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Date Sent: 2011-12-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 16, 2011 |
SEC appeals judge's rejection of Citigroup's cushy deal -- Ron Paul Debate Highlights 12/15/2011
Half of Americans now low-income as rising expenses, unemployment shrink middle class --
Congressional leaders reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown
-- Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor recipient -- Army Pfc. Manning to face pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case -- What Gold Supply Crunch? -- Republicans Cynical Plan to Force Work to Begin on the Keystone XL Pipeline -- Scott Horton Interviews Sheldon Richman -- Barbara Walters scoop: Herman Cain wants to be SecDef! -- Is Free Thinking A Mental Illness? -- Springfield XD 9mm : What Everybody Ought to Know -- National Guard Ad for FEMA Prison Camp Positions -- We Have Crossed the Rubicon -- French Mitt Romney
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News Link • Crony Capitalism
SEC to appeal judge’s rejection of Citigroup cush deal
12-15-2011
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Washington Post
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it will challenge a federal judge’s rejection of the agency’s $285 million fraud settlement with Citigroup.
The agency is asking an appeals court to overturn the decision by U.S. District Court
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Ron Paul Highlights in 12/15/2011 Debate (Video)
12-15-2011
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StopTheLie.com
Visit RonPaulNow.com for all debates plus other interviews
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Joe Plummer
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nearly half of Americans are low-income as rising expenses, unemployment shrink middle class
12-15-2011
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Washington Post
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans " nearly 1 in 2 " have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.
The latest census data depict a middle class that’s shrinking as unemployment
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Congressional leaders reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown
12-15-2011
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Washington Post
Congressional negotiators signed off Thursday evening on a $1 trillion spending agreement for federal agencies, just 28 hours before a deadline that would have led to a government shutdown.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor recipient
12-15-2011
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Washington Post
What’s most striking is that all this probably was unnecessary. Meyer, the 296th Marine to earn the medal, by all accounts deserved his nomination. At least seven witnesses attested to him performing heroic deeds “in the face of almost certain death.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Army Pfc. Manning to face pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case
12-15-2011
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Washington Post
Manning, who turns 24 Saturday, has been accused of aiding the enemy, violating the Espionage Act and several lesser charges " enough to send him away for life. Aiding the enemy carries a potential death sentence, but Army officials have said they wi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • NeoCons
Scott Horton Interviews Sheldon Richman
12-15-2011
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antiwar.com
Sheldon Richman, senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his article “Newt Gingrich: Demagogue, Pseudointellectual” about Gingrich’s assertion that Palestinians are an “invented” people (who therefore have no rights);
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Thursday 12-15-2011
12-15-2011
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LewRockwell.com
Why MF Global Went Down - We've Crossed the Rubicon, American citizens have no more rights, says Eric Peters - The Nazis Used Them, the Soviets Used Them - Q: What Is the Cure for a Depression? A: A depression, says Bill Bonner
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics
Barbara Walters scoop: Herman Cain wants to be SecDef!
12-15-2011
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csmonitor.com
Herman Cain could see himself as Defense secretary, the ex-GOP presidential candidate told Barbara Walters during an interview for her program, '10 Most Fascinating People of 2011.' He's been reading up.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Is Free Thinking A Mental Illness?
12-15-2011
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offthegridnews.com
The DSM-IV is the manual used by psychiatrists to diagnose mental illnesses and, with each new edition, there are scores of new mental illnesses. Are we becoming sicker? Is it getting harder to be mentally healthy?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Springfield XD 9mm : What Everybody Ought to Know
12-15-2011
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www.thesurvivalistblog.net
Some of you remember reading my previous post “Glock 19 " perfection in a 9mm ” where I taunted the piece of Austrian plastic as the best 9mm on the market.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Day of Reckoning
We Have Crossed the Rubicon
12-15-2011
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lewrockwell.com/Eric Peters
Do you suppose cows have any idea what’s coming as they’re marched down the chute? Or do they stare with bovine indifference at the tail and hind quarters in front of them, until they’re suddenly " and very briefly " startled by the man with the nail
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
French Mitt Romney
12-15-2011
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www.youtube.com
AmericanLP, a new Democratic Super PAC, announced today that it is launching a new advertising campaign designed to mock Mitt Romney and the current state of the Republican Party. AmericanLP has produced a new ad entitled "French Mitt Romney."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
APNewsBreak: Feds say Arpaio violated civil rights
12-15-2011
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news.yahoo.com
The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination a
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Donna Hancock
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