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Date Sent: 2012-06-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, June 18, 2012 PM edition |
Chinese spacecraft docks with orbital module (VIDEO) -- Ron Paul Wins Iowa Delegate Majority
Leaking top-secret intel
could drown Obama’s presidency -- 06-18-12 -- Mark Edge - Ryan Mott
- Garrett Fox - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- In a
World of Complications, Obama Faces a Re-election Test -- European Union readies plan for 10-15 yr bond -- Rand Paul’s Oedipal Drama -- Google
reports ‘alarming’ rise in censorship by governments -- 10 Nightmares Of The Dream Act -- Cop executes man following chase through the Valley -- VIDEO:
Patronizing Chinese Volkswagen Ad Shows Us the Shape of Elite Future
-- Another Earth Summit in Disarray? -- Taxing sugary drinks enough
might nudge people to buy fewer Big Gulps. -- Libya: New AFRICOM And
NATO Beachhead In Africa -- Ecuador: New Left or New Colonialism? --
Vaginas Aren't Dirty, Even in Michigan -- Is the Secret War in Yemen
and Somalia Secret No Longer? -- Anti-protest law lands Canada on
UN human rights watch list -- Muslim Brotherhood declares Mursi
Egypt's president -- Pro-austerity party wins Greek election --
Israel’s strategy for Iran nuclear talks: ‘Comply...or else’ -- Washington Arming Syrian Insurgents -- Palestinian Footballer Near
Death -- How Flame virus has changed everything for online security
firms -- Making Liquid Metal Batteries -- SunEdison Turns to Big New Markets for Solar Power -- Got A Battery
Breakthrough? You Need Friends in Manufacturing -- Monoclonal
Antibody Treatment Shows Promise for Curing Ebola
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News Link • China
Chinese spacecraft docks with national orbital module (VIDEO)
06-18-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with three people on board has successfully carried out an automatic space docking mission on Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Wins Iowa Delegate Majority
06-18-2012
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http://www.thenewamerican.com, Thomas R. Eddlem
Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul emerged from the Iowa state convention with a clear majority of the delegates being sent by the state to the GOP national convention in Tampa in August.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Taxmageddon−It’s Worse Than It Sounds
06-16-2012
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FinancialSense.com
The tax hikes which are schedule for 2013 could shave 5 percent off GDP and throw the county into a full-fledged depression.
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Reported by:
Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Obama Administration
Leaking top-secret intel could drown Obama’s presidency
06-14-2012
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The Examiner
The leak of highly classified intelligence far surpasses Watergate and if and when an independent counsel is appointed, the the leaks could be traced to the top.
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Reported by:
James Hyde
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News Link • Obama Administration
In a World of Complications, Obama Faces a Re-election Test
06-18-2012
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http://www.nytimes.com, By PETER BAKER
For Barack Obama, a president who set out to restore good relations with the world in his first term, the world does not seem to be cooperating all that much with his bid to win a second.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
UPDATE 1-European Union readies plan for 10-15 yr bond
06-18-2012
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http://in.reuters.com,
The European Union is expected to hit the capital markets in the next few weeks with a plan to raise EUR2-2.5bn by the end of July, banking sources close to Triple A rated issuer said on Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Rand Paul’s Oedipal Drama
06-18-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin Raimondo
Every time Rand Paul opens his mouth, he seems to put both feet and a couple of other appendages in it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in censorship by governments
06-18-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Dominic Rushe
Search engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
5 Fruits And Vegetables You Must Buy Organic
06-18-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Elizabeth Renter
Wouldn’t it be nice to just trust that what you purchased from your local supermarket was good for you. I’m not talking about the convenience foods, cookies, or highly processed canned goods"I’m referring to the produce.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
10 Nightmares Of The Dream Act
06-18-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Michael Snyder
Barack Obama seems completely obsessed with systematically legalizing illegal immigration.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Cop executes man following chase through the Valley
06-18-2012
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
The suspect's stolen truck eventually became pinned against a cactus after hitting an Apache Junction Police vehicle. An officer approached the semi-truck and shot Chante before he could drive off again.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
VIDEO: Patronizing Chinese Volkswagen Ad Shows Us the Shape of Elite Future
06-18-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
El Reg has difficulty believing that this video of a VW concept hover-car in China is genuine...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Another Earth Summit in Disarray?
06-18-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By John Vidal
On June 20, the UN commences a long-awaited follow-up to the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development in Rio. Here's a guide to what could happen.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: State
Taxing sugary drinks enough might nudge people to buy fewer Big Gulps.
06-18-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Maddie Oatman
Taxing sugary drinks enough might nudge people to buy fewer Big Gulps.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Libya: New AFRICOM And NATO Beachhead In Africa
06-18-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Rick Rozoff
On June 15 the news agency of the U.S. Defense Department, American Forces Press Service, ran a story on commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Army General Carter Ham's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee four months before in wh
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Ecuador: New Left or New Colonialism?
06-18-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, Federico Fuentes
Criticism of Latin America’s radical governments has become common currency among much of the international left. While none have been exempt, Ecuador’s government of President Rafael Correa has been a key target.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Free Speech
Vaginas Aren't Dirty, Even in Michigan
06-18-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Naomi McAuliffe
What's the worst thing you can call female genitalia? I'm guessing Jeremy Hunt just popped into your mind.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Is the Secret War in Yemen and Somalia Secret No Longer?
06-18-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org
Obama openly described ‘direct action’ " military operations " in both Yemen and Somalia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Anti-protest law lands Canada on UN human rights watch list
06-18-2012
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http://www.rt.com
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is set to criticize Canada for the controversial law passed by the province of Quebec to clamp down on student tuition protests.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Muslim Brotherhood declares Mursi Egypt's president
06-18-2012
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http://www.rt.com
The Muslim Brotherhood declares its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, has won Egypt’s presidential run-off.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Pro-austerity party wins Greek election
06-18-2012
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http://www.rt.com
The pro-bailout New Democracy party has come out on top in Greece’s parliamentary elections, having gained 29.6 per cent of the votes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel’s strategy for Iran nuclear talks: ‘Comply...or else’
06-18-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Israel is calling on its allies to threaten Iran convincingly with military action during the current talks in Moscow, media reports say. Tel Aviv believes Tehran does not take the threat of war seriously yet.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
How Flame virus has changed everything for online security firms
06-17-2012
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John Naughton, The Observer
Here’s a question: if you connect an unprotected Windows computer to the internet, how long will it take before it is infected by malicious software? The answer is:
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Energy
SunEdison Turns to Big New Markets for Solar Power
06-17-2012
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
The solar-panel installer is replacing diesel engines in villages in India and other Asian countries.
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News Link • Energy
Got A Battery Breakthrough? You Need Friends in Manufacturing
06-17-2012
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Martin LaMonica
PolyPlus partners with Johnson Controls and Corning to commercialize energy dense lithium-water, lithium-air, and lithium-sulfur batteries.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
The Antivirus Era Is Over
06-17-2012
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Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.com
Conventional security software is powerless against sophisticated attacks like Flame, but alternative approaches are only just getting started.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Gun Rights
United Nations To Convene Month Long Conference For International Gun Control
06-17-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, SAFF
Its time once again to just say, “NO,” to the UN. As Spain deals with a bailout to “save” the economy and the country, and while the country is engaged in its worst financial crisis in recent memory, the Spanish Parliament took time this week to pus
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Profiting From Prisons " American Teens Jailed for Having Sex or Being Late to School
06-17-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Sarah Seltzer
The case of an honors student in Texas shines light on a national problem: teens going to jail for absurd reasons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
American Narcos: The Real 'Masters of Paradise'
06-17-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, Tom Burghardt
As the body count climbs across Mexico, the drugs continue flowing across the border by the ton.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Twice as deadly: Saudi Arabia aims at 10 bln euro tank deal with Germany
06-17-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Saudi Arabia wants to buy between 600 and 800 Leopard II main battle tanks from Germany, at least twice more than what was previously reported, a German newspaper says. The future deal is estimated to worth around 10 billion euros.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Libya deploys troops to quell clashes between rival groups
06-17-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Libyan authorities have sent troops to the west of the country to quell clashes between rival militias as divisions continue to rock post-Gaddafi Libya. The area has been declared a “military zone.”
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Robert Lee
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