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World News World Affairs Brief, July 3, 2009 Commentary and Insights on a Troubled World
07-03-2009
Joel Skousen
THIS WEEK'S ANALYSIS:
Cap and Trade: Bad Medicine for a Sick Economy
The Media is Globalist, not Left nor Right
Sotomayor: Bohemian Grove Wannabee
Obama Panders to Gays at the White House
More Evidence Al Qaeda is a Con
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Humor Video: RedState Update: Guns in Bars
07-03-2009
Political Byline
Jackie and Dunlap on the new Tennessee law that makes it legal to carry guns into bars and restaurants with a permit.
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Politics: Republican Campaigns Sarah Palin stepping down as governor
07-03-2009
RawStory.com
She didn't say why she decided to step down, but the surprise announcement stirred speculation that she would focus on a bid for the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
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Economy Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52
07-03-2009
PrisonPlanet.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) Seven banks were shut down by authorities
Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than
doubling the failures in 2008.
Six regional banks in Illinois and one in Texas closed their doors,
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Food Raw Dessert - Chocolate Cherry Tart
07-03-2009
Surviving the Middle Class Crash
Delicious and very healthy Chocolate Cherry Tart recipe with raw, organic ingredients. Just the thing to top off a July 4 barbeque.
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Economy Johnny comes marching home to no job
07-03-2009
MSNBC.msn.com/
Forty-six soldiers fully 25 percent of the company have no work awaiting them, including many whose jobs vanished while they were heeding their nations call.
That Universal Serial Bus port in your computer
is about to get an upgrade. You know, the one where you plug in all
your external hard drives, digital cameras, MP3 players, thumb drives,
and USB heated-slippers? If you bought your compute
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Techno Gadgets Speech Recognition iPhone App Translates Arabic On the Fly
07-03-2009
PopSi
Speech technology is advancing quickly; even smartphones offer apps
that let you speak commands and perform voice-activated searches. Now,
a new app for iPhone and Blackberry can convert spoken Arabic into
spoken English (and vice versa). The m
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Foreign Policy U.S. 'ready' for N. Korean missile
07-03-2009
Washington Times
COLORADO SPRINGS | U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock
down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is
expected soon to launch if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S.
territory, the commander of the U.S.
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New World Order Stop the NEW Real ID - S.1261 - The PASS Act
07-03-2009
Restore the Republic
Emergency alert from Restore the Republic: The PASS Act (S.1261) is a REAL and PRESENT DANGER to our National Security. View the "Stop the NEW Real ID - S.1261 - The PASS Act" VIDEO.
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Police State The Church is No Sancturary from US Police State
7/02/09
Lew Rockwell
Pastor Jose Elias Moran was preparing for an early Wednesday prayer service yesterday (July 1) at the Iglesia Profetica Peniel in Webster, Texas when he was informed that a member of his congregation had been stopped by the police.
Out of concern fo
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Reported by:
Anonymous Watchman
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Imperialism "Strike of the Sword"
07-02-2009
Christine Smith's Blog
Frankly, I find the name of this military strike quite fitting...
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NeoCons Shocka!: Evidence Shows That Cheney Swayed White House reaction and response to CIA Leak
07-03-2009
Political Byline (Links to Washington Post)
They want to keep the secrets away from.... John Stewart.
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Environment Rhine Temperature Rises 3 Degrees in Century
07-03-2009
arclein
The Rhine river between Germany and the Netherlands is on average three degrees warmer than 100 years ago, with power stations the main culprits, the German green group BUND said on Tuesday.
According to a study commission by BUND, this stretch of t
Reported by:
Robert Klein
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911 / World Trade Center New Independent 911 Investigation, Sheriff Mack Volunteers To Participate
02-06-1964
Sheriff Mack
Sheriff Mack of AZ is the author of a vital new book for all liberty and freedom activists. It is called The County Sheriff - America's Last Hope.
It provides real hope, a plan and all within 50 pages.
Sheriff Mack was interviewed about his viewpoi
Global Edition Letters to the Editor
Federal Reserve PRIVATE FEDERAL RESERVE AND GOVERNMENT: FASCISM DEFINED
By Grant Hall
http://www.privacycrisis.
Written by: Grant Hall
While the current money system is less than a hundred years old, few people understand how money is created. Today, paper dollars are issued not as receipts for assets on a one-to-one ratioas was the original method of early bankers known as golds
Read Letter
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Techno Gadgets Lots of Cool New Stuff - Techno Gadgets
07-03-2009
Technology Review
Quantum-Dot Lighting, First U.S. Plug-In Hybrid, Butane Charger, Power Booster, Cheap Chemical Sensor, Glaucoma Detector, Wireless Scale, City Sensing, Gesture-Recognition TV, Heart Watcher, Firefox for Mobiles.
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Corruption WaPo Salon Scandal: Editors, Lawmakers Deny Knowledge
07-03-2009
Huffington Post
The revelation that the Washington Post had planned to hold
corporate-sponsored "salons" with public officials at publisher
Katharine Weymouth's house continues to have repercussions in media and
political circles. The White House issued
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Economy - International Strip the Bank of England of Its Power
07-03-2009
Times Online / Jamie Whyte
[W]without market prices, nobody has the information required to adapt the
allocation of scarce resources to the demand for them. [Command economies] fail
because central planners have an impossible job. The Bank of England
should not get tougher
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Energy Hybrid Anything: Retrofit Kit Wins Award
07-03-2009
PopSi
A former IBM engineer says his latest invention can
turn regular cars into plug-in hybrids for between $3,000 and $5,000.
He could be on to something.
It fits into a wheel hub and can double a car's fuel economy. That's
the claim
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Federal Reserve India Joins Russia, China in Questioning U.S. Dollar Dominance
07-03-2009
Bloomberg.com
The major part of Indian reserves are in dollars -- that is something thats a problem for us, Tendulkar, chairman of the Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council, said in an interview today...
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Feminism Nearly Naked Fireworks--why we celebrate the Fourth of July
07-03-2009
Just a Girl in Short Shorts
The Nearly Naked Fireworks Stand in Puyallup, Washington illustrates the enterprising economic spirit of America--which is a big part of what we celebrate on the Fourth of July
Reported by:
Becky Chandler
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Obama Administration US Marines locked in 'hell of a fight' with Taliban
07-03-2009
RawStory.com
US Marines are in a "hell of a fight" as they
storm into Taliban strongholds in a major assault in Afghanistan, their
commanding officer said on Friday.
Nearly 4,000 Marines launched the operation Thursday in parts of the
so
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Economy Seven U.S. Banks Seized
07-02-2009
Bloomberg.com
Six banks in Illinois and one in Texas were seized by regulators as the deepening financial crisis pushed the toll of failed U.S. lenders this year to 52, the most since 1992.
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Arizona's Top News A Visitor From the Past
07-03-2009
Thelen Paulk
A friend called me last night to tell me about a publiction on the front page of The Foothills Focus. It's a tale of our time in a poem. The Foothills focus is a north valley community news paper serving Anthem, Black Canyon City, Carefree, Desert Hi
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Propaganda Beck and Former CIA Employee Agree: U.S. Needs to be Hit by al-Qaeda
07-03-2009
infowars.com/
Glenn Beck nods and agrees with his guest Michael Scheuer that the only way to save the US (from illegal immigrants, of course) is for Osama bin Laden to succeed in detonating a weapon on American soil
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Economy Unemployment Rate: Percent Change versus Prior Recessions
07-03-2009
Ritholtz.com/blog
This is a different way to look at the job loss situation: This chart reveals the change in Unemployment across the past 7 recessions...
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Housing NY City Apartment Sales Down More Than 50%
07-03-2009
cnbc.com/
Manhattan apartment sales plunged more than 50 percent and the average price dropped 21.4 to 24 percent from a year ago, as the U.S. recession forced many who own a piece of the Big Apple to eat humble pie...
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