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Date Sent: 2009-02-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, February 18, 2009 PM Edition |
Jim Rogers: Gulf states, get rid of dollar peg--Fed Leveraged 50:1, a 2% Default and it is Insolvent
Greenspan says "nationalize now" -- Foreclosure Epidemic: Obama's Housing Plan May Lead to Longer Crisis --Warren Buffett Watch: The Oracle Sells America -- Boy's essay leads to charge against his dad -- Vaccine book brings out hidden support -- Islamic subversion is real and it is on the move -- Facebook Backtracks After Protest -- Counter Rally in Denver Against Stimulus Package: Pig Upstages Obama's Pork - by Frosty Wooldridge -- Goldwater Institute Files $20 million Claims against Maricopa County -- Abraham Lincoln's America - by Chuck Baldwin -- Home construction drops far more than expected -- Michael Shedlock: The Nationalization Train Has Left The Station -- Germany may rescue debt-laden EU members -- Global Drought Tightening
AZ: PhotoRadar Protest Friday
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News Link • Climate Change
California Drought Breaks
02-18-2009
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arclein
You would think that by now, that our promoters of the sky is falling school of global warming debate would have learned to keep their heads down and to pack their enthusiasm with a surfeit of weasel words.
As my readers know, the twenty year warm
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure Epidemic: Obama's Housing Plan May Lead to Longer Crisis
02-18-2009
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Ritholtz.com/blog/
One minute video. Report and analysis by Peter Cook of Bloomberg News (Morning Call)
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Warren Buffett Watch: The Oracle Sells America
02-18-2009
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TheStreet.com
He sold more than half of his 52 million shares of Johnson & Johnson and he sold it at a 20-year low relative to its yield. That doesn't sound like "Buy America." That sounds like "Sell America."
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Wis. boy's essay leads to charge against his dad
02-18-2009
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AP
A father allegedly shot his 9-year-old son in the buttocks with a BB gun, a revelation that came to light after the boy wrote a school essay about the incident: The "painful afternoon my Dad shot me with a BB gun." The teacher turned the es
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Vaccine book brings out hidden support
02-18-2009
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Reuters
When the letters and e-mails started to pour in, Dr. Paul Offit braced himself. The pediatrician and vaccine inventor is a prominent defender of childhood vaccines, tackling those who have argued that immunizations can cause autism.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Identity Theft
Facebook Backtracks After Protest
02-18-09
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Melinda Carey
Facebook is backing off a change in its user policy that included permanent ownership of your image and personal information after massive protests.
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Reported by:
Melinda Carey
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Jim Rogers advises Gulf states to get rid of dollar peg
02-18-2009
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Business Intelligence Middle East
The six Gulf Cooperation Council states should form a joint currency as soon as possible, the chairman of Singapore-based Rogers Holdings said at a conference in Dubai Monday.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Home construction drops far more than expected
02-18-2009
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finance.yahoo.com/news/
Construction of new homes and applications for future projects both plunged to record lows in January as all parts of the country showed big declines in building activity.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed Leveraged 50 to One: 2% Default and Fed Becomes Insolvent
02-18-2009
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Benbittrolff.blogspot.com/
This figure implies an increase of the Fed's leverage from 22 to 50. As we have seen there are large new positions of dubious quality on the Federal Reserve balance sheet. More specifically, should only 2% of the Fed's assets go into default.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Michael Shedlock: The Nationalization Train Has Left The Station
02-18-2009
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
This is not the first time in history that banks are keeling over, and won't be the last time, especially if we have a Fed attempting to micromanage the economy. Sure, it's going to be painful, but it's only going to be painful ONCE.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Germany may rescue debt-laden EU members
02-18-2009
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Telegraph.co.uk/finance/
It is clearly Ireland that is now in the eye of the storm as Dublin struggles to prevent the budget deficit spiralling up to 12pc or even 13pc of GDP as the economy contracts. Fears are mounting that Ireland may not be able to cover the massive liabi
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Phoenix, Arizona: Existing Home Prices Crash Back to Jan. 2001 Level
02-18-2009
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AZcentral.com
Preliminary same-home resale data from Arizona State University show the Valley's median home price fell to $130,000 in January, equivalent to the median price in January 2001.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Agriculture
Global Drought Tightening
02-18-2009
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arclein
Eric deCarbonnel has done us a favor and assembled in a rough and ready manner, the apparent numbers developing in the global agricultural scene. He is an alarmist here but one gets the inescapable sense that it will be very difficult to cover short
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robert klein
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