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Date Sent: 2012-05-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, May 25, 2012 |
Supreme Court says double jeopardy does not protect against murder retrial
New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech -- Man Ticketed for Dropping Money on the Ground -- Amnesty criticizes U.S. for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid -- Real federal deficit dwarfs official tally -- A 40 Mpg Personal Plane Attracts Crowd of Investors -- Archaeologists find earliest evidence of Bethlehem -- Iran: Discovery will collapse Christianity -- Iran Nuclear Talks in Baghdad -- Judicial Watch Obtains DOD and CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Raid Filmmakers -- Finally, an American Is Jailed for Actions Toward Iraq -- Second U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants -- RCMP ‘to ease Canadians into the idea’ of U.S. agents in Canada, partial data sharing in place -- Taking it to the Streets – Ban GMOs NOW! -- Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun! -- The Common Sense of Tom Mullen: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America - by Charles Goyette
AZ: Screening of Final Cut
of "9/11: Explosive Evidence" Tuesday, May 29th-Valley Art
Theatre-Tempe-7p; Arizona Breakfast Club, Saturday, June 2nd
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Supreme Court says double jeopardy does not protect against murder retrial
05-24-2012
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Washington Post
Arkansas may retry a man for murder even though jurors in his first trial were unanimous that he was not guilty, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Alex Blueford, who is accused of killing his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son, is not protected by the Co
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech
05-25-2012
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Wired
Did you hear the one about the New York state lawmakers who forgot about the First Amendment in the name of combating cyberbullying and “baseless political attacks”?
Proposed legislation in both chambers would require New York-based websites, such
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Man Ticketed for Dropping Money on the Ground
05-25-2012
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FOX News (video)
Cleveland police can’t comment on the ticket at this time but according to a spokesperson there is another code that may have been violated.
There is a code which states that it is illegal to panhandle or give money to panhandlers near a highway o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Amnesty criticizes U.S. for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid
05-25-2012
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AFP
Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Real federal deficit dwarfs official tally
05-25-2012
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USA Today
The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
A 40 Mpg Personal Plane Attracts Crowd of Investors
05-25-2012
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Bloomberg TV
Synergy, a 40 Mpg personal airplane project, is attracting thousands of dollars in investment on the popular crowd-funding website, Kickstarter. Approximately half-way to its stated target investment goal of $65,000, the project's developer claims th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Archaeologists find earliest evidence of Bethlehem
05-25-2012
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AFP
Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny clay seal inscribed with the word “Bethlehem” in what is believed to be the earliest evidence for the existence of the ancient biblical city.
“The first ancient artefact constituting tangible evidence of the ex
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Iran: Discovery will collapse Christianity
05-25-2012
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WND
Iran’s Basij Press is claiming a purported Gospel of Barnabas, discovered in 2000, will prove that Islam is the final and righteous religion, causing the collapse worldwide of Christianity.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Judicial Watch Obtains DOD and CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Raid Filmmakers
05-24-2012
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Judicial Watch launched its investigation of Bigelow’s meetings with the Obama administration following reports suggesting the Obama administration leaked classified information to the director as source material for film.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
Finally, an American Is Jailed for Actions Toward Iraq
05-24-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
But not an actual criminal. Presidents Reagan and H. W. Bush gave $ billions to prop up the corrupt Hussein dictatorship. Clinton imposed crippling sanctions, killing thousands " probably tens of thousands " of civilians. W. Bush tried to bomb Baghda
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants
05-24-2012
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Washington Post
The back-to-back drone strikes come during a difficult time in the counterterrorism alliance between the United States and Pakistan. Pakistan has publicly demanded an end to U.S. drone strikes, and the government has repeatedly found itself at odds w
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • North American Union
RCMP ‘to ease Canadians into the idea’ of U.S. agents in Canada, partial data sharing in place
05-24-2012
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404 System Error blog
The RCMP is planning to ease Canadians into the idea of United States law enforcement agents pursuing suspects across the land border and onto Canadian soil through “baby steps,” say two top Mounties.
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Activism
Taking it to the Streets " Ban GMOs NOW!
05-24-2012
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Farm Wars
The only way to stop the GMO takeover is to get informed, get mad, and stop buying them.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun! (FAKED,... but how far off is this?)
05-24-2012
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FPSRussia - YouTube.com
"From a Professional 'Russian' "
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Rape of Delaware County, Oklahoma
05-24-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
In Oklahoma’s Delaware County, Sheriff’s deputies were too busy figuratively raping motorists in the village of Bernice to supervise guards who were literally raping inmates in the county jail. As a result, the County Commission has put the screws to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gold and Silver
The Mounting Reasons to Own Gold
05-24-2012
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Christopher Barker of fool.com
While the price of gold falls slightly, the reasons to own it are growing.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones
05-23-2012
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CBS DC
Drones in your backyard? Possibly, if DHS has it their way. As more and more drones are being used overseas to murder those deemed enemies, civil liberties groups are worrying over whether drone patrolled roads could become a reality here at home.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Gun Rights
Several George Zimmerman witnesses change their accounts
05-23-2012
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Orlando Sentinel
Evidence released last week in the second-degree-murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made major changes in what they say they saw and heard the night he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford.
Three changed th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Pakistani who helped US sentenced to prison
05-23-2012
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The Associated Press
A Pakistani doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency pin down Osama bin Laden's location under cover of a vaccination drive was convicted on Wednesday of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
The Whole Earth Catalog
05-23-2012
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www.wholeearth.com
Standing with one foot firmly in the rugged individualism and back-to-the-land movements of the Sixties counterculture and the other in the nascent global community made possible by the Internet, the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG offered an integrated, complex
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Biggest Prize, California: Select Your Precincts to Mail Super Brochures
05-23-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
LibertyUSApac.org is stepping up to the challenge to help Ron Paul win in California by mailing Ron Paul Super Brochures. They have a strategy to win delegates.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Richard Gage, AIA presents 9/11:Explosive Evidence-Tues, May 29th-Valley Art Theatre- 7pm
05-23-2012
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www.ae911truth.org
The world premiere screening of the final cut of 9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out has finally arrived and AE911Truth founder Richard Gage , AIA is presenting his new film in major cities across the nation!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Top Ten List: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Bomb) Drone”
05-23-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
It appears that the “Drone people” have decided that they need an extreme makeover to change the image of drones from authoritarian killing machines to something more like a really really smart toaster.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
The Evil of “Unadulterated Freedom”
05-23-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Roughly 40,000 Orthodox Jewish Men Gather In New York Stadium To Denounce The Internet
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Hillary Clinton Admits the U.S. Government Created al-Qaeda
05-23-2012
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http://tv.globalresearch.ca, by grtv
Al-Qaeda are a controlled opposition force of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress 'Un-Declares' War with Iran
05-23-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Kate Gould
All 535 members of Congress are now on the record declaring that they have not authorized the use of military force against Iran in the latest round of legislation passed in the House and the Senate.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
The US Should Leave NATO, Not Shore It Up
05-23-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Ivan Eland,
With the media focused at the NATO summit in Chicago on the organization’s future role in Afghanistan, President Obama’s plan to strengthen the alliance passed largely under the radar.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Senate Wants To Increase Airport Rape Fees For T.S.A. Budget Shortfall
05-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Erik Wasson
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday moved forward with legislation to increase airline passenger security fees, beating back a GOP attempt to keep them at current levels.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
France has done ‘its duty’ in Afghanistan: Hollande
05-23-2012
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AFP
French President Francois Hollande said his country had done “more than its duty” in Afghanistan. He denied France would have to make a payback for pulling out its troops by the end of 2012 " a year earlier than planned.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Secret Central Bank Aid Props Up Greek Banks
05-23-2012
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MSNBC
There has been no official announcement. No terms or conditions have been disclosed. But Greece’s banking system is being propped up by an estimated €100 billion or so of emergency liquidity provided by the country’s central bank
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Sen. Wyden: CISPA creates ‘a Cyber Industrial Complex’ to feed on private data
05-23-2012
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Rawstory
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) highlighted the “understandable fear” driving legislation like CISPA, but cautioned the “gross negligence” of network operators is no reason to create “a Cyber Industrial Complex” that profits on Americans’ private data.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Devil's bargain
05-23-2012
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toledoblade.com
Attempts to reduce the federal deficit are supposedly Congress' priority. But the military budget the House passed last week gives the lie to that notion. Even though they agreed to do so last year, Republicans -- and some Democrats -- can't bring th
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Leon Felkins
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