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Date Sent: 2008-02-26
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
N American Army Created -- Mitt Romney to rejoin GOP race? -- Real ID: The Devil is in the Database
U.S. voices support as Turkey seeks to 'eliminate' Kurdish rebels -- Child abuse workers badgered to close cases -- Detroit schools grad rate: 32% -- U.S. expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after draw down -- Iran dismisses nuke documents as fakes -- AzLeg bills mandating serial numbered ammo -- Bush: What we asked telecoms to do was legal -- AZ's SB1420: “Stole Roads” Bill to be Heard Today -- Electron Filmed for First Time -- CIA: America is the Poorest Country on Earth... Literally! -- Clinton & McCain campaigns share advising firm -- Alabama station drops broadcast of 60 Minutes expose on AL political prosecution scandal -- Shoppers warned bigger grocery bills on way
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Turkish jets fly into northern Iraq
2-25-2008
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AP
Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground operation across the border that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. voices support as Turkey seeks to 'eliminate' Kurdish rebels
2-25-2008
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McClatchy News
As the Iraqi government watched in anguish, Turkey's ambassador to the US set an ambitious goal for his country's incursion into the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq: "to eliminate" a Kurdish rebel force of at least 4,000 fighters.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Turkish raid strains U.S.-Kurd ties
2-25-2008
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Christian Science Monitor
Gen. Muhammad Mohsen took down his American flag, folded it up, and placed it in his office corner, reflecting the growing anger in Iraq's Kurdish north with US support for Turkey's campaign against separatist rebels operating in the region.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Turks send more tanks into Iraq
2-25-2008
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Guardian
· Conflicting death toll in fierce clashes along border
· Anger in Kurdistan at US green light for incursion
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Child abuse workers badgered to close cases
2-25-2008
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Miami Herald
Miami child-welfare caseworkers, battered by constant threats and ''intimidation'' from bosses to work quickly, closed abuse reports without ever ensuring children were safe, a report from Florida's chief inspector general release
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Detroit schools grad rate: 32%
2-25-2008
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Detroit News
Just 31.9% of Detroit students graduate in four years, according to the first major study in Michigan conducted using a method now mandated by the federal government. Oh, but it gets worse for men.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after drawdown
2-25-2008
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Reuters
The US expects to have 140,000 troops in Iraq even after completing a planned drawdown of combat forces in July, which means 8,000 more troops in Iraq than when Bush ordered a surge of extra forces in January 2007 to curb violence.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran dismisses nuke documents as fakes
2-25-2008
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AP
Iran again denied ever trying to make such arms. Ali Ashgar Soltanieh, the chief Iranian delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency, dismissed the information showcased by the body as "forgeries."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
AzLeg bills mandating serial numbered ammo a scam by sole-source company with exclusive tech
2-25-2008
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Puget Sound Business Journal
Essentially, you have legislators working as promoters for a company called Ammunition Coding System, pushing measures in many states, that would mandate the use of this proprietary technology.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • Constitution
Bush: What we asked telecoms to do was legal
2-25-08
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Rawstory.com
"To put it bluntly, if the enemy is calling into America, we really need to know what they're saying, and we need to know what they're thinking, and we need to know who they're talking to," Bush said
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News Link • Police State
North American Army Created
02-25-2008
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Mondoreb
First Presidential Directive 51, then the signing 10 days ago of an agreement creating the beginnings of a North American army to be used in domestic disturbances. The Canadian government did not announce the agreement and the American media didn'
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Transportation
SB1420: “Stole Roads” Bill to be Heard Tuesday
02/25/2008
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CHANGE Arizona
Fans of toll booths, checkpoints and restricted travel will be pleased to learn that SB1420 is being pushed through the Transportation Committee on Tuesday 2/26/08 at 1:30pm in Senate Hearing Room 3 at the State Capitol. With the Senate nearing a dea
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Electron Filmed for First Time
2-25-2008
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LiveScience (w/ video link)
Scientists have filmed an electron in motion for the first time, using a new technique that will allow researchers to study the tiny particle's movements directly. Previously it was impossible to photograph electrons because of their extreme spee
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
America is the Poorest Country on Earth... Literally!
02/25/2008
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CIA World Factbook
This ranked list of "current account balances" for the nations of the world speaks for itself. While countries like Bangladesh, Kuwait, and Zambia enjoy true prosperity, guess who is "number 1" when it comes to debt.....?
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Eugenics
Mitt Romney to rejoin GOP race?
2-25-2008
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LA Times
[Is Ernie good or what?] One of former Gov. Mitt Romney's sons says it's "possible" his father may rejoin the race for the White House, as a vice presidential candidate or as the Republican Party's standard-bearer if Sen. John M
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
SNL skit on Obama - Hillary "debate"
2-25-2008
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Raw Story TV
While not sparing either contender entirely, Saturday Night Live took an opportunity to humorously suggest a pro-Obama bias among those conducting Thursday's CNN debate, at the University of Texas, between major Democratic presidential candidates
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Clinton & McCain campaigns share advising firm (1st reported 02-25-08)
02-25-2008
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Daily Kos
Advisor to Hillary Clinton, Mark Penn's lobbying shop is headed by John McCain's top adviser. Now let's imagine that Obama's opponent (we'll call her Hillary Clinton) was desperately slinging every piece of mud she could at him wi
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Joyce McCloy
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Alabama station drops broadcast of 60 Minutes expose on political prosecution scandal
2-25-2008
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Raw Story
CBS's 60 Minutes broadcast on the alleged political prosecution of Democratic Alabama governor Don Siegelman went dark in Alabama last night. According to the local CBS affiliate, they had a technical malfunction. But . . . ;-)
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Paul won't go against GOP
02-25-2008
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Texas A&M Eagle Newspaper
"We tapped into a real nerve. People have really responded way above anything I ever dreamed of," said Paul. "I believed it would take another generation before we could get this much enthusiasm for what I'm talking about."
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Shoppers warned bigger grocery bills on way
2-25-2008
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Financial Times
His warning that a strong wave of food inflation is heading towards the world economy was met by nods from agriculture traders, food industry executives and western’s government officials at the USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Coen brothers film wins 4 Oscars
2-25-2008
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AP
They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face. Two of the most imagi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Real ID: The Devil is in the Database
02/24/2008
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Arizona CHANGE
“Privacy is a major element of freedom, without which people and nations cannot remain free.” " George Orwell, 1984
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Mike Shipley
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