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Date Sent: 2008-06-28
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, June 28, 2008 |
Senate Passes Broad War Funding Measure -- US Stocks continue to tumble on dollar weakness
US wars have helped al-Qa'eda -- Man arrested for anti-cop YouTube clip -- $5.8 million for scientist in anthrax lawsuit -- Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause -- A quarter of adults to face 'anti-pedophile' tests -- AZ Uses Speed camera Photos To Arrest NV Woman -- Mexicans urged to reclaim a piece of Texas -- Ron Paul: On the House of Representatives Declaring War on Iran -- What's Next for Gun Control? -- Oil near $143 on view dollar will keep falling -- The Future of American Justice? -- Beltway Elites Don’t Have a Clue About Americans in Flyover Country -- Oregon Health Care: Suicide is Painless–and Cheaper -- War Between Mexican Govt. and Drug Cartels Spills into USA -- Credit Markets: "It's never been this bad." -- MISH: Is the Inflation Scare Over? -- Insurgents complicating drug war -- North Pole, No Ice -- Who's Planning Our Next War? - by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Ron Paul on Iran & Energy
Nevada GOP Convention Resumes Today
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Senate Passes Broad War Funding Measure
6-27-2008
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Washington Post
In a 92 to 6 vote, the Senate yesterday approved unrestricted funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that allows continuation of the current military course of action through the end of President Bush's term and beyond.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
US wars have helped al-Qa'eda, says report
6-27-2008
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Daily Telegraph
American military intervention in Muslim countries has bred a generation of "angry young men" vulnerable to al-Qa'eda recruitment, a report from a leading security analysis group has said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
$5.8 million for scientist in anthrax lawsuit
6-27-2008
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AP
The Justice Department has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a lawsuit with former Army scientist Steven Hatfill, who was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Hatfill claimed the Justice Department violated his privacy rig
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Man arrested for anti-cop YouTube clip
6-27-2008
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Prison Planet
"Obviously, the charges could be challenged in court, but that's out of our hands," said police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore. "You have rights, but that doesn't mean you can say something like this."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
WeAreChange confronts Democrats over 911
6-27-2008
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Youtube
Gary Talis and Mathew Lapacek confront Congressman Weiner, Congresswoman Jackson and Bill Clinton's propagandist Lanny Davis.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause
6-27-2008
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US News & World Report
Hogan found the agents had also inspected the memory card from his camera. "It was fortunate that I didn't use [the laptop] for work, or I would have had to call up all my sources and tell them that the government had just seized their infor
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Was 'friend' who yelled abuse at police on anti-war demo a stooge or a thug
6-27-2008
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Daily Mail
The man in the T-shirt was tall, well-built and handsome, smiling but with a hint of menace. He pushed aside children and elderly people. He continued to shout slogans such as: 'Pigs Out.' He was, after all, a policeman himself - and a high-r
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
A quarter of adults to face 'anti-pedophile' tests
6-27-2008
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Daily Telegraph
The launch of a new UK Government agency will see 11.3 million people vetted for any criminal past before they are approved to have contact with children aged under 16. . . including their own.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Arizona Uses Questionable Speed camera Photos To Arrest Nevada Woman
06-27-2008
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The Newspaper
The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) boasted yesterday that it had arrested a Nevada resident based solely on claims made by a speed camera despite the fact Arizona speed cameras have a history of unreliable performance.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Mexico
Mexicans urged to reclaim a piece of Texas
06-26-208
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Telegraph.co.uk via Rense.com
by Tom Leonard - Mexicans are being encouraged to reclaim a piece of Texas, more than 150 years after they lost the Lone Star state to the United States. (Too bad you have to go outside the U.S. to find these things out...)
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ron Paul: On the House of Representatives Declaring War on Iran
6-27-08
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Youtube.com
No one can talk more eloquently about the state of our nation than Ron Paul.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Stocks continue to tumble on dollar weakness
6-27-2008
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Bloomberg
U.S. stocks fell, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the brink of a bear market, on concern subprime-related writedowns will worsen and record oil prices will reduce profits at consumer companies. The Dow extended its retreat from an October
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
What's Next for Gun Control?
6-27-2008
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Time
Proponents of gun rights may rejoice at winning this heavyweight tussle, but their victory comes by way of a nuanced decision. The ruling, which affirms a federal appeals court decree, makes clear that individual ownership rights are limited.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Oil near $143 on view dollar will keep falling
6-27-2008
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AP
Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel Friday as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that the falling greenback, a major factor in crude's stratospheric rise, will extend its decline and add to oil
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Broken in Britain: The Future of American Justice?
06-27-2008
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pat
A killer is awarded 300,000 pounds by a British judge. This & other outrages demonstrate that British justice is broken. Can tomorrow's American justice be seen today in Britain?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Beltway Elites Don’t Have a Clue About Americans in Flyover Country
06-27-2008
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Nancy Morgan
Washington elites, pontificating pundits and media types would be very surprised to know: There is life outside the beltway. Millions of largely invisible, average Americans live there. And these Americans are living lives totally alien to the thousa
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Oregon Health Care: Suicide is Painless"and Cheaper
06-27-2008
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pat
“Elect me and your health care problems will all be over.” The people of Oregon fell for that line almost 20 years ago. Expecting Utopia, what they got was a reality check: long lines for a lottery to pick who’s covered and suicide coverage"instead
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Immigration
War Between Mexican Govt. and Drug Cartels Spills into USA
06-27-2008
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Mondoreb
Violence from the war between the Mexican government and the drug cartels is spilling into the USA. However, it appears it will have to get a lot worse before the ruling elite in Washington take action.
[video report length: 10:42]
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Bush Administration
Bush Fulfills His Grandfather's Dream
6-27-08
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AfterDowningStreet.org
Or maybe I should say our former nation's capital. I don't recognize the place anymore, and I credit that to George W. Bush's efforts to fulfill his grandfather's dream using far subtler and more effective means than a military coup.
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News Link • Corruption
Bay Area Spraying Stopped, Phony Program Revealed!
06-27-2008
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B. Peterson
The LBAM “infestation” and resultant “emergency situation” is a manufactured “threat” so that the CDFA and pesticide maker can get a whole lotta MONEY. Spraying plans have been stopped. Can we say, GOTCHA?
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain Adviser: Open 5 Star Las Vegas Casino in Iraq Green Zone
6-27-08
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AfterDowningStreet.org
McCain's adviser (Mr. Eisenstadt) wants to use the same uniform for Iraqi servants in the Green Zone. So whether you were a Sunni, Shiite, or Kurd, you will be working in the brand new casinos with the saaaaame outfit...."
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Credit Markets: "It's never been this bad."
6-27-08
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
[About midday] I received a phone call from the Lord of the Dark Matter, who began the conversation: "It's about to blow!" He then repeated himself.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Is the Inflation Scare Over?
6-26-08
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
If gold is signaling anything right now, it is the further destruction of fiat credit (deflation) as we move from disinflationary conditions to deflationary ones.
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News Link • Drug War
UN drug chief: Insurgents complicating drug war
6-27-2008
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Las Vegas Sun
"Some of the world's biggest drug-producing regions are out of control of the central government," [UN bureaucrat] Costa said. Wherever security slows down or thwarts efforts to distribute incentives, "cultivation gets out of contr
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
North Pole, No Ice
6-26-08
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Canada.com
"The North Pole may be free of ice for the first time in history," University of Manitoba polar specialist David Barber told Canwest News Service on Monday.
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News Link • Iran
Who's Planning Our Next War? - by Patrick J. Buchanan
6-27-08
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Antiwar.com
If Bush is discussing war on Iran with Ehud Olmert, why is he not discussing it with Congress or the nation?
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News Link • Iran
Ron Paul on Iran & Energy (C-SPAN 6/26)
06-26-2008
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C-Span
Ron Paul discusses rising energy costs and Iran. From the House floor.
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Ernest Hancock
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