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Date Sent: 2011-12-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
US Drones Used in Turkey Airstrikes killing 35; 5 Killed in Other Iraq Violence
Bachmann: ‘I love’ my AR-15 assault rifle --
Town Bans Non-Residents From Sledding -- Nazi Sheriff Illegally
Searches Busloads of ski-bound teens who lick his boot or else -- Anonymous exposes 75,000 credit card numbers -- National Park Service has new land-grabbing tool, government could
take almost half the nation -- Unarmed Black Teen Who Had Committed No
Crime Was “Illogical” To Run Away From 3 Cops -- Denver cop fired for
driving drunk at 143 mph wants job back -- Lawmaker seeks fines for U.S. national anthem deviations --
If Money Talks, Ron Paul Walks (Uh-oh) -- A Funny Thing Happened on the
Road to (Regime Change in) Damascus... -- Hackers Plan Satellites To
Block Internet Censorship -- Freedom Law
School's 2012 Freedom Rally - This offer is guaranteed to end after
January 1, 2012. -- Tennessee
tourist arrested for bringing pistol into 9/11 Memorial --
Iran tracks US aircraft carrier amid Strait of Hormuz tension --
Egypt crackdown escalates, with raids on 17 rights groups -- Legalization a controversial weapon in
Mexico’s drug war -- Ron Paul Has Already Won -- Drone
Station lets you fly an AR.Drone using a Mac, with gaming
controllers -- Why Medicaid is no longer a voluntary program -- New
Jersey cops destroy BMW searching for weed that wasn't there -- The
Day Happy Died: New Year To Bring End To Happy Hours In Utah -- Enemy Expatriation Act: Lose your
citizenship for criticizing US Government -- Marginalizing
Ron Paul -- PROOF Rigged Election - Watch the Vote 2012 - Iowa
Caucus -- Senators Who Voted For Traitorous Detainment Bill -- China
push to put astronaut on the moon -- Apparently Amazon does what
ever it wants because 1 of my eBooks is FREE this morning (Tarrin
Lupo)
NH: r3VOLution Boots On The Ground
in New Hampshire
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News Link • Iraq
US Drones Used in Turkey Airstrikes; 5 Killed in Other Iraq Violence
12-30-2011
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www.antiwar.com
U.S. Drones mistook civilians for rebels at the border between Turkey and Iraq. The subsequent attack, which may have taken place inside Iraqi territory left 35 Turkish Kurds dead and wounded 15 more who were apparently smuggling fuel.
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News Link • Government
Town Bans Non-Residents From Sledding
12-30-2011
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CBS News
It’s one thing for Beaver Borough to set rules and regulations on how to sled ride in this particular park, but it’s quite another for the borough to say to neighboring residents in Vanport, Bridgewater, or Brighton " or anywhere else for that matter
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Nazi Sheriff Illegally Searches Busloads of ski-bound teens who lick his boot or else
12-30-2011
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Reuters
Five busloads of students who stopped in Nevada en route to a ski trip were given a break on Thursday when police let them to go free in exchange for turning over large quantities of marijuana and alcohol stashed in their luggage.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Anonymous exposes 75,000 credit card numbers
12-30-2011
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Washington Post
Hacker collective Anonymous has dumped names, email addresses and passwords for 860,000 Stratfor users. Anonymous also exposed credit card numbers for 75,000 paying customers of Stratfor, who provide reports on security and threats to government and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eminent Domain
National Park Service has new land-grabbing tool, government could take almost half the nation
12/30/2011
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godlikeproductions.com
Big Green has an unlikely new sales pitch to convince Congress to fund ever-expanding land grabs by the National Park Service -- save wildlife migration. A map overlay showing all the U.S. wildlife migration paths would blot out nearly half the natio
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Unarmed Black Teen Who Had Committed No Crime Was “Illogical” To Run Away From 3 Cops
12-30-2011
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The Agitator
Jordan Miles was beaten nearly to death by 3 Pittsburgh police officers who say they mistook a bottle of Mountain Dew in Miles’ pocket for a gun. The cops claimed they confronted Miles because a neighbor had complained that the music student with no
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Denver cop fired for driving drunk at 143 mph wants job back
12-30-2011
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Denver Post
A Denver police officer fired for driving 88 mph above the speed limit while intoxicated appealed his dismissal, arguing the penalty is unfair and overly harsh. Derrick Saunders, had previously been cleared of charges he pointed a gun at a McDonald's
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Ind. lawmaker seeks fines for U.S. anthem deviations
12-30-2011
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USA Today
Many people have murdered The Star Spangled Banner, but an Indiana lawmaker wants to criminalize deviant versions sung or played at school functions.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
If Money Talks, Ron Paul Walks (Uh-oh)
12-30-2011
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Lew Rockwell blog
Guess who the Banksters' favorite Republican candidate is? (Big "surprise," by the way.) While the donations for both candidates reflect all individual donations in the corporations and the armed services (i.e., not necessarily the owners and the top
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News Link • WAR: About that War
A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to (Regime Change in) Damascus...
12-30-2011
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Lew Rockwell blog
Upon arrival and inspection of Homs, the Arab League monitors reported seeing “nothing frightening” in the city of Homs " supposedly the focal point in the uprising against the Assad government. They were “reassured” by what they saw. Surely the thou
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Obama and the Blessings of Destruction
12-30-2011
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Lew Rockwell blog
In the latest move by Warmonger-in-Chief (and Nobel "Peace" Prize winner) Barack Obama, the United States government is selling Saudi Arabia 84 F-15SA fighter jets. Here are his two reasons:
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Hackers Plan Satellites To Block Internet Censorship
12-30-2011
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space.com
"Let's take the Internet out of the control of terrestrial entities."
This call to arms, issued by hacker activist Nick Farr, is the rallying cry behind a new plan to launch satellites into space to prevent Internet censorship.
Farr, a spoke
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Activism
Freedom Law School's 2012 Freedom Rally - This offer is guaranteed to end after January 1, 2012.
12-30-2011
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www.freedomlawconference.org
Conference: March 16-19, Friday-Monday, Location: Irvine, CA - Crowne Plaza Hotel - Orange County Airport. This 4-day event includes an in depth class on Avoiding and Defeating IRS Criminal Charges, two keynote banquet speakers, 14 of the most exciti
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Tennessee tourist arrested for bringing pistol into 9/11 Memorial
12-30-2011
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www.nypost.com
A tourist from Tennessee waltzed into one of the most secure sites in the city " and politely asked a cop if she could check her weapon. Instead, she was dragged out in cuffs.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iran tracks US aircraft carrier amid Strait of Hormuz tension
12-30-2011
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www.msnbc.msn.com
The USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier is seen as it allegedly went "inside the manoeuvre zone" where Iranian ships are conducting 10 days of wargames in the Gulf, accoridng to Iranian officials.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Egypt crackdown escalates, with raids on 17 rights groups
12-30-2011
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www.sunherald.com
Egyptian authorities on Thursday raided the offices of 17 domestic and international human rights and pro-democracy organizations, including several that receive U.S. government funding, in a sharp intensification of the military's crackdown that rec
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Legalization a controversial weapon in Mexico’s drug war
12-30-2011
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www.bikyamsar.com
As Mexico’s drug cartels wage a bloody war for dominance of the multi-billion dollar narcotics business, a growing chorus of leaders is calling for a radical solution: legalize the market.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Ron Paul Has Already Won
12-30-2011
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www.thedailybell.com
It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that a substantial minority, if not a majority, of Republicans and Democrats are really libertarians of some sort. This gives Ron Paul a natural constituency that is far larger than the mainstream media ad
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Drone Station lets you fly an AR.Drone using a Mac, with gaming controllers
12-30-2011
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www.gizmag.com
The AR.Drone quadricopter really is quite a nifty toy ... or tool ... or whatever you want to call it. Up until now, however, it could only be controlled by an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, an Android smartphone, or for the people who have one, a Linux PC.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
New Jersey cops destroy BMW searching for weed that wasn’t there
12-30-2011
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www.jalopink.com
In what's being treated as a metaphor for the fruitlessness of the War on Drugs itself, New Jersey cops caused over $12,000 in damage to a BMW 325i, tearing it apart in search of marijuana. After tearing apart the dash, doors, seats and prying off ex
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul and Israel
12-30-2011
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www.theamericanconservative.com
He believes that U.S. military power should be used only as a last resort in order to protect core U.S. national interests and not as part of an ambitious and costly strategy to force other countries to follow American dictates and embrace American i
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
The Day Happy Died: New Year To Bring End To Happy Hours In Utah
12-30-2011
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www.jonathanturley.org
The New Year brings a host of new laws that kick in on the first. For citizens in Utah, the New Year will bring an end to Happy Hours. That’s right, the heavily Mormon state has continued its harassment of citizens who drink and outlawed “drink speci
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Enemy Expatriation Act: Lose your citizenship for criticizing US Government
12/30/2011
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godlikeproductions.com
From The Bill - To add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality...native born will be next.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Marginalizing Ron Paul
12-30-2011
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www.truthdig.com
It is official now. The Ron Paul campaign, despite surging in the Iowa polls, is not worthy of serious consideration, according to a New York Times editorial; “Ron Paul long ago disqualified himself for the presidency by peddling claptrap proposals l
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
KX3 Transceiver
12-30-2011
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www.elecraft.com
The revolutionary Elecraft KX3 puts the world in the palm of your hand! Despite its small size, it covers all amateur bands from 160-6 meters, operates in all modes, and has DSP-based features usually found only on larger radios.
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Opinion • General Opinion
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Heartfelt reflections of 2011
12-30-2011
Frosty Wooldridge
How about that young couple bicycling 24,000 miles around the world on bicycles that we met in Ludden, Wyoming? See their progress at www.foodcyclist.com . John and Kate put on quite a show with their video camera and writing.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
PROOF Rigged Election - Watch the Vote 2012 - Iowa Caucus
12-30-2011
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www.youtube.com
This video includes Ron Paul speaking about the necessity of Watching the Vote. The Iowa STATE GOP has a long history of rigging the Iowa Caucus.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Ron Paul Revolution In Iowa: Four Years in the Making
12-30-2011
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www.humanevents.com
Ron Paul is not leading in many recent Iowa polls based solely on support from young libertarian voters. In fact, Paul is leading because his campaign organization has diligently put together a coalition of caucus-goers who have found his fiscally co
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News Link • Impeachment
RECALL: Montanans Organize to Remove Senators Who Voted For Traitorous Detainment Bill
12-30-2011
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www.shtfplan.com
As Americans enjoyed themselves with the holiday shopping season, Congress and the Executive branch worked tirelessly to destroy the 4th and 6th Amendments of the US Constitution, which protect an individual’s natural right “to be secure in their per
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News Link • Activism
Hey Manch: I’d Rather Stand on my Conscience Than Fund Your Violence
12-30-2011
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www.copblock.org
On June 4th I was one of eight arrested outside the Manchester Police Department when at a pro-police accountability event. I was alleged to have been “disorderly” " twice. Over six months later, I was told I was “guilty” of violating an ordinance an
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News Link • China
China push to put astronaut on the moon
12-30-2011
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www.ft.com
China has declared its intention to land an astronaut on the moon, in the first official confirmation of its aim to go where Americans last set foot nearly 40 years ago.
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News Link • Internet
GoDaddy bows to boycott, now 'opposes' SOPA copyright bill
12-30-2011
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www.cnet.com
GoDaddy, the domain register targeted by online activists in response to its enthusiasm for a pair of Hollywood-backed copyright bills, has finally denounced the legislation in response to a boycott scheduled for today.
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News Link • Books
ONLY 12 HOURS LEFT! FREE eBook about a pirate treasure hunt for young adults!
12-30-2011
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www.amazon.com
So the original and best selling "Pirates of Savannah : The Trilogy" free for a short time today...
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul...
12-29-2011
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www.youtube.com
James Williams of Matagorda County, Texas recounts a touching true story. Living in a still prejudice Texas In 1972, his wife had a complication with her pregnancy. No doctors would care for her or deliver their bi-racial child. In fact one of the ho
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News Link • Adult Stem Cell Technology
Stem cell research on donor eggs often not disclosed
12-30-2011
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The RawStory.com
Many U.S. fertility clinics don’t tell egg donors that embryos made from their eggs may end up being used in stem cell research, according to a new government survey.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Air traffic alert after Alaska volcano spews ash cloud
12-30-2011
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The RawStory.com
A remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian islands erupted early on Thursday, spouting an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the sky and prompting an air-traffic alert, scientists said.
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News Link • Transportation
Mercedes, BMW vie for US luxury car crown
12-30-2011
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The RawStory.com
In a first, two German manufacturers " Mercedes-Benz and BMW " are dueling for the honor of being the top luxury brand sold in the United States.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Dead man to be sued over flying body parts
12-30-2011
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Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.com
An 18-year-old man who was hit and killed by a train in 2008 will be the subject of a present-day lawsuit after an appellate judge ruled that a woman injured by his flying body parts may pursue a claim against his estate.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
2011 a ‘horrible year for elephants’
12-30-2011
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The RawStory.com
The past 12 months have seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, a leading wildlife watchdog said Thursday, saying it had been a “horrible year for elephants”.
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News Link • Government
Does the US government want to prevent you from leaving?
12-29-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
Can you imagine being trapped inside your home country, unable to leave? It may be closer to a reality than you realize. I’ll tell you a quick story to explain.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bailing Out European Banks: Bernanke and Fed Deceived Congress
12-29-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Earlier this month, Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke told senators the cartel has no intention of bailing out European banks. Bernanke told lawmakers that “he doesn’t have the intention or the authority” to bail out countries or banks.
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
ROBERT REICH: Get Ready For A Obama-Clinton Presidential Ticket
12-29-2011
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www.businessinsider.com
My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places. Biden becomes Secretary of State " a position he’s apparently coveted for years. And Hillary Clinton, Vice President.
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