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Date Sent: 2013-01-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, January 16, 2013 PM edition |
Obama unveils gun-control proposals
Here are the 23 gun grabbing Executive Orders implemented by Obama -- AP-GfK poll: 6 in 10 favor stricter gun laws -- Obama Asks Doctors to Spy on Gun Owners -- Hundreds Of Foreign Hostages Reported At Algeria BP Facility -- In Just One Month, The NRA Has Torpedoed Its Reputation --
Obama Just Announced The Most Aggressive National Gun Control Agenda In
Decades -- N.R.A. Attacks Obama in Video -- 01-16-13 -- Cody Wilson (Defense Distributed/3D Printable Gun) MP3 LOADED -- Voting With Our Feet -- The Federal Government Hands Out Money To 128 Million Americans Every Month -- By The Numbers: 20 Facts About The Collapse Of Europe That Everyone Should Know -- Goldman Sachs And The Big Hedge Funds Are Pushing Leverage To Ridiculous Extremes -- Interior Secretary's $222,000 Bathroom -- Toyota and Audi Testing self Driving Protocols -- Disaster Relief a Disaster With Ellen Brown -- Aging Outright Reversed for First Time -- Just a few ‘reasonable restrictions’ -- These Photos Show Why China's Smog Problem Is Completely Out Of Control -- Iran, The Pentagon's New 30,000-lb MOP Bomb Is Ready To Go -- Colbert Hands Piers Morgan Two Constitutions In A Five-Minute
Interview: 'Have You Read It?' -- Star Wars And Star Trek Got Warp Speed
Totally Wrong -- Stealth Wear: New Counter-Surveillance Clothing Makes You Invisible to Drones -- The Upcoming Sequestration Cuts Explained -- Mali, Unintended Consequences, and Endless War -- Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick: Obama's empire -- N.Y. Assembly Speaker Silver: ‘We Are Going To Ban Assault Weapons’ --
'Aaron was killed by the government' - Robert Swartz on his son's death
-- German Bundesbank To Repatriate Gold From New York Fed -- We Are All Aaron Swartz! Fighting Back Against the “Intellectual Property” Racket -- MIT Refused To Support Push To Keep Aaron Swartz Out Of Prison, Lawyer Says
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama unveils gun-control proposals
01-16-2013
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Washington Post
President Obama formally proposed the most expansive gun-control policies in generations and initiated 23 separate executive actions aimed at curbing what he called “the epidemic of gun violence in this country.”
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News Link • Gun Rights
Here Are The 23 Executive Actions That Obama Is Taking Immediately To Reduce Gun Violence
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
From a White House factsheet, via NYT, here are the 23 "executive actions" that Obama will take to reduce gun violence.
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News Link • Gun Rights
AP-GfK poll: 6 in 10 favor stricter gun laws
01-16-2013
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Associated Press
Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video gam
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama Asks Doctors to Spy on Gun Owners
01-16-2013
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Prison Planet
According to a background briefer provided by the White House, President Barack Obama is asking doctors to help deal with guns. Here’s the relevant passage:
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News Link • World News
Hundreds Of Foreign Hostages Reported At Algeria BP Facility
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
Armed jihadists claiming to come from Mali killed two foreigners, including a French national, and kidnapped many more more in a raid at an oil field in Algeria on Wednesday.
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News Link • Gun Rights
In Just One Month, The NRA Has Torpedoed Its Reputation
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
The overall favorability rating of the NRA has plunged in the last month, putting its image in a negative light for the first time.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama Just Announced The Most Aggressive National Gun Control Agenda In Decades
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
President Barack Obama and Vice President unveiled expansive new proposals to curtail gun violence Wednesday, setting off what is sure to be a protracted battle with Congress and the powerful gun control lobby.
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News Link • Gun Rights
N.R.A. Attacks Obama in Video
01-16-2013
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nytimes.com
A Web video published by the National Rifle Association on Tuesday suggests that President Obama is an “elitist” and a “hypocrite” because his daughters have protection while he opposes posting armed guards at the nation’s schools.
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Impeachable Offenses of Barack Hussein Obama
01-16-2013
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http://www.ncc-1776.org, by Terence James Mason
When L. Neil Smith approached me about starting what is planned as an ongoing series on the impeachable offenses of the current president, my first response was "there aren't enough electrons in the Internet to contain them all."
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News Link • Corruption
Letter Re: Voting With Our Feet
01-16-2013
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A Patriot in Central America
Captain Rawles,
In response to your mention of people voting with their feet - I believe this is much more prevalent today than people realize.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Federal Government Hands Out Money To 128 Million Americans Every Month
01-16-2013
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
The number of Americans receiving money directly from the federal government has grown from 94 million in the year 2000 to over 128 million today.
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News Link • European Union
By The Numbers: 20 Facts About The Collapse Of Europe That Everyone Should Know
01-16-2013
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
The economic implosion of Europe is accelerating.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Goldman Sachs And The Big Hedge Funds Are Pushing Leverage To Ridiculous Extremes
01-16-2013
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael
As stocks have risen in recent years, the big hedge funds and the "too big to fail" banks have used borrowed money to make absolutely enormous profits.
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News Link • Corruption
Interior Secretary's $222,000 Bathroom
01-16-2013
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ABC News
The personal [taxpayer funded] bathroom used by the secretary of the Interior is so swanky that its renovation cost $222,000. No detail was overlooked: It has a $3,500 sub-zero refrigerator and a $689 faucet. At least the “vintage tissue holder” was
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Toyota and Audi Testing self Driving Protocols
01-16-2013
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arclein
The Christian Science Monitor has a preview report from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. Toyota and Audi are both preparing to show off cars with driverless technology at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. Google has been working on driverless ca
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News Link • Science
Black Hole Burp
01-16-2013
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arclein
Our observations were spread over a few years, and when we looked at them, we found that one galaxy had changed over that time from being placid and quiescent to undergone a hugely energetic outburst at the end," study researcher Robert Minchin of
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Disaster Relief a Disaster With Ellen Brown
01-16-2013
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arclein
Disaster victims are now being expected to shoulder relief expenses that used to be shared publicly. Most people believe they are covered by their insurance policies or by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but many disaster victims have
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Aging Outright Reversed for First Time
01-16-2013
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arclein
"This could lead to strategies that enhance the regenerative potential of organs as individuals age and so increase their quality of life. Whether it serves to increase longevity is a question we are not yet in a position to answer."
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News Link • China
These Photos Show Why China's Smog Problem Is Completely Out Of Control
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
Smog has reached alarming levels in Beijing and much of northern China, forcing parents to keep their children inside and sending many to the hospital.
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News Link • Military
The Pentagon's New 30,000-lb MOP Bomb Is Ready To Go
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
Senior Pentagon officials told Congress the nation's largest conventional bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), is ready for action.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Star Wars And Star Trek Got Warp Speed Totally Wrong
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
The science fiction vision of stars flashing by as streaks when spaceships travel faster than light isn't what the scene would actually look like, a team of physics students says.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Man Goes On 60-Day Juice Fast To Save His Life
01-16-2013
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Business Insider
Australian businessman Joe Cross tipped the scale at 310 pounds when he realized he needed to regain control of his life. His solution? A 60-day juice fast.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Stealth Wear: New Counter-Surveillance Clothing Makes You Invisible to Drones
01-16-2013
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shtfplan.com
In early 2012 the U.S. Congress authorized the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Texas Congressman Threatens Obama With Impeachment If He Uses Exec. Orders on Guns
01-16-2013
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infowars.com
A Texas Congressman is threatening president Obama with impeachment if his administration exercises executive action to scale back the Second Amendment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Unintended Consequences
Mali, Unintended Consequences, and Endless War
01-16-2013
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antiwar.com
Kevin Gosztola over at FireDogLake has a helpful round-up of news stories describing US involvement in the French-led military intervention in Mali:
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick: Obama's empire
01-16-2013
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usatoday.com
Has America's commitment to a global reign deepened?
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News Link • Gun Rights
N.Y. Assembly Speaker Silver: ‘We Are Going To Ban Assault Weapons’
01-16-2013
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newyork.cbslocal.com
Among New Laws, Gun Owners Would Have To Renew License Every 5 Years
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News Link • Death
'Aaron was killed by the government' - Robert Swartz on his son's death
01-16-2013
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RT.com
The father of information activist Aaron Swartz blames US prosecutors for his son’s death, RT’s Andrew Blake reports from an emotional Tuesday morning funeral outside of Chicago.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
German Bundesbank To Repatriate Gold From New York Fed
01-16-2013
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Prison Planet
“Trust in central banks by other central banks is ending”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
We Are All Aaron Swartz! Fighting Back Against the “Intellectual Property” Racket
01-16-2013
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Global Research
Aaron Swartz’ passing becomes even more tragic if we do not recognize what he spent his life fighting for, and realize that no matter where we think we stand on the issue of Internet freedom, the interests driving the debate.
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News Link • Military
Einsatzgruppen
01-16-2013
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wikipedia.org
Einsatzgruppen (German: "task forces";[1] "deployment groups"[2] singular Einsatzgruppe;
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
MIT Refused To Support Push To Keep Aaron Swartz Out Of Prison, Lawyer Says
01-16-2013
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Huffington Post
Officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology declined to support a petition last fall from Aaron Swartz's attorneys that could have helped the well-known Internet activist avoid prison, one of his attorneys told The Huffington Post Monday.
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News Link • Gun Rights
"Gun Control Facts."
01-16-2013
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justfacts.com
This research is based upon the most recent available data in 2010. Facts from earlier years are cited based upon availability and relevance, not to slant results by singling out specific years that are different from others.
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News Link • Gun Rights
New York approves tough gun control law
01-15-2013
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RT.com
New York is expected to pass gun control legislation Tuesday that bans military-style rifles and imposes tighter restrictions on ammunition.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Control and Political Correctness
01-15-2013
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lewrockwell.com/Robert Anderson
Silence rarely conveys knowledge, especially when it’s the result of intimidation. There are moments when it’s prudent to remain silent, but hardly when you’re in the midst of a gun ownership debate.
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News Link • Police State
Invasion of the Body Searchers: The Loss of Bodily Integrity in an Emerging Police State
01-15-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
If you want a recipe for disaster, take police officers hyped up on their own authority and the power of the badge, throw in a few court rulings suggesting that security takes precedence over individual rights.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
“The Debt Ceiling” and Obama’s Budget Cutting Agenda
01-15-2013
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Global Research
In what was billed as the last press conference of his first term, US President Barack Obama laid out an agenda for his next term that will be focused on slashing hundreds of billions of dollars from federal health care and retirement programs.
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News Link • Environment
Indigenous Ecuadorian Village Battles Oil Giant"and Army
01-15-2013
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Common Dreams
'We may die fighting to defend the rainforest'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Pain in Spain: Austerity Falls Mostly on the Middle Class, And Yet
01-15-2013
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Common Dreams
Scratch the surface of any austerity policy, and chances are you’ll see a bank protection program masquerading as good economic policy.
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News Link • World News
Canada: Rothschild Zionist Prime Minister Harper, Launches First Nations 'Termination Plan'
01-15-2013
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rumormillnews.com
Re: Indian Chief Spence’s reserve got $85MIL i....
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Millions noticing paychecks lighter today, due to payroll tax hike
01-15-2013
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foxnews.com
Gabriella Hoffman’s paycheck is a little lighter today, thanks to a payroll tax increase that is forcing millions of Americans to make the kind of tough budget cuts their representatives in Washington lawmakers seem unwilling to tackle.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Case for the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency, by J. McG.
01-15-2013
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Survivalblog.com
A major theorem of cryptography is that anything that be done with a trusted authority can be done without1 a trusted authority.
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News Link • Death
Obama’s ‘kill list’ critic found dead in New York City
01-15-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Prominent American blogger and computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who spoke against US President Barack Obama’s “kill list” and cyber attacks against Iran, has been found dead in New York.
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