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Date Sent: 2011-06-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, June 8, 2011 AM edition |
Real US Debt is $61 Trillion -- Six More Years: US General Wants to Train Afghans Until 2017
Researchers Crack Audio Security System -- U.S. Aims Missiles at Hackers -- Biometrics: Facebook quietly switches on facial recognition tech by default -- Elderly Cruise Passengers Greeted to America By Iris Scans and 7 Hr Wait --
Why RIDE, an E-Verify initiative, may lead to Real ID certification for
States -- Happy Graduation Day: Debt Slavery Is Great For Your
Self-Esteem! -- MCSO Infiltration by Mexican Drug Cartel Apparently a Touchy Subject for Joe Arpaio -- Mysterious Structure Discovered on Mars -- Our Economic Future: From Best to Worst Case - by Doug Casey
-- Abdulaghani Aliryani - Yemen / Jesse Freeston - Honduras -- Obama’s
rating on economy hits new low -- Drone surveillance in the US? Alex
Jones says ‘the whole world is in danger’ -- Democratic change in Bahrain does not serve US interests: Kissinger -- Yemen's Saleh injuries believed more serious -- US Drones Pound Pakistan, Killing at Least 21 -- Syria vows retaliation over 'deadly ambush' -- Attack of the NGOs - by Tom Deweese -- NATO jets pound Tripoli, Gaddafi vows to fight on
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Real US Debt is $61 Trillion
06-07-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
When the U.S. government reports its debt, it does not include payment that it is required to make to seniors, veterans and retired employee. If those were included, as they should be, the US debt would be an far greater number...
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Six More Years: U.S. General Wants to Train Afghans Until ‘2017′
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
There once was a time when President Obama implied that the Afghanistan war would at least start to end in July 2011. Then that date got pushed back to 2014.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Researchers Crack Audio Security System
06-07-2011
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Christopher Mims via TechnologyReview.com
A team of computer scientists has come up with a way to automatically defeat the systems that prevent spammers from creating new accounts on sites like Yahoo, Microsoft's Hotmail, and Twitter.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
U.S. Aims Missiles at Hackers
06-07-2011
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David Talbot via TechnologyReview.com
The Pentagon will soon release a strategy that formalizes a long-articulated position: the United States reserves right to launch conventional attacks in response of cyber kind. But figuring who is behind such attacks may be difficult, or impossible.
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News Link • Energy
What Will a Nuclear-Free Germany Cost?
06-07-2011
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Peter Fairley via TechnologyReview.com
Merkel's plan to exchange nuclear reactors for offshore wind farms and a stronger grid could cost more than expected.
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News Link • Surveillance
Biometrics: Facebook quietly switches on facial recognition tech by default
06-07-2011
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theregister.co.uk
Facebook has rolled out its facial recognition technology to countries outside of the US, but has switched the feature on by default without telling its users first.
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News Link • Internet
Can Google Know Where the Gmail Attack Came from?
06-07-2011
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Erica Naone via PopSci.com
The company blames China, but none of the evidence is definitive"which is the nature of such attacks.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Elderly Cruise Passengers Greeted to America By Iris Scans and 7 Hr Wait
06-07-2011
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Telegraph.co.uk/news/
The fingerprints of both hands were taken as well as retina scans and a detailed check of the passport as well as questioning as to their background.
Passengers claim that the extra checks were carried out in “revenge” for what had been...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
Why RIDE, an E-Verify initiative, may lead to Real ID certification for States
06-07-2011
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BeatTheChip.org
I discovered requiring license applicants to provide a SSN# or W-2 forms is part of a State's ability to become Real ID certified or materially compliant. This particular benchmark may sound redundant if your State has adopted E-Verify.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Chart That Worries Bernanke The Most
06-07-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
In his latest speech, Ben Bernanke draw particular attention to the long-term unemployed as a matter of particular concern.
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News Link • Housing
Harvard: The Fundamental Reasons Behind The Never Ending Housing Crisis
06-07-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
The university's researchers explain that many of the key demand drivers for the housing market have evaporated: household formation is low, immigration is in decline, and the boomers may be stuck in their old homes.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Happy Graduation Day: Debt Slavery Is Great For Your Self-Esteem!
06-07-2011
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Market-ticker.org
Researchers found that the more credit card and college loan debt held by young adults aged 18 to 27, the higher their self-esteem and the more they felt like they were in control of their lives The effect was strongest among those in the lowest...
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
MCSO Infiltration by Mexican Drug Cartel Apparently a Touchy Subject for Joe Arpaio
06-07-2011
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Phoenix New Times
Arpaio, however, got a little chippy when we asked Yahner if he feels comfortable working so closely with the MCSO, ya know, considering a deputy and two detention officers recently were arrested for -- among other things -- providing information abo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mysterious Structure Discovered on Mars
06-07-2011
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According to this video, David Martines was looking around Google Mars when he happened to find a large building-like structure in the northern hemisphere of the planet. He calls it "Bio-Station Alpha," which of course is not its real name, but he as
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News Link • Economy - International
An unlikely business opportunity in Latin America
06-07-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
Several years ago, I was briefly involved in a deal here in Panama in which the local owner of several fast food restaurants was looking to sell.
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News Link • Immigration
Those who break the law must be punished accordingly…
06-07-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
One of the things that’s really great about Panama is how open the country is to foreigners. All nationalities are welcome in Panama, and if you spend any time on the ground, you’ll quickly find people from six continents and dozens of countries.
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News Link • Economy - International
Major Swiss Newspaper Gives Bilderberg Front Page Coverage
06-07-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
An influential Swiss daily newspaper has today awarded front page coverage to stories on this week’s secretive elite Bilderberg meeting.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s rating on economy hits new low
06-07-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Americans’ disapproval of how President Barack Obama is handling the economy and its growing budget deficit has reached new highs amid broad frustration over the slow pace of economic recovery.
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News Link • Surveillance
Drone surveillance in the US? Alex Jones says ‘the whole world is in danger’
06-07-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
As the US plans to increase drone aircraft usage abroad, now law enforcement in the States is getting ready to adopt robotic planes back home for surveillance purposes.
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News Link • World News
Democratic change in Bahrain does not serve US interests: Kissinger
06-07-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger emphasized that a democratic change in Bahrain did not serve the interests of his country, highlighting once again the western double standard towards...
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Yemen's Saleh injuries believed more serious
06-07-2011
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http://news.yahoo.com/
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's injuries from a rocket attack on his palace at the weekend were more serious than previously reported, a Yemeni official said, raising further questions about his rule.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Drones Pound Pakistan, Killing at Least 21
06-07-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
US drones launched a number of missile attacks against the South Waziristan Agency of Pakistan overnight, killing at least 21 people and wounding an unknown number of others.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
120 Troops Killed Around Protest City
06-07-2011
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http://news.antiwar.com/
Syrian state media today reported at least 120 troops were killed by “armed gangs” in the area around the town of Jisr al-Shugur, the site of yesterday’s major protests and violent crackdown. The toll was impossible to verify.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Will Washington Foment War Between China and India?
06-07-2011
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
What is Washington’s solution for the rising power of China? The answer might be to involve China in a nuclear war with India.
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Opinion • Government
Attack of the NGOs
06-07-2011
Tom Deweese
One rarely hears of it. Few elected officials raise an eyebrow. The media makes no mention of it. But power is slowly slipping away from our elected representatives.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why You Need An "Evil Plan" In Advance Of The Next Revolution
06-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Paul Farrell explains: "Got your “Evil Plan” yet? You really need one. For self-defense, attacks, plain old survival. Why? Things are bad folks. And they’re going to get much worse. Trust no one. Believe nothing you hear. Nothing...
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Today on LewRockwell.com - Tuesday June 7th, 2011
06-07-2011
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lewrockwell.com
The Church of Muslim-Killing - Fred Reed on smiting the in-fiddle. NB: strong language. / Disgusting Protectionism - Denying us the best and cheapest catfish in the world, and US victims a chance to earn a living. Article by Jeff Tucker. / The Next S
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Elderly Woman Interviewed After a Private 'Pat Down'
06-07-2011
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/
The young woman who filmed this notes that “This elderly lady was made to remove her neck brace, get out of her wheelchair, go into a private room and partially disrobe after a body scan.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Video-Recording Glasses Are Eye-Spy Wear
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
“What you see is what you keep.” " This incredibly lame slogan was actually trademarked by the appropriately named Joker Technologies for use in the marketing of its Active-I spy glasses.
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News Link • Drug War
Drug War Means Boom Times for Armored Car Maker
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
A 10-minute drive away from the Alamo, small teams on the factory floor of Texas Armoring Corporation work deliberately, turning everyday civilian vehicles into armored workhorses for the world's governments and business executives.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Ford’s Building Its Tiniest Engine Yet
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
Ford is developing its smallest engine ever, a wee little three-cylinder mill with the displacement of a soda bottle.
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News Link • United Nations
U.N. Report Declares Internet Access a Human Right
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
A United Nations report said Friday that disconnecting people from the internet is a human rights violation and against international law.
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News Link • Teen View
It’s Makeover Time for DC Comics Superheroes
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
The biggest news this week " if you ignore politics, technology, sports and weather " is that DC Comics will soon be rebooting its universe. Again.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Photos From a Stolen MacBook
06-07-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
Yet another stolen laptop has been recovered, thanks to a public broadcast of digital information from the computer in question " including photos of its new user.
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News Link • Energy
Natural Gas Could 'Muscle Out' Renewables
06-07-2011
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
Natural gas burns cleanly, emits half as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as burning coal, and is extremely plentiful"especially due to new extraction technologies such as fracking. It seems like a perfect fuel for battling climate change.
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News Link • Internet
A Big Test for New Internet Addresses
06-07-2011
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Kristina Bjoran via TechnologyReview.com
Why Google, Facebook, and others are taking part in World IPv6 Day this week.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Apple Puts the Cloud into All Its Devices
06-07-2011
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Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.com
iCloud, a service that means music, photos, and documents saved onto an Apple device will soon appear almost instantly on any other Apple product that a person owns.
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