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Date Sent: 2009-01-21
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
Financial Sector Pushes Dow Down 334 Points on Obama's Big Day -- Obama 44th US President
Credit Card Processor Says Massive Data Stolen -- U.S. Secures New Supply Routes to Afghanistan -- YouTube Videos of Riots in Iceland - YESTERDAY!!! -- The Worst Part of Censorship Is ------------- by Terry Bressi -- 2 Western Analysts Say The Dollar is Doomed -- Study: HOV/Carpool Lanes Cause Accidents -- Banks Foreclose on Builders With Perfect Records -- Obama's Stimulus Package gives schools $142 Billion - with strings -- BofA to cut 35,000 jobs over 3 years -- More than 50% of Home Builders will Fail -- CDS Chart of Sovereign Debt Shows Chance of U.S. Default at 68% and Climbing -- US and UK on brink of debt disaster -- Roubini Predicts U.S. Losses May Reach $3.6 Trillion, banking system is "effectively insolvent" -- Study: Fluoridation Benefits Doubtful -- Collectivism's Last Stand - by L. Neil Smith -- Open Letter To Congress On Sharing The Pain - by MISH -- State Secession and the Coming Civil War -- 2009 Inauguration to cost over $160 Million -- The Rise of the 4th Reich - by Dave Hodges -- Washington Goes Into Security Clampdown
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Trends Journal Editor Predicts Meltdown, Tax Revolt, Revolution in 2009
01-20-2009
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Financial Sense News Hour
(mp3 download) As his 1st guest expert this week, Jim Puplava had Gerald Celente describe his out-of-the-mainstream predictions for 2009. Full Interview on mp3
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Reported by:
Trouser Chili
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News Link • Camera Fraud
HB 2106 - Bill Prohibiting Photo Radar Introduced in AZ Legislature
01-20-2009
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AZ State Legislature
Text of the bill read today. I can't read legalese very well, but I'm not sure the bill goes far enough. While you're on the site, you might want to peruse some of the other 425 bills introduced this session. Yikes.
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Reported by:
Trouser Chili
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News Link • Obama Administration
After Flub, Experts Say, A Do-Over Couldn't Hurt
1-20-2009
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Washington Post
The presidential oath of office is required of a new president before he can execute his powers, and the Constitution is clear that its 35 words must be spoken exactly. Oooooops!
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Credit Card Processor Says Some Data Was Stolen
1-20-2009
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NY Times
The card numbers, expiration dates, and in some cases cardholder names were exposed after attacks on its computer systems at the one point where data had been unencrypted. Exposed tens of millions of credit and debit cardholders to the risk of fraud
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China Sees Separatist Threats
1-20-2009
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NY Times
China said it faces threats from independence movements related to Taiwan, Tibet and the western desert region of Xinjiang, and that American arms sales to Taiwan jeopardize stability in Asia. [They should sell AK-47s cheap here as payback.]
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Secures New Supply Routes to Afghanistan
1-20-2009
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NY Times
Faced with the risk that Taliban attacks could imperil the main supply route for NATO troops in Afghanistan, the United States military has obtained permission to move troop supplies through Russia and Central Asia, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top Am
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
Border Patrol radar-camera system detects illegals
1-20-2009
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AP
Once the radar has a hit, the cameras automatically focus on that spot. Then an agent identifies what's on camera - whether it's cattle, wildlife, a truck or a group of people walking with heavy backpacks - possibly carrying marijuana. "
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Inauguration plunges stocks on Inauguration Day
1-20-2009
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Reuters
Wall Street ushered in the Barack Obama presidency with a record Inauguration Day drop on Tuesday amid fresh signs the global bank crisis was far from over.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Napolitano resigns to head Homeland Security; Brewer new AZ Governor
1-20-2009
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East Valley Tribune
Jan Brewer officially became Arizona’s 24th governor late Tuesday afternoon. The move came after Janet Napolitano submitted her resignation letter to Brewer, Arizona’s secretary of state, at 4:52 p.m., just hours after the U.S. Senate confirmed her a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
New Riots In Iceland,
Tonight On Our Show We will have a live Call from The Icelandic Riots that ar
01-20-2009
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http://freedomfighterradio.net/
I have received a call early this evening from a friend who is a activist in Iceland informing me of a massive riot/demonstration. Here is what we now know the latest is that around 3000 people have taken to the streets and as you read this are prot
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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Feature Article • Homeland Security
The Worst Part of Censorship Is ------
Terry Bressi
In mid-December 2008 it came to my attention that YouTube had removed several videos from my YouTube channel highlighting a few of my encounters at an internal suspicionless Homeland Security checkpoint. This was done without notice or explanation.
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News Link • Constitution
The First Official Lie
01-20-2009
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Mark Yannone
Like so much of the United States federal government, today's supposed transition began with fraud.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
CNBC Hong Kong: 2 Western Analysts Say The Dollar is Doomed
1-19-09
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CNBC.com
With promises of more U.S. government intervention, we are going to be in a situation of hyperinflation and a dollar that is absolutely doomed, warns Kirby Daley, senior strategist at the Newedge Group. Daley & Dodge Dorland, CIO at Landor Capital Ma
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Financial Sector Pushes Dow Down 334 Points on Obama's Big Day
1-20-09
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Bloomberg.com
“All the banks are going to have to recapitalize,” said Greg Woodard, portfolio strategist at Manning & Napier Advisors Inc. in Fairport, New York. “That’s not done. That’s in front of them, and we don’t want to try to get in front of that trade.”
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
HR 140: EVIL CARROT OF HIGHWAY TERROR
01-21-2209
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BeatTheChip.org
In my work approaching State legislators, some of them are cowing down due to threats of losing federal funding for their Highways by hitching them to Real ID regulatory conditions (Yes, the exact ones you hate).
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Reported by:
Sheila Dean
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banks Foreclose on Builders With Perfect Records
01-20-2009
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NY Times
Dave Brown, a builder in Tempe, Ariz., had never missed an interest payment, but his bank shut down his projects anyway.
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Reported by:
Trouser Chili
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News Link • Family
What Will the Obama Presidency Mean for Fathers?
01-19-09
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www.glennsacks.com
I'm often asked what I think the Obama presidency will mean for fathers. I think there are some reasons to be optimistic and some reasons to be pessimistic. Below I list a bunch of them, not in any particular order.
Positive: Obama clearly u
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Reported by:
Glenn Sacks
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News Link • Obama Administration
Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov
01-20-2009
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White House
Just like your new government, WhiteHouse.gov and the rest of the Administration's online programs will put citizens first. Our initial new media efforts will center around three priorities: Communication - Transparency - Participation
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Sworn in as 44th President of U.S.
01-20-2009
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Washington Post
Addressing a huge throng estimated at more than 2 million people on the capital's Mall and millions of others watching on television, Obama recognized the multiple crises now afflicting the nation at a time of war abroad and economic turmoil at h
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Obama's Stimulus Package gives schools $142 Billion - with strings
1-20-09
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usatoday.com/news/
"Existing state tests are not as good as they could be," he says. "Putting new money into building stronger state assessments is what's needed."
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
BofA to cut 35,000 jobs over 3 years
1-20-09
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bizjournals.com/
BofA has said it expects to eliminate as many as 35,000 jobs over the next three years as it seeks to cut annual expenses by $7 billion in response to the acquisition and the recession.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ivy Zelman: North of 50 Percent of Home Builders will Fail
1-20-09
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NakedCapitalism.com
According to an estimate by the National Association of Home Builders, at least 20,000 builders " about a fifth of the total nationwide " have closed up shop in the last two years....
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
CDS Chart of Sovereign Debt Shows Chance of U.S. Default at 68 Percent and Climbing
1-12-09
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Immobilienblasen.blogspot.com
According to the chart the Default Rate for the Italy is 78%, Belgium 82%, UK 97.9%, Greece 101.3%, Austria 104.5%, and Ireland 113.6%. The problem is this chart is 2.5 months old and the problem is much worse...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
US and UK on brink of debt disaster
1-20-09
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/News
In particular, having governments buy distressed assets from the banks, or provide loan guarantees, is not an effective solution. It does not reduce the volume of debt, or force recognition of losses. It merely re-denominates private sector obligatio
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Roubini Predicts U.S. Losses May Reach $3.6 Trillion, banking system is “effectively insolvent”
1-20-09
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Bloomberg.com
“I’ve found that credit losses could peak at a level of $3.6 trillion for U.S. institutions, half of them by banks and broker dealers,” Roubini said at a conference in Dubai today. “If that’s true, it means the U.S. banking system is effectively inso
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Healthcare
Study: Fluoridation Benefits Doubtful
01/09/2009
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Reuters
Fluoride ingestion does not reduce tooth decay, making water fluoridation something that should be ended. [edit: "...and increased fluoride content of foods, they report."]
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Nys Cof
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Collectivism's Last Stand
by L. Neil Smith
1-20-2009
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The Libertarian Enterprise
I am not an economist, nor"unlike a half-vast majority of the hairspray headed newsies who have somehow lately, miraculously, become overnight experts on all matters economic"do I pretend to be one on TV.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Open Letter To Congress On Sharing The Pain
01-20-2009
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
President Obama has called for sacrifice and sharing. I wholeheartedly agree.
However, before sharing the pain, and before working towards a solution, we must understand the problem. To date, many mistakes have been made because Congress, the Fed,
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Reported by:
Mike Shedlock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
State Secession and the Coming Civil War
1-20-2009
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Debt Prison
Without morality, you cannot sustain a nuclear family, and thus no facilities in which to maintain a culture. Without sound monetary policy, there is no way to sustain an economy, and thus the livelihoods of a nation’s citizens are destroyed.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
An Obamanation: 2009 Inauguration to cost over $160 Million
1-20-2009
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Activated Again
[and no place to pee] While the US economy is in the midst of what may be the worst economic crisis ever, our great nation is preparing to throw a party to celebrate the election of our soon to be president, Barack Obama.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Unconstitutional & Illegal National Firearm Licensing Program Proposed
01-20-2009
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www.roguegovernment.com
The terrorists in the federal government are continuing to destroy any freedom and liberty that might be left in this country. Now that the Democrat faction of the one party system has a majority in both houses of Congress and will shortly be in cont
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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Feature Article • Philosophy: Fascism
The Rise of the 4th Reich
Dave Hodges
If one is seeking to understand how America has arrived in the place that it finds itself today, then by all means, forget everything that you think you know about our history, trash the approved textbooks, and most of all, totally ignore the corpora
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News Link • Police State
Washington Goes Into Security Clampdown
01-19-2009
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Yahoo! News
As president-elect Obama criss-crossed the city in his new armored car to engage in community service events, authorities began choreographing a well-rehearsed plan to turn a one-square-mile area of the capital into a hyper-secure zone.
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Reported by:
Glenn Jacobs
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