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Date Sent: 2010-09-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, September 15, 2010 PM edition |
Greenspan: Taxes must rise to fight deficit -- Court allows warrantless cell location tracking
"Cops on Camera" from The Cato Institute -- Pa. anti-terror reports halted -- DHS Creates Citizenship Database + 9/11 Exclusives -- TSA Screener Cited "Torture" In Scanner Case -- Reid tacks on immigration amendment to defense bill -- We Are Change Portland burns 9/11 report, and gets on the news! -- States Cutting Benefits for Public-Sector Retirees -- Why Ron Paul Should Run for President in 2012 - by Szandor Blestman
-- Is Obama Smarter Than a Communist? - by Wayne Allyn Root -- Gallup
Confirms Consumer Confidence Deteriorates Substantially -- The Broader Meaning of Japan's Intervention to Prop Up the Dollar -- Silver breaks through $20 per Oz. - on it's way to $23 per Oz.? -- Orwellian: Canada's Central Government Silences Scientists -- CNN Poll: Only quarter of public trusts government -- Pimco Makes Massive Bet That Bernanke Will Create Inflation -- General Petraeus: Afghan War Could Take Another Decade -- Constitution Party: Worthless - by Larken Rose -- NATO's Secret Armies - by Stephen Lendman
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Taxes must rise to fight budget deficit: Greenspan
09-15-2010
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Reuters
Taxes must rise while fiscal stimulus needs to be wound down in order to reduce the budget deficit and allow private investment to expand, said former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan to the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Court allows warrantless cell location tracking
09-15-2010
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CNET
The FBI and other police agencies don't need a search warrant to track the locations of Americans' cell phones, a federal appeals court ruled in a precedent-setting decision.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Cops on Camera" from The Cato Institute
09-15-2010
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youtube
We all have to deal with the opportunities and challenges presented by widespread video technology. The same is true for police. But law enforcement might prefer that cameras not be a part of their interactions with citizens. Citizens should have the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Pa. anti-terror reports halted
09-15-2010
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AP
An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell apologized to groups whose peaceful protests or events were the subject of regular anti-terrorism bulletins being distributed by his Homeland Security director. Distributing it was tantamount to trampling on constitutio
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Positive News
DHS Creates Citizenship Database + 9/11 Exclusives
09-15-2010
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RealityReport.TV
In this edition of the Reality Report, Gary Franchi discloses how the Department of Homeland Security is maneuvering around the 1974 Privacy act to set up a new centralized database for citizens. He also travels to New York to find out what the media
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Department of Labor begins hearings today: How to confiscate your retirement savings and make you th
09-15-10
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The PPJ Gazette
The Labor Department begins the faux hearings today in advance of the confiscation fo 401(k), IRA and private pension accounts. The 11 trillion in these acounts will be converted to treasuries and bonds and sold to creditors of the corporate US gove
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Marti Oakley
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Screener Cited "Torture" In Scanner Case
09-15-2010
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The Smoking Gun
The airport screener arrested for assaulting a coworker who taunted him about the size of his penis after his genitalia was exposed by a full-body scanner said he snapped after being subjected to “psychological torture” by fellow TSA employees who re
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
Reid tacks on immigration amendment to defense bill
09-15-2010
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AP
Sen. Harry Reid announced today that he wants to attach the DREAM Act " which would legalize young immigrants who want to attend college or join the military " to the defense authorization bill next week.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
We Are Change Portland burns 9/11 report, and gets on the news!
9-14-2010
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Veritas Media Collective
Members of We Are Change Portland teamed up with Clyde Lewis of Ground Zero Radio and James Evan Pilato of the Media Monarchy podcast to burn the 9/11 Report in protest in Kenton Park. Their little caper got them on the local news too. Success!
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Tracy Twyman
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
States Cutting Benefits for Public-Sector Retirees
09-15-2010
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AP
Since 2008, New Jersey and at least 19 other states from Wyoming to Rhode Island have rolled back pension benefits or seriously considered doing do " and not just for new hires, but for current employees and people already retired.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
U.S. Home Prices Face Three-Year Cliff Dive as Inventory Surge Looms
09-15-2010
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Bloomberg.com
The slide in U.S. home prices may have another three years to go as sellers add as many as 12 million more properties to the market.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Ron Paul, Jim Duensing, Freedom
Why Ron Paul Should Run for President in 2012 by Szandor Blestman
09-15-2010
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szandorblestman.com
"It would be interesting to see if the talking heads and political pundits would once again try to tell us Dr. Paul was unelectable and his libertarian ideas were unacceptable to the public if he once again ran for president."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Philosophy: Communism
Is Obama Smarter Than a Communist? by Wayne Allyn Root
09-15-2010
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Wayne's Blog
"...Communist Cuba has finally figured out that everyone cannot work for government - at least not if you want your people to prosper, or your economy to avoid insolvency and bankruptcy."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Gallup Confirms Consumer Confidence Deteriorates Substantially
09-15-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
In recent weeks, 63% of consumers have said economic conditions are "getting worse." These future expectations for the economy are among the worst of 2010 and have deterioriated substantially from this point in 2009.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Currencies
The Broader Meaning of Japan's Intervention to Prop Up the Dollar
09-15-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
It is unclear what is behind this flight from the dollar. Mainstream media and the financial media do not yet seem to be aware of it. Their stories tend to be focused on the BOJ's intervention more than the bigger picture. But something big may...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Mortgage Applications Fall 27 Percent: Shills Sweat In Quiet Desperation
09-15-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.org/
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 8.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 27.4 percent compared with the previous week.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Freedom Summit
Register for the 2010 Freedom Summit
07-20-2010
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FreedomSummit.com
The Freedom Summit will be held from Friday, December 3rd thru Sunday, December 5th, 2010 at the Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, AZ
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday September 15th 2010
09-15-2010
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LewRockwell.com
Will There Be Enough Food? - Investing in Gold - Why Libertarians Oppose War - Swiss Institutions Ask: Where's the Gold? - US Faces 'Explosion of Social Unrest' - Gold Confiscation? - Beware of Videotaping Cop Abuse - Why Carry a Gun?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Seriously?
You Want What Mr. Reid????????????????????????????
09-15-2010
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Orly Taitz esq via WND
"Dear Orly, I would be honored if you would join me for a very special reception with President Barack Obama on Wednesday..." signed, Harry Reid!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Silver breaks through $20 per Oz. - on it's way to $23 per Oz.?
09-15-2010
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www.mineweb.com
Some purchasers are balking at buying gold at $1250 an ounce and turning to silver instead,...momentum is probably key here and silver's momentum in recent weeks has been stronger than that for gold...
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • American History
Arizona History Class!!!
9-15-2010
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www.meetup.com
Come down to the Freedom's Phoenix Workshop Friday Sept. 24th 7pm and learn some things you've probably never heard about the the history of the state of Arizona and much of the American continent.
Mr. Tom Denny says there are many facts that li
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Christopher Broughton
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
The Grand Cover-Up: Space, Aliens and NASA in Depth
09/15/2010
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The Real News Now
Just six miles of atmosphere separates mankind from outer-space. In fact, a rocket can travel from the surface of our planet to space in just five minutes. In space, everything is different. With no atmosphere, the human eye can literally see for hun
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The Real News
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News Link • Surveillance
Orwellian: Canada's Central Government Silences Scientists
09-15-2010
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VancouverSun.com
"There is no question that there is an orchestrated campaign at the federal level to make sure that their scientists can't communicate to the public about what they do," says Weaver, adding that the crackdown is seriously undermining morale..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
CNN Poll: Only quarter of public trusts government
09-15-2010
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CNN.com
"That lack of trust in government is not a recent phenomenon - except for a brief spike fueled by patriotism immediately after 9/11, a majority have not trusted the government since the early 1970s," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Pimco Makes Massive Bet That Bernanke Will Create Inflation
09-15-2010
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Businessinsider.com/
The last time we heard from PIMCO, the gigantic bond house was back to buying long bonds, betting on deflation.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
General Petraeus: Afghan War Could Take Another Decade
09-15-2010
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news.Antiwar.com
But how much long will the general watch his growing grass get mowed down? It could be quite some time, as Petraeus agreed that “success over the insurgency” could be another 9-10 years away.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Energy
Developing US Oil Development Boom
09-15-2010
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arclein
You see, right now " despite the “public” opposition " Uncle Sam is secretly authorizing the largest onshore oil extraction project in U.S. history.
Combined with Canadian production, we're looking at more than three trillion barrels!
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Graphene Could Speed up DNA Sequencing
09-15-2010
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arclein
When long DNA chains that had been added to the water went through the opening one-by-one, they blocked the flow of ions, resulting in a change in the electrical signal. The exact nature of those changes allowed the researchers to determine the size
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robert klein
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Floriensis in Central Park?
09-15-2010
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arclein
the creature was man-like in shape and covered in hair of a distinctly rusty color " but, unlike the towering Bigfoot of the west-coast, was little more than three-feet in height. Little-Foot might have been a far better term to use, I mused, as I li
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
September 2010 Sea Ice Collapse Continues
09-15-2010
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arclein
This year's retreat from a winter maximum of about 15 million square kilometres to a September coverage area of just five million square kilometres also means that the four greatest melts since satellite measurements began in the late 1970s have occ
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
For Spacious Skies SCOTT CARPENTER MERCURY 7 MISSIONS
09-14-2010
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Allan Mason
Commander Scott Carpenter was the second person to orbit the earth. His tell all book depicts the events and missions of the Mercury 7 space program.
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Thomas Costanzo
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