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Date Sent: 2013-04-13
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
Dad Furious ‘I Am Willing to Give Up Some of My Constitutional Rights…to Be Safer’
Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super botnet -- Greater Grand Theft Cyprus -- Philadelphia abortion clinic horror: Column -- Terry McAuliffe Under Fire
for Inflated Jobs Claim -- North Carolina Woman Arrested for Video
Recording Cops From Front Yard Wins Settlement -- Tell TSA clerks to
keep their hands to themselves -- Silver Circle (2013) - A Movie Review -- There's Gold in Them Thar Plants -- SEMI-NEWS: A
Satire of Recent News, April 14, 2013 Edition -- Doug
Casey on Second Passports -- Gold Lease Rates - Plunge with Gold
Price (Manipulation?) - by Mike Dugger -- 04-12-13 -- Mike Dugger - Charles Goyette (MP3 & Video LOADED)
AZ: Lincoln Day Dinner and Auction with Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack, TODAY, Apr. 13;
Spring Party and a chance to meet Cindy Sheehan at the
Hancock's, Sat 4/20/13 @ 4pm til ???
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Dad Furious ‘I Am Willing to Give Up Some of My Constitutional Rights…to Be Safer’
04-12-2013
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The Blaze
The words are written in crayon, in the haphazard bumpiness of a child's scrawl.
"I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure."
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Sounds can Help Strengthen Memory during Sleep
04-13-2013
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http://www.natureworldnews.com, By Staff Reporter
Sounds that are in sync with the brain's slow oscillations help enhance memory, a new study reported.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super botnet
04-13-2013
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http://arstechnica.com, by Dan Goodin
Ongoing attack from >90,000 computers is creating a strain on Web hosts, too.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
An Error and a Triple Play Brighten the Yanks’ Night
04-13-2013
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http://www.nytimes.com, By TIM ROHAN
It was not exactly raining Friday at Yankee Stadium. The night was cold and windy and somewhat misty, and after being exposed to that weather for a while, the skin became cold and damp.
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News Link • Death
How Did All Those People Get Inside Jonathan Winters?
04-13-2013
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http://www.npr.org, by Scott Simon
You can call anyone but Einstein a genius and start an argument.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Steer clear of Facebook’s Home for Android
04-13-2013
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http://seattletimes.com, By Troy Wolverton
Tech review: The problem with Home is that it offers both more and less of Facebook than many people are likely to want.
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News Link • Climate Change
Arctic nearly free of summer sea ice during first half of 21st century
04-13-2013
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http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov
For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it’s not a question of “if” there will be nearly ice-free summers, but “when.” And two scientists say that “when” is sooner than many thought " before 2050 and possibly within the next decade or t
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News Link • Transportation
Smart Fortwo ED will have battery rental option in US, price not yet disclosed
04-13-2013
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http://green.autoblog.com, By Jon LeSage
Next month, Smart USA will launch the first US market electric vehicle with a separate rental program for the battery pack.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
FAA's supercomputer will be first 'tourist' in space
04-13-2013
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http://gcn.com, By John Breeden II
I really didn't think we were that close to space tourism, but apparently tickets will go on sale soon, at least after all the pesky little safety issues are dealt with.
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News Link • Transportation
Are You Ready to Buy a Hybrid or Electric Car?
04-13-2013
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http://www.foxbusiness.com, by Tara Baukus Mello
With an ever-expanding number of plug-in hybrid cars and fully electric vehicles on the market, it's easy to wonder if plugging in is a better alternative to filling up. But there are many factors in determining if an electric car is right for your s
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News Link • Events: America
UW-Stevens Point to host International Aquaponics Conference
04-13-2013
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http://www.agriview.com
UW-Stevens Point will host its first international gathering of aquaponics experts on June 19-21.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Philadelphia abortion clinic horror: Column
04-12-2013
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USA Today
Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered during an abortion procedure. Haven't heard about these sickening accusations? It's not your fault. Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
McAuliffe Under Fire for Inflated Jobs Claim
04-12-2013
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Breitbart
Until recently, he promoted his chairmanship of Green Tech, an electric car manufacturer, boasting that the company would create 900 well-paying jobs. The company, however, chose to build its first manufacturing plant in Mississippi,
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News Link • Justice and Judges
North Carolina Woman Arrested for Video Recording Cops From Front Yard Wins Settlement
04-12-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
North Carolina resident Felicia Gibson was arrested for video recording a traffic stop from her front yard. Salisbury Police Sgt. Mark Hunter even went as far as chasing Gibson inside her home where he arrested her for resisting arrest.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Tell TSA clerks to keep their hands to themselves
04-12-2013
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So I told the screeners that I absolutely would not allow anyone to touch me. At first, they tried to push me into accepting a private room screening, but I replied that I would not allow them to molest me in private nor in public.
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News Link • Energy
First Solar Shines as the Solar Industry Falters
04-12-2013
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Technologyreview.com
First Solar’s strong finances are helping fund innovation and drive down the cost of solar power.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Man killed by beaver in Belarus
04-12-2013
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upi.com
A man in Belarus was killed in an attack by a beaver he was photographing along the side of a rural road in the Breast region, wildlife officials said.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Even Non-Amputees Can Feel a Phantom Limb
04-12-2013
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livescience.com
Amputees often suffer from a phenomenon known as phantom limb syndrome, but researchers now say that non-amputees can also be made to feel phantom limbs, and even pain, when knives are jabbed into nonexistent hands.
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News Link • Positive News
Historic Marine Mammal Protection Act Worked, Scientists Say
04-12-2013
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livescience.com
In the fall of 1972, then-President Richard Nixon signed the Marine Mammal Protection Act, providing sweeping protections for whales, dolphins, seals and other species swimming in U.S. waters....
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, April 14, 2013 Edition
04-12-2013
John Semmens
Obamacare Unworkable, GOP Blamed
The unforeseen difficulties of implementing the Affordable Health Care Act (aka Obamacare) have key proponents scrambling for answers.
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), one of the leading writers of the Obamacare
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News Link • Energy
10 Innovations in Hydropower
04-12-2013
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science.howstuffworks.com
When you think of the East River in New York City, renewable energy probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind.
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News Link • Architecture
World's first algae-powered building switches on
04-12-2013
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dvice.com
Algae " that squishy, filmy substance you'd rather not have seeping through your boots " just might be running your home in the near future.
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News Link • Immigration
Jesuit father tells Congress: U.S. immigration system violates Scripture
04-11-2013
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Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com
Jesuit Father Sean Carroll told members of Congress on Wednesday that the United States current immigration system ran counter to the teachings of the Christian Bible.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Mass Stabbing Rocks Houston Area Campus as Gun Control Talks Rage On
04-11-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Aaron Samsel
It’s believed that 15 students have been wounded in a mass stabbing that took place today at Lone Star College Cy-Fair in Harris County near Houston, Texas, with four believed to be in critical condition.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Court nixes anti-abortion giveaways in schools after students light fetus dolls on fire
04-11-2013
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Kay Steiger via RawStory.com
A federal appeals court ruled that an anti-abortion group did not have the right to distribute rubber fetus dolls to a high school
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News Link • Counter-Economics
Lawyers: Guantánamo hunger strike could be deadly
04-11-2013
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Paul Harris, The Guardian via RawStory.com
Lawyers representing hunger-striking detainees at America’s controversial Guantánamo Bay prison have warned they fear some of the protesters could soon die in the ongoing protest.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Why Are The Banksters Telling Us To Sell Our Gold When They Are Hoarding Gold Like Crazy?
04-11-2013
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
The big banks are breathlessly proclaiming that now is the time to sell your gold.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama tells North Korea to end ‘belligerent approach’
04-11-2013
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The RawStory.com
US President Barack Obama on Thursday called on North Korea to end its “belligerent approach,” as the world waited for Pyongyang to carry out an expected missile launch.
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
Authentic Liberalism Vindicated
04-11-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Anthony Gregory
If any one word is responsible for more confusion in the United States than “liberalism,” I’d surely like to know what it is.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli army injures ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian man
04-11-2013
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The RawStory.com
Israeli troops shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, a prisoners’ rights group said.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
FBI Trying to Infiltrate Keene, New Hampshire
04-11-2013
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FBI agent Phillip Christiana apparently tried to pressure Paul into wearing a wire into the KAC and luring people into pot transactions, offering him immunity from prosecution in exchange. Follow the link to read more about how the FBI agent tried to
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