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Date Sent: 2011-12-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, December 7, 2011 AM edition |
Battlefield US: Pentagon arms police departments with free heavy weaponry
After Son's Death In Police Custody, A Mother Fights For Answers -- War drums are beating for Iran. But who's playing them? -- China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat -- Gingrich fighting massive debt racked up in campaign’s extravagant early days -- Romney Vows to Visit Israel First if Elected to White House -- EU thinks twice about Iran oil ban -- Drones cleared for domestic use across the US -- Israeli Occupation Forces Trained U.S. Police For Coordinated Crackdown On “Occupy” -- The Orwellian 'Non-Lethal' War Waged Against Peaceful Citizens --
War-weary Republicans rebuke Romney -- Paul Goes On Newt Attack As Yet
Another Iowa Poll Shows Surging Support -- Accepting FEMA Camp Prisons for Illegal Immigrants Justifies them for Americans -- Russian Police Arrest Hundreds as Anti-Fraud Protests Continue
AZ: Christmas Party at
the Hancock's this Saturday, December 10th, 2011, 6 p.m. til ???; Bill of Rights Day Event, Thursday,
12/15/11 - Phoenix
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News Link • Police State
Battlefield US: Pentagon arms police departments with free heavy weaponry
12-06-2011
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rt.com
The military-grade pepper-spray that’s been all the rage with law enforcement agencies is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to an advanced arsenal of weaponry made available to police departments across the country.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
After Son's Death In Police Custody, A Mother Fights For Answers
12-06-2011
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Huffington Post
He was 21 years old when he stole a municipal dump truck and drove it west to visit friends in Mississippi. He was arrested after a late-night police chase, booked on 3 felony counts and placed in jail. 6 days later, he was dead on the floor of his c
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
How It Ought To Be Done
12-06-2011
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The Agitator
Via the comments, here’s an account of how police dismantled the Occupy encampment in St. Louis. I can’t vouch for its accuracy, but if true, praise, credit, and commendation to St. Louis law enforcement officials.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
War drums are beating for Iran. But who's playing them?
12-06-2011
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www.guardian.co.uk
Dwight D Eisenhower: in 1961 the retiring president warned fellow Americans of the danger in allowing too close a relationship between politicians and the defense industry.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • China
China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat
12-06-2011
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http://news.yahoo.com
In a translation of Hu's comments, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the president as saying China's navy should "make extended preparations for warfare."
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich fighting massive debt racked up in campaign’s extravagant early days
12-06-2011
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Washington Post
Even as he surges ahead in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is struggling to get out from under a mountain of debt from luxury jets and other pricey expenses racked up in the early weeks of his campaign.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney Vows to Visit Israel First if Elected to White House
12-06-2011
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NY Times
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will draw a contrast with President Barack Obama on Middle East policy on Wednesday and promise to bolster U.S. ties with Israel if elected next year.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Exclusive - EU thinks twice about Iran oil ban
12-06-2011
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Reuters UK
The European Union is becoming sceptical about slapping sanctions on imports of Iranian oil, diplomats and traders say, as awareness grows that the embargo could damage its own economy without doing much to undercut to Iran's oil revenues.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Drones cleared for domestic use across the US
12-06-2011
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rt.com
What do you know about drones? You know drones " those robotic, unmanned planes that fire missiles for the American military across Afghanistan, Pakistan and anywhere else the United States needs to get away with murder.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Israeli Occupation Forces Trained U.S. Police For Coordinated Crackdown On “Occupy”
12-06-2011
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exiledonline.com
Max Blumenthal: How Israeli Occupation Forces, Bahraini Monarchy Guards Trained U.S. Police For Coordinated Crackdown On “Occupy” Protests
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
The Orwellian 'Non-Lethal' War Waged Against Peaceful Citizens
12-06-2011
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Activistpost.com
Non-lethal weapons are being distributed by the West into protest zones throughout the world, as well as being utilized in crowd suppression within the borders of the Land of the Free.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
D.E.A. Agents Launder Cartels’ Drug Money
12-06-2011
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news.antiwar.com
In the shadow of the failed gun-running operation Fast and Furious, illicit money laundering could be equally counterproductive
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Cut the Pentagon’s Budget, Make the US Safer
12-06-2011
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original.antiwar.com
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress in October that he’s planning to cut $450 billion in planned military spending increases.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Candidates to Trump Debate: You’re Fired
12-06-2011
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www.nationaljournal.com
Mitt Romney became the latest big-name candidate to send his regrets, telling Fox News’ Neil Cavuto that he informed Trump earlier on Tuesday that he would be too busy to appear.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Paul Goes On Newt Attack As Yet Another Iowa Poll Shows Surging Support
12-06-2011
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prisonplanet.com
GOP candidate Ron Paul has placed second in yet another significant poll out of Iowa this week, bettering Mitt Romney and proving once again that his support base is steadily growing.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Heartbreak Awaits Republicans Who Love Gingrich: Ramesh Ponnuru
12-06-2011
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www.bloomberg.com
Before Republicans put Newt Gingrich at the top of their party, they should consider what happened the last time he led it.
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News Link • Immigration
Accepting FEMA Camp Prisons for Illegal Immigrants Justifies them for Americans
12-06-2011
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Activistpost.com
Illegal immigrants are easy scapegoats for politicians to pin their failures on for budget problems, the violent ramifications of the drug war, the lack of jobs for Americans, etc.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
XXX Domain Goes Public With Flurry of Activity
12-06-2011
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Slatest
Porn-themed suffix joins .com, .edu and .org as a top-level Internet domain.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Porn XXX domain names now up for sale
12-06-2011
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rt.com
Webmasters, entrepreneurs and budding pornographers alike yanked their credit cards from their pockets worldwide this morning to purchase highly-anticipated .xxx domain names as they finally became publically available.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Newt Gingrich: Let Mad Scientists Terraform The Planet
12-06-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Newt Gingrich’s embracement of global warming pseudo-science isn’t limited to cringeworthy PSA’s with Nancy Pelosi, not does it stop at his advocacy for carbon taxes. Gingrich is also a vehement proponent of geoengineering.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Russian Police Arrest Hundreds as Anti-Fraud Protests Continue
12-06-2011
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Slatest
Government dispatched thousands of police to Moscow to quell the post-election demonstrations.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
Montcalm County gets homeland security snow cone machine
12-06-2011
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www.wzzm13.com
The West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission recently purchased and transferred homeland security equipment to these counties - including 13 snow cone machines at a total cost of $11,700.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Rand Paul prevents war with Russia
12-06-2011
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dailycaller.com
When John McCain proclaimed in 2008, “Today, we’re all Georgians,” declaring his " indeed, all of our " support for the nation of Georgia, which that year became involved in a brief military conflict with neighboring Russia
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News Link • Economy - International
Anxious Greeks Emptying Their Bank Accounts
12-06-2011
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Spegiel Online International
Many Greeks are draining their savings accounts because they are out of work, face rising taxes or are afraid the country will be forced to leave the euro zone. By withdrawing money, they are forcing banks to scale back their lending -- and are inadv
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News Link • NeoCons
Neocons Preoccupied With Islamic Conspiracy Theories
12-06-2011
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original.antiwar.com/giraldi
because many of the activists describe themselves as progressive or liberal, the movement is increasingly reviled by conservative pundits as “un-American,” even though its objectives are frequently identical to those of the tea parties on the politic
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News Link • Israel
Israel stole uranium from U.S., report will show
12-06-2011
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www.dailystar.com.lb
WASHINGTON: A U.S.-based research institute will soon publish what it says is “indisputable” evidence that Israel stole weapons-grade uranium for its still-undeclared atomic weapons program from a nuclear reprocessing plant in western Pennsylvania.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive
12-06-2011
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federalnewsradio.com
The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library's repository of historical documents.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
No Wonder America’s Founders Distrusted Standing Armies
12-06-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
It is well documented that many of America’s Founding Fathers had a very real and deep-seated distrust of standing armies"and for good reason. They had just fought a costly and bloody war for independence
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News Link • Communications
FCC to set standards for mass disruptions of Americans’ communications
12-06-2011
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rawstory.com
Facing a media backlash against the disruption of cellular service in August, BART spokesman Linton Johnson blamed protesters for creating an unsafe situation.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
The Pentagon Is Offering Free Military Hardware To Every Police Department In The US
12-06-2011
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poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com
Benjamin Carlson at The Daily reports on a little known endeavor called the "1033 Program" that gave more than $500 million of military gear to US police in 2011 alone.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Great Western Crackup
12-06-2011
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LewRockwell.com
From World War II until very recently, the West " specifically Europe and the United States " was on a course for greater centralization, greater integration, and greater economic intervention. But this consensus is breaking down.
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News Link • Surveillance
Overcoming Barriers to Killing
12-06-2011
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lewrockwell.com
With the continuing collapse of the pyramidal power structure with which political systems exercise their defining monopoly on the use of violence, governments have had to scramble to reinforce their coercive authority
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News Link • Surveillance
Smart Meters - Facts that I bet you didn't know
12-06-2011
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YouTube.com
VIDEO - Use the letter below to forbid smart meter installation (or modify the letter to demand the meter be removed).
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News Link • Currencies
The Long Shadow of German Hyperinflation: Echoes
12-06-2011
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Businessweek
It's worth revisiting why the memory of hyperinflation has seared itself into the minds of many Germans, and how it's shaping their thinking and the future of the euro itself.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Science
Scientists could use toads to predict earthquakes
12-06-2011
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Terrence Aym
Historically, witches have used toads in spells and shamans have used toads for magical rites…now some scientists believe the lowly toad can help predict killer earthquakes.
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News Link • Internet
FCC to set standards for mass disruptions of Americans’ communications
12-06-2011
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Rawstory
Following an investigation into a public transit authority that cut off mobile phone service amid a protest earlier this year, the FCC said it would outline the circumstances under which officials may legally disrupt communications
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News Link • Internet
India to ban ‘offensive’ Internet material
12-06-2011
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AFP
India vowed to ban offensive material from the Internet after Facebook, Google and other major firms told the government they were unable to screen content before it was posted. “My aim is that insulting material never gets uploaded,” Sibal told
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
3 elderly women say TSA agents made them pull down pants, underwear
12-06-2011
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With age come such things as catheters, colostomy bags and adult diapers. Now add another indignity to getting old " having to drop your pants and show these things to a complete stranger.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul goes on air in Iowa against Gingrich (One Minute TV Ad Version)
12-06-2011
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www.washingtonpost.com
A brutal two-minute web video, which the Paul campaign debuted last week, that depicts Gingrich as a flip-flopper and hypocrite has been cut down to a one-minute television ad.
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News Link • Surveillance
Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive
12-06-2011
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www.federalnewsradio.com
Tweets, emails and other electronic communications can be considered "government documents" and must be preserved. The National Archives handles official government materials, while the Library of Congress' mandate is to deal with anything that may h
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News Link • Depression
Anxious Greeks Emptying Their Bank Accounts
12-06-2011
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www.spiegel.de
A branch of the Greek central bank. Bank deposits are falling rapidly. Many Greeks are draining their savings accounts because they are out of work, face rising taxes or are afraid the country will be forced to leave the euro zone.
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News Link • Internet
Lawmakers propose to fight online pirate ISPs by blocking their funding ala Wikileaks
12-06-2011
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Rawstory
It would also set up a rapid-response mechanism for temporary disconnections from funding if an imminent harm can be demonstrated by a copyright holder, such as broadcasters who air live events that are being illegally streamed online.
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