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Date Sent: 2009-02-19
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, February 19, 2009 AM Edition
 
Bank woes force Germany into nationalization -- Australia's Toilet Tax charges Aussies per flush

Fed Leaders Issue Bleak Forecast -- A Swiss Bank Is Set to Open Its Secret Files -- Body scanners replace metal detectors in tryout at airport -- Student Arrested For Classroom Texting -- Woman to stand trial for selling pierced cats -- Woman seen tampering with baby food denied bond -- 2 former border agents released from prison -- Accused Financier Scammer Stanford Missing -- California Senate Deadlocked; Republicans Oust Leader -- GOP governors consider turning down stimulus money -- Ariz. paper sues band for using dead officer's pic -- More than 500 protest Obama's arrival -- Activist-eye View Of a 'Free Speech' Zone -- New AG Eric Holder is nothing more than a race baiting shill for the left -- Is FACEBOOK run by D.A.R.P.A’s Total Information Awareness Office? -- Obama Commits $275 Billion To Slow Foreclosures -- Obama's War on Terrorism Resembles Bush's AZ: Federal Reserve discussed tonight in Yuma; MASSIVE CameraFRAUD Demonstration in Chandler on Friday
 
Fed Leaders Issue Bleak Forecast News Link  •  Federal Reserve
 Fed Leaders Issue Bleak Forecast
02-18-2009  •  Washington Post 
It could take years for the nation to fully bounce back from the recession, according to new projections by the Federal Reserve, who indicated even once the economy starts expanding again, it will be an "unusually gradual and prolonged" rec  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Armed With Little but Resolve, and Defending a Hollowed Village News Link  •  World News
 Armed With Little but Resolve, and Defending a Hollowed Village
02-18-2009  •  NY Times 
A terrible mismatch may be shaping up in the Congo. Thousands of teenage boys and their farmer fathers are grabbing machetes, slingshots, axes and ragtag shotguns, wading into the bush to confront a band of experienced killers.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
A Swiss Bank Is Set to Open Its Secret Files News Link  •  TAXES: Federal
 A Swiss Bank Is Set to Open Its Secret Files
02-18-2009  •  NY Times 
In the hush-hush world of Swiss banking, the unthinkable is happening: secrets are spilling into the open. UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed on Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using o  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Valenti's Sexuality Was Topic For FBI News Link  •  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 Valenti's Sexuality Was Topic For FBI
02-18-2009  •  Washington Post 
When Beltway insider Jack Valenti died two years ago at age 85, he was playing the role of intermediary between Washington and Hollywood as the theatrical, snowy-haired president of the Motion Picture Association of America.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Bank woes forces Germany into nationalization law News Link  •  Economy - International
 Bank woes forces Germany into nationalization law
02-18-2009  •  Reuters 
The German cabinet approved a law letting it nationalize banks, setting aside a reluctance to seize private property in the latest government intervention worldwide to tackle the financial crisis.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Body scanners replace metal detectors in tryout at Tulsa airport News Link  •  Transportation: Air Travel
 Body scanners replace metal detectors in tryout at Tulsa airport
02-18-2009  •  USA Today 
For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Student Arrested For Classroom Texting News Link  •  Education: Government Schools
 Student Arrested For Classroom Texting
02-18-2009  •  Smoking Gun 
A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct...after she ignored a teacher's demand that she cease texting. The girl was frisked by a female cop.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Woman to stand trial for selling pierced cats News Link  •  Domestic Policy
 Woman to stand trial for selling pierced cats
02-18-2009  •  AP 
A Pennsylvania dog groomer has been ordered to stand trial on animal cruelty charges for selling "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings. Her home was raided after the county Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals got a  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Woman seen tampering with baby food denied bond News Link  •  Criminal Justice System
 Woman seen tampering with baby food denied bond
02-18-2009  •  WSVN 
A Broward County judge denied bond to a woman spotted by a Publix shopper pouring an unspecified black liquid into jars of baby food inside the grocery store on the evening of Feb. 12.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
The Green Hereafter News Link  •  Environment
 The Green Hereafter
02-18-2009  •  Slate 
I try to be as eco-conscious as possible when it comes to me. But lately I've been worrying about what to do when I become waste. What's the greenest thing I can do with my remains when I shuffle off this mortal coil?  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
2 former border agents released from prison News Link  •  Criminal Justice System
 2 former border agents released from prison
02-18-2009  •  Houston Chronicle 
Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler were released from prison Tuesday and allowed to return to their homes in El Paso. Jose Compean, 32, and Ignacio Ramos, 40, served roughly two years of their respec  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Manhunt: Accused Financier Scammer Stanford Missing News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Manhunt: Accused Financier Scammer Stanford Missing
02-18-2009  •  ABC News 
Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is accused of cheating 50,000 customers out of $8 billion dollars but despite raids of his financial empire in Houston, Memphis, and Tupelo, Miss., federal authorities say they do not know the current whereabouts of  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Bank accused of fraud gave big bucks to Congress News Link  •  Corruption
 Bank accused of fraud gave big bucks to Congress
02-18-2009  •  Rawstory 
Congress members skirt calls from Raw; Stanford Financial PAC gave $128,000 in 2008  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
California Senate Deadlocked; Republicans Oust Leader News Link  •  TAXES: State
 California Senate Deadlocked; Republicans Oust Leader
02-18-2009  •  Bloomberg 
California’s Senate remained deadlocked over a plan to raise taxes to help close the state’s $42 billion budget shortfall as Republicans replaced their leader who sought to build support for the plan.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
The maestro and the meltdown News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 The maestro and the meltdown
02-18-2009  •  Poltico 
Alan Greenspan had some explaining to do. In 2000, The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward published a biography of the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board entitled “Maestro,” with the cover image portraying Greenspan in full oracle mode: testifying  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Afghanistan: A Yes-We-Can War? News Link  •  WAR: About that War
Afghanistan: A Yes-We-Can War?
02-18-2009  •  Time 
If Army General David McKiernan, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, gets his way, the total increase over the coming year will be 30,000. McKiernan has said he needs to beef up U.S. forces in Afghanistan to roll back a growing Taliban insurgency, esp  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
GOP governors consider turning down stimulus money News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 GOP governors consider turning down stimulus money
02-18-2009  •  AP 
A handful of Republican governors are considering turning down some money from the federal stimulus package, a move opponents say puts conservative ideology ahead of the needs of constituents struggling with record foreclosures and soaring unemployme  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
The Truth About the Obama Agenda, Part I News Link  •  Obama Administration
 The Truth About the Obama Agenda, Part I
02-19-2009  •  Wayne Allen Root 
The Obama agenda isn’t about saving the American economy. Rather, it is about putting Big Brother in control of our lives. It’s about the Nanny State " big government intrusion into every aspect of our lives  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jim Stachowiak
New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate News Link  •  Obama Administration
 New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate
02-19-2009  •  New York Post 
A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Hussein Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on Wednesday.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jim Stachowiak
Ariz. paper sues band for using dead officer's pic News Link  •  Media: Print
 Ariz. paper sues band for using dead officer's pic
02-18-2009  •  AP 
The Arizona Daily Star sued a local punk rock band for copyright infringement because it used a slain police officer's photo to illustrate its album. The band, Awful Truth, used the photo to promote its album, "Kill a Cop for God."  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
More than 500 protest Obama's arrival News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 More than 500 protest Obama's arrival
02-18-2009  •  East Valley Tribune 
The protesters, about 500 to 600 strong and growing, began arriving as ticket holders walked in. Mesa police set up a free speech area. They held their signs up high: "Don't tread on me," "Spend all you want, I'll pick up the t  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Feature Article  •  Free Speech
 Protestors Penned Like Cattle So Slickly Hitler Would Blush
Ed Vallejo
   I intended a very detailed account of my perceptions and observations regarding todays event, but the more I think about it, I need more than words.
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The Groundswell Has Begun Feature Article  •  Activism
 The Groundswell Has Begun
Jet Lacey
   Muhammad Ali once said “A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” It would appear that many Americans are starting to feel similarly.
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News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 Activist-eye View Of a 'Free Speech' Zone
2-18-2009  •  Jet Lacey and Ed Vallejo 
I just uploaded over a hundred stills of this morning's activities in Mesa. I will be writing an Editorial Review of what I observed, and will post it when completed. We were had... but I expected it.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ed Vallejo
Australia's Toilet Tax will charge Aussies per flush News Link  •  Environment
 Australia's Toilet Tax will charge Aussies per flush
02/18/2009  •  Perth Now 
Perth - Householders would be charged for each flush under a radical new toilet tax designed to help beat the drought.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ken Demyen
Author Jim Purcey News Link  •  Media: Radio
 Author Jim Purcey "Am I The Only American Who Thinks This Way?" Live tonight 8 pm est
02-18-2009  •  America In Distress.com 
We need to start demanding that our elected officials are here to serve us and to protect America. We need to remind them that America is our country and, we are in charge.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jim Stachowiak
Homes: Still Too Pricey to Stabilize News Link  •  Housing
 Homes: Still Too Pricey to Stabilize
02-18-2009  •  Ritholtz.com 
Assume that this couple are late 20s/early 30s, and are making decent " but not 6 figure " salaries. Can they afford that starter house? If not, then the entire real estate chain is frozen.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
States Sovereignty - Alex Jones on Coast to Coast: Pt 1&2 of 12 News Link  •  Declaration of Independence
 States Sovereignty - Alex Jones on Coast to Coast: Pt 1&2 of 12
02-18-2009  •  Coast to Coast 
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Reported by: Barbara Peterson
Is FACEBOOK run by D.A.R.P.A’s Information Awareness Office? News Link  •  Intelligence: Use and Abuse
 Is FACEBOOK run by D.A.R.P.A’s Information Awareness Office?
02-18-2008  •  Daily Newscaster 
Is FACEBOOK a Department of Defense data mining scheme run by the CIA and D.A.R.P.A.?  Read Full Story
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Reported by: D. H. Williams
Oil Price History News Link  •  Energy
 Oil Price History
02-18-2009  •  arclein 
Although we are now moving to get out of the oil business which well we should, how much oil do we really have that is recoverable? Because of this price shock and the flap over global warming which is a direct challenge to take all fossil fuels of l  Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein
Obama Commits $275 Billion To Slow Foreclosures News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Obama Commits $275 Billion To Slow Foreclosures
02-18-2009  •  Michael Shedlock / Mish 
How many people will become unwitting interest slaves for the rest of their lives by signing up for one of these "loan modifications"? That is likely to happen if non-recourse loans become recourse loans.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jack Gregson
Obama's War on Terrorism May Resemble Bush's News Link  •  WAR: About that War
Obama's War on Terrorism May Resemble Bush's
02-18-2009  •  New York Times 
Even as it pulls back sharply debated aspects of George W. Bush’s “war on terrorism,” the Obama administration is quietly signaling continued support for other major elements of its predecessor’s approach to fighting Al Qaeda.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Renzulli
Cameras in Digital Convert Boxes! BEWARE!!!! (Unconfirmed by FP) News Link  •  Police State
 Cameras in Digital Convert Boxes! BEWARE!!!! (Unconfirmed by FP)
02-18-2009  •  YouTube 
A friend said the digital TV convert boxes that our coming out have microphones and cameras built into them. Knowing a bit about electronics I bought one of these devices opened it up fully intending on proving him wrong. To my surprise was right.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
Denver Anti-Stimulus Rally: Photo Essay News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Denver Anti-Stimulus Rally: Photo Essay
02-18-2009  •  slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com 
"No More Pork!" (Now the Republicans get principled???) But then the people had their say too.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
MASSIVE CameraFRAUD Demonstration in Chandler Today Feature Article  •  Events: Arizona
 MASSIVE CameraFRAUD Demonstration in Chandler Today
Powell Gammill
   Let's make this demonstration the biggest one yet. Are we a political force to be reckoned with or not? The cameras are coming down.
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California Drought Breaks News Link  •  Climate Change
 California Drought Breaks
02-18-2009  •  arclein 
You would think that by now, that our promoters of the sky is falling school of global warming debate would have learned to keep their heads down and to pack their enthusiasm with a surfeit of weasel words. As my readers know, the twenty year warm  Read Full Story
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Reported by: robert klein
A Discourse on The Federal Reserve in Yuma Thursday Feature Article  •  Events: Arizona
 A Discourse on The Federal Reserve in Yuma Thursday
Powell Gammill
   At the Freedom Library
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