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Date Sent: 2012-12-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 3, 2012 AM edition
 
‘Breaking the Taboo’: US presidents admit drug policies were wrong in new documentary

US government releases once-secret Watergate files -- Flow of Arms to Syria Through Iraq Persists, to U.S. Dismay -- Attackers at U.S.-Afghan Base Wore Coalition Uniforms -- Cop’s Lawsuit Over Quotas Is Reinstated -- Say ‘bonjour’ or it’s ‘au revoir’, French mayor demands -- The Truth about the Minimum Wage -- Iraqi refugee arrested for bombing Arizona Social Security office with IED, media silence ensues -- The American Roots of the Ugandan Anti-Gay Law -- Goldman Sachs' Global Coup D'etat -- What I Saw During Operation Pillar of Defense -- Announcing the Winners of the 2012 FPP Peace Prize -- Abolishing the Dollar Makes Sense -- Federal Judge Rules Deputy had Right to Seize Camera from Home without Warrant

AZ: Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012, 6:30 p.m. til ???;  2012 Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast & Fundraiser Saturday December 15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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‘Breaking the Taboo’: US presidents admit drug policies were wrong in new documentary News Link  •  Drug War
 ‘Breaking the Taboo’: US presidents admit drug policies were wrong in new documentary
12-02-2012  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
A documentary film that features interviews with former US presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton among them, admitting their drug-related policies in the war against drugs were wrong, is set to be released in America next week.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke
US government releases once-secret Watergate files News Link  •  History
 US government releases once-secret Watergate files
12-02-2012  •  AP 
Watergate Judge Sirica aided the prosecution in pursuing the White House connection to the Democratic headquarters break-in by providing the special prosecutor information from a probation report in which one of the burglars said he was acting  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Flow of Arms to Syria Through Iraq Persists, to U.S. Dismay News Link  •  Syria
 Flow of Arms to Syria Through Iraq Persists, to U.S. Dismay
12-02-2012  •  New York Times 
The American effort to stem the flow of Iranian arms to Syria has faltered because of Iraq’s reluctance to inspect aircraft carrying the weapons through its airspace, American officials say.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Attackers at U.S.-Afghan Base Wore Coalition Uniforms News Link  •  Afghanistan
 Attackers at U.S.-Afghan Base Wore Coalition Uniforms
12-02-2012  •  New York Times 
Taliban forces attacked a large coalition airfield in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, detonating three car bombs near the entrance and engaging in a two-hour gun battle that killed nine insurgents, four Afghan guards and at least four civilians who  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Officer’s Lawsuit Over Quotas Is Reinstated News Link  •  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 Officer’s Lawsuit Over Quotas Is Reinstated
12-02-2012  •  New York Times 
A federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit filed by a New York City police officer who accused his superiors of violating his First Amendment rights by punishing him for reporting the existence of an illegal arrest-quota system.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Say ‘bonjour’ or it’s ‘au revoir’, French mayor demands News Link  •  Government
 Say ‘bonjour’ or it’s ‘au revoir’, French mayor demands
12-02-2012  •  . 
Residents of a small French town in the Oise region to the north of Paris will have to mind their manners in future after their mayor introduced a new regulation forcing people to be courteous when speaking to staff at the town hall.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
The Truth about the Minimum Wage News Link  •  Philosophy: Libertarianism
 The Truth about the Minimum Wage
12-02-2012  •  youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog) 
People don't like to think that anyone's labor is worth less than the minimum wage. Someone might end up flipping burgers for $5.00 an hour. You might think the minimum wage is a way of paying some sort of dignity premium -- hence language like "livi  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Iraqi refugee arrested for bombing Arizona Social Security office with IED, media silence ensues News Link  •  TERRORISM
 Iraqi refugee arrested for bombing Arizona Social Security office with IED, media silence ensues
12-02-2012  •  http://pjmedia.com 
An Iraqi refugee was arrested in connection with allegedly bombing a Casa Grande, Arizona Social Security Administration office early Friday morning by what appears to an improvised explosive device (IED).  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Renzulli
The American Roots of the Ugandan Anti-Gay Law News Link  •  Sexuality: Sex and the Law
 The American Roots of the Ugandan Anti-Gay Law
12-02-2012  •  Carnal Nation 
There's evidence that Uganda's new law criminalizing homosexuality may have come about with the support and encouragement of United States congressmen and fundamentalists.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Renzulli
Goldman Sachs' Global Coup D'etat News Link  •  Economy - International
 Goldman Sachs' Global Coup D'etat
12-02-2012  •  http://truth-out.org 
Steadily �" and stealthily �" Goldman Sachs is carrying out a global coup d’etat.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
What I Saw During Operation Pillar of Defense News Link  •  Israel
 What I Saw During Operation Pillar of Defense
11-27-2012  •  American Thinker 
Arizona Native, daughter to ASU Hillel Director Barton Lee, works with COGAT, coordinating transfers of goods, aid, and delegations into Gaza, and tells what she saw during Operation Amúd ʿAnán.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: J E Andreasen
Announcing the Winners of the 2012 FPP Peace Prize News Link  •  Activism
 Announcing the Winners of the 2012 FPP Peace Prize
12-2-2012  •  Free Press Publications 
The FPP Peace Prize was founded in 2009 due to the history of the Nobel Prize Committees reputation for selecting pro-war recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The FPP Peace Prize has a mission to recognize a person (or group) that actively supports a  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Darryl W. Perry
Abolishing the Dollar Makes Sense News Link  •  Federal Reserve
 Abolishing the Dollar Makes Sense
12-2-2012  •  Free Press Publications 
Every year or two a proposal comes forth that would abolish the $1 bill and “replace it” with a dollar coin. Such a switch would save estimated $4.4 billion over 30 years or roughly $147 million per year (a drop in the bucket when compared to the fed  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Darryl W. Perry
The Pyramids and the Constellation of Orion News Link  •  Egypt
 The Pyramids and the Constellation of Orion
12-02-2012  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
The Pyramids are supposed to be monuments to the Pharaohs, tombs to preserve the royal bodies for a continued existence in the afterlife, and yet no bodies have ever been found inside them. This misconception of history has led to some very basic mis  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke
Federal Judge Rules Deputy had Right to Seize Camera from Home without Warrant News Link  •  Police State
 Federal Judge Rules Deputy had Right to Seize Camera from Home without Warrant
12-02-2012  •  Photography Is Not a Crime 
A federal judge ruled this week that a sheriff’s deputy had every right to walk into a person’s home and seize a camera from a citizen, even though the deputy had no warrant nor was the camera used in a commission of a crime.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
FYI: Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete? News Link  •  How To
 FYI: Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?
12-02-2012  •  http://www.popsci.com, By Colin Lecher 
The idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it?   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Meet Spaun, The Most Complex Simulated Brain Ever News Link  •  Robots and Artificial Intelligence
 Meet Spaun, The Most Complex Simulated Brain Ever
12-02-2012  •  http://www.popsci.com,  
The computer program recognizes items, learns and remembers--and even passes some basic components of an IQ test.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Secret US Construction in Israel Feature Article  •  Israel
 Secret US Construction in Israel
Stephen Lendman
   Israel
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Those Opinion  •  Political Parties
 Words Eye View
Those "Old White Men”
11-30-2012
Greg J Dixon
   If it wasn’t so sad, and if there was not so much at stake, one would have to just sit down and have a long laugh.
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 2, 2012 Edition Opinion  •  Humor
 SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 2, 2012 Edition
11-30-2012
John Semmens
   President's Laughable Fiscal Plan Called “Will of the People” So-called negotiations to avert going over the “fiscal cliff” got off to an unpromising start when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's presentation of President Obama's “plan” generat
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Doug Casey on Karma Feature Article  •  Casey Research Articles
 Doug Casey on Karma
Doug Casey
   Why it's an excellent idea to live as if karma were real.
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The Tools of Mexico’s Drug Cartels, From Landmines to Monster Trucks News Link  •  Drug War
 The Tools of Mexico’s Drug Cartels, From Landmines to Monster Trucks
11-30-2012  •  Wired.com 
It can be a little deceiving to think of Mexico's drug cartels as simply gangsters. Instead, they've blurred boundaries between organized crime and quasi-military insurgents, seized swathes of territory and become some of the world's most dangerous c  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Israeli Defense Chief Sounds Ready to Hit Iran, Thanks in Part to Iron Dome News Link  •  Israel
 Israeli Defense Chief Sounds Ready to Hit Iran, Thanks in Part to Iron Dome
11-30-2012  •  Wired.com 
Israel’s retiring defense chief thinks Iran needs to be “coerced” in 2013 from building an atom bomb, despite any U.S. hopes that sanctions will bring Tehran to the negotiating table.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Feature Article  •  Freedom's Phoenix
 Scott Beiser needs his friends - Wife E.J. Passes
Ernest Hancock
   As most of you know, my wife, EJ, has spent most of this year battling lung cancer. She had responded well to treatment, and by the end of October, she seemed to have beaten it. But in the last few weeks she took a turn for the worse
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Costco's Dividend Tax Epiphany Opinion  •  Obama Administration
 Costco's Dividend Tax Epiphany
11-30-2012
Menckens Ghost
   When President Obama needed a business executive to come to his campaign defense, Jim Sinegal was there. The Costco co-founder, director and former CEO even made a prime-time speech at the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte
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Radio/TV Show  •  Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host: Ernest Hancock
11-30-12 -- Will Grigg - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
   Will Grigg (award-winning investigative journalist, writer, producer) on the status of civil liberties in America, good cop vs. bad cop, freedom good...government bad
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Congress looks at doing away with the $1 bill News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Congress looks at doing away with the $1 bill
11-30-2012  •  AP 
American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what's best for them, either. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
The truth about 401(k) plans, not that the truth matters Opinion  •  Economy - Economics USA
 The truth about 401(k) plans, not that the truth matters
11-30-2012
Menckens Ghost
   You can expect a concerted effort from the usual suspects to win over the media and masses with relentless brainwashing, conditioning, and agitating. And you can expect Republicans to stay in their default position of defense instead of going on off
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Australian navy ship raided News Link  •  World News
 Australian navy ship raided
11-30-2012  •  Reuters  
Intruders escape with weapons in a raid on an Australian navy vessel.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Only three major U.S. cities see economic recovery: study News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Only three major U.S. cities see economic recovery: study
11-30-2012  •  Reuters  
Retailers moving into old downtown buildings, an abundance of freshly planted greenspaces, and a stream of new jobs in Knoxville, Tennessee, are all signs to Mayor Madeline Rogero that for the last year prosperity has been blooming in her city.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Chinese, U.S. soldiers complete disaster relief drill amid Asia tensions News Link  •  China
 Chinese, U.S. soldiers complete disaster relief drill amid Asia tensions
11-30-2012  •  Reuters  
Chinese and American soldiers finished a week-long disaster rescue exercise on Friday, furthering military ties between the two countries even as military tensions rise between China and U.S. military allies in the Pacific region.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
ASEAN chief voices alarm at China plan to board ships in disputed waters News Link  •  China
 ASEAN chief voices alarm at China plan to board ships in disputed waters
11-30-2012  •  Reuters  
China's plan to board and search ships that illegally enter what it considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea could spark naval clashes and hurt the region's economy, Southeast Asia's top diplomat warned on Friday.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Erin Burnett’s Shouting Match With Julian Assange Shows Hypocrisy On Both Sides News Link  •  MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
 Erin Burnett’s Shouting Match With Julian Assange Shows Hypocrisy On Both Sides
11-30-2012  •  Prison Planet 
Erin Burnett of CNN put Julian Assange “Out Front” for an 11-minute interview Nov. 28, and the shouting match that concluded the segment had very little to do with the subject of the interview.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
FAA: Drone Operators Have Zero Privacy Obligations News Link  •  Privacy Rights
 FAA: Drone Operators Have Zero Privacy Obligations
11-30-2012  •  Prison Planet 
In a response to questions from lawmakers, the Federal Aviation Authority admitted that surveillance drone operators have zero privacy obligations.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
CHART: How The Fiscal Cliff Could Slam Each Of 50 States News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 CHART: How The Fiscal Cliff Could Slam Each Of 50 States
11-30-2012  •  Business Insider 
Pew Center on the States just released a report which breaks down the impact of the fiscal cliff's sequestration cuts on each state.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Assange to RT: Entire nations intercepted online, key turned to totalitarian rule News Link  •  Whistleblowers
 Assange to RT: Entire nations intercepted online, key turned to totalitarian rule
11-30-2012  •  RT.com  
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says all the necessary physical infrastructure for absolute totalitarianism through the internet is ready. He told RT that the question now is whether the turnkey process that already started will go all the way.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Congress Askes The FAA To Expand Drone Use ‘Inside’ The U.S. (Video) News Link  •  Police State
 Congress Askes The FAA To Expand Drone Use ‘Inside’ The U.S. (Video)
11-30-2012  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
Congress has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to find a safe way to expand the use of drones in the U.S.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke
CIA-Sponsored Trolls Monitor Internet & Interact With Users to Discredit Factual Information News Link  •  Police State
 CIA-Sponsored Trolls Monitor Internet & Interact With Users to Discredit Factual Information
11-30-2012  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
In July of this year it became apparent through a flood of mainstream media reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) was “desperate to hire new hacking talent to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure” yet the NSA is notorious for its su  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke
Hamas says Gaza conflict, U.N. recognition go together News Link  •  Palestine -- Israel
 Hamas says Gaza conflict, U.N. recognition go together
11-30-2012  •  Reuters  
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state won by his rival Mahmoud Abbas should be seen alongside Gaza's latest conflict with Israel as a single, bold strategy that could empower all Palestinians.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Eurozone crisis live: German parliament approves Greek deal News Link  •  European Union
 Eurozone crisis live: German parliament approves Greek deal
11-30-2012  •  The Guardian 
A new opinion poll suggests that the German people are rather unenthusiastic about the Greek aid package (which their elected representatives just approved).  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning gives evidence for first time News Link  •  Whistleblowers
 WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning gives evidence for first time
11-30-2012  •  The Guardian 
Manning takes stand at pre-trial hearing and speaks at length about his treatment by the military following his arrest in 2010  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Obama Wants State-Sponsored Murder Legalized Feature Article  •  Police State
 Obama Wants State-Sponsored Murder Legalized
Stephen Lendman
   murder
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U.N. Assembly, in Blow to U.S., Elevates Status of Palestine News Link  •  Palestine -- Israel
 U.N. Assembly, in Blow to U.S., Elevates Status of Palestine
11-29-2012  •  New York Times 
More than 130 countries voted on Thursday to upgrade Palestine to a nonmember observer state of the United Nations, a triumph for Palestinian diplomacy and a sharp rebuke to the United States and Israel.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
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