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Date Sent: 2008-01-18
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Friday, January 18, 2008

Filipino nurses criminally charged for quitting jobs -- US Stocks Tumble on Recession Concern

What happens when the wealthy are poor? -- White House race looks past February 5 -- Chertoff: Tougher ID Rules for Borders -- Judge suspects CIA duped court in destroying tapes -- China turns risk averse, even as capital outflows rise -- Bush, Congress: Fight inflation with more inflation -- Digg Has Super Users Or Hates Ron Paul -- Ron Paul is Not A Bigot -- Ron Paul Letter's "Scandalous" Assertions (Mostly) True -- Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters? -- Data lost on 650,000 credit card holders -- School teacher Gets Glimpse of Real-ID Nightmare to Come -- Fox News Cuts Me from Re-Air -- Incorrect caucus location information provided by Nevada GOP -- Emergency Paper Ballot Legislation -- Biotech firm claims to clone human embryos with skin cells -- Downey Ca., Financial Non-Performing Assets -- Philly Fed Index and Recessions -- Statement from Ron Paul On New Hampshire Recount -- Those Ungrateful Saudis -- Larry Craig Gets Unwelcome Help from the ACLU -- Police Go After Jr. High Students Trading Nude Pictures -- Housing Starts: Lowest Since 1991 -- Paypal Freezes New Hampshire Recount Funds -- Billionaire To Back Paul - Everything Changes -- Institutionalized Spying on Americans Reminder: Marc J. Victor's Open House and Ron Paul Revolution Rally Today

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What happens when the wealthy are poor?
1-17-2008 • Reuters
"There is a section of the population here that over-extended themselves to buy here and then keep up the facade of wealth," said a broker. "In the next year or so they'll be forced out in dribs and drabs." Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
White House race looks past February 5
1-17-2008 • Reuters
A remarkably unpredictable and chaotic campaign, with multiple candidates in both parties trading victories and no one grabbing the front-runner's role, has strategists pondering a race that extends well into February if not far beyond. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Chertoff: Tougher ID Rules for Borders
1-17-2008 • AP
"It's time to grow up and recognize that if we're serious about this threat, we've got to take reasonable, measured but nevertheless determined steps to getting better security," he said in an interview with The Associated Press Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Judge suspects CIA duped court in destroying tapes
1-17-2008 • Reuters
A U.S. judge deciding if the CIA should be held in contempt for destroying video tapes of interrogations of suspected Islamist militants said on Thursday he believed the court had been deceived by the agency. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - International
China turns risk averse, even as capital outflows rise
1-17-2008 • Financial Times
Since the disastrous performance of that investment �" shares have fallen 40% since the IPO �" Beijing has changed its mantra. Rather than emphasizing the need for high returns, the government now stresses the importance of not losing money. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bush, Congress: Fight inflation with more inflation
1-17-2008 • Reuters
[If we can just get through the next election.] President George W. Bush told lawmakers on Thursday he wants tax rebates for families and breaks for businesses in a rescue plan for the struggling U.S. economy that could total up to $150 billion. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Stocks Tumble on Recession Concern, Merrill Lynch Loss
1-17-2007 • Bloomberg
Growing conviction that the U.S. is in a recession sent stocks plunging in their worst three-day decline since 2002. Exxon Mobil Corp., General Electric Co. and Bank of America Corp. led the drop after the Federal Reserve said manufacturing in the Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Digg Has Super Users Or Hates Ron Paul
1-17-2008 • TechCrunch
Here’s the possibly bad thing: either Digg has super users who can single handedly bury stories on Digg, or they’re censoring Ron Paul posts. A service that allows you to see the the number of buries on a Digg story, the reason and at what stage in t Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul is Not A Bigot: Refuting the New Republic Charges
1-17-2008 • OpEd News
I am a supporter of Ron Paul. I have followed his career since the 1980s, and I have often referred to him as "the greatest Congressman since the days of the Founding Fathers." Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Letter's "Scandalous" Assertions (Mostly) True
1-17-2008 • VDARE
James Kirchick’s New Republic piece "Angry White Man" and its follow-up, uncovered a number of controversial statements on taboo subjects such as urban crime, South Africa, and Martin Luther King from decades-old copies of Ron Paul’s newsle Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters?
1-17-2008 • Reason
Libertarian movement veterans, and a Paul campaign staffer, say it was "paleolibertarian" strategist Lew Rockwell. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Identity Theft
Data lost on 650,000 credit card holders
1-17-2008 • AP
Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money, which handles credit card operations for Penney and many other retailers, said the missing Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Homeland Security
School teacher Gets Glimpse of Real-ID Nightmare to Come
01-18-2008 • OurValley.org
Williams said the woman at the DMV she spoke with was very aggressive towards her, but she learned her identification had been connected through Homeland Security to a Debra K. Williams, who apparently is a felon and fugitive from the law. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Terry Bressi

Feature Article  • Media: Television
Fox News Cuts Me from Re-Air
Brock Lorber
   Fox News cut my responses during the re-air of the GOP debate in South Carolina. Here's what's missing from the transcript.
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul campaign concerned about incorrect caucus location information provided by Nevada GOP
1-17-08 • KOLOTV.com
Incorrect information about caucus locations has been given to voters throughout the state, specifically in Washoe and Clark, the two largest counties in the state. [You didn't think they would play fair did you?;-) ] Read Full Story
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News Link • Humor
Stunt leaves famed Spanish Steps filled with thousands of multicolored balls
1-17-2008 • AP
Millions of balls were deployed!! Read Full Story
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Reported by: Queue Jackson

News Link • Healthcare Industry
Filipino nurses face criminal charges for quitting their job.
1-17-2008 • Yahoo News
The 10 nurses and the attorney who advised them were charged with conspiracy and child endangerment in what defense lawyers say is an unprecedented use of criminal law in a labor dispute. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chip Saunders

News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Emergency Paper Ballot Legislation: To be introduced in the House
1-17-08 • Rawstory.com
"Disparities being found during hand-counts of ballots, in many wards, many candidates. Diebold op-scan memory cards unaccounted for at the moment, Secretary of State (SoS) doesn't track them after elections.... Read Full Story
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Biotech firm claims to clone human embryos with skin cells
1-17-08 • Rawstory.com
A California company announced Thursday that it has created cloned human embryos from adult skin cells, a breakthrough which could ultimately lead to the development of cures for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's.... Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Downey Ca., Financial Non-Performing Assets (update)
1-16-08 • CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
If you want to have a better understanding of the enormous danger facing U.S. banking and real estate, then I advise you to take a close look at this chart. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Philly Fed Index and Recessions
1-17-08 • CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
The survey's broadest measure of manufacturing conditions, the diffusion index of current activity, fell sharply from a revised reading of -1.6 in December to -20.9, its lowest reading since Oct. 2001. Read Full Story
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News Link • Eugenics
Statement from Ron Paul On New Hampshire Recount
01-17-2008 • Ron Paul
After a careful investigation, I have decided against seeking a recount in New Hampshire. I am confident that not asking for a recount is the right decision. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
George of Arabia: Better Kiss Your Abe "Goodbye"
1-17-08 • AfterDowningStreet.org
Bush needs the Saudis to charge us big bucks for oil. The Saudis can’t lend the US Treasury and Citibank hundreds of billions of US dollars unless they first get these US dollars from the US. Read Full Story
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News Link • Bush Administration
Those Ungrateful Saudis - by Robert Scheer
1-15-08 • TruthDig.com
Things have gotten so tough here that even Halliburton’s CEO moved his headquarters to Dubai. The bad news for the Saudis is that Bush broke the United States�"but they own it. Read Full Story
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Larry Craig Gets Unwelcome Help from the ACLU
01-17-2008 • Ginn
The ACLU files a amicus brief in the Larry Craig case. It reminds the court that sex in public bathroom stalls is protected. The ACLU may be Craig's best friend and worst nightmare. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet

News Link • Media: Print
Colorado Legislator Enters with a BANG!
01-17-2008 • Mondoreb
Doug Bruce (Lee?) is accused of kicking a photographer when he wouldn't stop snapping pictures during the prayer. The legislature investigates. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet

News Link • Police State
Police Go After Jr. High Students Trading Nude Pictures: Crime or Adolescence?
01-17-2008 • Mondoreb
Utah police questions students caught trading nude pictures of themselves over cellphones at school. Is it a crime or just normal adolescence? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet

News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul interviewed by Casey Smith in Las Vegas
1-17-2008 • youtube
Ron Paul interviewed in Las Vegas in the new KTNV Studio with Casey Smith. (Pt. 1 of 2) Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wW-S6lMeI Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Housing
Housing Starts: Lowest Since 1991
1-17-08 • CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
Single-family authorizations in December were at a rate of 692,000; this is 10.1 percent below the November figure of 770,000. Read Full Story
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News Link • Eugenics
Paypal Freezes New Hampshire Recount Funds
1/17/08 • www.prisonplanet.com/
Deadline missed as Granny Warriors' account is locked down. Paypal has frozen the fundraising account of the Granny Warriors, a Ron Paul supporters group who had been pushing for a recount in New Hampshire, causing a 3pm Tuesday deadline to be mi Read Full Story
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Reported by: Thomas Costanzo

News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Billionaire To Back Paul - Everything Changes
1-17-2008 • Ron Paul Forums
This information was being held back for the right moment. We now believe that moment's time has come. For over 3 months a very wealthy libertarian minded individual has been lurking among you on numerous Ron Paul websites. [edited link-Ed.] Read Full Story
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Reported by: Queue Jackson

Feature Article  • Homeland Security
Institutionalized Spying on Americans
Stephen Lendman
   Big Brother really is watching. It's not science fiction.
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