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Date Sent: 2011-10-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, October 25, 2011 AM edition |
Officials Use Terror At High School To Clear Halls For Drug Search
What would happen if the Chinese economy crashes? -- Occupy Wall Street
Protesters Protect Photographer From Arrest -- Chicago cop under
scrutiny for 3 shootings, 2 of them fatal -- U.S. pulls ambassador out of Syria, citing threats --
Switching Focus from Iraq to Iran -- Ron Paul Wins 1st in Ohio GOP
Straw Poll with 53%! -- Rick Perry Is Hitting The Panic Button -- The Coming Derivatives Crisis That Could Destroy The Entire Global Financial System -- Morgan Stanley Unloads Its Mortgage-Servicing Unit -- Plus ça change: Iraq Done; On to Iran! -- An Example Of What Should Lead To Handcuffs -- Here It Comes: Pensions --
The Eurobanks’ Latest Scheme to Escape the Pain of Recapitalization:...
-- Arizona Police Departments Hiring Officers -- World Bank: America
lousy place to do business -- Top Tier: Ron Paul Raises Most In Iowa GOP
Campaign Donations -- McCain calls for war with Syria -- TSA Agents Harass Man Over Silver Coins -- TSA Releases VIPR Venom on Tennessee Highways (Ron Paul Video) -- Video of Uygur's Dangerous Constitutional Convention Announcement
AZ: John Stuart trial continues
today;"Politics On The
Rocks" With Gary Johnson, Thurs Oct 27, 2011, 5:30 p.m.; Phoenix - Rock the Revolution Tour
is now set; Project
Appleseed 2011 Tour - November 5-6, 2011
CA: Libertopia in San Diego this weekend October
21-23!!!!
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News Link • Drug War
Officials Use Terror At High School To Clear Halls For Drug Search
10-24-2011
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At Wolcott High School one morning this week, an urgent announcement crackled over the intercom: a threatening intruder was in the building and students were told to immediately take refuge in classrooms.
Doors were locked and police, with dogs, m
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Analysis: What would happen if the Chinese economy crashes?
10-24-2011
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Reuters
The China hard-landing debate is a classic tail risk story " an unlikely scenario, but if it materializes the consequences could be catastrophic.
Because of their close trade links, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong would be a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Protect Photographer From Arrest
10-24-2011
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Photography Is Not a Crime
In New York, it's been the other way around, especially in an incident on Friday where a group of protesters protected a photographer from getting arrested. One of them even earned a beatdown and arrest by police for his efforts.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Chicago cop under scrutiny for 3 shootings, 2 of them fatal
10-24-2011
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Chicago Tribune
In the video, Flint Farmer was lying on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. It was shortly before 2 a.m. on a June morning in the West Englewood neighborhood, and Farmer had been shot by a Chicago police officer. Then, according to the video
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
U.S. pulls ambassador out of Syria, citing threats
10-24-2011
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Washington Post
The Obama administration said it had called home the US ambassador to Syria over concerns about his personal safety, prompting Damascus to pull its ambassador from Washington in a dramatic deterioration in the tense US-Syrian relationship.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Communications
Automakers embrace hands-free text-messaging technology
10-24-2011
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Washington Post
3 years into the crusade against distracted driving, automakers are equipping vehicles with new technology that might circumvent the 34 state laws that prohibit text messaging behind the wheel, which 95% of Americans say is dangerous.
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • WAR: About that War
Ray McGovern: My Take
Switching Focus from Iraq to Iran
10-24-2011
Ray McGovern
President Barack Obama’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is a blow to the neocons who had long dreamt of permanent military bases. But the neocons are now trying to spin the Iraq disaster into another excuse to confront Iran, writes Ray McGovern.
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News Link • Architecture
A Look At 'Umka', The Domed Russian City Planned For Sub-Zero Arctic Temperatures
10-24-2011
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www.businessinsider.com
Russia is planning to further it's reach in the Arctic circle, according to a statement from Vladimir Putin's website. The country has already made a bold appeal to the UN to annex some 380,000 square miles of Arctic seabed due to oil and gas in the
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rick Perry Is Hitting The Panic Button
10-24-2011
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www.businessinsider.com
As his once-soaring campaign enters a second month of political freefall, Rick Perry is pulling out all the stops to resuscitate his White House bid, bringing on at least four big-name GOP strategists to build out his close-knit campaign team.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Coming Derivatives Crisis That Could Destroy The Entire Global Financial System
10-24-2011
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Estimates of the notional value of the worldwide derivatives market go from $600 trillion all the way up to $1.5 quadrillion. Keep in mind that the GDP of the entire world is only somewhere in the neighborhood of $65 trillion.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Housing
Morgan Stanley Unloads Its Mortgage-Servicing Unit
10-24-2011
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online.wsj.com
NEW YORK"Morgan Stanley agreed to sell Saxon Mortgage Services, its mortgage-servicing unit, to Ocwen Financial Corp., in a long-awaited deal that ends the investment bank's foray into subprime-mortgage servicing.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
An Example Of What Should Lead To Handcuffs
10-24-2011
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market-ticker.org
Citigroup has agreed to settle the SEC’s charges by paying a total of $285 million, which will be returned to investors. (A DROP IN THE BUCKET)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Arizona Police Departments Hiring Officers
10-24-2011
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www.azcentral.com
Police departments across Arizona once again are hiring new officers despite the continued sluggish economy.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Going Organic on a Shoestring Budget
10-24-2011
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Farm Wars
Make the most of your organic cents. Eating healthy is difficult if both parents work full time, and are on a limited budget. Don't despair, it can be done. Eating healthy is not only for the rich!
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Economy - International
World Bank: America lousy place to do business
10-24-2011
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Terrence Aym
The World Bank has released its annual report, Doing Business, listing the best countries in the world for people to start a new business. The US comes up short"way short. Perhaps the biggest surprise"and biggest warning to America to get its act str
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
It’s Not Just What You Pack, It’s How You Pack It
10-24-2011
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Lew Rockwell
The TSA’s dimwits deemed a carry-on bag “suspicious [which] led agents to find a ‘gold-colored brick with a stamp indicating a value of $10 million.’" Naturally, the government's goldbricks then ran their victim’s ID through a database.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Top Tier: Ron Paul Raises Most In Iowa GOP Campaign Donations
10-24-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has once again proved he is a front runner in the race for the GOP nomination, pulling in the most campaign donations from Iowa residents thus far. Over $77,000 a full $10,000 more than his closet rival Mitt Romney.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
McCain calls for war with Syria
10-24-2011
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AFP
US Senator John McCain raised the prospect Sunday of possible armed intervention to protect civilians in Syria where a crackdown on pro-democracy protests has killed more than 3,000 people.
"Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Agents Harass Man Over Silver Coins
10-24-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
A traveler flying into Las Vegas was questioned by the TSA about his small collection of silver coins, another example of how the federal agency is acting more like a secret police unit than an airport security outfit, routinely interrogating America
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Video of Uygur's Dangerous Constitutional Convention Announcement
10-24-2011
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www.thedailybell.com
'Young Turk', Cenk Uygur, has come up with a dangerous new ploy to erode what's left of American freedoms under the guise of increasing "fairness" and equity for the savaged US middle class. He wants to have a US constitutional convention.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Occupy Wall Street to Attack US Freedoms With Constitutional Convention?
10-24-2011
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www.thedailybell.com
The Vatican has called for a central bank for the world along with a global tax on transactions. It seems to us that it becoming increasingly difficult for anyone to deny the collusion between the great central banking families and their enablers and
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics
Occupying Civil Disobedience
10/24/2011
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Free Patriot Press
Occupying Civil Disobedience
With the Occupy protests continuing, and with hundreds of arrests at the various protests across the country, some people that oppose the protests have resorted to attacking the character of the protesters instead of
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Veterans Groups Object to Cuts in Health Care as Super Committee Targets Benefits
10-24-2011
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Associated Press
Republicans and Democrats alike are signaling a willingness -- unheard of at the height of two post-Sept. 11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- to make military retirees pay more for coverage.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Homeland Security
Mission Creep: This Tennessee Highway Is Now Patrolled by TSA
10-24-2011
a Tennessee TV news broadcast reports that TSA is already operating on highways in the state. The brilliant reasoning? “Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate,” said Tennessee Department
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News Link • Libya
The Gadaffi I Knew - by Eric Margolis
10-24-2011
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by Eric Margolis via LewRockwell.com
"Why, Mr. Eric, why are the western powers trying to kill me?" I was stunned. Gadaffi appeared to be sincere. Could he not understand why he had become a hate figure and target number one. A leader Ronald Reagan called, "the mad dog of the Middle Eas
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Blogger claims TSA agent found vibrator in her luggage, and left a note
10-24-2011
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www.rawstory.com
(TSA) agent had searched the bag and found her vibrator, and apparently felt inspired enough to leave a handwritten note. “GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL,” the alleged agent wrote.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
New York cops defy order to arrest hundreds of ‘Occupy Albany’ protesters
10-24-2011
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www.rawstory.com
With protesters acting peacefully, local and state police agreed that low level arrests could cause a riot, so they decided instead to defy Governor Cuomo and Mayor Jennings.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights?
10-24-2011
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www.nytimes.com
IMAGINE you have a 10- or 11-year-old child, just entering a public middle school. How would you feel if, as part of a class ostensibly about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, he and his classmates were given “risk cards” that graphically na
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
German officials: Bailout fund will top $1.4 trln
10-24-2011
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www.cbsnews.com
To do that, however, it needs to be bigger or see its lending powers magnified. the chancellor informed them that the EFSF will be leveraged well beyond its current size.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Herman Cain: Karl Rove is trying to destroy me
10-24-2011
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www.politico.com
Cain accused Rove of bias in favor of candidates with big organizations, lots of money, and prior experience in political office " all things Cain doesn't have. "What has Karl Rove done?"
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