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Date Sent: 2008-08-25
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, August 25, 2008
 
VP Candidate Joe Biden No Friend to File Sharing, Net Neutrality Protection or Online Privacy

Hands up! Back slowly away from the vitamins! -- Silver being deliberately priced down? -- Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets -- Another bank collapse -- Operation Bright Eyes - tattle tale utility workers spying on customers -- Hacker Rips Off $12,000 in Calls Using Homeland "Security" Phone System -- Vladimir V. Putin: Neocon -- Cheney's link to Sen. Ted Steven's trial -- T. Boone Pickens wants your water -- Homeland Security Checkpoints Continue to Spread Across US -- GOP wants your helpful ideas for their platform -- In Denver, Police and Protesters Prepare for Each Other -- N Korea's Kim dead? -- REAL ID: CONNECTING THE DOTS TO AN INTERNATIONAL ID -- Solar plane makes record flight -- Owners of the Media - by Ernest Hancock -- U.S. Navy arrives in Georgia -- MUST WATCH: Dep't. of Energy's Hydrogen Road Tour passes through -- Terrorist Watch List Complete Joke! -- Nevada GOP Infighting Could Trouble McCain -- Warren Buffett: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac "Have No Net Worth" -- 78 - 95 Afghans killed; US to investigate -- The Great Fake Wall of the New China -- Ron Paul Limply “Responds” to Petitions for Redress - by Bob Schulz -- CIA Officially Calls Suskind Book 'False' and 'Offensive' -- 3D Printing (Star Trek Replicators come to mind) - by Ernest Hancock -- Auto industry seeking $50B in loans compelled from Taxpayers -- Tribune Co. Faces 'Real Possibility' Of Debt Default Been one year since Aaron Russo died...we miss you
 
Hands up! Back slowly away from the vitamins! News Link  •  Drugs and Medications
 Hands up! Back slowly away from the vitamins!
8-25-2008  •  WorldNetDaily 
The Goliath-sized Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration have launched an attack on a small radio program and its accompanying website for recommending natural remedies to health problems, but in this case, David is fighting b  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
No snapping pictures: Photographers get grabbed News Link  •  Police State
 No snapping pictures: Photographers get grabbed
8-25-2008  •  The Register 
Fancy getting your camera out this Bank Holiday weekend? Best be careful who you point it at. For instance, don’t go taking snaps of unmarked police cars. This was the mistake made by an amateur photographer who photographed a Police BMW parked illeg  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Silver being deliberately priced down? News Link  •  Precious Metals
 Silver being deliberately priced down?
8-25-2008  •  Financial News Network 
The recent widespread shortage of silver for retail purchase coupled with a price collapse appears to have shaken these analysts’ confidence that the COMEX silver market is operating ‘fair and square.’ Well it should, since there is no rational expla  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
VP Candidate Biden No Friend to File Sharing, Net Neutrality Protection or Online Privacy News Link  •  Eugenics
VP Candidate Biden No Friend to File Sharing, Net Neutrality Protection or Online Privacy
8-25-2008  •  Gizmodo 
Maybe you don't care about the doings in Washington, but you may want to know that Biden considers a lot of what you do care about criminal activity.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Jesus, Beer and Your College Kids News Link  •  Religion: Believers
 Jesus, Beer and Your College Kids
8-25-2008  •  Townhall 
As some of you know by now, I’m a Christian. As a believer I have no problem whatsoever with either you or me having a mug of beer, a glass of wine, or a snifter of brandy, enjoying in moderation what the good Lord has blessed us with.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets News Link  •  Education: Government Schools
 Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets
8-25-2008  •  AP 
Court authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
'Prepared' Secret Service, police have new equipment if needed News Link  •  Eugenics
'Prepared' Secret Service, police have new equipment if needed
8-25-2008  •  Rocky Mountain News 
Denver has assembled an army of police and stocked up on an array of new equipment to deal with the unknown during the Democratic National Convention. Working under the guidance of the federal agency, the city and others have been working for more th  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals News Link  •  World News
 In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals
8-25-2008  •  NY Times 
The president of Switzerland confirmed the government had destroyed a huge trove of computer files and other material documenting the business dealings of a family of Swiss engineers helping smuggle nuclear technology to Libya and Iran.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
News Link  •  Homeland Security
 Operation Bright Eyes - tattle tale utility workers spying on customers
08-24-2008  •  www.DailyNewscaster.com 
Cable provider Bright House Networks launched Operation Bright Eyes in 2005 in Tampa, Florida in cooperation with local and federal law enforcement agencies. So far more than 900 cable service technicians have been trained to act as the eyes and ears  Read Full Story
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Reported by: D. H. Williams
Another bank collapse News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Another bank collapse
8-24-2008  •  FDIC 
The Columbian Bank and Trust Company, Topeka, Kansas, was closed today by the Kansas Bank Commissioner, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and entered into a purchase agreement with Citizens Bank and Trust, Chillicothe, Missouri, to assume  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Hacker Rips Off $12,000 in Calls Using Homeland News Link  •  Homeland Security
 Hacker Rips Off $12,000 in Calls Using Homeland "Security" Phone System
8-24-2008  •  Gizmoto 
I don't really give much importance to the fact that a guy got into the U.S. Homeland Security Department phone system to make more than 400 calls to his buddies in friendly countries like Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Vladimir V. Putin: Neocon News Link  •  Foreign Policy
 Vladimir V. Putin: Neocon
08-24-2008  •  Seattle Post Intelligencer blog 
In politics, international politics especially, the standard is not perfection, it's the alternative. Putin's no Stalin, either at home or abroad. Nor is he the new tsar. He's a Russian authoritarian, in some ways an autocrat, who is leav  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Dugger
Cheney's link to Sen. Ted Steven's trial News Link  •  Conspiracies
 Cheney's link to Sen. Ted Steven's trial
8-24-2008  •  Newsweek 
A letter by Vice President Dick Cheney that pushed a controversial Alaska natural-gas pipeline bill is getting renewed scrutiny because of recently disclosed evidence in the Justice Department's corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Criminals For Gun Control, 1st PSA News Link  •  Gun Rights
 Criminals For Gun Control, 1st PSA
8-24-2008  •  Youtube 
Violent criminals advocate stronger gun control laws to minimize their exposure to risk and foster a safer work environment. Please only you can prevent self defense.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
T. Boone Pickens wants your water News Link  •  Energy
 T. Boone Pickens wants your water
8-24-2008  •  DC Examiner 
Pickens, thanks to favors from state lawmakers whose campaigns he funded, has created a new government whose only voters are two of his employees, can issue tax-free bonds, and use eminent domain to build a pipeline to Dallas.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Brock Lorber
Homeland Security Checkpoints Continue to Spread Across the Country News Link  •  Homeland Security
 Homeland Security Checkpoints Continue to Spread Across the Country
08-24-2008  •  Peninsula Daily news 
DHS spokesperson Michael Bermudez said the temporary checkpoints' primary objectives are to apprehend terrorists and illegal immigrants but also admitted they are used in conjunction with local law enforcement to arrest felons, seize drugs and we  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Terry Bressi
In Denver, Police and Protesters Prepare for Each Other News Link  •  Eugenics
In Denver, Police and Protesters Prepare for Each Other
8-24-2008  •  Washington Post 
To the uninformed visitor, it has become difficult to tell whether Denver is preparing for a Democratic National Convention or the institution of martial law. Helicopters filled with armed commandos swooped over downtown in a training exercise earlie  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
GOP wants your helpful ideas for their platform News Link  •  Eugenics
GOP wants your helpful ideas for their platform
8-24-2008  •  National Republican Party 
These are video submissions. Knowing you guys, if you help them with a helpful suggestion be sure to cross post to Youtube, because your videos won't see the light of day otherwise, except at your trial.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
A Perfect Olympics -- If You Stayed in Your Lane News Link  •  China
 A Perfect Olympics -- If You Stayed in Your Lane
8-24-2008  •  Washington Post 
Though we were the guests and they the hosts, we didn't matter. Common sense was irrelevant. The tape -- symbolic of a decision made by somebody somewhere in an unknowably complex and security-conscious control structure -- was all that mattered.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
REAL ID: CONNECTING THE DOTS TO AN INTERNATIONAL ID News Link  •  Police State
 REAL ID: CONNECTING THE DOTS TO AN INTERNATIONAL ID
8-24-2008  •  News With Views 
History offers many examples of societies which have sought to increase security by sacrificing freedom. America itself provides many pertinent instances.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Solar plane makes record flight News Link  •  Transportation: Air Travel
 Solar plane makes record flight
8-24-2008  •  BBC News (video) 
A UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft. The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed aloft for more than 3 days, running through the night on batteries it had recharged in sunlight.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
N Korea's Kim died in 2003; replaced by lookalike News Link  •  World News
 N Korea's Kim died in 2003; replaced by lookalike
8-24-2008  •  Japan Today 
Is Kim Jong Il dead? Yes, North Korea’s "Dear Leader" is no more, having passed away in the fall of 2003, writes a Waseda University professor. A one-time journalist posted in Seoul, he is introduced as a leading authority on Korean  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
MIT Technology Review Reference Link  •  MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
 MIT Technology Review
MIT 
   Current News on the Advancement of Technology
Entered by: Ernest Hancock
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The Department of Energy's Hydrogen Road Tour comes through Phoenix, AZ News Link  •  Energy
 The Department of Energy's Hydrogen Road Tour comes through Phoenix, AZ
We stopped by the Hydrogen road tour on Saturday to find out when I would be able to buy a hydrogen vehicle. It turns out that I have to wait for the oil companies to start building hydrogen refueling stations in my area?!?! How long do you think I**  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Tom Westbrook
U.S. Navy arrives in Georgia News Link  •  World News
 U.S. Navy arrives in Georgia
8-24-2008  •  Reuters 
A U.S. navy warship delivered humanitarian aid on Sunday for victims of Georgia's brief war with Russia while Moscow ignored Western demands to pull its remaining troops from the Caucasus country's heartland.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Pair sentenced after correcting grammar on Canyon sign News Link  •  Criminal Justice System
 Pair sentenced after correcting grammar on Canyon sign
8-24-2008  •  AZ Daily Sun 
2 self-described "grammar vigilantes" from the East Coast are being banned from national parks for a year and fined $3,035 after altering a historic sign at the Grand Canyon. The 2 later posted their activities to a Web site, which was repo  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Cops Taser Calf, Agony Lasted 4 Minutes, Relief Came through Death News Link  •  Police State
 Cops Taser Calf, Agony Lasted 4 Minutes, Relief Came through Death
08-23-2008  •  WorldNet Daily 
Keep this article in your mind as we begin the national conventions in Denver and the Twin Cities this month. This is what happens with "non-lethal" weapons in the hands of men who have no regard for boundaries, and a system that allows th  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Veritas Vincit
Warren Buffett: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Warren Buffett: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac "Have No Net Worth"
8-23-2008  •  Bloomberg 
"The game is over" as independent companies said Buffett. "They were able to borrow without any of the normal restraints. They had a blank check from the federal government.”  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Terrorist Watch List Complete Joke! News Link  •  Transportation: Air Travel
 Terrorist Watch List Complete Joke!
8-23-2008  •  Youtube 
CNN reporting  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Rights group: 78 Afghans killed; US to investigate News Link  •  WAR: About that War
Rights group: 78 Afghans killed; US to investigate
8-23-2008  •  AP 
Scores of Afghan civilians who had gathered in a small village for the memorial ceremony of a militia commander were killed when U.S. and Afghan soldiers launched an attack in the middle of the night, officials and villagers said Saturday.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
GOP Fight in Nevada Could Cause McCain Trouble News Link  •  Eugenics
GOP Fight in Nevada Could Cause McCain Trouble
8-23-2008  •  Wall Street Journal 
More than the distraction in Minnesota, Sen. McCain may have to worry what discontented voters are doing back in Nevada, where longtime Republicans with a libertarian streak are discussing alternatives to the party establishment.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Brock Lorber
Phoenix Real Estate: Down Payment Assistance to Dissapear in 10 Days News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Phoenix Real Estate: Down Payment Assistance to Dissapear in 10 Days
8-23-08  •  news.KTAR.com 
Wegner said 30 to 40 percent of all home sales have used down payment assistance, and the end of the program will delay recovery of the housing market...  Read Full Story
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Beijing Olympics: The Great Fake Wall of the New China News Link  •  OLYMPICS Beijing China Summer 2008
 Beijing Olympics: The Great Fake Wall of the New China
08-23-08  •  Mondoreb 
The New China was busy getting Beijing ready for the Olympics: there were dissidents to round up, the Internet to restrict, and Fake Walls to build.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
Ron Paul “Responds” to Petitions for Redress, Sort Of Feature Article  •  Constitution
 Ron Paul “Responds” to Petitions for Redress, Sort Of
Bob Schulz
   Thus far, Texas Rep. Ron Paul has “responded” to the Petitions for Redress by having them “forwarded to the Clerk of the House.” Forwarding the Petitions for Redress to the Clerk of the House has not relieved Rep. Paul of his individual obligation t
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Monster Movies: Big-Busted Babes Bumped First News Link  •  Entertainment: Movies
 Monster Movies: Big-Busted Babes Bumped First
08-23-08  •  pat 
In June, pat asked the question, “Why do the Buxom die young"at least in monster movies?” Nearly three months later, he’s still asking.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet
3D Printing (Star Trek Replicators come to mind) Feature Article  •  Inventions
 3D Printing (Star Trek Replicators come to mind)
Ernest Hancock
   (Publisher: We first reported on this technology about 2 years ago. Here are some updates and what young minds have done with the ability to create in real life what their creative minds can imagine.)
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CNN To Contribute Political Columns to Metro Papers News Link  •  Media: Print
 CNN To Contribute Political Columns to Metro Papers
08-23-2008  •  Editor and Publisher 
CNN’s senior vice president and Washington bureau chief David Bohrman added: “This is an election like no other and CNN continually looks for new ways to connect with its audience here in the United States and across the world.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
Tribune Co. Faces 'Real Possibility' Of Debt Default News Link  •  Media: Print
 Tribune Co. Faces 'Real Possibility' Of Debt Default
08-23-2008  •  Editor and Publisher 
CHICAGO Tribune Co. faces a "real possibility" of defaulting on its $13.4 billion of debt, Fitch Ratings said Friday in a report that cut its credit rating deep into junk territory -- while warning a further downgrade is possible.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
CIA Officially Responds to Suskind Book: Calls Charges 'False' and 'Offensive' News Link  •  Central Intelligence Agency
 CIA Officially Responds to Suskind Book: Calls Charges 'False' and 'Offensive'
08-23-2008  •  Editor and Publisher 
The Central Intelligence Agency has officially responded to charges in the current Ron Suskind bestseller, “The Way of the World,” related to the agency taking part in falsifying evidence related to WMD in Iraq.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
Bhutto widower proposed for Pakistan president News Link  •  World News
 Bhutto widower proposed for Pakistan president
08-23-2008  •  USA Today 
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) " Pakistan's largest political party on Friday proposed the husband of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto to succeed the ousted Pervez Musharraf as president.  Read Full Story
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Auto industry seeking $50B in loans from Congress News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Auto industry seeking $50B in loans from Congress
08-23-2008  •  RawStory.com 
WASHINGTON -- Automakers plan to urge Congress to support funding up to $50 billion in low-interest loans over three years to help them modernize their assembly plants and develop next-generation fuel-efficient vehicles.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock
Saving Luke Air Force Base: Change Your Leaders, Change Your Life (Part Two) Opinion  •  Eminent Domain
 Saving Luke Air Force Base: Change Your Leaders, Change Your Life (Part Two)
08-23-2008
Dave Hodges
   I agree with the Arizona Republic in that Luke Air Force Base desperately needs to be preserved.
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