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Date Sent: 2013-03-05
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, March 5, 2013 AM edition |
Senators reach bipartisan agreement on gun-trafficking bill
Dozens of Syrian troops killed in Iraq after seeking refuge, raising
concerns of war’s spread -- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac merger plan
unveiled by FHFA director DeMarco -- Escort Now says Menendez
prostitution claims were made up -- We sweep so much under the rug
in America -- Barack Obama's Approval Rating Is In An Incredible
Tailspin -- Homeland Security Is Serving Warrants Using
Mine-Resistant Vehicles -- How Two NFL Players Became 'Honorary
Gays' And Joined The Fight For Same-Sex Marriage -- 9/11 Truth
Activist in UK Court Wins
AZ: FIRST EVER PRIVATE GUN SHOW - Sat, March 9th, 2013 in
Lakeside, AZ; Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction with
Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, Apr. 13
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine March 1st, 2013 Edition READY
FOR DOWNLOAD!
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News Link • Gun Rights
Senators reach bipartisan agreement on gun-trafficking bill
03-04-2013
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Washington Post
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new proposal to stiffen federal penalties for people who illegally purchase firearms for someone else, signaling continued eagerness between Democrats and Republicans to find agreement on legislation to lim
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News Link • Iraq
Dozens of Syrian troops killed in Iraq after seeking refuge, raising concerns of war’s spread
03-04-2013
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Washington Post
Dozens of Syrian soldiers who crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria’s civil war.
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News Link • Corruption
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac merger plan unveiled by FHFA director DeMarco
03-04-2013
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Washington Post
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will create a common platform for issuing mortgage-backed securities as they wind down operations and plan for a future in which the two companies no longer exist, their regulator said today.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Escort Now says Menendez prostitution claims were made up
03-04-2013
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Washington Post
An escort who appeared on a video claiming that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) paid her for sex has told Dominican authorities that she was instead paid to make up the claims and has never met or seen the senator, according to court documents and two
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Inventions
Student Invents Device That Charges Batteries With Radio And WIFI Waves
03-04-2013
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http://govtslaves.info, Activist Post
German university student, Dennis Siegel, invented a device that captures electromagnetic fields like WIFI and radio waves and converts them to stored energy in batteries.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Barack Obama's Approval Rating Is In An Incredible Tailspin
03-04-2013
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Business Insider
President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen 7 points in the past five days, bringing him back down below 50 percent in Gallup's three-day rolling average.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security Is Serving Warrants Using Mine-Resistant Vehicles
03-04-2013
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Business Insider
The Department of Homeland Security has acquired over 2,700 military-style, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles for use inside the U.S., according to reports from RT.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
9/11 Truth Activist in UK Court Wins
03-04-2013
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Victoria N. Alexander, Digital Journal
In an act of civil disobedience, Tony Rooke refused to pay a £130 TV license fee, alleging that the BBC intentionally misrepresented facts about the 9/11 attacks. Facing a judge Monday, Rooke was not convicted and did not have to pay the fine.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Defense Cuts May Mean No More Flyovers at Sporting Events. Oh, the Humanity!
03-02-2013
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Antiwar.com
You want an illustration of how devastatingly draconian the impending defense budget cuts are going to be? Try this on for size: no more military jets flying over sporting events.
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News Link • Israel
AIPAC Lobbyists to Congress: Despite Sequester, Don’t Touch Israel Aid
03-02-2013
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Antiwar.com
Douglas Bloomfield at The Jewish Week informs us that 13,000 lobbyists from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will descend upon Capitol Hill this weekend for their annual conference to order members of Congress not to cut $3 billio
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News Link • Economy - International
Britain heads for new recession
03-01-2013
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Reuters
The risk that Britain is entering its third recession in four years grew on Friday with figures showing that manufacturing shrank unexpectedly last month and mortgage approvals for home buyers dropped in January
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
American teenager designs compact nuclear reactor
03-01-2013
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AFP
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Wilson has designed a compact nuclear reactor that could one day burn waste from old atomic weapons to power anything from homes and factories to space colonies.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Police spies slept with, abandoned female targets on taxpayer dime
03-01-2013
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Rawstory
An investigation by the Guardian has established that his real name is Mark Jenner. He was an undercover police officer in the Metropolitan police’s special demonstration squad, one of two units that specialized in infiltrating protest groups.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists create ‘superbrain’ by connecting thoughts of two rats
03-01-2013
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AFP
Creating a “superbrain” of connected minds, scientists on Thursday said they had enabled a rat to help a fellow rodent while the animals were a continent apart but connected through brain electrodes.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Writing New Book on Education
03-01-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Former presidential candidate Ron Paul, a longtime foe of the Federal Reserve and champion of a smaller foreign policy footprint, is turning to education in a new book slated for release this fall.
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News Link • Corruption
Fresh Jury Adjourns in Calif. Corruption Case
03-01-2013
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AP
A jury deliberating in the public corruption trial of six former officials in the Southern California city of Bell is done for the day.
Friday was the first full day of deliberations jury with a new member of the jury.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Governor to emergency manager to take over troubled Detroit's finances
03-01-2013
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AP
Michigan’s governor said unless Detroit’s fortunes suddenly and miraculously improve, he will appoint an emergency manager to take control of the city that was once one of the nation’s most prosperous manufacturing centers.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Kim Dotcom’s defense will not be allowed to view U.S. government’s evidence against him
03-01-2013
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BGR
Zealand’s Court of Appeal on Friday overturned an earlier decision that required U.S. authorities to hand over evidence it planned to use in the high-profile extradition trial set to take place in August,
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News Link • Corruption
Judge who slammed Apple during patent trial hired by Samsung [updated]
03-01-2013
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BGR
A former judge in the United Kingdom known most recently for forcing Apple (AAPL) to issue a public apology after calling Samsung’s (005930) Galaxy Tab an iPad copy, has reportedly been hired by Samsung
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Ukraine urged not to extradite Tajik ex-PM
03-01-2013
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Reuters
Ukraine said on Friday it was considering an appeal from the U.N. refugee agency against the extradition of a former Tajik prime minister, on the grounds that the United States has already granted him refugee status.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 3, 2013 Edition
03-01-2013
John Semmens
Sequester Hits, Disasters Loom
“Fiscal bloodbath” is how one federal official speaking off-the-record described the early impacts of the much dreaded budget sequester. “We're looking at the cancellation of many mission-critical government activiti
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News Link • Gun Rights
Feinstein: “Bad Things Happen” Because of 2nd Amendment and Gun Culture
03-01-2013
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Prison Planet
California Democrat senator and dedicated gun-grabber Dianne Feinstein went on the Piers Morgan Show earlier this week and blamed the “gun culture,” the NRA and Wayne LaPierre for mass shootings like Sandy Hook
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News Link • Homeland Security
Rights Group Sues Big Sis Over Internet Kill Switch
03-01-2013
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Prison Planet
DHS could execute communications shutdown for entire cities
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News Link • Gun Rights
Smoke A Joint, Get an WH ObamaPass. Sell A Gun to Someone Who Smokes A Joint, Get 20 Years
03-01-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Smoke A Joint, Get an WH ObamaPass. Sell A Gun to Someone Who Smokes A Joint, Get 20 Years In The Big House
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Collateral Murder Revisited: One day, the guys getting killed might be you.
03-01-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Bradley Manning is going to jail for 20 years not because he did this, but because he exposed this. If you haven't seen the video, please spare the time for Bradley. He's sentenced to 20 years in a cage because of it. Can you spare 17 minutes to find
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