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Date Sent: 2011-07-02
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, July 1, 2011 PM edition |
US Still Flying 100s of Strike Missions Against Libya -- US Reject Pakistan Demand to Leave
Minnesota government shuts down -- Syrian protesters call on Assad to
step down -- Cory Maye Will Soon Be
Free -- The Coming Destruction of U.S. Pensions -- Murdoch's
News Corp sells its $500M MySpace investment for $35M -- Texas
lawmakers let pat-down ban die -- Geithner Wants Off the Sinking Ship -- Arlington PD Testing Unmanned Aircraft
-- Use of Predators Sets Dangerous Precedent -- Scott Horton Interviews Charles Goyette
-- Antiwar.com Panel - Libertarianism and the Antiwar Movement -- TSA’s
Naked Scanners Headed to Afghanistan -- OrlandoCopwatch.com’s John Kurtz Jailed
AZ: Arizona
Breakfast Club tomorrow with Alan Korwin on "The Global Collapse"; POOL PARTY- tomorrow, at the Hancock's
starting 1PM
PA:
Outreach Table - DECLARE
PEACE FAIR tomorrow in Philadelphia
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Still Flying ‘Hundreds’ of Strike Missions Against Libya
07-01-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
President Obama’s claims that the United States is not engaged in hostilities against Libya are centered around the premise that they are purely providing “support” for the British and French attacks...
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News Link • World News
US Rejects Pakistani Demand to Leave Air Base
07-01-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
Fresh off of the public demand by Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry Mukhar that the United States must immediately vacate the Shamsi Air Base...
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News Link • Surveillance
Microsoft Wins Patent For Internet Spying Technology
07-01-2011
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Information Week
Microsoft has been granted a patent for technology that acts as a wiretap of sorts for Internet communication, allowing governments or other law-enforcement authorities to record the data without detection.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest
07-01-2011
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Reuters
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday after prosecutors said the hotel maid who accuses him of attempted rape lied to a grand jury and made other false statements.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, still faces charges t
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Hackers strike Arizona police sites a 3rd time
07-01-2011
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Arizona Republic
A release by the hackers, plastered across the homepages of the affected websites, claimed they were releasing information on 1,200 officers. This marks the third major release of documents and personal information on Arizona law enforcement official
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Magic Mushrooms Resolves Clinical Depression
07-01-2011
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arclein
More important, 89 percent reported lasting, positive changes in their behavior--better relationships with others, for instance, or increased care for their own mental and physical well-being. Those assessments were corroborated by family members and
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News Link • Agriculture
Fence Row Potato Growing
07-01-2011
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arclein
I got an idea from this last year. If turnips grow this well in the wild with no care, and humans consume turnips, what other food would grow with no care and would be a real resource for human consumption? So last spring I planted my regular food pl
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News Link • Food
Sage Thoughts
07-01-2011
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arclein
Sage is a known memory enhancer, too. In a recent study, they took a group of people and gave them either a placebo or Spanish sage. After only an hour, the sage group had improved performance on memory and attention tasks. They also had reduced ment
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News Link • Climate Change
Washington Post of UN's Global Warming
07-01-2011
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arclein
a good thing human productivity doesn't threaten the global thermostat the way the U.N. would have us believe. If it did, we'd be cooked. Countries rich and poor are backing away
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News Link • Inventions
U.S. Can’t Find Iran’s Spy-Tech Suppliers
07-01-2011
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Adam Rawnsley via WIRED.com
Want to know which companies are playing a double game of doing business with America and selling spy gear to Iran? Well, so would the Government Accountability Office, Congress’ investigative arm.
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News Link • Military
If Pakistan Denies U.S. Its Drone Bases, There’s a Backup Plan Next Door
07-01-2011
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Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.com
Pakistan may be kicking the CIA out of its premiere base for the drone war. Or it may not " who can tell with the Pakistanis anymore? What’s for certain is that all their griping strengthens the U.S.’ resolve to keep bases in neighboring Afghanistan
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News Link • Drones
Let's All Trade Hats!
07-01-2011
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Yahoo! search to confirm a rumor
Petraeus to replace Panetta, who will replace Gates. Are you keeping track? Of course not, that's why they do it!
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News Link • Technology: Software
First Look: Google+ and Minuses
07-01-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
I got a prized early invite to Google+, the search giant’s highly anticipated Facebook competitor, thanks to the magic of Wired’s Steven Levy. But I could not find it anywhere.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge: Google Can Be Sued for Wiretapping in Street View Debacle
07-01-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
A federal judge has found that Google can be held liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open Wi-Fi routers.
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News Link • Military
Killer Drones, Stealth Jets, Spy Planes: Bob Gates’ Legacy in Military Tech
07-01-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
On his way out the door at the Pentagon, Robert Gates leveled with the military. A staggering $700 billion in defense R&D and gear since 9/11 led to only "relatively modest gains in actual military capability," Gates said on June 2.
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News Link • Propaganda
British Government Devised Propaganda Campaign To Downplay Fukushima
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Just 48 hours after the onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the British government devised a propaganda campaign to downplay the severity of the crisis...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Will Barack Obama Use The 14th Amendment As A Way To Get Around The Debt Ceiling?
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
As the deadline to raise the debt ceiling draws closer, many are now wondering if Barack Obama will try to go around Congress if a deal is not reached by August 2nd.
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News Link • Healthcare
Airport scanner row leaves angry doctor grounded as he claims machines may...
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
A hospital consultant was grounded after he refused to go through a ‘naked’ X-ray scanner at an airport, claiming it could give him cancer.
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News Link • Economy - International
Gerald Celente: ‘IMF " International Mafia Federation’
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
The Greek Parliament has just passed a plan for new austerity measures, but tensions remain high on the streets, showing that frustration levels are only growing.
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News Link • Economy - International
NEXT QUESTION ON STRAUSS-KAHN: Was He Set Up?
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Following the extraordinary news that the maid who brought rape charges against former IMF head and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have lied about the incident, the next question is…
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News Link • Government
Minnesota government shuts down
07-01-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
Minnesota's state government began a broad shut down on Friday going into the July 4 holiday after Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget deal.
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News Link • Transportation
Yes, It's a Hybrid SUV. But It's Still a Porsche
07-01-2011
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Chuck Squatriglia via WIRED.com
Purists will tell you the Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid is not a true Porsche. They will barely contain their piety as they catalog the heretic’s sins: It is big. It is heavy. And not only is it an SUV, it’s a freakin’ hybrid.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Japanese scientists develop robotic exoskeleton
07-01-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
A disabled Japanese man on Friday embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a mediaeval French World Heritage site with the help of a cutting-edge robotic suit.
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News Link • Military
Full Speed Ahead for Panetta-Led Pentagon
07-01-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
Early reports had now-confirmed Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, a career politician who has left his CIA Director post, as a reformer being brought into the Pentagon with his experience as Office of Management and Budget Director...
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News Link • World News
Syrian protesters call on Assad to step down
07-01-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Activists say at least nine people killed by security forces as thousands take to the streets across the country.
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News Link • Activism
Man Sues D.C. Cops After Being Detained For Photography
07-01-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
He was immediately approached by a male cop who demanded to know for “security reasons” why he taking their photo. Vorus said he was taking photos for his photo collection. Eventually, an officer informed Vorus he was being detained.
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News Link • World News
Morocco votes on revised constitution
07-01-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Revisions give some of the king's powers to the prime minister and the parliament while keeping him as a power-broker.
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News Link • Internet
Get Started On Google+
07-01-2011
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Terrence Russell via WIRED.com
Google made a big splash this week with the launch of a new social sharing service, Google+. But like any new social network, it takes a little practice to share the right information with the right group of people.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Porkfest: Breakfast At Libertarian Summer Camp
07-01-2011
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NPR
Last weekend, a group of libertarians and anarchists gathered in the woods of northern New Hampshire for the annual Porcupine Freedom Festival, aka PorcFest.
I went up for breakfast.
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News Link • Internet
Google+ Is the New GeoCities
07-01-2011
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Lore Sjöberg via WIRED.com
Google has thrown its hat into the social networking ring with Google+. Or rather, it’s throwing the latest of several hats into the ring, the previous hats having been stomped into wads of filthy felt scraps.
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News Link • Internet
First Look: Google+ and Minuses
07-01-2011
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Ryan Singel via WIRED.com
I got a prized early invite to Google+, the search giant’s highly anticipated Facebook competitor, thanks to the magic of Wired’s Steven Levy. But I could not find it anywhere.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Raising a Healthy, Happy Infant in a Survival Situation
07-01-2011
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http://www.survivalblog.com/
Humidifier - check. Electric fan - check. Lullaby CD - check. Nightlight - check. Final kisses and whispered prayers, and at last you’re ready to lay your tiny baby down to sleep.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Cory Maye Will Soon Be Free
07-01-2011
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The Agitator
A Judge just signed a plea agreement between Cory Maye and the state. Maye plead guilty to a reduced charged of manslaughter, and was resentenced to 10 years in prison, time served. He should be released and home with his family in days.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The Coming Destruction of U.S. Pensions
07-01-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
We know the Federal and State governments are in serious fiscal trouble. Having overspent and over borrowed, they are now faced with the real prospect of having to reduce jobs, spending programs and retirement related benefits.
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News Link • World News
What's really at stake in Libya
07-01-2011
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http://www.atimes.com/
Way beyond the impenetrable fog of war, the ongoing tragedy in Libya is morphing into a war of acronyms that graphically depicts the tortuous "birth pangs" of a possibly new world order.
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News Link • Police State
Police Taser, Beat, Pepper Spray Mentally Handicapped Teen...
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Dayton police tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat a mentally handicapped teen and then charged him with assault.
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News Link • World News
Anarchy in Somalia
07-01-2011
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http://mises.org/
Earlier in the year, the BBC featured a series of articles commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the state in Somalia.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Monthly Combat Deaths in Iraq at 3-Year High
07-01-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
The American military announced on Thursday that three more American soldiers had been killed this week, as the combat-related deaths for United States forces in Iraq reached a monthly toll not seen since 2008.
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News Link • World News
World's longest sea bridge opens in China...
07-01-2011
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China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge - which stretches five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais.
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News Link • Internet
Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace
07-01-2011
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News Corp sells MySpace for $35 million, mostly in stock, to Specific Media, Justin Timberlake
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Grunt control device lets Wimbledon fans turn down the volume...
07-01-2011
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Tennis fans who have suffered years of headaches from the incessant grunting of top players have finally got their wish - a device that fades out the squeals.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Geithner to Consider Leaving After Debt Debate
07-01-2011
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http://www.bloomberg.com/
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he’s considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress...
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Texas lawmakers let pat-down ban die
07-01-2011
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Texas lawmakers adjourned their special session Wednesday without passing a ban on Transportation Security Administration pat-downs, to the dismay of staunch conservative critics of the agency.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
A real life gold digger: Meet the 'urban prospector' who scours the streets..
07-01-2011
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It turns out the streets of New York really are paved with gold - as long as you don't mind searching for it on your hands and knees.
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News Link • Constitution
First Circuit Hears Argument on Right to Record in Public
07-01-2011
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http://www.citmedialaw.org/
The First Circuit in the case of Glik v. Cunniffe, which raises important questions regarding the existence of a constitutional right to record the activity of police officers in public areas and the scope of Massachusetts' wiretapping law.
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
This little Aluminum tag is HUD's License to Kill!*.
07-01-2011
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http://www.emmasmith.org/
This little Aluminum tag is HUD's License to Kill!*. . . Shielded by it since 1976, HUD (& FEMA) has ordered all Contractors to built and distribute some 12+ million Manufactured and Mobile homes and Portable Business units
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Use of Predators Sets Dangerous Precedent
07-01-2011
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http://original.antiwar.com/
In May, as an intervention that was slated to last “days, not weeks” approached its third month, President Obama quietly authorized the use of unmanned Predator drones against Libyan government troops.
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News Link • Media: Radio
Scott Horton Interviews Charles Goyette
07-01-2011
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http://antiwar.com/
Charles Goyette, former Antiwar Radio co-contributor and author of The Dollar Meltdown : Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, discusses his LRC article “Obama Gets it Half Right,”
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