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Date Sent: 2008-05-22
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
Is Richard Viguerie Trying to Buy the LP? -- Israel Wants U.S. To Blockade Iran
Grad's Commencement Address Skewers McCain -- The Last Roundup - Under Martial Law -- The Naked Fat Lady on the Couch - by Bill Bonner -- Robert Shiller: Housing Crisis Could be Worse Than 'Great Depression' -- Cheney: The Surge in Iraq "has succeeded brilliantly" -- Gates: US "Stuck" with Guantanamo Prison -- Oil Rises Above $132 a Barrel -- The Future of Libertarian Politics -- The Battle for the Soul of the Libertarian Party -- Are Bank Reserves A Thing Of The Past? -- School Districts Crackdown on Foreclosed Kids -- Main Core: Massive Surveillance Program with 8 Million 'Potential Suspects' -- War INC. -- The Republican Party Lost its Way -- 925,000 People are on Homeland Securities 'Terrorist Watch List'
Ron Paul in Phoenix-Home of the R3VOLution, Tonight
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News Link • Eugenics
Grad's Commencement Address Skewers McCain
05-21-2008
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YouTube
This brave young woman lets loose on John McCain, who was there to deliver an address of his own. Best thing since Colbert roasted Bush....
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Jefferson Paine
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Is Richard Viguerie Trying to Buy the LP?
5-20-2008
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David Nolan
Barr and [finance operative and new Shane Cory employer] Viguerie are attempting to gain control of the LP so that Barr can campaign on a conservative/libertarian hybrid platform and Viguerie can extend his fundraising empire.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Naked Fat Lady on the Couch - by Bill Bonner
5-22-08
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LewRockwell.com
China, meanwhile, decided to take the capitalist road. Instead, of using military force to get oil, it simply bought it on the open market. It has sent its agents to secure, peacefully and honestly, long-term contracts for oil and the other natural r
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News Link • Homeland Security
The Last Roundup - Under Martial Law
5-21-08
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RadarOnLine.com
"The more data you have on a particular target, the better [the software] can predict what the target will do, where the target will go, who it will turn to for help," he says. "Main Core is the table of contents for all the illegal in
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Robert Shiller: Housing Crisis Could be Worse Than 'Great Depression'
5-21-08
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Portfolio.com
The human species is incessantly talking, and this incessant talk reinforces certain memories and facts. And other facts are not reinforced because no one's talking about them. So they elude our consciousness, and then we can't remember them.
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News Link • Energy
'Squawk Box' Guest Warns of $12-15-a-Gallon Gas
5-21-08
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BusinessandMedia.org
Hirsch told the Business & Media Institute the $12-$15 a gallon wasn’t his prediction, but that he was citing Charles T. Maxwell, described as the “Dean of Oil Analysts” and the senior energy analyst at Weeden & Co. Hirsch admitted the high price was
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News Link • Bush Administration
Cheney: The Surge in Iraq "has succeeded brilliantly"
5-21-08
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Rawstory.com
"The only way to lose this fight is to quit. That would be irresponsible," Cheney said. "More than that, quitting would be an act of betrayal and dishonor. And it's not going to happen on our watch."
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News Link • Eugenics
VEEP WATCH!! - Watchers Say Vice-Prez Candidates Spending Holiday With McCain For Vetting
5-21-2008
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AP
Using the energy vortexes in Sedona to channel the spirit of Reagan, McCain has invited key Republicans for the weekend; many of whom will likely be part of his administration in one way or an other.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • TERRORISM
Gates: US "Stuck" with Guantanamo Prison
5-21-2008
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Yahoo / AFP
The United States is "stuck" with its war-on-terror detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba because it cannot figure out what to do with prisoners who cannot be charged or set loose, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Interview in over 108,000 circ. newspaper (& also online)
05-21-2008
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Paid for by Christine Smith for President
Interview with Christine Smith in Denver's Westword newspaper, one of the largest alternative weeklies in the country (circulation approx. 108,000), on newsstands all week in Denver and throughout Colorado.
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News Link • Iran
Report: Israel Wants U.S. To Blockade Iran
5-21-08
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Atlargely.com
The Persian Gulf, a traffic jam on good days, would become a parking lot. Iran could plant mines and launch dozens of armed boats into the bottleneck, choking off the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and causing a massive disruption...
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News Link • Energy
Oil Rises Above $132 a Barrel
5-21-08
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Bloomberg.com
Paul Sankey, an analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York said in an interview with Bloomberg radio. ``What we have to do is keep pricing the commodity higher until demand starts falling,'' which ``is around $150 a barrel.''
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Are Bank Reserves A Thing Of The Past?
5-21-08
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research.stlouisfed.org
Take a look at this chart and ask yourself if banks are in more trouble than the Federal Reserve is ever going to tell you.
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
The Battle for the Soul of the Libertarian Party
by Jarret B. Wollstein, co-founder SIL
5-21-2008
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LibertyForAll.Net
I’ve watched the Libertarian Party go from meeting in an apartment to boasting affiliates in every state. Like many libertarians, I’ve had my doubts about the LP’s efficacy and value. But this year, I fear for something even more important: The party
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Main Core: Massive Surveillance Program with 8 Million 'Potential Suspects'
5-21-08
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ThinkProgress.org
One knowledgeable source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. In the event of a national emergency, these people could be subject to everything from....
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
School Districts Crackdown on Foreclosed Kids
5-21-08
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
Districts from Florida to California are hiring private investigators, creating anonymous tip lines and imposing penalties when they believe people have registered at false addresses.
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News Link • Eugenics
Wonderful New Endorsement & a Thank You
05-21-2008
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Paid for by Christine Smith for President
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Christine -
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
War INC.
05-21-2008
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Huffington Post
John Cusack began working on his new film War,Inc., which premieres in LA and New York May 23, about a year into the US occupation of Iraq. From the moment US tanks rolled Baghdad, Cusack was a voracious consumer of news about the war.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Interesting Unscientific Political Polls
05-20-2008
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Conservative HQ
The Republican Party may be in more upheaval than I thought if these polls are anywhere near representative of the conservative population. (And see who's winning for VP pick)
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Eugenics
The Republican Party Lost its Way
05-19-2008
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Right Side News
Hmmm.. Popular Conservative website isn't getting behind the McLame bandwagon.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Police State
925,000 People are on Homeland Securities 'Terrorist Watch List'
5-20-08
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Antiwar.com
The ACLU is reporting that by this summer, a million people will be on the US terrorist watch list. As of this writing there are approximately 925,000.
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