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Date Sent: 2011-05-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, May 30, 2011 AM edition |
Seven US soldiers killed in Afghan blasts -- Civilian casualties alleged in Afghanistan
Rep. Graves questions Obama's autopen signing of Patriot Act extension
-- After 4 years, Egypt reopens its border with Gaza -- The War on
Cameras -- Abolish the Police - by Anthony Gregory -- Senator Rand Paul slams GOP for blocking efforts to amend PATRIOT Act -- G-8: Nations, banks to give $40B for Arab Spring -- Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers -- Albemarle Road church fined $100 per branch for excessive tree pruning
-- The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse -- Thomas Jefferson and Dancing for Freedom -
by Szandor Blestman -- Adam Kokesh first interview after arrest
-- DANCE PARTY @ TJ'S!!! -- Living in the Facebook Nation -- Memorial
Day: Remember the Victims of War & "war" -- Libyan gold currency causes upset,
speculation on US invasions -- Arizona Land Sells for 8% of
Price Calpers Group Paid in 2006 -- Empower Yourself to Fight the Power
of The Global Gulag -- Black Box: By 2014 Cars Will Talk to Each Other
and God Knows Who Else -- Fox
News Laments That Iris Scanners Are Not Being Used In US Airports
-- Like Breaking A Horse: G8 Wants to Bring Internet Freedom Under
Control
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News Link • Afghanistan
Seven US soldiers killed in Afghan blasts
05-29-2011
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AFP
Seven soldiers killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan on Thursday were Americans, the Pentagon confirmed, adding that they died after successive blasts struck them at the same location.
Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said the soldiers
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Civilian casualties alleged in Afghanistan
05-29-2011
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Washington Post
The reported deaths " of 14 civilians [12 kids] in southern Helmand province and 22 police officers plus civilians " are likely to add to long-running tension between Kabul and its Western allies about civilian casualties caused by NATO forces.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Rep. Graves questions Obama's autopen signing of Patriot Act extension
05-29-2011
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The Hill
Graves cited Article 1 Section 7 of the Constitution, which says that the president must sign a bill to approve it into law.
"Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be present
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
After 4 years, Egypt reopens its border with Gaza
05-29-2011
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AP
Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel's attempts
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Abolish the Police - by Anthony Gregory
05-29-2011
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Lew Rockwell
On May 13, 1985, residents of Philadelphia were ruthlessly bombed from the sky. After ten thousand rounds were fired at civilians over a period of 2 hours, a helicopter swooped in and dropped C-4 and Tovex explosives, destroying 65 houses. 5 children
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Senator Rand Paul slams GOP for blocking efforts to amend PATRIOT Act
05-29-2011
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Rawstory
“I’ve been working for two long days filibustering the PATRIOT Act in hopes that we can have a constitutional debate over certain provisions of it and we can try to reform it to take away some of the encroachments on our freedoms,” Paul told CNN.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
G-8: Nations, banks to give $40B for Arab Spring
05-29-2011
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AP
Rich countries and international lenders are aiming to provide $40 billion in funding for Arab nations trying to establish true democracies, officials said at a Group of Eight summit Friday.
Officials didn't fully detail the sources of the money,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers
05-29-2011
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AP
Ruston's house was knocked off its foundation by tornadoes that barreled through town. He thought help had arrived when a truck pulled up with a mobile home from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Then he got the call: Mobile homes are illegal
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Waste
The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse
05-29-2011
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Bloomberg Businessweek
Delivery of first-class mail is falling at a staggering rate. Facing insolvency, can the USPS reinvent itself like European services have"or will it implode?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Adam vs The Man
Thomas Jefferson and Dancing for Freedom by Szandor Blestman
05-29-2011
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Szandor himself
"This judge. like so many others of their ilk, is not protecting the Constitution and the rights of the common folk, but is protecting the privileged class from being held accountable for their criminal actions that do harm others."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Police State Paul: Babeu Wants Your Eyeballs
05-29-2011
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CameraFRAUD
4th Amendment Effectively Dead in Pinal County
CameraFRAUD Exclusive
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu was elected in 2008 on a platform of eliminating invasive and fraudulent automated ticketing within his jurisdiction. He claimed at the time the
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FreedomsPhoenix Contributor
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News Link • Activism
Adam Kokesh first interview after arrest
05-29-2011
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Russia Today
On May 28, 2011 RT's "Adam vs. the Man" host Adam Kokesh and several other activists participating in a flash-mob were arrested at the publicly-funded Thomas Jefferson Memorial. This is Adam's first interview after he was released.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
DANCE PARTY @ TJ'S!!!
06-04-2011
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Adam Kokesh
Come dance with us! You don't have to risk arrest, you can dance on the steps outside in support or join us in civil disobedience in the memorial!
The dancing will commence at EXACTLY 12pm!
Don't forget your air guitars!
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Activism
Police Brutalize Dancers at the Jefferson Memorial
05-29-2011
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Sharlene Holt, Musicians for Freedom
Is the federal government entrusted with the duty of securing the peoples’ rights? In reality, it is the duty of the States, not the federal government, to protect the individual rights of the people. Further, only PEOPLE have rights!
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Sharlene Holt
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News Link • General Opinion
Memorial Day: Remember the Victims of War & "war"
05-29-2011
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Free Patriot Press
Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of Summer, a time for businesses to hold sales and a time for family barbecue's. It has also lost a lot of meaning in recent years, as people say “Memorial Day is a time to remember our men & women in uni
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Bank of International Settlements
Libyan gold currency causes upset, speculation on US invasions
05-29-2011
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Russia Today
More speculation has been raised on the reasons for NATO's intervention in Libya. As RT's Laura Emmett reports, the organisation may have been trying to prevent Gaddafi from burying the American buck.
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure homes starting to lose their appeal, data show
05-29-2011
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sun-sentinel.com
Sales of homes in some stage of foreclosure declined across South Florida during the first quarter, a result of the recent "robo signer" controversy and perhaps a changing sentiment among buyers, observers say.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona Land Sells for 8% of Price Calpers Group Paid in 2006
05-29-2011
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Bloomberg.com
A 10,200-acre (4,100-hectare) desert site in Arizona sold for $32.5 million this week, five years after a group with investors including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System paid $400 million for the land.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
Empower Yourself to Fight the Power of The Global Gulag
05-29-2011
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GlobalResearch.ca/
Never before in history have the mechanisms for absolute total global control and oppression been within such close reach. We are seeing the emergence of this 'new society' in which governments are increasingly imperialistic abroad and militaristic..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
Black Box: By 2014 Cars Will Talk to Each Other and God Knows Who Else
05-29-2011
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pocket-lint.com/news
The box of tricks, around the size of a small shoe box (but will eventually be the size of a matchbox), comes with a GPS sensor, built-in mobile phone, and uses the new 802.11p wireless protocol - one you’ll find in the latest smart phones...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • How To
Paying for college? On 5.29.11 think college planning!
05-29-2011
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The Economic Spy
Paying for college?
Think about paying for college and do something about it NOW!
Think about paying for college now!
On May 29th, or 529, what better day to start thinking about paying for college?
That is because coincidently 529 Plans a
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Homeland Security
Fox News Laments That Iris Scanners Are Not Being Used In US Airports
05-29-2011
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foxnews.com
Thanks to privacy concerns and infrastructure issues, iris scanners aren't planned for the U.S., a DHS spokesman told FoxNews.com. Airports and security checkpoints could use the machines, which take an instant picture of the eyeball...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Demographic Wake Up Call: Married couples in less than half of US households
05-29-2011
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usatoday.net/
"I see a lot of people not having the typical 8-to-5 job, or couples where one person is employed and one isn't. There's other priorities before marriage," Leung said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Adam Kokesh and Others Body Slammed for Dancing at Jefferson Memorial (BEST FOOTAGE)
05-29-2011
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WarIsaCrime.org
Adam Kokesh, Medea Benjamin, and several others were softly dancing in protest at the Jefferson Memorial when they were arrested. The protest had lasted less than a minute when the police attacked with relish... (This is best video so far)
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Internet
Like Breaking A Horse: G8 Wants to Bring Internet Freedom Under Control
05-29-2011
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HuffingtonPost.com
Sarkozy's problem is that, like other political leaders, he doesn't like a medium over which the government does not have final authority. With the Internet's arrival, lofty concepts such as freedom of speech and freedom of thought are actually gaini
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Jack Gregson
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