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Date Sent: 2011-02-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, February 7, 2011 AM edition |
U.S. military purchases Gulf of Mexico seafood, boosting an industry battered by oil spill
WikiLeaks cables: planned US missile shield blind to nuclear weapons -- Protesters Pledge More Pressure on Mubarak -- Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students -- Mayor Bloomberg spends $245,000 of taxpayers' dough employing 3 chefs at Mansion -- Md.'s wine shipment laws create smuggling routes from D.C. and Va. -- Kucinich demands visit with accused Wikileaks source -- Will Apophis Hit Earth in 2036? NASA Rejects Russian Report -- WikiLeaks' Assange fights extradition to Sweden -- IRS not ready to process many returns until mid-February -- Gen. McChrystal pleads for national service program in Newsweek -- Hillary Clinton Champions Egypt’s Torturer in Chief -- Nassim Taleb Advises ‘First’ Avoid Treasuries, Then Dollar -- Mideast unrest complicates US fight against terror -- Paul Craig Roberts: Potemkin America
-- 30 Percent Of Commercial Real Estate Loans Can't Refinance in 2011
-- Gardasil: Still not tested or proven to prevent cancer -- Pittsburgh wins Super Bowl in pension liabilities and stadium shenanigans -- "We Know the Truth" - The LOVEolution goes to Egypt -- 30 Percent Of Commercial Real Estate Loans Can't Refinance in 2011
AZ: 3 hr. Expo to teach how to raise
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News Link • Military
U.S. military purchases Gulf of Mexico seafood, boosting an industry battered by oil spill
02-06-2011
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Washington Post
Sales of Gulf of Mexico seafood are getting a boost from the military after being hammered by last year's BP oil spill, which left consumers fearing that the water's bounty had been tainted.
Ten products, including fish, shrimp, oysters, crab cake
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
WikiLeaks cables: planned US missile shield blind to nuclear weapons
02-06-2011
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Daily Telegraph
US plans for a missile defense system on Czech soil ran into trouble when defense chiefs realized the proposed radar was blind to nuclear missiles, leaked diplomatic cables show.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Protesters Pledge More Pressure on Mubarak
02-06-2011
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NY Times
Leaders of the Egyptian democracy movement vowed to escalate their pressure for the resignation of President Mubarak, even as his government portrayed itself as already in the midst of American-approved negotiations to end the uprising, now in its 13
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students
02-06-2011
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AP
A group of Muslim students accused of disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador at the UC, Irvine, were charged with misdemeanor conspiracy counts, ending speculation about what would come from their actions nearly a year ago.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Mayor Bloomberg spends $245,000 of taxpayers' dough employing 3 chefs at Mansion
02-06-2011
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Daily Mail
When Mayor Bloomberg came into office there was just one executive cook at Gracie Mansion to make the VIP feasts.
Today there are three - costing taxpayers a whopping $245,000 this year.
And despite the big spending cuts the mayor has ordered
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Md.'s wine shipment laws create smuggling routes from D.C. and Va.
02-06-2011
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Washington Post
Wine aficionados in the Maryland are routinely breaking state law to get around rules that restrict residents from having wine shipped to their homes. Lawyers, government consultants, high-tech workers and even members of the General Assembly - all t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Kucinich demands visit with accused Wikileaks source
02-06-2011
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Rawstory
A liberal congressman has demanded a chance to visit with accused secrets leaker Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is being held in US military custody.
"As you know, I am concerned about reports of his treatment while in custody that describe alarming ab
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Will Apophis Hit Earth in 2036? NASA Rejects Russian Report
02-06-2011
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Space
Now, reports out of Russia say that scientists there estimate Apophis will collide with Earth on April 13, 2036. These reports conflict on the probability of such a doomsday event, but the question remains: How scared should we be?
“Technically,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anthropology
Prehistoric Cemetery Reveals Man and Fox Were Pals
02-06-2011
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LiveScience
This discovery, made in a prehistoric cemetery in the Middle East, could shed light on the nature and timing of newly developing relationships between people and beasts before animals were first domesticated. It also hints that key aspects of ancient
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks' Assange fights extradition to Sweden
02-06-2011
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Reuters
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will try to persuade a British judge Monday to block his extradition to Sweden to face trial for sex crimes, arguing he could end up facing execution in the United States.
The 39-year-old Australian computer expert
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS not ready to process many returns until mid-February
02-06-2011
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AP
In the final days of 2010, the IRS announced because of last-minute maneuvering on Capitol Hill, the agency won't be ready to give refunds from the IRS, the delay means millions of taxpayers will have to wait to get their money back.
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News Link • Surveillance
Gen. McChrystal pleads for national service program in Newsweek
01-23-2011
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www.newsweek.com
"Service member” should not apply only to those in uniform, but to us all. The concept of national service is not new, nor is it outdated. When America needs it, national service is the personal obligation of every American. And she needs it now.
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News Link • Events: America
Super Bowl 45 (XLV) Live Streaming Online Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers
2/14/2011
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therealnewsnow
Sunday, February 6th 2011: Today, the Pittsburgh Steelers will face off against the Green Bay Packers in Superbowl 45 (XLV). Superbowl 45 (XLV) will begin at 6:30 PM Eastern time, 5:30 PM Central time, and 3:30 PM Pacific time. Superbowl 45 (XLV) wil
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton Champions Egypt’s Torturer in Chief
02-06-2011
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nytimes.com
The United States and leading European nations on Saturday threw their weight behind Egypt’s vice president, Omar Suleiman, backing his attempt to defuse a popular uprising without immediately removing President Hosni Mubarak from power.
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News Link • Cuba
Por un levantamiento popular en Cuba, sin sangre, sin violencia, con el pueblo saliendo a las calles
02-06-2011
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Por el levantamiento popular en Cuba
This Facebook page is calling for a popular uprising in Cuba starting 2/21 modeled on the events in Tunisia & Egypt. While they call for democracy & the usual statist stuff their hearts are in the right place. Lets hope it goes well for them.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Nassim Taleb Advises ‘First’ Avoid Treasuries, Then Dollar
02-06-2011
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Bloomberg.com
Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” said the “first thing” investors should avoid is U.S. Treasuries and the second is the dollar.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Mideast unrest complicates US fight against terror
02-06-2011
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AP
US counterterrorism officials need to move quickly to firm up relationships with veteran Mideast intelligence and security services in the aftermath of momentous changes, experts say. Lingering confusion over who will take the reins of power could ha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul Craig Roberts: Potemkin America
02-06-2011
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InfoWars.com/
The Potemkin American economy pretends that it can afford trillion-dollar wars, trillion-dollar military budgets, and trillion-dollar bailouts despite having sent much of its tax base offshore and undermining the dollar and creditworthiness of...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
30 Percent Of Commercial Real Estate Loans Can't Refinance in 2011
02-06-2011
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Market-ticker.org
In a recent report, the credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, said that 30% of commercial mortgage-backed securities loans set to mature in 2011 do not pass their refinance test. Another credit rating agency, Moody's Investors Service, said...
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Expo to teach how to raise chickens, crops
02-05-2011
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www.eastvalleytribune.com
Valley residents can learn how to raise chickens and crops at home during a Feb. 12 gardening and backyard poultry expo.
The event includes 10 a.m. and noon classes on master gardening, and an 11 a.m. course on backyard poultry.
The event runs
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Gardasil: Still not tested or proven to prevent cancer
02-06-11
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The PPJ Gazette
Neither, Gardasil® nor any of the individual active ingredients have been previously approved for commercial marketing or use under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, or the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, according to their appl
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News Link • Corruption
Governor Cuomo: Will you help Sara Harvey?
02-06-11
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The PPJ Gazette
Once the predatory guardian, unknown to the Harvey’s prior to his accident, had petitioned and received guardianship of Gary, he lost all of his rights of any kind…and all of his assets. Now that the assets are depleted, the guardian has issued a “D
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama urged entrepreneurial focus on America
02-06-2011
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rawstory.com
Barack Obama on Saturday urged entrepreneurs to focus on the needs of America and "make their mark."
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News Link • Military
Bat-winged drone bomber in test flight: US Navy
02-06-2011
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AFP
A robotic, bat-winged bomber designed to take off from a US aircraft carrier has passed its first test in a debut flight in California, the US Navy said. The X-47B jet, which looks like a smaller version of the B-2 stealth bomber, stayed in the air f
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
Ronald Reagan: An Autopsy - by Murray N. Rothbard
02-06-2011
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LewRockwell.com
I am convinced that the historic function of Ronald Reagan was to co-opt, eviscerate and ultimately destroy the substantial wave of anti-governmental, and quasi-libertarian, sentiment that erupted in the U.S. during the 1970s.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Money Printing to Cover Bank Theft Is Leading to Food Inflation Worldwide
02-06-2011
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Washingtonsblog.com/
Dylan Ratigan says that the Fed is printing money to cover enormous theft by the big banks, and that money printing is leading to food inflation worldwide.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Giordano Bruno: The Great Global Debt Prison
02-06-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The secret to breaking the circle of debt is to adopt a policy of decentralization, and self sufficiency. To take back control of our local commerce and to establish micro-economies with self contained methods of trade.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Utah woman jailed for selling flowers from her home
02-05-2011
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Terrence Aym
A day once existed in America when a woman like Dena Long-Christensen, 44, would have been celebrated, admired for her "can-do" spirit, and held up as a role model for others. That day is sadly past. Now Long-Christensen"and others like her"are tre
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