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Date Sent: 2012-05-02
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, May 2, 2012 AM edition |
Fully Armed U.S. Troops Patrol Minnesota Neighborhood -- Obama Signs Pact in Kabul
Dallas County Exonerates Two More Men, 30 Years After the Crime They Didn't Commit -- Heckuva Job, DEA -- NYPD Celebrates May Day (must read) -- Mass. Town Could Start Issuing Tickets for Cursing -- 8 Hampton officers sued over fatal shooting -- Dutch Central Banker's Memoirs confirm Gold Price Suppression -- Details Of This Morning's Massive $1.24 Billion 'Gold Finger' Trade -- JIM ROGERS: The One Thing Investors Need To Consider Before Diving Into Commodities -- Obama Unexpectedly Arrives In Afghanistan, And Will Deliver A Big Primetime Speech To The Nation -- Peter Schiff Tells Rick Santelli The Only Way to Fix The Economy Right Now Is "Vote Ron Paul' -- The Entire Silver Circle Comic is now Published!
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News Link • Police State
Fully Armed U.S. Troops Patrol Minnesota Neighborhood
05-01-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Guard troops from the local Crookston Armory routinely take part in off-base exercises which train the local population to accept the sight of armed soldiers patrolling their neighborhoods as normal.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Obama Signs Pact in Kabul, Turning Page in Afghan War
05-01-2012
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New York Times
President Obama, speaking from Bagram Air Base, declared that he had traveled here to herald a new era in the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan, “a future in which war ends, and a new chapter begins.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Dallas County Exonerates Two More Men, 30 Years After the Crime They Didn't Commit
05-01-2012
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2 men stood in the same courtroom where they were convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to life in prison for a rape and shooting that happened 30 years ago. This time they were one step closer to exiting the hell that consumed the last three
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Heckuva Job, DEA
05-01-2012
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The Agitator
A man taken into custody during a drug raid was left in a holding cell for 5 days, possibly without food or water. The DEA says the suspect was accidentally left in one of the cells. During that time, he somehow gained access to methamphetamine.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
NYPD Celebrates May Day
05-01-2012
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The Agitator
In anticipation [of May Day protests], the FBI and NYPD raided the homes of protesters. “There were a number of visits in the morning and at other points in the day that targeted Occupy protesters,
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Mass. Town Could Start Issuing Tickets for Cursing
05-01-2012
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It’s a problem that has become more pervasive in cities and towns across America: cursing. Now, one Massachusetts town wants to start levying a fine in an effort to cut down on the practice. There is a bylaw currently on the books, but rarely enforce
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
8 Hampton officers sued over fatal shooting
05-01-2012
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AP
8 Hampton cops are being sued by the estate of a man who was fatally shot during the execution of a search warrant. The $10 million wrongful death lawsuit claims a police affidavit used to justify the search of 69-year-old
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
CNN Has Lowest-Rated Month In More Than A Decade In April
05-01-2012
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www.deadline.com
The once-dominant cable news network posted decade-lows among both total viewers (357,000) and Adults 25-54 (108,000). Versus April last year, CNN was down 21% in total viewers and 29% in 25-54. (CNN+FOX+MSNBC=>2Millionviewers/month???)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Neuroprosthesis Restores Effective Hand Movement
05-01-2012
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arclein
The multi-electrode array and FES device " which combine to form the neuroprosthesis " allowed the monkeys to regain movement in the paralyzed hand and pick up and move the ball with almost the same level of dexterity as they did before the paralysis
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Skylon Sabre Engine
05-01-2012
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arclein
REL managing director Alan Bond told the BBC: 'We can reduce the world to four hours - the maximum time it would take to go anywhere. And that it also gives us an aircraft that can go into space, replacing all the expendable rockets we use today.'
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robert klein
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News Link • Precious Metals
Dutch Central Banker's Memoirs confirm Gold Price Suppression
05-01-2012
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GATA
With his new study,Final Settlement: Gold as the Monetary Cosmos' Sun," appended here, our good friend the Netherlands economist Jaco Schipper of MarketUpdate.nl today adds substantially to the growing documentation of the Western central bank gold
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Precious Metals
Details Of This Morning's Massive $1.24 Billion 'Gold Finger' Trade
05-01-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Manipulative Gold ‘Fat Finger’ Or Algo Trade Worth $1.24 Billion
The gold market was briefly shaken by an unusually large early morning sell order, which triggered a brief trading halt in gold futures
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Agriculture
JIM ROGERS: The One Thing Investors Need To Consider Before Diving Into Commodities
05-01-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
...become a Chinese farmer. He stopped by the Business Insider office to tell us why agricultural commodities are his top picks and what investors need to consider before diving into commodities.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Unexpectedly Arrives In Afghanistan, And Will Deliver A Big Primetime Speech To The Nation
05-01-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
According to Reuters (via Breaking News), President Obama plans to designate Afghanistan as a "major non-NATO ally""the first such designation given by the Obama administration. (Publisher: Now we'll never leave)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Today on LewRockwell.com - May 1st 2012
05-01-2012
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LewRockwell.com
Is Europe Sailing on the Titanic? - Pat Buchanan / The Ron Paul Revolution Is Alive and Well / Now Breitbart's Coroner Is Dead / The Empire's Latest Dastardly Scheme To enrich the vicious military-industrial complex - Paul Craig Roberts
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Entire Silver Circle Comic is now Published!
05-01-2012
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Silver Circle Online Comic
We've been working for months to provide you with the Silver Circle story in the form of an exciting comic and today marks the publication of the final page. Spoilers are included, so those of you waiting to see the movie this Fall - BEWARE!
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Megan Duffield
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Roșia Montană and the Price of Gold
04-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
What happens after the social dislocation caused by the (partial) system change in 1989 and the related appearance of Western firms who climb into bed with the "new" rulers who have more than a foot in the old world
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
UK court tells service providers: Block Pirate Bay
04-30-2012
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Mashable
If you're an Internet user in the UK, you're about to be in for a surprise when you try to access file-sharing website The Pirate Bay: nothingness. The UK High Court ruled the country's ISPs must block their users from accessing the Swedish site, acc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
US not reporting all Afghan attacks
04-30-2012
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AP
The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops.
The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by an Afghan in u
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Women in Chechnya Terrified as Government Openly Backs Honor Killings
04-30-2012
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The Blaze
Chechnya's government is openly approving of families that kill female relatives who violate their sense of honor, as this Russian republic embraces a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Torture
Ex-CIA counterterror chief says Pelosi ‘reinventing the truth’ about waterboarding
04-30-2012
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Washington Post
In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
California: Federal Court Takes on Photo Enforcement Hearsay Issue
04-30-2012
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The Newspaper
California courts are split on the issue of whether US Supreme Court precedent invalidates evidence typically provided by red light cameras. The Court of Appeal issued a pair of contradictory rulings within a few weeks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Steve Forbes on Ron Paul's Monetary Policy
04-30-2012
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YouTube.com
Steve Forbes says other candidates should listen to Ron Paul monetary policy.
"Ron Paul Should be Chairman of the Federal Reserve"... NOT!
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Ernest Hancock
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