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Date Sent: 2008-12-16
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
SEC Didn't Act on Madoff Tips -- Fed expected to cut US rates to 0.5%
Obama Picks Chicago's Schools Chief For Cabinet -- Soliciting a bribe may not be illegal for politicians -- Caroline Kennedy Is Seeking Seat Held by Clinton -- Throw Shoes at Bush,... Get Tortured -- Judge signs order to protect Madoff investors (another $50 Billion bailout) -- Families' 9/11 liability suit could go to trial -- Illinois lawmakers launch impeachment of governor -- GM plans to slash production 60% next quarter -- Nobel Economist Says More Stable Currency Needed -- Propaganda film on inflation (1933) -- Third of Hedge Funds Face ‘Wipe Out’ -- Shoe insult against Bush resounds in Arab world -- Greek rioters use lasers against police as violence continues into second week -- Greek police run out of tear gas as rioting continues for a seventh day -- Obama picks former Clinton aide for HUD Secretary -- Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV-L): Concept & Hover Test -- Option Arm Mortgages: The Second Wave of Home Foreclosures -- Car key blocks mobile phone use while driving -- Ericsson, Intel Developing Notebook Kill Switch -- Iran says has proof U.S., UK back police killer group -- US DOT Report Confirms Speed Not Major Accident Cause -- Scallop Imaging Security Cameras Give New Meaning to All-Seeing -- Economic Freedom or Socialist Intervention? - by Ron Paul -- Horrifying New Disease Contains Identical Material to GM “Food” -- The Second Amendment and You -- It's time to end the war on drugs -- Atheists for Christmas -- Microsoft wants to get under your skin - Teams with VeriChip -- 30 States: Running Out of Unemployment Funds -- As Rates Race to Zero, Federal Reserve Printing Presses Gear Up -- Greece-Style Riots Coming To U.S. -- Foreclosure Tsunami: The Second Wave is Here -- $750 Billion Bailout: Bush Administration created executive pay loophole -- U.S. homes lose $2 trillion in value during 2008 -- Foes vandalize speed cameras, target program with initiatives -- The Abduction, Secret Detention, Torture, and Repeated Raping of Aafia Siddiqui - by Stephen Lendman
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Picks Chicago's Schools Chief For Cabinet
12-16-2008
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Washington Post
In 1998, Duncan joined the Chicago public school system, where he served as deputy chief of staff. Three years later, Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Duncan chief executive.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
SEC Didn't Act on Madoff Tips
12-16-2008
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Washington Post
Financial analysts raised concerns about Madoff's practices repeatedly over the past decade, including a 1999 letter to the SEC that accused Madoff of running a Ponzi scheme. But the agency did not conduct even a routine examination of the invest
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Soliciting a bribe may not be illegal for politicians
12-15-2008
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NY Times
Ever since the country’s founding, prosecutors, defense lawyers and juries have been trying to define the difference between criminality and political deal-making. They have never established a clear-cut line between the offensive and the illegal
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Caroline Kennedy Is Seeking Seat Held by Clinton
12-16-2008
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NY Times
Caroline Kennedy, the deeply private daughter of America’s most storied political dynasty, will seek the United States Senate seat in New York being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Throw Shoes at Bush,... Get Tortured (unconfirmed by Western Media)
12-15-2008
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roadstoiraq.com
Iraqi TV al-Sharqiya just reported on the news that AL-Zaidi is transferred to Camp Cropper prison, managed by the American forces. The TV Channel announced that Al-Zaidi is in a difficult condition, with broken ribs and signs of tortures
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Judge signs order to protect Madoff investors (another $50 Billion bailout)
12-15-2008
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FoxNews
Stanton signed the order after the Securities Investor Protection Corporation asked that steps be taken to protect investors in the scheme, which has ensnared several major banks and prominent figures as victims
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
$99 (Yes, $99) Laptops Debuts From Acer, RadioShack
12-15-2008
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PC Magazine
In what may be a sign of things to come, Acer and RadioShack have launched a netbook whose price appears to be subsidized by its 3G provider, AT&T.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed expected to cut US rates to 0.5%
12-15-2008
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guardian.co.uk
The Federal Reserve is tonight expected to step up its battle to revive the recession-hit US economy when it cuts interest rates to a record low of 0.5% and announces measures first tried in the Great Depression
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Conspiracies
Families' 9/11 liability suit could go to trial
12-15-2008
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RawStory.com
“I would like some truth and accountability, and I want the public to hear it,” said Mike Low, whose daughter Sara was a flight attendant on American Airlines flight 11.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Who Owns the Moon?
12-15-2008
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Space
Pop favors property rights over group hugs.
"Despite the noble ideals of equity and care for the have-nots, the Common Heritage paradigm of the Moon Treaty has more faults than merits," Pop told SPACE.com.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Britain abuzz over a new plan to arm bobbies with Tasers
12-15-2008
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Chritian Science monitor
They're one of Britain's best known icons: helmeted bobbies, or policemen, who make their rounds on a bicycle or on foot, armed only with pepper spray and a nightstick.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Illinois lawmakers launch impeachment of governor
12-15-2008
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Reuters
Illinois lawmakers on Monday approved an inquiry into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GM plans to slash production 60% next quarter
12-15-2008
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Reuters
General Motors Corp is slashing its first-quarter North American production by 60 percent compared with the same period this year, in response to a collapse in U.S. vehicle demand.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Arena Football to cancel 2009 season-reports
12-15-2008
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Reuters
The owner of the Cleveland Gladiators told the Times that AFL executives and team owners moved to suspend the 2009 season, pending approval by the players' union, so the league could fix its economic model.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Nobel Economist Says More Stable Currency Needed
12-15-2008
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Fordham U.
Nash told the audience that such financial crises would be less likely to occur if there was some international monetary standard, such as the gold standard or competition among worldwide currencies, to curb inflation and prevent the rise of mortgage
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Third of Hedge Funds Face ‘Wipe Out’
12-15-2008
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Bloomerg.com
“The failure rate is going to go up, the closure rate is going up, and the merger rate is going up,” IGS Chief Executive Officer John Godden said in an interview in London. “It’s going to be a 30 percent wipe out.”
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Conspiracies
A Message To The NWO From The Georgia Guidestones
12-16-2008
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Freedom Fighter Radio.net
An anonymous patriot appeared at the Georgia guidestones, sending a riveting message to the global elite, giving them their final warning. If they do not repeal their heinous acts and restore our rights we will rise up in a way that they will never f
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Bush Administration
Shoe insult against Bush resounds in Arab world
12-15-2008
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International Herald Tribune
A day after an Iraqi television journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, this act of defiance toward the American commander in chief reverberated throughout Iraq and across the Arab world.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Greek rioters use lasers against police as violence continues into second week
12-15-2008
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dailymail.co.uk
Greece was ranked as the most corrupt country in the euro zone by the Berlin-based Transparency International watchdog in its latest global survey of corruption perceptions.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Greek police run out of tear gas as rioting continues for a seventh day
12-15-2008
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timesonline.co.uk
Thousands of Greek protesters clashed with riot police yet again in Athens today, as police started to run out of tear gas after battling rioters day and night for a whole week.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Ancient armored amphibian had world's oddest bite
12-15-2008
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Reuters
A peculiar amphibian that was clad in bony armor prowled warm lakes 210 million years ago, catching fish and other tasty snacks with one of the most unusual bites in the history of life on Earth.
The creature called Gerrothorax pulcherrimus, which
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: HUD pick central part of economic blueprint
12-15-2008
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AP
Donovan, head of New York's Housing Preservation and Development Department, is a former Clinton administration HUD official with a national reputation for curtailing low-income foreclosures, developing affordable housing and managing the nation*
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV-L): Concept & Hover Test
12-15-2008
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Youtube
How the MKV-L concept works & its successful first hover ground test (Dec. 2008). The actual ground test footage is bookended by CGI concept clips so you'll know what you're watching. See how missile defense will deal with countermeasures.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Ericsson, Intel Developing Notebook Kill Switch
12-15-2008
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PC Magazine
Like a similar technology previously endorsed by Lenovo, the remote kill switch technology locks down a lost or stolen PC when it receives a special SMS message from the owner [or the government].
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Car key blocks mobile phone use while driving
12-15-2008
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AFP
A pair of US inventors are bringing to market a computerized car key that prevents people from chatting on mobile telephones or sending text messages while driving. [Which they will now lobby legislators to mandate.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran says has proof U.S., UK back police killer group
12-15-2008
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Reuters
Iran has documents to prove the United States and Britain, the Islamic Republic's two Western arch foes, back a group that killed 16 abducted Iranian police officers, state radio reported.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
US DOT Report Confirms Speed Not Major Accident Cause
12-15-2008
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The Newspaper
As lawmakers around the country continue to consider speed limit enforcement as the primary traffic safety measure, the most comprehensive examination of accident causation in thirty years suggests this focus on speed may be misplaced.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Scallop Imaging Security Cameras Give New Meaning to All-Seeing
12-15-2008
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Xconomy
Inspired in part by the scallop, engineers are unveiling a new type of surveillance camera that combines images from 5 separate image sensors, each equivalent to the camera in a typical cell phone whose video feeds span a full 180 degrees,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Option Arm Mortgages: The Second Wave of Home Foreclosures
12-14-08
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IMPORTANT VIDEO
This 60 Minute interview covers the deadly nature of "Option ARM Mortgage" where between 50 to 70 percent of the homes will end up in foreclosure. This tsunami will hit the middle class hard between 2009 and 2011.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
GM Files: Horrifying New Disease Contains Identical Material to GM “Food”
04-02-2008
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healthfreedomusa.org via e-mail
...Morgellon’s Disease is no longer rare, nor is it mysterious any longer. A study of the fibers shows that they contain DNA from both a fungus and a bacterium.. used in the commercial preparation of genetically modified foods and non-food crops (suc
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Americans Rich and Poor Pawn More to Pay Bills
12-14-08
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Reuters.com/
"Banks aren't lending so people are coming here for short-term loans against collateral like diamonds, watches and other jewelry," said Jordan Tabach-Bank, CEO of Beverly Loan Co, self-described "pawnbroker to the stars."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Constitution
The Second Amendment and You
12-15-2008
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Catherine Abbitt
Do you know where you stand? You had better! It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more t
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Catherine Abbitt
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Microsoft wants to get under your skin - Teams with VeriChip
12-15-08
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theregister.co.uk/
Microsoft's HealthVault, the medical records database, is to be integrated with VeriMed's human-embedded RFID tags, allowing doctors to access the medical records of unconscious patients with a quick scan of the arm.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Drug War
It's time to end the war on drugs
12-15-08
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seattletimes.nwsource.com/
Today, surveys show 35 million Americans use marijuana yearly, and 114 million have in their lifetimes. Addicts to prohibited drugs, notes Eric Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, "are famous radio personalities, spouses of major
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
30 States: Running Out of Unemployment Funds
12-15-08
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NakedCapitalism.com
Thirty states are at risk of having the funds that pay out unemployment benefits become insolvent over the next few months, according to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. Funds in two states, Indiana and Michigan, have already dri
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Principles Are The Priority
12-15-2008
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Catherine Abbitt
Defending full-fledged conservatism against the naysayers -
American Spectator " Quin Hillyer takes 'conservative' media critics like Kathleen Parker to task for their assaults on full-spectrum conservatism (those who believe in strong nat
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Catherine Abbitt
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News Link • Federal Reserve
As Rates Race to Zero, Federal Reserve Printing Presses Gear Up
12-15-08
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PrisonPlanet.com & CNBC.com
“Rates will fall close to zero. Everywhere,” Hugh Hendry, chief investment officer and partner, Eclectica, told CNBC.com. “The central banks will be forced to take them to zero because of the widespread disruption in society, for job losses.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Police State
Greece-Style Riots Coming To U.S.
12-15-08
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PrisonPlanet.com
The cause of the riots would be a hyper-inflationary depression, Celente told interviewer Lew Rockwell, causing Americans to revolt in similar circumstances that we have witnessed recently in Iceland and Greece. The trouble would be sparked off by Ob
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Foreclosure Tsunami: The Second Wave is Here
12-15-08
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HousingDoom.com
Those who jumped back in during 2007 badly mistimed the bottom. Phoenix prices are down 20 percent this year, according to the (NAR). The result? That second wave of speculation has resulted in scads of newly trapped homeowners.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bush Administration
$750 Billion Bailout: Bush Administration created executive pay loophole
12-15-08
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Rawstory.com
The Bush Administration inserted an eleventh-hour provision into the $750 billion bailout bill to protect executive bonuses, a single sentence that will torpedo efforts to reduce bonuses even as companies slash tens of thousands of jobs and use taxpa
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. homes lose $2 trillion in value during 2008
12-15-08
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money.cnn.com/
Some 11.7 million Americans are now "underwater," owing more on their mortgage balances than their homes are worth.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Police State
Foes vandalize speed cameras, target program with initiatives
12-15-08
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AZcentral.com
Darin Simmer, 40, a retired nightclub owner, said the sheer number of freeway cameras bothers him. "There's just one after the other after the other," he said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Eugenics
It's Election Day!
12-15-2008
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Mark Yannone
Presidential electors from every state and DC will vote for constitutionally qualified presidential candidates today.
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