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Date Sent: 2009-07-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, July 17, 2009 PM edition |
Democrats Drop Key Part of Bill to Assist Unions -- Judge: Airlines can't question FBI in 9/11 suits
Two Giants Emerge From Wall Street Ruins -- NASA lost Apollo 11 footage, but Hollywood restores it -- Israeli military drone use in Gaza under fire -- Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity - by Peter Schiff -- Cass Sunstein: Reich Minister für öffentliche Aufklärung und Propaganda - by Dave Hodges -- Street Fighting Man - by Doug Casey -- Paulson defends work as Treasury secretary -- ‘CIA suspect in Bhutto’s assassination’ -- Max Kaiser slashes Goldman Sachs on French TV
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Judge: Airlines can't question FBI in 9/11 suits
7/16/2009
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by Harry R. Weber - Associated Press
A federal judge ruled airlines and other companies in the industry that are being sued by families of terrorism victims can't question FBI agents about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The defendants wanted to depose the agents and sought access to other evidence related to the investigation of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in order to show at trial that the government's failure to catch the terrorists and prevent the attacks mitigates and excuses any alleged fault on the aviation companies' part.
The government objected.
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Chris Wagner
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News Link • Obama Administration
John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar, Says: Forced Abortions And Mass Sterilization Needed to Save The
7/16/09
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Zombie Time
Forced abortions. Mass sterilization. A "Planetary Regime" with the power of life and death over American citizens.
The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both?
These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology --.....
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Conspiracies
Two Giants Emerge From Wall Street Ruins
07-16-2009
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NY Times
“One theme here is that Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan really have emerged
as the winners, as the last of the survivors,” said Robert Reich. Both banks now stand astride post-bailout Wall Street, having benefited
from billions of dollars in taxpayer support and cheap government
financing to climb over banks that continue to struggle. They are
capitalizing on the turmoil in financial markets and their rivals’
weakness to pull in billions in trading profits.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Constitution
House Healthcare Bill Bombshell: "individual private medical insurance illegal."
7/16/09
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Freedom Works
After reading just 16 pages of the healthcare bill unveiled by House Democrats this week, the Investor’s Business Daily found
…a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal.
Skeptical that that could not possibly be truth, they
…sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee.
And, unfortunately,
It turns out we were right: The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage.
The relevant language, which you can find your self on page 16 here, in a section talking about “grandfathering” current private insurance, says.....
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Healthcare
It's Good For Your Health?
7/16/09
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LibertyCast Network
As Americans die in the streets, our heroic Congress has decided to bring together a massive Health Care bill to stop any further carnage. They are so proficient in fact, they are likely to pass the first draft of the bill without reading the entire thing, as its length pushes one thousand pages, and its language is well lets say “cryptic”; Which again is understandable, considering the citizens are probably listening. Luckily our fearless leader has spearheaded the effort, performing a side show out of an ABC circus tent(Any similarities to real events are strictly coincidental).
Congress has balls. They are rinsing and repeating a technique they used late last year to pass the big “Tarp” bill and now, likely will do the same for the health care legislation. And as we saw with the “bail out” no matter how much of an outcry from the constituents, the “representatives” will likely “forget” to check their voice mail.
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News Link • Military
Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies
7/14/09
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Truth is Contagious
It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology " and a 20th-century horror movie.
A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find " grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.
Robotic Technology Inc.’s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot " that’s right, “EATR” " “can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable,” reads the company’s Web site....
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israeli military drone use in Gaza under fire
07/06/2009
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Checkpoint Jerusalem
During Israel's offensive in Gaza last winter, the IDF took its fight to the Internet with a special YouTube channel to highlight the military's attacks.
In one high profile case, the IDF released video of an attack on a group of men loading a truck in Gaza.
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Lola Flores
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity
07-16-2009
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Peter Schiff
In a free market, demand is always a function of price: the higher the
price, the lower the demand. What may surprise most politicians is that
these rules apply equally to both prices and wages. When employers
evaluate their labor and capital needs, cost is a primary factor. When
the cost of hiring low-skilled workers moves higher, jobs are lost.
Despite this, minimum wage hikes, like the one set to take effect later
this month, are always seen as an act of governmental benevolence.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
When confronted with a clogged drain, most of us will call several
plumbers and hire the one who quotes us the lowest price. If all the
quotes are too high, most of us will grab some Drano and a wrench, and
have at it. Labor markets work the same way. Before bringing on another
worker, an employer must be convinced that the added productivity will
exceed the added cost (this includes not just wages, but all payroll
taxes and other benefits.)
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Street Fighting Man
07-16-2009
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Doug Casey
We live in interesting times. But we're not necessaily cursed. Longtime readers know my standard response to questions
about the severity of the Greater Depression: it’s going to be worse
than even I think it’s going to be. “Coming Collapse” books will
undoubtedly accumulate into an entire genre in the next few years, as
they did a generation ago. This time it’s not just fearmongering,
although things won’t get as bad as in James Kunstler’s book “The Long
Emergency” and certainly not as rough as in the movies “Road Warrior”
or “I Am Legend.” But it’s a good bet that a lot more is going to
change than just some features of the financial system. Let’s engage in
a little speculation as to the shape of things to come.
I’ve long believed that this depression would not only
be much different but much worse than the unpleasantness of the ’30s
an
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Economic Stimulus
Paulson defends work as Treasury secretary
07-16-09
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USA Today
Defending the government's handling of the economic crisis last year, former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that the Bush administration's responses were not perfect but "saved this nation from great peril." Okaaaaaaay....
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Melinda Carey
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Pre-Crime Enforcement Suffers Due to Mass. Decrim
07-16-2009
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Boston Herald
MA police spotted a suspected
perv smoking pot in a car filled with coils of rope, a pair of
handcuffs and bottles of NyQuil. But they had to let the man go, even
though he was awaiting trial on child sexual assault charges.
Said Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins, “Had the law not been changed, he absolutely would have been placed under arrest.”
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Humor
Goldman Sachs in Talks to Acquire Treasury Department
07-16-2009
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Andy Borowitz
In what some on Wall Street are calling the biggest blockbuster deal
in the history of the financial sector, Goldman Sachs confirmed today
that it was in talks to acquire the U.S. Department of the Treasury. According to Goldman spokesperson Jonathan Hestron, the merger
between Goldman and the Treasury Department is "a good fit" because
"they're in the business of printing money and
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Feature Article • Gun Rights
EIGHT GUN BILLS SIGNED BY AZ GOVERNOR
Thomas Costanzo
All anti-rights bills defeated, some pro-rights bills
died All anti-rights bills defeated, some pro-rights bills died
Basically, the state of Arizona did very well if you're a rights
supporter.
by Alan Korwin, Author The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide, Gun Laws of America
Waiting until the last possible moment, Arizona governor
Jan Brewer on July 13 signed all eight gun-related bills enacted by the state
legislature in 2009. Two crucial bills, Constitutional Carry and penalty
reduction for discreet carry without a permit, failed passage at the last
minute and didn't make it to her desk. The eight bills signed into law, which
will become effective on Sep. 30, 2009 (except SB 1242, effective immediately),
At least 14 gun-related bills were introduced this year,
with the few anti-rights bills repudiated early in the session and defeated.
One other pro-rights bill died at the end, the effort to reduce required
classes to three or four hours f
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