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Date Sent: 2008-09-08
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, September 8, 2008 |
MASSIVE taxpayer funded bailout announced ... on Sunday -- US military trained Georgian commandos
Adam Kokesh at RNC - Secret Service sees some Marine testicles -- Ron Paul steals McCain's thunder -- Update on CIA plane filled with drugs -- Video of the police state from Radgeek -- Sept. 5 was Jury Rights Day - by Vin Suprynowicz -- Banks borrow more from Fed -- Marijuana ingredient may fight bacteria -- Iran to hold three-day war games -- Canada's prime minister calls early election -- Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean -- U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures, Delinquencies Reach Highs -- US warship confronts Russian military in ‘tinderbox’ port -- Tactical Laser Could Work Like Long-Range Napalm -- CNN Money: Praise for Fannie/Freddie Nationalization -- Colorado elections director resigns amid inquiry -- John Brakey is arrested while serving as an election observer -- Virgina County Threatens Student Voters in Chilling Edict -- Zombie Fannie and Freddie: Join the Real Estate Bread and Circus Show -- Auto industry to press taxpayers for $50B in loans -- Radiation Detector Plan Falls Short -- Church founders plead guilty in marijuana case -- 40 years after capture, USS Pueblo crew reunites -- International Space Station marks its 10th Anniversary -- Interest Was Waived for Chairman Rangel on Loan for Villa
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul steals McCain's thunder -- must watch video
9-7-2008
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Youtube
Texas Congressman Ron Paul may not be the next US President. But the firebrand Republican, who failed to win the party's nomination this year, is still hugely popular with grassroots supporters. He staged a rally in Minneapolis as an alternative
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Sept. 5 is Jury Rights Day. Do you know yours?
9-7-2008
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by Vin Suprynowicz
Unable to get into his London meeting house, William Penn led a Quaker meeting in the street outside. He was arrested and put on trial on Sept. 5, 1670, 338 years ago this week. The judges explained to the jury that preaching a nonconformist sermon w
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Marijuana ingredient may fight bacteria
09-07-2008
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International Herald Tribune
The main active ingredient in marijuana â€" tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC â€" and related compounds show promise as antibacterial agents, particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of drugs.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Announcement - FreedomsPhoenix Poll Results
09-07-2008
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FreedomsPhoenix Poll Results
Question: Ron Paul will announce Wednesday September 10th 2008 to the National Press Club that...
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • NeoCons
Canada's prime minister calls early election
09-07-2008
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AP - via RawStory.com
TORONTO â€" Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Environment
Huge tribute to Lenin visible on Google Earth
09-07-2008
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www.telegraph.co.uk
The first ever Earth Day, a celebration to raise awareness of environmental issues, was held on Lenin's birthday April 22 in 1970, which could be another clue towards the message's origins.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
General Principles
09-07-2008
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American Conservative Magazine
While other top brass played press agents for the administration’s war, William Odom told the truth about Iraqâ€"though few listened.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Brady's year over? Pats QB KO'd by knee injury in Week 1
09-07-2008
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www.usatoday.com/sports/
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. â€" Quarterback Tom Brady, the NFL's reigning MVP who has started 128 consecutive games, went down with what appears to be a serious knee injury in the New England Patriots season opener Sunday.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
60-Megapixel Photography
09-07-2008
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Technology Review
A new digital-camera imaging system--a semiconductor sensor and associated electronics--is the first with 60 megapixels. (Cost: $39,900)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Glasses-Free 3-D Television
09-07-2008
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Technology Review
Philips's new 3-D displays create the illusion of depth by overlaying an LCD screen with tiny lenses that direct slightly different images to the viewer's eyes. The illusion persists within a 120º viewing area.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banks borrow more from Fed; Wall Street takes pass
9-7-2008
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AP
Banks borrowed more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass for the fifth week in a row.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
5-year-old golfer makes a hole-in-one
09-07-2008
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www.bnd.com
BELLEVILLE -- Even though he's just 52 pounds and 49 inches tall, Drew Gray wasn't hard to spot at Yorktown Golf Club last Sunday: He was the golfer celebrating his first hole-in-one -- at age 5.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iran to hold three-day war games: report
09-07-2008
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www.reuters.com
"Maneuvers with the participation of anti-aircraft defense systems will be held for three days starting Monday," it said, without giving further details.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean
09-07-2008
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www.reuters.com
Plans for the naval operations come at a time of heightened diplomatic tension and Cold War-style rhetoric between Moscow and the United States over the recent war in Georgia and plans for a U.S. missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Polan
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat
09-07-2008
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New York Times
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election. That experiment appears to be over.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Google 10-years-old
9-7-2008
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AP
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures, Delinquencies Reach Highs
9-7-2008
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Bloomberg
Foreclosures accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three decades during the second quarter as interest rates increased and home values fell, prompting more Americans to walk away from homes they couldn't refinance or sell.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US warship confronts Russian military in ‘tinderbox’ port
9-7-2008
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London Times
A US Navy flagship carrying humanitarian aid steamed into a Georgian port where Russian troops are still stationed, stoking tensions once again in the tinderbox Caucasus region. A previous trip by US warships was canceled at the last minute a week ag
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US military trained Georgian commandos
9-7-2008
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Financial Times
The US military provided combat training to 80 Georgian special forces commandos only months prior to Georgia’s army assault in South Ossetia in August.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Tactical Laser Could Work Like Long-Range Napalm
9-7-2008
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Wired
If the beam stays on the same spot of the target for a full two seconds â€"- which is a very long time under the circumstances â€"- it would in theory boil off a disc around one centimeter deep. In real life, the laser would be much
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Colorado elections director resigns amid inquiry
9-7-2008
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Rocky Mountain News
The abrupt resignation of a top elections official at the secretary of state's office happened in the midst of a watchdog group's investigation into her relationship with a local businessman who has contracts with that office.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
CNN Money: Praise for Fannie/Freddie Nationalization
9-7-2008
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CNN
The Treasury-FHFA plan, which was widely anticipated after financial markets closed on Friday, drew praise from regulators, lawmakers and some market experts. [really, dissent was impossible to find?]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
John Brakey is arrested while serving as an election observer.
09-07-08
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http://www.fatallyflawedthemovie.com/
The troubled Pima County Department of Elections still cannot seem to get it right. On Saturday, August 6th, volunteer John Brakey was observing vote counting. While examining ballot bags he noticed serious violations in 7 out of 7 bags according to
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Drew
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Zombie Fannie and Freddie: Join the Real Estate Bread and Circus Show
9-7-08
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DoctorHousingBubble.com
It basically will allocate a large portion of our debt to totally unproductive parts of the economy. Money that can be used to further research and development, infrastructure, and our economy will now be used to fix horrific bubble mortgages....
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Virgina County Threatens Student Voters in Chilling Edict
9-7-08
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Bradblog.com
By making Montgomery County your permanent residence, you have declared your independence from your parents and can no longer be claimed as a dependent on their income tax filings --- check with your tax professional.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Auto industry to press taxpayers for $50B in loans
9-7-2008
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AP
Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
MASSIVE taxpayer funded bailout announced ... on Sunday
9-7-2008
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Reuters
[What government agency skulks about doing its work in darkness on weekends?] Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart: Government seizes control of GSEs
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Morpheus on Fox News
9/6/08
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www.foxnews.com/
I am working on my 15 minutes of fame...still got 14:30 to go! don't blink you might miss it at .26 into the clip. The woman who is before me has a real tattoo with Revolution on her arm.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Police State
The Ultimate Fate of the Police State
09-06-2008
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College Humor
Actual video of what happened when some overzealous guards let loose on a fan.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Drug War
Church founders plead guilty in marijuana case
9-6-2008
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East Valley Tribune
The founders of an Arizona church that deifies marijuana have pleaded guilty and are now facing 20 years in prison. But Dan and Mary Quaintance, founders of the Church of Cognizance, remain confident that they will not end up behind bars.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Radiation Detector Plan Falls Short, Audit Shows
9-6-2008
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Washington Post
After years of research and testing and at the expense of millions of dollars, plans by the Department of Homeland Security to use radiation detectors to screen cargo and vehicles entering the US have largely failed, according to an audit
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
40 years after capture, USS Pueblo crew reunites
9-6-2008
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AP
"We were treated as heroes when we got back, but what the Navy, the institution of the Navy really wanted, in my opinion, is the Pueblo to have sunk. When we came back, the Navy now has to look at itself and they don't like to look at themse
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Pitt plays dumb in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'
9-6-2008
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AP
"I've been knocking on the brothers' door for a few years, so I was really happy when they called me," Pitt told reporters after Joel and Ethan Coen's comedy "Burn After Reading" premiered. "Until I read the piece
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain?
9-6-2008
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AP
"She's the draw for a lot of people," said Marilyn Ryman, who came to see her at the Colorado rally inside an airport hangar. "The fact that she's someone new, not the old everything we've seen before."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Candidates weigh in on stabilizing Fannie, Freddie
9-6-2008
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AP
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson [who just a few weeks ago said this would never happen] and two other regulators are working on a plan to put the troubled mortgage finance companies into a conservatorship, and remove Fannie Mae CEO
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
International Space Station marks its 10th Anniversary
09-07-2008
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Mirror News
The first launch as part of the project took place on November 20, 1998 from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, when a Russian Proton space carrier delivered the Zarya unit, which was the station’s first component.
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Dmitry Sergeev
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Bid Bickering to Bite Busy Bureaucrats
09/06/2008
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CameraFRAUD.com
Crybaby of the Year Award nominee American Traffic Solutions is still fuming over losing a lucrative $20-Million dollar contract to their arch nemesis: the lawbreaking, picture taking, money making Redflex Group.
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
A Full Month without Sunspots -
Is this the true cause of Global Warming?
09-01-2008
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By Michael Asher, Daily Tech
Drop in solar activity has potential effect for climate on earth. The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot. Solar magnetic activity â€" which determines the number of s
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Veritas Vincit
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Cheating, lying and being irresponsible doesn't disqualify you from photoradar contract
9-6-2008
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East Valley Tribune
The AZ Department of Public Safety won't take a new $20 million contract for photo enforcement away from a Scottsdale [an Australian] firm even though it had been operating some of its radar guns illegally.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Iran War - How It Will Begin, and How it May End
9-6-08
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Rense.com
Iranian sleeper teams in North America and western Europe will begin to "seed" the populations of these areas with a number (perhaps in the several dozens) of different man made killer viruses.
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News Link • Corruption
Interest Was Waived for Rangel on Loan for Villa
9-5-2008
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NY Times
Representative Charles B. Rangel paid no interest for more than a decade on a mortgage extended to him to buy a villa at a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic, according to Mr. Rangel’s lawyer and records from the resort.
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