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Date Sent: 2009-02-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, February 20, 2009 AM Edition |
Dow Ends Lowest Close In More Than 6 Years -- Obama’s Accounting Gimmick to Protect Lenders
The Border Patrol Free Zone -- Asia, Europe Find Their Supply Chains Yanked. Beware the Backlash. -- Mexican Leader Vows to Press Fight Against Cartels -- Rep. Clyburn: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face -- A Tenth Amendment Commission is not the Answer -- Discrimination is Not A Bad Word -- Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits -- Gold Amid Inflation and Deflation -- Iran's got enough uranium for a Nuke -- OKC officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle -- Meredith Whitney: Admin. Underestimated the Intelligence of Americans -- Navy-funded Report Warns of War Robots Going “Terminator”
AZ: PhotoRadar protest this afternoon
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News Link • Homeland Security
If Violence Escalates in Mexico, Texas Officials Plan to Be Ready
02-19-2009
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Fox News
As drug cartels continue to terrorize Mexico, Texas officials are planning for the worst-case scenario: how to respond if the violence spills over the border, and what to do if thousands of Mexicans seek refuge in the United States.
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Drug War
Mexican Leader Vows to Press Fight Against Cartels
02-19-2009
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Washington Post
Mexican President Felipe Calderón on Thursday defended the deployment of the military in his fight against drug cartels, vowing that the army would continue to patrol cities until the country's weakened and often-corrupt police forces were retrai
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Asia, Europe Find Their Supply Chains Yanked. Beware the Backlash.
02-19-2009
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Washington Post
For the past two years, Asians and Europeans have tended to view their own financial and economic problems as largely imported from the United States. The impacts on their own economies, they reasoned smugly, would be modest and short-lived.
Turns
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Constitution
A Tenth Amendment Commission is not the Answer
11-11-08
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The Price of Liberty
The Founders believed the system of limited government, coupled with the additional restraint enumerated in the Tenth Amendment would form an impregnable shield to protect the States and their people from any abuse of power by the federal government.
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Reported by:
Bob Greenslade
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Rep. Clyburn: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face
02-19-2009
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AP
The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is "a slap in the face of African-Americans."
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits
02-19-2009
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AP
Santa-Maria called Bank of America to ask how to check the balance of his new unemployment benefits debit card. The bank charged him 50 cents. He chose not to complain. That would have cost another 50 cents. So he took out some of the money and then
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Discrimination is Not A Bad Word
02-20-2009
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Christine Smith's blog
True advances or “progress” as Holder states he wants to see in this area of relating to one another will not be forced upon us as he seems to advocate, but will come from the free will of a people as they grow in understanding personally.
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Christine -
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News Link • Obama Administration
OKC officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle
02-19-2009
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http://freedomfighterradio.net
An Oklahoma City police officer wrongly pulled over a man last week and confiscated an anti-President Barack Obama sign the man had on his vehicle.
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gold Amid Inflation and Deflation
02-18-2009
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SaveHaven.com
Gold doesn't always perform in high inflationary periods. Or high deflationary periods. So when does it perform well?
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Reported by:
Trouser Chili
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News Link • Obama Administration
Meredith Whitney: Admin. Underestimated the Intelligence of Americans
02-19-2009
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CNBC.com
"What I thought was a mistake of this proposal was it underestimated the intelligence of the American people because it was built up to be this great 'saving grace' but somebody set those expectations and there was nothing behind it."
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dow Ends At Lowest Close In More Than 6 Years
2-19-2009
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Yahoo! News and Yahoo! Finance
The blue chips broke through a psychological barrier established in November to close at their lowest level since Oct. 9, 2002, the last bear market low.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Obama Administration
Foreclosure Plan: Obama’s Accounting Gimmick to Protect Lenders
02-19-2009
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optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com/
By subsidizing monthly payments, and not forcing banks to write down principal by more than a token amount of $1000 per year for 5 years, the plan will keep homedebtors tethered to vastly overpriced mortgages. Who does this really benefit?
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Police State
New Navy-funded Report Warns of War Robots Going “Terminator”
02-19-2009
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Daily Tech
Robots must learn to obey a warrior code, but increasing intelligence may make keeping the robots from turning on their masters increasingly difficult
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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