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Date Sent: 2008-10-18
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, October 18, 2008 |
Bailout's Side Effect: Rising Mortgage Costs -- Gov't Wiretapped GOP Leadership Meetings
Attorney General confronted by election integrity activist -- Ron Paul on CNN -- The $58 Trillion Elephant in the Room -- Greg Palast: 2008 Election Is Already Stolen -- LIPSTICK ON BERNANKE'S PIG - by Gary North -- US campaign bypasses foreign policy -- Banks borrow record $437.5 billion per day from Fed -- Justin Raimondo: Back To The Future -- Palestinians start a shoot back program against Israeli settlers -- Computers Stolen From Boston ACORN Office -- Bank Write Down Chart -- What Naomi Wolf has to say is dangerous to news host -- THE CAUSE OF AND SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CREDIT CRISIS - By R. Dan Edwards, Ph.D., CPA -- Banks Are Likely to Hold Tight to Bailout Money -- US October Consumer Sentiment Falls Most on Record -- The 'Fraudacity' of American Finance -- Chinese Milk Scandal: Contamination for Fun and Profit -- Bookmaker to pay out early on Obama victory
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Hilarious “Bail Out” Comic
10-17-2008
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Ponder This Net
They call it a rescue, most call it a bail out, those who know better call it an extortion. Hey, it’s all in your best interest right? Ha! Also, is it not bad when the exact policies being taken are those directly out of the play book of open Fascist
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
all quiet on the western front school clip anti war speech
10-17-2008
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Youtube
You can bet your boots the politicians who decide these things wouldnt go anywhere near the firing line but thats politics for you say one thing and do another, if you can't answer a direct question change the subject.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Arlo Guthrie/I'm Changing My Name To Fannie Mae
10-17-2008
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Youtube
Arlo "updates" Tom Paxton's "I'm Changing My Name To Chrysler" for these times.
When Arlo performed "Fannie Mae" at Farm Aid, I got tons of requests to post it...
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Events: America
Internship in Wash. DC with Reason
10-17-2008
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Reason magazine
reason is now accepting applications for the spring 2009 Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship. The intern will work in our Washington, D.C. office for 10 weeks during the spring semester, and receives a $5,000 stipend.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Attorney General Terry Goddard was confronted by election integrity activist. "Do Your Job Sir!
10-17-08
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fatallyflawedthemovie.com
Attorney General Terry Goddard was confronted by election integrity activist during a town hall meeting hosted by Tucson city council member Rodney Glassman. John Brakey and Attorney Bill Risner questioned Goddard's unwillingness to open a fair i
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Drew
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News Link • Bush Administration
16 Words: More Manufactured Threats from 2002
10-17-2008
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Mother Jones
A potentially explosive new court filing by the lawyers for Lakhdar Boumediene and five other Guantanamo detainees suggests that the Bush adminstration ordered the Bosnian government to arrest and hold the men after an exhaustive Bosnian investgation
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The $58 Trillion Elephant in the Room
10-17-2008
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Portfolio
The roots of this year's financial crisis go back to a small team of bankers at J.P. Morgan in New York. Now, their invention - credit derivaties - has helped bring down Wall Street and has left Morgan with its biggest exposure of all.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul: The Peoples Champion
10-17-2008
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YouTube
Dr. Ron Paul, the Champion of the Constitution & currently the world's most prominent representative of Liberty talks on CNN American Morning (17th October).
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Palin and Brolin to Star on SNL Saturday
10-17-2008
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Washington Post
Josh Brolin, who plays President Bush in Oliver Stone's new movie, "W." & Gov. Sarah Palin is set to appear tomorrow night on "Saturday Night Live," the popular entertainment show that has featured Tina Fey's parodies
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Stocks Drop as Housing, Consumer Data Offset Buffett Buys
10-17-2008
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Bloomberg.com
U.S. stocks fell, capping a day that sent the Standard & Poor's 500 Index swinging between gains and losses at least 28 times, as worsening consumer confidence and housing data overshadowed Warren Buffett's advice to buy shares.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Bank Bailout's Side Effect: Rising Mortgage Costs
10-17-08
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news.yahoo.com/s/ap
Rising mortgage rates could also put downward pressure on housing prices, which have already dropped 20% since their peak in July of 2006, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price index.
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News Link • Conspiracies
Poster: Wanted For Treason
10-17-08
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Market-Ticker.denninger.net
How many more names could we add to this list?
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News Link • History
CSS Hunley: Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub
10-17-08
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news.yahoo.com/s/ap
"Whatever occurred, occurred quickly and unexpectedly," McConnell said. "It appears they were either unconscious because of the concussion (from the attack) or they were unconscious because of a lack of oxygen."
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Greg Palast: 2008 Election Is Already Stolen
10-17-08
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Rense.com
- Since the last presidential race, "States used dubious 'list management' rules to scrub at least 10 million voters from their rolls."
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bankruptcy: Mervyn's Department Stores to Close 149 Locations
10-17-08
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BizJournals.com
The 59-year old chain, with a California-heavy store base, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of July, but proved unable to gain any traction on its turnaround efforts.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US campaign bypasses foreign policy
10-17-2008
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BBC
At the outset of this presidential race it looked as though foreign policy would be one of the dominant issues in the campaign.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • History
'Gladiator' tomb is found in Rome
10-17-08
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news.BBC.co.uk
The tomb of a general thought to have been an inspiration for the main character in the Oscar-winning film Gladiator has been unearthed in Rome.
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News Link • Precious Metals
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INDEX (Gold $785 Silver $9.32. Time to buy?)
10-17-2008
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Google Finance
Watch what happens by this time Monday... The world is a free-market,... no matter how hard they Bad Guys try to make it otherwise. Dow now Positive at 9,070.85 +91.59 (1.02%) Real-time: 2:51PM EDT (just a feeling)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Banks borrow record $437.5 billion per day from Fed
10-17-08
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reuters.com
Banks and dealers' overall direct borrowings from the Fed averaged a record $437.53 billion per day in the week ended October 15, topping the previous week's $420.16 billion per day.
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News Link • Humor
Red vs. Blue - Rock Bottom
10-17-2008
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You Tube
This should clear up the financial crisis for everybody. Laugh until you cry.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Justin Raimondo: Back To The Future
10-17-08
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Antiwar.com
Our Caesarism will have distinctly American characteristics, of course, but the universal pattern will run true to form: a system of economic corporatism, with all power invested in the State and the whole infernal machinery energized by a demonic se
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Palestinians start a shoot back program against Israeli settlers
10-17-200
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Christian Science Monitor
When she hears them coming, she makes sure her children are inside, locks up, and waits with a small video camera. She tries to capture them cutting water mains, breaking windows, or scrawling graffiti on the sides of the Arab houses.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Computers Stolen From Boston ACORN Office
10-17-2008
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WBZ TV (CBS)
[When the federal subpoenas are closing in what do you do? Steal the evidence.] Boston police said three Dell laptop computers were stolen from the group's Dorchester office around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
What Naomi Wolf has to say is dangerous to The Today Show host
10-17-08
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YouTube.com
Meredith Vieira did her best to make thoughts of Naomi Wolf sound both dangerous and paranoid. This Today Show interview serves to remind me why I don't watch MSM TV. (VIDEO)
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News Link • Eugenics
Ground Control to Major Bob: Your Circuit's DEAD!!
10/17/2008
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New York Times
Barr attempts to control the 3rd Party debate by insisting on a B-List version of the "real" thing: Barr vs. Nader, excluding Baldwin and McKinney - and embarrassing Libertarians AGAIN.
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Renzi: Gov't Listened to GOP Leadership Meetings Through Wiretap
10-16-2008
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Talking Points Memo
Having refused to reign-in the government's warrantless wiretaps, it appears Republicans will now try to use the abuse as a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card. This for the same offense that Nixon was forced to resign over and his Attorney General went to
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Mike Dugger
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Banks Are Likely to Hold Tight to Bailout Money
10-17-08
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nytimes.com
The deepening red ink underscores a crucial question about the government’s plan: Will lenders deploy their new-found capital quickly, as the Treasury hopes, and unlock the flow of credit through the economy? Or will they hoard the money to protect t
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. October Consumer Sentiment Falls Most on Record
10-17-08
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Bloomberg.com
The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment fell to 57.5 from 70.3 in September, the biggest decline since records began in 1978.
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
The 'Fraudacity' of American Finance
10-17-08
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Market-Ticker.denninger.net
John Mack yesterday in a CNBC interview said that the capital deployed by Treasury into the banks was going to rebuild their capital ratios - not be lent out. In other words, they intend to hoard it.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Joe the Plumber: MSM, Team Obama’s Destroy Joe Mission
10-17-2008
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Mondo
Big Media has a little advice for you: don’t ask Obama any uncomfortable questions, like Joe the Plumber did. If you do, we’ll take you down. The MSM won’t investigate why Obama is not releasing medical or college records, but they’ve already uncover
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Eugenics
Obama’s Constant Time Cover Status: TIME Hearts Obama
10-17-2008
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Mondo
Barack Obama has been the subject of a cover story in TIME magazine roughly every four weeks over the last ten months--including two covers in the last three days. TIME calls it an "unquenchable thirst"--and it is: in TIME's editorial
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • China
Chinese Milk Scandal: Contamination for Fun and Profit
10-17-2008
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pat
The investigation in the Chinese milk scandal continues. It appears the Chinese government colluded with Chinese industry in a contamination-for-profit enterprise that killed and sickened those who ingested the milk products around the world.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Eugenics
Obama, Cousin Raila Odinga: Obama’s Foreign Policy Experience
10-17-2008
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dossier
Obama campaigned for his Kenyan cousin, Raila Odinga. Odinga received nearly $1 million from "Friends of Obama" and after losing the election, supporters burned Christians alive inside churches. The Kenyan government has called Obama an *
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Eugenics
Howard Stern exposes the Obama cult
10/16/2008
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Daily Newscaster
Howard Stern sends his flunky to Harlem to prove Obama supporters will agree with any position as long as you attach Barack Obama's name to it. - Audio
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D. H. Williams
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News Link • Eugenics
Bookmaker to pay out early on Obama victory
10-16-2008
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Reuters
Ireland's biggest bookmaker said on Thursday it would pay out more than 1 million euros ($1.35 million) on bets that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president, three weeks before the election.
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Chip Saunders
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