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Date Sent: 2008-02-18
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, February 18, 2008 |
Kosovo declares independence defying Russia & Serbia -- Democrat Superdelegates get big bribes
Best U.S. factory jobs in jeopardy -- McCain still fighting for conservative GOP support -- What FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds found -- Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock (mp3) -- Brock Lorber: The Neocons and Iraq -- Army Blocks Access to Digital Library -- Strapped for highway funds, AZ considers tolls -- Gun Free Zones Never Are -- Homeland Security Commissions new human Incapacitation flashlight -- Iran and Russia can 'rid world of dollar's slavery' -- Henry Paulsen's Wild Ride on the Economic Hindenburg -- Liberty Cap Talk Live with Todd Andrew Barnett, Eric Dondero, and Barry Hess (mp3) -- Mary Ruwart May Seek Libertarian Presidential Nomination -- Ron Paul Blimp “Loophole” Inventor Joins Republic of Lakotah -- Failed War on Drugs -- Barbara Peterson: A FEMA Camp Called Home -- New Bill To Allow Police Misconduct Be Hidden From Public -- Legislative hearing for Arizona to 'Opt Out of Real-ID' Tuesday
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News Link • Federal Reserve
On Bernanke's State of the Economy Speech
2-17-2008
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Information Clearing House
(ICH Editor's translation) "Discount everything I've said here today if the economy blows up---as I fully-expect it will---from decades of regulatory neglect and the myriad multi-trillion dollar Ponzi-schemes..."
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Food
Fresh, but far from easy
2-17-2008
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The Economist
The operation is veiled in secrecy and furtiveness... Tesco is a formidable retailer, having transformed itself from Britain's third-ranked supermarket by sales to the third-largest in the world, after America's Wal-Mart and France's Carr
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain still fighting for conservative GOP support
02-17-2008
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Christian Science Monitor
Republican analysts say it's too soon to suggest that conservatives may not turn out for McCain in November, and that once both parties have presumptive nominees, issue differences will be evident, and Republicans will spring to life.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Philip Giraldi: What FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds found in translation
02-17-2008
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Dallas Morning News
The former FBI translator turned whistle-blower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington's highest levels " sale of nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espio
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Phoenix Pink Pistols: 2008 Candidate Questionnaire
2/17/2008
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Phoenix Pink Pistols
This questionnaire is an open letter to candidates for public office seeking election in Arizona in 2008. We are asking candidates to reply to the following questions about topics of interest to voters like us. Answers will be made public on our webs
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Mike Shipley
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News Link • World News
Kosovo's Parliament Approves Declaration of Independence in Defiance of Serbia, Russia
02-17-2008
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RawStory.com
A decade after a bloody separatist war with Serbian forces that claimed 10,000 lives, lawmakers pronounced the territory the Republic of Kosovo and pledged to make it a "democratic, multiethnic state." Its leaders looked for swift recogniti
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • United Nations
Woman's body found behind UN building
02-17-2008
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www.rawstory.com
"A U.N. agency staff member died after falling from the 19th floor of the U.N. Secretariat Building," U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said. "At this time there is no suspicion of foul play."
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scaled-Down Solar System Found 5,000 Light-Years Away
02-17-2008
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Scientific American
Astronomers have discovered a pair of planets around a star 5,000 light-years away that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn, hinting that solar systems like ours may be unexpectedly common.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
A Common Agenda Behind all The Military Conflict and The Coming Market Meltdown
2-16-08
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TheInternationalForecaster.com
When the magnitude of these losses are finally grasped by the Japanese and foreign investors alike, the Nikkei isn't just going to tank, it is going to be vaporized! And when all that liquidation occurs, guess what happens.
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News Link • Police State
The Guys At ID Smart Aren’t Very Clever
02-17-2008
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Papers Please
...the enrollment agency can be the DMV within any state, & the SSN, birth certificate documents can also be stored within the card, & not within a national database, available for access by every county, state & federal agency...
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Constitution
Army Blocks Access to Digital Library
2-17-08
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AfterDowningStreet.org
The Army move on February 6 marks the latest step in an ongoing withdrawal of government records from the public domain.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Strapped for highway funds, Arizona considering tolls
2-17-2008
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Arizona Republic
Pay-as-you-go roads have eased congestion on clogged highways and brought states much-needed revenue. But toll roads, often created through partnerships with private business, also come with heavy opposition and battles over control.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Georgia Loan Problems Outpace Florida
2-17-08
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
One reason might be that Georgia led the nation in Interest Only loans. Another might be that lenders are able to foreclose quicker in Georgia.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Arizona real estate: A 33% haircut - and we're just getting started
2-17-08
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HousingDoom.com
Amount that was owed on the property" $285,918 [MLS# 2935822] The home is currently listed for sale at $190,890. That would be a 33% haircut- if it sold at list, which isn’t going to happen.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security Commissions new human Incapacitation flashlight
2-16-08
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Rawstory.com
The LED Incapacitator, would act by overloading his or her brain, with rapidly flashing lights at varying colors and frequencies. In addition to disorientation, headache and nausea are also likely.
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News Link • Iran
Iran's envoy: Iran and Russia can rid world of dollar's slavery
2-15-08
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Islamic Republic News Agency
Iran's Ambassador to Moscow said here Friday Iran and Russia, as major energy suppliers, can rid the world of US dollar's slavery by promoting oil and gas deals using different currencies.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Machines 'to match man by 2029'
2-16-08
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BBC.co.uk
"I've made the case that we will have both the hardware and the software to achieve human level artificial intelligence with the broad suppleness of human intelligence including our emotional intelligence by 2029,"
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Henry Paulsen's Wild Ride on the Economic Hindenberg
2-15-08
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Counterpunch.org
"We are in a historic housing bust comparable to that of the Great Depression. Prior to the Depression housing prices only rose 19% (between 1921 to 1925) and then fell 30%"....
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Liberty Cap Talk Live with host Todd Andrew Barnett, and guests Eric Dondero, and Barry Hess
2-16-2008
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Liberty Cap Talk Live (mp3)
Liberty Cap Talk Live with host Todd Andrew Barnett, and guests Eric Dondero, and Barry Hess (February 16, 2008)
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Mary Ruwart May Seek Libertarian Presidential Nomination
02-16-2008
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www.ballot-access.org
She is a long-time member of the party best known for her books Healing Our World and Short Answers to the Tough Questions. She has also written extensively on government regulation of the drug industry. She holds a PhD in biophysics.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Ron Paul Blimp “Loophole” Inventor Joins Republic of Lakotah
02-16-2008
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www.nolanchart.com
Libertarian Activist and Ron Paul Blimp Guy, Jerry Collette is now the Interim Attorney General for the Republic of Lakotah.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Ernest Hancock on 92.3 FM KTAR's Jay Lawrence Show in Phoenix Tonight at 7pm
02-16-2008
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KTAR - Jay Lawrence Show 92.3 FM
"Is the Ron Paul Revolution Over? Ernest Hancock on the death of the Ron Paul Revolution. When should Ron Paul drop out? Is his presence hurting the campaign. What has Dr. Paul added to the political debate, anything? We'll talk about it.'
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
Professional Perspectives: Fluoride in Tap Water
02-16-2008
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YouTube via http://fluoridealert.org
In this short video, Dr. Bill Osmunson -- a general and cosmetic dentist -- explains why he is now concerned about fluoride and water fluoridation.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Superdelegates get campaign cash
02-16-2008
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Boston Globe
Elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years," the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Failed War on Drugs: Combined Jan-Feb Edition
02-16-2008
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Mondoreb
Corrupt cops, This Week in Drug History, executions, reforms, victims of the Drug War, News and more.
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Randy Ricochet
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Opinion • Police State
Farm Wars
A FEMA Camp Called Home
02-16-2008
Barbara Peterson
Why would sane people willingly go to one of the numerous FEMA camps that exist across the U.S.? Answer: Because they are starving, have lost their homes, have no employment prospects, and literally have nowhere else to go.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Dr. Monteith Raises Questions for Arizona CHANGE
02-16-2008
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We Are CHANGE Arizona
Arizona CHANGE contacted the Arizona Office of Oral Health and found that fluoridation is regulated in this State by the Department of Environmental Quality. The answers to these questions will be explored as CHANGE embarks on a series of investigati
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Corruption
Gilbert Mayor nailed on camera by ABC 15
02-16-2008
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ABC 15
The growing public corruption scandal closing in on Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman and Town Council members in Gilbert. (exactly this sort of stuff has been going on for decades here in Arizona,... this is a perfect example of it)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Environment
Global Warming: A Convenient Lie?
02-16-2008
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Cullen for President 2016
it's very important to address the fact that Earth is not the only planet to be experiencing climate change... many astronomers have... suggested that it is a seasonal event.
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Eugenics
An Independent Challenge Without Ron Paul?
by Joel Skousen
2-16-2008
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World Affairs Brief
There just aren’t enough thinking people among voters to amass any more support for a principled, Constitution-based platform than 5-10%. That doesn’t bode well for a third party or independent run.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Most of You Will Eat Shit Until the Day You Die
by Arthur Silber
2-16-2008
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Once Upon a Time ...
Most Americans are perfectly willing to be fooled (hell, they're enthusiastic about it) until the Empire begins to crumble around them -- that is, in ways that directly affect them in their lives. That day may be coming, sooner than you think
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Frightful Face of Stimulus
02-16-2008
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by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Among businesspeople, bankers, and investors, there is a growing fear that the economy is headed towards recession or already in one. But that alone is not the source of worry. After all, an economy if left alone to function in freedom can recover.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • North American Union
Arizona Anti-SPP-NAU Bill reintroduced by Rep. Andy Biggs
02-16-2008
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Daryl Hunter Republic Media Field Correspondent
On January 14, 2008 HCM 2003 was introduced by Representative Andy Biggs with six co-sponsors
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Daryl Hunter
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News Link • Police State
Utah: Bill to allow police misconduct be hidden from public
2-12-08
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KUTV.com
Supporters of the bill believe that police misconduct should be kept secret from the public so to not discredit police testimony.
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News Link • Iran
US: Iran must confess to nuclear arms
2-15-08
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WireDispatch.com
The U.S. on Friday demanded that Iran confess to trying to make atomic weapons, suggesting that anything short of that would doom an International Atomic Energy Agency probe of Tehran's nuclear past.
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Opinion • Constitution
Words Eye View
IRS ATTACKS PASTOR FOR ENDORSING HUCKABEE
021508
Greg J Dixon
In an article in the July-September Trumpet Newsletter that I wrote entitled Caesar Calls in the Chips which follows this brief introduction I deal with the IRS attack on Pastors and churches that dare speak out on moral and social issues including
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