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Date Sent: 2010-10-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, October 8, 2010 |
Obama kills foreclosure bill as fury mounts -- Obamacare constitutional, federal judge rules
Flawed Foreclosure Documents Thwart Home Sales -- For Israeli army,
tests of accountability -- In foreclosure controversy, problems run
deeper than flawed paperwork -- Reston-based company MERS in the middle
of foreclosure chaos -- 72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people --
Senate report slams Afghan security contractors -- Facebook’s Sean
Parker Outdoes Moskovitz With $100K For Marijuana Bill -- Why We
Donated $100,000 to Prop 19 -- All Your Economic Decisions Are Belong
to Us -- Property Rights, Liberty, and Immigration -- To Ron Paul, Just
in case! Ron Paul 2012 -- Parents Should be Warned: Fluoridated Water
is Not Recommended for Infants -- Nationwide Protests Planned to Halt
Mustang & Burro Roundups -- CAN ENDLESS IMMIGRATION INTO THE U.S.
REDUCE WORLD POVERTY: VISUAL ANSWER
AZ: Sign-Making
Party at the Freedom's Phoenix
Workshop all day Saturday; Beer
&
Revolution,
Sunday
Featuring
Lawrence Jarach; Thomas Woods
at Grand Canyon University
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News Link • Housing
Obama kills foreclosure bill as fury mounts
10-07-2010
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Reuters
President Barack Obama killed proposed legislation on Thursday that struck at the heart of growing political rage over how banks have moved to evict struggling borrowers from their homes.
The bill, which would have made it more difficult for homeo
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
New health-care law constitutional, federal judge rules
10-07-2010
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Washington Post
A federal judge in Michigan ruled the new health-care overhaul law is constitutional, rejecting that Congress lacked the power to require the legislation's "individual mandate," which orders virtually all Americans to purchase health insurance
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Flawed Foreclosure Documents Thwart Home Sales
10-07-2010
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NY Times
Like many buyers across the country, Ms. Ducksworth was about to complete the purchase of a foreclosed house when it suddenly went off the market. Fannie Mae is pulling back sales of homes that might have been foreclosed in bad faith.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
For Israeli army, tests of accountability
10-07-2010
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Washington Post
A YouTube video showing a dancing Israeli soldier shimmying near a bound and blindfolded Palestinian woman went viral on the Internet embarrassing the Israeli military and fueling fresh debate about morals and accountability in the armed forces.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
In foreclosure controversy, problems run deeper than flawed paperwork
10-07-2010
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Washington Post
Millions of U.S. mortgages have been shuttled around the global financial system - sold and resold by firms - without the documents that traditionally prove who legally owns the loans. Now, as many of these loans have fallen into default and banks ha
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Reston-based company MERS in the middle of foreclosure chaos
10-07-2010
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Washington Post
As courts across the country face a wave of foreclosures, a name little known to the public has cropped up on thousands of court filings as a stand-in for prominent banks, lenders and mortgage servicers. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, head
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people
10-07-2010
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AP
More than 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison. The payments, which were part of last year's massive economic recovery package, were meant to increase consumer spending to help stimulate the economy.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Senate report slams Afghan security contractors
10-07-2010
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AP
Heavy US reliance on private security in Afghanistan has helped to line the pockets of the Taliban because contractors often don't vet local recruits and wind up hiring warlords and thugs. Trucking contractors pay tens of millions of dollars a year t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Facebook’s Sean Parker Outdoes Moskovitz With $100K For Marijuana Bill
10-07-2010
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Forbes.com
Not to be outdone by America’s youngest billionaire Moskovitz, who gave $70,000 to California’s Proposition 19, Parker has donated $100,000 to the ballot initiative that would make it legal to possess the drug for personal use.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Drug War
Why We Donated $100,000 to Prop 19
10-07-2010
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HuffPo / David Bronner
Business leaders should stand up and do the right thing, unlike hypocritical politicians who oppose Prop 19, yet admit they used marijuana but continue to support laws that they themselves broke.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Police State
All Your Economic Decisions Are Belong to Us
10-07-2010
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Reason / Pete Suderman
If it’s an economic decision, the federal government can make it for you. That’s the takeaway from a ruling this afternoon by a federal judge in Michigan.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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Feature Article • Immigration
Property Rights, Liberty, and Immigration
Thomas Costanzo
Libertarian philosophy is based on the concept of self-ownership. Human beings own themselves. When we rightfully acquire property, either by making first claim to that property (homesteading) or through voluntary transfer with another person or pers
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News Link • Activism
Sign-Making Party at the Freedom's Phoenix Workshop
10-05-2010
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Meetup.com/Donna Hancock
Sat, Oct. 9, 2010. Come down and make your favorite sign! There are already so many great stencils that you can use to make signs with, so pick your favorite and paint away. OR, make a new stencil with whatever message you want to send to the public
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Police threaten to KILL Pastor over License Plate Light being Burned Out
10-7-10
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Pastor Steven L Anderson
The main action of the video is between minutes 0:00-4:00 and 10:50-15:35. The death threat is found around 2:10-2:30.
Overkill for a burned-out license plate light? (no pun intended)
The officer who pulled me over is Officer Merrill - Badge #1
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Reported by:
Steven Anderson
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News Link • Activism
To Ron Paul, Just in case! Ron Paul 2012
10-07-2010
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Chris Haskell
Will Ron Paul run for president in 2012? This is how I drafted Ron Paul for President in 2012!
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Reported by:
Chris Haskell
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News Link • Food
Parents Should be Warned: Fluoridated Water is Not Recommended for Infants
10-07-10
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The PPJ Gazette
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A new study confirms infants fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water are at greater risk of developing discolored teeth (dental fluorosis). (1) The American Dental Association (ADA) warned dent
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Reported by:
Marti Oakley
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News Link • Activism
Nationwide Protests Planned to Halt Mustang & Burro Roundups
10-0710
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The PPJ Gazette
BLM’s failure to instate even a partial moratorium inspires protests around US
Boston, MA (October 7, 2010)" Following over 35 protests in late 2009/2010, rallies will resume this month in at least seven states nationwide to draw attention to the pl
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Reported by:
Marti Oakley
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Thomas Woods at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix
10-06-2010
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TomWoods.com
Bestselling author of ten books and a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Mr. Woods will be speaking Wednesday, October 20 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Grand Canyon University; 3300 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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