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Date Sent: 2009-07-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, July 30, 2009 PM edition |
House Seems To Be Set on Pork-Padded Defense Bill -- Jobless claims rise more than expected
DHS Senate Committee lies about the number of States opposed to Real ID -- A One World Currency Is Inevitable
-- Obama's Shadow Government: Plan for "decapitated" capital --
University Of Alabama Implements Mandatory Vaccination Program -- Illegal-immigrant populace in Ariz. falls by a third -- Policy Encourages Cops To Shoot At Fleeing Cars -- Challenge to Jim Cramer: Let’s Talk About Banks! -- Even Bernanke Admits this Could be Worse than the Great Depression -- June Surge in Lender Repossessions in Seattle, Las Vegas and Phoenix -- MISH: 75% Favor Auditing The Fed; Fed Job Approval Rating Lower Than IRS -- Israel targets U.K. funding of group that exposed 'IDF crimes' in Gaza -- US 5yr Bond Auction Effectively FAILS -- Washington Is Spending $60 Billion...But Not a Single Green Job Yet -- Clinton "deplores" any abuse of prisoners in Iran -- Emails Show Cozy Ties Between Bureaucrat and Wall St -- Cops suspended for running background check on Obama
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News Link • WAR: About that War
House Seems To Be Set on Pork-Padded Defense Bill
07/30/2009
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The Washington Post
The Democratic-controlled House is poised to give the Pentagon dozens of new ships, planes, helicopters and armored vehicles that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says the military does not need to fund next year, acting in many cases in response to defense industry pressures and campaign contributions under an approach he has decried as "business as usual" and vowed to help end.
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News Link • China
President Obama Offers Military Technology To China For Debt Relief
06/25/2009
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Clear Debt Now
Across the Pacific, China has been voicing concerns about the U.S. deficit. As the large holder of U.S. Treasury bonds, the Chinese government is currently one America’s biggest trading partners. It is understandable why Beijing is wary of the dipping value of the U.S. dollar
During the G20 Summit, President Obama spoke to Chinese Premier Hu Jintao. At this time, Mr. Hu suggested that if the U.S. provided relevant military technology, that the Chinese government would forgive some U.S. debt.
According to insiders, there is much turmoil in the Department of the Defense over Obama’s suggestion that they sell the blueprints for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has openly opposed the President’s plan. As a result, Gates was asked to resign as Defense secretary if he does not wish to get the ball rolling.
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Feature Article • Criminal Justice System
Landmark Arizona Self-Defense Harold Fish Case Gets New Life
Thomas Costanzo
The Arizona Court of Appeals has thrown out the
conviction of Harold Fish and chastised the judge who tried the case. Mr. Fish
has been released from custody into his family's joyfully waiting arms, while
he awaits final resolution of his case.
Fish was the retired school teacher who shot a man who
charged at him swinging his arms and yelling threats in a forest outside of
Payson. Fish was convicted of second degree murder in 2006, in a trial many
thought was grossly unfair, and has spent the intervening three years in an
Arizona state prison. He had no prior criminal record of any kind. The Appeals
Court ruled, among other things, that Fish should have been allowed to
introduce evidence of his homeless attacker's violent past and the vicious
histories of the man's dogs which triggered the event.
The case was tried under an old abusive standard, quietly
slipped into law without review in 1996 by state prosecutors. This forced a
self-defense c
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News Link • Iran
Iran police break up memorial for protest victims
07-30-2009
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Reuters
Baton-wielding Iranian
police fired tear gas and arrested protesters mourning the
young woman killed in post-election violence who has become a symbol
for the opposition to Tehran's hardline leaders.
The clashes erupted after hundreds of supporters of opposition
leader Mirhossein Mousavi gathered to mourn Neda Agha-Soltan, whose
death on June 20 was captured on video and has been seen by hundreds of
thousands on the Internet.
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News Link • World News
Nigerian troops kill 100 Islamic militants
07-30-2009
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Reuters
Security forces hunted door-to-door for Islamic militants in
northern Nigeria after killing more than 100 of them by
storming the sect's compound. A top rights group said innocent people
were getting executed in the process.
The government, which blames the Boko Haram sect for instigating
days of violence in the mostly Muslim region, shelled and stormed the
group's mosque and headquarters Wednesday night, setting off a raging
firefight with retreating militants.
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News Link • Identity Theft
What a REAL 1961 Hawaiian COLB Looks Like!
07-30-2009
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World Net Daily (They ROCK!)
The Honolulu Advertiser published photostats of the original long-form birth certificates of twin daughters born to Eleanor Nordyke at Kapi'olani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital Aug. 5, 1961, one day after Obama was supposedly born at the same facility.
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News Link • Government
DHS Senate Committee, miscalculates number of States opposed to Real ID
07302009
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BeatTheChip.blogspot.com
WASHINGTON
-Advocacy researchers concluded late last week that only 13 out of 25
States were recognized for rejecting federal Real ID Act. The flaw was
first noticed during a hearing where legislation was reconsidered for
replacement by the PASS Act, July 15th.
Misinformation
is currently billed as the primary cause of confusion. Local
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News Link • Energy
Oil Sands and Bakken Developments
07-30-2009
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arclein
Packers Plus's multistage fracturing drilling technology has opened up major new supply basins in Canada and the United States, potentially unlocking hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of new gas reserves in places like Horn River, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and even Quebec
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News Link • New World Order
A One World Currency Is Inevitable
07/30/2009
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BlueLoriBlogSpot
A One World Currency is Inevitable or so says Laird and when you hear him explain why it sure looks like the Elitists are accomplishing their goal of a complete take over of the World with Global Control in other words the HATED "New World Order". Americans you have been effectively sold down the drain enslaved by our filthy politicians who lined their pockets along the way. The leaders will share the gains you will share the pain! You can expect to share the same conditions as the others who live in Third World Cesspools, think Mexico!
Here then is his explanation...
I know it sounds impossible, but the world is being forced to a point of having to implement a one world currency. Or at least a one world currency among the major economies - maybe Tunisia might escape.
Started with the USD
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News Link • Government
Policy Would Allow Cops To Shoot At Fleeing Cars
07/30/2009
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CBS
The Chicago Police Department is considering a major change in policy regarding the use of deadly force.
The department is looking at allowing police officers to fire their guns under circumstances where they previously could not.
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Lola Flores
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News Link • Depression
Even Bernanke Admits this Could be Worse than the Great Depression
07/29/2009
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Washington;s Blog
As I have previously pointed out, the current economic crisis could be worse than the Great Depression. See this and this.
I have also pointed out that two economists said as recently as June that the global economic downturn was worse than the Great Depression.
But if you don't believe them, here it is from the horse's mouth . . .
Ben Bernanke said 3 days ago:
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News Link • Housing
June Surge in Lender Repossessions in Seattle, Las Vegas and Phoenix
07-30-2009
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CalculatedRiskblog.com
Nearly 5,800 houses and condos were lost to foreclosure in the two-county Phoenix region, up nearly 38 percent from May and up 40.8 percent from a year ago. It was the highest monthly total since foreclosures began to surge in 2006.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Economists Have Acted Like Team Doctors for the Financial Giants
07/29/2009
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Washington;s Blog
The New York Federal has just published a new report entitled "The Shadow Banking System: Implications for Financial Regulation".
One of the main conclusions of the report is that leverage undermines financial instability:
That is true.
In fact, every independent economist has said that too much leverage was one of the main causes of the current economic crisis.
However, notwithstanding the NY Fed's recommendations, the Federal Reserve and Treasury have, in fact, been encouraging massive leveraging.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss?
07/25/2009
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Newsweek
President Obama is expected to decide by autumn whether to give Ben Bernanke a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chairman. Obama's chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, has long been said to covet the job, while Bernanke has pushed back at the Obama administration on a couple of proposals, risking the president's displeasure. Bernanke says he doesn't agree with the need for a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency; the Fed has got a handle on that, he says, and in fact it has been announcing new rules for lending and meeting with consumer-advocacy groups regularly. Bernanke is also taking a somewhat different tack from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Summers over whether the Fed should supervise "systemic risk" in the financial system.
But Bernanke's performance during the financial crisis has been widely praised, making a move to replace him politically risky. Last week he silenced some critics in Congress by laying out an "exit strategy&q
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Tired Of The Pumpers? So is Janet Tavakoli
07/30/2009
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The Market Ticker
Reprinted from here; no comment necessary. This deserves wide distribution, and as such, guess what - I'm going to help in that endeavor.
Janet is one of the true bright lights when it comes to matters finance, which of course makes her persona-non-grata at the table of ideas when it comes to actually addressing what has gone wrong, and how to prevent it from happening again - just as is the case for the "evil bloggers" such as myself and Zerohedge.
The reason is quite simple: When you stop lying and intentionally obfuscating the facts you come to an inescapable conclusion: This event in our financial system was no accident, and those who are being touted as firemen who "put it out" in fact were the arsonists who set the fire in the first place.
Wake up America....
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Swine Flu: What I Believe
07-30-2009
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solari.com
A year later, in 1999, a very capable investment and portfolio
strategist asked me if he could come have a private lunch with me in
Washington. We sat in a posh restaurant across from the Capitol. He
said quietly that he had calculated out where the derivatives and debt
bubble combined with globalization were going. The only logical
conclusion he could reach was that significant depopulation was going
to occur. He said his estimates led to an approximate population of 500
million. I said very quietly, “that’s my estimate too.” I will never
forget the look of sadness that crossed his face. I was amazed to find
someone else who understood.
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News Link • Climate Change
Newsweek: 'What Green Jobs? Washington Is Spending $60 Billion...But Not a Single Green Job Yet
07/29/2009
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Newsbusters
Newsweek magazine had yesterday a web exclusive entitled "What Green Jobs?"
Subtitled: "Washington is spending $60 billion to create the careers of the future, but not a single green job yet exists. Obama's 'green czar' explains."
The Leftist publication deserves some plaudits for exploring this $60 billion gaping hole in the $787 billion "stimulus" package President Barack Obama signed into law in February. But there are many points in the article where they could have done better.
It would have been nice, for instance, if Newsweek had exhibited some of the scrutiny they show here in advance of the massive plan's passage. They begin with an interesting realization:
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News Link • Torture
Clinton "deplores" any abuse of prisoners in Iran
07/29/2009
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Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday "deplored" the alleged abuse of political prisoners in Iran following the election and urged their immediate release.
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News Link • Government
Cops suspended for Obama check
DeKalb equipment was used for query
07/29/2009
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Two DeKalb County Officers are being investigated for allegedly performing a background check on President Barack Obama. They have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
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News Link • Climate Change
Scientists Get Annoyed
07-30-2009
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arclein
Climate Revolt: Major Science Group 'Startled' By Outpouring of Scientists Rejecting Man-Made Climate Fears! Clamor for Editor to Be Removed!
Scientists seek to remove climate fear promoting editor and 'trade him to New York Times or Washington Post'
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News Link • Freedom's Phoenix
Show the Freedom's Phoenix Workshop some love Tonight at 6pm....and as always, have some fun!
07-28-2009
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Phoenix Ron Paul Meetup
There's been a LOT of activity lately at the Freedom's Phoenix
Workshop, and it's time for a 'housecleaning'. General cleaning and
sprucing up of the work areas, the kitchen facilities, the bathroom,
etc. Oh....and there's the usual potluck. ( Oh yeah, start singing to your favorite songs, Dugger is bringing his Karaoke system,... a real one uses at clubs )
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News Link • Martial Law
Military To Divide US Into Five Regions
07-30-2009
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http://simplyyourhealth.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/a
As many are aware, the United States as we know it is under attack, and
the Republic is now hanging by a thread. There is a high probability it
will be split into five areas under the control of the military, and
their excuse to do this will be cloaked under the excuse to help
civilians with vaccinations.
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News Link • Healthcare
Will Florida Ban National Health Care?
07-29-09
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Tenth Amendment Center
On the heels of a successful state-level resistance to the 2005 Real ID Act, activists and state legislators alike are focusing their efforts on state governments as a way to resist new federal programs.
The latest? Health Care.
In response to what some opponents see as a Congress that doesn’t represent their interests, State Legislators are looking to the nearly-forgotten American political tradition of nullification as a way to reject any potential national health care program that may be coming from Washington.
The most recent effort comes from Florida State Senator Carey Baker and State Representative Scott Plakon, who this week filed a proposed State Constitutional Amendment (HJR37) as a means to prevent Floridians from being affected by any Federal Health Care Legislation. If approved by the legislature, Florida residents could be voting on it as early as 2010.
HJR37 would deny the ability of any new law to impose demands, restrictions or penalties on health care cho
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed job approval rating lower than IRS?
7/29/09
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Reuters
Americans think the Federal Reserve is doing a worse job than even the much-maligned Internal Revenue Service.
Only 30 percent of Americans think the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors is doing a good job despite the central bank's unprecedented efforts to battle a crippling recession, according to a Gallup Poll released on Monday.
That makes the Fed the worst reviewed of nine key agencies -- including the tax-collecting IRS -- the Gallup poll of more than 1,000 Americans between July 10 and 12 showed. Twenty-two percent of Americans said the central bank was doing a poor job.
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News Link • Healthcare
After A Government Health Care Takeover
7/28/09
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News Link • Obama Administration
“Birther” Issue EXPLODES!
7/28/08
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Canada Free Press
Just yesterday, I released Obama Media Machine Rushing to Derail Treason Charges and the column went viral within moments of its release. Take a few minutes to read my up-to-date report on the issue driving the Obama White House, congressional Marxists and their media minions insane!
Within hours, every network news agency was in damage control mode, spinning their twisted set of false facts and missing evidence into a demonstration of unbridled outrage aimed at American citizens who simply want to know who the mystery messiah is, residing in their White House.
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