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Date Sent: 2009-09-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for September 20, 2009, Sunday edition |
Obama: Financial Regulations Must Be Global -- Missile Defense Halt Means War with Iran Near
Fascism, Boston-Style - by Larken Rose -- Senate votes to keep spending millions on stimulus signs -- Ron Paul gets his hearing on Fed Audit this Friday -- Eye Witness Account of Tea Party March on Washington - by Greg Dixon -- Ron Paul's Bill to Audit the Fed Is Now Veto-Proof -- S.Africa's Manuel says G7's days are over -- Police and Military Train To Intern Swine Flu Vaccine "Refusniks" -- Protests Against Iranian Regime Rock Tehran On Anti-Israel Holiday --
Obama to Spend $10.3 Trillion on Welfare -- Pandemic may result in
anarchy -- Construction Employment declines in 48 states -- Virginia Rail Express To Let Riders Carry Loaded Guns -- Banks Lending UNSECURED To Terrorists? -- U.S. Hispanics riled over immigrants’ healthcare exclusion
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News Link • Iran
US Missile Defense Halt Is First Signal that War With Iran is Near
09-19-2009
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Economic Policy Journal
The recent announcment that the Obama Administration has canceled plans for a missile defense system in Central Europe is causing careful observers to sit up and think about the global ramifications
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News Link • TERRORISM
Alleged terror plot suspect arrested at Colorado home
09-19-2009
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CNN
FBI agents late Saturday arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an alleged terrorist plot in the United States.The alleged terrorist plot, which came to light this week after raids in New York, may
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News Link • Obama Administration
Senate votes to keep spending millions on stimulus signs
09-19-2009
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MM via Liberty Pulse
By Doug Powers • September 18, 2009 11:34 PM
Ever since the “American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009″ kicked in, it was obvious that a major part of the stimulus would be paying people to design, manufacture and put up signs alerting
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul gets his hearing on Fed Audit , Friday Morning Sept 25, 2009
9/19/09
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Liberty Haven
On Friday, September 25th the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a full committee hearing on Ron Paul’s HR.1207 to audit the Federal Reserve. The hearing is slated to begin at 9am eastern time. For details and a link to the (eventual) l
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News Link • Activism
A Spotlight on the Grassroots - Please Help Spread the Word
09-19-2009
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Midwest Liberty Fest via Liberty Pulse
Today I wrote a letter to the editor of my local paper about the upcoming Midwest Liberty Fest, an event I am working VERY hard on with a team of patriots to plan, organize and promote. I could really use your help!
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul's Bill to Audit the Fed Is Now Veto-Proof
9/16/09
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Washington's Blog
As Kurt Nimmo previously noted:
[Ron Paul's] Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207, [is] now up to 232 co-sponsors. It needs a two-thirds vote with 290 members on board so ... Obama will not veto it.
Ron Paul's office has just confirmed tha
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News Link • New World Order
S.Africa's Manuel says G7's days are over
09-19-2009
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Reuters
Economic crisis has exposed the weaknesses and failings of world bodies such as the United Nations, G7, World Bank and International Monetary Fund, senior South African minister Trevor Manuel said on Friday.
His comments echo those from European lea
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News Link • Police State
America: Police and Military Train To Intern Swine Flu Vaccine "Refusniks"
09-20-2009
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www.globalresearch.ca
Law enforcement and military personnel are training to set up checkpoints in order to catch people who refuse to take the swine flu vaccination according to whistle blowers, while health authorities are laying the groundwork for a mass vaccination ca
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News Link • Iran
Protests Against Iranian Regime Rock Tehran On Anti-Israel Holiday
09-19-2009
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Politics Daily
An Iranian government holiday known as Quds Day, usually marked by protests of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, turned into an outlet for dissent against the country's regime Friday.
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News Link • Corruption
For ACORN, Video Is Only Latest Crisis
09-19-2009
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Washington Post
The liberal political organizing group ACORN faced internal chaos and allegations of financial mismanagement and fraud long before two young conservatives embarrassed the group with undercover videos made at field offices in Washington and across the
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News Link • Obama Administration
What Is Goldman Alum Eric Mindich's Role As Chair Of The Asset Managers' Committee Of The Pr
09-19-2009
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Zero Hedge
On September 25, 2007, the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, better known as the Plunge Protection Team, announced the formation of two private sector committees, one comprising of Asset Managers and the other, of Investors. It is the f
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama to Spend $10.3 Trillion on Welfare: Uncovering the Full Cost of Means-Tested Welfare or Aid to
09-19-2009
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Heritage Foundation
Since the beginning of the War on Poverty, government has spent vast sums on welfare or aid to the poor; however, the aggregate cost of this assistance is largely unknown because the spending is fragmented into myriad programs.
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News Link • Iran
“We’ll See If Iran is Serious” Redux
09-19-2009
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Newsreal
Her speech could have been culled from any official statement on the topic for at least three years. “Our message will be clear,” said Hillary. “We are serious, and we will soon see if the Iranians are serious. This is not about process for the sake
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
UN SHOCK REPORT: Swine flu 'could kill millions; Pandemic may result in anarchy
09/19/2009
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Drudge - UKGuardian
The swine flu pandemic could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world's poorest nations unless £900m can be raised from rich countries to pay for vaccines and antiviral medicines, says a UN report leaked to the Observer.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Virginia Rail Express To Let Riders Carry Loaded Guns
09-19-2009
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
With all the howling this week over at the New York Times Editorial Board about Senate passage of the Wicker Amendment, its refreshing to learn that the Board of Directors of the Virginia Rail Express (VRE) voted yesterday to let train riders carry l
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News Link • Corruption
Corruption: Banks Lending UNSECURED To Terrorists?
09-19-2009
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The Market Ticker
This is pretty interesting... and infuriating.
Remember the "scare" recently when The FBI descended on Queens NY on some sort of terrorism tip?
The FBI is grilling this guy, a Denver man:
The Afghan national at the center of a reputed Al Qae
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News Link • Military
Why the Missile Defense Change Isn’t the Larger Issue
09-18-2009
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Stephen D. Estes
AN AMERICAN PATRIOT TAKE
Why the Missile Defense Change Isn’t the Larger Issue
By : Stephen Estes
18 September, 2009
On September 17, 2009 President Obama under Direction from US Defense Secretary Robert Gates opted to shift gears with regar
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News Link • Racism
Students in Belleville school bus attack are charged
09-19-2009
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
BELLEVILLE -- Two Belleville West High School students were charged under the juvenile code today with felony counts of aggravated battery stemming from the violent beating of a 17-year-old student on a school bus earlier this week.
The incident
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News Link • Healthcare
U.S. Hispanics riled over immigrants’ healthcare exclusion
09-19-2009
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Reuters
But a move by Democrat backers to exclude 12 million illegal immigrants from buying health coverage and restrict the participation of authorized migrants has drawn the ire of U.S. Hispanics " a bloc that overwhelmingly turned out to vote for Obama in
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News Link • Corruption
Killers Arrested in "Slaughtering Kids For Kidneys" Scheme
7-26-09
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youtube
. NEW YORK - US agents have arrested 44 elected officials and Jewish rabbis in New Jersey in a huge anti-corruption sweep across the state.
Charges of extortion, bribery, money laundering and human organ trafficking
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Wells Fargo Under Increasing Scrutiny Over its Assessment of its Loan Portfolio
09-18-2009
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American Banking News
Wells Fargo’s (NYSE:WFC) leadership is coming under increased scrutiny as its interpretation of its loan situation in contrast to its shareholders, analysts and outside examiners brought in to go over their books is diametrically opposed, with some t
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Health Care Reform Is More Corporate Welfare
09-18-2009
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Ron Paul - Campaign for Liberty
Last Wednesday the nation was riveted to the President's speech on healthcare reform before Congress. While the President's concern for the uninsured is no doubt sincere, his plan amounts to a magnanimous gift to the health insurance industry, despit
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News Link • Corruption
G20 has run out of gas
Promise of reform of financial system stalls as recovery arrives
09-18-2009
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Marketwatch
The Group of 20 leaders may strut and preen next week at their summit in Pittsburgh about how they saved the world economy and made sure a crisis never happens again, but many analysts have already turned their backs on the group, convinced no seriou
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News Link • Gun Rights
Firearms, ammo see explosive sales growth
Recession, fear of new federal controls driving increase
09-18-2009
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Marketwatch
While a remarkable surge that began late last year is starting to ease, Americans' demand for firearms and ammunition -- driven largely by economic concerns and the fear of new regulations -- remains brisk as double-digit sales increases continue to
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Two Irwin Union Bank failures bring 2009 total to 94
09-18-2009
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Marketwatch
Two Irwin Union Bank subsidiaries in Kentucky and Indiana were closed by regulators Friday, bringing the total number of U.S. bank failures this year to 94 and punching an $850 million hole in the federal deposit insurance fund.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Taxpayer Bailout of the FDIC on Deck...
09-18-2009
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Truth In Gold
At some point, we may actually face a bank holiday in order to prevent an inevitable run on the banks. My advice would be to keep minimal cash balances at your local bank - your bank could be next - and move as much money as possible into gold and s
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Government Puts Its Finishing Touches on Control of the Banking System
09-18-2009
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Economic Policy Journal
Government influence over the banking system is near complete. How long before Fed supervisors demand pay structures based on how much bank money is being made available to Obama favored industries?
This is not your grandfather's America.
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