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Date Sent: 2009-06-29
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, June 29, 2009 AM edition |
Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency
A Pennsylvania town tries to ban a form of exercise -- Obama Warns
Against Trade Penalties in Energy Bill -- It’s Now Legal to Catch a
Raindrop in Colorado -- Mexico detains 93 police in corruption probe --
6 States Want to Nullify Obamacare With Opt Out Law -- Republicans Who
Helped Pass "Cap And Trade" Benefited From Environmental Donations --
Ranchers Attempt to Hold Off Army’s Expansion in Colorado
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency
06-28-2009
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Bloomberg.com
June 27 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar declined the most against
the euro in a month and dropped versus the yen after China
repeated its call for a new global currency.
The Swiss franc declined against the euro and dollar this
week as foreign-exchange analysts said the central bank sold its
currency three times to support the economy. The greenback fell
against most of its major counterparts after the People’s Bank
of China said yesterday the International Monetary Fund should
manage more of members’ foreign-exchange reserves.
“The dollar’s status as a reserve currency is being
questioned,” said Benedikt Germanier, a foreign-exchange
strategist in Stamford, Connecticut at UBS AG, the second-
largest currency trader. “There are reasons to sell the
dollar.”
The U.S. currency fell 0.9 percent to $1.4056 per euro this
week from $1.3937 on June 19, the swiftest depreciation since
the five days ended May 29. The dollar fell 1.1 percent to 95.18
yen f
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
A Tale of Two Killings
06-28-2009
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Skip Oliva
Let's consider two cases. In the first case, a driver with an elevated
blood-alcohol level accidentally strikes and kills a pedestrian who was
jaywalking. The driver enters a guilty plea for manslaughter and
receives a sentence of 30 days in jail, two years house arrest, 1,000
hours of community service, eight years probation, and permanent
revocation of his driver's license. The driver also reaches a financial
settlement with the victim's family.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
A Pennsylvania town tries"and fails"to ban a form of exercise
06-28-2009
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Reason (h/t The Agitator)
ressed in a low-cut pink shirt, tight black booty pants, and thick,
plastic platform stilettos, Stephanie Babines doesn’t look the part of
a political rabble-rouser. Yet an activist is exactly what Babines
became when her efforts to help women shape up through fully clothed,
decidedly G-rated stripper-inspired aerobics ran afoul of overzealous
officials in the small western Pennsylvania town of Mars. This
unyieldingly perky 31-year-old entrepreneur, standing in the small
forest of steel poles that shoot up from the floor of her mirrored
dance and fitness studio, has taught dance-phobic authorities an
expensive lesson in federal court.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
A Happy Ending?...Only if the DA is drop-kicked into Hell
06-28-2009
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Wendy McElroy
Collectively, the court systems in North America are institutionalized
travesties that mete out politics rather than justice; many cases are
more about career-enhancement for police, prosecutors and judges than
they are about weighing evidence. Indeed, IMO, the court system
constitutes the largest barrier to true justice in our society.
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
"Tarp Song" Tea Party Theme Song by Bill Zucker "I want some Tarp" Stimulus song
1/16/09
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Youtube
A Hilarious Parody of the government tarp bailout and the Teaparty Song by Bill Zucker. Go to www.billzucker.com and Amazon or itunes to download song...To become a Tarphead, pickup Tarphead gear (tees, hats, bumper, sticker buttons etc) download MP3s and watch the video. Please share this video with anyone you think would appreciate it or needs to laugh during these crazy times....
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News Link • Government
It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado
06-28-2009
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NY Times
For the first time since territorial days, rain will be free for the
catching here, as more and more thirsty states part ways with one of
the most entrenched codes of the West.
Precipitation, every last drop or flake, was assigned ownership from
the moment it fell in many Western states, making scofflaws of people
who scooped rainfall from their own gutters. In some instances, the
rights to that water were assigned a century or more ago.
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News Link • Drug War
Mexico detains 93 police in corruption probe
06-28-2009
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Washington Post
Mexican prosecutors announced Sunday they have put 93 police
officers and investigators under house arrest on suspicion of aiding
the Zetas, a feared gang of hit men tied to the Gulf drug cartel.
Corruption scandals have long plagued Mexican law enforcement, but
the detentions represented one of the biggest single roundups of
suspected officers in recent years. It came as investigators have been
increasingly reporting finds of apparent payroll lists of police
officers in the possession of drug traffickers.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Mariano Rivera Earns 500th Save
06-28-2009
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Washington Post
Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the second reliever
to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the punchless
Mets 4-2 on Sunday night for a Subway Series sweep.
Chien-Ming Wang won for the first time in more than a year and
Rivera got four outs, securing the Yankees' fifth consecutive victory -
all away from home.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
THAYER THE BETRAYER?
06-28-2009
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CameraFRAUD.com
Thayer Verschoor, R-(eally?) Gilbert was the lone wolf in attempting to reverse a proposed ban on automated ticketing that has been working its way through the State Senate.
Verschoor should know better than any legislator how unpopular photo enforcement is with constituents: his hometown of Gilbert is the only major city in the East Valley to not use the revenue-enhancing systems on their streets and roadways.
So why did he do it? We have no idea, but you’re welcome to contact his office and ask. Post the response you get, if any, in the comments section below.
Thayer Verschoor
Phone: (602) 926-4136
Fax: (602) 417-3220
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News Link • Healthcare
Health Insurance Industry v. Health Care Reform: Former Insurance Industry Insider Tells All
06/25/2009
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By WENDELL POTTER, Counterpunch.org
I'm the former insurance industry insider now speaking out about how big for-profit insurers have hijacked our health care system and turned it into a giant ATM for Wall Street investors, and how the industry is using its massive wealth and influence to determine what is (and is not) included in the health care reform legislation members of Congress are now writing. Although by most measures I had a great career in the insurance industry (four years at Humana and nearly 15 at CIGNA), in recent years I had grown increasingly uncomfortable serving as one of the industry's top PR executives. In addition to my responsibilities at CIGNA, which included serving as the company's chief spokesman to the media on all corporate and financial matters, I also served on a lot of trade association committees and industry-financed coalitions, many of which were essentially front groups for insurers. So I was in a unique position to see not only how Wall Street analysts and investors influe
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
6 States Want to Nullify Obamacare With Opt Out Law
6/28/09
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RS
Six states are currently looking to add an “opt out” law to their books to protect citizens from the possibility of a national healthcare plan imposed by federal fiat.
Arizona started the ball rolling by introducing the Health Care Freedom Act, a voting initiative that will be put before voters on the 2010 ballot. If accepted by the majority of the voters, Arizona will be able to opt out of any federal healthcare laws passed by Washington. Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and Wyoming are considering similar measures.
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Republicans Who Helped Pass "Cap And Trade" Benefited From Environmental Donations
6/28/09
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Intellifence Report.ing.com
Among the top 20 recipients of PAC funds from green groups were Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.), who pulled in $9,519 in the 2008 election cycle, and Rep. Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla.) with $14,200. They did not join the other eight this time around, but there will be more
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News Link • World News
Apple boss 'had liver transplant'
06-28-2009
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BBC
Apple boss 'had liver transplant'
Steve Jobs had taken medical leave until the end of June
Apple boss Steve Jobs received a liver
transplant about two months ago and is expected to return to work later
this month, a US newspaper has reported.
The Wall Street
Journal said the Apple chief executive would be returning to his job on
schedule, but may initially work part-time.
Neither Mr Jobs nor a company spokeswoman confirmed the report, the newspaper said.
Mr Jobs ceased his normal management role more than five months ago.
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News Link • Pandemic
Leaked DIA document - Reveals Influenza Virus Poses Potential Threat To All U.S. Military Personnel
06-28-2009
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American Resistance Movement
This document characterizes the risk of the currently circulating new H1N1 influenza virus to U.S. forces. It is written primarily for the use of military commanders, medical officers, and operational planners.
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News Link • Conspiracies
5 Pathetic Groups That People Think Rule the World
06-28-2009
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Cracked.com
What conspiracy buffs are doing is taking any world event and
retroactively declaring it to all be part of the Secret Plan. Economy
booming? Of course, that's part of the secret plan to make the
corporations control all wealth. Economy collapsing? Of course, that's
part of the secret plan to destroy capitalism.
If it rains, it's because the Trilateralists want a flood. If it
doesn't, it's because they want drought. And both are held up as proof
after the fact, so as far as they're concerned, they've got proof out
the ass.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Tolerance Lost - ALL vaccinations cause immediate...
06-28-2009
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YouTube
This 3 DVD series proves, in medical physiology and clinical sciences, with new and old
diagnostic
technologies, that ALL vaccinations cause immediate and delayed, acute
and chronic, permanent and transient, disease and disorders that cut
across all organ systems.Tissue damages are a result of impaired blood
flow and blood
'sludging" in the microscopic vessels throughout
the circulatory system. Autism, ADHD, Suddent infant death, Gardasil,
Gulf war syndrome, specific
learning disabilities, seizures and more.
Pricing for BrainGuardMD members is $34.95USD and $39.95USD for Non Members, plus 4.95
shipping and handling.
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News Link • World News
Ranchers Attempt to Hold Off Army’s Expansion in Colorado
06-28-2009
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WSJ
The U.S. Army owns
nearly 10 million acres of land across the U.S., and it wants more in
remote southeastern Colorado, which it says is ideal for intense combat
training. The
problem is that much of that prairie is owned by ranchers who have run
cattle across the plains for generations. And they have balked at
turning over their range land to Uncle Sam.
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News Link • Food
Sprouting " A Raw Foods Answer to Immunity
06-28-2009
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Surviving the Middle Class Crash
Do you want to know the safe alternative to warding off disease that does not include taking a poisonous vaccine? That alternative is a healthy immune system. By eating factory processed foods that contain preservatives, GMOs and all sorts of artificial ingredients, we are weakening our immune systems and leaving ourselves open to all sorts of illnesses.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Billy Mays dies at 50; boisterous TV pitchman
6/28/09
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LA Times
Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo, OxiClean and ESPN made him a pop-culture icon, died today. He was 50.
Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife, Deborah Mays, this morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. Investigators do not suspect foul play, said Lt. Brian Dugan of the Tampa Police Department.
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News Link • Obama Administration
'Proof' of Kenyan birth twice scrubbed by eBay
6/27/09
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WorldNet Daily
But seller of 'Obama's birth certificate' dodges administrators to post 3rd time. An eBay seller who previously promised to deliver a certified copy of President Obama's actual birth certificate " from a hospital in Mombasa, Kenya " has twice had his listing removed from the popular auction website. In a third listing, however, the seller calling himself "colmado_naranja" has explained why the birth certificate was twice yanked by eBay administration.
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News Link • Free Speech
Free speech is bad words, too
06-28-2009
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St. Petersburg Times
Nowhere in the Constitution is there a guaranteed freedom from being
offended. It is not a right that comes with American citizenship, like
the right to vote. Just the opposite. If the Constitution had a warning
label, it would read: Caution, your right to freedom of speech means
others have a parallel right, which is highly likely to occasionally
provoke anger, annoyance, disgust and offense.
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