaten by the NSA Surveillance Machine'
07-10-2013 • Common Dreams
"I won't stand idly by while our civil liberties are eaten by the NSA surveillance machine," Stone says. "You shouldn't either." Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Internet
Student Invents Clever Online Market for Eating Locally
07-10-2013 • Wired.com
Hyperlocal Market is a concept that would allow people who grow food and produce goods to connect with interested buyers in their general vicinity. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Military
Navy makes history, lands computer piloted X-47B bomber on moving aircraft carrier
07-10-2013 • WTKR
The Navy made history by landing the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator aboard a moving aircraft carrier for the first time. It took off from a Naval Air Station in Maryland and landed aboard the carrier off the coast of Virginia. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Corzine knowingly directed customer fund use in MF Global’s final days, complaint says
07-10-2013 • http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/06/27/co
In October, 2011, then-MF Global chief Jon Corzine told an employee that they were going to do everything not to take cash from a revolving credit facility even if that meant “going negative” by taking funds from customer accounts. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Brosnahan

News Link • Internet
The interspecies internet? An idea in progress…
07-10-2013 • ted.com
Apes, dolphins and elephants are animals with remarkable communication skills. Could the internet be expanded to include sentient species like them? A new and developing idea from a panel of four great thinkers -- Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

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