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Date Sent: 2008-06-24
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
Senate Dems won't stop telecom domestic spying bill
John Bolton: Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in -- Lightning sparks 842 fires in California -- Legal help too slow in Texas arrest, high court says -- NAU Texas Superhighway DOA - by Ron Paul -- McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism -- Report from today's John Stuart murder hearing -- Bolivian Provinces Declare Greater Autonomy -- Voter anger may lead to end of MA income tax -- TSA Launches Blog for Security Gripes -- The Supreme Court, Habeas, John Yoo and Murdoch's Wall Street Journal
George Carlin dead at 71
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News Link • Police State
Senate Dems won't stop telecom domestic spying bill
6-23-2008
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Greenbay PRess-Gazette
Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold will not filibuster a compromise version of an electronic surveillance program although he thinks it will infringe on U.S. citizens' civil liberties. [So much for a difference. Lip service for suckers.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
John Bolton: Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in
6-23-2008
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Daily Telegraph
Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush's successor is sworn in.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Actors' strike threatens to bring Hollywood to a standstill
6-23-2008
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Independent
[Death of TV part 2] To have one trade union paralyse Hollywood was strange; two doing it in quick succession feels like carelessness. A threatened walkout by actors, which could begin as early as next week, is throwing major film and television stud
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Shyness drug cure
6-23-2008
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This Is London
Investigators believe oxytocin - a natural hormone that assists childbirth and helps mothers bond with newborn babies - could become a wonder drug for overcoming shyness.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Legal help too slow in Texas arrest, high court says
6-23-2008
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AP
A man whose life was turned upside-down by a wrongful arrest and weeks in jail should have been given access to a lawyer sooner so he could have shown the arrest was erroneous, the U.S. Supreme Court decided.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Lightning sparks 842 fires in California
6-23-2008
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AP
Thousands of firefighters battled the blazes on the ground and from the air and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was alarmed by the number of fires that kept erupting.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Ariz. Senate cracks down on license plate covers
6-23-2008
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East Valley Tribune
The Senate gave final approval to legislation spelling out that vehicle owners cannot put plastic covers on their license plates that are designed to thwart photo radar. Any other covering, film or devices that hides the numbers and letters also woul
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism
6-23-2008
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AP
A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed GOP nominee and Democrat Barack Obama.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Changes Airport ID Requirement; ID-Less Could Be Denied Right to Fly
06-23-2008
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Papers Please
The Transportation Security Administration has changed its airport ID requirement. These changes allow the agency to deny the right to fly to individuals who “willfully refuse” to present government-issued identification at an airport security checkp
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • World News
Bolivian Provinces Declare Greater Autonomy
06/23/2008
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McLatchy Washington Bureau
Voters in natural gas-rich Tarija became the fourth of Bolivia's nine provinces to approve a referendum Sunday demanding greater autonomy in defiance of the country's socialist President Evo Morales.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Inventions
Maine reporter breaks back inside inflatable ball
6-20-2008
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Maine Sun-Journal
Note to self: Debut your new potentially-deadly amusement park ride AFTER it has been tested as 100% safe and WITHOUT press officials as the guinea pigs. (Unless they're from FOX.)
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
TIME for Socialism
6-23-2008
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Ludvig Von Mises Institute
Anyone who is still wondering why the so-called "mainstream media" was so hostile toward Congressman Ron Paul's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination will find an answer in the June 2 issue of Time magazine.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Bush Administration
At Last, Some Truth About Iraq and Afghanistan - by Eric Margolis
6-23-08
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EricMargolis.com
Work will begin on the TAPI (pipeline) once Taliban forces are cleared from the pipeline route by US, Canadian and NATO forces. As American analyst Kevin Phillips writes, the US military and its allies have become an `energy protection force.’
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Opinion • Mexican United States Relations
Reflexiones Libertarias
CHIQUITO PERO ENCHILOSO
06-23-2008
Ricardo Valenzuela
Frente a la renovada tendencia del asalto a las economías mundiales de parte de gobiernos que se agigantan, vale la pena llevar a cabo algunas reflexiones que nos orienten cuando de nuevo los insaciables bárbaros se ubican ante las puertas del reino
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News Link • Corruption
The Hedonists of Power - by Chris Hedges
6-23-08
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TruthDig.com
The Democrats, like the Republicans, are courtiers. Our pundits and experts are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games. We are b
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News Link • Housing
Harvard: Home Slump Harder to Reverse Than Usual
06/20/2008
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The New York Times
According to a study released by Harvard University, record foreclosures and limited access to credit will make it harder than usual for the U.S. housing market to rebound from this slump, the worst at least since World War Two.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • TAXES: State
Voter anger may lead to end of MA income tax
06/23/2008
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The Sun Chronicle
A weak economy, soaring gasoline prices and a frustration with government could cause Massachusetts voters to approve a ballot initiative to repeal the state's income tax.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Launches Blog for Security Gripes
01-31-2008
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Aviation.com-Dan Caterinicchia-
The federal government wants to hear -- or at least read -- your gripes at the "Evolution of Security" blog the Transportation Security Administration introduced Wednesday. And it promises those complaints and suggestions won't vanish
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Geoffrey Hayes
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