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Date Sent: 2010-11-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, November 5, 2010 |
Unprecedented: Iowa voters oust three judges over gay marriage ruling
After electoral drubbing, Democrats must now deal with ethics trials -- Obama drops plan to limit global warming gases -- Scariest speed camera of all... checks your insurance, tax and even tailgating & seatbelt -- Mayor Gordon's police logs to remain secret, judge rules -- Feds: Ohio jail’s stun-gun use is unconstitutional -- Fountain Hills: take out the trash! --
Gulf seafood is safe to eat and BP was not responsible for the oil
spill – Say What??? -- BTP Surpasses 1 Million votes -- The Fed Is
Injecting High Grade Monetary Heroin Into The Financial System --
42,389,619 Americans Are Now On Food Stamps -- Ron Paul Will Now Be Chair Of Monetary Policy Subcommittee
-- Psychotronic Weapons – Part II -- Web's Undersea Cables Need Revamp
to Prevent Catastrophe -- Boehner vows to repeal Obama healthcare
reforms -- Geithner Visited Jon Stewart in April, Though Not for Laughs -- 34 warships sent from US to support Obama India visit
Note: Daylight savings ends
this Sunday in the USA.
NYC: Nov 6--Regional ANTIWAR Conference and a National meeting to STOP FBI Repression
AZ:
Arizona Breakfast Club with Gun author Alan
Korwin; Karl
Rove, "War Criminal," In Phoenix 11/09/2010; AZC4L
Freedom Rally and Annual Convention Featuring Dr. Ron Paul November 19-20; Second National “Liberty Walk” for the
Constitution Announced for Thanksgiving Weekend - Nov. 27
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Unprecedented: Iowa voters oust three judges over gay marriage ruling
11-04-2010
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AP
Iowa voters have voted to remove 3 state Supreme Court justices, siding with conservatives angered by a ruling that allowed gay marriage. This was the first time Iowa voters removed a Supreme Court justice since the current system began in 1962.
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News Link • Corruption
After electoral drubbing, Democrats must now deal with ethics trials
11-04-2010
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The Hill
Reps. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), two senior House veterans, have opted to fight the separate ethics charges in public ethics trials set to take place later this month and extend into the first week of December.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
Obama drops plan to limit global warming gases
11-04-2010
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AP
President Obama will look for ways to control global warming pollution other than Congress. "Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way," Obama said. "I'm going to be looking for other means to address this problem."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Scariest speed camera of all... checks your insurance, tax and even tailgating & seatbelt
11-04-2010
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Daily Mail
For as well as detecting speeding, it is packed with gizmos that check number plates to make sure insurance and tax are up to date. It also measures the distance between vehicles to spot tailgating and makes sure you are wearing a seat belt.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul to Chair Monetary Policy Subcommittee
11-04-2010
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Slate
Sometimes all you need is the headline. Ron Paul is slated to run this subcommittee, giving him some actual power and a megaphone on the issue dearest to his heart.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Mayor Gordon's police logs to remain secret, judge rules
11-04-2010
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Arizona Republic
Phoenix police worksheets detailing the daily activities of Mayor Phil Gordon and his plainclothes security unit will remain unavailable to the public after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge denied release of the records, the court announced Thu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Feds: Ohio jail’s stun-gun use is unconstitutional
11-04-2010
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AP
Jailers regularly use stun guns to “soften up” inmates who pose no threat and often use the guns on inmates who are disabled, pregnant or under the influence of drugs, and to shock naked and restrained prisoners and to punish inmates for routine rule
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
Gulf seafood is safe to eat and BP was not responsible for the oil spill " Say What???
11-04-2010
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Farm Wars
And just what are the effects of people gobbling down this “safe” food and breathing poison-laden air? Well, about the same as the people who were exposed to 9/11 - sickness and death.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Political Parties
BTP Surpasses 1 Million votes
11/4/2010
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Boston Tea Party
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Preliminary results show that over 1 million votes were casts for BTP endorsed candidates (1,129,631). While no BTP endorsed candidate won election Tuesday night, there were several good showings. Eighteen candidates received
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • WAR: About that War
An Inclusive Antiwar Movement?
11-04-2010
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The International Libertarian
A truly inclusive antiwar movement would incorporate diverse points of view
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed Is Injecting High Grade Monetary Heroin Into The Financial System
11-04-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
"I think the Fed is injecting high grade monetary heroin into the financial system of the world, and one of these days it is going to kill the patient." David Stockman, director of the OMB under Ronald Reagan.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
42,389,619 Americans Are Now On Food Stamps
11-04-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.org/ & blogs.wsj.com/
42,389,619 Americans received food stamps in August, a 17% rise from the same time a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which tracks the data. That number is up 58.5% from August 2007, before the recession began.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul Will Now Be Chair Of Monetary Policy Subcommittee
11-04-2010
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www.cnbc.com
In other words, Bernanke v. Paul theater will soon be a weekly feature. Stock up on your popcorn!
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Surveillance
Psychotronic Weapons " Part II
11-04-10
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The PPJ Gazette
Part of the admitted use of these technologies is crowd control, through what the military and police like to call “pain compliance” (AKA torture). Microwave radiation is beamed, via a microwave cannon, directly into a crowd, or at selected individua
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Marti Oakley
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News Link • WAR: About that War
NYC: Nov 6--Regional ANTIWAR Conference and a National meeting to STOP FBI Repression
11-03-2010
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International Action Center
Libertarians & antiwar conservatives in the NYC area,
Consider going to this to politely remind them that an inclusive antiwar movement would include us too. See if they might be receptive to a politically neutral antiwar movement. The movement sh
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Surveillance
The Company That Tracked The Jews For The Nazi's Is At It Again
11-04-2010
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singularityhub.com/
Tracking Every Pill, Every Piece Of Food " The Internet Of Things Cometh
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Jack Gregson
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Feature Article • r3VOLution Continues
Restored American History
Thomas Costanzo
The plan for the Republic of the united States is a bold achievable strategy for behind-the-scenes peaceful reconstruction of the de jure institutions of government without controversy, violence or civil war. After a national vote and approval by th
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Web's Undersea Cables Need Revamp to Prevent Catastrophe
11-04-2010
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livescience.com
The massive set of undersea cables that makes up the infrastructure of the Internet needs to be revamped to ensure security during a crisis, according to a top security expert.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The History and Future of Birth Control
11-04-2010
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livescience.com
Ever since humans first figured out that Tab A + Slot B = Baby, we've been hard at work attempting to defy that equation -- and there are still more innovations to come. From crocodile dung to the dry orgasm pill, a look at the history and future of
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News Link • Healthcare
Boehner vows to repeal Obama healthcare reforms
11-04-2010
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www.reuters.com
Representative John Boehner, expected to be named the next speaker of the House of Representatives, vowed on Wednesday to repeal health care reforms pushed into law by the Obama administration.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Geithner Visited Jon Stewart in April, Though Not for Laughs
11-04-2010
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bloomberg.com
In the midst of debates on financial regulation and China’s currency in April, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner sat down to discuss the U.S. economy -- with comedian Jon Stewart.
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News Link • Government
34 warships sent from US for Obama visit
11-04-2010
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www.ndtv.com
The White House will, of course, stay in Washington but the heart of the famous building will move to India when President Barack Obama lands in Mumbai on Saturday.
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News Link • Food
Barton Seaver: Sustainable seafood? Let's get smart
11-04-2010
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Ted.com
Chef Barton Seaver presents a modern dilemma: Seafood is one of our healthier protein options, but overfishing is desperately harming our oceans. He suggests a simple way to keep fish on the dinner table that includes every mom's favorite adage -- "E
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Karl Denninger: America's Alarm Clock Has Rung - Time's Up
11-04-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.org/
It's your choice America - but where this road leads is not open to debate. These institutions that robbed you can only survive the consequences of their acts by destroying you, and they are hellbent and determined to do exactly that...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
David Bismark: E-voting without fraud
11-04-2010
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Ted.com
David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain
11-04-2010
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Ted.com
In the quest to map the brain, many scientists have attempted the incredibly daunting task of recording the activity of each neuron. Gero Miesenboeck works backward -- manipulating specific neurons to figure out exactly what they do, through a series
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News Link • Media: Television
Jon Stewart congratulates Chris Wallace and Fox News on retaking the House
11-04-2010
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RawStory.com
Republicans won back control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterms but Comedy Central's Jon Stewart wants to make sure the right organization gets the credit.
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News Link • Transportation
New Underwater Robot Pursues Biological Specimens Over Long Distances
11-04-2010
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popsci.com
A new underwater robot designed to chase marine organisms and record their life stories combines the best attributes of long-distance gliders and short-trip propeller vehicles. Its creator says its range and science capabilities could completely chan
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News Link • Precious Metals
Sprott adds 6.5 million oz of silver to its trust
11-04-2010
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Jesse Cross Roads Cafe
It is my understand that Eric Sprott 'books' the silver when it makes the deal to acquire it, but the actual silver will not be obtained and delivered to their vaults for some weeks as the market gathers the bullion together and ships it to them.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Military
Air Force Seeks Neuroweapons To Enhance US Airmen's Minds and Confuse Foes
11-04-2010
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popsci.com
Intelligent advanced aircraft is one thing, but if the Air Force wants to be in prime warfighting condition, its pilots had better come with advanced weaponry, too.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
The Space Concorde: NASA Pushes for Extraterrestrial Hypersonic Flight
11-04-2010
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popsci.com
NASA is looking for a way to get into space without having to use those pesky, bulky rockets. That means hypersonic travel, which was added to NASA’s Aeronautics 2010 proposal solicitation yesterday.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Tired of Repetitive Arguing About Climate Change, Scientist Makes a Bot to Argue For Him
11-04-2010
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popsci.com
Getting into a climate change debate on Twitter could be even more exhausting than it sounds now that a software developer named Nigel Leck has automated the process.
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News Link • Politics
Obama has become Democrat Party's 'poison pill'
11-04=2010
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Terrence Aym
To more and more Democrats, Obama has become a political poison pill. He appears confused, incompetent, unsure. Now many Democrats are whispering amongst themselves about the cronyism, incompetence, backdoor deals with Wall Street bigwigs, false star
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A Step toward Holographic Videoconferencing
11-04-2010
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technologyreview.com
A full-color holographic display system refreshes every two seconds, fast enough to send live 3-D images.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Brain Control
11-04-2010
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technologyreview.com
Technology Review visits Ed Boyden, an assistant professor at the Media Lab and leader of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group at MIT, in his lab, where he demonstrates a device to turn neurons on and off and discusses how photosensitive proteins can be
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News Link • Technology: Software
Lack of Flash Gives MacBook Air Two Extra Hours of Battery Life
11-04-2010
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wired.com
We sometimes sneer at cellphones equipped with Adobe’s Flash browser plug-in: On tiny, energy-efficient mobile processors, the plug-in spikes CPU-usage, causing a big drain on battery life and often making the poor host browser so stuttery and unresp
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
How Motion Detection Works in Xbox Kinect
11-04-2010
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wired.com
The prototype for Microsoft’s Kinect camera and microphone famously cost $30,000. At midnight Thursday morning, you’ll be able to buy it for $150 as an Xbox 360 peripheral
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News Link • Gun Rights
How the AK-47 Rewrote the Rules of Modern Warfare
11-04-2010
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wired.com
The compact automatic rifle that Stalin’s engineers unveiled in 1947 didn’t look like much of a gun. The result of a secret design contest, its components were simple, inelegant, workmanlike.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First Close-up Photos of Comet Hartley 2 Reveal a Space Peanut
11-04-2010
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space.com
A NASA spacecraft has beamed back the first close-up photos from its rendezvous with a comet " and the images show an ice ball that looks like a giant chicken drumstick, or perhaps a peanut or bowling pin.
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News Link • Constitution
Debunking myth of the ‘runaway’ convention
11-04-2010
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www.goldwaterinstitute.org
Article V of the U.S. Constitution gives a supermajority of state legislatures the power to call a convention to restrain an overreaching federal government through targeted constitutional amendments.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
A Suggested Survival List
11-04-2010
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chuckbaldwinlive.com
This column was initially released last December. Without a doubt, this has been one of my most requested columns. So, in response to the large number of readers who have asked me to re-release this column, I do so today. And in doing so, I have adde
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