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Date Sent: 2012-03-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, March 8, 2012 PM edition |
Despite All Taxpayer Money Spent on Defense, US Intercepts Only 1 of 3 Drug Smugglers It Tracks
03-08-12 - Carlos Miller - Marcy Wheeler - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Twister on Mars Captured
in Amazing NASA Photo -- Kony 2012 documentary on Ugandan warlord is
unlikely viral phenomenon -- Discord Unites Elite Hackers Charged in NY, IL -- Forbes tally grows to 1,226 billionaires globally -- Dramatic end to Tulsa courthouse shooting spree -- Biden: Iran will not threaten U.S. security through Latin America -- Experts Destroy Rationale for Obama’s Assassination Policy -- Unique hybrid deep sea creatures discovered off Costa Rica -- Syrian crackdown ongoing despite high-level defection -- America’s Most Miserable States -- Colombia: Cuba to miss Americas summit -- What role does AIPAC play in US elections? -- For Marco Rubio, VP Prospects Bring New Scrutiny -- The Bipartisan Nuclear Bailout -- Maryland Handgun Ruling a Victory for Second Amendment Supporters -- Iran military base: Sinister cover-up or just a harmless clean-up? -- Anonymous take down anti-virus giant and Vatican, warn of ‘March
storm’ -- Romney Aides: We Can Count To 1,144; Santorum, Gingrich Can't
-- America: Land of the Poor -- Bahraini Kangaroo Court Trials -- Iran Sentencing Game Developer to Death
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News Link • Drug War
US Intercepts Only 1 of 3 Drug Smugglers It Tracks, Says General
03-08-2012
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By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The U.S. military command covering South America intercepts only about a third of the drug shipments and other illegal traffic that it knows about.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
03-08-12 - Carlos Miller - Marcy Wheeler - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Carlos Miller, multimedia journalist & author of 'Photography is Not A Crime', talks about being arrested for recording cops in public - Marcy Wheeler, civil liberty & nat'l security blogger, talks about Eric Holder's comments on executing Americans
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News Link • World News
Kony 2012 documentary on Ugandan warlord is unlikely viral phenomenon
03-08-2012
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Josh Halliday
The 30-minute film about guerilla leader Joseph Rao Kony has been watched more than 30m times in 48 hours.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Discord Unites Elite Hackers Charged in NY, IL
03-08-2012
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By DAVID B. CARUSO and DON BABWIN and VERENA DOBNI
At the large public housing project in New York City where he lived, outsiders knew him as a quiet family man. But federal prosecutors say Hector Xavier Monsegur was an Internet saboteur known as Sabu.
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News Link • Iran
Biden: Iran will not threaten U.S. security through Latin America
03-08-2012
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By the CNN Wire Staff
Iran will not be able to use alliances with Latin America to wield significant influence on security in the West, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Experts Destroy Rationale for Obama’s Assassination Policy
03-08-2012
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by Washingtons Blog
Attorney General Eric Holder announced at Northwestern University law school that the U.S. can assassinate U.S. citizens without any without disclosure of why they are even alleged to be baddies and without any review of any nature whatsoever by any
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Syrian crackdown ongoing despite high-level defection
03-08-2012
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By the CNN Wire Staff
Shelling and explosions rocked several Syrian cities early Thursday, leaving at least eight dead, a day after a high-ranking official apparently resigned to join the uprising.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
America’s Most Miserable States
03-02-2012
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24/7 Wall Street Wire
Americans are not any happier than they were last year. In fact, they are slightly more miserable. At least, that’s what the recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index shows. The annual index measures six areas of well-being, including life evaluation
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News Link • World News
Colombia: Cuba to miss Americas summit
03-08-2012
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ALJAZEERA
Colombian leader says island has agreed not to attend Cartagena meeting, averting showdown between US and leftist bloc
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
What role does AIPAC play in US elections?
03-08-2012
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ALJAZEERA
The American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the US, is holding its biggest annual conference yet with around 13,000 delegates in Washington.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
For Marco Rubio, VP Prospects Bring New Scrutiny
03-08-2012
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by Greg Allen
Throughout the Republican presidential primary season, whenever there's talk about a short list of possible running mates, one name is nearly always at the top " Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
The Bipartisan Nuclear Bailout
03-08-2012
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By Amy Goodman
Super Tuesday demonstrated the rancor rife in Republican ranks, as the four remaining major candidates slug it out to see how far to the right of President Barack Obama they can go.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Maryland Handgun Ruling a Victory for Second Amendment Supporters
03-08-2012
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W. E. Messamore
There’s never been a better time in America for gun rights advocates.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Naked truth: TSA nude scanner exposed " 'you can sneak anything past them!' (VIDEO)
03-08-2012
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RT
A blogger has shown that all the Transport Safety Association’s controversial nude body scanners and much-too-personal pat downs are not effective in the least, as more and more people in the US speak out against the “advanced” security measures.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran military base: Sinister cover-up or just a harmless clean-up?
03-08-2012
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RT
Satellite images of an Iranian military facility allegedly show attempts to clean the site of radioactive traces, diplomats have told AP. This adds to the stir over Iran’s nuclear activities, while Tehran insists on their peaceful nature.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Anonymous
Anonymous take down anti-virus giant and Vatican, warn of ‘March storm’
03-08-2012
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RT
Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched an online assault on anti-virus company Panda Security after Tuesday’s arrest of members of the hackers’ LulzSec collective. The group also raided the Vatican website in protest against the Catholic Church.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney Aides: We Can Count To 1,144; Santorum, Gingrich Can't
03-08-2012
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by Frank James
Mitt Romney's campaign aides spent Wednesday explaining why their boss' rivals can't possibly win the Republican presidential nomination
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News Link • Solar Flares
Sun Sends Solar Flares Speeding Toward Earth; Will Hit Thursday [VIDEO]
03-08-2012
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by Bill Chappell
The sun ejected two huge solar flares Tuesday, and NASA says that we here on Earth may notice the effects of magnetic fields and ionized gases that it estimates will arrive around 1:25 a.m. ET Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
More on Medical Chocolate
03-08-2012
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arclein
These “fuel cells” are dysfunctional as a result of both type 2 diabetes and heart failure, leading to abnormalities in skeletal muscle. In patients with heart failure and diab
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News Link • Agriculture
Seaweed For Biofuel?
03-08-2012
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arclein
He says that marine macroalgae - common seaweed - can be grown more quickly than land-based crops and harvested as fuel without sacrificing usable land. It's a promising source of bioethanol that has remained virtually unexplored until now.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Railguns: The Navy's 'Ultimate Superweapon'
03-08-2012
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arclein
The reaction: Meet "the ultimate superweapon," says David Woods at Manolith. The railgun is already deadly with these test projectiles " basically non-aerodynamic hunks of metal " and once the railgun starts using real ammo, "it could revolutioniz
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News Link • Iran
Iran Sentencing Game Developer to Death
03-07-2012
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International Gamers Network
Following a televised confession to spying on Iran for the Central Intelligence Agency, Amir Mizra Hekmati has been sentenced to death by the Islamic Revolutionary Court.
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News Link • Free Speech
Racial incident mars high school game
03-07-2012
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KSAT - TV
A local school district is apologizing after an apparent incident of racism at a boys high school basketball game this past weekend in which the players involved were disciplined for chanting "USA! USA! USA!"
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Corporate Whistleblowers Get the Silent Treatment
03-07-2012
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By Eyal Press
Why does Washington ignore people who blow the whistle on corporate fraud?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Kill Policy
03-07-2012
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JONATHAN TURLEY
On Monday, March 5, Northwestern University School of Law was the location of an extraordinary scene for a free nation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
New York Prostitution Ring Provided Minors For Wealthy Elitists
03-07-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson
Yet another elitist pedophile ring has been exposed with the bust of 44-year-old mother of four Anna Gristina, charged with running a prostitution ring out of a New York apartment that relied on police protection to provide wealthy clients with minor
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. Vice President Biden stands firm in Latin America drug debate
03-07-2012
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By AFP
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in Mexico Monday that he was open to joining a growing Latin American debate about legalizing illicit drugs, but only to show that a change of policy would not work.
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Dennis Kucinich concedes defeat to Marcy Kaptur in Ohio Democratic primary
03-07-2012
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By Stephanie Condon
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a liberal establishment in the House, conceded defeat Tuesday night in Ohio's 9th district Democratic primary to longtime Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
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