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Date Sent: 2008-03-10
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, March 10, 2008 |
Fannie Mae needs taxpayer bailout -- British camera "sees" under clothes from 80 yards
Is the Revolution Over or Just Beginning? by Rand Paul -- We Can't Kill Our Way to Peace by Ron Paul -- Let the Bankruptcies Roll -- A Real Threat to California Home-Schoolers -- Insect 'spies' fitted with video camera implants -- Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal? -- Iran sees pre-election US bid to reduce oil price -- Caucus chair uncovers discrepancies -- Ex-Defense Official Assails Colleagues Over Run-Up to War -- US fails a fourth time to hit al-Qa'ida suspect in Somalia -- McCain should know better -- Crime pays for US prison companies -- Dollar wilts as recession alarm bells ring -- Gasoline prices hit new high, seen jumping more -- Consensus nears for mail-in primary in Florida -- Iraq Costs US $12B Per Month -- Montana Threatens To Secede If Court Rules Against Individual Gun Rights -- AZ School Carry to be heard by full Senate -- Merida Initiative Funds Transnational Police -- Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Economic Picture -- 911: They knew, but did nothing -- Group Calls for Ban Marketing Cell Phones to Kids -- WAR! by David McElroy
Margaret Thatcher suffers minor strokes; Shuttle Endeavour set to launch Japan lab to space station Tuesday at 2:28 a.m. EDT; MSNBC to fire pundit Tucker Carlson (RawStory)
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News Link • Eugenics
Is the Revolution Over or Just Beginning?
by Rand Paul
3-8-2008
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Daily Paul
Reports that Ron Paul has quit the Presidential Race remind me of Mark Twain's famous quote, "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The Ron Paul Presidential campaign continues, albeit at a different pace. What does that mean?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
We Can't Kill Our Way to Peace
by Ron Paul
3-8-2008
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U.S. House
I rise in opposition to H. Res. 951, a resolution to condemn Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians. As one who is consistently against war and violence, I obviously do not support the firing of rockets indiscriminately into civilian populat
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Let the Bankruptcies Roll
by Michael S. Rozeff
3-8-2008
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LewRockwell
Certain financial developments of late, commonly treated by the mainstream media as negative, are gladdening my heart. It is sheer delight to read that Carlyle Capital is unable to meet margin calls. Its stock fell from $12 to $5 in one day. I hope i
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
A Real Threat to California Home-Schoolers
3-8-2008
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LewRockwell
I’m not sure how the Free State Project is going in New Hampshire, but the Police State Project appears to be advancing rapidly here in California. The latest installment: A state court of appeal has basically outlawed home-schooling.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ending the War
by Laurence M. Vance
3-8-2008
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LewRockwell
Can this war be stopped? Can anyone stop this war? Since we can’t rely on Congress or political candidates or the typical American or even Christians who supposedly follow the "Prince of Peace," there is only one way I see to end this war.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Insect 'spies' fitted with video camera implants
3-9-2008
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Daily Telegraph
Scientists are creating real-life "flies-on-the-walls" by fitting insects with special implants that enable them to be used as spies. The creatures are being installed with special electrodes, batteries and even video cameras that enable th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
The Ron Paul Revolution Goes Home to America
by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster
3-8-2008
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NolanChart
What no one in the conventional media seems to understand about the Ron Paul Campaign is that while Ron is the spokesman, the vessel, the action takes place through the Revolution. That is why we call it The Revolution. With the Revolution winning is
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
3-8-2008
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ABC36
The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site. Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted. The website operator would have to pay if someone posts anon
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fannie Mae may fall more, need bailout - Barron's
3-8-2008
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Reuters
Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. [government] home funding company, could face further declines in its already battered share price, and may soon need a [taxpayer] government bailout, according to the latest issue of Barron's.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Iran sees pre-election US bid to reduce oil price
3-8-2008
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Reuters
A senior Iranian oil official said on Saturday he expected the oil price to fall ahead of November’s US presidential election, suggesting Washington would seek to push it down for political reasons. [funny how that happens]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Caucus chair uncovers discrepancies
3-8-2008
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Texas Daily
Volunteers who worked the caucus are suspicious of at least one of the caucus lists, the precinct chairman said. At least 3 students who signed the list verified the candidates attached to their names were not the candidates they voted for.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ex-Defense Official Assails Colleagues Over Run-Up to War
3-8-2008
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Washington Post
Douglas J. Feith, in a massive score-settling work ["don't blame me"], portrays an intelligence community and a State Department that repeatedly undermined plans he developed as undersecretary of defense for policy and conspired to unde
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US fails a fourth time to hit al-Qa'ida suspect in Somalia
3-8-2008
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The Independent
A US missile strike in Somalia, aimed at a man described by the Pentagon as a "known al-Qa'ida terrorist", succeeded only in hurting six civilians and killing three cows and a calf, the IoS has learned. [We're good at that.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain should know better
3-8-2008
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Truthdig
John McCain should know. More than any other candidate for president, John McCain should know that peace talks can be stronger and smarter than bombs, that withdrawing American soldiers can be the best way to achieve stability, and that the best way
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
MobiTV seeks to shut down Web forum
3-8-2008
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AP
MobiTV Inc., which provides TV services on Sprint Nextel Corp. cell phones, is trying to shut down a Web forum that is carrying instructions on how to get access to its channels for free.
MobiTV sent a letter to Howardforums.com, asking the site t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Crime pays for US prison companies
3-8-2008
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AFP
FINANCIERS, real-estate agents and car salesmen might be suffering from America's economic malaise, but bulging jails have triggered a profit boom for corrections companies.
The US leads the world in the number of people it incarcerates and go
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dollar wilts as recession alarm bells ring
3-8-2008
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AFP
The dollar sank towards fresh lows against the euro and the yen in Asian trade on Monday after a bleak US jobs report added to concerns that the world's largest economy is in a recession, dealers said.
The dollar slipped to 102.29 yen in Tokyo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gasoline prices hit new high, seen jumping more
3-8-2008
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Reuters
U.S. average retail gasoline prices have reached a new high of almost $3.20 per gallon and will likely jump another 20 to 30 cents in the next month, worsening the pain of consumers struggling to make ends meet in an economic downturn.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
As border tightens, smugglers raise their game
3-8-2008
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Reuters
When U.S. authorities raised a tall curtain of steel through this tiny Arizona border town to prevent people crossing illegally from Mexico, the smugglers on the south side were ready. [hilarious and why political solutions are crap]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Britain makes camera that "sees" under clothes from many yards away
3-8-2008
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Reuters
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Print
Reporter's lawyers seek to delay fines
3-8-2008
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USA Today
Attorneys for a former USA TODAY reporter plan to ask a federal appeals court to suspend the payment of thousands of dollars in fines imposed for failing to identify sources who named former Army scientist Steven Hatfill as a possible suspect in the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Political
Black farmers work to keep land with co-ops
3-8-2008
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USA Today
An effort to help people hold on to their property and build an economy intends to teach people to pool resources in traditional farming cooperatives. Farmers would grow crops that tap the demand for organic food and alternative fuel production.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Consensus nears for mail-in primary in Florida
3-8-2008
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AP
A consensus began to emerge today that the best way to give Florida's Democrats a voice in electing a candidate for president lies with the U.S. Postal Service.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq Costs US $12B Per Month
3-8-2008
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AP
The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will costs $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winn
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Montana Threatens To Secede If Court Rules Against Individual Gun Rights
03/09/2008
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Washington Times via KXMB.com
A collective rights decision by the court would violate the contract by which Montana entered into statehood, called the Compact With the United States and archived at Article I of the Montana Constitution.
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
U.K.L.P.: Abolish personal income tax
03-09-2008
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LibertyforAll.net
Since Britain's income tax accounts for one quarter of the £534 billion spent by the government last year, U.K. Libertarian Party leader Patrick Vessey has called for it to be abolished.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Gun Rights
No Firearms? AZ Says “Pistols Please”!
03/09/2008
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Phoenix Pink Pistols
A poll posted on our website last month asked visitors how they react to “No Firearms” signs in businesses. With over 50 voters, the results speak for themselves; just 14% of gun owners report that they disarm willingly.
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Political Theory
Compulsive Gambler Attorney Sues Casinos
03-08-2008
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Ginn
She lost her house, her parents' home and stole from her clients. The casinos tried to bar her and she sued them. Now she's suing because they didn't stop her.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Military
Is this how Jesus Christ would treat the Iraqi people?
3-8-08
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YouTube.com
We have a president who claims to talk directly to the Son of God, and yet we see in this video how followers of George Bush treat the Iraqi people.
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News Link • North American Union
Merida Initiative Funds Transnational Police
03/08/2008
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Arizona CHANGE
The US House has been hearing in subcommittee talk of the Merida Initiative, another frightening piece of globalist handiwork which has been blowing in the wind since a statement last October revealed how much had already been accomplished in secret.
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Economic Picture
03-08-2008
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The New York Times
WASHINGTON " The worst fears of consumers, investors and Washington officials were confirmed on Friday, as deepening paralysis on Wall Street collided with stark new evidence of falling employment and a likely recession.
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Bush Administration
911: They knew, but did nothing
3-8-08
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Sydney Morning Herald
It would later be revealed by the 9/11 commission into the September 11 attacks that more than 40 presidential briefings presented to Bush from January 2001 through to September 10, 2001, included references to bin Laden.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Group Calls for Cell Phone Marketing Ban
03-08-2008
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The New York Times
Driven by a lack of knowledge over the long-term health effects of mobile phone use, parent groups in Europe have called for a ban on marketing cell phones to children.
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Mike Renzulli
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Opinion • NeoCons
McElroy's Musings
WAR!
03/07/2008
David McElroy
Look at the BIG PICTURE! World War III and Martial Law are coming!
The Police State is here! Consider what has happened in recent years.
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