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Date Sent: 2007-07-30
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, July 30, 2007 |
TSA knew 'dry run' terror alerts were bogus -- Bush calls for easier wiretap rules
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock -- US plays down Saudis funding al-Qaeda in Iraq -- U.S. to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia -- Mining of Data Prompted Fight Over U.S. Spying -- Paul finishes 2nd in S. Carolina -- Al-Qaeda divided over drive to out Musharraf -- Hillary proposes creation of public service academy -- JFK Speech - Wake Up USA -- Cop assaults, arrests couple at own home for 'desecrating the flag' -- California Traffic Tickets Processed in Mexico -- Michael Ledeen on the Dishonorable Congressman Paul -- Iraq: Get General Petraeus out! -- US refusals of foreign aid after Katrina -- Counting the Cost of War -- Africa Fears New US Command -- Hackers able to penetrate security in voting machines -- 9/11 advocates seek accountability -- Liquidity crisis hits markets and gold
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News Link • Eugenics
A Bogus Libertarian Defense of War
7-30-2007
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by Sheldon Richman (FFF)
Some people think that government can fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while remaining limited and unintrusive at home. Conservatives dubiously insist that a robustly interventionist foreign policy can coexist with a free-market domestic policy. Bu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
TSA knew 'dry run' terror alerts were bogus
7-30-2007
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CNN/Raw Story
The Transportation Security Agency's national security bulletin issued was based on bogus examples that were combined to give the impression of ominous terrorist plotting, CNN reports.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US plays down report of rift with Saudis
7-30-2007
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AFP
The White House Friday called relations with Saudi Arabia in the US war on terror on "very strong" despite a report saying Washington is deeply frustrated with Riyadh over its role in Iraq. The Saudis are trying to undermine the Baghdad gov
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia
7-30-2007
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NY Times
The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to total $20 billion at a time when officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Ira
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Scott Horton Interviews Joshua Frank
7-30-2007
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AntiWar Radio
Joshua Frank, co-editor of DissidentVoice.org and author of "Left-Out!: How Liberals Helped Re-elect George W. Bush", discusses the impending global tyranny of a Hillary Clinton administration, her association with war criminals, the sad fa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Hillary Clinton and the Dangers of Hubris
7-30-2007
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Reason
At least I think she was coming out against U.S. military intervention. Asked if U.S. troops should be sent to Darfur, the New York senator made a valiant effort to dodge the question by declaiming about sanctions, divestment and UN peacekeepers. But
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Allergic to the Truth
7-30-2007
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by Alan Bock (AntiWar)
I know that being a lame duck can make presidents act strangely, and this president has never had anything more than a nodding relationship with reality itself, let alone a deep-seated concern for truth. But it seems to me that President Bush has bec
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Armageddon â€" Bring It On
7-30-2007
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by Gordon Prather (AntiWar)
Its support for Israel derives from the belief that Jesus will return to Jerusalem after the battle of Armageddon and cleanse the earth of evil. In the end, all non-believersâ€"Jews, Muslims, Hindus, mainline Christiansâ€"must convert or suffer the tortu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Report warns against too many 'Net rules
7-30-2007
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AP
Kazakhstan and Georgia are among countries imposing excessive restrictions on how people use the Internet, a new report says, warning that regulations are having a chilling effect on freedom of expression.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Mining of Data Prompted Fight Over U.S. Spying
7-30-2007
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NY Times
A 2004 dispute over the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program that led top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation involved computer searches through massive electronic databases, according to officials briefed on the pr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
For a candidate who had no chance of being heard in S. Carolina, Paul finishes 2nd
7-29-2007
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USA Election Polls
Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson convincingly won the Georgetown County Republican Party presidential primary straw poll today with 46% of the votes, while second place finisher Congressman Ron Paul had 18% and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Al-Qaeda divided over drive to out Musharraf
07-29-2007
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Telegraph
A deep split has emerged within al-Qa'eda over the wisdom of the terror network's drive to overthrow and kill Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf, according to radical Pakistani Islamists allied to the terror network.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • World News
Iraqi government refuses, neglects facilities in reconstruction
07-29-2007
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Raw Story
American reconstruction projects in Iraq are ending up in the hands of untrained locals or demanding even more money from American taxpayers than originally ventured, reports the New York Times in its Saturday, July 28 edition.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Clinton proposes creation of public service academy
07-29-2007
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AP
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told college Democrats on Saturday she would create a national academy to train public servants. "I'm going to be asking a new generation to serve," she said. "I think just like our m
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Police State
Bush calls for easier wiretap rules
07-29-2007
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AFP
US President George W. Bush on Saturday called for Congress to revise a US security law in order to ease restrictions on the government's secret communications surveillance of terror suspects. Amid furor over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales'
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Hillary and the dangers of hubris
07-29-2007
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Reason
During the Democratic debate in South Carolina, I heard something I never expected to hear: Hillary Clinton coming out against US military intervention. At least I think she was coming out against US military intervention.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Asheville cop assaults, arrests couple for 'desecrating the flag'
07-28-2007
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Citizen Times
A couple who said they were protesting the state of the country by flying the U.S. flag upside down with signs pinned to it found themselves in jail following a scuffle with a deputy Wednesday morning.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Identity Theft
Judges Process California Traffic Tickets in Mexico
07-28-2007
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The Newspaper
The Orange County Superior Court signed a $1.5 million contract in March 2006 to hand over half-a-million traffic tickets every year to Cal Coast Data Entry (CCDE) in Nogales, Mexico. Don't worry though, Sonoran police promise every processor goe
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Eugenics
Michael Ledeen on the Dishonorable Congressman Paul
7-28-2007
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National Review
[BRING IT ON!] Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas, delivered a tirade against his version of neoconservatism. He called it "Neo-Conned!" A considerable part of it is devoted to his version of my writings, and is so inaccurate, so dis
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Get General Petraeus out!
07-28-2007
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Telegraph
Relations between the top US general in Iraq and Nouri al-Maliki, the country's prime minister, are so bad that the Iraqi leader made a direct appeal for his removal to President George W Bush. Although the call was rejected, aides to both men a
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US may tie Pakistan aid to crackdown on militants
07-28-2007
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International News
Congressional negotiators have agreed on legislation that would tie US aid to Pakistan to significant progrss by Islamabad in cracking down on al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other militants, congressional sources said on Thursday.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Report details US refusals of foreign aid after Katrina
07-28-2007
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Raw Story
A new report reveals the US government turned down offers of help from across the globe in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, telling one diplomat "human assistance of any kind is not on our priorities list." The report from Citizens for
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Counting the Cost
07-28-2007
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Lew Rockwell(Laurance Vance)
What has cost the US taxpayers almost half a trillion dollars, and now costs $275 million every day, $11 million each hour, $191,000 every minute, and $3,180 each second? If you answered, "The war in Iraq," then you are right.
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News Link • Media: Television
Fair-game and Un-balanced News from Fox.
7-28-2007
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FOX11 News
A wonderful example of fake news being passed off as real. Every aspect of this story is fake, fair-game, and unbalanced. Reminds me of Pravda articles I used to read as a kid back in the Cold War.
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Speaker Todirt
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News Link • Eugenics
Is he good for libertarians?
07-28-2007
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Reason(Brian Doherty)
Republican congressman from Texas(and 1988 Libertarian Party presidential candidate) Ron Paul seems to be doing pretty good for libertarianism these days. He's gotten more press exposure and more Internet buzz than any libertarian
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
The ideas never cease
07-28-2007
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Ron Paul Planet
A really nice photo gallery of supporters for Dr. Paul from all over the country. I checked out quite of few, and there are from all over the political spectrum. This is wonderful!!!
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Africa Fears New US Command
7-28-2007
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American Chronicle
The United States is having major difficulty in finding a new forward deployment base for its New African Command.
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Scott Morgan
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Hackers able to penetrate security in voting machines
07-28-2007
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San Francisco Chronicle
State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California's voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems's electronic functions, according to a Unive
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Bush Administration
9/11 advocates seek accountability
07-28-2007
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Free Market News
Watching Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testify before Congress on July 24,2007, for the third time, was excruciatingly painful. During Gonzales' testimony, it became abundantly clear that Americans were witnessing the unraveling of the fabri
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Precious Metals
Liquidity crisis hits markets and gold
07-28-2007
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Prudent Squirrel
Gold suffers because it is sold as a liquid asset by funds and investors to make margin calls among other things. As losses cascade in this latest world stock crash in Asia - down 2 to 4% last night, Europe - down about 2%, and US down 2% or so
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