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Date Sent: 2008-07-22
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |
8,500 Banks may soon die -- AG Mukasey: Hold Detainees indefinitely
The Economic Show Trials Begin -- American Express Profit Falls on Higher Defaults -- Guantánamo children -- First U.S. war crimes trial starts at Guantanamo -- Attorney Files to Lift Stay on '04 Election Case, Cites Massive Fraud GOP Operatives -- Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly -- Republican State Delegate Suit Against Nevada GOP Moves Forward -- We Serve and Protect–If You Have the Cash -- Elections Whistleblower Alleges RTA Election Rigged and Stolen (UPDATE) -- San Francisco to vote on (not) prosecuting prostitutes -- Obama calls for a wider war -- Court tosses FCC 'wardrobe malfunction' fine -- U.S. targets Somali pirates -- RedFlex wins AZ traffic camera lottery -- Congressman Ron Paul on *A Foreign Policy of Freedom* -- Adam Kokesh Assaulted by Undercover FBI Agent & MPD Officers -- Send Karl Rove to Jail
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Making Up Evidence an “Honest Mistake”
7-21-2008
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Agitator
San Jose Det. Matthew Christian created a fake DNA report signed by a fictitious lab technician to use as a prop while interrogating a man under investigation for sex crimes against a developmentally disabled neighbor. Police are allowed to lie to su
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
St. Louis Cops Turn Forfeiture Policy Into Free Car Rental Service
7-21-2008
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Agitator
The city of St. Louis allows the police to confiscate the cars of people suspected of certain crimes. They have a contract with a city towing firm, and said firm was allowing police officers and their families to "rent" confiscated cars fre
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Economic Show Trials Begin
7-21-2008
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Pro Liberate
Last week, during a brief digression in the ongoing efforts to socialize the losses suffered by the super-rich kleptocrats at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Congress conducted an authentic Orwellian hate-fest directed at "super-rich" people wh
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
American Express Profit Falls on Higher Defaults
7-21-2008
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Bloomberg
American Express Co., the biggest U.S. credit-card company by purchases, withdrew its 2008 earnings forecast after second-quarter profit fell 37% on worse-than-expected consumer defaults. The shares slumped 11% in extended trading.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
'Just Doing Our Job. Sorry About Your Wall And Your Marijuana.'
7-21-2008
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Reality Catcher
Martin Martinez at Lifevine's office after the Seattle Police Department searched the premises, knocked a wall down, and unlawfully took 12 ounces of legal medical marijuana.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
First U.S. war crimes trial starts at Guantanamo
7-21-2008
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Reuters
Osama bin Laden's driver went on trial at Guantanamo on Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted U.S. President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Guantánamo children
7-21-2008
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The Guardian
In a submission to the UN in May, the Pentagon said that no more than eight youths, aged 13 to 17 at time of capture, were held at Guantánamo Bay. But a prisoner list released in 2006 names 21 inmates under 18. A separate defense department admission
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Attorney Files to Lift Stay on '04 Election Case, Cites Massive Fraud GOP Operatives
7-21-2008
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Bradbog
This case has the potential to put some of the most powerful people in the country in jail, according to Arnebeck, as he was joined by a well-respected, life-long Republican computer security expert who charged that the red flags seen during Ohio'
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
8,500 Banks may soon die
7-21-2008
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Daily Kos
Want to know what happens next? It’s ape ass ugly and it’s going to happen to you, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. Let’s tackle the topic at hand: The Ginormous Banking Enema of 2008
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Mukasey: Hold Detainees indefinitely until the fight with al-Qaeda is won
7-21-08
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Rawstory.com
"Anyone that this president or the next one declares to be a terrorist could then be held indefinitely without a trial."
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Duluth, MN: We Serve and Protect"If You Have the Cash
07-21-2008
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pat
"If you have the cash, we have the cops!" This might be new slogan for Duluth, MN, which is considering charging residents for house calls--by the cops and fire department. We investigate.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
U.S. Is Alone in Rejecting All Evidence if Police Err
07-21-2008
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New York Times
(What would happen if the accused could sue for violations of their rights, even from prison? Would that serve justice by allowing the evidence to be used and at the same time reign in rogue cops? Or would police be expected to just plant evidence?)
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Governor Blagojevich: Chicago may get troopers, National Guard
7-16-08
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ChicagoTribune.com
"I'm offering resources of the state to the city to work in a constructive way with Mayor Daley to do everything we can possibly do to help ... stop this violence," said the governor.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
San Francisco to vote on (not) prosecuting prostitutes
07-21-2008
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Associated Press
The measure would bar authorities from spending money to investigate or prosecute people for engaging in prostitution.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Obama falls for propaganda on Afghanistan: Calls for a wider war
7-21-08
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SmirkingChimp.com
The war is now seeping into Pakistan, a nation of 165 million. Obama's threats to attack Pakistan and go after its nuclear arsenal are reckless and extremely dangerous. He appears headed over the same cliff as those would-be "war presidents,
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. targets Somali pirates
07-21-2008
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USA Today
The area is a key shipping route for cargo transported to and from the U.S. and elsewhere. In response to pirate attacks, the U.S. has stepped up its patrols to deter them and sometimes intervened to rescue hostages and ships.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Propaganda
Court tosses FCC 'wardrobe malfunction' fine
07-21-2008
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RawStory.com
A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction."
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
We know Bob Barr is no Ron Paul
07-21-2008
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Los Angeles Times
Bob Barr, who won -- if that's the word for for it -- the LP's presidential nomination. (also mentioned in the article: "But Paul has since transferred $10,000 to his nonprofit organization and a hefty $3.5 million of that money into his
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Obama Meets Iraqi Officials in Baghdad
07-21-2008
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New York Times
Senator Barack Obama arrived in Baghdad on Monday, meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other senior Iraqi politicians, on the latest leg of a weeklong overseas tour, his first as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Congressman Ron Paul on *A Foreign Policy of Freedom*
07-21-2008
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www.vimeo.com
Future of Freedom Foundation speech - What Ron Paul says in front of a room full of his friends and fellow libertarians.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Front group associated with Cheney calls for Bush to be dictator...for life...
7-20-08
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Atlargely.com
President Bush can fail in his duty to himself, his country, and his God, by becoming “ex-president” Bush or he can become “President-for-Life” Bush: the conqueror of Iraq, who brings sense to the Congress and sanity to the Supreme Court.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Crotch Burnings: Bad Practical Jokes and Anger Issues
07-21-2008
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Ginn
After two men were sentenced for setting a friend’s crotch on fire, in what they described as a “practical joke”, we took a look at other “crotch” fire-related stories.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
RedFlex wins AZ traffic camera lottery
07/21/2008
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Arizona Capitol Times
Question is, what would $60 million benefit AZ citizens, rather than funneling it into bureaucracy? BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!
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Reported by:
Rich Ness
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Taser death ignites racial tensions
7-20-2008
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Chicago Tribune
At 1:28 p.m. Baron "Scooter" Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old man. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead. In the 39 minutes in between in which Pikes was handcuffed by police and shocked 9 times with a Taser device, while pleading for mercy
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bush Administration
Send Karl Rove to Jail
07-20-2008
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Grass Roots Campaign
Sign the petition to the House Judiciary Committee to cite Karl Rove for contempt of Congress for his ignoring a subpoena from that committee. The crime is blatant and extant, the punishment is clear. Send Karl Rove to Jail.
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Mike Dugger
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