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Date Sent: 2012-11-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, November 8, 2012 AM edition |
Russian FM: Syrian Rebels Have 50 US Stinger Missiles -- Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles
Texas Supreme Court reinstates judge who beat disabled daughter -- Syrian opposition group elects new leaders in effort to restructure and maintain U.S. support -- GOP OK with New Taxes day after elections -- Woman who drove past school bus must wear ‘idiot’ sign, judge rules -- British have invaded nine out of ten countries - so look out Luxembourg -- The Death of a Slave-Catcher -- South Korea's Insane Plan To Build A $290 Billion Resort To Rival Macau -- The Fastest Supercomputers In The World -- What You Need To Know About Getting High In Colorado And Washington -- Gun Stocks Surge After Obama Re-Election -- Microgrids Keep Power Flowing Through Sandy Outages -- Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights -- American blacks being thrown under the bus by Obama and Congress -- Your Kinect Will Count The Number Of People In The Room So It Can Charge You A Per-Person Rate -- A Visualization Of The Most Invisible, And Influential, Part Of Political Campaigns -- How Do You Find More Donor Organs? Pay People For Their Body Parts -- Soldiers recall massacre suspect's behavior in Afghanistan -- Warfare State Wins Reelection, Along With Obama -- Treasury Quietly Warns: 'Expect Debt Limit to Be Reached Near End of 2012' -- Turnout shaping up to be lower than 2008
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News Link • Syria
Russian FM: Syrian Rebels Have 50 US Stinger Missiles
11-07-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Urges Talks to End Civil War as Rebels Threaten Planes
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles
11-07-2012
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Reuters
Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior Turkish foreign ministry official said on Wednesday.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Texas Supreme Court reinstates judge who beat disabled daughter
11-07-2012
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Rawstory
The Texas Supreme Court lifted the suspension of an judge who was caught on video beating his 16-year-old disabled daughter. Judge William Adams was suspended with pay while the State Commission on Judicial Conduct investigated
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News Link • Syria
Syrian opposition group elects new leaders in effort to restructure and maintain U.S. support
11-07-2012
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Washington Post
The Syrian National Council voted for new leaders at a conference here , a last-ditch attempt to restructure the organization into a more inclusive body and maintain U.S. support.
The United States has been increasingly frustrated with infighting
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
GOP OK with New Taxes day after elections
11-07-2012
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Washington Post
Quickly pivoting the political conversation from President Obama’s reelection to Washington’s looming budget battles, House Speaker Boehner offered a potential path to compromise, saying Republicans are “willing to accept new revenue” to tame the soa
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Woman who drove past school bus must wear ‘idiot’ sign, judge rules
11-07-2012
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The Sideshow
A woman who was caught on video driving along a sidewalk to avoid a stopped school bus has been ordered to wear an "idiot" sign at the intersection where it happened. Shena Hardin, 32, of Cleveland pleaded guilty to not stopping for a school bus and
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News Link • Imperialism (open)
British have invaded nine out of ten countries - so look out Luxembourg
11-07-2012
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Daily Telegraph
Every schoolboy used to know that at the height of the empire, almost a quarter of the atlas was colored pink, showing the extent of British rule. But that oft recited fact dramatically understates the remarkable global reach achieved by this country
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News Link • Drug War
The Death of a Slave-Catcher
11-07-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Ogden Police Officer Jared Francom was fatally shot during a raid on the home of Matthew David Stewart. Francom was part of a 12-man SWAT team attached to the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force, a federally subsidized counter-narcotics squad.
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News Link • Economy - International
South Korea's Insane Plan To Build A $290 Billion Resort To Rival Macau
11-07-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam Taylor
South Korean media has been abuzz for the last few weeks with the tales of 8City, a proposed $290 billion leisure and gaming destination.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
The Fastest Supercomputers In The World
11-07-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com,Randy Astaiza
We are often surprised by the speed of the latest computer or smartphone, but the supercomputers that do the world's craziest calculations will always put our dinky consumer electronics to shame.
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News Link • Government
What You Need To Know About Getting High In Colorado And Washington
11-07-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley
On Tuesday Colorado and Washington voters became the first states to pass referendums legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Post - Election Day Open Thread - Obama Wins; The Ron Paul Factor; Nullification in WA + CO;
11-07-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Michael Nystrom
Well everyone, this is IT! Election day. Did you vote? Was it crowded? What did you see / hear / observe?
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News Link • Energy
Microgrids Keep Power Flowing Through Sandy Outages
11-07-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonica
Local power generation with microgrids showed the benefits of reliability during Hurricane Sandy.
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News Link • Inventions
Air-Powered Motorcycle Runs on Scuba Tank, Rotary Engine
11-07-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Alexander George
If you haven’t already accepted that motorcycles running on something other than dead dino juice are the real deal, then you probably should come around.
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News Link • Internet
Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights
11-07-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
There’s more at stake in the Megaupload case than the freedom of founder Kim Dotcom and his indicted file-sharing associates.
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Your Kinect Will Count The Number Of People In The Room So It Can Charge You A Per-Person Rate
11-07-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
A Microsoft patent filing reveals a system that uses Kinect to charge per-viewer licensing fees.
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News Link • Political Parties
A Visualization Of The Most Invisible, And Influential, Part Of Political Campaigns
11-07-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Emily Elert
An animation by Northeastern University's LazerLab shows what's being donated, and where.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Soldiers recall massacre suspect's behavior in Afghanistan
11-07-2012
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com, By Kim Murphy
An Army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a middle-of-the-night shooting rampage returned to his base midway through the killings, woke up a fellow soldier waving his gun in his face and told him to "smell his weapon."
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Treasury Quietly Warns: 'Expect Debt Limit to Be Reached Near End of 2012'
11-07-2012
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http://cnsnews.com, By Terence P. Jeffrey
The U.S. Treasury quietly warned at the end of a statement issued last Wednesday that it expects the federal government to hit its legal debt limit before the end of this year
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News Link • Battery Project
Welcome to Rocky Mountain Reagents
11-07-2012
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http://www.rmreagents.com
Rocky Mountain Reagents is a small, privately held company whose purpose is to provide a diverse line of laboratory reagents, chemicals and supplies for a variety of industries to include clinical, analytical, research, environmental, education, indu
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Aquatic Amoxicillin for Backup Medication
11-07-2012
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http://www.youtube.com,by SmartSurvival
Fish Mox is an antibiotic for aquariums and fish care. Certain brands of it match that of human consumption medications which could prove as an excellent backup during emergency situations.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Navy test-fires missiles from robot boats
11-06-2012
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FOX News
US Navy ships face the growing threat of small boat swarms used by terrorists, pirates or enemy countries. A possible counter that looks strangely similar except for the lack of human sailors " small robot boats armed with missiles.
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News Link • Surveillance
City-wide surveillance roll out that records passenger conversations on city buses
11-06-2012
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InfoWars
Marked with signs to alert passengers that open mics are picking up every word they say, the first 10 buses with the new surveillance equipment began operation towards the end of October. Eventually, officials say they will expand the program
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
'U.S. Per Person Debt Now 35 Percent Higher than that of Greece'
11-06-2012
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Weekly Standard
On a per person basis, US debt is $53,400 for every man, woman, and child, compared to $39,400 for every man, woman, and child in Greece. The disparity between per capita debt in the US and Greece has grown 40% (roughly $8,400) since 2011.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Debt Per American Under 18 = $218,676
11-06-2012
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CNS News
If Americans under the age of 18 were required as a group to pay off the entirety of the federal government’s debt in equal shares, each would now need to pay about $218,676.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Desperate government squeezing a dry tit until it bleeds
11-06-2012
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And by the fact that federal regulators smacked it with a $4,000 fine. Over a trash can. The offending can " or "waste receptacle," in the words of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's official citation " was "not covered."
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News Link • Marriage
Utah can keep control of polygamous sect's land: federal court
11-06-2012
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Reuters
A communal land trust once run by jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs should not be turned back to leaders of his breakaway Mormon sect because they were too late filing a legal challenge against Utah's takeover of the assets, a federal appeals cou
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News Link • Humor
HALO 4 - Glad You Came (The Wanted Parody)
11-06-2012
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youtube
Halo 4 is here and Master Chief is BACK! You've seen the ads on TV. Now see the musical.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
G-20 fears raft of economic problems, US sharp fiscal tightening
11-05-2012
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Washington Post
“The United States will carefully calibrate the pace of fiscal tightening to ensure that public finances are placed on a sustainable long-run path, while avoiding a sharp fiscal contraction in 2013,” the G-20 said in a statement.
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News Link • Politics
The Last Good Year
11-05-2012
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
To make things even worse, members of the Productive Class find themselves in the role of shuttlecock in a game of political badminton that has been going on for two centuries. Fed up with the failures and excesses of, say, the Republicans, voters wi
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News Link • Activism
Anonymous movement protests in front of British Parliament on Guy Fawkes night
11-05-2012
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Washington Post
Several hundred protesters wearing masks have gathered outside the British Parliament to mark Guy Fawkes night. The protesters Monday were supporters of Anonymous, a loosely-organized movement of cyber rebels and activists.
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News Link • Iran
Iran slams anti-nuclear weapons treaty as discriminatory
11-05-2012
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Reuters
Discriminatory implementation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has left many countries feeling that being a party to the anti-atom bomb pact hinders cooperation in the field atomic energy, Iran's U.N. ambassador said on Monday.
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News Link • Government
NY Man Charged in Gas Hoarding Case
11-05-2012
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NBC News
Police arrested a 47-year-old New York man accused of filling up 30 five-gallon Home Depot buckets with gasoline. He collected money from his neighbors, bought gas at a Valero station almost 80 miles away and planned to bring it back to his neighborh
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News Link • Voting and Elections
NJ Orders Paper Ballots for Powerless E-Voting Sites, (Insanely) Allows for Voting by Email, Fax
11-05-2012
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http://www.bradblog.com, By Brad Friedman
ALSO: NY, CT, PA, VA and OH polling sites struggle to get back on line after Superstorm Sandy and in time for Election Day...
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on ES&S Tabulation Systems in 39 OH Co
11-05-2012
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http://www.bradblog.com, cross-posted by Salon
Why Was Uncertified 'Experimental' Software Installed on ES&S Tabulation Systems in 39 OH Counties Just Days Before Presidential Election?
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