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Date Sent: 2009-07-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, July 31, 2009 PM edition |
Sharecropper Nation: House Passes Foreclosure Rental Bill -- The Meaningless CONstitution
Ritholtz: Falling Imports versus Falling Exports -- California pensions next state financial crisis -- Birth of a Notion - by Thomas L. Knapp -- The Bond Bubble’s Back -- Judge orders Afghan teen home after years at Guantanamo -- Pelosi and Blue Dog Dems Flooded With Healthcare Bribes -- Bad bridges passed up for stimulus cash -- Obama’s Secret Police Spy on Antiwar Movement - by Justin Raimondo -- Town Halls Gone Wild -- Punch sheriff's dog, get jail time -- Liabilities of Mysterious Insurance Company Lead to Maneuvers to Protect Goldman -- Recession Worse Than Prior Estimates, Revisions Show -- AIG Is Even Worse Off Than You Think -- Jim Rogers: Another Collapse Coming In China -- China Avoids US Bond Sales
-- Doubts About Fed's Ability To Control Inflation Are Growing --
Former Kansas State Trooper: Plan for Vaccine Bracelets at Roadblocks
-- IL National Guard Puts Military War Machines on Streets -- Healthcare Bill: Atrocities in just the first 500 pages -- Former Bush Official: Swine Flu Vaccine's Goal is Depopulation
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News Link • Housing
Sharecropper Nation: House Passes Foreclosure Rental Bill
07-31-2009
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HousingWire.com
The House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would authorize federally-insured depository institutions and banks to lease real estate-owned homes for a limited period of time " up to five years.
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Jack Gregson
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Reference Link • Constitution
The Meaningless CON-stitution
Don Cooper
If the constitution gives the legislature discretionary
power to tax the people and spend it on whatever programs they deem
to provide for the general welfare then the constitution serves
no purpose.
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News Link • Climate Change
Meat of the Problem
07-31-2009
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arclein
That's not an oversight. Telling people to give up burgers doesn't poll well. Ben Adler, an urban policy writer, explored that in a December 2008 article for the American Prospect. He called environmental groups and asked them for their policy on meat consumption. "The Sierra Club isn't opposed to eating meat," was the clipped reply from a Sierra Club spokesman. "
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robert klein
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News Link • Communications
Live EFF Web Event - Safe Technology for Dissidents
07-31-2009
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Boing Boing
Tonight, Aug 3 - 7-9pm PDT. Iranians protesting the results of the recent election found an outlet
and a means of organizing with the Internet, and showed that new
digital media can help free speech and fight repression globally. But
what happens now the headlines and the Twitter trends have died down?
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ritholtz: Falling Imports versus Falling Exports (GDP = -2.38%)
07-31-2009
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Ritholtz.com/blog
If it seems weird to you that the ratio of domestic and overseas shrinking economies and their reduced consumption somehow turned into a positive GDP contributor, well, welcome to the wonderful world of government statistics.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Restaurants: 22nd Consecutive Month of Traffic Declines in June
07-31-2009
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CalculatedRiskblog.com
The restaurant business is still contracting, and although not contracting as fast as late last year, the pace of contraction has picked up over the last two months.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Corporate Media Gets You Ready for Your Forced Experimental Vaccination
07-31-2009
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Infowars.com
Northcom has a plan “on the table” for “five regional military teams” to back up FEMA when the pandemic hits. Fox’s Brain Wilson reports the military will be involved in imposing “mass quarantines,” that is to say martial law.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bailouts
Wall Street Is About To Rename The Bonus
07/31/2009
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The Business Insider
Andrew Cuomo has once again turned the bright glare on Wall Street bonuses, giving everyone a fresh chance to jeer and offer their ideas about how compensation will be reformed.
But the obsession with bonuses is a big distraction whichever side you're on.
If there's something to be enraged about, it's not the bonuses, it's the profits in the banking sector.
Because shareholders of companies like JPMorgan (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are perfectly happy fattening up their big earners.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
California pensions next state financial crisis
07-31-2009
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Reuters.com
"Pensions will be a major issue, sooner more likely than later, because they're going to bankrupt many jurisdictions," said Bob Stern of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • History
Ancient Roman City Lost, Now Found
07-31-2009
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spiegel.de/international/
Altinum plays a major role in Venice's history -- it was one of the richest Roman settlements but inhabitants fled before the advance of the armies of Attila the Hun. Then as water levels rose, the abandoned city sank into the lagoon...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Birth of a Notion
07-31-2009
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C4SS / Thomas L. Knapp
To question the legitimacy of the governors is to question the legitimacy of the government " and to question the legitimacy of the government is to invite reconsideration of the legitimacy of government itself.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Housing
Housing Bottom? No, The Mother Of All Head Fakes
07-31-2009
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BusinessInsider.com/
Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners calls the May numbers "the mother of all head fakes." He--and the two analysts below--think house prices will resume their decline in the fall
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Bond Bubble’s Back
07/31/2009
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Daily Reckoning
Just when you thought the bond bubble was being saved for another day…
The government managed to auction $39 billion worth of 5-year debt yesterday… barely. Wednesday’s debt sale drew a bid-to-cover ratio of 1.92, the lowest investor demand since September 2008. Low demand forced Uncle Sam to jack up interest rates at the last minute in two separate bond auctions this week " yesterday’s sale and Tuesday’s $42 billion auction of 2-year notes.
So what’s an indebted government to do? Manipulate the market, of course.
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News Link • Torture
Judge orders Afghan teen home after years at Guantanamo
07-31-2009
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McClatchy News
A young Guantanamo detainee appears likely to be sent home after a federal judge concluded he'd been held
illegally and ordered him released after almost seven years.
"After this horrible, long, tortured history, I hope the government
will succeed in getting him back home," U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal
Huvelle told Justice Department lawyers during a court hearing. "Enough has been imposed on this young man to date."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Pelosi and Blue Dog Dems Flooded W Healthcare Insurer Donations
07.31/2009
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Flopping Aces
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ramped up her criticism of insurance companies, accusing them of unethical behavior and working to kill a plan to create a new government-run health plan.
“It’s almost immoral what they are doing,” Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. “Of course they’ve been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure,” she said, adding, “They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening.”
oh, but…she’ll still take their money
Pelosi Will Keep “Villains” Campaign Contributions
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Reference Link • Entertainment: Movies
RunNPee
RunPee
Your in the middle of watching a movie, and you really, really need to pee. Don't want to miss anything good? Look up on your phone when is a good time to make the dash.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Bad bridges passed up for stimulus cash
07-31-2009
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AP
Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million
drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending
stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier
projects like repaving roads.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Pandemic
WALMART-VACCINE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS?
07-31-2009
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Reuters
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is discussing with U.S. health officials the
possibility of putting vaccination sites at some of its stores for an
H1N1 swine flu inoculation campaign this fall, a company official said
on Thursday.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police in Parker-Broderick case arraigned in Ohio
07-31-2009
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AP
Two Ohio police chiefs accused of
snooping on the surrogate mother for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and
Matthew Broderick were charged with several felonies. The men conspired to steal items from the woman's home to sell to celebrity photographers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Biggest Holders of US Government Debt
07-31-2009
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CNBC.com
That’s right, the biggest holder of US government debt is the United States itself. The Federal Reserve system of banks and other US intragovernmental holdings account for a stunning $4.806 trillion in US Treasury debt.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Constitution
What is GOOOH? A non-partisan plan to replace the politicians
07-31-2009
Why should I join? Your country is calling!
"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams, 1776
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Foreign Cenbank Holdings of US Obligations Weekly Update to 29 July 2009
07-31-2009
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HousingDoom.com
Treasuries rose $4.289 billion, not much better than last week. With massive supply of T-bills coming down the pipe, this doesn’t provide much support.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Police State
Justin Raimondo: Obama’s Secret Police Spy on Antiwar Movement
07-31-2009
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Antiwar.com
Fusing the civilian and the military, the local cop on the beat and the national security bureaucracy, the new apparatus of surveillance and repression is the virtual embodiment of government "work."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US GDP comes in at minus 1%
07-31-2009
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NakedCapitalism.com
However, the fly in the ointment is consumer demand. It is still weak. Look at non-durable spending. If we don't see a significant uptick come Q3, you should be worried.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government
Town Halls Gone Wild
07-31-2009
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Politico
Welcome to the new town-hall-style meeting, the once-staid forum that
is rapidly turning into a house of horrors for members of Congress.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Corruption
Potential Liabilities of Mysterious Insurance Company May Result in New Maneuvers to Protect Goldman
07/31/2009
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Economic Policy Journal
Customer Asset Protection Company, a little-known insurer whose members include Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs,, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, is becoming the focus of swirling questions as Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing puts it to the test.
By some industry estimates reviewed by the insurance department, Capco could face nearly $11 billion in claims as a result of the Lehman bankruptcy but has only about $150 million with which to meet them, NYT writes.
How do you say Ponzi, in insuranceeze?
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Punch sheriff's dog, get jail time
07-31-2009
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Columbus Dispatch
Moon sentenced Metz to six months in jail and five years
of community control while an Ohio State University student whose punch during a fight resulted in the death of a man last year got a 60-day sentence yesterday.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economic Stimulus
Recession Worse Than Prior Estimates, Revisions Show
07/31/2009
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Bloomberg
The first 12 months of the U.S. recession saw the economy shrink more than twice as much as previously estimated, reflecting even bigger declines in consumer spending and housing, revised figures showed.
The world’s largest economy contracted 1.9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the last three months of 2008, compared with the 0.8 percent drop previously on the books, the Commerce Department said today in Washington
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News Link • Corruption
AIG Is Even Worse Off Than You Think
07/30/2009
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The Business Insider
Remember the fairy tale about AIG being an otherwise healthy insurance company that just got a little crazy selling credit default swaps? Well, it's time to put that one to rest. snippet..
Regulators have been turning a blind eye to this sort of thing because they are worried about putting the taxpayer investment in AIG at risk.
Read that again: we invested billions in AIG and now we can't properly regulate it without putting that investment at risk. It's a brand new type of regulatory capture. Great work, team.
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News Link • China
Jim Rogers: Another Collapse Coming In China (VIDEO)
07/31/09
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The Business Insider
Even noted China-phile Jim Rogers is wary of the huge market rally in Shanghai. In this interview with Bloomberg, he tells Margaret Brennan (so that's where she went) that he's not buying any Chinese shares these days, and is waiting for the market to collapse again. He also discusses China's ongoing thirst for commodities from abroad.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Doubts About Fed's Ability To Control Inflation Are Growing
07/30/2009
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Market Skeptic
Conclusion: The Fed has no workable exit strategy. The US is about to enter a period of stag(hyper)inflation worst then anything experienced in over a hundred years.
This article will help you understand the dire predicament we are in even the comments are informative make sure to scroll through them.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
China Avoids US Bond Sales
07/31/2009
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The Business Insider
There's some fear out there that one of the big "shoes to drop" could be dropping -- namely our massive debt and the potential unwillingness of our trading partners to keep financing it.
This week saw a series of monster bond sales--so many, in fact that buyers may be getting a stomachache.
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News Link • Obama Administration
CONgress says Obama born in Hawaii
07-31-2009
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www.opencongress.org/
Obama MUST have been born in Hawaii Being its part of the bill HR 593. How convenient it is for them to place this in the bill. This has NOT been settled! [ED] Recognizing and celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the entry of Hawaii into the Union as the 50th State.
Whereas August 21, 2009, marks the 50th Anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s signing of Proclamation 3309, which admitted Hawaii into the Union in compliance with the Hawaii Admission Act, enacted by the United States Congress on March 18, 1959
Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii
FYI: Resolutions are not laws. They are legally meaningless. A resolution is made when it’s declared Your Name Day in your hometown. This resolution does nothing to solve the issue of barry’s birthplace though it cleverly served to bring Republicans on board in an official capacity that could be wedged down the road.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Police State
Former Kansas State Trooper: Plan for Vaccine Bracelets at Roadblocks
07-31-2009
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Greg Evensen
Have you been made aware of the massive roadblock plans to stop all
travelers for a vaccine bracelet (stainless steel band with a
micro-chip on board) that will force you to take the shot?
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Feature Article • Just For Fun!
Worlds Largest and Biggest
Thomas Costanzo
LARGEST INDOOR SWIMMING POOL ...CANADA
LARGEST OFFICE COMPLEX...CHICAGO
LARGEST SHOPPING MALL...CHINA
WIDEST
BRIDGE...AUSTRALIA
LONGEST
BRIDGE... CHINA
Worlds tallest building by a long way...Video at end on Burj Dubai...Its AMAZING!
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News Link • Police State
Illinois Army National Guard Puts Military War Machines on the Streets
07-31-2009
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infowars
In Springfield,
Illinois, the commoners will get acclimated in the coming week to the
idea of the military on the streets. “A Springfield-based military
police company will be training with a new armored vehicle in the area
this week,” the Associated Press
reports. “The Illinois Army National Guard says training with the new
Armored Security Vehicles will start Thursday and run through Sunday.”
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Boeing Commits Airship Heavy Lift Design
07-31-2009
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arclein
Setting the obvious aside, moving a truck load of fresh food from California directly to the East coast with no mechanical vibration at a speed of around 70 mile per hour is a huge commercial improvement. You also can achieve point to point delivery rather easily from a parking lot or open field in California at the processor to a field beside the distributer in New York. This technology package makes this all plausible and economically feasible.
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robert klein
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News Link • Obama Administration
Healthcare Bill - atrocities of the first 500 pages
07-31-2009
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Freedom Fighter Radio
We, as a country,
cannot afford another 1000 page bill to go through congress without
being read. Another 500 pages to go. I have highlighted a few of the
items that are down right unconstitutional.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Healthcare
Former Bush Official: Swine Flu Vaccine's Goal is Depopulation
07-31-2009
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Solari.com blog
Catherine Austine Fitts writes on a recent blog post, "I believe one of the goals of the swine flu vaccine is depopulation.
Perhaps it is the goal of a swine flu epidemic as well, whether
bio-warfare or hype around a flu season."
Notice exactly what
Catherine Fitts is saying here. She is saying that one of the goals of the
vaccine is depopulation! The vaccine is the cause!!
Fitts is NOT saying
that the swine flu is going to cause depopulation! She is simply saying that the vaccine is going to
kill the people.
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