Freedom's Phoenix Feature Articles

Freedom's Phoenix at Porcfest X - pictures from Roger's Campground in Lancaster, NH

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:56:03 GMT

Read more on this subject: Conferences
Feature Article by Donna Hancock
Ernest Hancock travels to Porcfest this year to participate as a speaker, and also to do his radio show, Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, from the media room at Roger's Campground. Here are some pictures from his trip... DAY 1 - June 17th, 2013 On the way to Porcfest X: 50 miles from Lancaster NH Porcfest X!: Roger's Campground Manchester, NH - Site of Porcfest X: Organic Bug Spray/Mosquito Repellant: DAY 2 - Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 Crosby Peck joins Ernest for an interview on the Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock radio show: Tarrin Lupo interview: And Joby Weeks: Drew Phillips (BitcoinNotBombs.Com): Drew: Davi Barker: Homemade Ice Cream: Pete Eyre: Drew Phillips, John Bush: Tarrin Lupo, Angel Clark: Will, Drew, Sean: It's Not My Debt... Juice Caboose - Dinar Barenholtz and Celia: Pasha Roberts, Megan Duffield (Silver
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The Global Race for Shale Development Is On

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:25:01 GMT

Read more on this subject: Casey Research Articles
Feature Article by Marin Katusa
Guess who the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) says has 430% more proven gas reserves than the US? Guess who has twice as much as the US in shale gas technically recoverable? Guess who has over twice as much proven oil reserves as the US? The EIA recently published a 730-page report which assesses the shale formations of 41 countries. The global race for shale development has started. Countries that are not now known for their oil and gas production are showing much shale oil and gas promise. Would you be surprised to know that China has more proven oil reserves than the US? If you want to know the answers to the three questions we have at the beginning of this missive, then I believe you will be interested in the Casey Energy Report's plans on profiting from the global shale race. If you thought the US was the king of shale, we are sorry to burst your bubble� it no longer wears the crown. A picture is worth a thousand words: Now, do you know how to make money from the glo
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Real Estate Investing: Is Now the Time to Take Advantage of the Current Buyer's Market?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:48:43 GMT

Read more on this subject: Casey Research Articles
Feature Article by Dennis Miller
While I spent well over three decades writing books and teaching the subject of negotiations, some of the best lessons I learned on the subject came from luck. Many investment pundits recommend taking full advantage of the current buyer's market in real estate. Lenders are foreclosing on many properties, often selling them at a loss. At the same time, many private sellers are listing their property on the market well below what they paid for it. This presents wonderful buying opportunities for those who can take advantage of them. If you are going to buy property, you want the best price you can get.Miller Family on the Move In the late 1970s, we moved our family from Chicago to Atlanta. Two of our three children were in high school, so the timing was not ideal. To help sell the kids on the idea, we made a family pact to vote on our new house. We'd continue to look until we had a unanimous "yes." After a couple of days of traipsing around the school district we wanted to live in,
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Arizona Freedom Fest pictures from the event in Show Low this past weekend...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:55 GMT

Read more on this subject: Events: Arizona
Feature Article by Donna Hancock
Sunrise at Owen's Creekside Ranch: Putting up the Moneydome: Keith Cyrnek displaying his cool T-Shirts: More Pictures of the Moneydome - ready for business... Clean Living - All Natural Lotion Bars: Ernest Hancock - OK, so you're gonna make me get out of my chair to explain the concept of Liberty... The Canopy and State: Vendors: Matt Papke: Stewart Rhodes (Founder and President of Oath Keepers) Barry Hess (Libertarian Activist): Jordan Page (giving a short teaser concert in the afternoon): Ernest Hancock: Ernest Hancock and Jordan Page take a break in the Moneydome: Here are some of the T-Shirts that were seen around the event: Jordan Page playing on Friday night (before the AZ Freedom Fest): Ernest Hancock introduces Jordan Page (for the extended concert) (sorry this picture is so grainy):
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Lawless NSA Global Spying

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:02:24 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Lawless NSA Global Spying by Stephen Lendman NSA is one of 16 known US spy agencies. Perhaps others operate secretly. Black budgets conceal what's spent. Amounts are enormous. They're unconscionable. Used responsibly, they'd relieve hunger, shelter the homeless, heal the sick, and educate young people hungry for knowledge. Out-of-control, unregulated, unmonitored practices operate lawlessly. Enormous harm results. Rogue states operate that way. On June 1, 1952, Harry Truman authorized NSA. On October 24, revised National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) 9 followed. On November 4, 1952, NSA was established. In 1957, its existence was briefly mentioned in the US Government Organization Manual. It called NSA: "a separately organized agency within the Department of Defense under the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense…for the performance of highly specialized technical functions in support of the intelligence activities of th
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Syria and Iran: In America's Crosshairs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:33 GMT

Read more on this subject: WAR: About that War
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Syria and Iran: In America's Crosshairs by Stephen Lendman Obama's on a fast track toward tyranny. He's heading for greater intervention against Syria. Ravaging the country entirely is planned. At issue is establishing another pro-Western vassal state. Mass killing and destruction don't matter. Imperial priorities come first. Longstanding plans pre-date 9/11. Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas doesn't know the half of it. If he does, he didn't say. He told French parliamentary channel (La Chaine parlementaire) viewers: "I'm going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria." "This was in Britain, not in America. Britain was organizing an invasion of rebels into Syria. They even asked me, although I was no longer minister for foreign affairs, if I would like to participate." Israel has a dog
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Kick-Off Rally - People's Veto of Medicaid Expansion

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:39:10 GMT

Read more on this subject: Politics: General Activism
Feature Article by Mike Renzulli
When: Saturday, June 22nd at 10:00 am Where: Arizona State Capitol Lawn 1700 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ Event Details: Petitions will be available to help place Jan Brewer's recently enacted Medicaid expansion on the November ballot. This effort needs 100,000 signatures by September 10th. "How to" instructions will be available online but petitions cannot be signed on the internet. Please also consider donating to the group sponsoring this effort to stop Obrewercare: http://urapc.org.
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Corporate America Loves Jason Furman

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:26:04 GMT

Read more on this subject: Fascism/Corporatism
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Corporate America Loves Jason Furman by Stephen Lendman Key Obama officials comprise a virtual rogues gallery of scoundrels. On June 10, he nominated Jason Furman to replace Alan Krueger. He'll serve as White House Council of Economic Advisors chairman. He was Clinton's Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council. He began advising Obama in 2008. Since January 2009, he's been Obama's National Economic Council deputy director. His nomination requires congressional approval. More on him below. Krueger's returning to Princeton. He's Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. He compromised his integrity in Washington. Prior to becoming CEA head, he was Obama's Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy. He and other Obama economic officials hail economic recovery. They do so duplicitously. They've done so throughout protracted Main Street Depression conditions. They willfully turned a blind eye. They endorse corporate frie
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Hassan Rohani: Iran's President-Elect

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:18:40 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Hassan Rohani: Iran's President-Elect by Stephen Lendman It's official. Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced it. Rohani won 50.7% of 36.7 million votes cast. Six candidates competed. Principlist Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf finished second. He received one-third of Rohani's total. Rohani won decisively. He'll serve four years. He's limited to two terms. He's head of state. On October 24, 1979, Iranians adopted their Constitution. They did so democratically by national referendum. On December 3, it took effect. On July 28, 1989, it was amended. It's called a "hybrid (of) theocratic and democratic elements." Articles One and Two vest sovereign power in God. Article Six "mandates popular elections for president and parliament (the Majlis). Chapter Eight includes Supreme Leader and Guardian Council powers. Chapter Nine, Section One explains presidential powers and responsibilities. He's Iran's highest elected official. He's responsible &qu
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Netanyahu Falsely Says Iran Plans Another Holocaust

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:16:43 GMT

Read more on this subject: Israel
Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Netanyahu Falsely Says Iran Plans Another Holocaust by Stephen Lendman He said it before Iran's June 14 election. He hasn't changed his mind. More on that below. Netanyahu reflects Israeli fascism. He's hardline, unstable, unscrupulous and dangerous. He prioritizes conflict and instability. He deplores peace and diplomacy. Big Lies substitute for truth. Repetition gets people to believe them. Propaganda works that way. Fear-mongering and misinformation manipulate public sentiment. People are convinced to believe nonexistent threats. In the hands of unprincipled scoundrels, wars follow. Netanyahu's one of the worst. During his first late 1990s prime ministerial term, he was Israel's most polarizing leader. He exceeded the worst of his predecessors. He didn't mellow with age. In October, he'll be 64. He's more dangerous than ever. He's a world class thug. He threatens Israelis like others. Why they elected him, they'll have to explain. He defies them. He gives chutzpa
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The Chemical Weapons Hoax

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:57:44 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
The Chemical Weapons Hoax by Stephen Lendman Greater US intervention in Syria looms. Manufactured threats facilitate doing so. Replacing Assad with puppet leadership is planned. Independent governments aren't tolerated. More on that below. Fact: Washington bears full responsibility for Middle East/North Africa/Central Asian wars. Resource control is prioritized. So is imperial dominance to Russian and Chinese borders. Fact: State terrorism is official US policy. Obama's waging multiple direct and proxy wars. He's doing so lawlessly. He's ravaging humanity in the process. Washington, its allies, and proxies use chemical and other illegal weapons. Permanent wars reflect longstanding US policy. Americans are deceived and lied to. Truth is verboten. Unchallenged global dominance is sought. Washington demands total subservience. What we say goes is policy. All independent governments are targeted. Plans call for installing subservient puppet regimes. Direct intervention in
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One-Sided Anti-Syrian Human Rights Council Resolution

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:55:16 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
One-Sided Anti-Syrian Human Rights Council Resolution by Stephen Lendman HRC mocks human rights, It systematically spurns them. It's a de facto US imperial tool. It defiles its own mandate. It does so lawlessly. It does it unapologetically. HRC was established to strengthen "the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them." It consistently blames Syria for Western-sponsored crimes. It downplays or ignores proxy US death squads ones. They constitute crimes of war and against humanity. They persist daily. They show no signs of ending. HRC complicity facilitates greater US intervention. It supports what it's mandated to oppose. Another so-called US-led "humanitarian" intervention looms. At stake is total war on Syria, mass killing and destruction, devastating an entire nation, society and culture, as well as replacing it with unscrupulous, subservient
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Obama Ups the Stakes in Syria

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:53:56 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Obama Ups the Stakes in Syria by Stephen Lendman Obama lied. He's a serial liar. He claims Syria used chemical weapons. His so-called red line was crossed. No verifiable evidence provides proof. Clear facts prove he lied. Syria's Foreign Ministry called Obama's accusations "a caravan of lies" and "fabrications." On May 5, Reuters headlined "UN has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator." Geneva-based "UN human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria's civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday." "The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapon." Under heavy pressure, UN investigators back-tracked. They about-faced. They recanted. They lied. They claimed no "conclusive findings as to the
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NSA Chief Lies to Congress

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:52:19 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
NSA Chief Lies to Congress by Stephen Lendman General Keith Alexander is NSA director. He's US Cyber Command head. He's in charge of lawlessly spying. He directs illegal hacking. He does both globally. He's a serial lawbreaker. He violates fundamental constitutional law. He testified before Congress. More on that below. Edward Joseph Snowden revealed what vital to know. He exposed unconstitutional spying. He said more. He accused NSA of lawless hacking. He knows. He was there. He revealed what he saw firsthand. On June 14, Russia Today headlined "Snowden's asset: NSA hacking exposer knows secrets China wants," saying: He's currently in Hong Kong. He's a wanted man. Washington wants him extradited, arrested, prosecuted, disappeared or murdered. He fears for his safety. According to the Chinese daily Global Times: "The US is accumulating all the advanced powers of the Internet to forge a state-level 'fist' in order to launch cyber attacks on other
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Iranians Vote

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:08:06 GMT

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Feature Article by Stephen Lendman
Iranians Vote by Stephen Lendman On June 14, Iranians began voting. They'll choose their 11th president. By law, incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can't compete. He's limited to two terms. He's been president since August 2005. Six candidates are running. Two of the original eight withdrew. They did so days earlier. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and Mohammad Reza Aref chose not to run. A previous article profiled participating candidates. If none win a majority, a June 21 runoff follows. On the same day, voters are choosing local city and village officials. Thousands of aspirants registered to participate. In 2012, parliamentary elections were held. Iran's an Islamic Republic. Its elections are open, free and fair. They shame America's sham process. More on that below. The Guardian Council vets candidates. At issue is protecting Iran's Islamic character. It's also to preserve its sovereignty. Preventing imperial interests from gaining control is key. Washington and US media sco
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