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Date Sent: 2012-12-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 21, 2012 PM edition |
China's airs 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers -- SpaceShipTwo Makes Glide Test With Rocket Engine
NRA blames media, music and more for culture of violence -- Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state -- Sales of bulletproof backpacks, kids' body armor by Utah company soar 500 percent -- Should Teachers Be Armed? -- First 3-D Printed Records Sound Awful—And Amazing -- Blackwater Wins the Battle of Benghazi -- Obama calls on public to lobby Congress on gun restrictions -- 12-21-12 -- Larry Pratt (Gun Owner's of America) (MP3 LOADED - Video will be available soon) -- Florida Marine veteran Jon Hammar to be released from Mexican jail --
Make Me Asian? Racial Stereotype Apps Draw Online Protest -- Mayan Myth
Malware Infects Via Macros -- Thirteen Years on Death Row -- 3D-Printable Guns Targeted after Sandy Hook --
Boeing Uses Potatoes to Improve Inflight Wi-Fi -- Remembering Joe
Woodland, the Man Who Invented the Bar Code -- Defeat the Neocon Smear
Campaign — Sign the White House Petition in Support of Chuck Hagel --
Why didn’t they heed the warning 15 years ago about medical care? -- Tennessee to “Secretly” Arm Teachers in the Schools! Governor “Best Way to Protect Students.” -- UN approves military force to combat Islamist terrorists in Mali -- 4409: Tasers are for Pussies -- Former Marine Standing Guard At Elementary School -- Firearm Found Inside Minneapolis School Staff Member’s Locker
AZ: 2012 Doomsday/End of the World Party, today, 6:30PM-
until ????
Gunowner's News Hour hosted by Larry Pratt, Saturday's 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST on USARadio.Com
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News Link • China
China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers
12-21-2012
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http://news.yahoo.com
"Every media outlet knows there is a ceiling above their head," said Liu Shanying. "Sometimes we will work under the ceiling and avoid touching it. But sometimes we have a few brave ones who want to reach that ceiling and even express their disconten
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News Link • Gun Rights
NRA blames media, music and more for culture of violence
12-21-2012
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nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com
National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre blamed Hollywood, video games music, the courts and more on Friday for creating a culture of violence in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state
12-21-2012
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Associated Press
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, elevating the longtime lawmaker and foreign policy expert to the top diplomatic job he had coveted.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Kids
Sales of bulletproof backpacks, kids' body armor by Utah company soar 500 percent
12-21-2012
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foxnews.com
Sales for bulletproof backpacks and child-sized body armor manufactured by a Utah company have increased 500 percent since last week’s shooting massacre at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary, company officials said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Should Teachers Be Armed?
12-21-2012
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usnews.com
After the shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School, states are considering legislation that would allow teachers to carry guns in schools
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
First 3-D Printed Records Sound Awful"And Amazing
12-21-2012
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Wired.com
The needle drops and a series of high, repetitive whines come from the album.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Blackwater Wins the Battle of Benghazi
12-21-2012
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Wired.com
U.S. embassy security in the post-Benghazi era is shaping up to be a financial bonanza for security contractors
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Today on LewRockwell.com - Friday December 21st 2012
12-21-2012
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LewRockwell.com
The Astonishing Ron Paul - He's stepping up his work for liberty, says Lew Rockwell / Renaissance or Ruin? - Gerald Celente on 8 trends for 2013 / If Guns Are 'Bad' - Why do our rulers surround themselves with them?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Field Care For Your Newborn, by T.S.H., MD
12-21-2012
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Survivalblog.com
Modern neonatal care in a fully equipped and staffed hospital connected to a power grid will be all but a memory in TEOTWAWKI.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Letter Re: Hemostatic (Quickclot/Celox/ChitoGauze) Agents
12-21-2012
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Survivalblog.com
James,
In a recent TCCC class, more info was covered on why hemostatic infused gauze is preferred over Hemostatic granules.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama calls on public to lobby Congress on gun restrictions
12-21-2012
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Planet Washington
Obama earlier this week called on Congress to ban the sale of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips as he announced that Vice President Joe Biden would lead an effort to develop "concrete proposals" to stem gun violence. H
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
China’s state-run TV broadcast of ‘V for Vendetta’ shocks viewers
12-21-2012
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AFP
China’s state-run television network shocked viewers by broadcasting “V for Vendetta”, an anarchist-themed film showing an uprising against an authoritarian government. The film was screened in prime time
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Mayan Calenders and Today
12-21-2012
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arclein
"There are many ancient Maya monuments that discuss events far into the future from now," wrote Geoffrey Braswell, an anthropologist at the University of California, San Diego. "The ancient Maya clearly believed things would happen far into the fu
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robert klein
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News Link • Anthropology
'Alien-Like' Skulls Excavated in Mexico
12-21-2012
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LiveScience
[This one is for you, Robert.] Human skulls deliberately warped into strange, alien-like shapes have been unearthed in a 1,000-year-old cemetery in Mexico, researchers say.
The practice of deforming skulls of children as they grew was common in C
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Make Me Asian? Racial Stereotype Apps Draw Online Protest
12-21-2012
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Francie Diep
Fu Manchu moustaches seem more popular among Asian people in movies than in real life, but that didn't stop an app called "Make Me Asian" from making them an essential part of the app's photo transformation.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Mayan Myth Malware Infects Via Macros
12-21-2012
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Ben Weitzenkorn
On the eve of what some believe will be the end of the world, hackers are preying on doomsday curiosity with a malicious PowerPoint file that purports to be a presentation on the Mayan-based prediction.
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News Link • Death Penalty
Thirteen Years on Death Row
12-21-2012
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arclein
Like most death rows in the United States, the prisoners in Angola are treated as living dead things: they are going to be executed so why bother rehabilitating them? He watched as two of his fellow inmates were taken away to the death chamber, tryin
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robert klein
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News Link • Self-Defense
3D-Printable Guns Targeted after Sandy Hook
12-21-2012
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Jeremy Hsu
Gun parts made by futuristic 3D printers have come under fire after the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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News Link • Internet
Boeing Uses Potatoes to Improve Inflight Wi-Fi
12-21-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Jason Paur
If you need to test Wi-Fi signals on an airplane, Boeing has discovered potatoes are a secret to success.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • History
Remembering Joe Woodland, the Man Who Invented the Bar Code
12-21-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Cade Metz
The way Joe Woodland told it, he was the only one in the jury room who thought the guy was innocent.
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News Link • General Opinion
The Surprising Truth: Technology Is Aging in Reverse
12-21-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Nassim N. Taleb
We’re living in a Black Swan world, but what does this mean for the future of technology? The new book Antifragile argues that technologies, ideas, and theories " anything informational or cultural, as opposed to physical " age in reverse.
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News Link • History
How To Survive The Apocalypse, Cold-War Style
12-21-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rose Pastore
Are you ready for the end of the world? View this survival checklist from 1953 Popular Science.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Defeat the Neocon Smear Campaign " Sign the White House Petition in Support of Chuck Hagel
12-21-2012
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www.antiwar.com
No, this ISN’T a fundraising letter; it’s a call to arms If you’ve been reading my column recently, you know I’ve been writing about Chuck Hagel, who is apparently the frontrunner to replace the evil Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gunowner's News Hour hosted by Larry Pratt, Saturday's 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST on USARadio.Com
12-21-2012
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USARadio.Com
Pratt's interviews explore a wide range of second amendment issues, as well as other areas of life threatened by unauthorized incursions by federal, state and local governments. As the show's announcer proclaims, "It is not just about gun control, it
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News Link • WAR: About that War
UN approves military force to combat Islamist terrorists in Mali
12-21-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The UN Security Council has given the green light for the use of military force to combat Islamist terrorists in northern Mali. The Council said that the 3,300 troops will use “all necessary measures” to pacify the northern territories.
All the pe
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Gun Rights
Tennessee to “Secretly” Arm Teachers in the Schools! Governor “Best Way to Protect Students.”
12-21-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The state government of Tennessee with the Governor’s approval is working on a plan to “secretly” arm teachers in the state public schools. This is so a Sandy Hook event will not happen and the shooter would be taken out by a teacher or the principa
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News Link • Gun Rights
UPDATE: Former Marine Standing Guard At Elementary School
12-20-2012
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Sacramento.cbslocal.com
Pritchard, who has two children at the school, said he wanted to provide extra security to students and teachers.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Firearm Found Inside Minneapolis School Staff Member’s Locker
12-20-2012
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Monnesota.cbslocal.org
A staff member who was worried about safety after the tragedy in Connecticut brought her own loaded gun to an elementary school on Wednesday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
Breaking the Hold of Corporate Welfare on America's Incarceration Industry
12-20-2012
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Common Dreams
With stricken budgets, many states have been cutting prison populations. But vested interests are resisting prison closures.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Newtown kids v Yemenis and Pakistanis: what explains the disparate reactions?
12-20-2012
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www.guardian.co.uk
Numerous commentators have rightly lamented the difference in how these childrens' deaths are perceived. What explains it?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Water Is Invaluable
12-20-2012
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Common Dreams
A range of private players in the water arena, including water service companies like American Water, are part of a relatively new corporate effort to coordinate public outreach about the “Value of Water.”
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News Link • Gun Rights
How to Prevent Mass Shootings
12-20-2012
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arclein
turns out that recently, Bolivar, Missouri narrowly avoided becoming the next Aurora. How? The mother of a potential mass murderer contacted police because she was worried that her son, Blaec Lammers, had intentions of shooting people during the ope
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News Link • Economy - International
What If All the World’s Debt Just Went Away
12-20-2012
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Common Dreams
Just for fun, imagine if all debt were wiped away when the Mayan Calendar ends this Friday…
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Alleged drug lord's daughter deported
12-20-2012
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upi.com
A federal judge in California deported to Mexico a pregnant woman claiming to be the daughter of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Clinton accused of lying to avoid Benghazi
12-20-2012
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upi.com
An ex-U.S. envoy said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied about a concussion to avoid testifying Thursday about the U.S. mission attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Going After Guns: 'You can't have police state & armed population'
12-20-2012
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youtube
President Barack Obama has made a move towards stronger gun control in the U.S. The proposal comes after the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school that took the lives of 26 people, including 20 children.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Targets Gun Shows
12-20-2012
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Prison Planet
During a news conference on Wednesday, Obama said that a “majority of Americans support laws requiring background checks before all gun purchases so that criminals can’t take advantage of legal loopholes.”
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