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Date Sent: 2009-10-19
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, October 19, 2009 AM edition |
Sen. Kerry: Targeted attacks in Afghanistan not enough -- New medical marijuana policy issued
Military Seeks $1.3 Billion For Projects in Afghanistan -- States Weigh Campaign Rules for the Internet Age -- Washington Post knew salons were sold as off the record -- How Moody's sold its ratings and sold out investors
-- Tea Party With Guns Held in Hudson -- Flow of terrorist recruits
increasing -- Corporate America worried about sinking dollar -- Billions in unclaimed bonds date to World War II -- White House admits: We 'control' news media -- $100 million new US bases in Bulgaria, Romania -- Iran blames 'satanic' U.S. for suicide attack, vows revenge
-- PhD Economists and Economic Professors Call For Protests --
Streaking Is All Fun And Games Until Someone Commits A Felony -- How
"Justice" Operates Under A Criminal Regime - by Will Grigg -- More Strange Turns in Texas' Possible Execution of an Innocent Man -- Now China's Buying Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico -- Is the Federal Reserve Still Shoveling Money to Goldman Sachs? -- Photo Radar Investors Call AZ Program “Failure”
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Sen. Kerry: Targeted attacks in Afghanistan not enough
10-18-2009
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AP
The U.S. strategy in Afghanistan will require more than targeted missile strikes and use of special operations forces to succeed and should include counterterrorism efforts coordinated closely with ground troops, the Senate Foreign Relations Committe
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News Link • Drug War
New medical marijuana policy issued
10-18-2009
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AP
The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors, who will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Military Seeks $1.3 Billion For Projects in Afghanistan
10-18-2009
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Washington Post
While the Obama administration weighs whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the U.S. military is spending billions of dollars on construction projects to ensure the country's infrastructure can support American and coalition personnel in
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
States Weigh Campaign Rules for the Internet Age
10-18-2009
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AP
He was hardly the first to employ the tactic, which didn't stop a rival campaign from complaining the ad did not have a "paid for by" disclaimer. The Florida Elections Commission ordered Wagman to remove it and pay a $250 fine, even though the requir
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News Link • China
China gets tough over America’s ballooning debt
10-18-2009
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Telegraph
Americans should be hoping that the Chinese will be kinder to us than we were to the Brits after the second world war. Readers of a certain age will remember, what creditor Uncle Sam did to debtor John Bull when Britain sent John Maynard Keynes to Wa
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. must live within its means: Geithner
10-18-2009
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Reuters
"It is very important that Americans understand that we need to do everything possible to sustain confidence in our ability to keep inflation low and stable over time and to make sure we're getting our fiscal house in order," Geithner said.
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News Link • Media: Print
Washington Post knew salons were sold as off the record
10-18-2009
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Politico
Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli says he knew more about the controversial “salons” the paper had planned than previously has been reported, including the fact that they were being billed as “off-the-record” to potential sponsors.
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News Link • Corruption
How Moody's sold its ratings -- and sold out investors
10-18-2009
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McClatchy News
As the housing market collapsed in late 2007, Moody's Investors Service, whose investment ratings were widely trusted, responded by purging analysts and executives who warned of trouble and promoting those who helped Wall Street plunge the country in
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News Link • Corruption
Ala. Mayor Accused of Taking Rolex, Other Bribes
10-18-2009
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AP
Mayor Larry Langford, who could be tossed out of office and go to prison if convicted of federal bribery charges, recently offered some advice to a new Birmingham City Council member.
"The illusion of power is the most dangerous drug on the planet
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News Link • Gun Rights
Tea Party With Guns Held in Hudson
10-18-2009
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Eyewitness News
Hundreds of armed people filled a Hudson park Saturday afternoon as part of an anti-tax and pro-second amendment rally.
"It's our right to carry guns and I think everyone needs to know," said a gun rally supporter.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
UBS registered mail warns U.S. clients on tax
10-18-2009
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Reuters
Swiss bank UBS AG warned U.S. customers by registered mail their account details may be given to U.S. tax authorities, a method that could itself breach secrecy laws.
Could enable the U.S. authorities to trace customers wanted for tax evasion well b
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Corporate America worried about sinking dollar
10-18-2009
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Reuters
Chief executives from the biggest U.S. corporations worry that the slumping dollar could sap U.S. credibility around the globe, spur inflation and ultimately undermine the economy. The dollar has fallen to a 14-month low; and while a weaker dollar ma
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News Link • TERRORISM
Flow of terrorist recruits increasing
10-18-2009
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Washington Post
Midway through a propaganda video released last month by a group calling itself the German Taliban, a surprise guest made an appearance: a clean shaven, muscular gunman sporting the alias Abu Ibrahim the American.
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News Link • Government
Billions in unclaimed bonds date to World War II
10-18-2009
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AP
The federal government is facing a lawsuit over billions in unclaimed bonds that date back to the patriotic fundraising efforts of World War II, leading to a showdown between states who say they should be given the money and a Treasury Department tha
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News Link • Humor
Uncle Jay Explains: Oct. 19, 2009
10-18-2009
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You Tube
Lessons we learned from this week's news: --- 1. Do not base the success of your hoax on the flawless participation of a six-year-old. --- 2. Do not base the success of your NFL team purchase on .
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News Link • North American Union
Creepy RFID Commercials
10-18-2009
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Logisticmonster
Remember what Ben said?
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. " Benjamin Franklin
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News Link • Obama Administration
$100 million new US bases in Bulgaria, Romania
10-18-2009
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Digital Journal
The United States government is forking over $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania.
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House admits: We 'control' news media
10-18-2009
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WND
President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican gov
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News Link • Activism
READY TO REVOLT: Oath Keepers pledges to prevent dictatorship in United States
10-18-2009
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LV Journal via Drudge
Group asks police and military to lay down arms in response to orders deemed unlawful
Depending on your perspective, the Oath Keepers are either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia.
In the age of town halls, talk radi
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News Link • Iran
Iran blames 'satanic' U.S. for suicide attack, vows revenge
10-18-2009
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Haearetz
The Iranian armed forces have accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide bombing that targeted the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday, and warned of revenge.
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News Link • Healthcare
The Healthcare Reform Plan Sucks
10-18-2009
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The Business Insider
However, the maximum fine for those who refuse to purchase health insurance is $750. [2] Even factoring in government subsidies, the cost of purchasing a plan is much more than $750. The result: many people, especially the young and healthy, will s
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
1-day suspension for officer who fatally struck child with speeding squad car
10-18-2009
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Dallas News (h/t The Agitator)
On October 17, Vaughn was racing from one call to another without his lights or siren on when his squad car fatally struck a 10-year-old boy, who was riding his bicycle.
The speed of the vehicle was 70 mph in a 40 mph zone.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Streaking Is All Fun And Games Until Someone Commits A Felony
10-18-2009
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Deadspin (h/t The Agitator)
Now one high school student is facing criminal sexual conduct charges after his streaking across the field caused a near-riot. Streaking is serious business at St. Francis High School in Minnesota. It's emerged as an annual homecoming tradition, but
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News Link • Activism
PhD Economists and Economic Professors Call For Protests
10-18-2009
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Washington's Blog
You know that the government and the giant banks are not being responsive to the needs of the economy and the American people when even PhD economists and economics professors are calling for protests.
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News Link • Death Penalty
More Strange Turns in Texas' Possible Execution of an Innocent Man
10-18-2009
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by Radley Balko (Reason)
More odd developments in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, the Texas man executed in 2004 for killing his 3 daughters by intentionally setting fire to his own house. 9 arson experts have denounced the testimony of the forensic arson specialists w
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
How "Justice" Operates Under A Criminal Regime - by Will Grigg
10-18-2009
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Pro Liberate
We're going to examine 3 case histories of people accused of a supposed offense called "tax evasion." Our first example involves Mr. Timothy Geithner, who refused to pay Medicare and Social Security taxes for several years -- despite the fact that hi
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News Link • Obama Administration
Debt Spiral Financial Holocaust Fiat Currencies Zero Bound, the Next Down Leg
10-18-2009
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MarketOracle
The demise of the G7 financial systems, currencies and economies continues to march along as incomes collapse. The social welfare states and their banking system’s Ponzi finance-based economies are BROKE, their obligations and promises irredeemable
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News Link • China
Now China's Buying Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico
10-18-2009
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The Business Insider
China's world tour of oil acquisition is coming soon to a region near you!
CNOOC is looking to purchase a stake in a project in the Gulf of Mexico.
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News Link • Currencies
Dow 10,000: Show Me the (Real) Money
10-18-2009
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Seeking Alpha
And you thought you had broken even. If investors had bought gold when the Dow first closed above 10,000 in March 1999, they'd be up almost 280%. Put another way, Dow 10,000 a decade ago “cost” 36 ounces of gold, treating each Dow point as $1. When t
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Is the Federal Reserve Still Shoveling Money to Goldman Sachs?
10-18-2009
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Economic Policy Journal
t is a very strong possibility.
There is a lot of mystery surrounding Goldman's high velocity trading. When Goldman's 3Q earnings were announced, I wrote:
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News Link • Climate Change
Tonight Watch Free Not Evil Just Wrong Live Streaming...
10-18-2009
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NotEvilJustWrong.com
WATCH IT LIVE (8PM EDT/ 7PM CDT / 6PM MDT/ 5PM PDT)
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News Link • New World Order
Video
CLIMATE CHANGE SKEPTIC: OBAMA IS POISED TO CEDE US SOVEREIGNTY
10-18-2009
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Breitbart
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News Link • Men trying to be our God
Redflex Investors Call AZ Program “Failure”
10/18/09
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CameraFRAUD
Redflex’s statewide “photo enforcement” program in Arizona is being called an expensive failure by the beleaguered firm’s own investors. Apparently, these photographic pirates are upset that the “take” from their heist wasn’t what they were expecting
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