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Date Sent: 2012-09-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, September 11, 2012 AM edition |
Clinton Bashes Russia’s Syria Peace Plan -- Man Investigated For Buying Too Much Ammunition
US military says 9th prisoner has died at Guantanamo -- As toll cheating increases, Maryland does little to enforce rules -- Photos of dead police officer posted outside Tennessee farm -- Amputations and Killings Shake an Embattled Mali -- Ecuadoreans Close Ranks in Assange Standoff -- Californians Face Rival Ballot Initiatives That Would Raise Taxes and Aid Schools -- As Low Rates Depress Savers, Governments Reap Benefits -- Solving the Earth's Climate Problems - An Interview with Bill McKibben -- Underground Brings Drama to Julian Assange’s Teenage Hacker Days -- Google Fiber Splits Along Kansas City’s Digital Divide -- Video: Camilla Luddington Reinvents Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Reboot -- Video: Watch Darpa’s Robotic Dog Follow Its Master -- Mystery Google Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa -- Building Cheap Batteries to Circumvent the Grid -- FYI: How Quantum Teleportation Can Bring Us Secure Communications -- Researchers Drill World's Deepest Hole in the Ocean Floor -- The Declining West: Tragedy or Comedy? -- Man Investigated By Police For Buying Ammunition -- New Study Finds Link Between Flu Shot, H1N1 Pandemic -- Iraq Carnage: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded As VP Condemned to Death -- Clinton Bashes Russia’s Syria Peace Plan -- Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods -- The Great Green Car Fleet -- GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds -- Michael Smeriglio accidentally shoots off his penis and testicle; friend arrested on drug charge -- Movies suffer worst box-office slump in a decade -- ...Obama’s struggle to keep Congress from controlling outcome of debt ceiling crisis -- Interstellar Starship Meeting Warps Into Houston This Week -- Gamers may get a charge out of the Gauss Rifle -- World record quadrocopter swarm puts on impressive light show --
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News Link • Police State
Man Investigated By Police For Buying Ammunition
09-10-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Commercial fisherman questioned over purchase of a few boxes of ammo even as feds buy bullets in huge quantities
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News Link • Torture
US military says 9th prisoner has died at Guantanamo
09-10-2012
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Washington Post
Another prisoner has died at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U.S. military said Monday, two days after the man was apparently found unconscious in his cell at the isolated, high-security prison.
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News Link • TAXES: State
As toll cheating increases, Maryland does little to enforce rules
09-10-2012
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Washington Post
Thousands of vehicles are repeatedly blowing through Maryland E-ZPass lanes without an E-ZPass transponder, and the state is doing little to collect the millions of dollars in unpaid tolls.
One car-rental company owes the state nearly $209,000 in
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Photos of dead police officer posted outside Tennessee farm
09-10-2012
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The Sideshow
2 brothers who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy have placed photos of the slain lawman outside the entrance of their farm, calling it a "warning" to other law enforcement officials. Show the "bullet-riddled bodies" of Roane County Deputy Bill Jones
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Amputations and Killings Shake an Embattled Mali
09-10-2012
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New York Times
Radical Islamists who control northern Mali extended their campaign of enforcing harsh Shariah law, amputating the hands and feet of four young men they accused of robbery in the main square at Gao, a principal town in the region.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ecuadoreans Close Ranks in Assange Standoff
09-10-2012
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New York Times
But when the tussle over Mr. Assange turned into a fight pitting tiny Ecuador against a powerful and imperious Britain, many in this politically divided country rallied around him.
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News Link • TAXES: State
Californians Face Rival Ballot Initiatives That Would Raise Taxes and Aid Schools
09-10-2012
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New York Times
First came a competing save-our-schools ballot initiative, backed by a wealthy lawyer who proved more persistent than Gov. Jerry Brown had hoped. Then came a summer of minor financial embarrassments that handed Mr. Brown’s opponents a narrative to us
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
As Low Rates Depress Savers, Governments Reap Benefits
09-10-2012
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New York Times
Bill Taren, a retiree near Orlando, Fla., discovered in August that his credit union would pay only 0.4 percent annual interest on his saving account, even though inflation averaged 2.8 percent over the last year. So he and his wife decided to just
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News Link • Energy
Solving the Earth's Climate Problems - An Interview with Bill McKibben
09-10-2012
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Oilprice.com
Record droughts, a melting Arctic and changing worldwide weather patterns - are these the early signs of an environment on the verge of collapse? To look at these issues and more we had a chance to speak with the well known environmentalist Bill McKi
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Underground Brings Drama to Julian Assange’s Teenage Hacker Days
09-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Angela Watercutter
Long before Julian Assange was known as the founder of WikiLeaks, he was a teenage hacktivist known by the handle Mendax. The new film Underground looks to expose that side of Assange, even as the media attention around the founder continues to reach
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Video: Camilla Luddington Reinvents Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Reboot
09-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com,
Wired caught up with Camilla Luddington, the actress playing Lara Croft in the upcoming reboot of Tomb Raider, at Comic-Con earlier this year.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Video: Watch Darpa’s Robotic Dog Follow Its Master
09-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Robert Beckhusen
Previously we’ve seen AlphaDog, Darpa’s four-legged, autonomous robot wander the woods and play fetch. Now the Pentagon’s robo-beast, designed to haul supplies in rough terrain, has become smart enough to follow troops around like a loyal pet.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Mystery Google Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa
09-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Cade Metz
Photos of the mystery computing device appeared on the web in late February. Taken with a smartphone, they were a bit washed out and a little blurry in places, but you could easily read the name printed on the long, thin piece of hardware. “Pluto Swi
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News Link • Battery Project
Building Cheap Batteries to Circumvent the Grid
09-10-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Kevin Bullis
Startup Aquion prepares to ramp up production of products for storing power in remote microgrids.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Researchers Drill World's Deepest Hole in the Ocean Floor
09-10-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Japanese researchers have toppled a 19-year-old record for the deepest passage into the floor of the world, reaching 2,466 meters (about 8,024 feet) as of today. That's about 2,000 feet deeper than the lowest part of the Grand Canyon, from rim to flo
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News Link • Government
The Declining West: Tragedy or Comedy?
09-10-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
During the Vietnam War, Sweden was an independent country with a moral conscience, and Sweden gave sanctuary to US war protestors who refused the draft. Washington realized the cost to itself and purchased the Swedish government in order to prevent a
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq Carnage: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded As VP Condemned to Death
09-10-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, Margaret Griffis
Sunday: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded; Hashemi Condemned to Death
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News Link • Energy
Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods
09-10-2012
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http://www.ted.com
Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities.
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News Link • Transportation
GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds
09-10-2012
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By Bernie Woodall and Paul Lienert and Ben Klayman
General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August " but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Movies suffer worst box-office slump in a decade
09-10-2012
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By Lisa Richwine and Jill Serjeant
The North American box office hit a slump at the weekend, with top earner "The Possession" taking in less than $10 million and what could be the gloomiest overall haul since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
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News Link • Obama Administration
...Obama’s struggle to keep Congress from controlling outcome of debt ceiling crisis
09-10-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Bob Woodward
...The night before, House Speaker John A. Boehner had withdrawn from negotiations to raise the $14 trillion federal debt limit and save the government from a catastrophic default. “Nobody wanted to be there,” Boehner later recalled. “The president’s
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Interstellar Starship Meeting Warps Into Houston This Week
09-10-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Clara Moskowitz
Scientists, visionaries, entertainers and the public will gather in Houston this week for the 100-Year Starship Symposium, a meeting to discuss space travel to another star.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Gamers may get a charge out of the Gauss Rifle
09-10-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
Well, Patrick Priebe might have outdone himself with this one. In the past, the German cyberpunk weapons-maker has brought us such creations as a wrist-mounted mini-crossbow, a laser-sighted rotary-saw-blade-shooting crossbow, and a flame-throwing gl
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
World record quadrocopter swarm puts on impressive light show
09-10-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
Many see small quadrocopters as the future of surveillance, aerial photography, warfare and even construction, but a new demonstration involving a world record-setting swarm of 50 quadrocopters has shown the aircraft can also pull off some pretty imp
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Exploding watermelons with your mind
09-10-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick Gilbert
Games that are played by using your hands are so last year " why not do something a little more fun? For instance, why not explode watermelons ... with your mind? One hackerspace took that idea and ran with it, turning a mind-reading toy into a melon
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
A new sport evolves as the World Wingsuit League begins
09-10-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Mike Hanlon
Wingsuit flying is little more than a decade old, but the spectacular nature of the endeavour has been brought together in a new competitive sport which will have its first outing with the formation of the World Wingsuit League...
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News Link • Obama Administration
Democrats finally admit, in court, Obama not eligible
09-10-2012
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www.westernjournalism.com
“…Defendants assert that the Democrat Party has the right to nominate whoever it chooses to run as a candidate, including someone who is not qualified for the office.”
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News Link • Drug War
Nita Ghei’s Column On BATFE’s New Asset Forfeiture Authority
09-09-2012
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The Agitator
In practice, expanding BATFE authority to seize and administratively forfeit for controlled substance offenses is granting BATFE authority to use fill-in-the-blank catch-alls for seizures and forfeitures.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Did a Creepy Secret Society Steal Geronimo's Bones?
09-09-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Prescott Bush, father of George H.W. and grandfather of George W.--and all three members of the power-elite Skull & Bones--robbed the grave of an opponent of the US imperialism, Geronimo, and installed his skull and bones in the occult
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News Link • Police State
Maryland legislator’s efforts to curtail NFL player’s support for marriage equality
09-09-2012
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Rawstory
A Maryland delegate who voted against legalizing same sex marriage in the state is under fire after he wrote the owner of the Baltimore Ravens demanding that the team stop one of its players from voicing support for marriage equality.
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S. Puts Transfer of Detainees to Afghans on Hold
09-09-2012
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New York Times
On Sunday, however, the United States said it was putting on hold the transfer of about 30 Afghan detainees because of doubts about the government’s commitment to other parts of the memorandum of understanding.
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News Link • Corruption
Attorney General and Comptroller Play Down Their Roles in Settlement
09-09-2012
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New York Times
In late May, a lawyer for the New York State Assembly sent a note to his colleagues in the attorney general’s and comptroller’s offices, soliciting their advice.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Treasury to Sell $18 Billion Worth of Additional A.I.G. Shares
09-09-2012
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New York Times
The Treasury Dept said it was planning its biggest sale of shares in the American International Group to date, making the federal government a minority shareholder in the bailed-out insurer for the first time since it took control
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Outrage in Flagstaff, judge issues apology for blaming sex assault victim
09-09-2012
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AZ Family TV-3 (BELO)
A Coconino County Superior Court judge issued an apology for telling a sexual assault victim that she would not have been assaulted had she not been at a bar comments made during the sentencing of former Dept. of Public Safety officer
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Opinion • Day of Reckoning
Malthus was right...sort of
09-09-2012
Glenn Jacobs
We may well be facing a Malthusian catastrophe--in which the world's population proves unsustainable in regards to the resources available--in the near future. But it won't be the fault of the free market.
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News Link • General Opinion
Ayn Rand's first appearance on Johnny Carson: Hardly entertainment! Ha!
09-09-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by JohnPhillipSousa
17 solid minutes of AR talking about "Objectivism", defense of Capitalism, Free Markets, Morality of Individual Rights, Right to Privacy, WAR...
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News Link • Food
One Cantaloupe Farmer Calls It Quits After Surviving Listeria Recall This Summer
09-09-2012
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One particular listeria recall focused on 580 crates of cantaloupes from Burch Farms. Luckily, no consumers fell ill from the fruit. Nonetheless, Burch Farms announced it will no longer grow cantaloupes, citing risk of contamination is too high.
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News Link • Gun Rights
DOJ gives ATF orders to commit civil forfeiture against medical marijuana gun owners
09-09-2012
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Washington Times
Not charged with a crime, never prosecuted (maybe), but all your guns will be taken, because the Department of Justice has said its OK for ATF to do so,...mere suspicion of drug abuse is all that is required. (And defines "suspicion" anyway?)
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Aurora Theater Shooting Court Documents Blows Inside Job Conspiracy Wide Open
09-09-2012
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www.examiner.com
"But not before being shot by the police chief in “non-life-threatening areas” of the body, according to the motion, to appear as having been shot by James Holmes himself."
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