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Date Sent: 2012-07-19
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, July 19, 2012 AM edition |
Damascus bomb shows "real momentum" against Assad - U.S.
Central bankers eyeing whether Libor needs scrapping -- Families of Americans killed by drones file suit -- John McCain defends Huma Abedin against accusations she’s part of conspiracy -- Lew Rockwell Pins the Tail on Ben Bernanke and the Rest of Washington's Donkeys! -- Growth Rates in Government Spending by President -- 100 Ways Mitt Romney Is Just Like Barack Obama -- Climate Change Science Nukes the Atmosphere to Measure CO2 -- NFL, NBA and NASCAR fight for federal dollars -- For the First Time, Canadians Now Richer Than Americans -- Consumer agency fines Capital One for card marketing -- Congressman Ron Paul Urges Afghanistan Withdrawal July 18 2012 -- 07-19-12 -- Crosby Peck - (MP3 & Video Loaded) - THIS IS A REPEAT OF 7-9-12 SHOW -- Amonix
closes North Las Vegas solar plant after 14 months, heavy federal
subsidies -- David Stockman: Austerity Is Not Discretionary -- Let Ron Paul address the Republican convention in prime time -- Ron Paul "We Talk About Solving A Worldwide Problem Of Insolvency By Just Printing Money"
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News Link • Syria
Damascus bomb shows "real momentum" against Assad - U.S.
07-18-2012
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Reuters
A suicide bombing that killed members of Bashar al-Assad's inner circle as fighting raged in the Syrian capital showed the uprising was gaining "real momentum", Washington said, urging other countries to press the president to quit.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Goldman Sachs developing in-house private bank
07-18-2012
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AFP
Goldman Sachs said it is developing its private bank for wealthy clients, particularly in fast-growing countries and in Europe, where it hopes to pick up the slack from struggling local banks. “We’ve been in the wealth business for a long time,”
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Central bankers eyeing whether Libor needs scrapping
07-18-2012
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Reuters
Central bankers and regulators will hold talks in September on whether the troubled global Libor interest rate can be reformed or whether it is so damaged that the benchmark of borrowing costs should be scrapped.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Sen. Franken questions FBI and Facebook over online privacy protections
07-18-2012
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The Raw Story.com
A US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Families of Americans killed by drones file suit
07-18-2012
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Washington Post
The families of 3 US citizens killed in drone strikes in Yemen last year, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, filed a lawsuit that accuses top CIA and US military officials of violating the constitutional rights of those killed.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
John McCain defends Huma Abedin against accusations she’s part of conspiracy
07-18-2012
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Washington Post
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) struck back hard at unproven accusations Wednesday that a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is part of a conspiracy by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate the top reaches of the U.S. government.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Lew Rockwell Pins the Tail on Ben Bernanke and the Rest of Washington's Donkeys!
07-18-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Ben Bernanke was back on the hill today, in his second day of testimony before members of Congress for his Semi-Annual Report. He has slowly started to change his tune over the course of recent appearances.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Growth Rates in Government Spending by President
07-18-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
These notions are rough and far from being fine-tuned. But war is a key factor. The president that goes to war creates more spending (and inflation) and grows the government at a higher rate.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
100 Ways Mitt Romney Is Just Like Barack Obama
07-18-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Wes Wessamore, author of “Bush 2.0: 100 Ways Barack Obama Is Just Like George W. Bush,” has a new very perceptive analysis, “100 Ways Mitt Romney Is Just Like Barack Obama.” Just the thing to send to those uber-partisan friends
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Climate Change Science Nukes the Atmosphere to Measure CO2
07-18-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A recent study by alarmist Philip W. Mote, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University claims that global warming is 20 times more likely the cause of last year’s heat wave in Texas which was directly causation
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Government
NFL, NBA and NASCAR fight for federal dollars
07-18-2012
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www.washingtontimes.com
America’s armed forces counted on that combination to boost recruitment, spending tens of millions of dollars to sponsor NASCAR teams and defending it as an unparalleled way to get its brand name in front of the kinds of young men who provide the bac
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News Link • Economy - International
For the First Time, Canadians Now Richer Than Americans
07-18-2012
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www.usnews.com
The average Canadian household is worth about $40,000 more than their American counterparts
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Consumer agency fines Capital One for card marketing
07-18-2012
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www.reuters.com
Capital One Financial agreed to pay $210 million to resolve charges by banking regulators that its call-center representatives misled consumers into paying for extra credit card products.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Chocolate Bar teams up with PaulFest for special ticket promotion!
07-18-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
When you make a purchase of Ron Paul Bars you automatically go into a drawing for a complimentary 3-day pass. We will be holding a drawing every half hour so if you don’t win the first time, try again!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Congressman Ron Paul Urges Afghanistan Withdrawal July 18 2012
07-18-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Congressman Ron Paul urges withdrawal from Afghanistan during Defense Appropriations debate on July 18, 2012.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Energy
Amonix closes North Las Vegas solar plant after 14 months, heavy federal subsidies
07-18-2012
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www.lvrj.com
The Amonix solar manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, heavily financed under an Obama administration energy initiative, has closed its 214,000-square-foot facility 14 months after it opened.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Blowback 2012 - Online Telethon for PaulFest Tickets (On Sale at a Discount TODAY!)
07-18-2012
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Ron Paul Tribune.com
Big names off and on all day until 10:00 p.m. tonight - Peter Schiff spoke earlier and Scott Horton on currently.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Science
Introducing Aerographite, The World Lightest Material
07-18-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Researchers describe aerographite as “jet black, remains stable, is electrically conductive, ductile and non-transparent.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
David Stockman: Austerity Is Not Discretionary
07-18-2012
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www.caseyresearch.com/
Today's video is a conversation between our own Alex Daley and David Stockman " David gives a startlingly blunt assessment of the US's economic outlook and how it came to this precipice.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Let Ron Paul address the Republican convention in prime time
07-18-2012
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http://thehill.com
Ron Paul has many faithful and devoted supporters and donors. He has had a genuine influence on our national discourse. He has made a real contribution to our debates. To my consternation, candidly, he will be loyal to Republicans in November.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Bell Shaped Object Transported to Arizona Airfield
07-18-2012
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# The Soapbox
July 18th 2012 at approximately 1200hrs: Some residents of Yuma Arizona witnessed an oversized bell shaped object being transported to an airfield. The object had some exterior damage and police closed intersections before the convoy passed.
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Doc Medina
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul "We Talk About Solving A Worldwide Problem Of Insolvency By Just Printing Money"
07-18-2012
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YouTube.com
The last Ron Paul vs Bernanke in committee.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
CPS: 12 principals and assistants abused free-lunch program
07-17-2012
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Chicago Sun Times
26 Chicago Public School employees are accused of lying on federal school lunch forms, allowing their 45 kids to receive free or reduced-price lunches at 40 schools across the district. 12 principals were removed from their schools
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Geithner did not show evidence of rigged Libor, British bank official says
07-17-2012
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Washington Post
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers Tuesday that the central bank did all it was required to do after learning in 2008 of the manipulation of the Libor interest rate, including notifying counterparts in Britain.
But Bank of
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Pastor serving time in jail for backyard church
07-17-2012
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
For the past six years, Michael Salman and his family and friends have diligently documented every chapter of their fight against the City of Phoenix over a building in the Salman's backyard.
In a YouTube video shot July 9th, 2012, Salman is surro
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News Link • Healthcare
Obamacare and the Revenge of the "Secret Constitution"
07-17-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
The function of the judiciary transmutes the restrictive language of the constitution into a mandate for government action. Called “state-building” " and the purpose of the judiciary, is to “ratify significant revisions to the American social contrac
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Florida Court Makes it Easier to Unknowingly Commit Crimes
07-17-2012
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Florida will remain one of the only two states in the country that sends people to prison on drug possession charges without first proving the person knew what they were carrying was illegal.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
In Which You Discover Only What The State Thinks You Should
07-17-2012
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The Agitator
Under the United States Constitution, prosecutors have an obligation to turn over potentially exculpatory evidence " whether it is evidence that is directly favorable to the accused and unfavorable to the government’s case, or evidence that undermine
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mission Highlights: SpaceX's Dragon Makes History
07-17-2012
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youtube
On May 25, 2012, SpaceX made history when the Dragon spacecraft became the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the International Space Station. Previously only 4 governments achieved this
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News Link • Economy - International
Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy
07-17-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
If you were involved in Icelandic high finance in the run-up to the recession, you might want to start watching your back.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
NSA Mimics Google, Pisses Off Senate
07-17-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Cade Metz
In 2008, a team of software coders inside the National Security Agency started reverse-engineering the database that ran Google.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Outrage After News Channel Helps Public Identify Gun Owners
07-17-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
News station WRAL has caused outrage amongst gun rights activists by listing address details of firearms owners in Raleigh, North Carolina " prompting critics to complain they are being treated like sex offenders and left open to criminal predation.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
After U.S. Uproar, Another Syrian 'Civilian Massacre' Story Falls Apart
07-17-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Alex Newman
Yet another alleged "massacre" of "civilians" by the Syrian regime was in the establishment-press headlines this week, supposedly a brutal killing spree by dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces in the village of Tremseh that left up to 250 people dead.
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News Link • Libya
Shocking new video shows Gaddafi’s body ‘being used by rebels as ghoulish ventriloquist’s doll’
07-17-2012
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http://www.dailymail.co, By Daily Mail Reporter
A gruesome new video which appears to show Muammar Gaddafi’s dead body being abused by rebels has surfaced online.
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Arizona Election Fraud: Judge Kyle Bryson's Ruling Prompt's Motion for a New Trial
07-17-2012
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The Intercept
"The ease of cheating when matched with the impossibility of challenging any specific election requires court intervention in order to protect the purity of elections and ensure that we will have free elections.” - Attorney Bill Risner
Judge Kyle
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J.t. Waldron
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News Link • Whistleblowers
...shocking details of bribery, marketing fraud and other pharma crimes
07-17-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mike Adams
GlaxoSmithKline employee and whistleblower Blair Hamrick has helped make medical history.
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