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Date Sent: 2008-02-09
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, February 9, 2008 |
Mortgage crisis fallout spreads to 'muni market' -- Putin vows "arms race"
To Arizona Voters... a story from inside the Election Process by Jeneen Zucker -- FBI prepares businesses for martial law -- US challenged over laptop seizures -- Congress Sends $168 Billion Economic Stimulus to Bush -- N. Korea hasn't received promised oil -- Exxon uses government to freeze competing Venezuela "terrorist" assets -- UN Says Marijuana Machines Illegal -- Congress Moves To Seize Control Of All US Water -- Police Swabbing on Routine Stops -- The FBI Deputizes Business -- Senator John McCain and Brain Dead American Voters -- More on Internet Gambling Ban and National Security -- Gunman's note: `The truth will come out' -- Using The Internet as a Weapon -- Top 10 Reasons Conservatives Oppose John McCain -- Will Bush Go to War With Iran in 2008? -- Bush 'kills' Freedom of Information Act Compliance Officer -- CEOs Given License to Kill -- Freddie and Fannie about to get Squeezed? -- Domestic Torture is OK
On Feb. 20 a full moon eclipse at night in the USA and Canada will occur
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News Link • Conspiracies
Detroit approved secret deal
2-8-2008
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Raw Story
Sharon McPhail, the mayor's legal adviser, denied Thursday that there was a secret deal.
"In fact, no secret deals exist or have ever existed," she said. [Then you won't mind the information being released.]
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FBI program alleged to prepare businesses for martial law
2-8-2008
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Raw Story
A public-private partnership program on infrastructure preparedness and protection run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation allegedly has briefed its corporate members on the possibility of martial law and the use of lethal force
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Air travelers’ IDs now get another going-over
2-8-2008
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AP
As you enter the security gauntlet at the mouth of the airport gate, a screener will be waiting with a handheld black light and a magnifying glass to determine whether your ID is fake.
It is the latest measure that the Transportation Security Admi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
US challenged over laptop seizures
2-8-2008
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National Inquirer
US customs officers have been seizing travelers' laptops, MP3 players, telephones and other electronic devices and searching them for terrorist literature, child pornography and other criminal evidence. see also: http://tinyurl.com/2bmhwn
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Congress Sends $168 Billion Economic Stimulus to Bush
2-8-2008
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Bloomberg
Congress passed and sent to President Bush a $168 billion economic stimulus package that he said is needed to help boost the slowing economy. The legislation would send tax rebate checks to more than 111 million households, [INFLATION]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Mexico
Supreme Court Judges Were Bribed
2-8-2008
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Mexico Reporter
The Supreme Court judges who voted that the rights of Lydia Cacho were not violated enough when she was arrested, detained and tortured by Puebla’s police under the orders of Governor Mario Marin were paid off by Marin’s lawyers, according to the jou
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
N. Korea hasn't received promised oil, U.S. official says
2-8-2008
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McClatchy News
North Korea has slowed the dismantling of its nuclear reactor because it hasn't received the amount of fuel oil it was promised, State Department envoy Christopher Hill said. Delay in dismantling the Yongbyon nuclear plant was in response to what
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Exxon uses government to freeze competing Venezuela "terrorist" assets
2-8-2008
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Reuters
Venezuela said its oil exports, operations and cash flow were unaffected by Exxon Mobil Corp's "terrorist" move that won court orders freezing up to $12 billion of the major U.S. supplier's energy assets. Accused the company of seek
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
1st-person shooting games win top honors
2-8-200
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AP
Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry's most prestigious awards show. "BioShock,""Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" and "The Orange Box" garnered 4 prizes apiece at
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon Plots Sim Iraq for Propaganda Tests
2-8-2008
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Wired
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is trying to figure out how to beat jihadists in the propaganda war. One tool they figure could help: a computer model of "Human, Social, and Cultural Behavior" in Middle Eastern locales. To use on us.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
The Logic of Suicide Terrorism
2-8-2008
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The American Conservative
[Professor Robert] Pape has found that the most common American perceptions about who the terrorists are and what motivates them are off by a wide margin. [Pape] knows more about suicide terrorists than any other American.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Pape Named Ron Paul 2008 Foreign Policy Advisor
2-8-2008
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ronpaul2008.com
Dr. Pape is the foremost expert on suicide terrorism and the founder of the Chicago Project on suicide terrorism. He is also the author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
UN Board Says Marijuana Machines Illegal
2-8-2008
VIENNA, Austria - Marijuana vending machines in Los Angeles violate international treaties and should be shut down, the U.N.-affiliated drug control board said Friday.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Conspiracies
Congress Moves To Seize Control Of All US Water
02-08-2008
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Land Rights Network
From bathtubs To baptismal fonts, Congress moves to give the Corps of Engineers control of all U.S. waters. Be prepared for new water usage regulations against individuals and farmers.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Eugenics
30-min. TV interview with Christine Smith, Libertarian candidate for president
02-08-2008
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Libertarian Perspective TV Show
Recorded June 11, 2007 in Indiana. Many foreign & domestic issues, libertarianism, and the LP discussed.
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Christine -
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News Link • Humor
Online Retailer Runs Into Inventory Problems
2-8-2008
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HEMA
Officials say HEMA, Netherland's online version of Ikea, has developed massive inventory problems, crippling their web presence. [due to the website's design, you can watch the problems in real time as they develop]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Metrosexuals Drugged by "Flirtatious" Women at Posh Dallas Hotels
02-07-2008
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Ginn
Dallas police are investigating a string of robberies involving metrosexuals wearing Rolexes being drugged and robbed by "flirtatious" women.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Corruption
Governor Schwarzenegger Backed Immoral Sex Pheromone Spraying Continues
02-08-2008
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NaturalNews.com
Sometimes bad dreams do come true.
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul speaks to the youth at Liberty University - 3 days after Super Tuesday
02-08-2008
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YouTube
Over 8000 young adults!
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
The FBI Deputizes Business
2-8-2008
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The Progressive / Matthew Rothschild
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members receive warnings of threats before the public"and, at least [once], before elected officials.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Mortgage crisis fallout spreads to 'muni market'
2-8-2008
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Christian Science Monitor
Investors are wary of insurance guarantees for some bonds issued by cities to fund capital projects. [So if cities default, what is the collateral? Shhhhh... hint: you're living in it.]
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
More on Internet Gambling Ban and National Security
2-8-2008
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by Gene Bromberg (Ultimate Bet)
Of course we all know that the United States Trade Representative made a deal with the European Union, Japan and Canada over America's ban on online gaming. What we didn't know were the terms of that deal. What concessions did the U.S. make
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Using The Internet as a Weapon
2-8-08
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MarketWatch.com
"A marketplace for oil, gas, and various petrochemicals, the Iranian Oil bourse would trade exclusively in non-dollars with probably substantial negative impact to the U.S. economy and financial system.
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Reference Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul for Congress
Re-Elect Ron Paul 2008
Lest we forget, Dr. Ron Paul is also running for re-election to his Texas Congressional district, and the threat he faces is a well financed Republican opponent in the primary. Any US citizen or permanent resident can contribute up to $2,300 + $2,300
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Top 10 Reasons Conservatives Oppose John McCain
02-07-2008
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Mondoreb
From global warming to tax cuts, John McCain's has opposed conservatives. And libertarians aren't too keen on him, either.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Iran
Will Bush Go to War With Iran in 2008?
1-9-08
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YouTube.com
In this Israeli interview Bush is asked about going to war with Iran in 2008. He makes it very clear that he plans on getting a lot done in this election year.
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News Link • Bush Administration
Bush 'kills' Freedom of Information Act Compliance Officer
2-8-2008
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Raw Story
Buried on page A17 of Wednesday's Washington Post is a bit of a non-surprise: President George W. Bush has effectively killed a position monitoring compliance with government efforts to release documents.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
InfraGard: CEOs Given License to Kill
2-8-08
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AfterDowningStreet.org
“At its most basic level, InfraGard is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the private sector,” the InfraGard website states.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Freddie and Fannie about to get Squeezed?
2-8-08
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HousingDoom.com
Amid the worst housing crisis in a generation, pressures are mounting for an expanded role by the two mortgage finance companies, even as lawmakers also call for a tightening of the reins on them....
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News Link • Military
Putin vows "arms race" response
2-8-08
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BBC.co.uk
"In effect, we are forced to retaliate, to take corresponding decisions. Russia has, and always will have, responses to these new challenges," he said.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Domestic Torture is OK because the "AUTHORITIES" "act within department policy".
02-06-2008
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William N. Grigg
Hearts unmoved by such cases [the spectacle of sadistic violence being inflicted on dusky-skinned foreign terrorist suspects] tend to melt at the spectacle of a slender, helpless woman shrieking in fear and impotent rage as she is pinned down and vio
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Leon Felkins
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