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Date Sent: 2011-01-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, January 8, 2011 |
Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites -- Mass. Supreme Court rules against banks in foreclosure
Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress. Congress Adjourned
Sine Die -- Sovereign Citizens Spin History, Reject Government -- The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures (video) -- Boehner Can't Think Of A Single Government Program He Would Cut -- Las Vegas Officers Give Ticket to Teen in Coma -- Karl Denninger's Employment Situation Report: December -- Labor Force
Participation Rate Drops To Fresh 25 Year Low -- NFP Prints At 103,000
On Expectations Of 150,000 to 480,000 --
Skype buys smart phone video star Qik -- Foreclosure-Gate:
Senators Urge Geithner to Fix Process ‘Forcefully’ -- Germany closes 4,700 farms in dioxin scare
-- Israeli troops kill wrong man in Hamas raid -- Illinois House passes
death penalty ban, Senate next -- North
Pole Shifts, Causes Closures of Runways at Florida Airport --
Wikileaks trove used in fight over shipwreck trove -- US says too much fluoride in water --
French Report Suggests Creating European Treasury -- Utah's $1.5
billion cyber-security center under way -- Showdown looms over raising
the nation's debt limit -- Have
machine gun fun, without the federal hassles of machine gun
registration,... legally -- Weird nuclear reaction at CERN
baffles physicists
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club
meets
tomorrow with Ed Vallejo speaking on RTR.ORG Presentation, 1/8/2011; PHX Objectivists: Lecture on
"Postmodernism"
1/13/2011
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News Link • TERRORISM
Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites in DC
01-07-2011
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AP
A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules against banks in foreclosure paperwork case
01-07-2011
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Washington Post
In a ruling that could escalate the mortgage problems facing banks, the Massachusetts Supreme Court on Friday voided two foreclosures because the banks failed to show the proper paperwork to prove they owned the loans.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
So congress read the Constitution: Well, isn’t that special
01-07-11
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The PPJ Gazette
I tried watching the swearing in of the new House for the 112th Congress. I couldn’t stand it. Standing on the steps outside the House, was one of the greatest collections of career liars,thieves and thugs ever publicly assembled, sprinkled with a
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Marti Oakley
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News Link • Government
Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress. Congress Adjourned Sine Die
01-07-2011
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http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/proc-1.htm
Everything congress has done since this point is Illegal. [ED] Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Cong
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Government
Sovereign Citizens Spin History, Reject Government
01-07-2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio " They call themselves sovereign citizens, U.S. residents who declare themselves above state and federal laws. Many don't register children's births, carry driver's licenses or recognize the court system.
Some peddle schemes that us
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
AMD promises all day battery life with Fusion chips
01-07-2011
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C Shanti
When the Llano (A-Series) comes out, it will deliver 500 GFLOPs. AMD claims that’s 33 times more than a single CPU had two years ago. The Intel P6000 only provides 6h24m, while AMD’s E-350 will give 10h40m of battery life. Ontario, the C-Series, w
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Andrew Strmic
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures (video)
01-07-2011
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The International Libertarian
On January 6, 2011 the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) hosted a conference on the Transportation Security Administration's Advanced Imaging Technology scanners and their abusive pat-down searches. Their website billed it as:
This
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Boehner Can't Think Of A Single Government Program He Would Cut
01-07-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
Brian Williams: Name a program right now that we could do without.
House Speaker John Boehner: I don’t think I have one off the top of my head.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Lawsuit: Rogue Officers Exist in Milwaukee
01-07-2011
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Officer.com
A lawsuit over the beating of a man by off-duty Milwaukee police officers in 2004 has turned up new information.
Court papers now suggest the existence of a rogue group of Milwaukee police officers.
In 2005, Milwaukee Police Captain James Gal
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Las Vegas Officers Give Ticket to Teen in Coma
01-07-2011
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Officer.com
The mother of a 13-year-old accident victim lashed out at Las Vegas Metro police on Wednesday, accusing officers of being insensitive when they issued her daughter, who had just been hit by a car, a jaywalking ticket in the hospital.
"How cold c
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Science
North Magnetic Pole (Wikipedia)
01-07-2011
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Wikipedia
The North Magnetic Pole should not be confused with the Geographic North Pole, nor with the lesser known North Geomagnetic Pole
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Food Stamp Enrollment Hits All Time High of 43.2 Million: Grew 14.7% in 2010
01-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
In spite of the economic recovery, supposedly being in its 20th month, the number of people enrolled in the Food Stamp Program grew by 6.6% in Missouri during 2010, to a high of 33.4% in Idaho.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • World News
Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town
01-07-2011
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DailyMail
Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Climate Change
The Arctic is Warm
01-07-2011
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arclein
here is now strong evidence to suggest that the unusually cold winters of the last two years in the UK are the result of heating elsewhere. With the help of the severe weather analyst John Mason and the Climate Science Rapid Response Team, I've been
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robert klein
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News Link • Energy
Starbucks Scores Millions on LED Install
01-07-2011
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arclein
• Each LED light bulb saves approximately $30 annually in energy costs and eliminates the equivalent CO2 as half a barrel of oil;
• Each 1,000 square foot store on average would save nearly $600 annually and eliminate the equivalent CO2 as 10 barr
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Fo-Ti Hair Restoration
01-07-2011
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arclein
premature hair loss, reverse color loss in graying hair and regulate many of the ills that appear with excess aging. Fo-Ti helps prevent thinning hair and restore dry, brittle and damaged hair. It shows efficacy for use in genetic pattern balding as
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Mass Bird Die Off Panic
01-07-2011
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arclein
Large numbers of dead birds were also found in Kentucky around Christmas and more were found in the following days. Earlier this week, tens of thousands of small fish were found washed up in the Chesapeake Bay area. Despite their deaths being bla
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robert klein
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News Link • Housing
Massachusetts Foreclosure-Gate: There Are No Mortgages in MBS
01-07-2011
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Market-ticker.org & BusinessInsider.com
This decision is from the State Supreme Court and thus is final within the State, and makes it likely that MBS holders will sue en-masse for the sale of fraudulently-constituted securities
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Charting 3 Decades Of BLS Propaganda: Seasonal Adjustments
01-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The "seasonal adjustment" has come in every December data series, and is the definitive evidence of why only the most gullible put any credibility in the BLS seasonal adjustment mechanics.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure-Gate: Massachusetts Top Court Throttles Banks
01-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Breaking News: There are no details in this current ruling by the Massachusetts supreme court, but this is a huge blow to the banks and will put additional pressure on Obama and Congress to "Fix It"
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Karl Denninger's Employment Situation Report: December
01-07-2011
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Market-ticker.org
First, all those people talking about +500,000 are now cleaning the egg off their own faces, and I suspect their clients are going to be quite angry at the "error."
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Labor Force Participation Rate Drops To Fresh 25 Year Low
01-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
While today's unemployment number came at a low 9.4%, well below expectations, the one and only reason for this is that the labor force in America has plunged to a fresh 25 year low.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
NFP Prints At 103,000 On Expectations Of 150,000 to 480,000
01-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Immediate market reaction is not pretty as everyone's completely ridiculous expectation that Barclays' "95% confidence interval" of a 480,000 print ends up being that much hot air.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Activism
Skype buys smartphone video star Qik
01-07-2011
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AFP
Skype on Thursday closed a deal to buy Qik, a California startup that specializes in letting people use smartphones to stream video to Internet-linked friends in real time.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure-Gate: Senators Urge Geithner to Fix Process ‘Forcefully’
01-07-2011
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Bloomberg.com
The senators called for a “robust and comprehensive solution” that would protect homeowners and investors. They urged the council to respond “promptly” and indicate whether it needs additional...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • World News
Germany closes 4,700 farms in dioxin scare
01-07-2011
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AFP
Germany has ordered the closure of more than 4,700 farms across the country as a precautionary measure following a scare over dioxin contamination. 3,000 tons of contaminated fatty acids at the center of the alert were delivered in November and Decem
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Permanent Debt Bondage from America's Student Loan Racket
01-06-2011
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PeoplesVoice.Org
In 2008, graduating seniors had an average debt burden of $23,200, a 24% increase from $18,650 in 2004. At public universities, it was $20,200. For private nonprofit ones, $27,650, and at private for-profit universities, $33,050.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israeli troops kill wrong man in Hamas raid
01-07-2011
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Reuters
Israeli soldiers killed a 65-year-old Palestinian in his bedroom Friday during a pre-dawn raid to seize a Hamas suspect who lived in the same building, in what the army admitted was a mistake. The man was shot as troops swooped on houses in the occup
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Death Penalty
Illinois House passes death penalty ban, Senate next
01-07-2011
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Reuters
The Illinois House voted to ban the death penalty, moving the measure on to the Senate a decade after a moratorium on executions was put into place by former Governor George Ryan. Thursday night's vote came after a first vote failed,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
North Pole Shifts, Causes Closures of Runways at Florida Airport
01/7/2011
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the real news now
Yesterday, the Tampa Bay international airport shut down one of its main runways due to a north pole magnetic shift. Sounds a bit like science fiction, doesn’t it? Well, it isn’t.
The Airport was forced to shutdown and readjust its runways to acco
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The Real News
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News Link • Government
Wikileaks trove used in fight over shipwreck trove
01-07-2011
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AP
Odyssey Marine Exploration says Wikileaks documents show the US State Dept. offered to help Spain get 17 tons of recovered sunken treasure exchange for help in returning a multimillion-dollar painting - seized by World War II-era Nazis - to a US citi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
US says too much fluoride in water
01-07-2011
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AP
About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride, a surprising government study found recently. In some extreme cases, teeth can even be pitted by the mineral - though many cases are so mild only dentists n
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • European Union
French Report Suggests Creating European Treasury
01-07-2011
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CNBC.com
A European Treasury should be created to pool debt management, starting with Germany and France, according to a report that French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would pass on to the EU authorities.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
Utah's $1.5 billion cyber-security center under way
01-07-2011
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deseretnews.com/
Thursday's groundbreaking for a $1.5 billion National Security Agency data center is being billed as important in the short term for construction jobs and important in the long term for Utah's reputation as a technology center.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Showdown looms over raising the nation's debt limit
01-07-2011
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LAtimes.com
The United States is about $335 billion away from its authorized debt ceiling of $14.29 trillion, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told lawmakers Thursday. And the limit is fast approaching.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Weird nuclear reaction at CERN baffles physicists
01-07-2011
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Terrence Aym
The world of physics can be strange, very strange indeed. And every once in awhile something happens during an experiment that throws a wrench into the neatly constructed model of how everything works and causes all assumptions to be reassessed. Such
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