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Date Sent: 2009-04-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, April 22, 2009 PM edition |
Obama's Intelligence Director: Torture Works -- Supreme's make it easier to fight deportation
World economy in severe recession, IMF says -- Britain’s Debt Deepens; Its Outlook Grows Gloomier -- Religious Hiring Issue Taken Off Government Agenda -- Transportation Dept. Reverses FAA on Bird Strike Data -- Meredith Whitney: Regional Banks Struggle on Commercial Real Estate -- Hillary Clinton Says ‘Crippling’ Iran Sanctions Part of Plan -- ASU Inc. reports a 24% record profit in 2007 - by Tom Westbrook -- Minuteman Founder Chris Simcox To Run For John McCain's Senate Seat! -- The Specter of Hyperinflation - by Howard Blitz -- RealtyTrac: Las Vegas tops foreclosure list -- Acting Freddie Mac CFO commits suicide -- US advertising famine ravages New York Times and Yahoo profits -- Arizona and Local governments currently hold $60+ trillion in profitable investments -- "Hizzhonor:" Chicago Politics Under Richard M. Daley - by Stephen Lendman -- Home Loans Delinquent 60 days increased 394,220 in December and January -- South Florida County Declares Emergency Over Economy
AZ: Breakfast tomorrow discussing innocent people in prison
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News Link • Obama Administration
President Obama’s National Intelligence Director: Torture Works
04-22-2009
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nytimes.com/
President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Immigration
Supreme Court makes it easier to fight deportation
04-22-2009
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Washington Post
The Supreme Court made it easier for immigrants seeking to avoid deportation to get another chance at a court hearing. The decision came in the case of Jean Marc Nken, who came to the United States in 2001 and did not leave when his visa expired.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Aerodynamics on Land: Aiming for 800 M.P.H.
04-22-2009
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NY Times
Except this junker was a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. The real thing. The single-engine Mach 2.2 interceptor that ruled the skies in the 1950s and 1960s. “In a post-9/11 world we probably wouldn’t have been able to get one,” Mr. Shadle acknowledged. B
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Britain’s Debt Deepens; Its Outlook Grows Gloomier
04-22-2009
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NY Times
To reduce the deficit, which would be the highest of any nation among the Group of 20, which comprises G-7 members and major emerging economies, Mr. Darling proposed to increase income tax for the highest earners to an unprecedented 50 percent, from
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
World economy in severe recession, IMF says
04-22-2009
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Washington Post
International Monetary Fund on Wednesday slashed growth forecasts for every major country and urged governments to take forceful action to ensure the world economy's recovery from a severe recession.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Religious Hiring Issue Taken Off Government Agenda
04-22-2009
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Newsweek
[for now] The question of whether faith-based groups that receive government money can discriminate in who they hire -- only hiring people of their own faith, for example -- is proving so explosive that White House officials have removed it from the
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Agriculture
NAIS and the Family
04-22-2009
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National Assn. of Farm Animal Welfare
Look close at these American families and realize they are a vanishing species. Over 1000 livestock producing families per month go broke or terminate their businesses.
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Transportation Dept. Reverses FAA on Bird Strike Data
04-22-2009
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Washington Post
The FAA quietly posted a proposal that would bar the release of its records on bird collisions. The agency immediately came under fire because the recommendation runs counter President's Obama vows of government transparency.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch
04/22/2009
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http://freedomwatchonfox.com/
Guests include Shephard Smith, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Jim Bovard, Shelly Roche, Pastor Steve Anderson - who was tazed and beaten at a border checkpoint.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • Federal Reserve
HR 1207 Bill to Audit Federal Reserve up to 71 Co-Sponsors!
04-22-2009
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Thomas.gov via END THE FED e-mail
Please thank Trent Franks if you get the chance - he was the only Arizona Representative to co-sponsor this CRITICAL bill...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Redflex Driver Shooting Not the First Photo Radar Van Attack!
04-22-2009
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http://PhotoRadarScam.com
Is Redflex responsible for it's driver's safety? Were the drivers aware of the danger they were in sitting in these high profile targets? Sunday's shooting was not the first serious attack on a scam van, but you won't hear about this
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Reported by:
Ryan Denke
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News Link • Science
Cold Fusion or LENR
04-22-2009
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arclein
This clever bit of design has the merit that it emulates the original design but causes a major expansion of the effect. That makes it as clear as a bell. And their cheering is even clearer as it should.
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Reported by:
robert klein
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News Link • Energy
Senegal Green Charcoal
04-22-2009
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arclein
Green charcoal is been made from cattails, also known as typha. This is great news and it appears that a whole lot of production issues have been solved to make it available as a cooking fuel.
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Reported by:
robert klein
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News Link • Media: Television
Glenn Beck - Disinformation Weasel Boy
04-22-2009
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wordpress.com via Rense.com
Posting this might piss some people off - but when did that ever stop me? I REMEMBER.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Sensational Images of Saturn Show the Ringed Planet in Incredible Detail
04-22-2009
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Dailymail.co.uk via Drudgereport.com
These stunning images of Saturn taken by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft show the ringed planet, its moons and rings in the most incredible detail yet.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Meredith Whitney: Regional Banks Struggle on Commercial Real Estate
04-22-2009
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Bloomberg.com
Commercial real estate will decline “hard and fast,” Whitney said in a interview yesterday on Bloomberg Television. “For a lot of the regional banks that have so much commercial real estate exposure as a percentage of their core capital levels...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
H.R. 1913, the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009" Legislative Disc
04-22-2009
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e-mail from WND
I've been listening all morning. And these people represent us?
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Iran
Hillary Clinton Says ‘Crippling’ Iran Sanctions Part of Plan
04-22-2009
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Bloomberg.com
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. effort to reach out to Iran will be coupled with the threat of “crippling” sanctions should the regime in Tehran rebuff diplomacy to curb its nuclear program.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Minuteman Founder Chris Simcox To Run For John McCain's Senate Seat!
04-22-2009
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simcox for senate.com
"As a grassroots, border security activist and founder of the original Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC), AzCentral
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Housing
RealtyTrac: Las Vegas tops foreclosure list
04-22-2009
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money.cnn.com/
Las Vegas had the highest rate of foreclosures of any city, with one in every 22 homes subject to a foreclosure filing in the first three months of the year. The rate of foreclosure filings was 4.5%, seven times the national average.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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Opinion • Economy - Economics USA
The Specter of Hyperinflation
04-22-2009
Howard Blitz
In 1919 a German citizen purchased a loaf of bread for 26 pfennigs. Just four years later in November, 1923 that same loaf of bread cost the German citizen 80 billion marks. In the former Yugoslavia between October, 1993 and January, 1995 the cost
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News Link • Police State
Insane Cop Arrests ABC News Reporter For Filming Traffic Accident
04-22-2009
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prisonplanet.com/
Some have speculated that the presence of military soldiers at the scene of the car wreck, which is captured on film near the end of the clip, was something that the authorities did not want to be documented on camera.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US advertising famine ravages New York Times and Yahoo profits
04-22-2009
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guardian.co.uk/
The publisher of the New York Times and the internet portal Yahoo both revealed plunging profits yesterday as the worst slump for decades in advertising spend by recession-hit US companies hit old and new media alike.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Compton Homes Off 80 Percent: Going Back to 1995 Prices.
04-22-2009
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DoctorHousingBubble.com
03/27/1997: $85,000 Pre-bubble days - 01/26/2006: $312,000 Height of the bubble. - 04/06/09: $69,800 to $64,800 Post bubble
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Acting Freddie Mac CFO commits suicide
04-22-2009
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WTOP(Virginia)
(Yeah right) David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, committed suicide in his Hunter Mill Estates home Wednesday morning. Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings tell WTOP police responded
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Phoenix: Wigwam Resort, 2 Biltmore golf courses face foreclosure
04-22-2009
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AzCentral.com
An 80-year-old West Valley resort and two Biltmore golf courses face foreclosure with an auction scheduled in July, according to a filing with the Maricopa County Recorders Office.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • CAFRs - Your Government's Wealth Shown
State and Local governments currently hold $60+ trillion in profitable investments
04-22-2009
In 2003, the State of Arizona had an $11.45 BILLION SURPLUS of Taxpayers money it was not using! The City of Phoenix had a SURPLUS of $2.34 BILLION!
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Housing
Home Loans Delinquent 60 days increased 394,220 in December and January.
04-22-2009
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HousingDoom.com
I think this means that for every loan modified by the GSEs during December and January, more than 22 loans became more than 60 days delinquent in the same time period.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
South Florida County Declares Emergency Over Economy
04/21/2009
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By Travis Reed, Associated Press, Newsvine.com
FORT PIERCE- A South Florida county that rode high through the housing boom earlier this decade, then crashed hard when the foreclosure crisis struck, declared a state of economic emergency on Tuesday.
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Lauren Roseman
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Homeowners' Association Bans Flag
04-22-2009
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Just a Girl in Short Shorts
An HOA in Scottsdale, Arizona has prohibited the flying of the American flag.
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Becky Chandler
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News Link • World News
FEMA exercise or another false flag scenario?
04-22-2009
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ARM
National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection,
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Energy
Holy See Plans Largest European Solar Plant
04-22-2009
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arclein
The 100 megawatts unleashed by the station will supply about 40,000 households. That will far outstrip demand by Pope Benedict XVI and the 900 inhabitants of the 0.2 square-mile country nestled across Rome’s Tiber River. The plant will cover nine tim
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robert klein
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