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Date Sent: 2010-02-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, February 14, 2010 |
Attack on Afghan town Marjah launched -- US Debt Will Keep Growing Even With Recovery
Sex offender law could go global with California lawmaker's bill -- How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt -- U.S. Marines under fire in former Taliban stronghold -- Mortgage too much? Join the crowd, walk away -- NATO: Troops Miss Target, Kill 12 Afghan Civilians --
Iran opposition figure's son beaten -- Biden says Cheney is misinformed
or misleading -- Control freaks want web licenses to end blogger's
anonymity -- Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power -- States Asking For $180 Billion by July 1st -- The FDIC is Broke: $13 Trillion in Assets is Unprotected -- Mish on the Chinese Bubble -- Mish on 'Beggar Thy Neighbor' -- World markets' gyrations shake up U.S. stocks -- Paul B. Farrell: How to invest for a global-debt-bomb explosion -- 2008 habeas ruling may pose snag as U.S. weighs indefinite Guantanamo detentions --
Secret Hunt for a Sunken Soviet Sub -- Chinese activist allowed to
return home after 3 months at Tokyo airport -- Angela Keaton talks
about Anti-war Radio -- U.S. reviewing terrorism suspects procedures -- Bus tunnel victim says she sought help from police -- Obama to Announce Nuke Plant Loan
Davos Economic Summit on 60 Minutes tonight
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Attack on Afghan town Marjah launched
02-13-2010
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AP
Helicopter-borne US Marines and Afghan troops swooped down on the Taliban-held town of Marjah before dawn on Saturday, launching a long-expected attack to re-establish government control and undermine support for the militants in their southern heart
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Sex offender law could go global with California lawmaker's bill
02-14-2010
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McClatchy News
The law requires convicted sex offenders to be registered with the government, making it easier to track their whereabouts. "The idea is to notify law enforcement officials in those countries that people are traveling," said Lungren, who called sex t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Davos Economic Summit on 60 Minutes tonight
02-14-2010
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60 Minutes (CBS)
[I don't know how good it will be....] Nowhere in the world can such a concentration of power be found than at the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Scott Pelley goes behind the scenes this Sunday, Feb. 14, 7 pm ET/PT.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt
02-14-2010
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Der Spiegel
Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Former Managing Director of Monsanto India Blows the Whistle " Monsanto Faked Data for Approvals
02-14-2010
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Farm Wars
India is leading the way in exposing Monsanto for what it is " corrupt to the core.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Marines under fire in former Taliban stronghold
02-14-2010
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Reuters
U.S. Marines came under intense fire on Sunday after taking over a building in the heart of a Taliban stronghold targeted by a NATO-led offensive designed to put the Afghan government back in charge.
"In Fallujah, it was just as intense. But there
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Mortgage too much? Join the crowd, walk away
02-14-2010
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East Valley Tribune
A growing trend among homeowners with upside-down mortgages is simply walking away from their homes without even trying to get a loan modification, according to local mortgage brokers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
NATO: Troops Miss Target, Kill 12 Afghan Civilians
02-14-2010
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AP
NATO says two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and killed 12 civilians in southern Afghanistan.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
Iran opposition figure's son beaten
02-14-2010
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AP
The wife of one of Iran's opposition leaders accused the nation's supreme leader Sunday of allowing violence and abuses to crush opponents, including the alleged beating of her son during last week's protests.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Biden says Cheney is misinformed or misleading
02-14-2010
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AP
Vice President Joe Biden belittled Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's commitment to fighting terrorism as either "misinformed or he is misinforming" and said Iraq wasn't worth "the horrible price" paid.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
The Conservative 100: Most Popular Conservative Sites, Feb 14 2010
02-14-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Ratings #2, February 14, 2010; Bi-weekly rating of the Most Popular 100 Conservative sites on the web, the Conservative 100. Ratings are based on Alexa traffic rankings 3-month average.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Marriage
The Selfishness of Love
02-13-2010
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The Libertarian Solution
Happy Valentine's Day! We are often told by others how selfless or altruistic love is. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Activism
Setting the Stage: The tactics of Surveillance Camera Theater
02-13-2010
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BeatTheChip.org
Here are 10 Steps to stage your own Surveillance Camera Theater! Happy Valentines Day to friends at Camera Fraud, the national sponsor for the Valentine's Day protests against red light camera surveillance. There might be a protest near you!
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Internet
Control freaks want web licences to end bloggers' anonymity
02-13-2010
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telegraph.co.uk/news
It was inevitable that, sooner or later, the usual unholy alliance of government totalitarians and big business would attempt to end the democratic free-for-all that is the blogosphere. The UN is showing similar interest to eliminate free speech.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power
02-13-2010
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nytimes.com/
“We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
States Asking For $180 Billion by July 1st
02-13-2010
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money.cnn.com/
States are looking at a total budget gap of $180 billion for fiscal 2011, which for most of them begins July 1. These cuts could lead to a loss of 900,000 jobs, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Economy.com.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Beyond Fear: Moving Beyond the Peter Schiff Scenario
02-13-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
Slowdown in money growth has clearly put deflation in the driver's seat. Inflation may be lurking in the back seat of the car, but it will take a good punch, I'm talking a real good punch of monetary inflation, before inflation can unseat deflation..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The FDIC is Broke: $13 Trillion in Assets is Unprotected
02-13-2010
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MyBudget360.com
If Americans would stop and think of the implication of having an insurance fund with no money backing up $9 trillion in their deposits, they would probably pause for a few minutes.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Monsanto’s GMO Contamination Targeting Alfalfa
02-13-2010
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SMCC
In December, the USDA determined that Monsanto’s alfalfa met the Obama Administration’s standards, despite the risk of organic contamination.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Environment
No snow? No surprise. Vancouver is warmest city to ever host Winter Olympics
02-13-2010
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The Vancouver Sun
When Vancouver plays host to the Olympic Games six-and-a-half years from now, it will mark a peculiar milestone -- as the least wintery city ever to host the Winter Games. (Publisher: If the USA wasn't under a blanket of snow, all we'd hear is Global
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Max Keiser on The Edge: Mish on 'Beggar Thy Neighbor'
02-13-2010
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Youtube.com
Michael Shedlock describes how major economies of both the East and West our using a 'Beggar Thy Neighbor' strategy.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • China
Max Keiser on The Edge: Mish on the Chinese Bubble
02-13-2010
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Youtube.com
In this 6 minute segment Michael Shedlock describes in how China's economy is a huge bubble built on empty condos and shopping malls.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Weekend Reflection: Operation Northwoods
02-13-2010
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Daily Paul/Michael Nystrom
For those of you who haven't heard of it, here is something to think about over the weekend. One part of the Operation Northwoods plan was to "develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Abajo Cadenas - Video of Demonstrations in Caracas, Venezuela on 2/4/2010
02-13-2010
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The International Libertarian
Students march peacefully towards the National Assembly to deliver a document proposing solutions to ALL Venezuelan's problems. The Metropolitan Police and the National Guard denied them this right. For this reason they instead went to Plaza Venezue
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Environment
Just in Time For Valentines Day: Endangered Species Condoms
02-13-2010
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http://www.papatodd.com/
Still trying to figure out what would be the perfect thing for Valentines Day?, Well nothing says “I love you” more than an endangered-species condom.
TUCSON, Ariz. " An Arizona-based environmental group that fights to protect endangered speci
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Todd Detry
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News Link • Corruption
Charlie Reese: 545 People
02-13-2010
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Rense.com
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul B. Farrell: How to invest for a global-debt-bomb explosion
02-13-2010
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MarketWatch.com/
America's already descending into economic anarchy. We're all trapped in a historic economic supercycle, a turning point that must bleed through a no-man's land of lawless self-destructive anarchy before a neo-capitalistic world can re-emerge.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
World markets' gyrations shake up U.S. stocks
02-13-2010
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Washington Post
China's unexpected move to tighten credit for the second time in a month and a report showing that Europe's growth ground to a near-halt fueled concerns over the global economy Friday as Wall Street closed a volatile week of trading.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Secret Hunt for a Sunken Soviet Sub
02-13-2010
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NY Times
In 1974, far out in the Pacific, a U.S. ship pretending to be a deep-sea mining vessel fished a sunken Soviet nuclear-armed submarine out of the ocean depths, took what it could of the wreck and made off to Hawaii with its purloined prize.
Now, Wa
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News Link • Torture
2008 habeas ruling may pose snag as U.S. weighs indefinite Guantanamo detentions
02-13-2010
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Washington Post
A federal judge found the government's evidence too weak to justify Hatim's confinement, ordered his release, ruling he could not rely on Hatim's statements because they had been coerced, and the government's informer was "profoundly unreliable."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Chinese activist allowed to return home after 3 months at Tokyo airport
02-13-2010
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Washington Post
A Chinese activist who spent 3 months camped inside Tokyo airport as a protest flew back to China and was allowed into the country. Feng Zhenghu protested China's refusal to let him return to his country. Police met him at Shanghai's airport and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Angela Keaton talks about Anti-war Radio but keeps getting interrupted.
02-12-2010
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www.LCLReport.com
We talk with Angela Keaton about the controversial radio show she is on as well as her take on foreign policy, but this serious discussion keeps getting interrupted by jackass impersonators at Porcfest.
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Tarrin Lupo
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
U.S. reviewing terrorism suspects procedures
02-13-2010
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Washington Post
The White House is reviewing a plan to require the Justice Department and FBI to consult with the CIA before deciding to inform terrorism suspects arrested in the US that they have the right to remain silent and to consult with an attorney
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Bus tunnel victim says she sought help from police
02-13-2010
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AP
15-year-old Aiesha Steward-Baker asked Seattle police for help several times at a shopping center and Macy's in the hour before the attack. The group followed her from the department store into the bus tunnel where she stood next to 3 guards.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists
02-13-2010
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AP
In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.
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News Link • Energy
Obama to Announce Nuke Plant Loan
02-13-2010
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AP
President Barack Obama next week will announce a loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the United States in almost three decades, an administration official said Friday.
The two new Southern Co. reactors to be built in Burke, Ga
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Winter Olympics: Despite luge death, opening ceremony goes on
02-13-2010
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AP
Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the country of Georgia, the Olympics' opening ceremonies were launched Friday night with a jubilant countdown by the crowd filling BC Place Stadium.
The festive mood, including a s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Snow in all 50 states? New storm could make that true.
02-13-2010
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Christian Science Monitor
Three hundred plow trucks are lined up to combat an afternoon rush-hour snowstorm in Georgia, including traffic-congested Atlanta. In Mobile, Ala., kids are poised for a rare snowball fight. And fat flakes are already falling in Blountstown, Fla.
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