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Date Sent: 2012-06-29
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, June 29, 2012 |
House holds Attorney General Holder in contempt -- Megaupload warrants ruled illegal by judge
United Technologies acknowledges coverup of sale of military software to China -- John Butler, The Golden Revolution -- Greatest Financial Collapse The World Has Ever Seen -- 06-29-12 -- Gerald Celente - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- “Turn In Your Guns At Your Local Church” - by Chuck Baldwin -- What might cause another 9/11? -- Supreme Court Ruling On Obamacare Is Insane - by Devvy Kidd -- Unfriendly Fire -- Uber-Nanny: Bloomberg Administration Now Moves Against Popcorn and Milk -- Judge rules in favor of Glendale's Phoenix Coyotes deal -- The Fast and Furious Death of Newspapers -- Doug Casey: A Eurocrash Is Baked in the Cake -- World's first GM babies born
AZ: Jackalope Freedom Festival in
Arizona; "SICK and SICKER" Screening; Help Bring Jordan Page to
the Jackalope Freedom Festival!
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News Link • Obama Administration
House votes to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt
06-28-2012
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Washington Post
The House of Representatives voted to make Eric H. Holder Jr. the first sitting attorney general held in contempt of Congress in U.S. history after he withheld documents that Republican lawmakers demanded as part of an investigation into a flawed gun
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Megaupload warrants ruled illegal by New Zealand court
06-28-2012
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Washington Post
A court in New Zealand has ruled that the search warrants used by New Zealand police when they raided the home of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom were invalid.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Remnants of a 20,000 Year Old Kitchen Are Found in China
06-28-2012
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New York Times
Fragments of ancient pottery found in southern China turn out to date back 20,000 years, making them the world’s oldest known pottery " 2,000 to 3,000 years older than examples found in East Asia and elsewhere.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
United Technologies acknowledges coverup of sale of military software to China
06-28-2012
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New York Times
United Technologies, a major defense contractor, and 2 of its subsidiaries acknowledged covering up the illicit sale of sensitive military software to China " technology the country used to develop its first attack helicopter.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Greatest Financial Collapse The World Has Ever Seen
06-28-2012
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King World News
Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management: the globe faces three crises, any one of which is capable of bringing down the world economy. Together, it is a guarantee.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • WAR: About that War
What might cause another 9/11?
06-28-2012
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www.salon.com/Glenn Greenwald
It is supporters of Obama's aggression, not its opponents, who are likely to provoke another Terrorist attack
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Supreme Court Ruling On Obamacare Is Insane, by Devvy Kidd
06-28-2012
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www.rense.com
Not under the commerce clause, but under the taxing power of the Outlaw Congress.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare
Uber-Nanny: Bloomberg Administration Now Moves Against Popcorn and Milk
06-28-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Despite the overwhelming criticism of the soda ban, his health board appears emboldened rather than chagrined by the controversy. It is now moving to ban certain sizes of popcorn and milk.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Judge rules in favor of Glendale's Phoenix Coyotes deal
06-28-2012
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Arizona Republic
A judge ruled the Glendale City Council's approval of a Phoenix Coyotes deal should stand. The ruling by Judge Fink comes after the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute argued a vote to approve an arena lease agreement
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Print
The Fast and Furious Death of Newspapers
06-28-2012
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Liberty Underground
Fast and Furious are the last dying struggles of newspapers suffering from self inflicted wounds. Across the nation we see the downsizing and death of newspapers. They have lost and continue to lose their audience and influence. The steady decline
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Matt Schnackenberg
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News Link • Eugenics
World's first GM babies born
06-28-2012
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Daily Mail
Thirty genetically modified babies were born contained DNA from three parents. It is believed genetic modification can be used to create certain superior characteristics, but some say it is messing with nature.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Healthcare
Supremes say 'we own you bitches' on Healthcare
06-28-2012
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The Ticket
In a victory for President Obama, the Supreme Court upheld his signature health care law's individual insurance mandate in a 5-4 decision, upending speculation after hostile-seeming oral arguments in March that the justices would overturn the law.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Help Bring Jordan Page to the Jackalope Freedom Festival!
06-28-2012
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http://www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com
If you are looking for information on the Jackalope Freedom Festival, please visit www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com If you would like to see Jordan Page preform, please help by donating: http://jordanpagemusic.chipin.com/bring-jordan-page-to-az
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Agorist Alma
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News Link • Healthcare
Cuccinelli: "Dark Day for American Liberty"
06-28-2012
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www.nbcwashington.com
Cuccinelli filed a separate lawsuit against the law, but a federal judge's ruling in his favor was overturned when a federal appeals court ruled that Virginia lacked legal standing to challenge the law.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare
Stocks Tumble 1% After Health-Care Ruling
06-28-2012
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www.cnbc.com
Stocks extended their losses Thursday, wiping out all of the previous session's gains, amid skepticism that European leaders would be able to form a solution to tackle the ongoing debt crisis and following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the health-car
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics
Colorado Springs is Burning and the President Wants a Photo-Op?
06-28-2012
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Tres Melton for Green Dragon Tavern
Colorado Springs is in dire straits. The President, as many do in times of crisis, wants to tour the 'disaster' for himself. Avoiding all the Photo-op claims, for the moment, I wish to examine what that really means for the city of Colorado Sprin
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Tres Melton
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Clerk reprimanded for refusing welfare card to pay for cigarettes
06-28-2012
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“I made the statement, ‘do you think myself, that lady and that gentlemen should pay for your cigarettes?’ and he responded ‘yes,’ ” Whiton said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Houston's Strip Clubs Hit by New 'Pole Tax'
06-28-2012
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Wall Street Journal
The city of Houston is turning to an unusual source to help fund rape investigations: strip clubs.
The City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that requires strip clubs to pay a $5-per-visitor fee to help pay for the analysis of biological evid
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Texas college hacks government drone
06-28-2012
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Russia Today
After being challenged by his lab, the DHS dared Humphreys’ crew to hack into their drone and take command. Much to their chagrin, they did exactly that.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics
Can The World Survive Washington’s Hubris?
06-28-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
When President Reagan nominated me as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, he told me that we had to restore the US economy, to rescue it from stagflation, in order to bring the full weight of a powerful economy to bear on the Sov
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Court: Shooting 'spitwads' is 'violent criminal conduct'
06-28-2012
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www.wnd.com
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that shooting spitwads at school is “violent criminal conduct.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Celente Launches 2nd American Revolution: Puts His Money Where His Heart Is
06-28-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Gerald Celente
Gerald Celente’s forecast is clear " The 2nd American Revolution is on the horizon. And this American Patriot has done more than just sign up to join the fight, he’s established its headquarters.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt to Block Jewish Pilgrims from Holy Site
06-27-2012
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Arutz Sheva - Israeli National News
Egypt's post-Mubarak government has decided it would not be 'appropriate' for Israelis to visit the grave of a famed 19th century rabbi.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Federal Attorney orders reporter to leave public hearing
06-27-2012
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A U.S. Department of Justice attorney attempted to kick out a reporter from a public hearing held in City Hall. Rachel Hranitzky abruptly entered the council chambers accompanying New Iberia Fire Chief and another man and asked a question.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Man charged with assaulting 2 officer's fists with his face
06-27-2012
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Guevara suffered a facial contusion, police said. One officer suffered contusions, lacerations and a sprained finger. The other officer suffered several fractures to his hand.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Stop Murdering Syria - by Ron Paul (video)
06-27-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Ron Paul takes to the floor to protest the coming war with Syria.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
Jon Stewart on 'Fast and Furious'
06-27-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Another grand slam for Stewart. (By the way, compare Stewart to left-wing 'Fast and Furious' apologists Rachel Maddow and Bill Maher in this segment of Real Time with Bill Maher where Reason Magazine's Nick Gillespie also comes down hard on the 'Fast
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Chicago Votes to Decriminalise Minor Marijuana Possession
06-27-2012
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The Guardian
People caught with with small amounts of marijuana in Chicago will be fined instead of arrested, after city lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to decriminalise minor incidents of drug possession.
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Gun Rights
Law Student Puts Cop In His Place - Carrying A Concealed Weapon Edition
06-27-2012
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youtube (h/t The Agitator)
"I was detained by Portland PD without suspicion of criminal activity. His sole reason for stopping me is my legally carried firearm. He seizes my weapon with no reasonable suspicion that I've committed a crime. He demands ID without
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Glendale City Council approves secondary property-tax hike
06-27-2012
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http://www.azcentral.com
The Glendale City Council on Tuesday warned residents that tax increases are better than the alternative. :)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Mediation Fails, Pushing Stockton Toward Bankruptcy
06-27-2012
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www.nytimes.com
The new budget will suspend debt payments, cut employee pay and reduce retiree benefits, allowing this city of about 292,000 residents to continue providing essential services through the bankruptcy process.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Conspiracies
MSNBC's Toure Hints Military Might Have Wanted To Silence Tillman (& Wife's New Book)
06-27-2012
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ww.realclearpolitics.com
for the Army to have the most high-profiled soldier come out of the Army and perhaps criticize the mission would have been devastating for the military. So it's not quite clear what happened, actually, in Afghanistan. I mean, just a very complicated
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
UC Davis Must Reveal Names Of Officers In Pepper Spray Incident, Judge Rules
06-27-2012
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http://blog.livenewschat.tv
Judge ruled Tuesday that the Univ. of California must release the names of the police officers involved in last November’s pepper spray incident on the UC Davis campus... after the Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times filed a lawsuit.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
How Facebook Helped a Small Town Fight Back Against a Crooked Cop
06-27-2012
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reason.com
Facebook has been being used by activists to raise awareness about social problems for years now. One woman's killer is finally being brought to justice after friends and family created a Facebook page demanding action.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Jackalope Freedom Festival in Arizona
06-27-12
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www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com
Jackfest "The Jackalope Freedom Festival" Is where statism comes to die, and the free market comes to prevail. The festival will be held at the corner of Rim Road (260) and Forest Road 300 Sitgreaves National Forest, Forest Lakes Estates, AZ 85931.
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Agorist Alma
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News Link • Currencies
Idaho GOP: End the Fed, bring back gold
06-27-2012
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The Daily Caller
Idaho joins close to ten other states in saying no to fiat currencies and yes to a precious metals backed dollar. The state lawmakers also are supporting an end to the Federal Reserve.
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Bob Ross
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