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Date Sent: 2008-12-12
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Friday, December 12, 2008

Asian Stocks, US Futures, Dollar Tumble as Bailout Fails -- Obama will nuke Iran if Israel nuked

Korea Nuclear Talks Collapse -- Rumsfeld responsible for torture -- Senate Abandons Auto Bailout Bid -- Disgraced Federal Prosecutor Seeks to Punish Detroit Press Reporter -- Online Journalists Now The Most Jailed -- School appeals to Supreme Court to remove student's Rights -- Atheist's ideas banned in California -- Judge finds Simpsons sex cartoon to be child porn -- Bank of America to Cut 30,000 to 35,000 Positions -- Ron Paul speaks against the auto bailout before the vote -- Clinton to earn about $4,700 less than Rice -- Ron Paul: Printing Money Only Prolongs The Pain -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: California faces "financial Armageddon" -- Foreclosure Storm Will Hit U.S. in ‘09 Amid Job Loss -- Ford Bailout Money Unnecessary -- Chinese Investors Smell Blood in California -- Taliban Support Increasing, Holds 72% Of Afghanistan -- Legalize Methamphetamine! - by Marc Victor -- Jobless claims hit 26-year high of 573,000 -- Yolanda Madden: Collateral Damage from Odessa's War on People - by Brock Lorber -- Politics = Corruption - by Larken Rose AZ: Maricopa County Libertarian Party 2008 Organizing Meeting Saturday

News Link • Economy - International
Asian Stocks, U.S. Futures, Dollar Tumble as Auto Bailout Fails
12-12-2008 • Bloomberg
Asian stocks, U.S. index futures and the dollar tumbled after the Senate rejected a $14 billion automaker bailout plan for American automakers, threatening millions of jobs and a deepening of the global recession. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Foreign Policy
In Setback for Bush, Korea Nuclear Talks Collapse
12-12-2008 • NY Times
A final push by President Bush to complete an agreement to dismantle North Korea’s nuclear weapons program collapsed Thursday, leaving the confrontation with one of the world’s most isolated and intractable nations to the administration of President- Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Legislative Mischief
Rumsfeld responsible for torture
12-12-2008 • NY Times
A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush administration officials, including Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary, bore major responsibility for the abuses committed by American troops in Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Black Friday: Senate Abandons Auto Bailout Bid
12-12-2008 • NY Times
The Senate on Thursday night abandoned efforts to fashion a government rescue of the American automobile industry, as Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional Democrats. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in LA at 85
12-11-2008 • Washington Post
Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Media: Print
Disgraced Federal Prosecutor Seeks to Punish Detroit Press Reporter
12-11-2008 • Jonathan Turley
An ex-federal prosecutor was hammered by a federal judge for his allegedly unethical conduct in the terrorism case and investigated by the Justice Dept. for his misconduct. He is now moving against a Detroit Free Press reporter who has refused to dis Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Media: Internet
Online Journalists Now The Most Jailed
12-11-2008 • National Expositor
More online journalists are in prison globally than any other reporters working in any other medium, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. [Because they don't work for the government and ask too many questions.] Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Teen Posted as Sex Offender for Consensual Sex With Another Teen
12-11-2008 • Jonathan Turley
While the judge would later expunge that record, Oklahoma still insists on registering him as a high-risk sex offender �" forcing him to live like a pariah and satisfy the various restrictions put in place for recidivist child molesters. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Education: Government Schools
Michigan State to student: Political e-mail is spam
12-11-2008 • CNET News
Most schools encourage students to become active in campus politics. Not Michigan State University, which has filed disciplinary charges against a student leader who sent e-mail criticizing an abbreviated fall semester. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Education: Government Schools
School appeals to Supreme Court to remove student's Rights
12-11-2008 • Thomas Jefforson Center
The Watson Chapel School District has filed a petition to have the United States Supreme Court decide the legality of punishing students for wearing protest armbands. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Atheist's ideas banned in California
12-11-2008 • Jonathan Turley
The atheist billboard reading “Imagine No Religion” has been taken down shortly after it was put up in Rancho Cucamonga, California. There were 90 complaints and the city demanded its removal and the General Outdoor company was more than willing to c Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Man Arrested for Using Computer-Generated Picture of Real Girl Engaged in Fake Sex Act
12-11-2008 • Jonathan Turley
There could be a major criminal case emerging from Lynchburg, Virginia where prosecutors have charged Ronald Wojdyla, 57, with child pornography for superimposing his picture over a picture of an 11-year-old girl. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Armed anti-pedophile cops swoop on video site uploader
12-11-2008 • The Register
A video sharing website user who posted a clip of a man apparently swinging a baby around has had his house raided by an armed Australian police anti-pedophile squad. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge finds Simpsons sex cartoon to be child porn
12-11-2008 • Classically Liberal
Alan McEwan was charged, tried and convicted of owning child pornography in his native Australia. But, before you jump to conclusions, the alleged porn he owned was a satirical cartoon of the characters from the Simpsons. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Feature Article  • Economy - Economics USA
FreedomsPhoenix's new features coming online soon, and...
Ernest Hancock
   ...FreedomsPhoenix editors are working on what is likely in store for the country and the world's economy now. ...and you can help
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News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
>>>>>>>TIME FOR A BREAK<<<<<<<
12-11-2008 • www.recipezaar.com
With all the bad economic news, let's chill out and explore our creative side and make some homemade.....KAHLUA! - Just for fun :) Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul speaks against the auto bailout before the vote
12-11-2008 • CNN
But nobody is listening. Ron Paul says this whole bailout is a smokescreen for avoiding dealing with the real economic problems in our collapsing economy. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bank of America to Cut 30,000 to 35,000 Positions
12-11-08 • Bloomberg.com
The final number of job cuts won’t be decided until early next year, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said in a statement today. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Constitution
Clinton to earn about $4,700 less than Rice
12/11/2008 • Yahoo News
Sen. Hillary Clinton would make about $4,700 less as secretary of state than her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice. Congress late Wednesday lowered the salary for the nation's top diplomat to keep Clinton's nomination from running afoul of the Co Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jim Kaiser

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bobbleheads - Kudlow, Cramer, Pelosi et al
12-09-08 • Realestateandhousing2.blogspot.com
Here are a few thoughts for those that have started thinking we might be at the bottom . . . as we are now hearing from the clowns, like Kudlow, Cramer and many of the other Bobbleheads that almost appear to be intentionally misleading us into very d Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul: Printing Money Only Prolongs The Pain (VIDEO)
12-11-08 • PropagandaMatrix.com
"Instead we just carry on doing the same old thing....we spend more money, we run up more debt, we print more money, and we think that's gonna solve the problem that was created by spending too much money, running up debt" stated the Co Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: California faces "financial Armageddon"
12-11-08 • sfgate.com/
Without action this year, the state could be staring at a deficit as great as $40 billion by June 2010, an administration official said. Schwarzenegger is expected to share the bad news with legislative leaders in a budget negotiating meeting today. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Foreclosure Storm Will Hit U.S. in ‘09 Amid Job Loss
12-11-08 • Bloomberg.com
“We’re going to see a pretty significant storm next year,” Rick Sharga, executive vice president of marketing for Irvine, California-based RealtyTrac, said in an interview. “There are two or three clouds that suggest a pretty heavy downpour.” Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Israel
Obama will nuke Iran if Israel nuked, official says
12-11-08 • Rawstory.com
Under such an agreement, the United States would promise to use nuclear weapons against Iran should Israel be atomically attacked. Obama's secretary of State, Sen. Hillary Clinton, promised a similar "massive response" should Israel com Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Constitution
Clinton to earn about $4,700 less than Rice (can you say "Saxby Fix"?)
12-11-2008 • Yahoo! News
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would make about $4,700 less as secretary of state... to keep Clinton's nomination from running afoul of the Constitution. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ed Vallejo

News Link • Transportation
Ford Bailout Money Unnecessary, Company Says
12-11-2008 • Huffington Post
By shunning government loans, Ford Motor Co.'s top executives say they hope to buff up the automaker's image and set it apart from its cash-starved Detroit competitors Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Keepin' It Real Estate: Chinese Investors Smell Blood in California
12-11-08 • minyanville.com/
The Los Angeles Times paints a colorful picture of “Caravans of cash-rich Chinese in Hummers and Lincoln Navigators weaving through American neighborhoods in recent months, looking for foreclosures and other bargain properties to buy.” Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Baby Girl Born From Full Ovary Transplant
12-11-2008 • Huffingtonpost.com
Doctors in St. Louis said they have successfully transplanted a full ovary from a volunteer, allowing her infertile twin sister to give birth to a healthy baby girl on November 11. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Jennifer Aniston Naked
12-11-2008 • Huffington Post
Jennifer Aniston poses in nothing but a necktie on the January '09 cover of GQ magazine. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
8 Really, Really Scary Predictions - Whitney, Roubini, Rogers, Shiller and more
12-11-08 • money.cnn.com/
So far we've had TARP 1.0, TARP 2.0, and TARP 3.0, and I'm certain there will be a 4.0, a 5.0, and a 6.0. There has to be, because the companies cannot raise the capital they need, which means that the default provider of capital has to be th Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • WAR: About that War
Michael Ware's Tortured World: "I Am Not The Same Fucking Person"
12-11-2008 • Huffingtonpost.com
"I am not the same fucking person," he tells me. "I am not the same person. I don't know how to come home." Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • WAR: About that War
Taliban Support Increasing, Holds 72 % Of Afghanistan: Report
12-11-2008 • Virginia M. Moncrieff for Huffington Post
If you are currently living in Kabul, you are residing in a city with a "permanent Taliban presence" according to a new report by The International Council on Security and Development (ICOS). Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
More Minnesota Absentee Ballots Found; Franken Makes Major Push
12-11-2008 • Huffingtonpost.com
The Minnesota Senate recount campaign has firmly entered its legal stages, with Al Franken's chief counsel sending a lengthy and sharply argued memorandum to the Secretary of State's office on Thursday Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Federal Reserve
Den Of Liars
12-11-08 • Market-Ticker.denninger.net
We haven't had an expansion in GDP over the last eight years. Congress and its organs of reporting economic "facts" have lied. We have in fact actually seen about a 10% contraction in real GDP from 2000 levels; the "expansion" Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
Powell Gammill speaking on Bioterrorism, and the Anthrax attack of 2001
Powell Gammill
   Powell Gammill founded and managed a government bioterrorism detection laboratory. He will discuss bioterrorism, the 2001 anthrax mailings and the FBI's recent case against the conveniently deceased Dr. Bruce Ivins as the murderer.
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Opinion  • Books
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Bicycling Around the World: A Christmas Tale About a Man Named Joe--Funny as all git out!
12-11-2--8
Frosty Wooldridge
   Ever meet up with someone who drove you crazy? You wanted to wring their neck? You couldn't get away from him or her? Well Joe is such a man and this is his story of religion, embarrassment and skulduggery!
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Opinion  • Environment
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Our Troubled Country: When It Comes to Water, I'm SO Dry, I Can't Spit!
12-11-2008
Frosty Wooldridge
   America faces a water crisis that grows annually as we add 3.1 million more people to the USA. Find out the ramifications for plants, animals and humans in 30 years when another 100 million added Americans touch down on our soil.
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Opinion  • Politics: General Activism
CONNECTING THE DOTS
THE INAUGURAL SPEECH PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO GIVE
11-11-2008
Frosty Wooldridge
   Every American possesses a 'wish list' for the incoming Obama presidency. You may agree with the following 19 initiatives to create a renewal in America for all her citizens.
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Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
Maricopa County Libertarian Party 2008 MCLP Organizing Meeting
Donna Hancock
   2008 MCLP Organizing Meeting, Saturday December 13th, 11:00 AM. This is a statutory meeting.
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Opinion  • Drug War
Legalize Methamphetamine!
03-27-2006
Marc J. Victor
   "I’m the last guy who ought to argue for the legalization of meth.[1] As a practicing criminal defense attorney, I make a good income from defending people who are charged with drug crimes..."
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News Link • Transportation
Coping with light-rail costs
12/11/08 • azcentral.com
Metro light rail faces plenty of challenges running its new transit system. It has trains to take care of, schedules to meet and the complex demands of planning extensions. Just as difficult: juggling the money to pay for it all. The $1.4 BILLION sp Read Full Story
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Reported by: Thomas Costanzo

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Jobless claims hit 26-year high of 573,000
12-11-08 • Rawstory.com
"The U.S. labor market weakened further last week, with the number of first-time filings for state unemployment benefits jumping by 58,000 to a 26-year high of 573,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Largest Moon of 2008
12-11-2008 • Catherine Abbitt
The Full Cold Moon - December 12th Sky watchers will be dazzled by an exceptionally high, bright, and large Moon. In fact, this Moon is 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons this year. Why? The Moon is both in its full phase and at a p Read Full Story
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Reported by: Catherine Abbitt

Feature Article  • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Yolanda Madden: Collateral Damage from Odessa's War on People
Brock Lorber
   In June 2005, Madden was arrested for possession of methamphetamines that a police informant had planted on her. Although police realized they targeted the wrong person, she's paying for their corruption with 8 years of her life.
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Opinion  • Corruption
Roll the bones...Get Busy!
Politics = Corruption
12/10/08
Thomas Costanzo
   By Larken Rose
Politicians are crooks. Does anyone NOT know that? What's really amazing is that, despite how often they get caught doing shady things, some people apparently think that such events are unusual. Getting CAUGHT may no
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