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Date Sent: 2011-06-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, June 11, 2011 |
Conflict in Libya: U.S. oil companies sit on sidelines as Gaddafi maintains hold
Tenn. law bans posting images that "cause emotional distress" -- Weiner
Confirms He Sent Private Messages to Girl, 17 -- After-midnight ‘heat
burst’ surprises Kansans -- Student Loans and DOE S.W.A.T. Teams -- Ron Paul Libyan War Is "About Commercial Business!" --
Why TSA, Wars, and Efforts to Control the Internet, Are Essential to
the State -- (4409) FDA: Arsenic recently discovered in Chicken is not
bad for you?....WTF -- Police State Amerika - by David Galland, Casey Research
-- Russian ATM Scans Credit Applicants to Determine if They're Lying --
Stephen Colbert 'Proves' Rand Paul 'Technically' A 'Terrorist' (VIDEO)
-- 1,500 Architects & Engineers Disprove Official 9/11 Account of
WTC Destruction -- 10 Indications The United States Is A Dictatorship
-- Fed Will Buy $50 Billion of Treasurys in Final QE2 Push
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Conflict in Libya: U.S. oil companies sit on sidelines as Gaddafi maintains hold
06-10-2011
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Washington Post
Yet even before armed conflict drove the U.S. companies out of Libya this year, their relations with Gaddafi had soured. The Libyan leader demanded tough contract terms. He sought big bonus payments up front. Moreover, upset that he was not getting m
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News Link • Energy
Tenn. law bans posting images that "cause emotional distress"
06-10-2011
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ars Technica
A new Tennessee law makes it a crime to "transmit or display an image" online that is likely to "frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress" to someone who sees it. Violations can get you almost a year in jail time or up to $2500 in fines.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Weiner Confirms He Sent Private Messages to Girl, 17
06-10-2011
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NY Times
Representative Anthony D. Weiner said on Friday that he exchanged at least five private messages on Twitter this spring with a 17-year-old Delaware girl who became an admirer of his after hearing him speak during a high school trip to Washington.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
After-midnight ‘heat burst’ surprises Kansans
06-10-2011
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The Lookout
Wichita, Kan., residents are still reeling from a bizarre weather system that spiked temperatures 20 degrees in a matter of minutes in the early hours of Thursday morning.
KSN Channel 3's meteorologist JD Rudd explained the causes of the rare nigh
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News Link • Police State
Student Loans and DOE S.W.A.T. Teams
06-10-2011
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http://www.fff.org/
On June 7, 2011, the answer became clear. At 6 a.m. a S.W.A.T.-style team of 15 officers from the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) Office of Inspector General broke down a door in Stockton
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A Landing Pad For Skiers
06-10-2011
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Ryan Bradley via PopSci.com
They created a 15-by-20-by-5-foot vinyl-and-nylon landing pad that contained two inflatable chambers. The upper chamber was sealed, while the four-foot-high lower chamber had valves that released a controlled amount of air on impact.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Conversation With The Candidate: Ron Paul
06-10-2011
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www.wmur.com
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul answers questions about the top issues in the campaign.
Read more: http://www.wmur.com/video/28199781/detail.html#ixzz1OvnDq1XX
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A Magic Wand For Printing
06-10-2011
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Rena Marie Pacella via PopSci.com
an 8.8-ounce handheld gadget that uses inkjets, computer-mouse-like optics and navigation software to print uploaded images and text on any flat surface, including paper, plastic, wood and even fabric.
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News Link • Police State
Why TSA, Wars, and Efforts to Control the Internet, Are Essential to the State
06-10-2011
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www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer
Why TSA, Wars, State Defined Diets, Seat-Belt Laws, the War On Drugs, Police Brutality, and Efforts to Control the Internet, Are Essential to the State
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A Crime-Fighting Armored Glove
06-10-2011
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Brooke Borel via PopSci.com
A robber is cornered in a dead-end alley. He turns to face the police officer pursuing him, ready to fight. He pauses. The officer’s left forearm is encased in ballistic nylon, and half a million volts arc menacingly between electrodes on his wrist.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
A Better Mechanical Hand
06-10-2011
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Lauren Aaronson via PopSci.com
Prosthetic hands typically come in three varieties: purely cosmetic models; hooks and other low-cost that provide a limited range of motion; and electronic versions that better mimic natural hand movements yet can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
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News Link • Transportation
With Minagi Crossover Concept, Mazda Positions Itself as Purveyor of Extreme Efficiency
06-10-2011
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Lawrence Ulrich via PopSci.com
Barely a year ago, you could get 40 miles per gallon in exactly one conventional gas-powered car--the two-seat, toaster-size ForTwo, from Smart. But with fuel prices approaching $4 a gallon, membership in the 40-and-over club is growing fast.
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News Link • Energy
Japanese Environment Ministry to Slash Energy With Hawaiian Shirt Initiative Dubbed "Super Cool
06-10-2011
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Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.com
Super Cool Biz is an effort to tamp down Japan's skyrocketing energy consumption, largely through cutting out excess air conditioning
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
DaVinci Surgery Robot Celebrates Its Fifth Birthday
06-10-2011
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Julie Beck via PopSci.com
Everyone’s favorite surgical robot daVinci, known for his football-lacing and paper-airplane-making skills (and, like, landmark surgeries or something) is also a bit of a party animal, it seems.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
First Graphene-Based Integrated Circuit Is a Major Step Toward Graphene Computer Chips
06-10-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
IBM researchers have built the first integrated circuit based on graphene, a breakthrough they say could herald future based on graphene wafers instead of silicon. The circuit, a 10 gigahertz frequency mixer, could give wireless devices greater range
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Get Ready to "Shelter In Place" or "Bug Out"
06-10-2011
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Market-ticker.org
Be prepared to "shelter in place" or "bug out" as appropriate. "Wilding" events have already happened in some major cities. This is likely to spread if there is a "fiscal" or "monetary" accident and the "FSA" (free **** army) funds get cut off.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Russian ATM Scans Credit Applicants to Determine if They're Lying
06-10-2011
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
A new ATM for a Russian bank turns money machines into truth machines, using fingerprint recognition, 3-D face scans and voice analysis to determine whether customers are worthy of applying for credit cards.
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News Link • Property Rights
Is Your Governor For Sale to the EPA?
06-10-2011
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Farm Wars
The EPA asserts that the CWA “protects” (controls) navigable waters, interstate waters, adjacent wetlands, tributaries, and ‘other waters’ which account for just about all water except swimming pools.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Hillary Clinton, World Bank President? Secretary Of State Seeks Position
06-10-2011
*''Hillary Clinton wants the job,'' source says
*Timing of move would be 2012 when Zoellick's term ends
*Clinton would be first woman head of World Bank
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ha
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • TERRORISM
Stephen Colbert 'Proves' Rand Paul 'Technically' A 'Terrorist' (VIDEO)
06-10-2011
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www.huffingtonpost.com
"...if someone is attending speeches from someone who is promoting the violent overthrow of our government, that's really an offense that we should be going after. They should be deported or put in prison." Rand Paul
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
1,500 Architects & Engineers Disprove Official 9/11 Account of WTC Destruction
06-10-2011
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www.benzinga.com
Richard Gage, AIA, architect for more than 23 years, uses only scientific and forensic principles to argue that the the three World Trade Center skyscrapers could not have collapsed on September 11th 2001, by plane impacts and jet fuel alone.
He w
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
Police State Amerika
David Galland
I just had a conversation with constitutional lawyer and monetary expert Dr. Edwin Vieira. I first became acquainted with Dr. Vieira, who holds four degrees from Harvard and has extensive experience arguing cases before the Supreme Court, at our rece
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News Link • Government
10 Indications The United States Is A Dictatorship
06-10-2011
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www.activistpost.com
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" -- Lord Acton
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fed Will Buy $50 Billion of Treasurys in Final QE2 Push
06-10-2011
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http://www.cnbc.com/
The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the U.S. economy for two and a half years will shrink to a trickle with the conclusion of the Fed's bond purchases announced Friday.
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News Link • World News
Swiss Politicians To March On Bilderberg Meeting, Demand Arrest Of Kissinger
06-10-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
They detail how activists from We Are Change Switzerland have a written letter from the Swiss parliament informing police that they must respect the rights of those documenting the meeting and not interfere with their work.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Apple to stop accepting DUI checkpoint apps
06-10-2011
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http://www.usatoday.com/
It's getting harder for tech-savvy drivers to pinpoint the locations of police drunken-driving checkpoints: Apple will ban from its online store future applications that inform users of checkpoints not publicized by police.
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News Link • Corruption
Bilderberg 2011: The Curtains Are Drawn
06-10-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
Breaking news. There's been a bomb. Sorry, a "bomb". A "tubular device" has been "found" by the police, two people have been cuffed and whisked off, and the security is tightening fast.
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News Link • Police State
They Do This Every Week: Clarence Dupnik’s Death Squad
06-10-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
Why did they use a SWAT team? If Tucson resident Jose Guerena was plausibly suspected of narcotics trafficking, why wasn't he arrested on his way to or from his job at the nearby Asarco Mission copper mine?
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Dr. Paul's Case for Gold
06-10-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
This country had the chance to avoid the disastrous meltdown of 2008 and following, the one that has led to the nationalization of industries, the creation of oceans of paper money, and the destruction of so many American dreams.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Beyond Outdoor Survival
06-10-2011
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http://www.survivalblog.com/
As a homeschooler, I enjoy reading books about survival techniques. I have to admit that I have never been in trapped in the jungle, stuck on Mount Everest, or lost in the desert. Nevertheless, I do know of many stories I could tell.
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
How Wisconsin Could Turn Austerity into Prosperity: Own a Bank
06-10-2011
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http://www.yesmagazine.org/
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, whose recently proposed bill to gut benefits, wages, and bargaining rights for unionized public workers inspired weeks of protests in Madison.
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News Link • Propaganda
Do you think you’re free? Ask yourself these questions
06-10-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
I don’t come to the United States very often, and when I do there’s usually a pretty good reason. In this case, it’s because of the annual Atlas 400 meeting which kicks off today in New York.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Top Post-Collapse Barter Items And Trade Skills
06-10-2011
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http://www.alt-market.com/
The concept of private barter and alternative economies has been so far removed from our daily existence here in America that the very idea of participating in commerce without the use of dollars...
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
AMC Theaters Will Screen Palin Documentary
06-10-2011
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http://www.slate.com/
The marketers of the The Undefeated, Steve Bannon's Palin documentary, announce with some pride that the movie's going to launch "exclusively at select AMC theaters."
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
World’s first 3D printed bikini heads for the beach
06-10-2011
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http://www.gizmag.com/
The high-tech bikini's (not particularly sexy) name is derived from "nylon 12", the material that's used in the 3D printing process. Nylon 12 is strong, flexible and 3D printable with an impressive thinness of 0.7 mm (0.027 in).
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