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Date Sent: 2012-07-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, July 16, 2012 AM edition |
US Lets Florida Use Its Police Data for Voter Check -- First Surveillance Proof ISP Taking Shape
Tiny 2-Foot Bomb Could Be ‘Months’ Away From Drone War -- Syria has begun moving its chemical weapons stockpile out of storage, U.S. warns -- Bank of America, Countrywide Whistleblower Kept 3-Year Secret -- Britain’s continental drift away from the European Union -- Goldman Sachs and the $580 Million Black Hole -- Troubled New York Hospitals Forgo Malpractice Coverage -- Taxing online purchases -- Are you an individual? - video by Christine Smith -- Democrats threaten GOP with ‘fiscal cliff’ as tax fight rages on -- London’s Militarized Olympic Games Conjures Up Orwell’s 1984 -- Tennessee man charged $85,000 for a tank of gas -- Iowa Republican says government illegitimate, declares herself U.S. Senator -- No Sitting: Clearwater (FL) Poised to Institute More Laws that Target Homeless -- Campaigning on the Floor of Congress -- Par:AnoIA: Anonymous Launches WikiLeaks-esque Site for Data Dumps -- A Phone that Knows Where You're Going -- Million-year storage
solution is set in stone -- Hopes high as AIDS conference returns to US
Ed Vallejo Tampa Chip-In
Freedom's
Phoenix Digital Magazine READY FOR DOWNLOAD, July 2012 Edition
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
U.S. to Let Florida Use Its Police Data for Voter Check
07-15-2012
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New York Times
The federal government has granted Florida election officials access to a database of noncitizen residents for use in Republican-backed efforts to remove people who are not American citizens from voter registration rolls.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
First Surveillance Proof ISP Taking Shape
07-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
As government agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia push for increased surveillance powers, one pioneering American is pushing back.
New York-based entrepreneur Nicholas Merrill is making progress on a project he
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Tiny 2-Foot Bomb Could Be ‘Months’ Away From Drone War
07-15-2012
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Wired
Since 2009, Raytheon has been experimenting with what it understatedly calls a Small Tactical Munition. It’s a laser-guided bomb less than two feet long and barely a 10th the weight of the Hellfire missiles that the iconic Predators and Reapers pack.
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News Link • Syria
Syria has begun moving its chemical weapons stockpile out of storage, U.S. warns
07-15-2012
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Daily Mail
Syria has started to move part of its chemical weapons arsenal out of storage facilities, according to U.S. officials.
The country's undeclared stockpiles of sarin nerve agent, mustard gas and cyanide have long worried the U.S. officials and its a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bank of America, Countrywide Whistleblower Kept 3-Year Secret
07-15-2012
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ABC News
Kyle Lagow of Plano, Texas, had to keep secret even from his wife and five children that he was one of the whistleblowers who led to this year's $25 billion mortgage settlement with banks over inappropriate lending schemes. His lawsuit led to a $1 bi
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Iraq
Fixing Iraq, Winning the War
07-15-2012
Mike Renzulli
Since pragmatism and compromise is used for foreign relations and has been an unmitigated disaster, the best strategy to reassert the U.S.'s role in Iraq and a long term strategy to win the War on Terrorism can be drawn from a lesson from the past.
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News Link • European Union
Britain’s continental drift away from the European Union
07-15-2012
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Washington Post
The E.U., he said, has meddled for years in Britain’s legal affairs and labor laws. But this time the 27-nation body had gone too far by interfering with his pride and joy: the retrofitted KTM 950 motorcycle he rides on the country lanes
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Goldman Sachs and the $580 Million Black Hole
07-15-2012
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Washington Post
With Goldman Sachs on the job, the corporate takeover of Dragon Systems in an all-stock deal went terribly wrong. Goldman collected millions of dollars in fees " and the Bakers lost everything when Lernout & Hauspie was revealed to be a spectacular f
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Troubled New York Hospitals Forgo Coverage for Malpractice
07-15-2012
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New York Times
Every hospital makes mistakes. But some New York City hospitals may not have enough money to pay for them. Several of the city’s most troubled hospitals are partially or completely uninsured for malpractice, foregoing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Taxing online purchases
07-15-2012
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Washington Post OpEd
Virginia voted this year to close the so-called “Amazon loophole,” which allows the online retailer to avoid paying the same local sales taxes that brick-and-mortar establishments charge. California and Texas have taken steps to do the same.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Democrats threaten GOP with ‘fiscal cliff’ as tax fight rages on
07-15-2012
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Washington Post
Democrats are making increasingly explicit threats about their willingness to let nearly $600 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts take effect in January unless Republicans drop their opposition to higher taxes for the nation’s wealthiest hou
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News Link • Military
London’s Militarised Olympic Games Conjures Up Orwell’s 1984
07-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The London Olympics are fast taking on the appearance and tone of a full-scale land, sea and air military operation rather than an international sporting event.
With surface-to-air missiles stationed on top of residential apartment blocks, Royal N
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Tennessee man charged $85,000 for a tank of gas
07-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Feel like gas prices are making a dent in your budget? Imagine how Ray Crockett felt when he received a bill for nearly $85,000 after filling his gas tank.
Nashville’s News Channel 5 reports that Crockett charged about $30 in gas from a local stat
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Politics
Iowa Republican says government illegitimate, declares herself U.S. Senator
07-15-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
An Iowa woman who was running for a state Senate seat has dropped that bid after deciding the U.S. government is a sham, and has instead unilaterally declared herself a U.S. Senator from the Republic of Iowa in an alternative government, the Republic
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Activism
Ed Vallejo Tampa Chip-In
07-09-2012
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Ed Vallejo/Daily Paul
As the 2012 RNC looms large on the horizon, preparations are being made...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Men trying to be our God
Clearwater (FL) Poised to Institute More Laws that Target the Homeless
07-15-2012
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Tampa Bay Times via Adam Kokesh Twitter feed
"There are exceptions... protesters legally could sit or lie down, but only if they had in their possession "signs or literature explaining the protest." " (This is about 23 miles from where the 2012 RNC will be held - Ed)
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Campaigning on the Floor of Congress
7-15-2012
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Free Press Publications
In mid-July the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted for the 33rd time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This vote was criticized by some as “campaigning for Romney” on the floor of Congress. I agree this is camp
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News Link • Media: Radio
2012-07-13 Liberty Underground Radio Show
07-14-2012
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Liberty Underground
We detail our investigation into how four Pinellas County Commissioners are ineligible to serve because they have exceeded their term limits, we talk with Rae Ann McNeilly of Taxpayers United of America tells us how retired state and local employees
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Matt Schnackenberg
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Can a $10 Robot Save African Education?
07-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Nathan Hurst
...Design a $10 robot. Conceived as a teaching tool for use in African classrooms, such a low-cost machine could prove to be revolutionary for education in poorer countries around the world.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Par:AnoIA: Anonymous Launches WikiLeaks-esque Site for Data Dumps
07-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Quinn Norton
Frustrated by the lack of impact from Anonymous’ otherwise famous hacks and data dumps, and the slow pace of material coming out of WikiLeaks, participants in the Anonymous collective have launched a WikiLeaks-like site called Par:AnoIA
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News Link • Food
Safe Composting Tips for People With Food Allergies
07-15-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, ScoutNews
Composting food waste is safe for people with food allergies if they take some basic precautions, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Questionnaire completed by parents may help identify 1-year-olds at risk for autism
07-15-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Tom Hughes
A new study by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers found that 31 percent of children identified as at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at 12 months received a confirmed diagnosis of ASD by age 3 years.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
New proteins to clear the airways in cystic fibrosis and COPD
07-15-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Cody Mooneyhan
Bethesda, MDUniversity of North Carolina scientists have uncovered a new strategy that may one day help people with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder better clear the thick and sticky mucus that clogs their lungs and leads to
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A Phone that Knows Where You're Going
07-15-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, David Talbot
An algorithm can better predict your future movements by getting a little help from your friends.
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News Link • Inventions
Million-year storage solution is set in stone
07-15-2012
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http://phys.org, by Nancy Owano
A sapphire hard disk can last one million years and resolve a problem worrying archaeologists.
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News Link • Environment
Lemurs the world's most threatened mammal: study
07-15-2012
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http://phys.org, AFP
Lemurs, the furry apes brought to fame by the Disney animation film "Madagascar", are the most endangered mammals on Earth, an International Union for Conservation of Nature conference found.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Hopes high as AIDS conference returns to US
07-15-2012
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http://medicalxpress.com, by Kerry Sheridan
A cure for AIDS remains a distant prospect but a host of drug treatments and other advances have fueled fresh hope that new human immunodeficiency virus infections may some day be halted for good.
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News Link • Syria
George Galloway on Syria
07-13-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
George Galloway warns against western intervention in Syria.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
July 15, 2012 Edition
07-13-2012
John Semmens
Administration Eases Burdensome Work Requirement for Welfare Recipients
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued notice that it is rewriting the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reform law of 1996. Specifically, HHS i
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