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Date Sent: 2008-09-10
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, September 10, 2008 |
Wall Street plummets on concerns over Lehman -- Ron Paul: Reject the major parties, go for a third
Next President To Inherit Deficit Of $500 Billion -- Sirius XM Having Trouble Paying Off Debt -- US 'in need of rebellion' -- Why are federal prosecutors threatening a government secrets expert? -- What Is The Secret Killing Weapon In Iraq? -- Marijuana dispensary case jurors regret voting guilty -- Audio of the 911 call that led to Shelton's arrest -- Battered Lehman stock plunges 45% -- The New Libertarian Century -- FALSE FLAG arrest in Scottsdale? -- US move triggers CDS default -- Fannie and Freddie's New Derivatives Cliffhanger -- Great Depression red alert! -- Scottsdale Photo Radar Van Protesters Hit With Additional Charges -- Debaathification with extreme prejudice! -- 911: $10,000 reward for students and faculty to agree with the government -- Biden Selection is Bad News for America's Fathers -- Bob Barr running as a "???????" -- CameraFRAUD.com Slams Redflex over Extreme DUI -- Tyranny on Display at the Republican Convention - by Chris Hedges -- John Brakey Arrested For Discovering Election Fraud -- Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home -- U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE -- Federer wins 5th straight Open, 13th major title -- New law targets stoned drivers in Canada -- Russia and Venezuela to conduct joint naval exercises -- White House sets aside US-Russia nuclear agreement -- Polish agents tell of CIA jails -- Ron Paul predicted fates of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ... 5 years ago!
AZ: John Stuart Court Date -- Pretrial Hearing
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Next President To Inherit Deficit Of $500 Billion
9-10-2008
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Washington Post
A weak economy and a sharp increase in government spending will drive the federal budget deficit to a near-record $407 billion when the budget year ends later this month, and the next president is likely to face a shortfall in January of well over $5
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Radio
Sirius XM Having Trouble Paying Off Debt
9-10-2008
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Washington Post
Newly merged Sirius XM Radio said yesterday that it doesn't have enough cash to pay back the $300 million in debt due early next year but that it has not looked into selling its Northeast Washington building to raise money.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
US 'in need of rebellion'
9-9-2008
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Al Jazerra
[Hope] lies in American people becoming resentful enough and indignant enough over what has happened to their country, over the loss of dignity in the world, over the starving of human resources in the United States, the starving of education and hea
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Why are federal prosecutors threatening a government secrets expert?
9-9-2008
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Newsweek
The Justice Department has threatened to file criminal charges against a former top National Archives official if he testifies as a defense witness in a high-profile national security case.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
What Is The Secret Killing Weapon In Iraq?
9-9-2008
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Prison Planet
“Within seconds the bus had become semi-molten, sagging “like a wet rag” as he put it. He said the bus rapidly melted under this withering blast, shrinking until it was a twisted blob about the dimensions of a VW bug. Numerous human bodies shriveled
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Marijuana dispensary case jurors regret voting guilty
9-9-2008
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Modesto Bee
They said they would not have convicted Montes and Scarmazzo of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise had they realized the felony carries a mandatory prison sentence of 20 years to life.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Officer Kanapsky, is it?
by Jeffrey A. Tucker
9-9-2008
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Mises Institute
It goes without saying that this is a racket. The city is many hundreds of dollars richer because of my penchant for law breaking alone, and probably hundreds of thousands richer if you include everyone else's.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives
9-9-2008
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AP
The unusual steps come after speculation negotiations with Korea Development Bank broke down, causing shares of Lehman Brothers to plunge 45%! Puts Lehman's market value at just $5.4 billion, down from $36 billion just one year ago
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wall Street plummets on concerns over Lehman
9-9-2008
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AP
Stocks tumbled Tuesday, nearly erasing the previous session's big gains, after fresh concerns about the stability of Lehman Brothers punctured a sense of optimism about the financial sector. Each of the major indexes lost more than 2%.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The New Libertarian Century
09-09-2008
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Emorywheel.com
Rep. Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic. Paul ran a contrarian campaign for the Republican nomination this year on a platform of individual liberty, a foreign policy of non-interventionism, a gold-backed monetary system, and a return to constitutional
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
Border Patrol roadblock irks Forks
09-09-2008
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seattlepi.com
With increased manpower in Washington state, Border Patrol agents ignore the border in favor of harassing domestic traffic inside the country at suspicionless checkpoints
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul: Reject the major parties, go for a third
9-9-08
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NewsVine.com
Libertarian-leaning congressman Ron Paul is urging voters to reject John McCain and Barack Obama and support one of the third-party candidates for president.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fannie and Freddie's New Derivatives Cliffhanger
09-09-2008
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Business Week
The bailout triggers settlement of $1.4 trillion in unregulated credit-default swaps. Do the hedge funds have the money?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Makes an Appeal for Third-Party Candidates
9-9-2008
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NY Times Caucus Blog
Barr, Baldwin, Nader, and McKinney have agreed to sign on to a four-point plan that includes balancing the federal budget, bringing American troops home, protecting civil liberties and investigating the Federal Reserve.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US move triggers CDS default
09-09-2008
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Finantial Times
The industry body, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, said on Monday it would launch a protocol to facilitate settlement of credit derivative trades involving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Scottsdale Photo Radar Van Protesters Hit With Additional Charges
09-09-2008
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Phoenix News Times
Two local activists face disorderly conduct charges after allegedly holding signs up on August 27 in front of a Scottsdale photo radar van, an incident New Times covered in a recent Valley Fever article.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
Debaathification with extreme prejudice!
09-09-2008
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Informed Consent(Juan Cole)
So what is being alleged is essentially that the US (Rumsfeld and Paul Bremer) installed on the Debaathification Commission a secret agent of Iran who was running Iran-backed death squads based on the information to which he became privy
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Reported by:
Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Family
Biden Selection is Bad News for America's Fathers
09/02/08
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www.glennsacks.com
"Biden says in family policy, 'Moms and kids come first.' For nearly two decades Biden has put fathers last."
My new co-authored column, Biden Selection is Bad News for America's Fathers (San Jose Mercury-News, 9/2/08), discu
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Glenn Sacks
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
CameraFRAUD.com Slams Redflex over Extreme DUI
09/09/2008
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CameraFRAUD.com
CameraFRAUD.com, the leading Arizona-based group advocating the removal of automated traffic enforcement systems, has issued the following statement in response to news that a Redflex van driver was arrested for extreme DUI on Saturday, Sep 6.
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Tyranny on Display at the Republican Convention - by Chris Hedges
9-9-08
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TruthDig.com
It was about squads of police in high-tech riot gear, many with drawn semiautomatic weapons, bursting into houses. It was about seized computers, journals and political literature. It was about shutting down independent journalism, even at gunpoint.
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News Link • World News
Yuriko Koike seeks to become Japan's first female prime minister
09-09-2008
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www.telegraph.co.uk
Yuriko Koike, a former television news presenter, launched her campaign with a promise to rejuvenate the world's second-largest economy if she is selected to replace Yasuo Fukuda, who resigned last week after just a year in office.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
John Brakey Arrested For Discovering Election Fraud
9-9-08
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Bradblog.com
Brakey then wondered whether the serial numbers on the bag seals matched the serial numbers recorded by the precinct pollworkers when they sealed the ballots. One question led to another, and Brakey ended up in handcuffs.
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul - expect “something of an endorsement,”
9-9-2008
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Wall Street Journal
With a range of third-party candidates at his side " including the Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr, independent candidate Ralph Nader, the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin and the Green Party’s Cynthia McKinney " it’s with “a real effect on this fall
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Future Predictions
Obama’s Already Lost Election, Michelle Hated Hillary and Other Insights
09-09-2008
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Ginn
An Asian Times Online article predicts Democrat party professionals believe Obama has already lost the election--as well as some other interesting insights.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Future Predictions
Sarah Palin: Astrologer’s Predictions
09-09-2008
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Ginn
We took a look at astrologer's predictions for John McCain's VP pick, Sarah Palin. Is there bias among the MSP--Mainstream Psychics?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Eugenics
Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home
9-9-08
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WashingtonPost.com
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE
09-09-2008
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Yahoo News
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 - The Bush administration is planning to sell the United Arab Emirates an advanced U.S. missile defense system valued at up to $7 billion that could be used to defend against Iran. (of course,... Halliburton's HQ is there now)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Federer wins 5th straight Open, 13th major title
09-09-2008
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news.yahoo.com
Federer is the first man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win the tournament that many times in a row. He also moved within one major championship of tying Pete Sampras' career record of 14.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
New law targets stoned drivers in Canada
09-09-2008
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Montreal Gazette
Drivers who get behind the wheel while high on drugs will face roadside testing and they could be ordered to surrender urine, blood or saliva samples at the police station under a controversial law that takes effect one week from today.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Military
Russia and Venezuela to conduct joint naval exercises
09-09-2008
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LA Times Blog
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela's government has announced that his nation will carry out joint naval exercises with four Russian vessels in the Caribbean this year - a move that will do nothing to improve strained relations
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Foreign Policy
White House sets aside US-Russia nuclear agreement
09-09-2008
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Washington Post
The White House today pulled from congressional consideration an agreement with Russia for civilian nuclear cooperation, a move designed to show the adminstration's displeasure with Russian military action in Georgia for the past month.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Polish intelligence agents tell of CIA jails
09-09-2008
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BBC
Polish intelligence sources have for the first time confirmed that the US CIA ran a secret prison facility on Polish soil. The admission comes after a report found the CIA has operated prisons for terror suspects in Poland and Romania.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Sadly Ron Paul warned of Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs demise 5 years ago!
9-9-2008
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US House Congressional web site
This explicit promise by the Treasury to bail out GSEs in times of economic difficulty... is a promise on behalf of the government to engage in a huge unconstitutional and immoral income transfer from working Americans to holders of GSE debt.
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Powell Gammill
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