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Date Sent: 2007-10-08
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, October 8, 2007 |
Marshals investigate threats to the nation?-- Bloomberg: Get used to surveillance cameras
Activists Face Six Months in Prison for Putting Up Anti-War Poster -- Federal judge delays Watada trial -- Chemo for the GOP: President Hillary -- Cholera spreads from Iraq to Iran -- Gulf funds drift away from dollar -- War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash -- Ron Paul draws 1,500 in Nashville -- Ron Paul's New Iowa Chair Wins Christian Alliance Award -- Sheriff's Deputies Compete for Most Arrests, Seizures -- Adventurer ends 13-year human-powered world trip -- Former security czar calls for closed internet -- FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records to NSA -- Campaign Lies Are Protected Speech -- Federal thugs shaking down NH Free Stater's for supporting the Brown's -- Residents Fed Up with Roadblocks -- Living in fear in Burma -- US stalled Israeli strike on Syria -- White farmers in court for growing crops -- Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright -- Threat to vets' 2nd Amendment rights -- Christians slaughtered over alleged Muhammad cartoon
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News Link • Energy
The new "Black Gold" is already on sale in Indonesia!
10-07-2007
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terrapreta.bioenergylists.org
For the future of energy production note, Stan Meyer's patent expired July this year and already two working models have been produced by open source engineering www.h2earth.com
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Activists Face Six Months in Prison for Putting Up Anti-War Poster
10-7-2007
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After Downing Street
3 activists who were arrested at a press conference near Lafayette Park appeared in Washington D.C. Superior Court where they were given a trial date of January 3, 2008, and face a six-month prison sentence. The press conference was called to display
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Federal judge delays Watada trial
2nd court-martial double jeopardy?
10-7-2007
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
A federal judge in Tacoma has delayed the court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis Army officer who refused to deploy to Iraq. "The court concludes ... that it has jurisdiction over the petition and the double jeopardy claim is not fr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
The Ron Paul phenomenon
10-7-2007
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Orange County Register
The Texas congressman is not likely to be president, but his campaign already represents the most significant pro-freedom movement in recent American history.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Chemo for the GOP: President Hillary
10-7-2007
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Orange County Register
If Paul doesn't win the GOP nomination, a Clinton victory might be the tough medicine the GOP needs to reform itself back into the party of limited government.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Iran
10-7-2007
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Reuters
Cholera has struck at least 3,315 people in Iraq since mid-August, killing at least 15. The WHO global cholera coordinator said that up to 10 cases have also been confirmed in Iran, near the Iraqi border. [Cholera?! Heck of a job, Gates!]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Marshals investigate potential threats to the nation?
10-07-2007
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Homeland Stupidity
Satire became reality Friday afternoon when half a dozen armed federal agents wearing body armor showed up at this author’s home and detained everyone in the house for nearly 90 minutes to determine who might pose a threat to the government.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Economy - International
Gulf funds drift away from dollar
10-07-2007
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Gulf News
Dubai: Asset diversification by the Gulf sovereign wealth funds and the possibility that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) will change the pricing of oil from the dollar to another currency could mean more trouble for the dolla
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Reported by:
Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
51 percent of GOP caucas voters support withdrawal in 6 months
10-07-2007
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Chase Martyn on Display
Do you favor a withdrawal of all US military from Iraq within the next 6 months? (Republicans Only)
Yes 51%, No 39%, Undecided 10%
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Bush Administration
An exit toward soul-searching
10-07-2007
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Washington Post
It had been four days since Meghan O'Sullivan left her job at the White House. Just four days since she gave up her Secret Service pass, her classified hard drive and her entree to the president. Four days since she gave up day-to-day responsbi
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA quieting down after years of turmoil
10-07-2007
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CQ
The CIA is a relatively calm place these days, with its senior officials concentrating more on nailing foregin targets than each other. (Note: read at the bottom about Sen. Richard Shelby, and his attempt to discredit Anthony Lake)
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash
10-07-2007
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New York Times
In the latest disruption of the Bush adminstration's plan to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for war crimes, the chief military prosecutor on the project stepped down yesterday after a dispute with a Pentagon official.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Presidential hopeful draws big Nashville crowd
10-07-2007
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WTVF(Nashville)
A huge crowd came out Saturday afternoon to the War Memorial Auditorium to see Ron Paul speak. the crowd of 1500 included about 300 people who support the Texas congressman through an internet group.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Medicare audits show problems in private plans
10-07-2007
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New York Times
Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and had claims improperly denied by private insurers that run the system's huge new drug benefit program and offer other private insurance options encouraged
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Oh the irony: Ron Paul's New Iowa Chair Wins Christian Alliance Award
10-7-2007
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Iowa Independent
On the heels of being named Iowa Chairman for Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul's campaign, Dr. Drew Ivers was awarded the "Friends of the Family Award" by the Iowa Christian Alliance, who did not invite Paul to its presidentia
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Sheriff's Deputies Compete for Arrest Figures
10/07/07
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www.kolotv.com/
Sheriff's deputies have been competing in organized contests to see who could make the most arrests, who could impound the most cars and who could question the most gang members. The games were meant to boost morale and motivate deputies, but som
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
Adventurer ends 13-year human-powered world trip
10-6-2007
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AFP
Adventurer Jason Lewis arrived in Greenwich, ending a 13-year round-the-world trip using only the power of the human body. The 40-year-old completed the final leg of his 46,000-mile odyssey by pedaling his 26 foot boat Moksha up the River Thames.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Former security czar calls for closed internet
10-6-2007
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The Register
Richard Clarke, who served President Bush as a special adviser for cyber security, has a five-point plan for saving the internet, including biometric IDs, government regulation, an industry wide standard for secure software and a closed internet.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records to NSA
10-6-2007
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Reuters
The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission declined to investigate reports that phone companies turned over customer records to the National Security Agency, citing national security concerns, according to documents released on Friday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Wash. High Court: Campaign Lies Are Protected Speech
10-6-2007
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AP
A sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a law which bars political candidates from deliberately making false statements about their opponents violates the First Amendment right of free speech.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Federal thugs shaking down NH Free Stater's for supporting the Brown's
10-06-2007
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Free Talk Live (radio show archive)
Free State Live talk show hosts interview NH residents being threatened by federal agents. The agents appear to be using strong arm tactics to seek information on anyone who supported Ed/Elaine Brown. (audio mp3 file)
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Diamondbacks complete sweep of Cubs
10-6-2007
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AP
A sweet sweep for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Another cry of `Wait Til Next Year' from the crestfallen Chicago Cubs. Chris Young homered on the first pitch, Livan Hernandez wriggled out of several serious jams and Arizona beat the Cubs 5 - 1.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
9th Circuit issues emergency injunction against NASA background checks
10-06-2007
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Spaceref.com
The Court ruled NASA could not require JPL scientists and engineers holding non-sensitive positions to sign waivers of their privacy rights. If the Court hadn't acted, thousands of scientists would have been placed in jeapordy.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Police State
Missouri: Residents Fed Up with Roadblocks
10-06-2007
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The Newspaper
Although local police insist that the stops are designed to cut down on drunk driving, it is far more common for the stops to generate nothing but revenue from seatbelt and paperwork violations.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun lawsuit draws national attention
10-6-2007
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AP
The state has been waging a legal fight to uphold a 2004 state law that allows people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their right to own firearms by having their records expunged
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • World News
Christian split in Lebanon raises specter of civil war
10-6-2007
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IHT
BEIRUT: With the Islamist group Hezbollah having brought Lebanese politics to a standstill, the country's once-dominant Christian community feels under siege and has begun re-establishing militias, training in the hills and stockpiling weapons.
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Police State
NYC's Bloomberg says city dwellers must get used to surveillance cameras
10-6-2007
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AP
LONDON: Residents of big cities like New York and London must accept that they are under constant watch by video cameras, and opposition to the use of high-tech surveillance to catch criminals and terrorists is ridiculous, New York Mayor Michael Bloo
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Racism
Living in fear in Burma
10-6-2007
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BBC News
The BBC's Mike Thomson travels over the border from Thailand to Burma to visit a community of ethnic Karen who talk about their persecution under the military regime.
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Geography
Texas opens recently formed canyon to public
10-6-2007
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USA Today
CANYON LAKE, Texas â€" The formation of canyons, done with the flow of water over rock and time, is generally a practice in patience. But not here.
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Israel
US stalled Israeli strike on Syria
10-6-2007
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ynet News
ABC News reports Israel planned to attack alleged nuclear sites in July, but high-level debates in Washington regarding accuracy of intelligence pressured Israel into calling it off; eventually carrying out strike in September, despite American conce
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • History
Vatican paper set to clear Knights Templar
10-6-2007
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Daily Telegraph
The mysteries of the Order of the Knights Templar could soon be laid bare after the Vatican announced the release of a crucial document which has not been seen for almost 700 years
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Property Rights
White farmers in court for growing crops
10-6-2007
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Daily Telegraph
Ten white farmers appeared in court in Zimbabwe yesterday accused of growing crops on their land â€" in a country where millions of people will need food aid within the next few months
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Economy - International
Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright
10-6-2007
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Daily Telegraph
Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signaling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dollar currency peg in a move that risks setting off a stampede out of the
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Gun Rights
Threat to vets' 2nd Amendment rights could deny gun rights
10-6-2007
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WND
.... the proposed update would allow that "adjudication" to be determined not only by a court but by any competent authority, which could include a Veterans Administration psychologist, any panel of psychologists or a wide range of other po
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • World News
Christians slaughtered over alleged Muhammad cartoon
10-6-2007
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WND
Rampaging Muslims have killed 10 Christians, injured 61 others, destroyed nine churches and displaced more than 500 people in northern Nigeria, according to eyewitnesses â€"
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Thalidomide helps elderly cancer patients
10-6-2007
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Reuters
Once shunned, thalidomide is now considered a cancer fighter, with scientists testing it on lung, blood and brain cancers. It has also been approved to treat leprosy.
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Eugenics
Chelsea Gun Club Members Shoot Off on Giuliani
10-6-2007
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NY Sun
He's just another politician jumping on the bandwagon, trying to quiet down the NRA before the election," Mr. Derrig said. "They have no morals as long as they get someone to vote for them. It's just disgusting."
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Geoffrey Hayes
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