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Date Sent: 2010-02-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, February 3, 2010
 
Hunger in America jumps 'unprecedented' 46%-- Rising FHA defaults foreshadows crush of foreclosures

AIG plans to pay $100 million in another round of bonuses -- More Homeowners Just Walk Away -- Tim Geithner Headed for Criminal Charges over AIG? -- YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview -- Plan on Retiring: Obama has plans for your 401K -- January Income Tax Withholding -12.4% from 2009 -- Jim Rogers: Federal Reserve is Making the Depression Worse -- Obama can save presidency by bombing Iran -- Air passengers who refuse full body scan to be barred from flights -- China warns about Dalai Lama meeting -- Obama Pledges Another $215 Million For Virtual Strip Search Scanners -- Jesse Ventura Turns Conspiracy Theory to TV into Big Hit -- Germany Will Buy Stolen Swiss Bank Account Data -- Obama's Budget Missing $6.3 Trillion: Say Hello Fannie and Freddie -- TARP Watchdog Barofsky: Government Bailout Increased Risk Of Economic Crisis -- Huge Deficits May Alter US Politics and Global Power -- Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie -- Israel disciplines 2 officers for attack on populated area in Gaza war

AZ: Protest all day long Thursday (Gulliani & Colin Powell); Arizona Breakfast Club Sat.


 
Hunger in America jumps ‘unprecedented’ 46 percent News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Hunger in America jumps ‘unprecedented’ 46 percent
2-2-10  •  RawStory.com 
The number of Americans in need of food aid has jumped 46 percent in three years, including a 50 percent jump in the number of children needing food assistance, and a 64 percent increase in hunger in senior citizens' homes.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
News Link  •  Government
 "Transparency" in Government
02-02-2010  •  Christine Smith's Blog/Freedom Works! radio 
Radio interview (audio) with Christine Smith. Topic: "Transparency" in Government. Length: 20 minutes.  Read Full Story
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AIG plans to pay $100 million in another round of bonuses News Link  •  Corruption
 AIG plans to pay $100 million in another round of bonuses
02-02-2010  •  Washington Post 
American International Group plans Wednesday to pay another round of employee bonuses, worth about $100 million, said several people familiar with the matter, a year after similar payments at the bailed-out insurance giant infuriated many Americans a  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
News Link  •  TAXES: Local
 Vote Here: Should Phoenix impose a 2% (or more) tax on food?
02-02-2010  •  http://www.azcentral.com 
Vote here. Make this 10 or 20 to 1 against. Clickthrough and vote.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: John Green
The C.R.A.P. Campaign News Link  •  Humor
 The C.R.A.P. Campaign
02-02-2010  •  Free Keene 
"In response to the recent arrest and jailing of activist Michael “Big Mike” Tiner, who has been charged with assaulting a police officer, we have launched the Citizens Resisting the Assault of Police Officers (CRAP) medical aid campaign."  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ben Nichols
Tim Geithner Headed for Criminal Charges over AIG? News Link  •  Federal Reserve
 Tim Geithner Headed for Criminal Charges over AIG?
02-02-2010  •  Mondo Frazier 
Tim Geithner appears to have signed the Federal Reserve up to become the largest owner of Shariah-compliant insurance products in the world and engaged in money laundering. That's according to a senior litigator's interview on Monday.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
NYTimes: More Homeowners Just Walk Away News Link  •  Housing
 NYTimes: More Homeowners Just Walk Away
2-2-10  •  CalculatedRiskBlog.com 
“We’re now at the point of maximum vulnerability. People’s emotional attachment to their property is melting into the air.” Sam Khater, senior economist at First American CoreLogic.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Managing Perception: Blackrock, Obama, Rubin and Edward Bernays News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Managing Perception: Blackrock, Obama, Rubin and Edward Bernays
2-2-10  •  JessesCrossRoadsCafe.blogspot.com/ 
The Robert Rubin Rule of Financial Crisis Management was stated in the mid 1990's. It held that buying SP futures to prop the stock market was cheaper than trying to clean up the mess after a stock market panic.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
TARP Inspector General: TARP Catastrophe Coming News Link  •  Future Predictions
 TARP Inspector General: TARP Catastrophe Coming
02-02-2010  •  Mondo Frazier 
The Inspector General overseeing TARP has issued some plain warning to Congress: better act now or there's going to be a financial disaster coming bigger than the last.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
Those of us in the City of Phoenix get ready to do battle once again... Feature Article  •  Activism
 Those of us in the City of Phoenix get ready to do battle once again...
Donna Hancock
   Phoenix is getting a transaction privilege (i.e. sales) tax on food for home consumption as a way of closing a $241 million budget deficit. Can you say referendum?
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News Link  •  TAXES: State
 "The New Jersey-ization of Arizona"
02-02-2010  •  http://www.sonoranalliance.com 
Apparently, economic retardation does not only afflict liberals.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: John Green
GOOOH is for you. If you believe money has corrupted Washington, News Link  •  Politics: General Activism
 GOOOH is for you. If you believe money has corrupted Washington,
02-02-2010  •  GOOOH 
"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams, 1776  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview News Link  •  Drug War
 YouTube Censors Marijuana Question In Obama Interview
02-02-10  •  Toke of the Town 
Yes, questions about marijuana were the most popular in the CitizenTube voting Monday afternoon. But YouTube, in a gutless move, decided at the last minute not to present the highest ranked questions to the President.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Steve Elliott
Curious and Curiouser: Where did Blackrock get the money? News Link  •  Corruption
 Curious and Curiouser: Where did Blackrock get the money?
2-2-10  •  ZeroHedge.com 
You can't leverage yourself 164 times legally in any form or fashion in the United States, and such a margin, assuming you came up with some way to do it, would make all of the firms that blew up in 2008 and 2009 look like pikers...  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Plan on Retiring: Obama has plans for your 401K News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Plan on Retiring: Obama has plans for your 401K
2-2-10  •  ZeroHedge.com 
Yes, slowly but surely it is happening. In a federal notice filed earlier, the DOL and Treasury are soliciting a response on what has been on many investors' mind, namely the process of converting 401(k)s into annuity-like products.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
2009 Freedom Summit Video, Judge John Buttrick Feature Article  •  Freedom's Phoenix
 2009 Freedom Summit Video, Judge John Buttrick
Drew
   Judge John Buttrick shares his opinion about the National Libertarian Party's future. He details his criticisms of Wayne Allen Root, Bob Barr and the abandonment of principle inside the National Libertarian Party.
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Crank the Presses Ben: January Income Tax Withholding -12.4 Percent from 2009 News Link  •  Federal Reserve
 Crank the Presses Ben: January Income Tax Withholding -12.4 Percent from 2009
2-2-10  •  ZeroHedge.com 
After yesterday's very optimistic projection for funding needs, bond investors likely anticipate that the Treasury supply onslaught will moderate. As the next few months demonstrate, nothing will be farther from the truth.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
How to Talk to a Nincompoop Feature Article  •  Casey Research Articles
 How to Talk to a Nincompoop
Jeff Clark
   My Grandmother’s favorite word for politely describing the obtuse among us aptly characterizes a recent attack on gold. And that it comes from an investment magazine that commands front-of-the-rack prominence in waiting rooms across our great land is
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The Stupid Chart: Spain, Turkey, UK, Portugal, Italy and Dubai News Link  •  Economy - International
 The Stupid Chart: Spain, Turkey, UK, Portugal, Italy and Dubai
2-2-10  •  ZeroHedge.com 
The STUPID index is merely a countdown to the inevitable sovereign debt implsion that so far has been postponed due to cash printers working on overdrive 24/7. The index is in CDS, so the chart will go up...   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Radio/TV Show  •  Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host: Ernest Hancock
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock Morning February 2nd 2010
   Jet sits in for Ernest and welcomes Science Fiction author and hard-core Libertarian activist L. Neil Smith as well as Arizona Libertarian activist and all-around swell guy Barry Hess to the show.
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CBS Marred Grammys with Bleeps News Link  •  Media: Television
 CBS Marred Grammys with Bleeps
02-02-2010  •  Paul Levinson 
what's the point of having a musical performance if you're going to lacerate it with bleeps?   Read Full Story
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New World Order City of Phoenix to create TAX ON FOOD! News Link  •  Activism
 New World Order City of Phoenix to create TAX ON FOOD!
02-02-2010  •  Thomas Costanzo 
Here it is a tax on food in the city of Phoenix. The Overlords are going to impose a SALES TAX on FOOD! There is a meetup scheduled to tell the overlords plundering class we are going to not let this go down quietly. After they pass this new   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Thomas Costanzo
News Link  •  Continental Congress 2009
 NEW "Articles of Freedom" Website Launched!
02-02-2010  •  articlesoffreedom.us 
"Therefore, We demand that Government immediately re-establish Constitutional Rule of Law, lest the People be forced to do so themselves;..."  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ed Vallejo
Backdoor taxes to hit middle class News Link  •  TAXES: Federal
 Backdoor taxes to hit middle class
02-02-2010  •  Reuters 
Message from Reuters: "The story Backdoor taxes to hit middle class has been withdrawn. A replacement story will run later in the week." Oh, like hell! Read on....  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Phoenix ready to impose 2 percent food tax News Link  •  TAXES: Local
 Phoenix ready to impose 2 percent food tax
02-02-2010  •  East Valley Tribune 
Phoenix City Council members appear ready to approve a 2% tax on food purchases. During a special meeting Tuesday, the council is likely to vote on the tax as a way of closing a $241 million budget deficit. It would take effect April 1.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
My Latest Suggested Reading List Opinion  •  Philosophy: Political
 My Latest Suggested Reading List
02-02-2010
Chuck Baldwin
   Faithful readers of this column might recall my column of last year where I listed several books that I found to be helpful. See the list at:...
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Ownership Society Year 8: Homeownership Rate Declines to Early 2000 Level News Link  •  Housing
 Ownership Society Year 8: Homeownership Rate Declines to Early 2000 Level
2-2-10  •  CalculatedRiskBlog.com 
The homeownership rate increased in the '90s and early '00s because of changes in demographics and "innovations" in mortgage lending.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Varrin Swearingen and an update about the Free State Project News Link  •  Activism
 Varrin Swearingen and an update about the Free State Project
01-30-10  •  www.LCLReport.com 
We introduce and interview the president of the Free State Project Varrin Swearingen. He explains the sudden growth of the movement.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Tarrin Lupo
Free Talk Live Video Validation of Allison Gibbs LOLA Calendar Girl. News Link  •  Activism
 Free Talk Live Video Validation of Allison Gibbs LOLA Calendar Girl.
01-30-10  •  www.LCLReport.com 
Free Talk Live Video Validation of Allison Gibbs LOLA Calendar Girl. Allison Gibbs talks about her Calender shoot and her fight for free speech and other civil liberties.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Tarrin Lupo
Jim Rogers: Federal Reserve is Making the Depression Worse News Link  •  Federal Reserve
 Jim Rogers: Federal Reserve is Making the Depression Worse
2-2-10  •  Blacklistednews.com/ 
“What would be the first two things you would do if you were in Mr Ben Bernanke’s seat?” Jim Rogers: “I would Abolish the Federal Reserve and Resign.”  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
New-Home Sales: ‘The industry has been basically obliterated’ News Link  •  Housing
 New-Home Sales: ‘The industry has been basically obliterated’
2-2-10  •  chicagobusiness.com/ 
Citing the grim job market, high foreclosure rate and tight lending climate, Mr. Bigelow doesn’t foresee a near-term recovery for the housing market. “It’s like the perfect storm.”   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
We've All Been Reamed! News Link  •  Housing
 We've All Been Reamed!
2-2-10  •  SmirkingChimp.com 
Bair's testimony shows that the Fed knew what was going on; knew that the loans were garbage, knew that people were being victimized, knew that eventually the bubble would burst and the economy would nosedive.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Neocon: Obama can save presidency by bombing Iran News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Neocon: Obama can save presidency by bombing Iran
2-2-10  •  RawStory.com 
"He needs a dramatic gesture to change the public perception of him as a light-weight, bumbling ideologue, preferably in an arena where the stakes are high, where he can take charge...  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Why Obama is selling his budget on YouTube News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Why Obama is selling his budget on YouTube
02-02-2010  •  ChristianScienceMonitor 
Obama will sit down Monday afternoon with an interviewer from YouTube to sell his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
UK: Air passengers who refuse body scan to be barred from flights News Link  •  Homeland Security
 UK: Air passengers who refuse body scan to be barred from flights
2-2-10  •  DailyMail.co.uk/news/ 
Air passengers who refuse to submit to controversial full body scans will be barred from boarding their flights  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Radio/TV Show  •  Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host: Ernest Hancock
Declare Your Independence With Ernest Hancock Afternoon February 1st 2010
   While Ernest is on the East coast addressing various State Libertarian Party conventions, Jet sits in and welcomes Pastor Lindsey Williams to the show with some startling revelations.
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Rising FHA default rate foreshadows a crush of foreclosures News Link  •  Housing
 Rising FHA default rate foreshadows a crush of foreclosures
2-2-10  •  Washingtonpost.com/ 
Plunging home prices have exacerbated matters by leaving some FHA borrowers unable to sell or refinance their homes because they owe more than their homes are worth.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Microsoft investigates laptop battery drain with Windows 7 News Link  •  Technology: Computer Hardware
 Microsoft investigates laptop battery drain with Windows 7
02-02-2010  •  Phys.org 
One of the Windows Vista problems that Windows 7 was supposed to solve was the drain on laptop battery life, but while Windows 7 has made a number of significant improvements, Microsoft is now investigating reports its new operating system reduces b  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything News Link  •  Science
 Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything
02-02-2010  •  Phys.org 
Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
NASA picks firms for crew transportation News Link  •  Space Travel and Exploration
 NASA picks firms for crew transportation
02-02-2010  •  UPI 
The U.S. space agency says it has awarded $50 million in agreements to fund private industry concepts supporting astronaut transportation.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
China warns about Dalai Lama meeting News Link  •  China
 China warns about Dalai Lama meeting
02-02-2010  •  UPI 
China, already outraged over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, Tuesday warned of damage to bilateral ties if U.S. leaders met with the Dalai Lama.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, meaning we should brace ourselves for six more weeks News Link  •  Weather News - Links - History
 Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, meaning we should brace ourselves for six more weeks
02-02-2010  •  LiveScience 
On Tuesday, Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from a little enclosure under an outdoor stump in the Pennsylvania town that bears his name to let us know if he sees his shadow, which will doom us to six more weeks of winter.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
UPS Sees Profit ‘Slightly Better’ Than a Year Earlier News Link  •  Employment & Jobs
 UPS Sees Profit ‘Slightly Better’ Than a Year Earlier
02-02-2010  •  Bloomberg 
United Parcel Service Inc. said first-quarter profit would be “slightly better” than a year ago, signaling that the world’s largest package-delivery company expects a recovery to build through 2010.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Obama Pledges Another $215 Million For Virtual Strip Search Scanners News Link  •  Privacy Rights
 Obama Pledges Another $215 Million For Virtual Strip Search Scanners
02-02-2010  •  PrisonPlanet.com 
The Obama administration has announced that a further $215 million dollars will be spent on installing virtual strip search naked body scanners, meaning the devices will be in no less than half the nation’s airports by next year, but the historical r  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
PART 20: MUSLIMS IN 21ST CENTURY AMERICA-- ENDING OF GEERT WILDER’S SPEECH ON ISLAM Opinion  •  Immigration
 CONNECTING THE DOTS
PART 20: MUSLIMS IN 21ST CENTURY AMERICA-- ENDING OF GEERT WILDER’S SPEECH ON ISLAM
02-02-2010
Frosty Wooldridge
   As you watch the Islamic contest with the Western world, you see Muslims take every advantage, seize every moment, grab every opportunity to grow their hand, to grow their numbers and to cultivate their power.
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March of the Princeton Peacock News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 March of the Princeton Peacock
02-02-2010  •  LewRockwell.com 
In his January 29 column, "March of the Peacocks," we see proof of what I have been saying for years: Paul Krugman is not an economist. He is a political operative, period.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Light at the End of the Afghan Tunnel? News Link  •  WAR: About that War
Light at the End of the Afghan Tunnel?
02-02-2010  •  LewRockwell.com 
Total confusion erupted last week as the US, NATO, the UN and the Kabul government all issued differing views on new plans to end the nine year Afghan war by bombarding Taliban with tens of millions in cash instead of precision bombs.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Jesse Ventura Takes the Soaring Interest in Conspiracy Theory to TV News Link  •  Conspiracies
 Jesse Ventura Takes the Soaring Interest in Conspiracy Theory to TV " and Viewers Are Flocking to It
02-02-2010  •  LewRockwell.com 
Jesse Ventura has worn many hats over his lifetime...a body-slamming professional wrestler, one-term governor of Minnesota, a Navy SEAL in Vietnam & a bodyguard for the Rolling Stones. In his latest career move, he is a conspiracy theory investigator  Read Full Story
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U.S. Agrees to Timetable for UN Gun Ban News Link  •  Gun Rights
 U.S. Agrees to Timetable for UN Gun Ban
02-02-2010  •  LewRockwell.com 
The United Nations and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are moving forward with their plan to confiscate your guns  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Germany Will Buy Stolen Swiss Bank Account Data, Schaeuble Says News Link  •  World News
 Germany Will Buy Stolen Swiss Bank Account Data, Schaeuble Says
02-02-2010  •  Bloomberg 
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a newspaper interview that Germany will buy stolen information on Swiss bank accounts, backed by a poll showing majority support among voters if it helps tackle tax evasion.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Obama's Budget Missing $6.3 Trillion: Say Hello Fannie and Freddie News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Obama's Budget Missing $6.3 Trillion: Say Hello Fannie and Freddie
2-2-10  •  ZeroHedge.com 
This amounts to a total of $6.3 trillion in liabilities which should be counted toward the budget. And yet, oddly, the error-checker made this omission, a number which written out looks as follows $6,264,000,000,000.00  Read Full Story
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HIGH ALTITUDE ADVENTURE: HUT TO HUT 2010 IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS Opinion  •  Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
 CONNECTING THE DOTS
HIGH ALTITUDE ADVENTURE: HUT TO HUT 2010 IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
02-02-2010
Frosty Wooldridge
   John Muir said, “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn lea
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TARP Watchdog Barofsky: Government Bailout Increased Risk Of Economic Crisis News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 TARP Watchdog Barofsky: Government Bailout Increased Risk Of Economic Crisis
02-02-2010  •  Huffington Post 
The government's response to the financial meltdown has made it more likely the US will face a deeper crisis in the future, an independent watchdog at the Treasury Dept. warned. The problems that led to the last crisis have not yet been addressed,  Read Full Story
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Future for low power community radio is a struggle News Link  •  Media: Radio
 Future for low power community radio is a struggle
02-02-2010  •  Radio Ink magazine 
The Prometheus Radio Project says the Local Community Radio Act -- which would open the door to potentially thousands of new low-power FMs -- is "in the home stretch," but there are still obstacles. On the group's website, Prometheus says, "In our  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Goldman Sachs and the $100 million question News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Goldman Sachs and the $100 million question
02-02-2010  •  London Times 
Bankers told The Times they understood that Mr Blankfein and other top Goldman bankers were set to receive some of the bank’s biggest-ever payouts, in defiance of President Obama’s attempt to shame banks into cutting bonuses.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Money woes could threaten high-speed rail's future News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Money woes could threaten high-speed rail's future
02-02-2010  •  AP 
The $8 billion in stimulus cash awarded to 13 high-speed rail corridors across the country may seem like a windfall for advocates, but there's a catch: The money isn't enough to finish any of the major projects. State coffers are dry and federal spen  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Huge Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Huge Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power
02-02-2010  •  NY Times 
Years after Mr. Obama has left the political scene [deficits] start rising again sharply, to more than 5% of gross domestic product. [Obama's] budget draws a picture of a nation that like many American homeowners simply cannot get above water.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Israel disciplines two officers for attack on populated area in Gaza war News Link  •  Palestine -- Israel
 Israel disciplines two officers for attack on populated area in Gaza war
02-02-2010  •  Washington Post 
Israel has disciplined two army officers for ordering artillery fire into a populated area during last year's Gaza Strip war, the most serious penalties disclosed in the country's follow-up investigation into the brief but intense conflict.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie News Link  •  Housing
 Cloudy Future for Fannie and Freddie
02-02-2010  •  NY Times 
15 months after Fannie and Freddie were effectively nationalized, neither the Obama administration nor Congress see how to fix the twin mortgage giants without choking the flow of credit to homeowners and dealing a blow to a fragile housing market.  Read Full Story
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Israeli Occupation Supportive Companies to Boycott Feature Article  •  Israel - Palestine
 Israeli Occupation Supportive Companies to Boycott
Stephen Lendman
   Support for the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign is crucial to ending decades of Israeli oppression
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Biochar Collection for Industrial Agriculture News Link  •  Agriculture
 Biochar Collection for Industrial Agriculture
02-02-2010  •  arclein 
The farmer has disposed of his waste for the cost of trucking it to the plant and he receives in return the produced biochar which he stores in fertilizer tanks. Before using the biochar, he can blend in fertilizer and apply the combined blend as he  Read Full Story
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Climate Hoax News Link  •  Climate Change
 Climate Hoax
02-02-2010  •  arclein 
It was presented as fact. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, led by India’s very own RK Pachauri, even announced a consensus on it. The world was heating up and humans were to blame. A pack of lies, it turns out.   Read Full Story
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Toxic Pirates News Link  •  Environment
 Toxic Pirates
02-02-2010  •  arclein 
The cargo ship Rosso, which ran aground near Amantea, Italy, in December 1990, may have contained radioactive waste that was dumped at sea. The bright red hull is the result of a repainting job after stranding, perhaps done to hide markings.  Read Full Story
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