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Date Sent: 2008-06-21
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, June 21, 2008

How the major stock market indexes fared today -- House passes new surveillance law

How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war -- Swedes To Be Wiretapped, Despite Protests -- Obama defends new domestic spying bill as 'compromise' -- Prosecutors: Snipes 'should be in custody' -- Boca Raton, FL: Proposes City-Wide Surveillance System -- Nevada's Gold Mine of Republican Events -- Government Is Sued Over Seizure of Liberty Dollars -- PHX Home Sales Down 13.2% in May -- US School District to Begin Microchipping Students -- SoCal Real Estate: In Danger of a Total Meltdown -- Property value in US cities to fall $1.46 trillion in '08 -- US cities cut services, raid reserves on fuel cost -- Obama Could Swamp McCain With $500 Million in Final 2 Months -- Mortgage Fraud, Government Fraud, and Heads of Lettuce - by Craig Cantoni -- OK Judge Overturns Ban Against CCW In Court -- EU to lift sanctions on Cuba 2-Hour Presentation: "9/11: Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of Destruction" (Arizona)

News Link • Energy
Solar Dish Could Revolutionize Energy Production
6-20-2008 • LiveScience
A new type of solar energy collector concentrates the sun into a beam that could melt steel. Researchers say the device could revolutionize global energy production. The prototype is a 12-foot-wide mirrored dish was made from a lightweight frame of t Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Iran
How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war
6-20-2008 • Christian Science Monitor
Pressure is building on Iran. This week Europe agreed to new sanctions and President Bush again suggested something more serious �" possible military strikes �" if the Islamic Republic doesn't bend to the will of the international community on its Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Bush policies limit next president's options
6-20-2008 • Reuters
When President McCain or President Obama takes office next year, he will inevitably find George W. Bush's budgetary legacy haunts the White House. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Humor
George Carlin earns Mark Twain prize for American Humor
6-20-2008 • Things Important to Harry
George Carlin will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Carlin, 71, will be the 11th recipient of the award. Carlin makes people laugh and makes them think. Past recipients include Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin and Neil Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • World News
Swedes To Be Wiretapped, Despite Protests
6-20-2008 • TorrentFreak
Despite public protests both online and on the streets of Stockholm, the Swedish parliament has voted in favor of a new “wiretapping” law which invades the privacy of its citizens by allowing the government to monitor web traffic and phone calls, wit Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Feature Article  • Economy - Economics USA
How the major stock market indexes fared Friday June 20th 2008
Ernest Hancock
   The Dow is down 464.66, or 3.78 percent. - The S&P is down 42.10, or 3.10 percent. - The Nasdaq is down 48.41, or 1.97 percent.
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News Link • Domestic Policy
US schoolgirls 'make pact to have babies'
06-20-2008 • RawStory.com
17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies, none older than 16. Gloucester High "has done perhaps too good a job of embracing young mothers," providing them with on-site childcare and healthcare facilities. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Eugenics
Obama defends new FISA bill as 'compromise'
06-20-2008 • RawStory.com
In a statement about a controversial bill, Senator Barack Obama defends intelligence gathering that would expand the wiretapping powers of President Bush's administration. (gee, this is the country's other option?) Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Politics: General Activism
New political blog by Christine Smith
6-20-2008 • Christine Smith
Invitation to new blog (politics & more) by Christine Smith. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Christine -

News Link • Bush Administration
Ex-press secretary decries 'secretive' White House
06-20-2008 • apnews.myway.com
"This is a very secretive White House ... There's some things that they would prefer not to be talked about," McClellan said. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecutors: Snipes 'should be in custody'
06-20-2008 • Star-Banner - Ocala, Florida
The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion Thursday with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit saying that it will appeal a U.S. district judge's May 22 decision allowing Snipes to remain free on bond while he appeals his Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Martha Stewart refused entry to the UK
06-20-2008 • www.telegraph.co.uk
Martha Stewart has been refused a visa to Britain because of her criminal convictions for obstructing justice, the Daily Telegraph has learned. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

Feature Article  • Police State
Beijing Olympic car ban targets pollution, gridlock
Ernest Hancock
   BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing will ban more than one million cars from the streets during the Olympics in an effort to curb pollution and ease traffic gridlock, the government confirmed Friday. (because they can)
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Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
2-Hour Presentation: “9/11: Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of Destruction” (Arizona)
Ernest Hancock
   Richard Gage, AIA, Founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth - Re-examining the 3WTC High-Rise Building “Collapses” Press Release via AZ State Senator Karen Johnson (R)
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News Link • Police State
Boca Raton, Florida: Proposes City-Wide Surveillance System
6-20-08 • PrisonPlanet.com
The system would be monitored from a central location called the Fusion Center. Read Full Story
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News Link • Free Trade
Government Is Sued Over Seizure of Liberty Dollars
6-20-2008 • New York The Sun
A dozen people filed suit in U.S. District Court this week demanding the return of all the copper, silver, gold, and platinum coins �" more than seven tons of metal in all �" that the FBI and Secret Service seized in November during raids. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Brock Lorber

Feature Article  • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Nevada's Gold Mine of Republican Events
Brock Lorber
   On June 28, Nevada Republicans can barbeque, prove their party loyalty, or join the rest of the delegates to the state convention in Reno to finish what they started.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
U.S. School District to Begin Microchipping Students
06-16-2008 • naturalnews.com via Rense.com
(by David Gutierrez with NaturalNews) A Rhode Island school district has announced a pilot program to monitor student movements by means of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips implanted in their schoolbags. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ed Vallejo

News Link • Arizona's Top News
Phoenix Home Sales Down 13.2% in May If You Don’t Include Foreclosures
06-20-2008 • HousingDoom.com
(This site cuts through the MSM BULLSHIT that they are soooo infamous for) Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Property value in U.S. cities to fall $1.46 trillion in '08
6-20-2008 • Reuters
Property values in U.S. cities are expected to tumble by $1.46 trillion in 2008 due to the housing downturn and subprime mortgage crisis that has pushed the U.S. economy to the brink of recession, American mayors were told. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
So. California Real Estate: In Danger of a Total Meltdown
6-20-08 • MrMortgage.ml-implode.com
The new NOD’s will bring about 34,650 new homes that go back to the bank as shadow inventory 4-5 months from now. In the past 4-months, 167k notices-of-default were filed, meaning 133,500 homes will go back to the bank in the next 5-months.... Read Full Story
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News Link • TAXES: Local
U.S. cities cut services, raid reserves on fuel cost
6-20-2008 • Reuters
Surging fuel prices are forcing cities across the United States to cut back on services and dip into cash reserves to keep their fleets on the road. The average retail price of diesel used in city buses and garbage trucks has shot up 65 percent over Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Corruption
House passes new surveillance law
6-20-2008 • AP
The House easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Bush Administration
Former aide: Bush should tell all on CIA leak
06-20-2008 • www.breitbart.com
Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan requested that Scott McClellan, Bush's spokesman from 2003-06, appear to give sworn testimony about the account in his book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientists feel sure of ice on Mars
06-20-2008 • www.breitbart.com
Small pieces of a bright material "have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it, Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Eugenics
Obama Poised for Huge Cash Edge - Could Swamp McCain With $500 Million in Final 2 Months
06-20-2008 • ABC
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will break his pledge and opt out of the public financing system for the general election against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., allowing him to raise millions for the White House race. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Iran
Russia's Lavrov warns against attack on Iran
06-20-2008 • www.washingtontimes.com
Russia had asked both the United States and Israel to provide factual information to back their claims that Iran was working to build atomic weapons. "So far we have seen none, and the same conclusion was made by the International Atomic Energy Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Energy
Incandescent bulbs to become illegal
Incandescent bulbs are to be replaced by something so toxic that you are advised to leave your home if they break! They are filled with mercury and need to be double-bagged and hand delivered to a specialized recycling center after they burn out. And Read Full Story
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Reported by: Tom Westbrook

Feature Article  • Corruption
Mortgage Fraud, Government Fraud, and Heads of Lettuce - by Craig Cantoni
Ernest Hancock
   If you read this and don’t agree that the proposed arrests for fraud should be made, then the likely explanation is that you are either brainwashed, ignorant of the facts, a patsy, or in cahoots with the crooks. Or maybe you have the brain of a head
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News Link • Media: Internet
Breaking Down the 'Great Firewall of China'
06-20-2008 • FoxNews
As Beijing readies itself for the Olympic Games in August, Chinese dissidents living in the U.S. have launched an attack on the country's so-called "Great Firewall," which prohibits its citizens from having full access to the Internet. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Gun Rights
OK. Judge Overturns Ban Against CCW In Court - Says Court Must Obey Law
6-20-2008 • AP
Judge Smith tells the press that courthouses are not exempt from state concealed weapon laws, so there's no way to lawfully stop people from carrying a concealed weapon if they're licensed properly. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chip Saunders

News Link • Foreign Policy
EU to lift sanctions on Cuba
06-20-2008 • www.usatoday.com
As part of its action, the EU approved a set of conditions on Cuba in return for sanction-free relations. They include the release of all political prisoners; access for Cubans to the Internet; and a double-track approach for all EU delegations arriv Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Corruption
(Skinning the Bear) FBI Arrests 2 Former Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers
06-20-2008 • NBC WNBC
NEW YORK -- Two former Bear Stearns portfolio managers were charged Thursday with misleading investors about the perilous state of hedge funds that later tanked, losing more than $1 billion and fueling the subprime mortgage collapse that contributed Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
UFO alert: Welsh police spot 'unusual aircraft'
06-20-2008 • www.breitbart.com
The police clarification came after The Sun reported a UFO had "attacked" a police helicopter, following it for several miles over the Bristol Channel. "The pilot banked sharply to avoid being hit, then launched into a high-speed pursu Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • World News
Ireland given four months to save Lisbon Treaty
06/20/2008 • The Times Online
Despite Irish voters overwhelming rejection of the E.U.-backed Treaty of Lisbon, European Union leaders have given Ireland's Prime Minister four months to draw up a plan to save it. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Renzulli

News Link • Eugenics
Obama Decision Threatens Political Welfare
06/20/2008 • The New York Times
Barack Obama's decision to forgo political financing could contribute to its timely demise. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Renzulli

Feature Article  • WAR: About that War
Bomb Iran? What's to Stop Us? - by Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern
   It’s crazy, but it’s coming soon �" from the same folks who brought us Iraq.
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Feature Article  • Impeachment
Impeach Bush now? - by Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern
   Congressional proceedings would help prevent another mistaken war
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Lawuit Forces FDA to Admit Mercury Dental Fillings are Toxic
06-05-2008 • WebMD
Mercury from amalgam dental fillings may be toxic to children and developing fetuses, the FDA now admits. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Trouser Chili

News Link • Iran
Rice Tells CFR she's Ready to Talk to Iran
06-20-2008 • Express India
Insisting that it does not want to deny Iran nuclear power, the US has said it is always ready to hold talks with Tehran provided it suspended its uranium enrichment activities, even for a limited period. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Trouser Chili

News Link • Iran
US says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran
06-20-2008 • New York Times
Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Several American officials said the exercise appeared to be an ef Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

Feature Article  • North American Union
SuperCorridor Defeat? Don't Bet On It
Stephen Lendman
   Despite a setback, the North American Union SuperCorridor remains viable.
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News Link • Bush Administration
What has happened to the secret prisoners in Bush's Gulags?
6-17-08 • Monibot.com
Worse, the government was proud of what it had done. It was parading its impunity. It wanted us to know that nothing would stand in its way: its power was both sovereign and unaccountable. Read Full Story
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
The Welfare-Warfare State by Justin Raimondo
6-20-08 • Antiwar.com
If and when Bush starts World War III, remember that he couldn't have done it without the invaluable complicity of his Democratic enablers, especially those in Congress. Read Full Story
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