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Date Sent: 2008-09-02
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, September 2, 2008 |
Police, protesters clash near Republican convention --Gustav no Katrina, but exposes flaws in levees
Gustav Threatens New Orleans, Questions Wisdom of Rebuilding -- Al Qaida has free movement in Pakistan, top official concedes -- Georgia crisis defines new Russian defense policy -- Iraqi prime minister suffers from overconfidence, U.S., Iraqi aides say -- Iraqis take control of once bloody Anbar province -- President Bush Seizes Faith Based Churches - by Greg Dixon -- Google set to introduce its own Web browser -- Bush Arms Dictators Around The World - by Sherwood Ross -- Russia says US may have sent weapons to Georgia -- How and why China props up our dollar -- U.K. Facing Worst Conditions in 60 Years -- Stoking Tensions, Risking Confrontation: A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia - by Stephen Lendman
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News Link • Energy
The Imposed Surcharges We Shoulder
by Robert Jackman
9-1-2008
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The Libertarian Enterprise
What few people realize is the only thing removed from corn to make ethanol is the carbs that cattle can't digest, as too much carbs give them gas and that can cause bloat which can kill.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Gustav Threatens New Orleans, Questions Wisdom of Rebuilding
9-1-2008
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The Seminal
Our government continually spends billions of billions of [our] dollars to help rebuild areas that are almost certain to get wiped out again. Let’s start with Florida. In 2004, the Sunshine State endured four direct hits from hurricanes, prompting C
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Al Qaida has free movement in Pakistan, top official concedes
9-1-2008
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McClatchy News
Pakistan's top security official Monday admitted that al Qaida's leadership moved freely in and out of the country and vowed that "no mercy" would be shown to extremists based in its tribal territory that borders Afghanistan.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Georgia crisis defines new Russian defense policy
9-1-2008
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Reuters
Russia's decision to send troops to Georgia has set a new standard for defending its national interests and the United States must learn to live with it, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraqi prime minister suffers from overconfidence, U.S., Iraqi aides say
9-1-2008
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McClatchy News
U.S. officials in Baghdad worry that success has gone to Maliki's head. They fear that his tough bargaining on a long-term security agreement with the United States is a sign that Maliki thinks he can move ahead on his own. [Dec. 31st? ;-) ]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraqis take control of once bloody Anbar province
9-1-2008
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AP
American forces on Monday handed over security responsibility to the Iraqis in a province that the U.S. once feared was lost _ a sign of the stunning reversal of fortunes since local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.
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News Link • Eugenics
Police, protesters clash near Republican convention
9-1-2008
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Reuters
Police in riot gear battled hundreds of protesters with pepper spray and smoke bombs and arrested 130 people on Monday at the start of the Republican presidential convention. Charges ranged from trespassing to property damage and assault,
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Constitution
Words Eye View
President Bush Seizes Faith Based Churches
09-01-2008
Greg J Dixon
The old cliché “Come shekels, Come shackles” had never been more apparent than when President George Bush gave Executive Order 13397, turning churches that have taken Faith Based Funds over to the Department of Homeland Security.
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News Link • Internet
Updated: Google set to introduce its own Web browser
9-1-2008
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Reuters (download link in comments)
Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.
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News Link • Eugenics
Bigger storm at GOP Convention
9-1-2008
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AP
Delegates had scarcely settled into their seats when it was disclosed a lawyer was representing Palin in an investigation of her firing of the state's public safety commissioner and the pregnancy of her 17-year-old unmarried daughter.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Gustav no Katrina, but exposes flaws in levees
9-1-2008
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AP
Waves crashed high against flood walls Monday and New Orleans' rebuilt levee system survived its first hurricane in three years, but Gustav exposed weaknesses the Army Corps of Engineers won't plug any time soon.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Man Arrested For Offering Two Cents for Sex
9-1-2008
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The Ledger
A man offered two cents to an undercover officer in exchange for sex. The man was one of 10 arrested during an undercover prostitution sting in Bonita Springs Thursday night, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office reported.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Russia says US may have sent weapons to Georgia
9-1-2008
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AP
Russia warned the West against supporting Georgia's leadership, suggesting that the United States carried weapons as well as aid to the ex-Soviet republic and calling for an arms embargo until the Georgian government falls.
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News Link • China
How and why China props up our dollar
9-1-2008
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Daily Telegraph
China has resorted to stealth intervention in the currency markets to amass US dollars, using indirect means to hold down the yuan and ease the pain for its struggling exporters as the global slowdown engulfs the economy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Darling: U.K. Facing Worst Conditions in 60 Years
9-1-2008
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Wall Street Journal
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said the U.K. economic conditions "are arguably the worst they’ve been in 60 years … And I think it’s going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought. We have a credit crunch
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News Link • TAXES: Local
City stands firm in foreclosure case
8-31-2008
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JS Online
The City of Milwaukee is digging in its heels in its attempt to foreclose on the home of a man who failed to pay a $50 fine for parking an unlicensed van in his parents' driveway. The city foreclosed on Tubic's $245,000 home
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