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Date Sent: 2011-11-14
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, November 14, 2011 AM edition |
Congress Members Took Part in Insider Trading: Abramoff
Health Law Puts Focus on Limits of Federal Power -- Even as Governments Act, Time Runs Short for Euro -- Court: School can ban American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo -- Herman Cain: God told me to run, ‘I was like Moses’ -- Israel refuses to tell US its Iran intentions -- Chinese ratings agency threatens US with new debt downgrade -- Calif. county rebukes JP Morgan, Bank of America over fraud settlements -- Nuke agency reports unusual radiation in Europe -- Google releases satellite images of Iranian facilities UN says developing nuclear weapons -- A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search -- MCDONALD'S: It's Not Just the Food That Is Dangerous
AZ: John
Stuart trial jury deliberations resume today; Christmas Party
Saturday, December 10th, 2011 at the Hancock's 6 p.m. til ??? Save
the date....
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News Link • Corruption
Congress Members Took Part in Insider Trading: Abramoff
11-13-2011
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CNBC
As many as a dozen members of Congress and their aides took part in insider trading based on foreknowledge of market moving information on Capitol Hill, disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff told CNBC in an interview.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
Health Law Puts Focus on Limits of Federal Power
11-13-2011
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NY Times
If the federal government can require people to purchase health insurance, what else can it force them to do? More to the point, what can’t the government compel citizens to do?
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Even as Governments Act, Time Runs Short for Euro
11-13-2011
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NY Times
The window of opportunity to save the euro is rapidly closing, as the sovereign debt crisis erodes the solvency of Europe’s banks and drives up borrowing rates for even once rock-solid countries like France.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Court: School can ban American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo
11-13-2011
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Washington Post
A federal court judge ruled that officials at a California high school had a legal right to send home students wearing shirts showing the American flag on Cinco de Mayo because there was a reasonable fear that the images could lead to violence.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Herman Cain: God told me to run, ‘I was like Moses’
11-13-2011
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Rawstory (video)
“Before President Obama took office, I never even conceived or thought of running for president,” Cain told a group of Young Republicans in South Carolina Saturday. “It was only after he took office and I saw his arrogant disregard for the American p
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Israel refuses to tell US its Iran intentions
11-13-2011
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Daily Telegraph
Israel has refused to reassure President Barack Obama that it would warn him in advance of any pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear capabilities, raising fears that it may be planning a go-it-alone attack as early as next summer.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Chinese ratings agency threatens US with new debt downgrade
11-13-2011
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The Guardian
The head of China's biggest ratings agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, is warning that it may downgrade the US's sovereign debt rating again because of Washington's failure to tackle the federal budget deficit.
The remarks by Dagong's chairman,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Calif. county rebukes JP Morgan, Bank of America over fraud settlements
11-13-2011
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Rawstory
Santa Cruz Treasurer-Tax Collector said the banks, which were handling some of the county’s bond investments, had engaged in unacceptable practices that should alarm any official charged with handling public dollars.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Nuke agency reports unusual radiation in Europe
11-13-2011
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AP
Very low levels of radiation, which are higher than normal but don't seem to pose a health hazard, are being registered in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday.
The agency said the cause wa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Google releases satellite images of Iranian facilities UN says developing nuclear weapons
11-13-2011
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Daily Mail
The IAEA report released earlier this week states that while some activities in Iran have civilian as well as military applications, others are 'specific to nuclear weapons'.
There were indications in the dossier that the country had conducted det
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search
11-13-2011
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NY Times
The government support " which includes loan guarantees, cash grants and contracts that require electric customers to pay higher rates " largely eliminated the risk to the private investors and almost guaranteed them large profits for years to come.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Guerrilla Warfare Gardening 2: Toil’s no Trouble
11-13-2011
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Farm Wars
A goat and a garden will keep you alive and healthy through any food crisis. This is our fourth year gardening, and we messed around and got it right this time.
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists report progress in slowing aging
11-13-2011
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Terrence Aym
Over the past few decades the science of aging and research into ways to extend longevity have made significant progress. Speaking at the annual conference held by Technology Entertainment and Design (TED), de Grey told attendees that with sufficient
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Terrence Aym
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