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Date Sent: 2009-12-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 11, 2009
 
Obama Invokes War in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech -- Dems to lift debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion

Due to an glitch yesterday afternoon's stories were not included in that edition.  They are included here:

House eases restrictions on derivatives trades -- 5 U.S. Men Arrested in Pakistan Said to Plan Jihad -- Defense Dept. faulted for not taping detainee -- Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A. -- Justice Dept. won't support Jack Johnson pardon -- New York Times raises eyebrows with gift guide for people 'of color' -- House approves $447 billion omnibus spending measure -- Iranian nuclear scientist goes missing in Saudi Arabia -- Gov. Sanford scandal ends with whimper: No impeachment -- Venezuelan police killings come under scrutiny -- 11,000 shot dead by police in Brazil since 2003 -- Tax sugary drinks to fight the flab, says expert -- Berkeley City Council Sends Coat Hangers to Dems Who Voted Against Federal Funded Abortions -- Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions -- Congress: Passengers Can Bring Guns on Amtrak Trains -- Black lawmakers grow impatient with White House -- Concerned About Privacy? You're Probably up to no Good, Says Google CEO -- Father Sues Montana Public Health Department -- 4409: NAZI Checkpoint asking for papers

 
Not Satire: Obama to Invoke Afghanistan in His Nobel Speech News Link  •  WAR: About that War
Not Satire: Obama to Invoke Afghanistan in His Nobel Speech
12-10-2009  •  .  
On the October morning Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I informed a friend who hadn’t yet heard the news that our greenhorn president was now a Nobel laureate. “I hope it’s not for literature,” he replied. The Nobel Prize for Lit  Read Full Story
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Reported by: War Onyou
Dems to lift debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion, fear 2010 backlash News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Dems to lift debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion, fear 2010 backlash
12-10-2009  •  Politico 
Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections. “We’ve incurred this debt. We have to pay our bills,” House Majority Leader Hoyer told   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Foreclosure relief program is stuck in first News Link  •  Housing
 Foreclosure relief program is stuck in first
12-10-2009  •  Washington Post 
The government's foreclosure relief program is sputtering, according to government data released Thursday showing that the pace of help being offered to struggling homeowners slowed last month and many borrowers are at risk of losing the aid they hav  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Another Drone Attack, Another Great CIA Victory Over al-Qaida News Link  •  WAR: About that War
Another Drone Attack, Another Great CIA Victory Over al-Qaida
12-10-2009  •  NBC News 
A high-ranking al-Qaida figure was killed Thursday in an attack by a drone aircraft in northwest Pakistan, U.S. officials told NBC News. The officials did not identify who was killed, except to say that it was not al-Qaida’s supreme leader, Osama   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
House eases restrictions on derivatives trades News Link  •  Legislative Mischief
 House eases restrictions on derivatives trades
12-10-2009  •  AP 
A bipartisan coalition in the House voted late Thursday to make it easier for corporations to engage in complex derivatives trades without government restrictions, eroding the reach of proposed regulations to govern Wall Street.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Who's arresting whom? News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 Who's arresting whom?
12-10-2009  •  East Valley Tribune 
A day after County Attorney Thomas filed criminal charges against Judge Donahoe of Maricopa Co. Superior Court, alleging Donahoe committed bribery while hindering the prosecution of Supervisor Don Stapley and covering up an investigation into funding  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
5 U.S. Men Arrested in Pakistan Said to Plan Jihad News Link  •  World News
 5 U.S. Men Arrested in Pakistan Said to Plan Jihad
12-10-2009  •  NY Times 
Five young Muslim American men arrested here on Wednesday were on their way to the heart of the Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan’s tribal areas with the intention of training to fight American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistani police authorities said Thu  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Defense Dept. faulted for not taping detainee News Link  •  Torture
 Defense Dept. faulted for not taping detainee
12-10-2009  •  Washington Post 
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Defense Department was in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who is challenging his detention in court. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler had ordered the g  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A. News Link  •  Central Intelligence Agency
 Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.
12-10-2009  •  NY Times 
Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities " clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of det  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Justice Dept. won't support Jack Johnson pardon News Link  •  Racism
 Justice Dept. won't support Jack Johnson pardon
12-10-2009  •  AP 
The Justice Department is refusing to back a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
New York Times raises eyebrows with gift guide for people 'of color' News Link  •  Racism
 New York Times raises eyebrows with gift guide for people 'of color'
12-10-2009  •  Yahoo! News 
A new addition to the New York Times annual Holiday Gift Guide has sparked a minor uproar after a blog devoted to critiquing the paper termed it "racist." Included in this year's guide, which was published in November, is a page titled "Of Color/Styl  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Joblessness plan revamps rules on bank bailouts News Link  •  Employment & Jobs
 Joblessness plan revamps rules on bank bailouts
12-10-2009  •  Washington Post 
The Obama administration plans to channel money from the government's massive financial bailout program to small businesses as part of an effort to limit the political and economic damage of high unemployment. One plan under consideration involves  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
House approves $447 billion omnibus spending measure News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 House approves $447 billion omnibus spending measure
12-10-2009  •  Washington Post 
The House voted Thursday to approve half a dozen spending bills contained in one large package, as the chamber races to complete its work before adjourning for the year.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 Search Warrants Served at Chicanos Por La Causa Headquarters
12-10-2009  •  AzFamily.com via Yahoo! News 
The warrants are in reference to the grand jury indictment earlier this week of County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ed Vallejo
Seventy-Five-Yr-Old Salsa Dancing British Grandmother Wins Spanish TV’s “Got Talent” Show News Link  •  Media: Television
 Seventy-Five-Yr-Old Salsa Dancing British Grandmother Wins Spanish TV’s “Got Talent” Show
12-10-2009  •  Ginn 
The expressions on the judges' faces while the 75-year-old grannie is dancing is priceless.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
Feature Article  •  Casey Research Articles
 How to Predict the Price of Gold
Jeff Clark
   Long-term readers know that gold moves inversely to the dollar, meaning if the dollar drops, gold tends to rise (and vice versa). This happens with about 80% regularity. But what many gold writers haven’t acknowledged is the leveraged movement our fa
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Iranian nuclear scientist goes missing in Saudi Arabia News Link  •  Iran
 Iranian nuclear scientist goes missing in Saudi Arabia
12-10-2009  •  McClatchy News 
An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned. Shahram Amiri's mysterious disappearance is turning into a Middle Eastern whodunit involving nuclear secret  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Tasered/Beaten Pastor on Trial for His Beliefs and Preaching?!?!?! Feature Article  •  Steven Anderson - Checkpoint Arrest
 Tasered/Beaten Pastor on Trial for His Beliefs and Preaching?!?!?!
Morpheus Titania
   Pastor Anderson is on trial next week for 2 misdemeanors: failure to obey an officer's order and obstructing a public highway. There will be a hearing on the constitutionality of the border patrol checkpoint on Wednesday, Dec 16, and there will be a
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SAfrica officials suspended in citizenship scam News Link  •  World News
 SAfrica officials suspended in citizenship scam
12-10-2009  •  AP 
South Africa on Thursday suspended dozens of officials being investigated for giving citizenship to mainly Pakistani foreigners, nearly a year after Britain warned that corrupt officials were handing out false South African passports.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
PART 10: MUSLIMS IN 21ST CENTURY AMERICA-- WHAT HISTORIANS SAY Opinion  •  Immigration
 CONNECTING THE DOTS
PART 10: MUSLIMS IN 21ST CENTURY AMERICA-- WHAT HISTORIANS SAY
12-10-2009
Frosty Wooldridge
   Not because of its ‘purity’ or ‘intelligence’ but via its preying on illiteracy, poverty and desperation. In its rawest most basic form, it adheres to and promotes violence.
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Gov. Sanford scandal ends with whimper: No impeachment News Link  •  Corruption
 Gov. Sanford scandal ends with whimper: No impeachment
12-10-2009  •  McClatchy News 
A South Carolina House panel voted Wednesday not to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford for abandoning his duties and abuse of power, all but closing the door on lawmakers removing Sanford from office. The seven-member panel, instead, voted unanimously to c  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Venezuelan police killings come under scrutiny News Link  •  World News
 Venezuelan police killings come under scrutiny
12-10-2009  •  Miami Herald 
The gunshots woke them at 2 in the morning, but no one dared venture out until dawn. "My kids saw them first, on the way to school,'' said Pérez, whose one-story house is 150 yards from the gruesome discovery. "Their hands were tied.''  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
11,000 shot dead by police in Brazil since 2003 News Link  •  World News
 11,000 shot dead by police in Brazil since 2003
12-10-2009  •  Miami Herald 
Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo shot to death more than 11,000 suspects since 2003, and "frequently'' carry out extrajudicial executions that only add to Brazil's spiral of violence, Human Rights Watch reported. "Each year, the police in Rio a  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Tax sugary drinks to fight the flab, says expert News Link  •  TAXES: Federal
 Tax sugary drinks to fight the flab, says expert
12-10-2009  •  Reuters 
A nutrition expert who has advised the U.S. government and health policy makers around the world, says the epidemic of obesity and weight gain sweeping the globe could be slowed dramatically if people include "you are what you drink."  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Editor and Publisher Shutting Down News Link  •  Media: Print
 Editor and Publisher Shutting Down
12-10-2009  •  Mondo Frazier 
After 108 years in business, the magazine, Editor & Publisher, is shutting down. Is it a sign of the times--or the Times, as in NY Times?  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
The 7 foods experts won't eat News Link  •  Food
 The 7 foods experts won't eat
12-10-2009  •  Liz Vaccariello 
How healthy (or not) certain foods are"for us, for the environment"is a hotly debated topic among experts and consumers alike, and there are no easy answers. But when Prevention talked to the people at the forefront of food safety and asked them one   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Morpheus Titania
Berkeley City Council: Coat Hangers to Dems Who Voted Against Federal Funded Abortions News Link  •  Philosophy: Liberalism
 Berkeley City Council: Coat Hangers to Dems Who Voted Against Federal Funded Abortions
12-10-2009  •  Ginn 
The Berkeley city council sent out coat hangers to 20 Democrat senators who voted against abortion provisions in the health care bill now being debated. Maybe the message sent will not be the message received, though.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions News Link  •  B.O.R.G.
 Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions
12-10-2009  Half-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a person's level of 'malintent' as a counterterrorism tool. This past February, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a one-year, $2.6 million gr  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Morpheus Titania
Congress: Passengers Can Bring Guns on Amtrak Trains News Link  •  Gun Rights
 Congress: Passengers Can Bring Guns on Amtrak Trains
12-10-2009  •  ABC News 
On Tuesday night Congressional negotiators reached an agreement that the final version of a transportation bill would include an amendment that restores the right of Amtrak travelers to pack their firearms in checked baggage.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Black lawmakers grow impatient with White House News Link  •  Obama Administration
 Black lawmakers grow impatient with White House
12-10-2009  •  AP 
Black lawmakers who have held their tongues during most of President Barack Obama's first year in office are stepping up their demands that the nation's first black president do more for minority communities hit hardest by the recession. While sti  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Concerned About Privacy? You're Probably up to no Good, Says Google CEO News Link  •  Surveillance
 Concerned About Privacy? You're Probably up to no Good, Says Google CEO
12-10-2009  •  Daily Tech 
Google CEO Eric Schmidt commented to CNBC, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Trouser Chili
Solar power coming to a store near you News Link  •  Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
 Solar power coming to a store near you
12-10-2009  •  AP 
Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Socrates: Socrates Three Filters Test News Link  •  Humor
 Socrates: Socrates Three Filters Test
12-10-2009  •  Mondo Frazier 
Before spreading rumors and/or gossip, it might be wise to apply Socrates' "Three Filters Test".  Read Full Story
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Father Sues Montana Public Health Department: If You’re a Parent, This is One Story You Need to Read News Link  •  Surveillance
 Father Sues Montana Public Health Department: If You’re a Parent, This is One Story You Need to Read
12-10-2009  •  Ginn 
Think the government “knows best” on healthcare, think again. This story out of Montana highlights how parents' rights over their children’s health has been superseded by bureaucrats--which in this case, could have caused a teen’s death.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
Radio/TV Show  •  Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
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Declare Your Independence With Ernest Hancock Morning December 10th 2009
   Ernest plays Christmas music and goes one on one with the microphone... just sharing the love.
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4409 -- NAZI Checkpoint asking for papers Feature Article  •  Videos by 4409
 4409 -- NAZI Checkpoint asking for papers
Forty Four O Nine
   We are on a Mission from God :) This video is dedicated to Pirate K.Celaya #5480 and Prosecuter Jay Cairn....LOL
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Meteorite option Eliminated News Link  •  Science, Medicine and Technology
 Meteorite option Eliminated
12-10-2009  •  arclein 
There is a black mat layer across North America which is correlated to the Younger Dryas climatic shift seen in Greenland ice cores dated at 13 thousand years ago by radio carbon," explains Paquay.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Klein
Oregon Wave Project Report News Link  •  Science, Medicine and Technology
 Oregon Wave Project Report
12-10-2009  •  arclein 
On Friday morning, New Jersey-based Ocean Power Technologies announced that it has contracted with Oregon Iron Works to start building what it hoped will become a 10-buoy test system in the waters off Reedsport, Ore.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Klein
Maize Maize Diffusion In U News Link  •  Agriculture
 Maize Maize Diffusion In U
12-10-2009  •  arclein 
Corn from five sites in Arizona and New Mexico now predates 2,000 B.C., which makes it too early to be explained by diffusion of settled Mexican villagers, said Fritz.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Klein
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