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Date Sent: 2011-02-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, February 22, 2011 PM edition |
Oil Goes Berserk In Electronic Trading As WTI Passes $98 -- Army Opens Fire on Bahrainian Protesters
Wisconsin teachers to take over your transportation - by Craig Cantoni -- Dozens trapped by New Zealand quake that killed 65 -- Pirates shoot dead four American hostages in failed U.S. military rescue attempt
-- Census estimates show 1 in 4 US counties are dying -- Arvada Police
arrest 11-year-old over 'inappropriate' stick figure drawing --
Argentina claims it seized weapons, drugs onboard US Air Force cargo
plane -- Troopers would ‘absolutely’ use force on Wisc. protesters if ordered: Police union prez -- Real House Prices Fall To 2000 Levels: The Ownership Society Is Dead! -- Troops often left to decide whether suspicious activity warrants detention
-- Silver Is Here To Stay -- 12-Digit Identity Number: Biometric New
World Order Underway In India -- Connecting the dots to anarchy -- Are You Prepared? A Grab-and-Go Bag Could Save Your Life
-- Coming Monetary And Fiscal Contraction Means "Selling In May" May Be
Too Late -- Is the Case-Shiller Index visual evidence of a double-dip
in home prices (Chart) -- NAR Housing data may have understated extent
of collapse -- Wal-Mart Slides After Revenue Miss, And Negative Same-Store Sales Growth -- Oil price shock: Pandora's Box is opened -- Karl Denninger: Endgame Approaching -- Consumer Stress Continues to Rise While DC Oligarchs Continue Their Looting -- Japan's credit outlook is cut to negative by Moody's -- Waging War on Chicago Workers
AZ: Ron Paul speaks in
Phoenix, Sat., Feb. 26 for Tea Party event
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News Link • World News
Dozens trapped by New Zealand quake that killed 65
02-22-2011
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AP
Office workers trapped under their collapsed buildings sent messages to the outside as rescuers with dogs scrambled to save them and dozens of others following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 65 in one of New Zealand's largest cities.
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News Link • Military
Pirates shoot dead four American hostages in failed U.S. military rescue attempt
02-22-2011
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Reuters
Pirates shot dead 4 American hostages on a yacht they had seized in the Arabian Sea, and a firefight left 2 pirates dead and 13 captured, the U.S. military said. The dead hostages were only discovered after U.S. forces responded to gunfire and boarde
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Census estimates show 1 in 4 US counties are dying
02-22-2011
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AP
Hit by an aging population and a poor economy, a near-record number of U.S. counties are experiencing more deaths than births in their communities, a phenomenon demographers call "natural decrease."
Years in the making, the problem is spreading am
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Arvada Police arrest 11-year-old over 'inappropriate' stick figure drawing
02-22-2011
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KDVD (video)
An 11-year-old Arvada boy was arrested and hauled away in handcuffs for drawing stick figures in school, something his therapist told him to do. His parents say they understand what he did was inappropriate, but are outraged by the way Arvada Police
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Argentina claims it seized weapons, drugs onboard US Air Force cargo plane
02-22-2011
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Rawstory
This report was originally filed Feb. 15, 2011, but has been republished today due to a general lack of US media coverage: Argentina seized what they say are undeclared weapons and drugs on a US military aircraft last week.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Troopers would ‘absolutely’ use force on Wisc. protesters if ordered: Police union prez
02-22-2011
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Rawstory
Amid the largest protests Madison, Wisconsin has seen in decades, newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker last week issued a stark message to public labor unions occupying the capitol building: we have options, and using the National Guard against
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Airline Apologizes To Jewish Customers
02-22-2011
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FOX News
UK budget airline easyJet apologized Tuesday to Jewish customers after the only food choices served on a flight from Israel were ham melts and bacon baguettes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Tower of Power: Mystery of Ancient Jericho Monument Revealed
02-22-2011
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LiveScience
Since its discovery about 60 years ago, one of the earliest stone monuments in the history of humankind, a tower on the western edge of the ancient settlement of Tel Jericho, has inspired a number of theories about why it was built.
Now, after st
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Army Opens Fire on Bahrainian Protesters. WARNING GRAPHIC
02-22-2011
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YouTube
Video of government forces firing on marching protesters in Bahrain. WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Housing
Real House Prices Fall To 2000 Levels: The Ownership Society Is Dead!
02-22-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
Prices are now falling again, and if the months-of-supply is substantially higher than originally thought (the NAR reported 8.1 months in December), then prices will probably fall further than many analysts expect.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Maneuvering The Highway To The Education And The Workforce Committee
02222011
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www.drscoundrels.com
What might seem to be a boring little committee is in fact a committee that can influence a lot of your life - from your kids to your workplace and our new author Susan Hustwick is covering this committee for us - and her first report has some great
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Martial Law
A Preview: Troops often left to decide whether suspicious activity warrants detention
02-22-2011
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stripes.com
After the FDC guards take the suspect’s fingerprints and iris scans, he is medically screened and given any needed treatment. Next, he will be issued an orange jump suit and a cell.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics
Allen West Vs. Miami CAIR Director " With VIDEO
02222011
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www.drscoundrels.com
I must admit, I first thought Allen West, when hearing about him, was a mythical character that had been built up like many external candidates had been. I was seriously expecting to be disappointed, but after reading speeches and seeing a confrontat
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Silver Is Here To Stay
02222011
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www.drscoundrels.com
I don’t normally stick my neck out and say buy or sell a commodity. In this case I don’t have to stick my neck out.
Silver. No not because it recently has gone through the stratosphere but rather for very good fundamental reasons. I report and you
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Surveillance
12-Digit Identity Number: Biometric New World Order Underway In India
02-22-2011
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livemint.com
The biometric data will include all 10 fingerprints, iris scan and face recognition. Individuals can not opt out of the biometric data collection!
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Food
Connecting the dots to anarchy
02-22-2011
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wnd.com/
Are you connecting the dots yet? This is the elephant in the room that everyone refuses to see: We're not as secure in this country as the government and mainstream media would like us to believe.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Are You Prepared? A Grab-and-Go Bag Could Save Your Life
02-22-2011
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http://drscoundrels.com
One of the most important first steps in getting prepared for any disaster is putting together a grab-and-go bag, something you need to start doing now. Here's how.
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James Hyde
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Coming Monetary And Fiscal Contraction Means "Selling In May" May Be Too Late
02-22-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Well, if you haven’t yet heard, major budgetary restraint is coming our way in the second half of the year, and so we would recommend that you enjoy whatever fiscal and monetary juice there is left in the blender. There isn’t much that is for sure.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Is the Case-Shiller Index visual evidence of a double-dip in home prices (Chart)
02-22-2011
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The Hallmark Abstract Sentinel
The Case-Shiller Index
The S&P/Case"Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions. It is updated monthly. The national index is normalized to have a value of 100 in the
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Housing
Case Shiller Index: Housing Prices See The Obama Bump Disappear
02-22-2011
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
Cleveland and Las Vegas have joined Detroit in being cities where home prices are lower than they were in January 2000.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Case-Shiller Index: Home Prices Fall 2.4% In December
02-22-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
The 2.4% decline in the 20-city composite was right in line. The 10-city composite fell 1.2%.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Aluminum Replacing Copper in EVs
02-22-2011
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arclein
One possible alternative " the use of aluminum-based elements in cables and copper-based elements in connection areas " also entails problems. Because there is a high electrochemical potential between a copper contact and an aluminum cable, this kind
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Google Earth, Atlantis and Canary Basin
02-22-2011
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arclein
The underwater image can be found at the co-ordinates 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W.
Last night Atlantis experts said that the unexplained grid is located at one of the possible sites of the legendary island, which was described by the ancient Greek p
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Ancient Teeth Challenges Origins of Man
02-22-2011
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arclein
Teeth found at a site near Rosh Haain in Israel are providing new information about who the earlier occupants of this region were as well as their potential evolutionary relationships with later fossils from this same region, says Binghamton Universi
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robert klein
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The Modern Revolution
02-22-2011
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arclein
Many Bahrainis, like the young taxi man, have witnessed huge wealth sloshing around their diminutive country of less than 600,000 indigenous people (perhaps another 300,000 are expatriates, official figures are vague). But so little of that wealth "
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News Link • Housing
NAR Housing data may have understated extent of collapse
02-22-2011
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Reuters.com/
The National Association of Realtors, which issues the monthly existing home sales report that is closely watched by economists and financial markets, may have over-counted home sales dating as far back as 2007...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Iran
Iran Naval Ships Enter Suez Canal, Set to Anger Israel
02-22-2011
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CNBC.com
Two Iranian naval ships entered the Suez Canal on Tuesday and were heading towards the Mediterranean, a canal official said, a move certain to anger Israel.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wal-Mart Slides After Revenue Miss, And Negative Same-Store Sales Growth
02-22-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
Comp store sales in the US were down 1.1% for the quarter, if you exclude fuel sales.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Oil price shock: Pandora's Box is opened
02-22-2011
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Telegraph.co.uk/news
The last time the oil price lost all sense of gravity, as it threatens to again with the price of Brent crude now well north of $100 a barrel, it helped tip the world economy into the deepest recession since the 1930s.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Karl Denninger: Endgame Approaching
02-22-2011
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Market-ticker.org
We have put through three successive doublings of debt in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. This was against average 10-year rates of GDP acceleration that averaged 30-40%. That is, debt service requirements at constant interest rates and constant dolla
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Oil Goes Berserk In Electronic Trading As WTI Passes $98
02-22-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
As Zero Hedge advised in early January when the severity of the Maghreb revolution was made all too clear to anyone not willing to stick their head in the CNBC sand, oil could well be the buy of a lifetime ahead of a downward spiral of unprecedented.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Stress Continues to Rise While DC Oligarchs Continue Their Looting
02-22-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
Whether by dumb luck or design, enough Americans have become fixated with various forms of jealousy over advantages they believe their neighbors have, that it is providing a great smokescreen for the oligarchs to continue their looting.
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News Link • Economy - International
Japan's credit outlook is cut to negative by Moody's
02-22-2011
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BBC.co.uk/
Moody's Investor Services has cut its outlook on Japan's credit rating to "negative" from "stable" citing concerns about debt levels.
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News Link • Campaign for Liberty
Ron Paul confirmed speaker at American Policy Summit in Phoenix
02-21-2011
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Campaign for Liberty
Ron Paul is indeed a confirmed speaker at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit this Saturday. The Summit is being held at the Phoenix Convention center and will run from 1pm on Friday 25th and culminate with a straw poll on Sunday 27th.
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