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Date Sent: 2012-10-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, October 25, 2012 AM edition |
Shifting Mood May End Blank Check for U.S. Security Efforts
Who Will Win the Elections? “The Republicrats” -- Guess who endorses Gary Johnson for president? -- Ex-Goldman director Gupta gets two-year prison sentence -- Branson: Virgin space project keeps being delayed -- Suspect in DC lobby group shooting faces terrorism charge -- Court gives "Millennium Bomber" tougher 37-year sentence -- The Silver Circle Comic Book Bomb is happening on Halloween!
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News Link • Homeland Security
Shifting Mood May End Blank Check for U.S. Security Efforts
10-24-2012
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New York Times
The looming federal budget crunch, a sense that major attacks on the United States are unlikely and new bipartisan criticism of the sprawling counterterrorism bureaucracy may mean that the open checkbook era is nearing an end.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Silver Circle Announces First Screening at Silver Summit Thurs, Oct 25th, 2012 6:30 p.m. (PST)
10-23-2012
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www.silvercirclemovie.com
Silver Circle is an animated dystopian thriller, set after an inflationary economic crash in 2019, which pits a group of rebels, who have created their own silver currency as a solution to the crisis, against an out-of-control Federal Reserve.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Political Parties
Who Will Win the Elections? “The Republicrats”
10-24-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
There is no democracy in the United States.
American political life is dominated by one party with two heads, often called the “Republicrats”.
Republicans and Democrats agree on core issues and only argue on technicalities. Obama, who was portr
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Guess who endorses Gary Johnson for president?
10-24-2012
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
For more than 80 years, the Free Press editorial page has been a voice for free market economic philosophies, personal responsibility and limited, responsible government. Endorsing the presidential candidate who most thoroughly represents those value
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Ex-Goldman director Gupta gets two-year prison sentence
10-24-2012
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Reuters
Disgraced Wall Street titan and philanthropist Rajat Gupta was sentenced to only 2 years in prison, a much lighter than prosecutors demanded, even though the judge called his insider trading crimes "disgusting" and "a terrible breach of trust."
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Branson: Virgin space project keeps being delayed
10-24-2012
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AP
British billionaire Richard Branson says his space tourism project keeps being pushed back and isn't sure of an exact date for the first launch. He says it will be at least another 12 or 18 months before the Virgin Galactic venture can offer paid spa
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Suspect in DC lobby group shooting faces terrorism charge
10-24-2012
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Reuters
The suspect in an August shooting at a conservative Washington, D.C., lobbying group was charged with terrorism under a grand jury indictment. A grand jury charged suspect Floyd Corkins II, 28, with 7 District of Columbia offenses in the shooting at
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Court gives "Millennium Bomber" tougher 37-year sentence
10-24-2012
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Reuters
"Millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam, whose original 22-year prison term was deemed too lenient by an appeals court, was re-sentenced to 37 years behind bars for a foiled New Year's Eve 1999 plot to set off explosives at Los Angeles International Airport
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Silver Circle Comic Book Bomb is happening on Halloween!
10-24-2012
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The Silver Circle Movie
In preparation for the launch of the Silver Circle Movie, a commemorative graphic novel has been released. There will be a comic book bomb on Halloween. Everyone who signs up on the Facebook event will be entered into a drawing to receive a free copy
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Barry Donegan
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Black Box Voting's Jim March Identifies MOVE Act as an Opportunity to Rig Upcoming Election
10-23-2012
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The Intercept
Excerpts from radio broadcast include Jim March, Craig Unger, Mark Crispin Miller and Jill Simpson. In the last six years, Jim March has focused on Arizona election fraud, especially in Pima County's rigged two billion dollar bond measure in 2006. H
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J.t. Waldron
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News Link • POWER to the People
Government Not Happy With App That Allows Users To Encrypt Cell Phone Communications
10-23-2012
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GovtSlaves.info
This week, after more than two years of preparation, the finished product has hit the market. Named Silent Circle, it is in essence a series of applications that can be used on a mobile device to encrypt communications...
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Police State
Rutherford Institute Calls on State Legislatures to Protect Americans from Weaponized Police Spy Dro
10-23-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Rutherford Institute’s letter to the state legislatures, model drone legislation and companion fact sheet are available at www.rutherford.org.
“These drones"aerial, robotic threats to privacy and security"are being unleashed on the American po
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
#StopNDAA " What Obama and Romney didn’t touch on during the debate
10-23-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The defense bill that lets the government indefinitely detain any US citizen without charge or trial wasn’t mentioned once during the three presidential debates, but that didn’t stop activists from sounding off: #StopNDAA went worldwide Monday night.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Guantanamo court stalls over right to boycott
10-23-2012
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AP
A dispute over whether a defendant must be present during a military tribunal brought proceedings to a halt in the case of a Guantanamo prisoner accused in the attack on the Navy destroyer the USS Cole.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Whistleblowing CIA officer in torture case pleads guilty to a single charge
10-23-2012
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Washington Post
The plea deal comes just months after the department announced that it was closing its investigation of the murders of prisoners in CIA custody without bringing a single charge.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Economy, jobs, debt: U.S. Senate candidates face off
10-23-2012
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KGUN
“My personal positions on things really aren't relevant,” Victor said. “In a political context, I support the notion that Americans have a right to both define and pursue their own happiness and that it's the role of government, simply, to just prote
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • Obama Administration
Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists
10-23-2012
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Washington Post
U.S. officials said the database is designed to go beyond existing kill lists, mapping plans for the “disposition” of suspects beyond the reach of American drones.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Tribute to Russell Means + Documentary
10-23-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Means joined the American Indian Movement in 1968, and was involved in numerous protests. Unlike the majority of AIM activists, Means was a libertarian. He came second in the 1987 Libertarian Nomination process, to none other than Ron Paul. In Januar
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Currencies
7 of 10 Asian Countries abandon U.S. dollar for Chinese Yuan now
10-23-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
7 of 10 Asian Countries have now pegged their currency to the Chinese Yuan instead of the U.S. dollar now.
It is estimated by 2015 the Yuan/Renminbi will be a currency traded fully and internationally.
With all the unlimited printing of the do
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Opt Out Campaign Goes Viral!
10-23-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Infowars’ Opt Out Campaign is picking up pace ahead of Thanksgiving.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD paid informant to ‘bait’ Muslims and spy on mosques
10-23-2012
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Rawstory
An American of Bengali descent says the NYPD paid him to spy on mosques and “bait” Muslims into talking about jihad and terrorism. He agreed facing several misdemeanor arrests for marijuana would result in serious legal consequences..
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
US Blasts Syrian Govt. Because Rebels Attacked Jordanian Troops
10-23-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
With sectarian spillover from the Syrian Civil War continuing to boil over in Lebanon over the weekend, Syrian rebel fighters attacked a group of Jordanian troops along the border, killing one and suggesting that yet another nation bordering Syria is
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama administration is persecuting government whistleblowers
10-23-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, J. D. Heyes
When he was an attorney and U.S. senator, Barack Obama established a record of pushing for stronger protections for whistleblowers " generally defined as someone who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged improper or illegal activity
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
More Entrapment that is of course 'not entrapment'
10-23-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Here’s yet another fake “crime” that the Feds ginned up: two “workers” at Houston’s airport agreed to smuggle heroin onto international flights after “undercover investigators” suborned them.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Female Student Drops Cake. Assaulted by School Security
10-23-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
A bully security guard with bad boy-style shaved head pounced on a skinny, young girl in a school cafeteria in Palmdale, CA. The girl had committed a crime by dropping a piece of cake on the floor. She cleaned it up, but a security guard repeatedly b
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Cyberspace and the New Economy
SOPA? CISPA? WHATEVER. THE GOVERNMENT’S LONG TERM STRATEGY IS NSTIC
10-23-2012
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Associates Mind at reddit
We've seen Congress legislation of the week is SOPA, PIPA, CISPA, the Executive Orders and now the UN's run on "cyberterrorism". Those creative distratctions are all leading away from the mother of Brave New World longterm strategy seated.
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Lance Armstrong Stripped
10-23-2012
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arclein
On Oct. 10, USADA published a report into Armstrong which alleged the now-retired rider had been involved in the “most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.”
Armstrong, 41, had previously elected not
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robert klein
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon
10-23-2012
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Reuters
Proposition 120 would amend the state's constitution to declare Arizona's sovereignty and jurisdiction over the "air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state's boundaries."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Charges Dropped Against Man Seen Beaten by Police in Video
10-22-2012
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New York Times
The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, dropped all criminal charges on Monday against a young man whose arrest inside a Jewish community center in Brooklyn led to allegations of police brutality.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Italy Orders Jail Terms For 7 Who Didn’t Warn Of Deadly Earthquake
10-22-2012
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New York Times
7 prominent Italian earthquake experts were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 years in prison for failing to give adequate warning to the residents of a seismically active area in the months preceding an earthquake that killed more than 30
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Internet anti-censorship tools are being overwhelmed by demand
10-22-2012
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Washington Post
U.S.-funded programs to beat back online censorship are increasingly finding a ready audience in repressive countries, with more than 1 million people a day using online tools to get past extensive blocking programs and government surveillance.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FBI releases documents that confirm they spy on anarchists
10-22-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
On Thursday, legal documents intended to be cloaked indefinitely were accidently unsealed in US District Court in Seattle for a moment, finally offering a small bit of insight as to why the FBI has been targeting adherents to a specific ideology and
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Chris Menke
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Reference Link • Gulf Oil Spill
Are Louisiana’s Coastal Areas Going To Be Evacuated?
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The conditions in the Gulf Coast region are so bad, that some are actually talking about a mass evacuation of the coastal regions in Louisiana. Others think the potential devastation is so dangerous that the entire Gulf Coast region should be evacua
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Dave Hodges
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News Link • Drug War
Narquitectura: Inside the Fortified Palaces of Mexico’s Drug Lords
10-22-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Robert Beckhusen
A gangster lives a fast, dangerous life " especially Mexico's brutal narco-chieftains.
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Robert Lee
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