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Date Sent: 2008-04-15
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
Polygamist sect gets millions from government -- Military Personnel Account for 20% of Suicides
IRS eases pressure on Big U.S. companies -- New Heroes for Gamblers -- Monsanto's Harvest of Fear -- Food Riots and Falling Russian Oil Production -- Only a Miracle Can Save America Now - by Chuck Baldwin -- Retailer bankruptcies set to prompt thousands of store closings -- Mexican Cartel now openly recruiting ex-soldiers -- Ron Paul Honored as "Taxpayers' Friend" for Tenth Consecutive Year -- The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem -- Welcome to Paulville, Texas -- McCain gets ousted from board for lack of straight talk -- Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe -- MISH: G7 Spotlight on Currencies -- The Torture Drawings the Pentagon Doesn't Want You to See -- Iran is the new motivation for US war in Iraq -- US war robots in Iraq 'turned guns' on fleshy comrades -- McCain: Hillary can still pull it off
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS eases pressure on Big U.S. companies, goes after you
4-17-2008
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IHT
The study's findings stand in sharp contrast to the tough talk coming out of the IRS in recent years. Suggests the agency is shifting its focus away from big corporations to small companies, private partnerships and other private entities
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first time
4-14-2008
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Eurekalert
A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time by aiming high-power pulses of laser light into a thunderstorm.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First High Definition Moon Map Released, Uranium Sites Located
4-17-2008
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Gizmodo
Selene, Japan's lunar spacecraft and HD peeping Tom, keeps sending stunningly-detailed information from our crystal clear Moon to trashed Mother Earth. These first-ever high definition global topographic maps of the Moon were created using 1,127,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
New Heroes for Gamblers - Barney Frank and Ron Paul
4-14-2008
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Buzz on Gambling
Representatives Barney Frank and Ron Paul introduced a new bill aimed at squashing the foolish UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006). Their Bill would prohibit the Department of The Treasury and Federal Reserve System from propos
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Monsanto's Harvest of Fear
04-14-2008
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Vanity Fair
Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Economy - International
Crisis to affect markets for a decade: JP Morgan
4-15-08
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Reuters.com
The financial crisis will affect market structure and pricing for at least a decade and lead to greater regulatory powers for central banks in areas at the centre of the turmoil, analysts at JP Morgan said.
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News Link • Economy - International
Food Riots and Falling Russian Oil Production
4-14-08
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
If oil prices stay high because of falling production, then the recession will be much worse than I currently expect. And the impact on the World's poor will be severe.
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News Link • Eugenics
Only a Miracle Can Save America Now - by Chuck Baldwin
4-15-08
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Newswithviews.com
On the other hand, John McCain is a great friend to Big Business. Similarly, he is a friend to Big Government and Big Brother. He is also a friend to open borders, supranational government, regionalism, and American imperialism.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
NYT: Retailer bankruptcies set to prompt thousands of store closings
4-14-08
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Rawstory.com
Because retailers rely on a broad network of suppliers, their bankruptcies are rippling across the economy. The cash-strapped chains are leaving behind tens of millions of dollars in unpaid bills to shipping companies, furniture manufacturers, mall o
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News Link • Drug War
Mexican Cartel now openly recruiting ex-soldiers with publicly placed banners and signs
4-14-2008
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Associated Press
"Operative group 'The Zetas' wants you, soldier or ex-soldier. We offer a good salary, food and benefits for your family. Don't suffer anymore mistreatment and don't go hungry."
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Religion: Unregistered Churches
Polygamist sect gets millions from US Government
04-14-2008
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McClatchy Newspapers
American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child absue investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the govenrment and $1.2 million
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
The Show That Never Ends: Ron Paul in Pennsylvania
4-14-2008
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Reason magazine
David Weigel is a reporter clearly irritated at getting assigned to cover Dr. Paul. Apparently he is tardy and out of shape too.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Honored as "Taxpayers' Friend" for Tenth Consecutive Year
4-14-2008
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National Taxpayers Union
“If every member of Congress voted like Representative Paul, Americans could enjoy much lower taxes and less waste in government,” stated the NTU President. ”Overburdened taxpayers across the nation owe Mr. Paul a debt of gratitude for his hard work
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem
04-14-2008
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Portfolio
The Defense Dept. has spent billions to fix its antiquated financial systems. So why does the Pentagon still have no idea where its money goes? On a winter afternoon in Indianpolis, Jessica Hilligoss, a young Defense Dept worker
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Censorship of Ron Paul
4-14-2008
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Youtube
A video report on the establishment media's censorship of Ron Paul. (Pt. 1)
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4QO7zXTljE
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
Tibet: Geographic Timeline
4-14-2008
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The Onion
Explore pertinent facts of Tibet before the Chinese hack the site down using this amazing interactive map.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
Pennsylvania Primary Process
4-14-2008
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The Onion
# Pennsylvania has 188 Democratic delegates up for grabs, down from 211 following a tragic mine collapse in 2005.
# Philadelphia, the state's largest city, is famous for its delicious, disgusting, delicious food.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Political Theory
Remember the Free State Project? - Welcome to Paulville, Texas!!
4-14-08
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Guardian.uk
This month has seen the first meeting of the shareholders in a fledgling community development planned in rural Texas, to be comprised exclusively of Paul's supporters. It is to be called Paulville. http://www.paulville.org/
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain gets ousted from board for lack of straight talk
4-14-2008
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Washington Times
Sen. John McCain, a long-time board member of Project Vote Smart, was kicked off yesterday for failing to provide information about where he stands on key issues. [Heck, I think he helped found it.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe
4-14-08
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NYTimes.com
In Ireland, Spain, Britain and elsewhere, housing markets that soared over the last decade are falling back to earth. Property analysts predict that some countries, like this one will face an even more wrenching adjustment....
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News Link • Federal Reserve
G 7 Spotlight on Currencies
4-14-08
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
They may as well have reaffirmed their belief in the tooth fairy. Paulson reaffirms a commitment to a strong dollar every week without once ever affirming what it would take to change the long term trend.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gilbert, Arizona: Median Home Price Off 28 Percent in Two years
4-14-08
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HousingDoom.com
Homes selling for under $200,000 have increased from last year’s 16 percent to a current 40 percent of the local resale housing market.
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News Link • Torture
The Torture Drawings the Pentagon Doesn't Want You to See
4-14-2008
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Alternet
Less well known is Sami's frontline reportage from within Guantánamo. Stafford Smith recalls that when he asked Sami for information, he "would assemble important facts on almost any topic in the prison relying on the incredible prisoner bus
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran - the new motivation for US war in Iraq
4-14-08
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Rawstory.com
"The message to the Iranians is: we will bring you to justice if you continue to try to infiltrate, send your agents or send surrogates to bring harm to our troops and/or the Iraqi citizens," Bush said.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Military Personnel Account for 20% of U.S. Suicides
4-14-2008
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Bloomberg
Current and former military personnel accounted for about 20 percent of U.S. suicides in 2005, according to a government study.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US war robots in Iraq 'turned guns' on fleshy comrades
4-14-2008
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The Register
Ground-crawling US war robots armed with machine guns, deployed to fight in Iraq last year, reportedly turned on their fleshy masters almost at once. The rebellious machine warriors have been retired from combat pending upgrades. [ooops!]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain: Hillary can still pull it off
4-14-2008
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Drudge Report
[Worth it for the included picture alone!] Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has confided to his inner circle that Hillary Clinton may yet be the Democratic nominee, a development the senator from Arizona would personally welcome!
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
The Petraeus Hearings, SNL Style
4-14-2008
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Saturday Night Live
SNL offers their take on this week’s Senate hearings with Gen. Petraeus, skewering everything and anything, from Petraeus’s obsequiousness, to John McCain’s lack of knowledge on Iraq, to Hillary Clinton’s attempts to spin her AUMF vote, to Code Pink
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News Link • Humor
1800 Anti-Thomas Jefferson Negative TV Ad
4-14-2008
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Youtube
Well they really went to the wayback machine to dig up this attack ad.
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