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Date Sent: 2007-12-20
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
Tom Tancredo to Drop Out of Presidential Race -- Cheney's Office Burns
Americans expect recession -- Pentagon finds little long-term progress in Iraq -- Congress OKs NRA's gun-ban bill -- Saudi Arabia: Fatwa against the dollar? -- An Icelandic woman's welcome to Amerika -- Ernie Hancock at Hope for America Conference -- MISH: Financial Day of Reckoning Approaches -- British TV: Ron Paul only hope for Republicans to beat Democrats -- Doug Casey Interviews Ron Paul -- Ron Paul kicking *ss on "Morning Joe" -- Blitz: Employer Sanction Law Reflects Government Ineptness -- US foreclosure filings up 68% in Nov.
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News Link • Bush Administration
Paulson Gets Diminishing Return With Bush, Like Powell, O'Neill
12-20-2007
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Bloomberg
"I can't think of anybody who has emerged from this White House with an enhanced reputation. But I can certainly think of lots of people who must rue the day they accepted an appointment in this administration.''
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Growing number of Americans expect recession: poll
12-20-2007
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Reuters
A growing number of Americans expect a U.S. recession in the next year as the housing slump and steep food and energy prices sour sentiment. Of the likely voters surveyed, 43% said they expect a recession
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Nanosolar starts sales of cheaper solar panels
12-20-2007
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Reuters
Nanosolar, a privately held solar energy company whose backers include Google Inc's co-founders, said it has started to sell what it calls "the world's lowest cost solar panel."
"We have begun shipping panels for free field de
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Despite drop in violence, Pentagon finds little long-term progress in Iraq
12-20-2007
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McClatchy News
The congressionally mandated quarterly report suggests that the drop in violence won't hold unless Iraq's central government passes key legislation, improves the way it manages its security forces and finds a way to reconcile the country'
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Whales may be related to deer-like beast
12-20-2007
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AP
The gigantic ocean-dwelling whale may have evolved from a land animal the size of a small raccoon. What might be the missing evolutionary link between whales and land animals is an odd animal that looks like a long-tailed deer without antlers
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Congress OKs NRA's gun-ban bill for Christmas present
12-20-2007
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AP
Congress passed a long-stalled bill inspired by the Virginia Tech shootings that would more easily flag prospective gun buyers who have documented mental health problems. [Are you sure you don't have a mental illness as defined by government?]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Saudi Arabia: Fatwa against the dollar?
12-17-07
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Telegraph.co.uk
To all intents and purposes, the Wahabi religious establishment of Saudi Arabia has just issued a fatwa against the US dollar. This bears watching.
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News Link • Police State
A young blond Icelandic woman's recent experience visiting the US
12/19/2007
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Sign of the Times
During these last twenty-four hours I have been handcuffed and chained, denied the chance to sleep, been without food and drink and been confined to a place without anyone knowing my whereabouts, imprisoned.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Eugenics
Tom Tancredo to Drop Out of Presidential Race
12-18-2007
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FOX News
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo plans to drop out of the race during an announcement Thursday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, GOP sources close to the campaign have told FOX News.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Do We Really Know What is in Earth Orbit?
12-19-07
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Rense.com
John Lenard Walson has given the world a fascinating, compelling and intriguing glimpse at what may well be the biggest secret program of all.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Financial Day of Reckoning Approaches
12-19-07
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
It is obvious here that the emperor has no clothes. There is going to be a global collapse in derivatives as soon as a key counter party defaults. ACA is one such domino.
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News Link • Eugenics
Only seen on British TV - Ron Paul only hope for Republicans to beat Democrats
12-19-2007
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Yahoo News
British and US experts in media and US politics discussing and giving considerable airtime to the merits of Ron Paul's campaign and agreed that Ron Paul's nomination would indeed split the Democratic vote. (Click on link to see video)
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Eugenics
Doug Casey Interviews Ron Paul
12-19-2007
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Daily Reckoning
Doug Casey: Why would the typical American, who gets far more from government than he or she pays, even consider voting for Ron Paul? ... What is your outlook for the U.S. dollar, absent any significant change in the current course of things?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul kicking *ss on "Morning Joe"
12/19/07
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youtube.com
Ron Paul talking about his 6 Million Dollar donation day. Joe really tries to pin Ron Paul down as far as running independent. Ron gives Great responses to the War issues. Ron Paul would make a better president than we can possibly even imagine.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Bush Administration
Cheney's Office Burns
12-19-2007
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AP
The blaze appeared to be located in Vice President Dick Cheney's suite of ceremonial offices on the second floor of the building. Cheney and President Bush were across the street in the West Wing of the White House when the blaze broke out. It ap
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US foreclosure filings up 68% in Nov.
12-19-2007
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AP
U.S. homeowners increasingly failed to keep up with their home loan payments in November, as the number of foreclosure filings surged 68% nationwide compared with the same month a year ago, according to a mortgage research company.
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Powell Gammill
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