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Date Sent: 2011-12-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, December 15, 2011 PM edition |
White House OKs military detention of Americans -- Congress Declares War on the American People
Bachmann: Rivals' 'money is changing hands' -- Big Sis Orders ICE To Prepare For Mass Influx of Immigrants -- Fukushima - Could it Have a China Syndrome? -- Nationwide NDAA
protests on Bill of Rights Day slated -- One Hundred Million Dollar
Penny (recommended) -- China trims holdings of US Treasury debt -- Feds
say Sheriff Arpaio violated civil rights -- SPIN begins: Paul loses no
matter what (CNN) -- My Farewell to the Libertarian Party -- Strains on Display: No Iraqi Leaders Attend U.S. End-of-War Ceremony in Baghdad -- Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK -- Is Newt Gingrich taking
Iowa seriously? -- Vladimir Putin calls John McCain 'nuts' in outspoken
attack -- Bob Barr endorses Newt Gingrich -- Our drunken economics explained -- Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq -- FOX's Debate Moderator Chris Wallace: Iowa ‘won’t count’ if Ron Paul wins -- Public 'servants' living the high life -- Illegal FBI Spying on Community Groups -- Greeks Bearing Gifts
AZ: Bill of Rights Day
celebration, TONIGHT, Dec.
15, 2011
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News Link • Surveillance
White House OKs military detention of terrorism suspects
12-14-2011
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Phil Hirschkorn , CBS News
The White House is signing off on a controversial new law that would authorize the U.S. military to arrest and indefinitely detain American citizens that are alleged al Qaeda members or other terrorist operatives captured on American soil.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Police State
Detaining US citizens: How did we get here?
12-15-2011
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al Jazeera
Aziz Rana, professor of constitutional law at Cornell University, explains the significance of provisions in the 2012 National Defense Authorisation Act that define the entire world as a battlefield, allowing for open-ended detainment of US citizens,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
‘Indefinite Detention’ Bill Heads To Obama’s Desk As White House Drops Veto Threat
12-15-2011
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Prison Planet
Obama has dropped his threat to veto the bill and is now expected to sign it into law. Remember " it was Obama’s White House that demanded the law apply to U.S. citizens in the first place.
The bill which would codify into law the indefinite deten
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama climbdown
12-15-2011
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The Guardian
Barack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay.
Human rights groups accus
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Congress Declares War on the American People
12-15-2011
December 14th, 2011, Arizona Representatives Quayle, Pastor and Franks join congress in declaring war on the American people by passing the National Defense Authorization Act in time to celebrate Bill of Rights day.
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Activism
Nationwide NDAA protests on Bill of Rights Day slated
12-15-2011
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The Examiner
Nationwide, people are readying for Thursday's demonstrations against congresspersons who voted away rights from Americans with the NDAA 2012 and against the 1% who rule the United States with increasingly oppressive military force under the Obama ad
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Bachmann: Rivals' 'money is changing hands'
12-15-2011
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www.politico.com
Michele Bachmann, asked just now by CNN’s John King about a statement from her South Carolina spokesman saying Newt Gingrich is buying votes, said her campaign has heard that “money is changing hands.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Immigration
Big Sis Orders ICE To Prepare For Mass Influx of Immigrants
12-15-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Directive follows leaked KBR memo requesting subcontractors to service detention camps
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
House Lawmakers Pass Defense Bill
12-15-2011
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Voice Of America News
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a $662-billion defense bill that contains a provision regarding the handling of certain terror suspects.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Ron Paul calls for criminal charges against Eric Holder.
12-15-2011
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The Examiner
Just days ago, CBS national news printed new details about Department of Justice operation "Fast & Furious." Internal memos show that agents actually discussed using the operation as a "false flag" to justify taking away the 2nd amendment rights of U
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Citizens Of Detroit...We ALL Share The Blame For Our Financial Mess...
12-15-2011
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The Examiner
Most Detroit residents flock in DROVES to the suburbs to spend their money. Even, according to FOX 2, the President of the Detroit City Council was interviewed during Black Friday AT A SUBURBAN MALL.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Southwest places first firm order for Boeing 737 MAX airplanes
12-15-2011
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examiner.com
Boeing and Southwest Airlines announced yesterday a firm order for 150 fuel-efficient 737 MAX airplanes. Southwest is the first customer to finalize an order for the 737 MAX and becomes the launch customer for the new-engine variant.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
iPad 3 rumors: What we know, don't know, and think we know
12-15-2011
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csmonitor.com
IPad 3 rumors point toward early 2012. So what kind of features will be included? Here's a roundup of iPad 3 rumors, with a little context as to whether you should believe the scuttlebutt or not.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
One Hundred Million Dollar Penny (recommended)
12-15-2011
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YouTube.com
1 penny = 100,000,000
2 Bailouts.
700,000,000,000 Tarp Bailout: 7000 pennies ($70)
16,000,000,000,000 Secret Federal Reserve Bailout: 160,000 pennies ($1600)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • China
China trims holdings of US Treasury debt
12-15-2011
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Associated Press
China bought less U.S. Treasury debt in October and total foreign holdings dipped for the first time since July.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
Casket photo sparks investigation at Lackland
12-15-2011
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AirForceTimes.com
The commander of the 37th Training Group at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, has launched an investigation into a photo of 15 airmen posing with an open casket, in which another airman is posed with a noose around his neck and chains across his body.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
APNewsBreak: Feds say Arpaio violated civil rights
12-15-2011
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news.yahoo.com
The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination a
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
SPIN begins: Paul loses no matter what (CNN)
12-15-2011
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CNN
"If Paul wins [in Iowa], then whoever comes in second -- assuming its Gingrich or Romney -- will 'win' having beaten the other. So, whoever comes in third under this scenario is the loser."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
Strains on Display: No Iraqi Leaders Attend U.S. End-of-War Ceremony in Baghdad
12-15-2011
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cnsnews.com
Fox News Correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports that only a handful of Iraqis were on hand Thursday as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and U.S. military leaders formally ended the Iraq war with a subdued ceremony in Baghdad.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Exclusive: Regulators know where MF Global funds went
12-15-2011
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www.reuters.com
Regulators now have a more complete picture of money transfers in the final days of bankrupt brokerage MF Global, but must sort out which transactions were legitimate before more money can be released to customers, a top official told Reuters on Wedn
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK: general
12-15-2011
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www.reuters.com
Britain's top soldier warned on Wednesday that pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East could spawn militant Islamist activity in Britain, but said the greatest threat was economic.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
President Obama to stay in D.C. while Michelle Obama, daughters head to Hawaii
12-15-2011
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www.washingtonpost.com
First lady Michelle Obama and first daughters Sasha and Malia are headed to Honolulu on Friday for a 17-day vacation " without the president.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Is Newt Gingrich taking Iowa seriously?
12-15-2011
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www.politico.com
Newt Gingrich’s improbable comeback may fall short if he doesn’t win Iowa " and there are signs he’s not taking the threat of defeat seriously enough.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Winnowing the Field
12-15-2011
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nationalreview.com
A hard-fought presidential primary campaign is obscuring the uncharacteristic degree of unity within the Republican party. It has reached a conservative consensus on most of the pressing issues of the day.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul gains ground, further stirring Republicans
12-15-2011
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www.reuters.com
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul declared on Wednesday his campaign was "peaking at the right time" as polls show him closing in on the two perceived front-runners.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Vladimir Putin calls John McCain 'nuts' in outspoken attack
12-15-2011
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www.telegraph.co.uk
Vladimir Putin has launched an extraordinary attack on US Senator John McCain in which he also implicated Washington in the killing of Libyan dictator Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Bob Barr endorses Newt Gingrich
12-15-2011
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West Palm Beach Libertarian Examiner
In a release yesterday from the Newt Gingrich campaign, 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential nominee Bob Barr was listed as officially endorsing his campaign. [h/t David Kramer, LRC blog]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Our drunken economics explained
12-15-2011
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www.corkman.ie
The proprietor of a bar in Dublin. She realises that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronise her bar " she will go broke. To solve this problem, she comes up with a new marketing plan
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Nice Commentary by Mike Church, Sirius radio, the Patriot Channel
12-15-2011
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Mike Church
Mike Church commentary on the Bill of Rights.
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Kenneth Rineer
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News Link • Precious Metals
...And Whispered in The Sounds of Silence...
12-15-2011
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Kitco.com
"Just like Wall Street got a hold of your friendly neighborhood home through the sale of CDO’s and the juicing of the credit bubble, they can and are getting a hold of commodities and precious metals."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Iraq
Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq
12-15-2011
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AP
After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq"a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
FOX's Debate Moderator Chris Wallace: Iowa ‘won’t count’ if Ron Paul wins
12-15-2011
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Rawstory
[video] Fox News host Chris Wallace doesn’t want Republicans to go wasting their votes on GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s campaign. Wallace, who is moderating Thursday’s Republican presidential debate said a Paul win would “discredit” the Iowa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
The Dictator (2012)
12-15-2011
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Daily Mail
The Dictator is Cohen's fourth film and tells the 'heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed' and is released next May.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Public 'servants' living the high life
12-14-2011
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Jack Abramoff, WorldNetDaily
With the finest health-care options, lucrative pensions, a lifestyle of privilege and comfort, and enough staff to attend to their every whim, our national legislators are doing just great. When you add in not having to worry about those pesky inside
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Moderate Islam
12-15-2011
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arclein
And as the Europeans have learned, there is a very, very interesting and, I think, proper role in a society like ours for wit and for ridicule in a smart fashion. I’m one who’s very emphatic about reasonable speech. But provoking the discussion, I
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Star Trek 2 - 3D May 2013 Release
12-15-2011
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arclein
Earlier today, Sony Pictures moved its sci-fi tale Singularity out of the May 17, 2013 release slot, scheduling it for November 1, 2013. Paramount Pictures is taking advantage of the opening, by slotting its highly-anticipated sequel Star Trek 2 into
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
Fog in Channel, EU Cut Off
12-15-2011
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arclein
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."
And he has asked,
"Can you think of any problem in any area of human endeavour on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-ter
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robert klein
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News Link • Police State
Greeks Bearing Gifts
12-14-2011
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jpfo.org
Almost certainly the most famous military gambit in history is the story of the Trojan Horse
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Ernest Hancock
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