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Date Sent: 2010-08-14
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, August 14, 2010 |
Russian Wildfires Reach Chernobyl Site, Recontamination Likely -- California to issue IOUs again
Pastor Anderson JURY TRIAL ended Today in Yuma with a verdict of 'NOT GUILTY' -- Chinese admiral says U.S. drill courts confrontation -- Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs -- Obama signs $600 million border security bill -- The New York Times Takes a Stand Against the White House -- Stocks end worst week in six with another down day -- Fed's Hoenig: Keeping rates low "dangerous gamble" -- Turkey Accused of Using Chemical Weapons against PKK
-- Pat Tillman's Father To Army Investigator: 'F--- You... And Yours'
-- Wal-Mart is rolling back the RollBacks - raising prices across the
board, as much as 60% -- Malaysian State Plans to Integrate Gold/Silver Coins Into Monetary System -- Eric Sprott: "We Are Now Paying For The Funeral Of Keynesian Theory" -- Jacksonville cops sued after firing 42 times at carjacked mom, kids -- UTAH FOLLOWING ARIZONA INTO THE ILLEGAL ALIEN FIRE HOLE - by Frosty Woolridge -- Ron Paul & Lew Rockwell: End the Fed, End the Wars, End the Empire --
Judge doubts gay marriage ban's backers can appeal -- Gitmo
Controversy: The Queasy Case of Omar Khadr -- AMERICAN POLITICIANS
SERVING FOREIGN CONSTITUENTS -- Bridging the Fiscal Gap of Unfunded
Liabilities -- Obama to Host Ramadan Meal (at Taxpayer Expense!?!) -- Rick Santelli Ranting On Meddling By Fed, Fannie, Freddie, and Housing -- Karzai: Shutter private security companies
AZ: RALLY AT THE BORDER THIS SUNDAY!!!
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News Link • Environment
Russian Wildfires Reach Chernobyl Site, Recontamination Likely (Video)
08-13-2010
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cares2
Over 500 wildfires have been raging across Russia for the past week, and now forest service officials are reporting that blazes have reached lands already contaminated by radioactive waste from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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News Link • TAXES: State
California to issue IOUs again
08-13-2010
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NBC News
State Controller said without a state budget, California's government would be unable to pay its bills in late August. That means issuing IOUs to some people. Possible dates for IOUs could be either Aug. 27 or Aug. 31, when big payments to schools ar
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Chinese admiral says U.S. drill courts confrontation
08-13-2010
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Reuters
A senior Chinese military strategist called planned U.S. naval exercises in the region a provocation and accused the Obama administration of seeking to encircle China and pursuing a "chaotic" approach towards Beijing.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Communications
Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs
08-13-2010
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AP
The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads. MagicTalk would go one better by eliminating fees for calling land
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
Obama signs $600 million border security bill
08-13-2010
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Reuters
President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a $600 million bill to beef up security on the U.S. border with Mexico, and his aides pressed lawmakers to set aside election-year politics and work toward broader immigration reform.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
The New York Times Takes a Stand Against the White House
08-13-2010
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NY Times
The NY Times declined an invitation to have lunch with the president and "about a dozen" other reporters at the White House today. Why? The Obama administration wanted to talk to reporters about the problems the press has with the way they've been
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks end worst week in six with another down day
08-13-2010
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Reuters
Stocks closed out their worst week in six with a whimper on Friday, slumping toward the close as economic data gave little reason to reverse a string of sell-offs. In a thinly traded session, indexes posted their fourth day of losses though selling p
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed's Hoenig: Keeping rates low "dangerous gamble"
08-13-2010
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Reuters
The Federal Reserve is undertaking a "dangerous gamble" by keeping rates at near zero for so long, and it must start raising rates or risk damaging the nascent U.S. recovery, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Turkey Accused of Using Chemical Weapons against PKK
08-13-2010
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der Spiegel
Germans confirmed the authenticity of photographs that show PKK fighters killed by chemical weapons. The evidence puts increasing pressure on the Turkish government, long been suspected of using such weapons against Kurdish rebels.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pat Tillman's Father To Army Investigator: 'F--- You... And Yours'
08-13-2010
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Huffington Post
There always was a dark cinematic thread to the story of Pat Tillman: the football star imbued with post-9/11 patriotism who was killed in a friendly-fire incident in the Afghan mountains and the allegations of a massive bureaucratic cover-up involvi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wal-Mart is rolling back the RollBacks - raising prices across the board, as much as 60%
08-13-2010
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DailyFinance.com
Wal-Mart, who has for years touted their prowess at lowering prices, is now doing the opposite. They have raised prices by nearly 6% on average over the past 6 weeks, with some startling individual price hikes.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Currencies
Malaysian State Plans to Integrate Gold/Silver Coins Into Monetary System
08-13-2010
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Financial Times
The state government of Kelantan (Malaysia's most muslim region) plans to begin circulation of the new coins by using them to meet payroll for the state's employees.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Eric Sprott: "We Are Now Paying For The Funeral Of Keynesian Theory"
08-13-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Deficit spending, which has generated smaller and smaller increases in GDP over time, is now generating a negative impact on GDP due to the costs of servicing the debt.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Terror Babies Will Kill Us All: Congressman flips out when challenged on CNN
08-13-2010
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RawStory.com
Gohmert previously went to the House floor in June and warned about this evil plan, saying he had heard about it from an unnamed former FBI agent. Then on Wednesday night this week, Cooper hosted an actual former FBI official, who explained that...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Jacksonville cops sued after firing 42 times at carjacked mom, kids
08-13-2010
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Rawstory
A mother who was shot along with her 2-year-old son when they were carjacked at a drive-through restaurant, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the police. The lawsuit alleges the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has a "widespread practice" of unju
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul & Lew Rockwell: End the Fed, End the Wars, End the Empire
08-13-2010
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RonPaul.com
Judge Andrew Napolitano has Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell on his FOX network show to discuss the federal reserve and our economy, and undeclared war's effect on the economy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge doubts gay marriage ban's backers can appeal
08-13-2010
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AP
The federal judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban has more bad news for the measure's sponsors: he not only is unwilling to keep gay couples from marrying, he doubts the ban's backers have the right to challenge his ruling.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Gitmo Controversy: The Queasy Case of Omar Khadr
08-13-2010
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Time magazine
This week saw the first steps in the trial of its youngest and most controversial inmate.
If Khadr is convicted by a jury composed of US military officers, he will be the first person convicted of war crimes committed as a child since WW II.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Seriously?
Obama to Host Ramadan Meal (at Taxpayer Expense!?!)
08-13-2010
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The Hill via DrudgeReport.com
"... a reminder that Islam has always been part of America..." - That's a QUOTE!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Rick Santelli Ranting On Meddling By Fed, Fannie, Freddie, and Housing
08-13-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Rick gets wound up based on earlier disclosure by Bill Gross that if the government guarantee of the GSEs were removed, he would only participate in the mortgage market if there was 30% down payments by first time homebuyers...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Healthcare
More college students mentally ill
08-13-2010
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Los Angeles Times
The number of college students who are afflicted with a serious mental illness is rising, according to data presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Assn. in San Diego.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
RALLY AT THE BORDER THIS SUNDAY!!!
08-13-2010
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Guy Razer at Fighting for Liberty.ning (THANKS!)
Wait 'til you see the speaker's list! Saddle up anti real-ID Rangers! ROAD TRIP!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
OLPC’s Negroponte Offers To Help India Realize $35 Tablet
08-13-2010
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Ryan Paul via WIRED
In an open letter to the government of India, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project founder Nicholas Negroponte expressed enthusiasm for the country’s recently announced $35 tablet effort and offered to assist by making his organization’s technology an
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai: Shutter private security companies
08-13-2010
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Rahim Faiez via AntiWar.com
Afghan president: Donors should stop supporting private security, share contract information
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News Link • Housing
Prices reduced on 25 percent of listed homes: #1 Phoenix a 13 Percent Reduction
08-13-2010
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thetruthaboutmortgage.com/
One in four property listings on the market as of August 1 have experienced at least one price reduction, according to real estate search service Trulia.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Zanna vs. Mohave County 1st Amendment Lawsuit Filed Today
08-13-2010
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Luca Zanna himself!
"...began to exercise their First Amendment rights to pass out flyers regarding Senator McCain’s voting record to other attendees at the Town Hall Meeting."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Elects Wrestling Queen Over Schiff Who Predicted the Financial Meltdown
08-13-2010
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deadlinelive.info/
Peter Schiff is the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. He predicted the current financial crisis, appearing on numerous television shows years ago warning that the United States economy was heading for a meltdown while being laughed at...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed Leads America “To The Brink Of Collapse”
08-13-2010
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InfoWars.com/
“Crossing the 90% debt/GDP threshold is the equivalent of crossing the proverbial Rubicon of economic growth. It’s a point from which it’s almost impossible to return,” states the article, adding that the market has not responded to quantitative...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Peter Schiff: "We're in the Early Stages of a Depression"
08-13-2010
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fool.com/investing
We're in the early stages of a depression now. It's going to be a horrific experience for average Americans who are going to watch their standard of living plunge. The cost of living is going to escalate dramatically.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
David Rosenberg: US 'Virtually Certain' to Fall Into A New Recession
08-13-2010
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CNBC.com
"Comparing to the recessions of the post-World War II period is a total waste of time," he said. "This is a totally different animal."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
The 12 Rules of Survival: Don't Live In Denial
08-13-2010
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securitywhip.com/
Don’t fall into the deadly trap of denial or of immobilizing fear. Admit it: You’re really in trouble and you’re going to have to get yourself out.
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News Link • Iran
Russia: Iran's nuclear plant to get fuel next week
08-13-2010
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AP
Russia will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week despite U.S. demands to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear energy until the country proves that it's not pursuing a weapons capacity. Uranium fuel shipped by Russia will be loaded into
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
The truth about sex education, pedophilia and the porn industry
08/12/2010
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The Real News Now
In 1989, a report from the national research council published a statement claiming "American society can be divided into two categories, the pre-Kinsey and post-Kinsey eras. OK? So who is Alfred Kinsey and how has he impacted America? Alfred Kinse
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News Link • Misinformation
And,...I used to play for the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah,...that's the ticket,....
08-13-2010
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Yahoo Sports
Michael Vaughn represents Prince George's County, home of the Washington Redskins. In the heart of Redskins country, Vaughn boasted on his website that he played for the Dallas Cowboys for three years. Big mistake.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • History
Why WW II Ended in a Mushroom Cloud
08-13-2010
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arclein
Negotiations among the Big Three would obviously never result in the withdrawal of the Red Army from Germany and Eastern Europe before the Soviet objectives of reparations and security would be at least partly achieved. However, on April 25,
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News Link • Economy - International
Updating the Global Middle Class
08-13-2010
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arclein
The Emerging Middle Class in Developing Countries by Homi Kharas of the Brookings Institute Middle class definition used is those spending $10-100 per day. Some interesting things to notice is that the projection is for the world economy to get to 20
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News Link • Climate Change
Biochar for Carbon Sequestration Study
08-13-2010
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arclein
For their study, the researchers looked to the world’s sources of biomass that aren’t already being used by humans as food. For example, they considered the world’s supply of corn leaves and stalks, rice husks, livestock manure and yard trimmings, to
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Focus Fusion Update
08-13-2010
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arclein
he amount of current we are producing per firing capacitor has improved. We have achieved 1 MA at 27 kV with only 8 capacitors firing, something that required all 12 capacitors with the old spark plugs.
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robert klein
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Brazilian government calls for UFO disclosure: Releasing all government files
08/12/2010
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The Real News Now
Tuesday, the Brazilian government ordered all branches of its military to begin documenting UFO sightings. All data collected will be available to the public.
Air traffic controllers, military personnel and commercial pilots have all been asked to d
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