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Date Sent: 2007-10-03
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, October 3, 2007 |
Iraq's armed groups form alliance -- Iran slashes oil transactions in dollars
Income tax surcharge to pay for Iraq war -- Files raise questions on Gitmo transfers -- The Case for Ron Paul Taking Matching Funds -- Bolton: Wishes we still had capability to clandestinely overthrow governments -- MISH: New Twists in Mortgage Forgiveness Act -- Housing-Where Is the Bottom? -- Bloomberg: Surveillance-camera critics 'ridiculous' -- Impossible for handcuffed woman to strangle self in airport -- Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar's Dead -- Are Iran, Russia, China behind dollar's free-fall? -- MISH: Don't Ask Don't Tell Price Stability -- Bush Honors Man After He Attacked Gold Star Father -- GOP is losing grip on core business vote -- TSA alert: remote-control toys -- Bush administration ties to Blackwater -- FBI Vulnerable to Spies
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News Link • Police State
Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
10-2-2007
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by Naomi Wolf
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Democrats propose income tax surcharge to pay for Iraq war
10-3-2007
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AP
Arguing it is unfair to continue to pass the cost of the war in Iraq to future generations, three senior House Democrats Tuesday offered a long-shot plan to raise taxes to pay for the $150 billion bill for the war in 2008.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Files raise questions on Gitmo transfers
10-2-2007
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AP
Two dozen prisoners were cleared for transfer from Guantanamo Bay last year even though US military panels found they still posed a threat to the US and its allies. Dozens more were cleared even though they didn't show up for their hearings.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
The Case for Ron Paul Taking Matching Funds
10-2-2007
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by Walter Block (LewRockwell)
Should Ron Paul apply for, or accept, matching funds from the government for his political campaign? Would he be justified in doing so? What is the libertarian position on anyone accepting any monies from the state for whatever reason?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Time to Aim High?
10-2-2007
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MISH: Global Economic Analysis
The cost of living is rising so analysts are telling people to Aim High in their investments to compensate. This is just what the Fed wants everyone to do to avoid a recession. Herding behavior (the greater fool theory) is massively in play. Aim High
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Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Iran
“The US once had the capability to engage in the clandestine overthrow of governments, I wish we cou
10-2-2007
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Pat Dollard
Former US ambassador John Bolton slips into a bout of nostalgia back when the overthrow of democratically elected governments was much simpler.
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
New Twists Already in Mortgage Forgiveness Act
10-2-2007
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MISH: Global Economic Analysis
The IRS has setup a website to help people with foreclosures. That should be enough to tell anyone what the trend is expected to be. The new Tax Forgiveness bill has some interesting provisions related to home rentals, even room rentals. The net effe
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Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Housing-Where Is the Bottom?
10-2-2007
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Wall Street Journal
It's official: the index of pending home sales hit an all-time low in August, the National Association of Realtors reported today.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Bloomberg calls surveillance-camera critics 'ridiculous'
10-2-2007
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Propoganda Matrix
"It's just ridiculous people who object to using technology," the mayor said, adding that he had not talked with anyone in London who wasn't "thrilled" at the presence of security cameras in their capitol.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Forensic expert: Impossible for handcuffed woman to strangle self in airport
10-2-2007
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Raw Story
"She was handcuffed behind her back and shackled to a table," Manning said. "It doesn't make sense that she could have physically managed to strangle herself."
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News Link • Geography
Plain sailing on the Northwest Passage
10-2-2007
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BBC News
This week, Europe's space agency (Esa) reported that the shrinking of Arctic ice had opened the fabled Northwest Passage, clearing a long-sought, but until recently impassable, route between Europe and Asia.
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Rocket Man’: Amazing High Risk Surgery Saves Soldier Pierced by Live Grenade
10-2-2007
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Breitbart TV
“I never saw anybody with live ordnance in them. I’ve seen decapitations, amputations, gunshot wounds to the head … I never thought I’d be flying along with a patient who had something in him that could blow up in your face.”
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Police State
Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar's Dead
10-2-2007
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AP
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - One hundred shot dead outside a Myanmar school. Activists burned alive at government crematoriums. A Buddhist monk floating face down in a river
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Economy - International
Are Iran, Russia, China behind dollar's free-fall? Some see 'Currency Cold War'
10-2-2007
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WorldNet Daily
WASHINGTON " The hottest selling book in China right now is called "Currency Wars....
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Israel
Gag order on Syria raid lifted due to Netanyahu interview
10-2-2007
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ynet News
The military censor decided to cancel the ban on publication of information regarding the Israeli air strike that took place in Syria early in September after Syrian President Bashar Assad and Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) acknowledged th
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun law helping victims of crimes
10-2-2007
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Detroit Free Press
"We've had enough of the thugs owning our streets and neighborhoods. Enough is enough."
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Gun Rights
New Nevada Right-to-Carry Reform Law Goes into Effect Today!
Monday, October 01, 2007
10-2-2007
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NRA ILA
In May, after years of legislative wrangling, the Nevada State Legislature passed Senate Bill 237, which will permit out of state CCW permit holders.....
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Don't Ask Don't Tell Price Stability
10-2-2007
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MISH: Global Economic Analysis
British banks are gorging on cheap credit by the ECB, fearing stock market punishment if the UK press finds out they borrowed money from the BOE. This has an interesting side effect of providing support to the British pound when arguably it should be
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Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Bush Meets With and Honors Man 3 Days After He Attacked Gold Star Father
10-2-2007
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After Downing Street
Here are three pictures which show that the administration is not too choosy in the terrorists it invites for eggs and bacon.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Puppycide: Yet another dog killed by cowardly cops
10-02-2007
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Agitator
He walks her yard, where, as any reasonable person might suspect, one of her dogs growls at the sight of a stranger poking around. The cop takes out his gun and shoots the dog dead while the woman's two-year-old son watches from 20 feet away
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Anarchy U.S.A.
10-2-2007
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by Michael S. Rozeff (LewRockwell)
The biggest obstacle to living altogether without political government as we now know it is the fear or reluctance to live in freedom. The second biggest obstacle is the risk of changing from the present condition of society to a condition of freedom
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Killing of Carol Ann Gotbaum?
by Becky Akers
10-2-2007
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LewRockwell
Contortionists worldwide must be mourning the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum. She was an artist of unparalleled talent, if you believe the cops who arrested, trussed, and imprisoned her at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. She died
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran slashes oil transactions in dollars
10-02-2007
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AFP
Iran has slashed the use of the dollar in payment for its oil exports to 15 percent, an official said on Tuesday, amid growing pressure from arch-foe the US on its financial system. The vast majority of transactions for oil from OPEC's number tw
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP is losing grip on core business vote
10-02-2007
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War Street Journal
The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title. New evidence suggests a potentially historic shift in the Republican Party's identity -- what strategists call its "brand.**
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
The Rise of Atheism
10-02-2007
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ABC News
A large convention of atheists gathered today in Virginia, where men, woman and children eagerly proclaimed their belief God does not exist. While their views still may be the minority in the country, atheists have become more vocal and visible in r
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • World News
Iraq's armed groups form alliance
10-02-2007
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Aljazeera
Several nationalist and Islamist armed groups have formed alliances in Iraq in what they say is a move to thwart a power struggle should the US military withdraw and the Iraqi government collapse. In July, groups including The Islamic Army, The Army
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Eugenics
Swap in Ron Paul for Huckabee at your GOP Forum?
10-02-2007
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Free Market News
The increasingly high profile national organization,"Jews for Ron Paul," is asking the Republican Jewish Coalition to swap in presidential candidate Ron Paul(R-TX) for Mike Huckabee at its upcoming presidential forum. Huckabee has reported
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Homeland Security
Latest TSA alert: remote-control toys
10-02-2007
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USA Today
(What's next, pace makers) Airport security screeners stepped up scrutiny of remote-controlled toys Monday after authorities said terrorists could us them to detonate bombs. "Credible specific information" indicate that terrorists are
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Drug War
Supreme Court to Examine Crack Sentencing
10-02-2007
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NBC10.com(Philadelphia)
A federal judge's decision to slice a few years off a lengthy prison term has brought to the Supreme Court the racially tinged issue of harsh sentences for dealing crack cocaine. Derrick Kimbrough, a black veteran of the 1991 Gulf War, received
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Media: Print
London paper issues RFID card to increase reader loyalty
10-02-2007
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RFID Journal
Selling newspapers in London is a tough game, but The Evening Standard is using RFID to gain a competitive edge. The popular daily paper, targeted at commuters who ride the London Underground subway system, sells between 200,000 and 300,000 copies p
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Bush Administration
Bush administration ties to Blackwater
10-02-2007
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Salon
When Blackwater contractors guarding a US State Dept convoy allegedly killed 11 unarmed Iraqi civilians on Sept 16, it was only the latest in a series of controversial shooting incidents associated with the private security firm. Blackwater has a re
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Report says FBI Vulnerable to Spies
10-02-2007
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AP
Six years after arresting turncoat Robert Hanssen, the FBI remains vulnerable to espionage from within, the parent Justice Dept said in a report Monday. The reason for this, said the Justice's Office of Inspector General, is that the bureau has
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Corruption
Wyatt pleads guilty in Iraq oil case
10-02-2007
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Salt Lake Tribune
Texas oil billionaire Oscar Wyatt, who in the mid-1990's was involved in a land dispute with a group of agencies in Utah, faces up to two years in prison after pleading guilty to paying an illegal kickback to the regime of late Iraqi leader Sadda
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • WAR: About that War
House report say Blackwater fired 122 for misconduct in Iraq
10-02-2007
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Boston Globe
Blackwater USA, the private security contractor under scrutiny for its role in a deadly Baghdad shootout in September, has sacked 122 of its armed guards in Iraq since it started protecting US diplomats there nearly 3 years ago, congressional investi
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Jean Carbonneau
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