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Date Sent: 2007-12-29
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, December 29, 2007 |
New Hampshire GOP not responsible for Ron Paul's snubbing -- Army using video game recruiting tool
Romney’s Firm to Buy Clear Channel -- How Real ID will affect you -- Operation Falcon and the Looming Police State -- Citigroup, Goldman Cut LBO Backlog With 10% Discounts -- FBI Mug Shots to Hit Digital Billboards -- Military Paper Corrupted by Defense Dept. -- China finds U.S. firms eager allies on security -- Navy JAG Resigns Over Torture Issue -- Dollar's Share of Currency Reserves Falls, IMF Says -- Wi-Fi routers vulnerable to airborne viruses -- Five Major Homebuilders Face Bankruptcy in 2008 -- Code Pink's Medea Benjamin gets in the face of the FBI over "Criminal Database" -- Police abandoned security posts before Bhutto assassination -- Rate cuts will hammer dollar: Chinese official -- Creeping Fascism: Lessons From the Past -- New-Homes Sales fall to a 12 Year Low -- MISH: Commercial Real Estate Transactions Plunge -- Universal Healthcare Claims Another Victim
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News Link • Media: Television
Romney’s Firm to Buy Clear Channel
12-28-2007
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Truthdig
It’s a big week for big media: First, Dow Jones & Co. officially approved Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of The Wall Street Journal, and now Lew Rockwell is reporting that Mitt Romney’s private equity firm is buying radio behemoth Clear Channel.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FAQ: How Real ID will affect you
12-28-2007
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By Declan McCullagh
President Bush is expected to sign an $82 billion military spending bill that will, create electronically readable, federally approved ID cards for Americans. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved--which includes the Real ID Act--on Th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Operation Falcon and the Looming Police State
12-28-2007
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Information Clearinghouse
Operation Falcon: Blueprint for removing dissidents and political rivals. The Bush administration has carried out three massive sweeps in the last two years, rolling up more than 30,000 minor crooks and criminals, without as much as a whimper of prot
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Citigroup, Goldman Cut LBO Backlog With 10% Discounts
12-28-2007
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Bloomberg
Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are offering discounts of as much as 10 cents on the dollar to clear a $231 billion backlog of high-yield bonds and loans. "The market can absorb all of these deal
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Print
Military Paper Corrupted by Defense Dept.
12-28-2007
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NY Times
Top editors at the military newspaper "Stars and Stripes" are asking for full disclosure of the paper’s relationship with a Defense Department publicity program, called "America Supports You," after disclosures that money was funn
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
China finds U.S. firms eager allies on security
12-28-2007
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IHT
In preparation for the Beijing Olympics and a host of other international events, some American companies are helping the Chinese government to design and install one of the most comprehensive high-tech public surveillance systems in the world.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Navy JAG Resigns Over Torture Issue
12-28-2007
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Military
"It was with sadness that I signed my name this grey morning to a letter resigning my commission in the U.S. Navy," wrote attorney-at-law Andrew Williams. "There was a time when I served with pride ... Sadly, no more." Stems from
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Dollar's Share of Currency Reserves Falls, IMF Says
12-28-2007
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Bloomberg
The dollar's share of global foreign-exchange reserves fell to a record low in the third quarter as demand for U.S. assets waned after the subprime- mortgage market collapsed.
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Powell Gammill
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Reference Link • Eugenics
Size matters
Ctrl-Alt-Del
AOL is conducting a "spam proof" online poll and that understates Ron Paul's lead by overstating the support for his rivals. They do so by presenting a distorted bar chart of the results.
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Mike Dugger
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Wi-Fi routers vulnerable to airborne viruses
12-28-2007
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New Scientist
"We forget that routers are mini-computers. They have memory, they are networked and they are programmable." And since they aren't scanned for viruses, or protected by existing firewalls, they are easy targets. Routers close enough toge
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Five Major Homebuilders Face Bankruptcy in 2008
12-28-07
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Bloomberg.com
"It is our view that 2008 is probably going to be a very drastic year for the group,'' Barron, a senior research analyst at the Wayzata, Minnesota-based brokerage, said in an interview on Bloomberg Radio.
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News Link • Constitution
Code Pink's Medea Benjamin gets in the face of the FBI over "Criminal Database"
12-27-07
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Youtube.com and Truthnews.us
In this video Medea Benjamin hounds an official of the FBI on how to have one's name removed from the FBI's Criminal Database. The FBI agent refuses to look at her or to give her a real answer,
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
A must-hear radio interview for Ron Paul supporters and those who aren't (yet!).
12-28-2007
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SpoxTalk Radio
Radio show interviews Christine Smith about libertarianism and Ron Paul.The show, broadcasts on several New Hampshire radio stations (& numerous stations via internet). Smith recommends www.FreedomsPhoenix.com during interview. Listen and share archi
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Christine -
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News Link • TERRORISM
Police abandoned security posts before Bhutto assassination
12-28-07
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Rawstory.com
Rawalpindi, where Bhutto was killed, is the garrison city that houses the Pakistani military's headquarters.
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News Link • Economy - International
Rate cuts will hammer dollar: Chinese official
12-27-07
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CNN Money.com
Further cuts in U.S. interest rates would have a "harmful effect" on the dollar and the international finance system, a Chinese finance official wrote in a commentary Thursday in an official newspaper.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
More on New Home Sales
12-28-07
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Calculatedrisk.blogspot.com
This graph shows New Home Sales vs. Recessions for the last 35 years. This is what we call Cliff Diving!
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Creeping Fascism: Lessons From the Past - by Ray McGovern
12-28-07
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Antiwar.com
James Madison: "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations....
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News Link • Military
U.S. Army using video game as recruiting tool
12-28-07
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The Arizona Republic.com
In Chandler, Arizona a local Army recruiting office is sponsoring a video-game tournament that is expected to draw more than 100 people. Recruiters will promote the video game "America's Army"...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
New-Homes Sales fall to a 12 Year Low
12-28-07
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Associated Press
Sales of new homes plunged last month to their lowest level in more than 12 years, a grim testament to the problems plaguing the housing sector.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Commercial Real Estate Transactions Plunge
12-27-07
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
One victim is Centro Properties Group, the fifth-largest owner of shopping centers in the U.S. The Australian real-estate company saw its share price fall by 90% in two days last week...
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Universal Healthcare Claims Another Victim
12/28/2007
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Yahoo News-AP
Japan's government provided health care system suffers from a shortage of doctors. This woman died while an ambulance crew searched for a hospital which would accept her.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Corruption
"Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2007
12-28-2007
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Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
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Reported by:
Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
FOX News to Host Special GOP Candidate Forum (No Ron Paul???!!!)
12-28-2007
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Big Head DC
David Rhodes, Vice President, FOX News Channel said, “We look forward to presenting a serious discussion of the issues. The Forum will be a vigorous exchange as candidates make their closing arguments of the New Hampshire Primary.”
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Ernest Hancock
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