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Date Sent: 2009-01-07
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, January 7, 2009 |
Military judge orders secret 9/11 trials -- Obama: Trillion Dollar Budget Deficits for Years to Come
Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post -- Ron Paul Stresses Neutrality In Gaza "a Concentration Camp" -- Humans as Livestock - by Paul Bonneau -- Fears mount of Gaza conflict spill over in Europe -- Alcoa to Cut 13,500 Jobs -- 94th's most richest person throws himself under train over debt -- Banker Bailout Cost Exceeds All American Wars -- Sen. Feinstein upset over Obama's CIA pick -- Krugman: Fed Can't Save Us from Great Depression II -- The Treasury Bubble and the Central Banks: Imbalance à Go Go -- Ivy Zelman: "Expecting a Tsunami of Foreclosures Over The Next Several Years" -- Trans-Texas Corridor is dead, TxDOT chief says -- Ill. impeachment panel may end without FBI tapes -- Israeli tank fire kills 40 at U.N. school -- Russian gas disruption spreads across Europe -- FBI plans large hiring blitz of agents, experts -- Burris denied seat in US Senate to succeed Obama -- Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 -- Deadly Red Light Cameras Returning to Virginia -- Its not my debt, the children Speak up about the national debt is the governments not theirs! -- Ron Paul at Madhoff hearing -- The Manipulation of Gold and Silver Prices
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post
1-6-2009
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CNET
[change] As president-elect, one of Obama's first tech-related decisions has been to select the Recording Industry Association of America's favorite lawyer to be the third in command at the Justice Department. And Obama's pick as deputy a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
San Francisco Chronicle names BART police officer Johannes Mehserle as Oscar Grant’s shooter
1-6-2009
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Blog of Bile
Five days have passed since a BART police officer shot and killed an unarmed rider on a station platform, but the officer has not given a statement to investigators about what happened and the transit agency has apparently not forced him to do so.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Ron Paul Stresses Neutrality In Gaza "a Concentration Camp" 01-05-09
1-6-2009
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Youtube
Ron Paul Stresses Neutraliy In Gaza "a Concentration Camp" 01-05-09...Listen closely to what Dr. Paul says. Then do your homework. Google: "Arthur James Balfour" and "Balfour Declaration of 1917". Also, know that Israel
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Oakland Ca. Police Execute Unarmed Man in Public; Shot in Back
01-07-2009
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http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-2881-0-11-11--
OAKLAND, Calif. (Map, News) - Law enforcement officials urged patience while they investigated details surrounding the fatal New Year’s Day shooting of a 22-year-old man by a transit agency police officer.
Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Chief Gary
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Draft
Humans as Livestock
by Paul Bonneau
1-6-2009
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The Liertarian Enterprise
Stefan Molyneux has put out a remarkable video that takes a look at the human condition. It explains why we are being treated like livestock lately. Human society is a farm, with the ruling class as the farmers and the rest of us as cattle.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Bill Maher's final comment from Religulous
01-06-2009
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YouTube - Bill Maher
Bill Maher's final comment from Religulous, which is of grave importance to the society in which we exist. Atheists must com together, and help the world move on, so that a safer future can be insured for ourselves and for our children.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Reasonable, Common Sense Regulation
by A.X. Perez
1-6-2009
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The Liertarian Enterprise
First of let me state clearly that about the only weapons civilians shouldn't be allowed to own are thermonuclear explosives exceeding five megatons (about right for penetrating Far West Texas caliche and blasting out medium large mesquite roots)
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
The Bubble of U.S.-Israeli Dominance
by Will Grigg
1-6-2009
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Pro Liberate
As is the case whenever Israel conducts a major military campaign, the ongoing IDF assault on Gaza " which has annihilated hundreds of non-combatants, including children -- has flushed the bigots out of the brush. One particularly notorious specimen
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israel Has No Right To Exist
by Puck T. Smith
1-6-2009
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The Libertarian Enterprise
I have been watching with horror as the current escalation of violence between the government of Israel and Hamas thrusts itself upon the consciousness of the world. It has prompted me to consider the oft repeated canard about Israel's "righ
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Fears mount of Gaza conflict spill over in Europe
1-6-2009
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AP
Government officials and Jewish leaders are concerned the conflict in Gaza may spill over into violence in Europe, with attacks reported against Jews and synagogues in France, Sweden and Britain.
Assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Israel
The True Face of Israel's Enemy
01/06/2009
Mike Renzulli
It's time to clear the air about the true nature and intent of the enemy Israel is combatting and how the people who follow militant forms of Islam are a threat to our freedoms and way of life.
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Democratic leaders seek to resolve Burris saga
1-6-2009
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AP
"Does the governor have the power, under law, to make the appointment? And the answer is yes," said Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, which judges the credentials of senators. "If you don't seat Mr. Burris, it ha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Military judge orders secret 9/11 trials
1-6-2009
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Washington Post
The military judge overseeing proceedings against five of the men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks signed an order designed to protect classified information that is so broad it could prevent public scrutiny of the most important trial
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Depression
Alcoa to Cut 13,500 Jobs
01/06/2007
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Yahoo News
Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13 percent of its work force, and slash spending and output to cope with the global economic slowdown.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
94th's richest person throws himself under train over debt
1-6-2009
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Bloomberg
Merckle, whose estimated $9.2 billion fortune put him 94th on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people, was hurt by bets on Volkswagen AG, a drop in the value of HeidelbergCement stock and increasing debt. The family’s spiraling debt threatened hol
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banker Bailout Cost Exceeds All American Wars
1-06-09
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Accuracy in Media.org
“The total value of the bailouts undertaken by the federal government in 2008 now exceeds the combined cost of every major war the United States has ever engaged in, according to a comparison of war costs calculated by the Congressional Research Serv
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Utah Attorney General: BCS May Violate Antitrust Laws
01-06-2009
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AP via Yahoo Sports
The Utes will finish this college football season as the only undefeated Division I team, but won't play for the national championship--a scenario that bewilders Utah AG Mark Shurtleff.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Democrats share heady visions of their omnipotence
1-6-2009
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Wall Street Journal
Democrats. Like the Congress of 76 years ago, they are converging on Washington with a popular new president, significant congressional majorities and, perhaps most important, a shaken public eager for government to try something new.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Sen. Feinstein upset over Obama's CIA pick
1-6-2009
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Bloomberg
Feinstein said in a statement she knew “nothing” about the selection of Panetta until media reports yesterday. An aide to Rockefeller who spoke to the senator said the West Virginia Democrat wasn’t consulted. Feinstein said she wants an “intelligence
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt
1-6-2009
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Washington Post
Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent." His seat was changed from the fron
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Krugman: Fed Can't Save Us from Great Depression II
1-06-09
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finance.yahoo.com/
The fact is that recent economic numbers have been terrifying, not just in the United States but around the world. Manufacturing, in particular, is plunging everywhere. Banks aren't lending; businesses and consumers aren’t spending. Let's not
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Sees Trillion Dollar Budget Deficits for Years to Come
1-06-09
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Jessescrossroadcafe.blogspot.com
“Potentially we’ve got trillion-dollar deficits for years to come, even with the economic recovery we are working on...”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Treasury Bubble and the Central Banks: Imbalance à Go Go
1-06-09
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Jessescrossroadcafe.blogspot.com
There should be little doubt why there is a bubble in Treasuries, and why the Federal Reserve is in the market buying mortgage debt.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ivy Zelman: "Expecting a Tsunami of Foreclosures Over The Next Several Years"
1-06-09
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CNBC.com
Ivy Zelman stated her opinion during this morning's interview that the housing market would be much worse in 2009 when compared to 2008
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Activism
Tucson Sign Wave / Demonstration
01/06/2009
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tucson.cameraFRAUD.com
CameraFRAUD Tucson is holding its first demonstration on the corner of Oracle and River this Saturday. WHEN: Saturday, Jan 10 @ 10:00 AM, WHERE: Oracle Rd and River Rd, Tucson AZ
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Environment
Chemtrail Fallout In NoCal,
SoOR Newspaper Ad
01-05-2009
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Rense.com
Full-page advertisement placed in a Redding, California paper recently by a group of concerned citizens
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Transportation
Trans-Texas Corridor Dead or in a Coma?
01-06-2009
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Independent Texans
It appears today that TxDOT has come to its knees " at least for the moment, and we can claim a important though partial victory in fighting the mammoth Trans-Texas Corridor. To be sure, this is TxDOT spin, but it is clear that they are responding to
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Catherine Abbitt
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News Link • North American Union
Trans-Texas Corridor is dead, TxDOT chief says
01-06-2009
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chron.com via Rense.com
"The Trans-Texas Corridor, as it is known, no longer exists," said Amadeo Saenz Jr., executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation, at the agency's annual forum in Austin.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Senate secretary turns away Burris
01-06-2009
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Associated Press
Roland Burris leaves the U.S. Capitol Tuesday after he was turned away when he appeared to take the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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Catherine Abbitt
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News Link • Corruption
Ill. impeachment panel may end without FBI tapes
1-6-2009
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AP
Blagojevich is also charged with illegally plotting to use his power as governor to squeeze roadbuilders, a harness racing executive and the head of a children's hospital among others for hefty campaign contributions.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israeli tank fire kills 40 at U.N. school
1-6-2008
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Reuters
Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international calls for a halt to Israel's Gaza offensive.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Russian gas disruption spreads across Europe
1-6-2008
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Reuters
Russia sharply cut gas flows to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday in a dramatic worsening of a pricing dispute with Kiev that threatened to disrupt supplies as far west as Italy and Germany. Russian export monopoly Gazprom said it supplied some 65 millio
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FBI plans large hiring blitz of agents, experts
1-6-2008
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Reuters
Wanted by the FBI: agents, language specialists, computer experts, intelligence analysts and finance experts. The FBI launched one of the largest hiring blitzes in its history involving 2,100 professional staff and 850 special agents vacancies aimed
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Burris denied seat in US Senate to succeed Obama
1-6-2008
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AP
Standing amid a huge throng of reporters and television cameras in a cold and steady rain, Burris, 71, declared that he had been informed that "my credentials are not in order and will not be accepted."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Deadly Red Light Cameras Returning to Virginia
01/06/2009
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dc.cameraFRAUD.com
Certain municipalities had the legal authority to use red light cameras in Virginia from 1995 to 2005. The result? Rear end accidents increased 42%, angle accidents increased 20%, and injury accidents increased 18%. The total number of accidents inc
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News Link • Homeland Security
Lockheed Martin to build High Altitude Airship for homeland security
01-07-2009
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http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-2874-0-14-14--
Although it’s not exactly shocking to hear of yet another homeland security application that seems to border on Big Brother, Lockheed Martin’s High Altitude Airship could keep an elevated eye on 600 miles of US countryside at any given time, and if a
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Constitution
Bob Schultz in Denver - Continental Congress 2009
01-06-2009
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We The People Fondation
The Chairman of the We The People Foundation, Bob Schultz, will be in Denver, Colorado on January 14th, 2009 for the Colorado Regional Meeting at 7:00 PM at the Ramada Plaza Convention Center located off I-25 at 120th Avenue (exit 223) The who, what,
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James Paul Madison Betting
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Its not my debt, the children Speak up about the national debt is the governments not theirs!
12/05/09
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youtube.com
Let your kid tell the world on a nationally televised commercial that "It's not their debt!" This video brought to you by http://FreedomsPhoenix.com "It's not my debt"
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul at Madhoff hearing
12/05/08
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cspan.org
Dr. Paul speaking at 28 minutes and 1:41 into hearing. Of course the CON-gressmen of the committee shows how they must improve legislation so that the investor CON-fidence is restored in the schemes. Dr. Paul mentions on the record that the biggest
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Manipulation of Gold and Silver Prices
1/5/09
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http://seekingalpha.com/
Every time a geo-political event, or a serious economic happening, such as the collapse of Bear-Stearns, causes gold to rise, (as it would be expected to do since it has always been a ‘safe haven investment’), the price immediately gets trounced, and
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