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Date Sent: 2009-01-14
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
Treasury Sec. didn't pay his taxes; hired illegal -- States push to collect taxes on Internet sales
The Afghan Scam -- Israeli Forces Enter Gaza City -- Chrysler in talks with Renault and Magna -- "The Daily Show" On Obama's Press Conference -- Obama Dines With Spendaholic NeoCons Warmongers -- Clinton Vows to Use Cabinet Position to Push for Climate Treaty -- Treasury: deficit hits new record in just 3 months -- State Pension Funds Face A Loss of $865 Billion and Accelerating -- False Flag Attacks This Weekend? -- A Runaway Train - by Jacob Hornberger -- Virginia Takes Con Con Stage - by Chuck Baldwin -- Jonathan Turley: Obama 'owns' Bush 'war crimes' if he looks the other way -- Kissinger Again Shills Obama and the New World Order -- Bernanke Urges ‘Strong Measures’ to Stabilize Banks by Creating Bad Banks -- Warren Buffett-Backed Chinese Electric Car Makes Detroit Debut -- Arizona: People Picking Up And Moving Out Of Phoenix -- Rumsfeld Sued Over Guantanamo Suicides -- War on GAZA with George Galloway
AZ: FreedomsPhoenix Workshop Open House Friday 16th
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News Link • Draft
Neocon Columnist Calls For Military Draft, Cites Possible Invasion Of Pakistan
01-13-2009
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PrisonPlanet.com
A Washington Times columnist, Tony Blankley, has claimed that a universal military draft is a key necessity if America is to survive. He's a former Reagan speechwriter, a former Newt Gingrich press secretary, and currently a Fellow at Heritage Fo
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Forces Enter Gaza City Neighborhood
01-13-2009
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HuffingtonPost.com
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip " Terrified residents ran for cover Tuesday in a densely populated neighborhood of Gaza City as Israeli troops backed by tanks thrust deeper into the city and sought Hamas fighters in alleyways and cellars.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Natalie Dylan Auctions Off Virginity For Offers Of Up To $3.7 Million
01-13-2009
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HuffingtonPost.com
Bidding in the auction for the virginity of Natalie Dylan, a 22-year-old student from San Diego, Calif., has reached absurd new highs. The Daily Telegraph has the story, saying that the price has now hit $3.7 million:
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Chrysler in talks with Renault and Magna: sources
01-13-2009
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Reuters
Chrysler is in talks to sell key assets to Nissan-Renault and auto supplier Magna as it rushes to restructure after taking $4 billion U.S. government loans, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Sex in 2009: Five Predictions From HBO's Sexpert
01-13-2009
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HuffingtonPost.com
3. You're going to be paying a lot less for it. - Nobody's going to put call girls in a higher tax bracket this year. With a tanking economy, streetwalkers, pole dancers and gold diggers alike are going to have to give it up for less.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
"The Daily Show" On Obama's Press Conference:
01-13-2009
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HuffingtonPost.com
"He's Still Got A Lot To Learn" (A sample of how Obama will be treating the Press Corp)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bernanke calls for banking clean-up
01-13-2009
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Financial Times
Ben Bernanke called for fresh efforts to clean up the US banking system on Tuesday, warning that fiscal stimulus measures alone would not be enough to overcome the economic crisis.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Dines With Conservative Opinion Leaders
01-13-2009
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com
...he is breaking bread with William Kristol and David Brooks. CBS News's Dan Raviv tells the press pool that the house, on Grafton Street in Chevy Chase, belongs to George Will. (Unless he's moved.) (CHANGE???)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Clinton Vows to Use Cabinet Position to Push for Climate Treaty
01-13-2009
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Business & Media Institute
At her confirmation hearing on Jan. 13, President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of State designate Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations committee she would use the office to shape foreign policy that would fight climate change. (VIDEO)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Bush Administration
Democrats seek criminal probe of Bush 'abuses'
01-13-2009
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MyWay - AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
California budget crisis forces universities to stop work on buildings in progress
1-13-09
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The Orange County Register
“I can’t ever remember having to stop construction on a building, but we’ve never faced a financial crisis like this,” said Ray Dormaier, UCI’s vice chancellor of planning and budget.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Treasury: deficit hits new record in just 3 months
01-13-2009
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Breibart.com
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department says the federal government already has run up a record deficit of $485.2 billion in just the first three months of the current budget year.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Geithner's Past Tax Problems Throw Wrench in Confirmation
01-13-2009
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Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Timothy Geithner didn't pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for several years while he worked for the International Monetary Fund, and he employed an immigrant housekeeper who briefly lacked proper work papers.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Arizona Libertarian Party State Convention Jan 30th
01-13-2009
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www.AZLP.org
Speakers: Luncheon Speaker, Clint Bolick, Goldwater Institute - Dinner Speaker, Hon. John Buttrick - Running A Successful Libertarian Campaign, Scott Stewart - Grasroots Activism, Ernest Hancock
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Communications
Olbermann Tortures the Intellect Again by Complaining about Torture on 24
01-13-2009
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Paul Levinson
Olbermann says 24 is "neo con soft porn" ... he's likely never seen an episode, let alone an entire season ...
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Paul Levinson
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News Link • TAXES: State
States push to collect taxes on Internet sales
01-13-2009
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USA Today
Gotta pay for all those programs somehow!
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Bush Administration
W's Greatest Hits
1-13-2009
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Slate
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.""Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Art
"Unbelievable" Artist who can't read or write creates microscopic sculptures in the ey
01-13-2009
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YouTube by Catherine Abbitt
Willard Wigan can neither read or write but his collection of microscopic sculptures sold for $20 million! Charles Gibson of Good Morning America tells the story.
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Catherine Abbitt
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
State Pension Funds Face A Loss of $865 Billion and Accelerating
1-13-09
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news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/
The $865 billion in losses, which exceed the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program that Congress approved in October, comes as states face budget deficits totaling $42 billion.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Conspiracies
"Crisis" on Jan. 21 or Jan. 22??? False Flag??
01-13-2009
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YouTube by Catherine Abbitt
How do Colin Powell and Joe Biden know when there will be a crisis of 9/11 proportion but don't know what??? This is very suspicious.
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Catherine Abbitt
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News Link • Eugenics
CHANGE, the video!
1-13-2009
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Reason.tv
Barack Obama promised to bring change to Washington, D.C. How's that working out so far?
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Future Predictions
False Flag Attacks This Weekend?
01-13-2009
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http://freedomfighterradio.net
We have received very credible information that not only one, but two WMD events will possibly occur this weekend in the West. If these events occur they will have a profound impact on a global scale. Not only will this be the breaking point of the w
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Does "Depression Economics" Change the Rules?
1-13-2009
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Mises.org / Robert Murphy
Keynesians act as if all problems can be patched up by a simple boost of "aggregate demand." [However], the economy's capital structure was thrown into an unsustainable condition, and it takes time for the mess to be sorted out.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Energy
Energy Star Program to get Even Stricter
01-13-2009
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ElectronicHouse.com
Too many TV manufacturers have been able to meet the goals of the government's voluntary energy star program, so they've got to raise expectations. Why doesn't it work this way with autos?
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
A Runaway Train
1-13-2009
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FFF / Jacob Hornberger
As long as one operates within the conservative-liberal paradigm of the welfare-warfare state, there is no solution. Things are only going to get worse.
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Brock Lorber
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Opinion • Philosophy: Political
Recommended Reading For 2009
01-13-2009
Chuck Baldwin
I would like to take the opportunity this column affords for my annual
review of some books that I have found to be extremely helpful and that, I
believe, would greatly benefit any American who truly loves freedom and
constitutional government.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Jonathan Turley: Obama 'owns' Bush 'war crimes' if he looks the other way
1-13-09
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Rawstory.com
""It generally does not protect people like Bush," Turley explained. "You really can't go out and get radical or extreme lawyers, like John Yoo and Viet Dinh, and get them to enable you to do things that you know is a war crim
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Beazer Homes: Sales Off 56 Percent
1-13-09
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CalculatedRiskblog.com
Net new home orders totaled 551 for the quarter, a decrease of 56.0% from 1,252 net orders in the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. ... The cancellation rate for the first quarter was 45.6%
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Bush Administration Hosts Terror-Attack Exercise for Obama Team
1-13-09
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Bloomberg.com
Bolten, joined by incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, was leading the exercise: a series of hypothetical terrorist attacks on “numerous American cities” that wipe out roads, bridges and other transportation arteries, according to White
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Kissinger Again Shills Obama and the New World Order
1-13-09
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Prisonplanet.com/
“The extraordinary impact of the president-elect on the imagination of humanity is an important element in shaping a new world order.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bernanke Urges ‘Strong Measures’ to Stabilize Banks by Creating Bad Banks
1-13-09
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Bloomberg.com
Another measure “would be to set up and capitalize so- called bad banks, which would purchase assets from financial institutions in exchange for cash and equity in the bad banks,” he said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Warren Buffett-Backed Chinese Electric Car Makes Detroit Debut
1-13-09
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CNBC.com
CNBC's team at the Detroit Auto Show shot some video of the car, described by the manufacturer as a "mid-size five passenger crossover vehicle" with a range of about 250 miles on a single charge.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona: People Picking Up And Moving Out Of Phoenix
1-12-09
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HousingDoom.com
How is Phoenix going to get rid of that oversupply of empty houses if people are picking up and moving out of the Valley?
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Napolitano: Arizona must make wise budget cuts - as I flee to DC
1-13-09
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AZcentral.com/
Napolitano's plea as part of the annual State of the State address, her seventh, came amid talk that budget cuts may undo much of her work over the past six years, with everything from all-day kindergarten to grants for the state's fledgling
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bush Administration
Is Bush Tanking Stocks to Grab the Remaining $350 Billion TARP?
1-12-09
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NakedCapitalism.com
Bush is making it sound as if it is imperative that the remaining TARP funds be released, which is justifiable only if there is some disaster in the making that needs to be averted between now and January 20. The only candidate that might fit that de
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bush Administration
Rumsfeld Sued Over Guantanamo Suicides
01-13-2009
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http://www.law.com
The parents of two detainees who committed suicide while held at Guantanamo Bay have filed a wrongful death suit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, as well as more than 100 military officers and personnel, alleging that Gitmo’s brutal
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Economic Crash Winter 2009
01-13-2009
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http://survivemartiallaw.com
There’s so many things ‘in the works’ I’ll simply give you the bottom line since it’s too easy to get wrapped up in details. Recall please, we thought Martial Law would be imposed by now since “ALL” the pieces were in place and Directive 51, Rex 84 a
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