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Date Sent: 2010-08-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, August 5, 2010 AM edition |
Advocates Propose Child ID Theft Prevention Database -- Iran's lack of a Nuclear Program
I.R.S. Shifts to Combat Tax Evasion -- Honor restored for general blamed after Nixon denied authorizing Vietnam bombing -- Charles Rangel, Maxine Waters and the House culture of entitlement -- Aid package aimed at saving state jobs passes key hurdle in Senate -- Has the Most Common Marijuana Test Resulted in Tens of Thousands of Wrongful Convictions? -- Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows -- Deputy Chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank: Pay MainStream Media -- Who Are The "Other Investors" That Bought 62 Percent of Public Debt? -- Quebec man loses fight to keep home above gold mine -- FIJA Activist Julian Heicklen Busted Again in NY, 8/4/2010 -- Public worker pay has many clamoring for reform -- California gay marriage ban overturned -- Paul Krugman Gives Up -- Sheriff Mack Endorses John McAmnesty -- Craigslist founder rendered speechless by CNN’s sex-trafficking questions
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News Link • Identity Theft
Advocates Propose Child ID Theft Prevention Database
08-04-2010
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InformationWeek
The "Minors 17-10 Database" proposed by the ITRC would contain the name, social security number, and month and year of birth for every child, between birth to the age of 17 years and 10 months.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Iran
Scott Horton debates Iran's lack of a Nuclear Program
08-04-2010
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Youtube Iran UCR 2of2.mp4
Scott Horton is Assistant Editor at Antiwar.com and host of Anti War Radio. This is an excerpt from a debate on, "Obama's Challenge: Iran, Nuclear Weapons and the Fate of the Middle East" that took place at the University of California Riverside.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
I.R.S. Shifts to Combat Tax Evasion
08-04-2010
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NY Times
The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it would overhaul a unit devoted to scrutinizing large corporations and wealthy individuals, a shift that would bolster the agency’s growing focus on international tax evasion.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Honor restored for general blamed after Nixon denied authorizing Vietnam bombing
08-04-2010
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Washington Post
During the summer of 1972, official Washington was dragging Air Force Gen. John D. Lavelle's name and reputation through the mud. Multiple investigations by the Pentagon and Congress concluded that the four-star commander had ordered unauthorized bom
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Charles Rangel, Maxine Waters and the House culture of entitlement
08-04-2010
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Washington Post
My favorite part of the ethics report on Charlie Rangel involves his efforts to "close" a $10 million gift "to create AIG Hall" as part of the Rangel Center at the City College of New York. Yes, that AIG.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Paradise Regained - REDFLEX Targeted in PV
08-04-2010
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CameraFRAUD
Dear Redflex. We're coming. Sincerely, CameraFRAUD. (Are you in?)
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Reported by:
David Alpha
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Aid package aimed at saving state jobs passes key hurdle in Senate
08-04-2010
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Washington Post
An emergency plan to save the jobs of tens of thousands of public school teachers and other government workers overcame a key Senate hurdle Wednesday, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would summon lawmakers back from their August break to fini
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Has the Most Common Marijuana Test Resulted in Tens of Thousands of Wrongful Convictions?
08-04-2010
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Alternet (h/t The Agitator)
She returned to her pickup truck to find Broward County’s Deputy Sheriff Dominic Raimondi and Florida Fish and Wildlife’s Lieutenant David Bingham looking inside the cab. The two men asked what she was doing and when she said she had been
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
To raise taxes, Geithner blasts Bush policies for debt
08-04-2010
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Reuters
The Bush administration's "misguided" policies are to blame for huge U.S. budget deficits, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner charged on Wednesday as he sought to build an election-year case for ending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
David Icke - A Message for the Uniforms and the Dark Suits
08-04-2010
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davidicke.com/
A thoughtful video that opens with an incident that took place in southern Arizona.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Demographics is Destiny: The David Gerstenhaber Interview
08-04-2010
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CNBC.com & BusinessInsider.com
Thus the demographics -- which is frequently cited as the guiding force behind the Japanese malaise -- threatens US markets, and the future robustness of the US economy.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Conspiracies
Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows
08-04-2010
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Bloomberg.com
The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the bailout of AIG...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Deputy Chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank: Pay MainStream Media
08-04-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
I almost choked when I read Lee Bollinger's op-ed piece in the WSJ.com advocating public financial support of the mainstream media. This is the Lee Bollinger who was recently named Deputy Chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Who Are The "Other Investors" That Bought 62 Percent of Public Debt?
08-04-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
287.4 Billion (62%) of Q1′s public debt is not accounted for on the report. Fortunately when discussing who could digest that much debt in three months, we can quickly eliminate 6 of the 7 “not available” data points...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Homeownership Rate May Soon Slide To The Lowest Level in 50 Years
08-04-2010
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AZcentral.com
Fresh projections say the rate could plummet to about 62 percent as early as 2012 and almost certainly by the end of the decade. Homeownership rates haven't been this low since they hit 61.9 percent in 1960.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Office and Mall Investment Crashing to Lowest Level in 51 Years: Lodging Falls
08-04-2010
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
The office vacancy rate is at a 17 year high at 17.4% in Q2, up from a revised 17.3% in Q1 and 16.0% in Q2 2009. With the office vacancy rate still rising, office investment will probably decline further...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Activism
Julian Heicklen’s 2010-08-04 Progress Report
08-04-2010
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Blog of Bile
I arrived at the U. S. District Courthouse in Manhattan at 11:30 am [to pass out FIJA pamphlets]. At the outskirts of federal property I met Adam Mueller and Peter Eyre from Liberty on Tour. Also there were bile and Darren Wolfe. Were there to videot
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Quebec man loses fight to keep home above gold mine
08-04-2010
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CTV News
A man who literally lives on a gold mine has been ordered by a Quebec judge to leave his home. A Superior Court judge awarded Osisko Mining Corp. possession of Masse's home after the company requested an emergency court decision.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Activism
FIJA Activist Julian Heicklen Busted Again in NY, 8/4/2010
08-04-2010
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The International Libertarian
This time it started out differently. Adam Mueller and Pete Eyre from Liberty on Tour were there with Antonio Musumeci (otherwise known as "Bile" for his blog, Blog of Bile) and, of course, Julian Heicklen.
As you will see in the videos things s
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Reported by:
Darren Wolfe
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News Link • TERRORISM
Peace, Tolerance and Religious Freedom? No Way!
08-04-2010
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Family Security Matters
Anyone still interested in the background and ramifications of the Ground Zero mosque -- and its role in the Islamic war against this country -- and require more evidence of its terrorist links can be found in this article.
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Reported by:
Mike Renzulli
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News Link • TAXES: State
Public worker pay has many clamoring for reform
08-04-2010
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Reuters
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has state employees on the ropes.
Growing public outrage over their pay, benefits and pensions has helped the Republican governor put state workers and their unions on their heels.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
California gay marriage ban overturned
08-04-2010
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Reuters
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a California ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional, handing a key victory to gay rights advocates in a politically charged decision almost certain to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul Krugman Gives Up
08-04-2010
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The American Thinker
A marvelous thing happened over on Paul Krugman's blog at the New York Times last week. Krugman effectively conceded defeat on a range of economic debates. Who defeated him? People who posted comments on his New York Times blog.
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Reported by:
Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Internet
Craigslist founder rendered speechless by CNN’s sex-trafficking questions
08-04-2010
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The Upshot (video)
According to anti-trafficking advocates, some of the women featured on the site are underage and are being forced into prostitution against their will. When confronted Craigslist founder Craig Newmark with these accusations the Internet magnate said
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON POST OP-ED: SUSPICIOUS CLAUSE IN START TREATY
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www.varight.com
Yet another suspicious clause was found in a treaty: Reported by a Washington Post op-ed. Let's make sure missile defense is not banned by an unelected international commission and protect our sovereignty: Contact Senator DeMint...
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Reported by:
Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Obama Administration
EXTEND AND PRETEND: The Obama Administration's Failed Foreclosure Program
08-04-2010
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Shahien Nasiripour & Arthur Delaney via THP
President Barack Obama's signature plan to combat the housing crisis has fallen short of its goals -- rather than significantly and permanently reducing home foreclosures, it is only delaying them.
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Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops From Iraq
08-04-2010
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Gareth Porter via AntiWar.com
Seventeen months after President Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat brigades from Iraq by Sept. 1, 2010, he quietly abandoned that pledge Monday, admitting implicitly that such combat brigades would remain until the end of 2011.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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