 |
REAL TIME SPOT PRICES
Bitcoin Average: $79775.1
Gold: $4719.6 Change: $5.2
Silver: $86.75 Change: $0.3
|
|
|
ARCHIVED NEWSLETTER |
|
Sign up
to receive the Freedom's Phoenix Headlines by Email. |
|
HELP FUND FREEDOM'S PHOENIX!
Make a one-time or periodic contribution.
Use your credit card or PayPal account. |
|
Join us on our
Social Networks |
Share this page with your friends
on your favorite social network:
|
 |
|
|
|
Date Sent: 2009-05-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, May 13, 2009 PM edition |
Pelosi: House taking up health care before recess -- Dollar Could Slump on AAA Rating Fears
Obama to revive ‘tarnished’ Guantanamo military trials -- U.S. nuclear warhead disposal in 15-year backlog -- Federal Soda, Smokes Tax Weighed -- Jury hears Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call to swindler Norman Hsu -- Swine Flu May Be Due to Human Error -- Massive Inflation is on the Way - John Browne of Euro Pacific Capital -- Meredith Whitney: Credit Contraction Accelerating -- The Idiocy of Race Labels - by Walter E. Williams -- Adrian Salbuchi: How Much Time Do We Have? -- Retail Sales Decline Again in April -- MISH: 1000 GM Dealerships Forced Out May 15; Executives Dump Shares -- We discuss the necessity for marriage licenses -- Arizona DPS Delivers 'Service' With A Smile - by Terry Bressi
|
News Link • Healthcare Industry
Pelosi: House taking up health care before recess
05-13-2009
•
AP
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber would have a sweeping health care bill on the floor by the end of July, an announcement that President Obama hailed. "That's the kind of energy and determination that we need," the president s
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Federal Reserve
Dollar Could Slump on AAA Rating Fears
5-13-09
•
CNBC.com
If the US is downgraded by one or more of the rating agencies, it could result in a massive devaluation of the dollar, according to Bham.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Jack Gregson
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Retail sales drop unexpectedly in April
05-13-2009
•
AP
Retail sales fell for a second straight month in April, a disappointing performance that raised doubts about whether consumers were regaining their desire to shop. A rebound in consumer demand is a necessary ingredient for ending the recession.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Criminal Justice System
Obama to revive ‘tarnished’ Guantanamo military trials
05-13-2009
•
Rawstory
[just another swell Bush idea I want to expand] President Barack Obama is to announce this week that he is reviving controversial military trials for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, US officials said.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Military
U.S. nuclear warhead disposal in 15-year backlog
05-13-2009
•
USA Today
[on the cheap] President Obama plans deep new cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal at a time when the government faces a 15-year backlog of warheads already waiting to be dismantled and a need for billions of dollars in new facilities to store and dispos
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • TAXES: Federal
Federal Soda Tax Weighed
05-13-2009
•
LiveScience
Lawmakers may soon ponder the possibility of a federal excise tax on soda and other sugar-laden drinks to help pay for President Obama's new health care plan.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Corruption
Jury hears Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call to swindler Norman Hsu
05-13-2009
•
NY Daily News
A gushing voicemail message from Hillary Clinton to admitted swindler Norman Hsu was played for jurors Tuesday at his campaign finance violations trial. "What am I going to do with you, Norman?" the then-US senator said.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Swine Flu May Be Due to Human Error; WHO Investigates Claim
05-13-2009
•
Bloomberg TV
[note video tab at top] The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by an Australian researcher that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Many Swine Flu Cases Have No Fever
05-13-2009
•
NY Times
[very weird] Many people suffering from swine influenza, even those who are severely ill, do not have fever, an odd feature of the new virus that could increase the difficulty of controlling the epidemic, said a leading American infectious-disease ex
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists discover how to turn ants into zombies
05-13-2009
•
Star-Telegram
It sounds like something out of science fiction: zombie fire ants. But it's all too real. Fire ants wander aimlessly away from the mound. Eventually their heads fall off, and they die.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Massive Inflation is on the Way - John Browne of Euro Pacific Capital on Fox News
05-13-2009
•
Revolutionary Politics
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
istvan lettang
|
News Link • Energy
Celluosic Biofuel Update
05-13-2009
•
arclein
If I am reading this right, we can now accept a full range of cellulose containing feedstocks that pass first through a pretreatment phase. Nothing is said about this except to say that it is mild and surely wet. This treated feedstock is then passed
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
robert klein
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Meredith Whitney: Credit Contraction Accelerating
5-13-09
•
Forbes.com
"Credit card lines are being cut at an accelerating pace," Whitney said on Tuesday, "and this clearly does not bode well for consumer confidence or prospective consumer spending."
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Jack Gregson
|
News Link • Racism
The Idiocy of Race Labels by Walter E. Williams
05-13-2009
•
WND via e-mail
For example, instead of claiming that President Barack Obama is the first African-American president, it should be that he's the first Kenyan-American president. In that sense, Obama is lucky.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
William Engdahl on US Economic Crisis: Russia Today interview
5-13-09
•
AfterDowningStreet.org
William Engdahl believes the US economy is about to enter 10 years of hell.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Jack Gregson
|
News Link • Conspiracies
Adrian Salbuchi: How Much Time Do We Have?
5-13-09
•
Rense.com
The US-Dollar has been technically hyperinflated, even though no one is saying "the king is nude!!"... Not yet, anyway... We now learn that recession in the US, Europe and Asia is "much worse than thought and expected", so say the
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Jack Gregson
|
News Link • New World Order
Trailer for "The New World Order Conspiracy"
05-12-2009
•
Youtube
Movie trailer for "The New World Order Conspiracy", an upcoming political documentary from Resistance Video. One of the most powerful attacks on the new world order and will reveal the globalists' plans for world government.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Powell Gammill
|
News Link • Economy - Economics USA
1000 GM Dealerships Forced Out May 15; Executives Dump Shares
5-13-09
•
Michael Shedlock / Mish
The largest U.S. automaker said last month it plans to shrink its dealer network to about 3,600 from the 6,200 outlets it operated at the end of last year as part of the restructuring plan it presented to the Obama administration.
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Jack Gregson
|
News Link • Marriage
Triad marriage: the latest Fox News talking point
05-13-2009
•
www.capitolhillblue.com
The libertarian asks, "Why in God's name would you want the state to have any say in who gets married, at all?"
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
|
News Link • Videos by 4409
We discuss the necessity for marriage licenses
5-10-09
•
LCL Report
We discuss the necessity for marriage licenses and show funny pictures of my Star trek Wedding!
Read Full Story
•
•
|
|
Reported by:
Tarrin Lupo
|
| Tags: freedoms, phoenix, archives, politics, libertarian, alternative, government, freedom |
|
|
Feature Article • 
News Link • 
Feature Article • 
Feature Article • 
