Freedom's Phoenix Feature Articles

Russia: On the Right Side of History

Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:15:20 GMT

Read more on this subject: WAR
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Russia: On the Right Side of History by Stephen Lendman Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comments reflect Russia's position on geopolitical issues. Especially major ones mattering most. He explained them following discussions days earlier with John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris. He's a world-class diplomat. He embarrasses his Western counterparts. They're no match for his forthrightness. Straight talk. Candor. Telling it like it is. Explaining what everyone needs to know. Paul Craig Roberts is right calling Russia the world's moral leader. At a time America descends into tyranny. Waging war on humanity. At home and abroad. Risking the unthinkable. Possible global war. Nuclear war. Mushroom cloud denouement. Neocons infest Washington. They've been around for decades. Political and military ones. Advocating permanent wars. Wanting all US rivals eliminated. Obama serves their interests. He gives rogue leadership n
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Israel's Bloodstained Hands

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:20:41 GMT

Read more on this subject: Israel - Palestine
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Israel's Bloodstained Hands by Stephen Lendman British MP George Galloway is right calling Israel "an illegal, savage and barbarous state." It "has more (UN) censures against it than the rest of the countries in the world put together…" It "refuses to abide by resolutions and continues to illegally grab land and persecute their rightful owners…" It "uses its military to blockade and murder the people of Gaza." He retracts not one word he said. He continues "forcefully condemning Israel." "It remains the case that there is a worldwide boycott of Israel, its goods, its services, its academics," he said. "I hope the citizens of Bradford will join me in refusing to treat with the advocates of this hateful and oppressive regime and truly make Bradford an Israel-free zone." A previous article discussed Galloway's outspokenness. His forthrightness. On all major world and nati
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Reinvented Scoundrel Media History

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:50:56 GMT

Read more on this subject: MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Reinvented Scoundrel Media History by Stephen Lendman New York Times editors do it numerous ways. At times in their "Room for Debate" series. Featuring mostly one-sided views. Crowding out truth and full disclosure. Overwhelming it with Big Lies. On October 17, they headlined "Should Nations Recognize a Palestinian State? Six views were presented. More on them below. An earlier article said the following: Debating is an ancient tradition. Socrates and Plato debated political, social, and other issues. The Socratic method involves opposing sides asking and answering questions. Ideas are freely aired. Beliefs are challenged. Truths are sought. Critical thinking is stimulated. Opinions are formed. Conclusions are reached through free and open dialogue and discussion. Debates should involve opposing sides given full opportunity to air views. At the same time, challenge those of others. New York Times editors changed the rules. Views contradicting s
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Attorney Stanley L. Cohen: Guilty of Doing His Job Honorably

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:01:11 GMT

Read more on this subject: Police State
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Attorney Stanley L. Cohen: Guilty of Doing His Job Honorably by Stephen Lendman He's a criminal defense attorney/political activist par excellence. Wrongfully indicted on bogus charges. Guilty of defending wrong clients. Ones prosecutors wanted convicted. More on this below. America's criminal justice system is corrupted. Broken. Systematically unfair. Infested with political hacks. Solely supporting wealth, power and privilege. Prosecutors take full advantage. Innocence is no defense. Guilt by accusation is official policy. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Model Code of Judicial Conduct doesn't matter. Its preamble calls for: "An independent, fair and impartial judiciary." It's "indispensable to our system of justice." It's composed of "men and women of integrity. "Judges…at all times (must ensure) the greatest possible public confidence in their independence, impartiality, integrity, and competen
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Israel's Rogue Agenda

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:06:16 GMT

Read more on this subject: Israel - Palestine
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Israel's Rogue Agenda by Stephen Lendman Israel is a regional replica of rogue state America. Both countries operate lawlessly. Ruthlessly. They partner in crime. They wage it on defenseless adversaries. For unchallenged control. For resources they want pillaged. People they want exploited. No matter the human cost involved. Imperial objectives alone matter. So does making the world safe for monied interests. Bankers. War profiteers. Other corporate crooks. Government extremists complicit with them. Benefitting from mass slaughter and destruction. High crimes against peace. Killing Palestinian children for target practice. On October 16, Israeli soldiers murdered 13-year old Bahaa Samir Badir in cold blood. He was shot in the chest at close range. He died at Ramallah's Palestine Medical Complex. Aside from Operation Protective Edge, he's the 42nd Palestinian Israel murdered this year. It injured over 4,300 West Bank Palestinians since January. Sta
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Ernest Hancock to speak at Radio Phoenix Forum Friday Oct 17th, 2014, 7-9 p.m. AZ/PDT

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:33:07 GMT

Read more on this subject: Events: Arizona
Feature Article by Donna Hancock
Ernest Hancock, publisher of Freedom's Phoenix (freedomsphoenix.com), provides a libertarian perspective on special interest over our politics and public affairs. Also, Dr. Matthew Whitaker from ASU as well as Jon Alanis or Sam Wercinski from AZAdvocacy.org. Also Jim Pulllaro from Clean Elections 2019. The event will be broadcast live on RadioPhoenix.Org
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Gov't is getting Thunderstruck by Bitcoin

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:32:08 GMT

Read more on this subject: Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock
Feature Article by Ernest Hancock
Radio/TV • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio Host: Ernest Hancock 10-16-14 -- Dmitry "Rassah" Murashchik - Roger Ver -- (VIDEO & MP3 LOADED) Program Date: 2014-10-16 Dmitry "Rassah" Murashchik (Community Manager for Mycelium) on bitcoin, bitcoin anonymity, wide adoption - Roger Ver (CEO of Memory Dealers) on bitcoin, anonymity, Bitcoin Bounty Hunters, community vs. governmental regulation Rassah, Had fun on the show and we got to talk a lot about things to come and the impact of BlockChain Tech.... but Rassah also had a little present for us after listening to the show opener... enjoy! :) ======================================= Ernie, Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. This is really the first time I talked about that kind of stuff in public, and hope it wasn't going too far. I was REALLY trying to avoid flat out saying
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Deconstructing John Kerry's Big Lies

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:53:03 GMT

Read more on this subject: WAR
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Deconstructing John Kerry's Big Lies by Stephen Lendman Kerry disgraces the office he holds. He's an unindicted war criminal. He represents America's dark side. Its consummate evil. Big Lies infest his rhetoric. He's been caught red-handed numerous times. He disdains rule of law principles. He supports war. He deplores peace. He's indifferent to human suffering. He's a monument to wrong over right. He mocks legitimacy. He's a world-class thug. He's Washington's foreign policy front man. Its imperial lawlessness representative. Its evil agenda. Its war on humanity. Its contempt for democratic values. "Has any country, anywhere on the face of the earth, at any period of history been so totally misruled as the United States," asked Paul Craig Roberts? Has any been more lawless? Ruthless. Morally indefensible. Evil beyond equal. "(D)evoid of moral conscience," said Roberts. "There is no evil of which Wa
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Adam Kokesh Launches The American Campfire Freedom Tour Indiegogo Campaign

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:29:39 GMT

Read more on this subject: Adam vs The Man
Feature Article by Adam Kokesh
Greetings! As you may know, I've done more than my share of civil disobedience. From dancing at the Jefferson Memorial to loading a shotgun two blocks from the White House and being arrested over three dozen times, at least when it comes to the flashy, headline-grabbing type of performance art civil disobedience, I've got a very entertaining track record. But that's not enough. In fact, it has almost zero tangible relevance to government! The most important kind of civil disobedience is that which actually disempowers the state right now. Governments don't exist in order to take away our rights. They take away our rights in order to exist so that they can rip us off. The most effective way to disempower the state is to keep it from ripping you off. The most important way to do that is to stop using the dollar as much as you can. Here's where to start: AmagiMetals.com. Liberated, Adam PS Please check out thefreedomline.com for bo
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The Top Six Reasons Why You Shouldn't Fear Going Offshore

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:36:12 GMT

Read more on this subject: Economy - Economics USA
Feature Article by Mark Nestmann
In my nearly 30 years of helping Americans "internationalize" themselves, there are four giant obstacles I have watched my clients overcome before finally taking action: Inertia, fear, complacence, and hopelessness. All four of these obstacles are self-imposed, by the way. There is certainly nothing illegal about moving assets outside the US. Of the four, the one that probably comes up the most is hopelessness – the belief that it's "too late" to do anything. The idea that "no matter what I do, Uncle Sam will find a way to grab it." That objection has come up a lot more in the last year or so, now that laws like the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) have increased restrictions on offshore bank secrecy with respect to the IRS. Here's how one client put it: Won't the IRS just add up the total value of my assets – here and abroad – apply the tax rate, and collect (or confiscate) domestic assets as needed t
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Fear-Mongering Ahead of Another US False Flag? (Part II)

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:44:39 GMT

Read more on this subject: WAR
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Fear-Mongering Ahead of Another US False Flag? (Part II) by Stephen Lendman Dick Cheney is an unindicted war criminal. He's guilty of genocidal high crimes against peace. He predicts another mass casualty event on US soil. Much worse than 9/11. More on what he said below. Fear-mongering is a longstanding US tactic. False flags are an American tradition. Both schemes usually precede premeditated war plans. They're used to wage war on freedom. Quash human rights. Eliminate civil liberties. Replace them with police state harshness. Post-9/11 National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 51 established coup d'etat authority. It masquerades as so-called "continuity of government (COG)." Under catastrophic emergency conditions, defined as: "any incident (real or contrived), regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the US population, infrastructure, environm
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2008 Redux?

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:42:34 GMT

Read more on this subject: Economy - International
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
2008 Redux? by Stephen Lendman Headlines aren't reassuring. They're unnerving. Today's Wall Street Journal headlined "Stocks Swoon in Frenzied Trading." "Dow Slides More than 450 Points Before Climbing; Treasury Yields Touch 16-Month Low." Doing so shows low growth expectations. Maybe heading for decline. Economist John Williams calls GDP guesstimates "the most worthless of economic series." They over-estimate growth. They show it in times of decline. On Thursday, the Financial Times headlined "US and European stocks resume slide." Wednesday's Dow "had its biggest intraday fall for three years." The headlined story was rewritten after Thursday volatility helped stocks rebound. Things can turn on a dime and head valuations lower. Sentiment is weak. Thursday's Dow opened down 175 points. Volatility defines things. At times extreme. E-minis are futures contracts. They represent a portion of stand
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Jordan Page to play concert at the Hancock's in Phoenix on October 24th, 2014

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:19:19 GMT

Read more on this subject: Events: Arizona
Feature Article by Donna Hancock
Liberty musician, Jordan Page, will play a concert at the home of Ernest and Donna Hancock, 7 p.m. on Friday October 24th, 2014. Come and celebrate liberty with Jordan's awesome freedom-themed music! Suggested donation $20 (no one will be turned away). Bring your family, friends, and neighbors! Jordan will start playing at 7 p.m.; you can come as early as 6:30 p.m. ADDRESS: 4886 W PORT AU PRINCE LANE; GLENDALE, AZ 85306... View Larger Map Here is a sample of Jordan's music: THIS WILL BE A POTLUCK, SO BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE! I WILL HAVE THE COOLERS AVAILABLE FOR DRINKS, AND WE WILL HAVE THE FIRE PITS GOING VISIT JORDAN'S WEBPAGE AT: JordanPageMusic.Com If you would like to help with this event, please contact Donna Hancock at 602-828-1819 Producer@DeclareYourIndependenceWithErnestHancock.com
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Healthcare: A Fundamental Human Right

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:14:53 GMT

Read more on this subject: Healthcare
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Healthcare: A Fundamental Human Right by Stephen Lendman Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) falls way short of promised benefits. It's outrageously expensive. A new Congressional Budget Office assessment estimates hundreds of billions of more dollars than Obama claimed. Around $300 billion or more. It's unaffordable for millions. Double what healthcare costs in other developed nations. Marketplace medicine fails. Often when it's most needed. In America, it's a healthcare rationing system. A scam. A scheme based on ability to pay. A boon to providers. A ripoff to enrich insurers, drug companies and large hospital chains. Despite high-minded claims, millions are left uninsured. Millions more way underinsured. Buying insurance is mandated. Otherwise, penalties are enforced. In 2014, it's $95 per person up to 1% of family income. Whichever is greater. Over the next two years, fines increase exponentially. In 2016, it's $695 per person u
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Malicious Anti-Iranian Propaganda

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:28:21 GMT

Read more on this subject: Iran
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Malicious Anti-Iranian Propaganda by Stephen Lendman Managed news misinformation substitutes for truth and full disclosure. Big Lies persist with disturbing regularity. It's been this way for 35 years. Washington tolerates no independent governments. Nor does Israel, its Lobby and other supportive organizations. They want pro-Western vassal states worldwide. They want sovereign independence destroyed. They want unchallenged control. They want monied interests served. They want ordinary people exploited. The second Tehran New Horizon Conference was held from September 29 - October 1. Participants included academics, writers, authors and journalists. They came from numerous countries. Middle East issues were discussed. Ongoing events explained why. Participants dispelled Western propaganda. It's unrelenting. It features Big Lies. Hard truths readers and viewers most need to know are buried. It's longstanding scoundrel media policy. The American J
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