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Date Sent: 2014-07-03
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Wednesday, July 2, 2014

New Senate Bill Gives NSA More Power -- Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity

GOA Activists Help Rand Paul Put Harry Reid on the Defensive! -- 238 Years Later, Would Americans Still Choose Freedom Over Slavery? -- [Scottsdale] Come see the R3VOLUTION's movie debut "ALONGSIDE NIGHT" July 24th, 7:30 pm -- How the Castle Crumbled -- Ron Paul CG #15 Street Demonstrations in Germany and the Mystery of Germany's Gold -- World War I, Rather Than World War II, Is Key for U.S. Foreign Policy -- Romania with George Friedman -- The Deteriorating State of American Infrastructure - Tabetha Wallace Interview -- Rome will be conquered next says leader of 'Islamic State' -- U.S. Confirms Armed Drones Over Baghdad -- NOW FEDS DO GUNPOINT SEARCHES OF PRIVATE PLANES -- Carlyle Group's Latest Acquisition: the JFK Library (!) -- NYT Revamps Its False Ukraine Narrative -- Celebrate Independence Day By Opposing Government Tyranny -- Tell the Imperial President: No More Wars! -- NY Mayor: Obama "Has Every Right" To Bypass Congress On Amnesty -- Americans Less Satisfied With Freedom Perceived widespread corruption in U.S. government -- DHS Buses Transferring 140 Undocumented Immigrants Blocked and Turned Away by Murrieta Residents -- Medical staff warned: Keep mouth shut about illegal aliens or face arrest

News Link • Surveillance
New Senate Bill Gives NSA More Power
06-30-2014 • Next News Network
A new bill before the U.S. Senate would provide additional power to the National Security Agency. That organization, designed to break foreign codes, has recently been found recording data from phone calls made by Americans. The Cybersecurity Inf Read Full Story
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Reported by: Uncle Freedom

Feature Article  • Economy - Economics USA
Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity
Doug French
   The minimum wage should be the easiest issue to understand for the economically savvy. If the government arbitrarily sets a floor for wages above that set by the market, jobs will be lost. Even the Congressional Budget Office admits that 500,000 jobs
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News Link • Gun Rights
GOA Activists Help Rand Paul Put Harry Reid on the Defensive!
07-02-2014 • Gun Owner's of America
If there is any doubt about the hatred that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats hold for the Second Amendment, that hatred was made apparent last week. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Declaration of Independence
238 Years Later, Would Americans Still Choose Freedom Over Slavery?
07-02-2014 • The Rutherford Institute/John Whitehead
A document seething with outrage over a government which had betrayed its citizens, the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, by 56 men who laid everything on the line, pledged it all�""our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor"�" Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Events: Arizona
[Scottsdale] Come see the R3VOLUTION's movie debut "ALONGSIDE NIGHT" July 24th, 7:30 p
07-02-2014 • www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
The Ron Paul "Revolution" is making its debut in a new political thriller about what happens when the federal government loses control of the economy and foreign policy and is met with a second American revolt. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Property Rights
How the Castle Crumbled
07-02-2014 • Future of Freedom Foundation
Since the American Revolution, Americans' homes have been considered sanctified space. Under the Castle Doctrine, first expressed in English common law, a person's home �" whether it's a shack or a McMansion �" is a protected space that no one can brea Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul CG #15 Street Demonstrations in Germany and the Mystery of Germany's Gold
07-02-2014 • Money and Markets
Anti-Fed and anti-war demonstrations in Germany have spread to a hundred cities and now to two more countries . But why should Germans and other Europeans be protesting the U.S. Federal Reserve? Charles Goyette and Ron Paul talk about the protests i Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

Feature Article  • World News
World War I, Rather Than World War II, Is Key for U.S. Foreign Policy
Ivan Eland
   The 100-year anniversary of the most important event in the 20th century passed recently with predictably scant notice in the American media. The anniversary can't be that of the allied D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, because that eve
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Romania with George Friedman
07-02-2014 • arclein
All Soviet satellites emerged damaged after the collapse of the old order in 1989. Few were as damaged as Romania. In many ways, the damage was self-inflicted: The villain of the piece was a Romanian, Nicolae Ceausescu. Ceausescu followed an anti-Sov Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Peptide Discovery Tackles Biofilms
07-02-2014 • arclein
Once they had their target in sight, the group looked at the interaction between IDR-1018 and the peptides. Sure enough, when the two interacted, the signal was destroyed. The cells were left to fend for themselves. Over time, the bacteria would s Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
K2 Deficiency Linked to Wrinkles
07-02-2014 • arclein
Further research which bolsters the notion that getting plenty of anti-wrinkle vitamin K2 in the diet makes for smoother facial features is found in the research of Korean scientists and was published in the journal Nephrology in 2008. The rate Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein

News Link • Government Waste
The Deteriorating State of American Infrastructure - Tabetha Wallace Interview
07-01-2014 • Next News Network
Is the deteriorating state of American infrastructure endangering the public, for the sake of political gain? Bridges across the United States are in dire need of repair or replacement, and water and electrical systems, dams and roads are also fa Read Full Story
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Reported by: Uncle Freedom

News Link • Media: Print
Rome will be conquered next says leader of 'Islamic State'
07-02-2014 • UK Telegraph
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the 'Islamic State' stretching across Iraq and Syria, has vowed to lead the conquest of Rome as he called on Muslims to immigrate to his new land to fight under its banner around the globe. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Renzulli

News Link • Economy - International
Ukraine Signs Trade Pact with EU
06-27-2014 • Next News Network
The government of the Ukraine has signed a historic trade pact with the European Union. The announcement was made on June 27th, at a signing ceremony in Brussels. Russia has worked for months to prevent Kiev from forging tighter bonds with wester Read Full Story
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Reported by: Uncle Freedom

News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Confirms Armed Drones Over Baghdad
06-27-2014 • Next News Network
A U.S. military official has confirmed armed American drones are now flying over Baghdad. The action was made public on the morning of Friday, June 27th. The source told reporters the weaponized drones are not meant for offensive missions. He sai Read Full Story
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Reported by: Uncle Freedom

News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
NOW FEDS DO GUNPOINT SEARCHES OF PRIVATE PLANES
07-01-2014 • WND EXCLUSIVE
A U.S. senator is joining a fight against federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security who have been harassing small-time aviators who fly from one U.S. city to another �" without ever venturing near an international border. Documented a Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ronald Bogner

News Link • Conspiracies
Carlyle Group's Latest Acquisition: the JFK Library (!)
07-02-2014 • Lewrockwell.com
Some things you truly cannot make up. Like this: the museum and archives celebrating and exploring the life (if not really wanting to investigate the death) of John F. Kennedy is getting a facelift�"courtesy of….the Carlyle Group. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Prepper Preparedness: Personal Fitness and Health
07-02-2014 • Lewrockwell.com
The older I get, the more I value the importance of good health and good physical fitness as it relates to long term survival. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • NeoCons
NYT Revamps Its False Ukraine Narrative
07-02-2014 • Lewrockwell.com
It's always interesting when the New York Times promotes a false narrative �" as it has on Ukraine by blaming the crisis all on "Russian aggression" �" Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Celebrate Independence Day By Opposing Government Tyranny
07-02-2014 • Lewrockwell.com
This week Americans will enjoy Independence Day with family cookouts and fireworks. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • WAR: About that War
Tell the Imperial President: No More Wars!
07-02-2014 • Lewrockwell.com
Barack Obama has asked Congress for $500 million to train and arm rebels of the Free Syrian Army who seek to overthrow the government. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Obama Administration
NY Mayor: Obama "Has Every Right" To Bypass Congress On Amnesty
07-02-2014 • Daily Paul.com
NY Mayor: Obama "Has Every Right" To Bypass Congress On Amnesty Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • American Community Survey
July 1, 2014 Americans Less Satisfied With Freedom Perceived widespread corruption in U.S. govern...
07-02-2014 • Daily Paul.com
Fewer Americans are satisfied with the freedom to choose what they do with their lives compared with seven years ago -- Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Activism
DHS Buses Transferring 140 Undocumented Immigrants Blocked and Turned Away by Murrieta Residents
07-02-2014 • Daily Paul.com
"A group of 140 Central American migrants who entered the United States illegally were flown from Texas to Lindbergh Field Tuesday and then bused to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in Murrieta, where crowds of angry protesters .... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Secret Government Projects
Medical staff warned:
07-02-2014 • Daily Paul.com
Keep your mouths shut about illegal immigrants or face arrest Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Media: Television
Why I Left 60 Minutes: The networks say they care about uncovering the truth. Really?
6-29-2014 • CHARLES LEWIS, Politico
Fewer commercial news organizations support investigative journalism now than at any time in recent history, and reporters today are arguably more alone, more exposed and more vulnerable to professional and even physical harm than they ever were. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins

News Link • WAR: About that War
War in Iraq and Beyond Has Cost 350,000 Deaths
6-30-2014 • Courtney Coelho, Brown University
The costs of war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan now stand at more than 350,000 lives lost and $4.4 trillion spent. The human toll includes US soldiers and contractors, allied soldiers, security forces, insurgents, militants, and civilians. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins

News Link • Surveillance
Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show
07-01-2014 • Washington Post
A classified 2010 legal certification indicate the NSA has been given a far more elastic authority than previously known, one that allows it to intercept through US companies not just the communications of its overseas targets but any Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Drugs and Medications
Dentists Offer Free Wine to Take the Edge Off Visits
07-01-2014 • .
Care for a riesling with your root canal? Dentists across Manhattan have been serving up complimentary glasses of wine to patients to take the edge off dreaded dental work, Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Bill of Rights
Court: Teen in Mexico shot by US agent had rights
07-01-2014 • AP
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that a Mexican teenager killed by a Border Patrol agent was protected by the US Constitution, even though the teen was on Mexican soil when he was shot. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Epic: Homeless Man Gains Super Strength from This Cop's Taser
06-30-2014 • .
The cops refuse to tell him why they are trying to arrest him, and he refuses to acknowledge their illegitimate authority over him. He sings in his regular rhyming scheme, which pisses off the cops. They try to taser him into submission, but th Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • World News
Thumbing Its Nose at U.S., Russia Sends Military Experts to Iraq
06-30-2014 • the wire
After the United States delayed a sale of fighter jets to Iraq, Russia sold planes to the Iraqi government. Now they've sent military experts to Baghdad. Gen. Anwar Hama Ameen, who heads the Iraqi air force, explained that the Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Active malware operation let attackers sabotage US energy industry
06-30-2014 • ars technica
Researchers have uncovered a malware campaign that gave attackers the ability to sabotage the operations of energy grid owners, electricity generation firms, petroleum pipelines, and industrial equipment providers. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida Cops Pry into Man's Records more than 200 Times because he Refuses to Stop Recording the
06-30-2014 • Photography Is Not a Crime
After years of auditing police depts across Florida to determine whether their officers uphold the First Amendment and the law of the land,Jeff Gray has had his driver's license and vehicle tag information searched by police 200 times. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Economic Genocide
06-30-2014 • by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
Tax rates have varied over the years, and so has the number of Americans subject to taxation. In the end, my colleague estimated that it had consumed the productive capacity of some fifty million (50,000,000) innocent human lives. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Obama Administration
Obama says to reform immigration on his own, bypassing Congress
06-30-2014 • Reuters
President Obama said he would take executive action to revamp the U.S. immigration system and move additional resources to protect the border after hopes of passing broad reform legislation in Congress officially died. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Indianapolis woman sues police after being stopped over bumper sticker
06-30-2014 • Reuters
An Indianapolis woman has sued the city's police department, contending that an order to remove an "Unmarked Police Car" bumper sticker from her minivan violated her rights to free speech, the group representing her said Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Military
U.S. Army: We Have No Idea How to Wage War in Megacities
06-30-2014 • offiziere.ch
If you want to picture the characteristically 21st century living environment, imagine cities like Lagos and Shanghai; or Sao Paulo, New York and Cairo. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Iraq
Records show how Iraqi extremists withstood U.S. anti-terror efforts
06-30-2014 • mcclatchydc.com
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sprang from a largely self-funded, corporation-style prototype whose resilience to counterterrorism operations was proven by the time Abu Bakr al Baghdadi assumed command in 2010. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Afghanistan
Afghans battle for strategic Helmand after U.S. troops pull out
06-30-2014 • Reuters
Afghan forces battled the Taliban in southern Helmand province on Monday for a second week, officials and residents said on Monday, seeking to reassert control over a strategic district just weeks after the departure of U.S. troops. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Whistleblowers
Remaining Snowden docs will be released to avert 'unspecified US war' �" ‪Cryptome
06-30-2014 • theregister.co.uk
Not by us, though, says coy leaker tweet Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Seriously?
Conflicting parking signs in D.C.? Sorry, you're still guilty (Videos)
06-30-2014 • wtop.com
Parking signs in D.C. can be very confusing. Some joke that you need a Ph.D. to decipher them. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Activism
Majority Of Delinquent Detroit Water Customers In Culture Of: 'You're Not Making Me Pay,'
06-30-2014 • detroit.cbslocal.com
Several people protested outside the Detroit Water And Sewerage Department building Thursday, saying customers are having service cut off at an alarming rate and the practice is inhumane. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Obama Administration
Sen. Durbin: Obama Will 'Borrow the Power' to Solve Immigration
06-30-2014 • cnsnews.com
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says President Barack Obama, "will borrow the power that is needed to solve the problems of immigration." Read Full Story
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Man who shot BLM ranger, CHP officer part of 'sovereign citizen' movement
06-30-2014 • policeone.com
Brent Cole, 60, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of assault with a firearm upon a peace officer Read Full Story
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News Link • Government Waste
Ending the federal worker gravy train
06-30-2014 • nypost.com
This month's congressional hearing on outlandish bonuses at the Veterans Administration is the latest proof that the nation needs to overhaul how federal workers in every department are paid and promoted. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Emmigration
Why Americans Abroad Are Giving Up Their Citizenship
06-30-2014 • newsweek.com
The number of Americans giving up their citizenship surged to 3,000 in 2013 �" three times more than the previous year. Read Full Story
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News Link • Military
Hero worship of the military is getting in the way of good policy
06-30-2014 • Washington Post
Benjamin Summers is a captain in the U.S. Army. The views expressed are his own. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour

News Link • Government
Senate Politics Leave 28 Countries With No U.S. Ambassador
06-30-2014 • defenseone.com
The Senate just confirmed two new United States ambassadors to crucial posts �" Iraq and Egypt. Read Full Story
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Senior Executives Are Increasingly Leaving the Government
06-30-2014 • defenseone.com
The federal government's senior executives are leaving the civil service at a rapidly increasing rate, according to a new report, creating the possibility for a significant shortage of qualified top managers. Read Full Story
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News Link • Energy
Anti-Fracking Win in N.Y. Court May Deal Blow to Industry
06-30-2014 • bloomberg.com
New York's cities and towns can block hydraulic fracturing within their borders, the state's highest court ruled, dealing a blow to an industry awaiting Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision on whether to lift a six-year-old statewide moratorium. Read Full Story
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News Link • Police State
The Vampire State Draws Blood
06-30-2014 • by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
So, in the East German sense of the expression, those of us who have driver's licenses have "volunteered" to be stopped, interrogated, searched, and surrender bodily samples at the whim of a DUI enforcement officer. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

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