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Date Sent: 2008-03-26
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
Pentagon: No evidence Saddam attempted to assassinate Bush Sr. -- Government: SocSec Unsustainable
US Declaration of War on Iran -- No troop cuts Bush's final year -- The 9/11 Servility Reflex - by James Bovard -- S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters -- Supreme Court: States can ignore World Court rulings and Bush -- Taxpayers May Be Liable for Billions From Bear, Mortgage Rescue -- Wall Street may report a half a trillion dollar loss -- Police Crack Down on Peaceful Tibetan Protesters -- Why Ron Paul Scares the GOP -- Maliki's Moment of Truth in Basra -- McCain's Mob Ties -- Our Financial House of Cards
Due to technical difficulties, a late version of Freedom's Phoenix went out yesterday in the late afternoon
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News Link • Iran
March 20, 2008, US Declaration of War on Iran
3-25-2008
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Japan Focus
March 20, 2008, destined to be another day of infamy. On this date the US officially declared war on Iran. But it’s not going to be the kind of war many have been expecting.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
No troop cuts Bush's final year
3-25-2008
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NY Times
Troop levels in Iraq would remain nearly the same through 2008 as they have been through most of the five years of war there, under plans presented to President Bush on Monday by the senior American commander and the top American diplomat in Iraq, se
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The 9/11 Servility Reflex
by James Bovard
3-25-2008
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Future of Freedom Foundation
Many citizens react to their rulers like little kids who recognize that a stranger is acting suspiciously and may be up to no good â€" but then decide whether to trust the man depending on the type of candy he pulls from his pockets.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters
3-25-2008
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Wired
San Francisco anti-war protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq are using the micro-blogging service Twitter to coordinate their movements throughout the day.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • God, Government and other assorted myths....
Supreme Court says US states can ignore World Court rulings and Bush
3-25-2008
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Raw Story
State courts need not comply with International Court of Justice decisions, even if the US president orders them to, the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of a Mexican sentenced to death.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Taxpayers May Be Liable for Billions From Bear, Mortgage Rescue
3-25-2008
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Bloomberg
Even as the Bush administration insists it won't risk public funds in a bailout, American taxpayers may already be liable for billions of dollars stemming from [the private company] Federal Reserve and Treasury efforts to quell a financial crisis
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wall Street may report a half a trillion dollar loss
3-25-2008
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Bloomberg
Wall Street banks, brokerages and hedge funds may report $460 billion in credit losses from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, or almost 4 times the amount already disclosed. Profits will continue to wane.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Government trustees: Social Security Unsustainable
3-25-2008
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AP
Trustees for the government's two biggest benefit programs warned that Social Security and Medicare are facing "enormous challenges" with the threat to Medicare's solvency far more severe.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Pentagon report finds no evidence of Saddam attempt to assassinate Bush
3-26-2008
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Raw Story
In President Bush's view, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was "a guy that tried to kill my dad." Now the same Pentagon report that disproved an Iraq-al Qaeda link also calls into question the 1993 plot that spurred former President
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Crack Down on Peaceful Tibetan Protesters
3-25-2008
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YouTube
Police beat peaceful Tibetan protesters on video. Why does everyone in the video speak American English? Because it was filmed in New York.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Why Ron Paul Scares the GOP
03-25-2008
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Time Magazine
"But even if Paul's ideological purity is never going to get him to the White House, it does help illuminate the impurities â€" and sometimes the hypocrisies â€" of today's Republicans"
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Maliki's Moment of Truth in Basra
3-25-2008
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Time magazine
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Basra, accompanied by his ministers for defense and interior, to personally supervise the operation. For Maliki, this is a crucial show of force. For the past 3 years, the Iraqi government had little influenc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Pilot's gun goes off on US Airways flight
03/24/2008
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THe Charlotte Observer
Is this the first and last we'll hear about this?
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Reported by:
Hal Scoggins
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain's Mob Ties
3-25-2008
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Rense
John McCain's personal fortune traces back to organized crime in Arizona, through his father-in-law, according the Investigative Reporters and Editors reporters Amy Silverman and John Doherty, writing in the Phoenix New Times, note that the fathe
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Our Financial House of Cards - Brilliant Analysis
3-25-2008
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Mises.org / George Reisman
The threat of massive deflation can be eliminated, the threat of inflation ended, and the actual and potential domain of economic freedom greatly expanded, for $11 billion [this is a must-read if you want to understand]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Confidence: Falls to the lowest level since 1973
3-25-08
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Bloomberg.com
The Conference Board's gauge of expectations for the next six months slumped to 47.9, the lowest since December 1973, when the Watergate scandal rocked the Nixon administration and an embargo by a group of Arab oil exporters was in effect...
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