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Date Sent: 2009-05-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, May 3, 2009 Sunday edition |
Montana Governor Signs New Gun Law -- Riots across Europe fueled by economic crisis
GOP Rep. Ron Paul: "Stop The Swine Flu Hysteria!" -- Global Marijuana March (Phoenix AZ video) -- GOP Turn To Jeb Bush For Help -- Mish: Stupidity Squared -- Cui Bono: Goldman Sachs NYSE Program Trading Dominance -- HomeOwner’s Equity: Less than 15% -- Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009 -- Multinational forces storm Mayport Beach, FL for drills -- Jack Kemp, former quarterback and VP nominee, dies -- 250 Dead At Ground Zero For Swine Flu in Mexico City -- WHO discussing raising alert to level 6 -- The White House threatens Chrysler investors -- Federal Troops on Mexican Streets Stopping Major Protests -- CNN: International treaty gives foreign troops identity of American gun owners (CIFTA) -- Some facts on Swine Flu From FreeDomain Radio + The 1976 Propaganda
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News Link • Economy - International
Riots across Europe fueled by economic crisis
05-02-2009
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Telegraph.co.uk/
In Greece, officers fired flash grenades to disperse rioters in Athens after attacks on banks and traffic cameras. Transport strikes disrupted bus, train and ferry services as well as flights by Greek carrier Olympic Airlines.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Propaganda
GOP Rep. Ron Paul: "Stop The Swine Flu Hysteria!"
05-03-2009
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YouTube CNN
CNN Interviews Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul Who Says: "Stop The Swine Flu Hysteria!" - 05/02/09
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Feds Dropping Charges Against Israeli Spies
05-03-2009
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AfterDowningStreet.org
Rachel Maddow does a great job of piecing together this spy thriller.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Turn To Jeb Bush For Help
05-03-2009
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justnews.com/news/
The former Florida governor took part Saturday in the first town hall meeting for the "National Council For A New America" in Arlington, Va. The goal of the event was to help chart out a new direction for the GOP.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Cui Bono: Goldman Sachs NYSE Program Trading Dominance
05-03-2009
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Zerohedge.blogspot.com/
Could it be that Goldman is singlehandedly benefitting from being the liquidity provider of last resort, even more so as there are virtually no other participants in the SLP program? And, as is expected, with a liquidity "monopoly", come un
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Mish: Stupidity Squared
05-03-2009
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
The Fed and the Obama administration are playing a dangerous game. The Fed is going to print trillions of dollars to forestall deflation and try to re-ignite the economy. But for a variety of reasons, a real sustainable recovery may be a few years aw
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009
05-03-2009
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www.informationliberation.com
2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA - 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business - 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars in Latin America? - 5 Seizing War Protesters' Assets - 6 The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Housing
HomeOwner’s Equity: Less than 15%
05-03-2009
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Ritholtz.com/blog
We know that those homeowners that do not have mortgages " i.e., 100% equity " cannot default. So if we want to understand the potential further mischief real estate land can cause, it is the mortgaged properties we should be watching.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Free Speech
Hate Crimes Prevention Act Sets Foundation To Destroy Free Speech In The U.S.
05-03-2009
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Roguegovernment
As everybody is being distracted by the vastly over hyped swine flu hysteria, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Constitution
Besides, Canada isn't even a real country, eh?
05-02-2009
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Mark Yannone
"Yes, Canada is not Mexico. It doesn't have a drug war going on. Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadi
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Jack Kemp, former quarterback and VP nominee, dies
05-02-2009
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AP
Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. He was 73.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Multinational forces storm Mayport beach Florida for drills
04-02-2009
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News Jacksonville
The surprise scene at the shore startled beach goers, but readied the troops. Sailors and Marines along the beach at Mayport began moving the crowd away from the water.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Campaign for Liberty
LeAnn Rymes sings the national anthem at the 135th Kentucky Derby
05-02-2009
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Daily Newscaster
Great family video of LeAnn Rymes at the Kentucky Derby looking beautiful in a floral print dress singing one of the best renditions of our national anthem I have heard in many years.
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D. H. Williams
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News Link • Pandemic
WHO discussing raising alert to level 6
05-02-2009
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(AP)
(AP) " HONOLULU - Gov. Linda Lingle says the World Health Organization is considering raising the pandemic alert level to phase 6, the highest level indicating a global outbreak of the swine flu.
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Xander Holman
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News Link • Mexico
250 Dead At Ground Zero For Swine Flu in Mexico City
05-02-2009
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Daily Newscaster
Centro Medico Nacional la Raza and Hospital General de Mexico in Mexico City are ground zero where locals are reporting up to 250 dead of the Avian/Swine/Human Flu virus now circulating around the globe.
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D. H. Williams
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Feature Article • Humor
Flying Pigs
Tyger Gilbert
There were those who said pigs would fly when a black man was ever elected as president of the United States . . .
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News Link • Gun Rights
NRA Offers FREE 1-year Trial Membership!
05-02-2009
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nrahq.org via Alan Korwin e-mail (Thanks Alan!)
Membership also allows you FREE ADMISSION to the upcoming Annual Meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center - http://www.nraam.org .
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Gun Rights
CNN: International treaty gives foreign troops identity of American gun owners (CIFTA)
05-02-2009
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Daily Newscaster
Hidden somewhere in the hysteria of a Swine Flu Pandemic that isn’t and the latest Hollywood scandal is CIFTA. The Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms.
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D. H. Williams
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News Link • Mexico
Federal Troops on Mexican Streets Stopping Major Protests
05-02-2009
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Daily Newscaster
George on the scene in Mexico City:
“They call it the Influenza here, and The Panic. That’s the big thing they talk about.” George continues, “These Federal Police from what I can understand from my guides limited English, is they are going around
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D. H. Williams
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Like a Bollywood movie: Murder, attempted murder and money
05-02-2009
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AP
Ambani's high-flying life could have ended as pebbles and gravel were found in the helicopter's engine -- debris that could have caused the craft to crash. Then the technician who discovered the suspected sabotage turned up dead.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bank Stress Test Dance of the Seven Veils Continues
05-02-2009
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NakedCapitalism.com
Citi's roughly $500 billion in foreign deposits are a huge impediment to putting the bank into conservatorship. It seems inconceivable that Uncle Sam would guarantee those deposits, yet failure do so could have catastrophic consequences. A run...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama may revive Bush-era military commissions
05-02-2009
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RawStory.com
The administration of US President Barack Obama is moving toward reviving the military commission system for prosecuting terrorism suspect held at a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The New York Times reported.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
More on Bad Philly Cops
05-02-2009
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The Agitator
I want to elaborate a bit on the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police’s shameful defense of Officer Jeffrey Cudjik, a cop now under internal and federal investigations for habitual lying on affidavits; harassing, terrorizing and possibly stealing f
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona Speed Camera Contract Can be Canceled w/o penalty
05-02-2009
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The Newspaper
The AZ legislature was told they cannot cancel the photo enforcement contract with Redflex until July 2010 without it costing the state millions in contract penalties. Gosh, that wasn't true. :-D What a surprise.
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Powell Gammill
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