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Date Sent: 2012-11-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, November 18, 2012 |
FBI investigation of Broadwell reveals comprehensive access to electronic communications
Israel launches scores of airstrikes into Gaza -- Petraeus scandal puts four-star general lifestyle under scrutiny --If China is doing so well, why do so many Chinese think of moving here? -- Rep. Jones, Stan Deyo, Gov. Abducts Children in Utah and Colorado --
Israeli Ground Invasion of Gaza Imminent -- Israel And Gaza On Brink
Of War As Tanks Amass At Border -- Petraeus testifies CIA’s Libya
talking points were changed, lawmaker says -- Hundreds of marijuana
possession cases already dismissed in Washington -- PAUL: Ron Paul
Revolution: GOP’s last best hope -- Video Update: Ron Paul on
C-SPAN's Washington Journal -- Judge Napolitano on Jon Stewart
11-15-12: --
Sanctions: More Deadly than Nuclear Bombs. 2 minute video -- Pentagon Revises Estimate: Taking
Syria’s Weapons Requires 75,000 Troops -- China's New Leaders Will
Push Land Reforms To Boost The Economy -- A Simple Constitutional
Argument For Letting States Legalize Marijuana -- There Is A Shale
Oil Field Under Santa Barbara Four-Times Bigger Than The Bakken --
British NHS Euthanizes the Elderly and Obamacare Follows
Suit
Webcomic: "Quantum Vibe" by Liberty Artist/Cartoonist Scott Bieser
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News Link • Surveillance
FBI investigation of Broadwell reveals comprehensive access to electronic communications
11-18-2012
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Washington Post
The FBI started its case in June with a collection of five e-mails, a few hundred kilobytes of data at most. By the time the probe exploded into public view earlier this month, the FBI was sitting on a mountain of data containing the private communic
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israel launches scores of airstrikes into Gaza
11-18-2012
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CBS News
Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of s
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News Link • Military
Petraeus scandal puts four-star general lifestyle under scrutiny
11-18-2012
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Washington Post
Then-defense secretary Robert M. Gates stopped bagging his leaves when he moved into a small Washington military enclave in 2007. His next-door neighbor was Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, who had a chef, a persona
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News Link • China
If China is doing so well, why do so many Chinese think of moving here?
11-18-2012
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Washington Post
The signs of America’s decline and China’s rise seem to be everywhere: The U.S. middle class is stagnating while China’s continues its meteoric ascent. Our manufacturing sector has been eclipsed by Chinese factories churning out iPhones. The schools
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News Link • Transportation
General Motors Raises Its Ante on Electric Cars
11-18-2012
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Jessica Leber via TechnologyReview.com
The Detroit automaker will soon debut its first all-electric vehicle, a fast-charging vehicle that also rides well.
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Reference Link • Surveillance
The TSA Abuses the USA: The Final Solution
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a cookie cutter version of the East German Stasi and because of the pot bellied perverts who work at the who expose the flying public to degradation, extreme violations of our bodies and lethal dose
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Coast to Coast AM " Nov 15 2012 " GMO Dangers & Home Farming
11-17-2012
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Farm Wars
Barbara H. Peterson discussed health effects of genetically modified foods on the general population. She became aware of the severity of the issue in 2005, when she cured herself of a debilitating skin condition. Listen to the archive on Farm Wars.
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News Link • Military
Pentagon to be sued for censoring intelligence officer’s book
11-17-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A former intelligence officer with the Department of Defense has been given the go-ahead by a federal judge to sue the Pentagon and the CIA for censoring his best-selling account of the war in Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer can follow throu
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Brazil to clone its endangered species
11-17-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The scientists at Brazil’s Embrapa agriculture research agency said this week they have spent two years building a gene library with hundreds of samples from eight native species, including the collared anteater, the bush dog, the black lion tamarin,
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News Link • Food
The Battle for Control Over Our Plates
11-17-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The blame game could lead us down a number of avenues, all of which take us back to the same answers. Those who have money to be gained from illness and disease.
Now this is not some form of twisted joke, it is a real issue, and as hard as it may
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
JPMorgan, Credit Suisse settle with SEC for $417 million
11-17-2012
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By Aruna Viswanatha and Jonathan Stempel
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX) will pay a combined $416.9 million to settle U.S. civil charges that they misled investors in the sale of risky mortgage bonds prior to the 2008 financial crisis, regulators said on Fri
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News Link • Internet
Canadian Association... calls on government to approve U.S.-style internet surveillance
11-17-2012
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http://endthelie.com, By Madison Ruppert
Canadian Association of Police Chiefs calls on government to approve U.S.-style internet surveillance
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News Link • Secession
What does Texas secession mean to libertarians?
11-17-2012
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http://www.examiner.com, By: Garry Reed
The Huffington Post reported Tuesday that a petition for Texas secession has qualified to receive a White House response because it has garnered over 25,000 signatures.
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
FEMA shelters in northeast resemble police state prison camps
11-17-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by: J. D. Heyes
Doom, gloom and despair is growing in the Northeast in the weeks following Superstorm Sandy, as winter sets in with thousands of New Yorkers and New Jersey residents still reeling from the loss of their homes and property.
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News Link • Drug War
Marijuana Prohibition Will Die of 1,000 Cuts…So Look Out
11-17-2012
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http://www.strike-the-root.com, by Alex R. Knight
Of the 50 tax farms that comprise America, 16 have governments that will allow prescribed medical marijuana for use by patients suffering from such conditions as glaucoma, anorexia, or cancer.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Inflatable Plugs For Tunnel Flood Protection
11-17-2012
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arclein
Developed as part of the "Resilient Tunnel Project," the plugs are actually enormous balloon-like capsules, according to a department press release. When filled with air or 35,000 gallons of water, the plugs measure 32 feet by 16 feet. Unfilled, th
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News Link • How To
Letter Re: Anticipated Refugees Flows in a Grid Down Collapse
11-17-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, John T. / JWR
I'm currently trying to do a cogent analysis of the lower 48 and where my optimum safety location/region might be.
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News Link • How To
Digging a Root Cellar/Storm Cellar
11-17-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by Marlene
We decided that our family needed a root cellar for maintaining root crops, cold storage and for more extensive water storage, here is our story.
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News Link • Science
World's Rarest Whale Recovered
11-17-2012
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arclein
"Up until now, all we have known about the spade-toothed beaked whale was from three partial skulls collected from New Zealand and Chile over a 140-year period. It is remarkable that we know almost nothing about such a large mammal." - Phys.Org
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Video: The Latest From iRobot's Research Lab
11-17-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Soft robotic fingers, robots that can open doors, and a robotic sea turtle--iRobot's R&D guys stopped by to show us their latest projects yesterday, and we're passing the awesomeness on to you.
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News Link • Science
Life on Mars Probable?
11-17-2012
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arclein
An amazing statement from Professor Joseph Miller, who's been working on NASA space projects for 30 years admits that there is a 95% probability of Life on Mars. They have found liquid water right now on Mars and this is the key for Life as we know
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Urine The Money
11-17-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Sarah Mitroff
Finally, after decades spent wandering through the world of print, television, and the web, advertising has come home to its spiritual birthplace " the public restroom.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Doug Casey on the Inconvenient Truths of US Foreign Policy
11-17-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, Interviewed by Louis James
Hola, Doug. Congrats on calling the election correctly. You got your wish: the global economy should exit the eye of the storm on Obama's watch. Hopefully, leftist ideas will get the blame they deserve this time.
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News Link • Government
Boise’s Proposed Thoughtcrime Ordinance
11-17-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
If government has no authority to criminalize private behavior between consenting adults, by what supposed authority can it punish people who withhold their consent from a commercial transaction?
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israel launches scores of airstrikes into Gaza
11-17-2012
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AP
Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of sm
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
All-Carbon Solar Cells Will Mean Cheap and Flexible Solar Panels
11-17-2012
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www.technologyreview.com, By Katherine Bourzac
Flexible photovoltaics made of carbon promise low cost and durability, if their performance can be improved.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israeli Ground Invasion of Gaza Imminent
11-17-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Richard Silverstein
IDF heavy weaponry, including tanks and armored personnel carriers are massing near the Gaza border, signalling Israel’s intent to launch a ground invasion of the enclave.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israel And Gaza On Brink Of War As Tanks Amass At Border
11-17-2012
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Geoffrey Ingersoll and Michael Kelley
Israel’s Operation Pillar of Cloud in Gaza escalated on its second day as the sides traded numerous strikes. Sirens in Tel Avi, rockets fired from Navy boats, and the Iron Dome kicking into constant action.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Petraeus testifies CIA’s Libya talking points were changed, lawmaker says
11-17-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, FoxNews.com
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified in a closed-door hearing Friday morning that his agency determined immediately after the Sept. 11 Libya attack that “Al Qaeda involvement” was suspected
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Hundreds of marijuana possession cases already dismissed in Washington
11-17-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by: J. D. Heyes
There is a legal showdown brewing between the federal government and two states whose residents voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana earlier this month
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
PAUL: Ron Paul Revolution: GOP’s last best hope
11-17-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Sen. Rand Paul
Party must recommit to ideals of liberty
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Video Update: Ron Paul on C-SPAN's Washington Journal
11-17-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Katniss Everdeen
Congressman Paul will discuss fiscal cliff negotiations in Congress as well as the latest developments in Libya.
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News Link • Political Parties
Judge Napolitano on Jon Stewart 11-15-12:
11-17-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Miguel
"I'm not of the right. I'm a libertarian. I'm the Ron Paul guy over there (at Fox)"
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Washington Post: Ron Paul's Most Memorable Moments
11-17-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said farewell to Congress on Wednesday in a 48-minute speech on the House floor.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Sanctions: More Deadly than Nuclear Bombs. 2 minute video
11-17-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, jazzntoehead
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." -Orwell
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News Link • Activism
George Carlin on Bipartisanship
11-17-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com,
George Carlin on Bipartisanship
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News Link • Military
Pentagon Revises Estimate: Taking Syria’s Weapons Requires 75,000 Troops
11-17-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
In August They Said 50,000 to 60,000 Would Be Enough
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News Link • China
China's New Leaders Will Push Land Reforms To Boost The Economy
11-17-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar
Along with abolishing China's one-child policy, privatizing rural land is said to be another top reform for China's new leaders.
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News Link • States' Rights
A Simple Constitutional Argument For Letting States Legalize Marijuana
11-17-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley
Former federal prosecutor Mark Oslet wrote a CNN op-ed that presents a clear and concise argument as to why the U.S. federal government should honor state laws legalizing marijuana.
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News Link • Energy
There Is A Shale Oil Field Under Santa Barbara Four-Times Bigger Than The Bakken
11-17-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob Wile
In the wake of the International Energy Association's extremely bullish report about America's hydrocarbon potential
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Feature Article • Secession
SECEDE TO SUCCEED!
David McElroy
Citizens of all 50 states have petitioned the White House seeking to secede. Ron Paul has delivered us his magnum opus on liberty in farewell. It is time to foreclose on Uncle Sam!
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