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Date Sent: 2007-12-04
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Tuesday, December 4, 2007 |
US: Iran halted nuclear weapons drive in 2003 -- Facebook Admits Ad Service Tracks Logged-Off Users
US Nears Bailout on Mortgage Defaults -- National debt grows $1 million a minute -- Oregon Challenges RIAA's Tactics in Music Piracy Claim -- Florida GOP Official Threatens Ron Paul Straw Poll Voter with Violence -- Scientists Get Rare Look at Dinosaur Soft Tissue -- White House deleted 10 million e-mails -- British teacher jailed over teddy bear leaves Sudan -- Arizona Lawsuit a Crystal Ball Into 2008 Presidential Vote Count -- Florida Says Unfreezing Local Fund Would Spark a 'Fire Sale' -- U.S. National Debt to Hit $10 trillion by Jan., 2009 -- 15% House Price Decline "Implausible," Try 30% -- Arab-American paratrooper faces deportation after 2 years of Afghan service -- David Rockefeller asked about Ron Paul -- How the Towers fell: Re-examining the 3 WTC “Collapses” -- Annapolis Hypocrisy Hides Occupied Palestine Reality -- Please Ignore Ron Paul
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Nears Bailout on Mortgage Defaults
12-3-2007
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AP
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said an agreement was near on a proposal to help thousands of at-risk homeowners avoid foreclosures by temporarily freezing their mortgage rates. One of the last issues: the exact length of time the low-teaser rates w
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Experts divided over Iranian missile capabilities, 11/30/07
12-3-2007
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McClatchy News
Yes, Iran has medium-range ballistic missiles that could reach American air and naval bases in the Persian Gulf and possibly hit Israel or southern Europe.
No, there's no proof Iran is developing " or has " nuclear warheads for its missiles.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iran
U.S.: Iran halted nuclear weapons drive in 2003
12-3-2007
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McClatchy News
Iran halted its secret effort to develop a nuclear weapon four years ago and doesn't appear to have restarted the project, a comprehensive new U.S. intelligence report said. Iran's decision to stop the program in mid-2003 indicates that it'
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
National debt grows $1 million a minute
12-3-2007
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AP
Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day - or nearly $1 million a minute.
What's that mean to you?
It means almost $30,000 in debt for each man, woman, chi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
The Symbiotic Relationship of Ron Paul and His Revolution
12-3-2007
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Gordon Unleashed
Michael Sherer grasped the significance of... this Paul quote: The congressman climbs onto a chair, looking giddy. “You have gotten rid of my skepticism. I was a skeptic,” he calls out. “You are the campaign. I have joined the revolution.” There is a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul's supporters did not stuff the ballot box
12-3-2007
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The Richmond Democrat
I think it is clear now that there was no busing of Ron Paul's supporters at this Year's Virginia Republican Advance. It looks to me that Paul's grassroots is just a lot more fired up than other Republicans. Those who accused Paul's s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Oregon Challenges RIAA's Tactics in Music Piracy Claim
12/01/2007
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PC World
Oregon is fast becoming Ground Zero in the battle between the RIAA and the music pirates. It is the 2nd time in a month that the Attorney General has resisted attempts to turn over the names of individuals it says shared music illegally.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Eugenics
Florida GOP Official Threatens Ron Paul Straw Poll Voter with Violence
12-3-2007
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Nolan Chart
She was shocked when REC chairman Tony DiMatteo answered: "It's too bad for you, and if you start any trouble you will be hurt.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The REVOLution begins Feb. 17, 2009
12-3-2007
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DTV Answers
When they turn your idiot box off. By law, television stations nationwide must switch from the old method of transmitting TV signals known as analog to digital television (DTV) on February 17, 2009. [Or you can buy a $250 converter.]
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Constitution
Words Eye View
The Origins of Christmas
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Greg J Dixon
From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was actually outlawed in Boston. Anyone exhibiting the Christmas spirit was fined five shillings. By contrast, in the Jamestown settlement, Captain John Smith reported that Christmas was enjoyed by all
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News Link • Police State
Facebook Admits Ad Service Tracks Logged-Off Users
12-03-2007
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PC World
Facebook has confirmed findings of a CA security researcher that the social-networking site's Beacon ad service is more intrusive and stealthy than previously acknowledged, an admission that contradicts statements made previously by Facebook exec
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists Get Rare Look at Dinosaur Soft Tissue
12-03-2007
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Washington Post
A high school student hunting fossils in the badlands of his native North Dakota discovered an extremely rare mummified dinosaur that includes not just bones but also seldom seen fossilized soft tissue such as skin and muscles, scientists will announ
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Hub biotech biggies launch new stem cell startup
12-03-2007
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Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technol
Top scientists and investors from the Boston area have helped form a new biotechnology firm focused on new stem cell treatments. But the location of its headquarters is still up for debate -- and could end up on the West Coast, company officials say.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul on "The View" with Barbra Walters and friends
12-03-2007
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The View
RonPaul2008.com event calendar has him scheduled for TUESDAY December 4th
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Media: Television
'Tonight Show' Nonwriting Staff Laid Off
12-03-2007
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foxnews.com
Nonwriting staff members of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" became the latest casualties of the four-week Hollywood writers strike when they were laid off Friday.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Primary and Caucus Information
12-03-2007
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RonPaul2008.com
Information can be sorted by Date - Type of Election - Registration Cut Off Dates - State.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
1300 Bogus Speed Camera Tickets Issued
12-03-2007
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The Newspaper
Leeper, who left the Albuquerque Police Department last year, had been accused of driving 42 MPH in a 40 MPH construction zone. The camera, however, had been set to ticket people exceeding 30 MPH, even though there was no 30 MPH sign posted.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida sobriety checkpoint nabs another sober driver
12-03-2007
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The Newspaper
A man caught in a Florida Highway Patrol roadblock faced prosecution for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) despite clear evidence he was perfectly sober.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Bush Administration
White House deleted 10 million e-mails
12-03-07
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Rawstory
The White House deleted more than twice as many e-mails as previous estimates, pushing the e-mails involving administration aides like Karl Rove and others to higher than 10 million.
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News Link • World News
British teacher jailed over teddy bear leaves Sudan
12-3-2007
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Reuters
A British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her students name a teddy bear Mohammad left Khartoum for Britain on Monday after winning a pardon. Gillian Gibbons, sentenced on Thursday to 15 days in jail followed by deportation for insulting Islam, w
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Rep. Ron Paul does it his way
12-3-2007
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McClatchy News
He spoke out against putting dope dealers in federal prison, opposed a bill to crack down on child pornography and voted against the Iraq war. Then Ron Paul announced that he was running for president " as a Republican.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Arizona Lawsuit a Crystal Ball Into 2008 Presidential Vote Count
12-03-2007
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By Steven Rosenfeld for Alternet
Steven Rosenfeld is a senior fellow at Alternet.org and co-author of "What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election," with Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Florida Says Unfreezing Local Fund Would Spark a 'Fire Sale'
12-03-07
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Bloomberg
"If we reopen the window without limitations on Tuesday, and we see behavior like we've seen up to now, there's simply no way to meet that demand without having a fire sale on assets,'' said James Francis,
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. National Debt to Hit $10 trillion by Jan., 2009
12-03-07
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Alalam.ir
The national debt is up from $5.7 trillion when President Bush took office in January 2001 and it will top $10 trillion sometime right before or right after he leaves in January 2009.
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News Link • Eugenics
Giuliani nearly drowned out by rival's supporters
12-03-2007
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"RON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!" " a crowd chanted from Glover Park, effectively drowning out comments from the former New York mayor and occasionally changing the chant to "FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!"
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns: An Individual Right Given by The Founding Fathers
12-03-2007
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Mondoreb
The U.S. Supreme Court is going to hear a case that will decide if the right to bear Arms, given to every free citizen of the United States, set forth in the Bill of Rights and reaffirmed throughout American history, can be taken away.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Krugman: 15% House Price Decline "Implausible" - Try 30%
12-02-07
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
Goldman’s forecast of a 15 percent decline in home prices seems implausible to me, too " but on the low side. A 15 percent decline would bring prices back to their level in early 2005 "
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News Link • Immigration
Arab-American paratrooper faces deportation after 2 years of Afghan service
12-03-07
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Guardian Unlimited UK
"I can read, write and speak Arabic, French and English. I have earned the respect and confidence of my superiors and I shall be a great asset for our country if given the opportunity to become a US citizen."
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News Link • Media: Print
Please Ignore Ron Paul
12/02/2007
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http://stealthfiction.com/
To the Lame Stream Media LSM: An Open Letter to ‘Old Media’.
Sometimes I wish I understood, but could not seem to comprehend why you do it, but then minutes later I did not give a damn anymore. And that is why you will fail.
Why are you so set on w
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Thomas Costanzo
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