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Date Sent: 2007-09-28
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Friday, September 28, 2007 |
Pelosi Won't End War, Will Never Impeach -- 13 Year Old Girl School Strip Searched OKed by Court
"Human Subjects" needed for DNA extraction (especially all motorcycle riders) -- GOP hopefuls assailed for debate absence -- Jena 6 teen released -- Congress raises debt limit to $10 trillion -- Handcuffed Mexican kids steal border patrol car -- Gates Expands Army -- MISH: Global Credit Crisis Canadian Style -- Federal judge strikes down breath test law -- Here comes Newt Gingrich -- Paul not welcome at RJC event -- Tent City to hold AWOL soldiers -- Private Military Contractors Hurt War Effort -- Senate Approves Kennedy Hate Crimes Law -- House Republicans in Debt -- Turkey, Iraq in 'Kurd rebel deal' -- Corruption in Iraq is Classified -- ECB lends €3.9 billion Euros to Banks -- Saddam asked Bush for $1 billion to go into exile -- MISH: Global Credit Squeeze European Style -- 2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Senator: Lieberman And Kyl’s Hawkish Iran Amendment Is ‘Cheney’s Fondest Pipe Dream’
9-26-2007
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Think Progress
Those who regret their vote five years ago to authorize military action in Iraq should think hard before supporting this approach. Because, in my view, it has the same potential to do harm where many are seeking to do good.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
GOP hopefuls assailed for debate absence
9-27-2007
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AP
Paul received loud applause when he told the audience that minorities are unfairly punished in the criminal justice system. He also called for ending the war on drugs. "It isn't working," Paul said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Time To Break Up The Credit Rating Cartel
9-27-20070
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MISH: Global Economic Analysis
A pension fund is suing Moody's and the SEC is launching a conflict of interest investigation. The SEC wants to separate rating & advisory functions. But the real problem is the SEC's creation of a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Org
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Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Jena 6 teen released on $45,000 bail after 10 months in prison
9-27-2007
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AP
Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old at the center of the controversial "Jena Six" case, was released on $45,000 bail Thursday, a week after 20,000 protesters from across the country rallied in Jena for his release. An appeals court this month over
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Congress agrees to raise U.S. credit limit to just under $10 trillion in debt
9-27-2007
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Reuters
With the government fast approaching its current $8.965 trillion credit limit, the Senate approved an $850 billion increase in borrowing authority. The Senate voted 53-42 to raise the debt ceiling to $9.815 trillion, the 5th increase since Bush took
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
Border Patrol Buffoons: Handcuffed Mexican kids steal U.S. border agent car
09-27-2007
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Reuters
"As the agent was doing his search, he left the vehicle running and the keys in the ignition, so one of the lads, still wearing handcuffs, grabbed the steering wheel and they headed back to Mexico,"
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Military
Gates Expects to Approve Army Expansion
9-27-2007
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AP
When Bush announced his intention to send five extra combat brigades to Iraq in a change of war strategy, he approved a plan to increase the size of the active-duty Army by 74,000 soldiers over five years - from 512,000 to 586,000 soldiers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pelosi Says She Has No Power to End Occupation, Promises She'll Never Impeach
9-27-2007
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CNN (video)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gets her feet held to the fire by Wolf Blitzer on promises made, promises broken.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Global Credit Crisis Canadian Style
9-27-2007
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MISH: Global Economic Analysis
Canadian companies were buying toxic US mortgage debt thinking it was marketable. $40-billion in ABCP is now frozen. A workout plan to convert short term debt to long term is failing. Uncertainty is spilling over into the rest of the credit market, d
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Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Federal judge strikes down Mich. breath test law
09-27-2007
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freep.com
A federal judge in Detroit today struck down as unconstitutional a Michigan law that allows police to force pedestrians under the age of 21 to take a Breathalyzer test without first obtaining a search warrant.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Eugenics
Here comes Newt Gingrich
09-27-2007
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DraftNewt.org
"Newt Gingrich: The only individual worthy of the GOP and America" - DraftNewt.org
(It just keeps getting sadder and sadder)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Paul not welcome at RJC event
09-27-2007
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The Republican Jewish Coalition
Not invited due to Paul's record of consistently voting against assistance to Israel and his criticisms of the pro-Israel lobby. Paul's supporters say he is opposed to foreign assistance in principle and note that he also has blasted the Saud
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Bush signs law cutting student lender subsidies
09-27-2007
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Reuters
(More BS from the feds) President George W. Bush signed student loan legislation on Thursday that slashes federal subsidies to to lenders such sa Sallie Mae, Citigroup, Bank of America and many others. (Yawn)
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Welfare: Social
World Bank pledges record $3.5 billion to poorest nations
09-27-2007
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AFP
(Remember foreign aid is taking money from poor people in rich countries, and giving it to rich people in poor countries.) The World Bank on Thursday pledged a record $3.5 billion to aid the world's poorest countries as it cut the interest rate
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Tent City to hold AWOL soldiers
09-27-2007
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Tucson Citizen
AWOL soldiers are being sent to Maricopa County's Tent City Jail because Fort Huachuca doesn't have a facility that can confine inmates for long periods of time
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Mike Dugger
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Report: Private Military Contractors Hurt War Effort
09-27-2007
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ABC News Blog
The US use of mercenary contractors like Blackwater in Iraq has led to unnecessary violence against civilians, inflamed Iraqi sentiment towards the US and jeopardized military strategies to defeat the insurgency, a new report concludes.
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Reported by:
Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Racism
Senate Approves Kennedy Hate Crimes Law
9-26-2007
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Reuters
HATE CRIMES LINKED TO TERRORISM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted to crack down on hate crimes on Thursday in defiance of a possible White House veto. In doing so, it declared that the United States must combat terror at home as well as i
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Reported by:
Bruce Barton
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
House Republicans in the Red, Numbers Show
09-27-2007
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ABC News Blog
A crucial GOP fundraising committee is nearly broke, according to its latest month filing with the Federal Election Committee last week. The National Republican Congressional Committee(NRCC) reported $1.6 million in cash and $4 milion in debt as of
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Turkey, Iraq in 'Kurd rebel deal'
09-27-2007
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BBC
Turkey and Iraq have agreed on a deal to allow Turkish forces to cross into Iraq to pursue Kurdish rebels, media reports say. A security accord would be signed on Thursday, an Iraqi official confirmed. Turkey has warned Iraq to crack down on the PK
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Drug War
5 Firms to Join Anti-Drug Campaign
09-27-2007
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Washington Post
(Remember, its not about drugs, but the money) The Defense Dept has picked 5 companies, four of them from the Washington area, for a contract to support the Pentagon's counter-narcoterrorism activities. The government may spend as much as $15 bi
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • World News
Don't know much about the Mid-East
09-27-2007
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Desert Peace Blogspot
When Americans read about the Middle East in their local press they are "filled in" with what the Lobby and their allies wants them to hear about regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Dubya's war in Iraq or the situation in Iran(a
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Corruption
State Dept: Corruption in Iraq is Classified
09-27-2007
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The Nation
Corruption in the Iraqi government -- it's classified information. So says the State Dept. In preparation for a Sept 27 hearing on corruption within the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Rep. Henry Waxman, who chairs the House gover
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - International
ECB lends 3.9 billion Euros to Banks, most since 2004
09-27-2007
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Bloomberg
The European Central Bank lent 3.9 billion euros ($5.5 billion) at its penalty rate, the most in almost three years, suggesting credit markets are still unable to meet banks' borrowing needs. The three-month London inter-bank offered rate for eu
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Meet John Doe 1941 (Frank Capra's vision of the Ron Paul Revolution)
09-27-2007
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Google Video (Click
In 1992 I saw this and it warned me of the efforts to create the "United We Stand Party". Watching this movie may help us to avoid a lot of the detours from a focused effort to achieve individual freedom. (History is a forward time machine)
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
In pictures: Nazis unwind at Auschwitz
9-26-2007
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BBC News
Holocaust survivors say they hope the album, while offensive, will remind viewers that the perpetrators of genocide are ordinary people, and act as a warning for future generations.
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News Link • Bush Administration
Saddam Hussein asked Bush for $1 billion to go into exile
9-26-2007
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Daily Mail
Saddam Hussein offered to step down and go into exile one month before the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed last night. Fearing defeat, Saddam was prepared to go peacefully in return for $1 billion. [How many dollars, how many lives...and counting?]
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News Link • Economy - International
Global Credit Squeeze European Style
9-26-2007
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MISH: Global Economic Analysis
Two German banks and one bank in the UK were knocked down by a credit crunch. The crunch in Europe continues as the ECB emergency lending fund which attracts a penal interest rate, was tapped for €3.9bn, the largest sum since October 2004. Beneath th
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Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Rural Arizona - Girl Strip Searched by School over Ibuprofen Ruled OK by Court
9-26-2007
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Eastern Arizona Courier
Safford Middle School officials did not violate the civil rights of a 13-year-old Safford girl when they forced her to disrobe and expose her breasts and pubic area 4 years ago while looking for a drug, according to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
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Bruce Barton
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Feature Article • Environment
Water, Water, Water: Less in Arizona, California, Colorado growing more, more, more
Frosty Wooldridge
Hey buddy, can you spare me a dime, er, I mean, a glass of water? Arizona adds another five million, California adds another 40 million while Colorado adds six million people by 2050. Water will prove a commodity more precious than oil. We're i
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News Link • Constitution
2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
09-27-2007
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Associated Press
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken issued a stern rebuke of a key White House antiterror law, striking down as unconstitutional two pillars of the USA Patriot Act.
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Mike Dugger
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News Link • Police State
Military Recruiters are to be given your children's information, or...
09-27-2007
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sharonsecor.blogspot.com
"If you chose not to participate, your child's name will also not be able to appear in anything associated with this school such as the graduation program, honor roll list, sports programs and the annual yearbook."
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Ernest Hancock
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