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Date Sent: 2009-02-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, February 21, 2009 AM Edition |
Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan--Activists shocked at Clinton's stance on human rights
GM shares hit 74-year low -- Lawmakers take fundraising to slopes -- Buying some wine? Spy cameras will be watching -- Feds to cut off water to Calif. farms -- Texas judge charged with blocking execution appeal -- Justice Dep't. gives 'political prisoner' 3 hours to visit dying wife in hospice -- George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen -- Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage ... for now -- Your Government Wants You Naked -- Paul Volcker: Crisis May be Even -- FEMA for the Internet Worse than Depression -- The Chicago "Surge" - by Will Grigg
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan
02-20-2009
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NY Times
With two missile strikes over the past week, the Obama administration has expanded the covert war run by the Central Intelligence Agency inside Pakistan, attacking a militant network seeking to topple the Pakistani government.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
After Guilty Plea Offer, G.I. Cleared of Iraq Deaths
02-20-2009
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NY Times
On Dec. 4, Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez was found not guilty of killing two New York Army National Guard officers in Iraq " a rare case of soldier-on-soldier violence in the war and a crime for which prosecutors had sought the death penalty.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GM shares hit 74-year low
02-20-2009
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AP
General Motors Corp. shares on Friday tumbled to their lowest level in more than 70 years, pulled down by a drop in the broader markets and continued speculation about the future of the struggling automaker.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Lawmakers take fundraising to slopes
02-20-2009
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USA Today
The deepening economic recession hasn't stopped members of Congress from throwing lavish events to raise campaign money for the 2010 election. This weekend, donors to a political action committee run by Rep. Jeb Hensarling are invited
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
NYU Student Protest Over; Dozens Suspended
02-20-2009
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AP
The students wanted NYU to release information on its budget and endowment, including staff salaries and financial aid. The students also wanted the university to release its investment strategy and the names of the people and firms involved in it.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Buying some wine? Spy cameras will be watching
02-20-2009
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Daily Mail
Big Brother CCTV cameras are to be fitted inside shops and supermarkets on the orders of the state to keep track on anybody buying alcohol. A law is being quietly pushed through Parliament to order licensed premises to fit the surveillance cameras. P
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms
02-20-2009
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AP
Federal water managers said Friday they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms as a result of the deepening drought gripping the state.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Death Penalty
Texas judge charged with blocking execution appeal
02-20-2009
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AFP
A legal commission began work investigating the conduct of a Texas judge who sent a condemned man to his death rather than receive his last-minute appeal after office hours. Sharon Keller -- the Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Justice Dep't. gives 'political prisoner' 3 hours to visit dying wife in hospice
02-20-2009
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Rawstory
The Justice Department has granted Minor just three hours today to visit his dying wife in hospice, accompanied by four armed guards. The Department says they consider Minor a "threat" to society, though he was not convicted of a violent cr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
02-20-2009
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AP
George Mason U. senior Ryan Allen dresses in drag and doesn't mind being called a queen - homecoming queen, to be exact. Allen, who is gay and performs in drag at nightclubs in the region, entered the homecoming contest as his drag queen persona.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage ... for now
02-20-2009
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AP
President Barack Obama on Friday rejected his transportation secretary's suggestion that the administration consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive instead of how much gasoline they buy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Activists express shock at Clinton's stance on China rights
02-20-2009
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AFP
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced a storm of criticism from human rights activists on a maiden visit to China after saying she will not let rights concerns hinder cooperation. China had given a nervous welcome to US President Barack Obama, fea
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Men trying to be our God
Your Government Wants You Naked
02-20-2009
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USA Today
The metallic-looking images show outlines of private body parts... Miller, 34, a sales representative from St. Louis, had no concerns. "It makes me feel a little safer," she said, taking "maybe a few seconds longer " not a big deal.'
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Chandler PD: Exemplary Officers
02/20/2009
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CameraFRAUD.com
Chandler PD’s professionalism is in sharp contrast to the authoritarian intimidation tactics utilized in the past by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), the same agency which helps run the state’s profitable"and illegal"automated ticketing
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Obama Administration
Paul Volcker: Crisis May be Even Worse than Depression
02-20-2009
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CNBC.com
The global economy may be deteriorating even faster than it did during the Great Depression, Paul Volcker, a top adviser to President Barack Obama, said on Friday.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Police State
The Role of USNORTHCOM in Critical Infrastructure Security and Disaster
02-20-2009
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TISP.org
When this outfit was first formed a few years ago it was a lot more about utilities, local authorities and engineers discussing security in the sense of damage from earth, wind, fire and such. I think it has gone beyond that here.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Internet
''FEMA for the Internet' ???
02-20-2009
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Business Week
For all the fears of sophisticated digital intrusions preoccupying many computer security professionals, President Obama’s leading candidates for “cyber czar” also are focusing on taking control of the internet.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Police State
The United States of Terror -Live Tonight 02-20-2009 8 pm est
02-20-2009
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Freedom Fighter Radio.net
Kris Cantu - producer of the film “The United States of Terror” speaks on the recent signing of the Stimulus Recovery Bill of 2009 and what it means to the rounding up of free-thinkers.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Rubicon in the Rear-View, Pt. IV: The Chicago "Surge"
by Will Grigg
02-20-2009
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Pro Lierate
Marine CWO James Roussell supervises counter-insurgency warfare in Fallujah, Iraq; now Roussell, a 30-year Chicago police officer, is back in his hometown heading a special gang unit conducting counter-insurgency warfare at home.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Atlantis,1159 BC and Rainer Kuhne
02-20-2009
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arclein
it is not without interest that large structures have been identified from recent satellite photos in this part of the lower Guadalquivir basin. One shows a rectangular structure with a length of 230 metres and a width of 140 metres. It could be a re
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robert klein
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