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Date Sent: 2011-12-19
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 19, 2011 AM edition |
Vaclav Havel, hero of anti-communist revolution, dies -- North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Dead
Beijing orders microbloggers to register real names -- House cybersecurity bill would establish federal overseer -- Your Rights Under Regulatory Law -- Right-wing legislation stirs democracy debate in Israel -- France’s AAA Credit Outlook Cut as Fitch Reviews Grades of Italy, Spain -- In Milwaukee, an evaporating middle class -- Moody's cuts Belgium ratings by 2 notches -- Comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach": Fitch -- Should
We Fire the First Shot in a Cyberwar? -- Seven Ways to Get Yourself
Hacked -- Dozens missing as Russian oil rig sinks in storm -- Military drone pilots found vulnerable to ‘clinical distress’ -- Fr33 Aid, How medical care would be provided in a fr33 society. -- Humanitarian Intervention? Female Protesters Brutally Beaten, Stripped in Egypt -- NASA singularity expert: Hackers could engineer computer viruses to control the mind -- Adam Kokesh: Progression to a Freer Society Is Inevitable -- Egyptian Military Escalates Violence in Cairo, Killing Protesters -- French credit downgrade could come 'within days' -- Syria deploys Russian anti-sea missiles on coast, Scuds on Turkish border -- Washington's Greater Middle East Agenda: War -- Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal
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News Link • Death
Vaclav Havel, hero of anti-communist revolution, dies
12-18-2011
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AP
The end of Czechoslovakia's totalitarian regime was called the Velvet Revolution because of how smooth the transition seemed: Communism dead in a matter of weeks, without a shot fired. But for Vaclav Havel, it was a moment he helped pay for with deca
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News Link • Death
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died
12-18-2011
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AP
Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions for his isolated communist nation dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has died. He was 69.
Kim’s death was announced Monday by the s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Kim Jong Il is dead
12-17-2011
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The Hals Report
Kim Jong Il, the leader of North Korea has died. He was 69. He died on a train trip, a tearful state television announcer dressed in black, reported Monday. It is believed Kim Jong Il suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared healthy recently in photos
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The Real News
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News Link • China
Beijing orders microbloggers to register real names
12-18-2011
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AFP
Beijing city authorities issued new rules requiring microbloggers to register their real names before posting online, as the Chinese government tightens its grip on the Internet. The government now requires users to give their real names to website
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
House cybersecurity bill would establish federal overseer
12-18-2011
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The Hill
Members of the House Homeland Security Committee introduced a cybersecurity bill on Thursday that would establish a quasi-governmental entity to oversee information-sharing with the private sector.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Right-wing legislation stirs democracy debate in Israel
12-18-2011
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Reuters
Legislation promoted by right-wing lawmakers in Israel is raising concern that democratic values are under threat in a country that has long billed itself the only democracy in the Middle East.
One bill could potentially paralyze dovish Israeli ad
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
France’s AAA Credit Outlook Cut as Fitch Reviews Grades of Italy, Spain
12-18-2011
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Bloomberg
France’s credit outlook was lowered by Fitch Ratings, which also put the grades of nations including Spain and Italy on review for a downgrade, citing Europe’s failure to find a “comprehensive solution” to the debt crisis.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
In Milwaukee, an evaporating middle class
12-18-2011
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Reuters
As Washington and Madison fiddle, this city’s middle class is in slow free fall.
First, the numbers. From 1970 to 2007, the percentage of families in the Milwaukee metropolitan area that were middle class declined from 37 to 24 percent, according
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Moody's cuts Belgium ratings by 2 notche
12-18-2011
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Reuters
Moody's on Friday cut Belgium's credit rating by two notches, saying the euro zone debt crisis increases funding risks for countries with high public debt burdens.
Concerns about Belgium's economic growth prospects and its banking system, particul
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach": Fitch
12-18-2011
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Reuters
A comprehensive solution to the euro zone debt crisis is beyond the region's reach, rating agency Fitch said, warning that six of its economies including Italy and Spain could be hit with credit downgrades in the near future.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Should We Fire the First Shot in a Cyberwar?
12-18-2011
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David Talbot via TechnologyReview.com
Defending against an attack is so hard that some think a stronger offense is required.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • World News
Dozens missing as Russian oil rig sinks in storm
12-18-2011
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Thomas Grove and Melissa Akin via Rawstory.com
A drilling rig with 67 crew on board capsized and sank off Russia’s far eastern island of Sakhalin on Sunday while being towed through a winter storm, leaving more than 50 dead or missing in the icy Sea of Okhotsk.
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News Link • Military
Military drone pilots found vulnerable to ‘clinical distress’
12-18-2011
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Phil Stewart
Flying drone aircraft over Afghanistan from the comfort of a military base in the United States is much more stressful than it might seem, even for pilots spared the sacrifice of overseas deployment and separation from family and friends.
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News Link • Inventions
New Camera Captures Light in Motion
12-18-2011
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Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.com
The system records 0.6 trillion frames a second"good enough to follow the path of a laser beam as it bounces off objects.
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News Link • Energy
A Brighter Way to Make Solar Cells
12-18-2011
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
A manufacturing method that uses light instead of heat wastes less energy and makes the cells more efficient.
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News Link • Energy
The Death of Range Fuels Shouldn't Doom All Biofuels
12-18-2011
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
This month, Range Fuels, one of the first companies in a wave of startups that promised cheap biofuels made from sources such as wood chips rather than corn, shut its doors for good and was forced to auction off its assets.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Humanitarian Intervention? Female Protesters Brutally Beaten, Stripped in Egypt
12-18-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
The blog-o-sphere is boiling at the cruel beating of a female protester by Egyptian military police, who continued battling protesters in Tahrir Square on Sunday.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
NASA singularity expert: Hackers could engineer computer viruses to control the mind
12-18-2011
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Terrence Aym
Could hackers create a 'computer virus' that infects the human mind and turn victims into electronic zombies? One leading futurist thinks it's a terrifying possibility and is warning against such a thing in the not-too-distant future.
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Adam Kokesh: Progression to a Freer Society Is Inevitable
12-18-2011
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www.thedailybell.com
Adam Kokesh has made a name for himself in libertarian circles by producing alternative, libertarian-oriented radio programs and YouTube videos. In November 2006, Adam Kokesh was honorably discharged from the US Marine Corps after his second activati
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Israel
With Friends Like Gingrich, Does Israel Need Enemies?
12-18-2011
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original.antiwar.com
What a sorry bunch of ignoramuses and downright crazies. Or, at best, what a bunch of cheats and cynics! (With the possible exception of the good doctor Ron Paul).
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Beach Boys to reunite for 50th anniversary
12-18-2011
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www.bbc.co.uk
The five-piece, which includes founding members Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine will embark upon a 50-date world tour and record a new album.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • European Union
French credit downgrade could come 'within days'
12-18-2011
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www.guardian.co.uk
Standard & Poor's expected downgrade could create panic in the financial markets and make eurozone crisis even worse
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Syria deploys Russian anti-sea missiles on coast, Scuds on Turkish border
12-18-2011
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www.debka.com
Expanded Russian military and diplomatic support for the Assad regime. Advanced Moscow-supplied Yakhont (SSN-26) shore-to-sea missiles along Syria's Mediterranean shore to fend off a potential Western-Turkish invasion by sea.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
9/11 AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE WELL AFTER CRASH
12-18-2011
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PilotsFor911Truth.org
More information has surfaced which conclusively demonstrates the aircraft reportedly used on 9/11, were airborne well after their alleged crashes. This article supplements our last, "ACARS CONFIRMED - 9/11 AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE LONG AFTER CRASH" in whic
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan debris field swirls towards Canada, U.S. West Coast (cc)
12-18-2011
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YouTube.com
'If you put a major city through a trash grinder and sprinkle it on the water, that's what you're dealing with,' Some of the debris to hit the West Coast may be radioactive following the devastation at Japanese nuclear power plants..
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns are dangerous? Then why is hunting safer for you than golf? (And most other sports)
12-18-2011
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www.nssf.org
25 times more likely to be injured cheerleading or bicycle riding
34 times more likely to be injured playing soccer or skateboarding
105 more times likely to be injured playing tackle football.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Police State
An Open Letter to President Obama and all members of Congress
12-18-2011
To President Obama and all members of the U.S. Congress,
The National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540) was recently passed through both Houses of Congress, and was signed into law by President Obama. Members of Congress from both factions of
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Iran
Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal
12-17-2011
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The Associated Press
Russia's customs agency announced Friday it has seized pieces of radioactive metal from the luggage of an Iranian passenger bound for Tehran from one of Moscow's main airports.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Egypt Islamists offer vision for sin-free tourism
12-17-2011
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The Associated Press
Islamists are dominating Egypt's elections and some of them have a new message for tourists: welcome, but no booze, bikinis or mixed bathing at beaches, please.
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Mike Renzulli
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