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Date Sent: 2011-06-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, June 24, 2011 PM edition |
US backs Philippines over China tensions -- L.A. Jail Uses 'Assault Intervention Device' on Inmates
Obama Calls for More (Slum) Housing Projects -- Warning Mr. TSA...
Copblock panties are dripping wet -- Ben Bernanke's Pathetic Failing
Fed Promotion -- Mexican troops cross into the United States -- Obama Administration Caught Running False Flag Against Second Amendment -- Pentagon Moves to Expand War in Pakistan -- 2012 Republican Gary Johnson defends WikiLeaks --
Cell phone links Osama bin Laden to Pakistani Intel -- Olbermann plays
clips from pot movies to discuss legalization -- House Debates Two
Pro-War Resolutions on Libya -- Obama Leaves Door Open to Long-Term US Afghan Combat
-- Iraq Bombings Kill 34, Including US Contractor -- German soldiers
cannot shoot, cannot drive, Afghan report concludes -- Syria protesters
'shot outside mosque' -- Tax Dispute Stalls Debt Talks -- The Extinction of Retirement -- Uh Oh: Goldman Is Now Selling Oil Equities - Advises Clients To Buy Oil Equities --
The Anatomy of a Serial European Banking Collapse -- Boehner's
Nightmare: Can He Get The Votes For Any Debt Ceiling Deal? -- Goldman Man Confirmed as Next Head of the European Central Bank --
Christine Lagarde Releases Statement To IMF Executive Board Pitching
Her Candidacy -- Chinese GM Cows Produce Human Breast Milk -- Permanent Iraq and Afghanistan Occupations Planned -- D-Dalus - Startling New Aircraft Genre Shown at Paris -- Unregistered Baptist Fellowship Passes Resolution Concerning US Policy and Israel
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News Link • World News
US backs Philippines over China tensions
06-24-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Washington pledges new hardware for Philippine navy as Manila vows to "stand up to aggression" in South China Sea.
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Reported by:
Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Torture
L.A. Jail Uses 'Assault Intervention Device' on Inmates
06-23-2011
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news.blogs.cnn.com via RTR.ORG post
"Deputies have tested the device, which is controlled by a jail officer using a joystick" (oh TELL me they didn't write that line? How long before someone is tied up in front of that thing... - Ed)
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Housing
Obama Calls for More (Slum) Housing Projects
06-24-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
"We are also exploring how private channels can finance affordable multi-family housing, perhaps with limited, targeted governmental support," he said.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ben Bernanke's Pathetic Failing Fed Promotion
06-24-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
More than two years ago, we pointed out that the Federal Reserve was potentially finished as a credible entity. This is different than saying the Fed was finished as an EFFECTIVE entity.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • World News
Mexican troops cross into the United States
06-24-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Administration Caught Running False Flag Against Second Amendment
06-24-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Despite the Obama administration’s best efforts to characterize Operation Fast and Furious, a recently revealed ATF program that sought to put U.S.-based firearms into the hands of Mexican drug smugglers...
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon Moves to Expand War in Pakistan
06-24-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Now that Obama will go into the silly season of American presidential politics claiming he ended the occupation of Afghanistan, it is time for the Pentagon to get serious about its effort to destabilize Pakistan and prepare for the next world war.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
2012 Republican Gary Johnson defends WikiLeaks
06-24-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
Republican 2012 presidential candidate Gary Johnson defended WikiLeaks as an agent of government transparency Thursday, breaking with a large bipartisan consensus that the group is a threat to the United States.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Cell phone links Osama bin Laden to Pakistani intel
06-24-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
A cellphone used by Osama bin Laden's courier appears to show that he was aided by Pakistani militants linked to the country's powerful intelligence agency, The New York Times said Thursday.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Olbermann plays clips from pot movies to discuss legalization
06-24-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
Discussing a new measure by Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) to lift the federal ban on marijuana, Current TV’s Keith Olbermann played clips from pot movies and cracked a few jokes.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
House Debates Two Pro-War Resolutions on Libya
06-24-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
This morning, the House of Representatives is debating a pair of pro-war resolutions surrounding the war in Libya, with the first vote echoing the McCain/Kerry “one year authorization” bill in the Senate and the other masquerading as the antiwar choi
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Government
Obama Leaves Door Open to Long-Term US Afghan Combat
06-24-2011
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http://original.antiwar.com/
President Barack Obama’s speech announcing that the 33,000 "surge" troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by "summer" 2012 indicates that he has given priority to the interests of the military and the Pentagon...
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq Bombings Kill 34, Including US Contractor
06-24-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
At least 34 people were killed and dozens wounded across Iraq in a spate of bombings, including a number targeting a marketplace and a Shi’ite neighborhood in Baghdad. A US contractor was also among the slain.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • WAR: About that War
German soldiers cannot shoot, cannot drive, Afghan report concludes
06-24-2011
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/
GERMANY'S military is a danger to itself and its Afghanistan mission because it lacks combat and medical skills, German newspaper Bild reported yesterday citing a classified official document.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • World News
Syria protesters 'shot outside mosque'
06-24-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Reports of 15 deaths in protests across country, including six said to have been shot as they left a mosque in Damascus.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Tax Dispute Stalls Debt Talks
06-24-2011
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http://online.wsj.com/
The drive for a major deficit-reduction deal entered a new phase Thursday when Republican negotiators pulled out of bipartisan talks, leaving it to President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to resolve the toughest issues.
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News Link • Drug War
Today on LewRockwell.com - Friday June 24th, 2011
06-24-2011
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lewrockwell.com
The War on (Some) Drugs - It's racist, says Wilt Alston. / Descent into Fascism - Edwin Vieira on our national socialist monetary system. / Is College Worth It? - 11 signs it may be a one-way ticket to student debt hell.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Extinction of Retirement
06-24-2011
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InfoWars.com/
There’s good reason to worry, says Michael Pento, senior economist at EuroPacific Capital. “Retirement is on life support, if not indeed dead as we know it today,” he tells Aaron Task
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Inevitable Catastrophe: The Fruits of Moral Hazard on a Global Scale
06-24-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
This loss of faith in the transparent functioning of markets will trigger what I call the delegitimization of both the markets and the institutions which have essentially promised a permanent upward bias in assets.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Perfect Storm, 3-D Financial Hurricane Coming
06-24-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
Newport Beach-based asset manager, Robert Arnott, tells Marketwatch that he sees a a “3-D Hurricane” " a perfect storm of deficits, debt and demographics...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Uh Oh: Goldman Is Now Selling Oil Equities - Advises Clients To Buy Oil Equities
06-24-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Editor Note: I wonder if this has anything to do with Lindsey Williams latest warning on war in the Middle East this fall/winter...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • European Union
The Anatomy of a Serial European Banking Collapse
06-24-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The haircut estimtes we used last year actually pale as compared to what Mother Market is enforcing this year.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Boehner's Nightmare: Can He Get The Votes For Any Debt Ceiling Deal?
06-24-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
But behind the scenes, Republican leaders are frightened they won't votes to pass any deal to avoid default.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Welfare: Political
Revised Ten Commandments
06-24-2011
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Vimeo
The Ten Commandments for the Welfare-Warfare State
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Earl Duane
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News Link • European Union
Goldman Man Confirmed as Next Head of the European Central Bank
06-24-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
Mario Draght, the former vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International, and currently heads Italy's central bank, has been confirmed to head the European Central Bank, when Jean-Claude Trichet term expires on October 31.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Christine Lagarde Releases Statement To IMF Executive Board Pitching Her Candidacy
06-24-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
I stand here as a woman, hoping to add to the diversity and balance of this institution." etc. Translation: no need to worry I will (allegedly) rape maids, so pick me.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Healthcare
Newborn Death Risk Halved at Full Term
06-24-2011
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arclein
The research by a team of investigators from the March of Dimes, the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration found that although the overall risk of death is small, it more than doubles for infants born at 37 weeks of pr
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Energy Scavenging
06-24-2011
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arclein
It’s called a “thermally activated cooling system” that gains much of its efficiency by using extraordinarily small microchannels which help to better meet the performance, size and weight challenges. It effectively combines a vapor compression cycle
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Chinese GM Cows Produce Human Breast Milk
06-24-2011
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arclein
The milk produced by the transgenic cows is identical to the human variety, with the same immune-boosting and antibacterial qualities as breast milk, scientists at China's Agricultural University in Beijing said.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
D-Dalus - Startling New Aircraft Genre Shown at Paris
06-24-2011
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arclein
The D-Dalus (a play on Daedalus from Greek mythology) is neither fixed wing or rotor craft and uses four, mechanically-linked, contra-rotating cylindrical turbines, each running at the same 2200 rpm, for its propulsion.
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robert klein
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News Link • Internet
Lulzsec releases law enforcement files. And a song
06-23-2011
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ABC AU
Notorious hacking group, Lulzsec, has just released a heap of Arizona law enforcement files. The group says it did this, "not just to reveal their racist and corrupt nature but to purposefully sabotage their efforts to terrorize communities fighting
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Justin Tyme
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