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Date Sent: 2010-04-02
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, April 2, 2010 |
FBI says ruse created to arrest militia members -- 9/11 Commissioner slips, says missile hit Pentago
What's driving up oil prices again? Wall Street, of course -- Fed To Hold Urgent Monday April 5th meeting -- Phoenix Mortgage Pro Speaks! "I Don't See Any Recovery At All" -- Karl Denninger: The Fed Admits To Breaking The Law -- Judge strikes fear into biotech industry with nullification of patents on human genes BRCA1 -- Fox news goes after Alex Jones -- U.S. test-fires nuke-capable missile from Saudi Arabia -- Treasury Unemployment Benefit Outlays Surge To All Time High -- Post-Palin Alaska has largest debt burden in US -- Idaho lawmakers pushing for taxes being paid in silver -- Bogus Washington-Proposed Financial Reform - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club in a special location this Saturday for some springtime fun.
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News Link • Militia
FBI says ruse created to arrest militia members
04-01-2010
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AP
5 members of a Midwest Christian militia accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were lured to a warehouse to attend a phony memorial service so they would be unarmed when authorities arrested them, Michigan's chief federal agent said
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
What's driving up oil prices again? Wall Street, of course
04-01-2010
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McClatchy News
Oil consumption has fallen, demand from U.S. motorists for gasoline is flat at best and refiners that turn crude into fuel are operating well below capacity. Yet oil prices keep marching toward $90 a barrel, pushing gasoline toward $3 a gallon in man
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed To Hold Urgent Monday April 5th meeting
04/02/2010
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godlikeproductions.com
Is This "The New Fed"?
First the release of the garbage The Fed bought under Maiden Lane I-III, now this:
Advance Notice of a Meeting
under Expedited Procedures
It is anticipated that a closed meeting of the Board of Gov
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Reported by:
Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
Dean: "This is a form of redistribution"
04/01/10
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Uncommon Sense
At last they are starting to admit what their real agenda is… if you haven’t figured it out yet the goals are socialism and redistribution of wealth! The rats are no longer afraid to come out of the dark.
Shortly after taking office Obama told
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Reported by:
Dave Johannes
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Andrew Thomas resigning to run for state attorney general
04-01-2010
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AZcentral.com
Thomas telegraphs what is likely to be a major theme of his state campaign, saying in the video that state and federal leaders should "step up and provide some support'' to seal the border.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Phoenix Mortgage Pro Speaks! "I Don't See Any Recovery At All"
04-01-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
#1 Investors can't get loans if they own more than 10 properties. That's even if they're loaded and have great credit #2 The only activity right now are bank-owned properties and short sales.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Karl Denninger: The Fed Admits To Breaking The Law
04-01-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.net/
Can you fine folks over at The Executive, Judiciary and Legislative branches of our government please explain to us ordinary Americans why we should obey any of the laws of this land when you will not enforce the laws that already exist?
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Tea Party
Anatomy of a Fake TeaParty Patriot
04-01-2010
The "Tea Party Express", i.e. the fake RNC teaparty, in action again.
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Reported by:
John Green
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News Link • Healthcare
Paul Krugman death panels a cost saver
04/01/2010
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vanversive.net
"death panels a major cost saving"
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Reported by:
Jason Van Gilder
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
Invisible Empire + Police State 4 (DVDs to Order)
04-01-2010
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Alex Jones' new Movies
Veteran documentary filmmaker Alex Jones conclusively proves the existence of a secret network of FEMA camps, / Invisible Empire is more than just a film-- it is the culmination of years of research by Jason Bermas into the inner-workings and most r
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Schulz & Napolitano on FOX News: The Right to Petition Could Save the Constitution
04-01-2010
WTP Foundation Chairman Bob Schulz appeared Tuesday on FOX News’s “Freedom Watch” with Judge Andrew Napolitano to discuss how the little-known power of the 800-year old Right to Petition might help us save the Constitution.
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Reported by:
Bob Schulz
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News Link • Free Speech
Fox news goes after Alex Jones
04/01/2010
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vanversive.net
The mainstream media has been trying to peg patriot groups as hate groups ever since the southern poverty law center released a list of violent hate groups. Now they are trying to mix the tea parties and other grass roots movements to violence since
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Jason Van Gilder
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Judge strikes fear into biotech industry with nullification of patents on human genes BRCA1
04-01-2010
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Mike Adams
What happens when corporations, for example, wish to start collecting royalties on the human genes that you are copying when you reproduce by having children?
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Healthcare and Economic Realities
04-01-2010
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Lew Rockwell/Ron Paul
With passage of last week’s bill, the American people are now the unhappy recipients of Washington’s disastrous prescription for healthcare “reform.”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
How To Prepare For Obamacare: Create Your Own Natural Medicine Chest
04-01-2010
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Lew Rockwell
This article provides a list of proven home remedies and self-help strategies that readers can begin utilizing today to maintain health while avoiding costly medical care.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Apple’s IPad Bet Requires ‘Leap of Faith’ From Buyers (Update2)
04-01-2010
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Bloomberg
Apple Inc., looking to succeed where rivals like Microsoft Corp. failed, is betting that consumers are finally ready for tablet computers, even if they have to do without some features.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Poll: More blame Obama for poor economy, unemployment
04-01-2010
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USAToday
Americans anxious about unemployment and the economy increasingly blame President Obama for hard times, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, amid signs of turbulence in November's midterm elections.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. job cuts spiked in March
04-01-2010
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hartfordbusiness.com/news
U.S. employers announced plans to reduce payrolls by 67,611 jobs in March, a 61 percent increase from February, outplacement consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said Thursday.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military
U.S. test-fires nuke-capable missile from Saudi Arabia
04-01-2010
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Washington Times
Aims to bolster allies' defenses against Iran
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Propaganda
MSM Propaganda: High-End Housing Sales Making a Comeback
04-01-2010
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CNBC.com
"We're seeing a revival in the high-end housing market," says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors (NAR). "It was so depressed, particularly last year, but it's really improved.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Treasury Unemployment Benefit Outlays Surge To All Time High
04-01-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
It appears that in March either the government decided to payout an additional roughly 20% per unemployment paycheck, or once again, there is a shadow population of beneficiaries, which are not caught in any of the standard...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • World News
Impatience deepens in South Korea over Cheonan ship sinking
04-01-2010
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ChristianScienceMonitor.com
Some reports cited satellite footage of a North Korean submarine disappearing and then reappearing around the time the Cheonan sunk last Friday as possible evidence of the North's involvement.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Post-Palin Alaska has largest debt burden in US
04-01-2010
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RawStory.com
But when the former vice presidential candidate resigned as governor of Alaska in the summer of 2009, she left the state with a 70 percent debt-to-GDP ratio -- the highest state debt burden in the United States.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: State
Idaho lawmakers pushing for taxes being paid in silver
04-01-2010
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Daily Paul
With only one state representative dissenting, the Idaho House State Affairs committee voted on Monday to endorse HB 633, a bill that would allow Idaho citizens to pay their state taxes with an official state silver medallion.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Humor
Barack Obama Quotes: Twelve Famous Obama Gaffes
04-01-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Some you may have heard; other, maybe not. Twelve quotes from the leader of the Free World.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Construction Spending Declines in February
04-01-2010
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
Private non-residential spending decreased in February, and is now at the lowest level since July 2006. The collapse in non-residential construction spending continues ...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Drug War
Obama's Triumph: Afghanistan world’s largest hashish producer
04-01-2010
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RawStory.com
Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium, has also become a major source for cannabis, overtaking Morocco as the top producer of hashish, the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime said Wednesday.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Internet
Blogs: Crucial or a Waste of Time?
04-01-2010
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georgewashington2.blogspot.com/
Because of this censorship, there may be a highly educated minority of millions of Americans, but the majority still gets their news from the mainstream media, including the mainstream news websites.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Energy and the Economy: Which States Pay Highest Gas Prices
04-01-2010
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news.yahoo.com/s/ap
But a price spike similar to the one in July 2008 would have worsened the imbalance - Mississippi drivers would have seen driving costs shoot up to 11 percent of their annual income as opposed to just 4.3 percent for Connecticut and New York.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Watch out for sovereign black holes in the credit universe
04-01-2010
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ft.com/cms/s/
Sovereign debt is already (or is set to rise) above such a tipping point in the US, the UK and the eurozone. It is already more than twice that level in Japan. This means rich countries will lack a dynamic core to help them grow their way out...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
March Records Fastest Ever CMBS Delinquency Deterioration
04-01-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
Based upon an updated trend analysis, we now project the delinquency percentage to grow to between 8% and 9% through mid 2010, potentially approaching and surpassing 11% to 12% under more heavily stressed scenarios through 2010...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wall Street's New Creed: Helping The Government Screw the Taxpayers
04-01-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
Dodd wants regulators to set debt limits on systemically risky companies that aren’t banks. But, the bill says, “the rules … shall not apply” for proprietary trades in federal, mortgage-agency, or state and local government debt.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Chart of the Day: Change in US Employment in Recession and Recovery
04-01-2010
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Ritholtz.com
Have a look at the bottom chart; If the 2007-09 Recession end up being anything like the 2001 recession, we are still 4 or 5 years away from a full jobs recovery back to employment levels prior to the crash.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
Ex-TSA pick Harding's firm got Army deal after he cited sleep apnea disability (He Withdraws)
04-01-2010
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Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post
The firm owned by the general who withdrew his nomination to lead the Transportation Security Administration had received a contract worth almost $100 million from the Army after certifying he was a "service disabled veteran," [sleep apnea!]
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Leon Felkins
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