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Date Sent: 2011-08-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, August 11, 2011 AM edition |
U.S. Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict -- Asian stocks fall in early Thursday trading
Government-owned homes may get ‘for rent’ signs -- Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter -- Verified: NATO Protects by Slaughtering -- Censorious City of Renton Doubles Down the Dumb Against Mean Cartoons -- Peter Schiff on Keiser Report -- U.S. Asks China to Explain Their Need for a Aircraft Carrier -- Gold Breaks $1800/oz. (How long before $2000?) -- US Debt Crisis - 2012 is only for America -- Moody's warns state and local governments could see credit downgrades --
Jennifer Jones on The "Police State" activity in Quartzsite, AZ. --
London Riots. (The BBC will never replay this. Send it out) -- Building
an automatic chicken waterer -- Ian Freeman, Host of Free Talk Live, 90
days in Jail!
AZ: Oath Keepers To Muster in Quartzsite,
AZ on August 27th, bring your cameras.
Nationwide: Support your local lemonade stand, Aug. 20
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict
08-10-2011
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NY Times
Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign against militants in Somalia.
A husky former French Army officer, Mr. Rouget, 51, commanded a group of foreign fighters duri
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Asian stocks fall in early Thursday trading
08-10-2011
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Washington Post
Asian stocks extended their volatility early Thursday, dipping early and then recovering slightly, as markets faced increased concern about the debt crisis in Europe.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index opened down 1.84 percent, but it rose gradually after t
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Government-owned homes may get ‘for rent’ signs
08-10-2011
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Washington Post
The Obama administration went searching for creative answers to a perplexing question: How can the government rid itself of the glut of foreclosed properties it now owns in a way that nudges the housing market toward recovery?
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter
08-10-2011
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AP
Marine Corps Gen. John Allen told a Pentagon news conference that an F-16 airstrike Monday took out fewer than 10 insurgents involved in the attack on the Chinook helicopter.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Verified: NATO Protects by Slaughtering
08-10-2011
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Lew Rockwell
Verification that NATO's recent bombing in Libya killed and injured a large number of civilians appears out of a reputable news service (AFP). Reporters saw multiple corpses buried at mass funerals and more in the hospital morgue.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Censorious City of Renton Doubles Down the Dumb Against Mean Cartoons
08-10-2011
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Popehat
“The cartoonist and everybody else have a constitutionally protected right to be anonymous and exercise their free speech and expression,” Bharti said.
“This abuse of police power is beyond belief.”
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Currencies
Peter Schiff on Keiser Report
08-10-2011
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MaxKeiser.com
“Don’t get discouraged by silver not doing as well as gold the last couple of trading days, it is building a base for a breakout above $42. Once that occurs….”
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Mysterious Dollar Bill Imagery
08-10-2011
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Ritholtz.com
“Dollar bills: we look at them every day, yet how many of us truly pay attention to anything besides the denomination value? The fact is, numerous symbols adorn our currency and there has been intense debate over the decades of their meaning.”
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • China
U.S. Asks China to Explain Their Need for a Aircraft Carrier
08-10-2011
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AFP
The US would like China to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier amid broader concerns about Beijing's lack of transparency over its military aims. "We would welcome any kind of explanation that China would like to give for needing this kind of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Moody's warns state and local governments could see credit downgrades
08-10-2011
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politico.com
Some state and local governments that issue debt could face “significant stress” if market instability continues and see credit downgrades, Moody’s warned Wednesday.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Jennifer Jones on The "Police State" activity in Quartzsite, AZ.
08-10-2011
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youtube
Arizona Breakfast Club Meeting - August 6, 2011 - Scottsdale, AZ
Speaker: Jennifer Jones - The "Police State" activity in Quartzsite, AZ. Courtesy: Terry Major
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Chickens and Turkeys
Building an automatic chicken waterer
08-10-2011
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FarmFolly.com
Having animals is great. Having part or all of their care automated in some way is even better. Here are plans for a homemade chicken waterer....
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Ian Freeman, Host of Free Talk Live, 90 days in Jail!
08-10-2011
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Facebook
Despite a spirited defense, Ian Freeman was found guilty of obstructing law enforcers as they were attempting to kidnap Heika Courser over a year ago. Judge Arnold sentenced Ian immediately to 90 days in a cage
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Humor
CONgress in Action!
08-10-2011
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Speak Truth 2 Power
Want to know why CONgress cannot read the bills it passes? Watch one member in action.
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
‘Veterans in Defense of Liberty’ Rises Up to Give Veterans a New Voice in the American Conversation
08-10-2011
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Pajamas Media
When men and women join the American military, they take an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies. It’s an oath we all take very seriously, but when they leave the service, many veterans lose a tangible way to continue to fulfill it. Th
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Justin Tyme
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Opinion • Housing
The Great Gutierrez Recession
08-10-2011
Menckens Ghost
According to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal, a construction worker by the name of Gutierrez bought a Vallejo, California home in 2003 for $340,000, putting a measly five percent down and paying the remainder with a $322,700 loan, which res
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
The Star Chamber 12: Six Republicans Named
- Bill of Rights Doomed
08-10-2011
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CNBC.com
Republicans named their six members to a U.S. congressional deficit-reduction super committee on Wednesday, setting the stage for an attempt to create bipartisan agreement on taxes and government spending.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Freddie Mac Seriously Delinquent Loans and REO by Selected States
08-10-2011
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
Although delinquencies and foreclosure activity is higher than normal in all states, a few states stand out.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Anonymous vows to take down Facebook
08-10-2011
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www.tgdaily.com
A Twitter message purporting to come from the Anonymous hacker collective says the group's planning to destroy Facebook on November 5th.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • Immigration
Family disputes immigration group's findings
08-09-2011
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Federal immigration officials say an internal investigation of 12 incidents of alleged abuse and illegal conduct - including one in which a Cincinnati family claims its Fourth Amendment rights were violated - clears its agents of any wrongdoing.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop accused of rape gets prison for misconduct
08-09-2011
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Rawstory
A former police officer, cleared of rape charges but convicted of official misconduct, was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison for repeatedly returning to the apartment of a drunken woman while on duty.
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • B.O.R.G.
OCTOLOGUE is Voluntaryism on STEROIDS
Thomas Costanzo
From a Titanian perspective, the essential building-blocks of a plausible thriving ethical society are the Octologue and the Holotropic Matrix (HoloMat). The Octologue and HoloMat are organizational models that convey a number of extraordinary benef
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News Link • NATO
Gadhafi Officials: NATO Bombs Kill 85 Civilians
08-09-2011
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news.antiwar.com
NATO says attack was on 'military staging area'
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Sierra Hancock
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