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Date Sent: 2011-06-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, June 30, 2011 AM edition |
Fairfax police officer fired for role in David Masters killing 18 mos.
later -- Was John Edwards Indicted for Violating the Seventh
Commandment? -- Civil rights group demands answers in Hampton police shooting
-- Embarrass the USDA into submission. Now why didn’t I think of that?
-- Sony backs U.S. cybersecurity legislation after data breach -- Seattle officer drives away with assault rifle on car trunk -- Intel
Agencies Look to Keep Secrets in the Ether --
Voluntarists for Ron Paul -- The Coming Chinese
Depression -- The Times' kudos to
European Petty Tyrants -- Veterans Die Facing Mountains of Red Tape -- Iran
secretly tested ‘nuclear-capable missiles’ -- NATO Warning: Bombs may
hit any place at any time -- Georgia home owners association
blocks home for paralyzed veteran
AZ: Arizona
Breakfast Club this
Saturday with Alan Korwin on "The Global Collapse"; POOL PARTY-Saturday, July 2nd, at Hancock's
PA:
Outreach Table - DECLARE
PEACE FAIR this Saturday in Philadelphia
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Fairfax police officer fired for role in David Masters killing 18 mos. later
06-29-2011
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Washington Post
The Fairfax County police officer who shot and killed unarmed motorist David Masters on Route 1 in 2009 has been fired for improper use of deadly force, police officials said on Tuesday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Was John Edwards Indicted for Violating the Seventh Commandment?
06-29-2011
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Reason magazine
Edwards violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the government alleges, by encouraging two wealthy supporters to fork over more than $900,000 that was used to cover up his affair with a campaign aide who bore him a child.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Civil rights group demands answers in Hampton police shooting
06-29-2011
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In the case of a 69-year-old man killed last weekend in a shootout with police in his home: Why police found it necessary to break down William A. Cooper's door to execute a search warrant for prescription painkillers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
Embarrass the USDA into submission. Now why didn’t I think of that?
06-29-2011
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Farm Wars
Well, here you have it folks. Cornucopia’s BIG USDA National Organics Program reform strategy, revealed today...
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Government
Sony backs U.S. cybersecurity legislation after data breach
06-29-2011
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RawStory.com
Japan's Sony Corp., victim of one of the largest data breaches in history, voiced support on Wednesday for cybersecurity legislation being considered by the US Congress.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Facebook hires iPhone hacker ‘Geohot’
06-29-2011
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RawStroy.com
Facebook confirmed on Wednesday that it has hired George Hotz, a celebrated hacker known as "GeoHot" who was sued by Sony for hacking the Japanese company's PlayStation 3 game console.
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News Link • Police State
Seattle officer drives away with assault rifle on car trunk
06-29-2011
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David Edwards via PopSci.com
The Seattle Police Department apologized Wednesday after a resident snapped a picture of an assault rifle left unattended on the trunk of a patrol car.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Ring of Laser Light Can Count Individual Viruses and Nanoparticles
06-29-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Using a ring-shaped micro-laser, the sensor can detect and count individual viruses or synthetic and biological nanoparticles with single particle resolution.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
How to Build a Sweet-Sounding Tube-Amp iPod Dock
06-29-2011
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Vin Marshall via PopSci.com
A small voltage applied to the grid of a vacuum tube controls a relatively large current that drives the electromagnet in a speaker, creating movement and thereby sound.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
The Air Force's New Cheap, Simple Spy Sat Will Head into Orbit Tonight
06-29-2011
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Clay Dillow via PopSci.com
Sometime between 8:00 p.m. and midnight EST tonight--weather permitting, of course--the U.S. Air Force plans to do something it rarely, if ever, does: launch reconnaissance satellite that’s cheaper and less sophisticated than any launched previously.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Scientist Proposes Alpha Fusion Thruster to Drive Future Deep-Space Probes
06-29-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Fusion power has long been the dream of those seeking endless energy supplies, although efforts to smash atomic particles together and harness their energy have been dubious at best.
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News Link • Transportation
A Dolphin-Like Speedboat That Can Reach 50 MPH and Launch 18 Feet Into the Air
06-29-2011
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Katherine Bagley via PopSci.com
Outfitted with a 1500cc engine, a watertight cockpit and six dolphin-like fins, the Innespace Seabreacher redefines personal watercraft. The 17-foot vessel can reach 50 mph on flat water, cruise beneath the surface, and launch 18 feet into the air.
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
The Great Nugget Scam
Doug Hornig
You know an asset class is hot when the scam artists start coming out of the woodwork. Such was the case during the real estate bubble of this century’s first decade, as those selling mortgages packaged them in ever more complex vehicles, many of whi
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News Link • Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
The Great Gulf Coast Holocaust Pt 1
06-29-2011
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Farm Wars
There are other voices, albeit quieter voices, outside of the mainstream media and the BP propaganda machine, which tell a far different side of BP’s efforts “to make it right.” Consider the case of Empire, Louisiana fisherman, Elmer Rogers...
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Internet
Intel Agencies Look to Keep Secrets in the Ether
06-29-2011
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Lena Groeger via WIRED.com
Dropbox for files, Google for mail, iCloud for well, everything. Average citizens have all kinds of options for storing their information in the cloud. Now, spies want in. Soon, our nation’s secrets may take on a slightly more nebulous form.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Is Drug Resistance in Humans Coming From Chickens?
06-29-2011
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Maryn McKenna via WIRED.com
There’s a new paper out in the CDC’s journal that makes a provocative claim: There is enough similarity between drug-resistance genes in E. coli carried by chickens and E. coli infecting humans that the chickens may be the source of it.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Ultramarathon Pushes Blind Runner to ‘Physical Limit’
06-29-2011
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Simon Wheatcroft via WIRED.com
My ultramarathon ended in a DNF. At mile 83, the decision was made for me, as I was unable to support my own body weight. It was time to stop, but boy, was that 83 miles an adventure.
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News Link • Activism
Cee Lo Green Parody Song written by George Sand
06-29-2011
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youtube.com
Drew Phillips an activist from Phoenix singing Fuck You by Cee Lo Green, Lyrics written by George Sand a staff writer from http://www.copblock.org This was a karaoke night at Porcfest 2011
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • World News
“This time it’s different”" the four most expensive words in the English language
06-29-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
For at least a decade now, the world has marveled at China’s amazing economic transformation.
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • Economy - International
The Coming Chinese Depression
06-29-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
The Chinese Communist Party is running China according to enlightened Marxist principles. Therefore China will prosper indefinitely, thanks to Karl Marx. Communism cannot fail.
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News Link • Domestic Policy
How Real Freedom Works Part II
06-29-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
We're not sure where R. Lee Wrights stands in terms of winning the nomination for Libertarian candidate for US president, but we found the interview to be interesting.
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News Link • World News
The Times' kudos to European Petty Tyrants
06-29-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
In The New York Times of Monday, June 27th, an editorial heaps compliments upon the bureaucrats of many European cities who have imposed innumerable obstacles to their fellow citizens who want to use the automobile for transportation.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
New Two-Wheeled Professional Tool Slices Through Air
06-29-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
Just days before the start of the 2011 Tour de France, bike manufacturer Cervélo has announced its newest model, the S5.
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Veterans Die Facing Mountains of Red Tape
06-29-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
When Clay Hunt returned home to Texas after two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the struggle didn’t end. Tormented by flashbacks and post-traumatic stress, he sought medical help from the Department of Veteran Affairs...
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iran secretly tested ‘nuclear-capable missiles’
06-29-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Iran has carried out secret tests of missiles capable of delivering a nuclear payload in breach of UN resolutions, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday.
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News Link • NATO
NATO Warning: Bombs may hit any place at any time
06-29-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Libya’s justice minister says Tripoli is refusing to recognise the arrest warrant for Colonel Gaddafi, issued by the International Criminal Court at the Hague.
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News Link • Racism
Georgia home owners association blocks home for paralyzed veteran
06-29-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
After months of negotiations, a neighborhood association in Athens, Georgia has blocked construction of a home for the family of disabled veteran Sean Gittens.
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