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Date Sent: 2009-01-31
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, January 31, 2009 AM Edition |
Supreme Court Steps Closer to Repeal of Evidence Ruling -- Tax issues emerge in Daschle nomination
Blackwater Mercs Likely to Stay in Iraq, Despite Gov't Ban -- Federal Regulators Seize, Sell Md. Bank -- GDP sees biggest drop in 27 years -- Rise Up Now or Forever Live On Your Knees -- As Wall Street falters, Washington's star rises -- Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman -- Press Secretary Gibbs Refuses to Talk about Obama's Position on Fairness Doctrine -- How Safe Is the U.S. Army's Body Armor? -- RNC Chairman Duncan Abandons Re-election Bid -- HONEST MONEY BILL - STATES MUST ADOPT -- SKorea Downplays NKorea's Vow To Drop Peace Pact -- FBI: Burgeoning Gangs Behind Up To 80% Of U.S. Crime -- Alaskans Brace for Redoubt Volcano Eruption -- Official: Blackwater Contract for Iraq Not Renewed
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Blackwater Mercs Likely to Stay in Iraq, Despite Gov't Ban
1-31-200
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Wired
If Blackwater is no longer allowed to operate in Iraq there's no legal reason why other firms can't scoop up Blackwater's employees. "State simply issues a task order to DynCorp or Triple Canopy, who turn around and hire Blackwater**
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Supreme Court Steps Closer to Repeal of Evidence Ruling
1-31-2009
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NY Times
In 1983, a young lawyer was hard at work on “the campaign to amend or abolish the exclusionary rule” " the principle that evidence obtained by police misconduct cannot be used against a defendant [and is excluded].
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Federal Regulators Seize, Sell Md. Bank
1-31-2009
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Washington Post
Federal regulators seized Suburban Federal Savings Bank in the first bank failure in the Washington area since 1993. Suburban Federal, a small bank with 7 branches, was immediately sold to Virginia-based Bank of Essex. All deposits were protected.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Government imposed on Somalia
1-30-2009
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NY Times
A moderate Islamic cleric was elected president of Somalia early Saturday morning by the Somali Parliament, which was meeting in Djibouti.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Secrecy Surrounds Kenyan Election Poll
1-30-2009
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NY Times
Mr. Flottman, East Africa director for the International Republican Institute, the pro-democracy group that administered the poll, said he had believed that the results would promptly be made public, as a check against election fraud by either side.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Tax issues emerge in Daschle nomination
1-30-2009
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AP
Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Obama to lead his health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in unpaid taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GDP sees biggest drop in 27 years
1-30-2009
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Reuters
The U.S. economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Friday, sinking deeper into a recession. A broad-based contraction across nearly all sectors, the Commerce Department said gross domestic
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • God, Government and other assorted myths....
As Wall Street falters, Washington's star rises
1-30-2009
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Reuters
As Wall Street suffers through its worst slump in memory, New York City risks tarnishing its image as the city that drives America. Waiting to fill the gap is Washington, home to a popular president and a Congress whose mood matches that of a public
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Rise Up Now or Forever Live On Your Knees
01-030-2009
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http://freedomfighterradio.net/
Remember how we for years were told that the NAU, CFR, TRANS-Texas Corridor,and FEMA Camps were all myths and now we see this is not the case.Not to mention how we were lied to about 911 and the Iraq war also, which has now cost countless lives. We c
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman
1-30-2009
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AP
The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The choice marked no less than "the dawn of a new party,'
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Joe Biden's War - Part 6 - Civil Liberties
1-30-2009
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HA Seattle
Biden was instrumental in ushering in an era where open discussion about drugs is treated as a threat. Now, he must recognize that it’s the lack of an open discussion about this issue that’s the real threat.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Press Secretary Gibbs Refuses to Talk about Obama's Position on Fairness Doctrine
01-30-2009
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Paul Levinson
The doctrine deserved to be abolished as a clear violation of First Amendment - reinstating it now, as some Democrats are talking about, would be a big step backward in protection of our freedoms.
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Paul Levinson
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News Link • Military
How Safe Is the U.S. Army's Body Armor?
1-30-209
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Time.com via Yahoo! News
The U.S. Army has ordered a recall of more than 16,000 sets of body armor after an audit by the inspector general of the Defense Department concluded that they failed tests to meet Army specifications.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
RNC Chairman Duncan Abandons Re-election Bid
1-30-2009
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AP via Yahoo! News
"Obviously the winds of change are blowing," Duncan said as he withdrew from the race and got a standing ovation. (Ya think?)
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
New Attorney General Faces UFO Diplomacy Dilemma
1-29-2009
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Examiner.com via Rense.com
He will have to hit the ground running when he starts his new job due to a highly unusual request from the Mayor of London.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
HONEST MONEY BILL - STATES MUST ADOPT
1-29-2009
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News With Views via Rense.com
For many years, Dr. Edwin Vieira has worked with patriots in the State of New Hampshire to get what is called an 'honest money bill' through their General Court. Unfortunately...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Food
Take Bacon. Add Sausage. O.K. You got my attention.
01-30-2009
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H/T: www.TheAgitator.com via NYTimes.com
FOR a nation seeking unity, a recipe has swept the Internet that seems to unite conservatives and liberals, gun owners and foodies, carnivores and ... well, not vegetarians and health fanatics. This recipe is the Bacon Explosion
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Andre Campos
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News Link • World News
SKorea Downplays NKorea's Vow To Drop Peace Pact
1-30-2009
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Yahoo! News
North Korea's vow to abandon all peace agreements with Seoul drew a mild response Friday from South Korea's president.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
FBI: Burgeoning Gangs Behind Up To 80% Of U.S. Crime
1-30-2009
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USA Today
Criminal gangs in the USA have swelled to an estimated 1 million members responsible for up to 80% of crimes in communities across the nation.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • MEDIA GOVERNMENT REFERENCES
Official: Blackwater Contract for Iraq Not Renewed
1-30-2009
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Breitbart via DrudgeReport
A senior U.S. official says the State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Events: America
Alaskans Brace for Redoubt Volcano Eruption
1-30-2009
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apnews.myway.com via DrudgeReport.com
Monitoring earthquakes underneath the 10,200-foot Redoubt Volcano about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory warned that an eruption was imminent.
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Ed Vallejo
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