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Date Sent: 2009-11-09
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, November 9, 2009 AM edition |
Stock Volatility Back, a Sign of Aging Bull? -- Iraqis pass election law crucial to US withdrawal pl
Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan -- IMF exploring levy on banks -- FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs -- China hopes U.S. keeps deficit to appropriate size -- Framed for child porn _ by a PC virus -- Award-winning Cuban blogger says she was beaten, detained -- U.S.Govt. Busy Building Walls While World Celebrates Fall of Berlin Wall Anniversary -- Iranian lawmaker warns Russia over missile delay -- 237 millionaires in Congress -- US Rep. Owens (D-NY) Breaks 4 Campaign Promises in first hour in Congress -- More declassified documents reveal FBI warnings about CIA interrogation tactics -- The GOP vote: Why Republican Cao voted 'yes' to Obamacare -- Men Who Stare At Goats - The True Story Behind The Film -- Which will come out on top: paper or gold?
MONDAY NIGHT! - THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN GOES COAST TO COAST!
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stock Volatility Is Back, a Sign of an Aging Bull?
11-08-2009
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NY Times
Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell more than 100 points in seven of the past 12 trading days, capped by
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraqis pass election law crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans
11-08-2009
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McClatchy News
After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan
11-08-2009
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McClatchy News
President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
China's 'netizens' hold authorities to new standard
11-08-2009
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Washington Post
Almost every form of open dissent is outlawed in China, but mass protests organized online are increasingly putting pressure on police, judges and other officials -- and getting results.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs
11-08-2009
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AP
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online. The agency sent letters this week to more than a dozen Web-based companies saying they are violatin
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • New World Order
IMF exploring levy on banks
11-08-2009
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Reuters
The International Monetary Fund is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector. Such a tax would be in line with a proposal by British Prime Minister who urged world governments to consider imposing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
China hopes U.S. keeps deficit to appropriate size
11-08-2009
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Reuters
China hopes the USA will keep its deficit to an appropriate size to ensure stability in the US dollar. The Chinese expressed concern massive US deficit spending and near-zero interest rates would erode the value of China's huge US bond holdings.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Framed for child porn _ by a PC virus
11-08-2009
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AP
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses " the malicious programs better known
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Award-winning Cuban blogger says she was beaten, detained
11-08-2009
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AFP
Secret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said. 3 agents in street clothes snatched her and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S.Govt. Busy Building Walls While World Celebrates Fall of Berlin Wall Anniversary
11-06-2009
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Christine Smith's Blog
Love of freedom and respect for liberty cannot be divided…you cannot say you care about freedom and individual liberty for certain groups of human beings to the exclusion of others.
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News Link • Iran
Iranian lawmaker warns Russia over missile delay
11-08-2009
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AP
A senior Iranian lawmaker warned Russia that its delay in delivering an anti-aircraft missile defense system to Tehran could harm relations between the two countries, state television reported Sunday.
Russia signed a contract two years ago to sell
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
237 millionaires in Congress
11-08-2009
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Politico
As Washington reels from the news of 17.5% unemployment, a report describing the wealth of members of Congress. 237 members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44% of the body " compared to about 1% of Americans overall.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Congressman Frank was present during 2007 marijuana bust
11-08-2009
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Rawstory
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) was at the home of his partner when police arrested and charged him with marijuana cultivation, possession and paraphernalia. Charges were dropped after he admitted to possession and paid a fine.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source
11-08-2009
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AFP
It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. The government has just picked a group of companies and a team of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
US Rep. Owens (D-NY) Breaks 4 Campaign Promises in first hour in Congress
11-08-2009
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Gouvernour Times
Congressman-elect Bill Owens was sworn in at noon today. Owens indicated shortly afterwords that he was now in favor of the the "Affordable Healthcare for America Act" bill in direct contrast to his earlier position during his campaign.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
More declassified documents reveal FBI warnings about CIA interrogation tactics
11-08-2009
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Rawstory
Previously censored documents released late Friday by the Dept. of Justice shed more light on the FBI investigation into CIA interrogation tactics. In 2003, the FBI sent repeated warnings to the Dept. of Defense, but abusive interrogations occurred f
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The GOP vote: Why Republican Cao voted 'yes' to Obamacare
11-08-2009
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The Hill
Throughout the votes leading up to final passage, Cao was flanked by senior lawmaker Rep. Young (R-Ark.) and senior Rep. Wolf (R-Va.). Young, appeared to be fending off his GOP colleagues who might have twisted Cao's arms, said Cao made the right dec
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Men Who Stare At Goats - The True
Story Behind The Film
11-08-2009
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Rense.com
The title of the upcoming movie, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is based on an incident in which a Green Beret instructor killed a goat by staring at it.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Precious Metals
Which will come out on top: paper or gold?
11-08-2009
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www.timesonline.co.uk
The theory of the 19th-century gold standard was that gold was “real money” in the same way as landed property was “real estate”. All types of paper money are capable of being created by banks or governments, so the supply is potentially unlimited.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare
House Health Care Bill Faces Uncertain Future in Senate
11-08-2009
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Reuters
After a landmark win in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Healthcare
Landmark health bill passes House in dead of weekend night on close vote
11-08-2009
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McClatchy News
The House of Representatives Saturday passed, by a vote of 220 to 215, historic health care legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
Landmark health bill passes House on close vote
11-08-2009
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MyWay
The 220-215 vote late Saturday cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress. A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi compared the legislation to the passage of Social Security
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