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Date Sent: 2007-08-25
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, August 25, 2007 |
Aaron Russo: Film Maker, Patriot -- February 14, 1943 - August 24, 2007 -- We'll miss you mightily
Georgia says it fired at Russian plane -- Haditha Investigator Urges Dropping of Marine's Case -- Britons die in US 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan -- General Pace likely to urge troop cut...no he is not -- Taxi drivers to strike over GPS surveillance -- TV, radio look for record ad money in election -- Iraqi with CIA ties hires DC lobby firm -- British Army deploys new mass killing weapon -- Air Force document outlines assistance to insurgencies -- Draft report logs bleak outlook for Iran -- Homeland Security hid data from probe -- Spy chief reveals classified surveillance details -- Tillman's Wife: Real Leaders Needed -- MySpace and MTV want a piece of the Presidential debates -- Rep. Rick Renzi won't run for re-election
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Aaron Russo: February 14, 1943 - August 24, 2007
08-24-2007
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rescue-us.org
Aaron has been battling cancer for some time now. His movies Trading Places and the Rose are much acclaimed, but his documentary America: from Freedom to Fascism (google video) was certainly his most passionate and probably his most influential work
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Gen. Pace denies he will urge troop cut in Iraq
8-24-2007
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Reuters
The chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff denied a newspaper report that he will urge President Bush to cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.
"The story is wrong," Marine Gen. Peter Pace said through a spokesman.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Georgia says it fired at Russian plane this week
8-24-2007
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Reuters
Georgian forces fired at a plane they believed was Russian after it violated the Caucasus republic's airspace, a senior interior ministry official said. The incident marks an intensification of a row between the two countries in which Georgia has
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Haditha Investigator Urges Dropping of Marine's Case
8-24-2007
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Washington Post
An investigating officer has recommended that a Marine Corps general drop all charges against a Marine accused of murdering civilians in Haditha, Iraq, finding again that the 2005 shootings were "tragedies" but that the Marine did not viola
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Three Britons die in US 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan
8-24-2007
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AFP
Three British NATO troops were killed in a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan when US jets dropped a bomb on them during fighting with the Taliban. Two United States warplanes were called to provide support after an attack by the rebel
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
General Pace likely to urge troop cut
8-24-2007
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LA Times
Administration and military officials say Marine Gen. Peter Pace is likely to convey concerns by the Joint Chiefs that keeping well in excess of 100,000 troops in Iraq through 2008 will severely strain the military. [He'll be retiring.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Taxi drivers to strike over GPS surveillance
8-24-2007
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WCBS TV
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance -- which accounts for more than 8,000 city drivers -- is threatening to curb their cabs on Sept. 5 if the Taxi and Limousine Commission does not get rid of their GPS system, which the union says invades a driver
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Ahead of 'September Dawn,' Mormon Church revisits dark period
8-24-2007
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Christian Science Monitor
On Sept. 11, 1857, Mormons aided by native American allies massacred 120 unarmed men, women, and children bound for California by wagon train. The slaughter took place as the US Army was marching toward Utah to confront Mormon leaders.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Another Great Ron Paul Video
08-24-2007
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YouTube
Many of you reading this think that the Ron Paul Revolution is well on its way,... It hasn't even started yet.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
TV, radio look for record ad money in election
-24-2007
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Reuters
The presidential election is 14 months away and with as many as 17 candidates now running, U.S. television and radio broadcasters are elated at the prospect of billions more in advertising dollars.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Gaping hole found in universe
8-24-2007
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Reuters
A giant hole in the Universe is devoid of galaxies, stars and even lacks dark matter, astronomers said. The team at the University of Minnesota said the void is nearly a billion light-years across and they have no idea why it is there.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists Spot Brain's 'Free Will' Center
8-24-2007
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LiveScience
This newly identified region, involved in an aspect of self-control, may change conceptions of human free will, the researchers said. It could also explain the basis of impulsive as well as reluctant behavior. [Government interest]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Gut Sense: Your Belly Has Taste
8-24-2007
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LiveScience
The same sweet-detecting proteins in your tongue also reside in the gut where they can likewise "taste" sugars. "Cells of the gut taste glucose through the same mechanisms used by taste cells of the tongue," said
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Powell Gammill
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Reference Link • Federal Reserve
America: From Freedom to Fascism
by Aaron Russo
Aaron Russo (Google Video)
This 2 hour documentary covers the Internal Revenue Service, income tax, the Federal Reserve System, national ID cards (REAL ID Act), human-implanted RFID tags (Spychips), electronic voting machines, globalization, the possibility of America becoming
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News Link • Eugenics
Ted Nugent gets cocky on Hillary and Obama with submachine guns
8-24-2007
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Youtube
[WARNING: Explicit and suggestive language!] Watching a rock star meltdown in front of an audience.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Speaks For Me - (Video)
08-24-2007
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YouTube
One of the better motivational videos of late - It's about growing up and raising your family in light of what's been going on.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Propaganda
The last full measure... of murderous opportunism
08-24-2007
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Freedom in our Time(Will Grigg)
John Kreisel of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota lost both of his legs in Fallujah last December. A roadside bomb detonated beneath his Humvee, killing two of Kreisels buddies, Spc. Bryan McDonough, and Spc. Corey Rystad. Kreisel is a man in his mid-20**
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
No helmet, and under 15 means you're $25 poorer
08-24-2007
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Bike Coalition of Maine
The legislation also will strengthen Maine's youth bicycle helmet law by creating a $25 fine for those 15 and under who fail to wear a helmet. Youths can be fined after the second or subsequent offense, but the fine can be waived
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • World News
Iraqi with CIA ties hires DC lobby firm
08-24-2007
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ABC News Blog
A political rival of the current Iraqi prime minister has hired a well-known Republican lobbying firm to promote his candidacy among the Washington elite. On the same day US intelligence officials briefed reporters on their lack of confidence
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Military
British Army deploys new mass killing weapon
08-24-2007
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Raw Story
A new 'super-weapon' being supplied to British soldiers in Afghanistan employs technology based on the "thermobaric" principle which uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide air by sucking the air out of lungs
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq report may bolster surge policy
08-024-2007
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AP
Intentionally or not, a new assessment of Iraq's political and military prospects landed just in time to bolster President Bush's case that the US should maintain its troop buildup in the country and stand by its beleaguered government.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Daily Show: Three Generations of “America to the Rescue”
08-24-2007
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CrooksandLiars
In perhaps the most brilliant segment on “The Daily Show” I’ve ever seen, last night Jon ran through the last three decades of United States intervention in the Middle East to show how incoherent, ass-backwards and counter-productive it has been. - C
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Air Force document outlines assistance to insurgencies
08-24-2007
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Raw Story
(Can you say blowback) The Air Force is ready to aid insurgencies. According to a lenghty new Air Force document, which outlines US strategies for "Irregular Warfare," military resources will sometimes be neeed to help insurgencies in fore
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Iran
Draft report logs bleak outlook for Iran
08-24-2007
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AP
A draft intelligence report portrays a bleak political situation in Iran, anticipating little progress in getting Tehran to halt its nuclear program or stop supporting militant groups in the region, US officials said Thursday. The latest in a series
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS hid data from probers
08-24-2007
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Washington Times
Dept of Homeland Security adminstrators - fearing additional scrutiny - concealed from federal investigators information-sharing breakdowns that left the US vulnerable to terrorists, internal DHS memos and e-mails show. The documents obtained
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Police State
Spy chief reveals classified surveillance details
08-24-2007
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AP
National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell pulled the curtain back on previously classified details of government surveillance and of a secretive court whose recent rulings created new hurdles for the Bush adminstration as it tries to prevent terr
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News Link • Military
Tillman's Wife: Real Leaders Needed
08-24-2007
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PEGGY HARRIS - Huffington Post
"Many things have changed since Pat decided to join the Army. And unfortunately, leadership on many levels has come into question," Marie Tillman said. "We are in need of authentic leadership on many levels, social, economic and politi
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul cut-n-paste
8-24-2007
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Youtube
A little video on how I decorated my truck to support Ron Paul for President in 2008!
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Female GOP Senator enters the race for President
8-24-2007
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Youtube
Move over Hillary! Meet McFriendly! Did you know there was another WOMAN running for President of the United States? Watch and learn!
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
MySpace and MTV team up in Presidential Race
08-24-2007
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PC World
Lecterns are so 2004. In the latest chapter of new Web-empowered debates and interaction with presidential candidates, social networking site MySpace and MTV will bring together 2008 hopefuls and young voters for real-time online conversations.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Rick Renzi announces he won't run for re-election
8-23-2007
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Roll Call
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) said in a statement obtained by Roll Call "that he will not seek re-election in 2008, ending months of speculation regarding the ethically clouded Congressman’s political future."
Said Renzi: "I will not be
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