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Date Sent: 2009-02-05
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Thursday, February 5, 2009 AM Edition |
Companies bleed jobs, service slump slows -- Congress postpones digital TV transition to June
Clinton Warns Iran to Comply With Mandates -- Science Found Wanting in Nation’s Crime Labs -- Israel admits its troops killed Gaza girls -- Iraq: Sunni tribal leader says he can prove election fraud -- Drive-by reader for RFID licenses and passport cards -- SEC pummeled as Madoff whistleblower testifies -- Obama signs kids' health insurance bill -- Senate OKs $15,000 tax break for home buyers on new bailout bill -- Cash-strapped States Mull Seat Belt Law Changes -- Lawrence Summers Warns of Deflation -- 9th Exploding Mobile Phone Kills Man in China -- War on (Some) Drugs Buries Another Victim -- Gordon Brown says we're in a depression -- UK judges accuse Obama Administration of suppressing torture claim -- A concurrent AZ RESOLUTION - Claiming Sovereignty Under the Tenth Amendment... -- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS - Lobby for Obama Stimulus
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News Link • Iran
Clinton Warns Iran to Comply With Mandates
2-5-2009
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Washington Post
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plunged into her first day of intensive diplomacy, meeting separately with the foreign ministers of Britain and Germany and receiving a trip report from her Middle East envoy.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Science Found Wanting in Nation’s Crime Labs
2-5-2009
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NY Times
Forensic evidence that has helped convict thousands of defendants for nearly a century is often the product of shoddy scientific practices that should be upgraded and standardized, according to accounts of a draft report by the nation’s pre-eminent s
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israel admits its troops killed Gaza girls
2-4-2009
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Reuters
Israel admitted Wednesday that one of its tanks killed three girls whose father's cries on live television shocked viewers in the final days of the Gaza offensive, but said the action was "reasonable."
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq: Sunni tribal leader says he can prove election fraud
2-4-2009
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AP
A senior Sunni tribal leader claimed Wednesday to have hundreds of documents proving fraud in weekend elections in Anbar province, escalating a crisis that has threatened to reignite violence in the former insurgent stronghold.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Companies bleed jobs, service slump slows
2-4-2009
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Reuters
The U.S. economy is hemorrhaging jobs and may not stop bleeding for at least another year, even if the government acts quickly to stimulate the economy, according to reports released
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The 2nd American Revolution
02-04-2009
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The Civilians Military Song: Masked Militant
Rap Video (Hard Language Warning for the sensitive) - 2nd American Revolution Music By: The Civilians Military Song: Masked Militant Origin: Colorado, USA Go to www.rapsheetz.com/music.html for free downloads from this groups music.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Just a Girl in short shorts talking about whatever
02-04-2009
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Becky C. Arizona, United States
Military Civilian Detention Camps in America
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Ancient Whales Gave Birth on Land
2-4-2009
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LiveScience
More than 47 million years ago, a whale was about to give birth to her young ... on land. That's according to skeletal remains of a pregnant cetacean whose fetus was positioned head-down as is the case for land mammals but not aquatic whales.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Oldest Fossil Evidence for Animals Found
2-4-2009
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LiveScience
The oldest fossilized evidence of animals has been unearthed in Oman and reveals that tiny sea sponges were abundant 635 million years ago, long before most of the planet's other major animal groups evolved.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Events: Arizona
"Indoctrinate U" Viewing
02/12/2009
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Phoenix Objectivists
Phoenix Objectivists will host a viewing of the documentary "Indoctrinate U" at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism on Thursday, February 12th at 7 p.m.
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Reported by:
Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Activism
Pranks involving electronic road signs stir worry
2-4-2009
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AP
Electronic message boards meant to warn motorists of possible trouble on the road increasingly are being taken over by pranksters putting drivers on notice about everything from Nazi zombies to raptors. Highway officials aren't amused.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Drive-by reader for RFID licenses and passport cards
02-04-2009
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Papers Please
Hacker & researcher Chris Paget has demonstrated the ability to read the globally unique serial numbers on RFID chips in passport cards & electronic drivers licenses in the purses & pockets of pedestrians on the street from a passing car, at least 30
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
SEC pummeled as Madoff whistleblower testifies
2-4-2009
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Reuters
Harry Markopolos, a former investment manager who tried to warn U.S. regulators about Bernard Madoff, joined lawmakers in blasting the Securities and Exchange Commission but said he was forwarding more tips to the agency.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Ancient Snake Was As Long As a Bus
2-4-2009
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LiveScience
From the fossilized vertebrae, the researchers conservatively estimate the snake weighed about 2,500 pounds (1,140 kg) and measured nearly 43 feet (13 meters) from nose to tail tip.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • History
Nazi fugitive 'Doctor Death' died in 1992
2-4-2009
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AFP
One of the most wanted Nazi war criminals, Aribert Heim or "Doctor Death", thought to be in his 90s and in South America, actually died in Cairo in 1992. German public TV said Heim died of bowel cancer in 1992, under the assumed identity o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Obama signs kids' health insurance bill
2-4-2009
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AP
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge to provide insurance for all Americans.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Senate OKs $15,000 tax break for homebuyers on new bailout bill
2-4-2009
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AP
The Senate voted to give a tax break of up to $15,000 to homebuyers in hopes of revitalizing the housing industry, a victory for Republicans eager to leave their mark on a mammoth economic stimulus bill at the heart of President Obama's recovery
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Congress postpones digital TV transition to June
2-4-2009
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AP
After weeks of debate, Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. The House voted 264-158 to postpone the shutdown of analog TV signals to June 12
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
And, It's 1,2,3 What're We Fighting For?
2-4-2009
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LA Times Opinion
There have been three DEA raids on medical cannabis facilities since Jan 20, 2009. How many will it take before true believers realize that candidate Obama made promises that President Obama doesn't intend to keep?
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Media: Television
Bullshit in America!
02-04-2009
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Reason TV
Set your Tivos, or write on your calendar Friday, March 6th. Based on six segments from Reason.tv and featuring Drew Carey, John Stossel wil take a long (and libertarian) look at immigration, medical pot, eminent domain absue and much more.
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Reported by:
Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Events: Arizona
"It's not my debt" Banner Painting Party 2/6/09
02-04-2009
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Meetup.com
For anyone who wishes to help, please come to the workshop Friday afternoon/evening (February 6th, 2009) from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to make 'Its Not My Debt' banners.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
IL, TX Drivers Warned of Zombie Menace
2-4-2009
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KSDK-TV
Traffic warning signs are changed to zombie warning signs. [in various stories, this is the work of "remote hackers", a "UT computer genius", or, just plain hackers that crack the well-known password: DOTS]
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Camera Fraud
The Safest Town in the World
2-4-2009
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Dallas Morning News
Duncanville, TX. Population: 38,500. Red light camera tickets last year: 45,000.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Food
If you want to know where the pork is, perhaps it's here.....THE BACON EXPLOSION
02-04-2009
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BBQAddicts.com
Did any of you ladies see this recipe in time for Super Bowl Sunday? If not, your favorite Valentine just might be craving some MAN FOOD like the one in this recipe!
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
What Does it Feel Like to be a Libertarian?
2-4-2009
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Freedom Politics
If you add to Cassandra’s curse that she would be ridiculed, derided, and shunned for making her predictions, you have a pretty fair approximation of what it feels like to be a libertarian.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Obama Administration
Lawrence Summers Warns Deflation Is ‘Real Risk’ for Economy
2-4-09
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Bloomberg.com
“Deflation is a real risk facing the economy,” Summers, the director of the National Economic Council, said today on a conference call with reporters. “We do not have time to wait” to approve the fiscal-stimulus package the Obama administration is pu
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Men trying to be our God
Cash-strapped States Mull Seat Belt Law Changes
2-4-2009
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AP via myway news
Columbus, Ohio - More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Drug War
War on (Some) Drugs Buries Another Victim
2-4-2009
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hamptonroads.com
Ryan Frederick was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Det. Jarrod Shivers, part of a dynamic entry team breaking into Fredrick's house in 2008. [the tragedy continues to be compounded]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Communications
Exploding Mobile Phone Kills Man in China
2-4-2009
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Telegraph.co.uk
Local reports said that this was the ninth recorded cellphone explosion in China since 2002.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - International
Spain's downward spiral spooks bond investors: unemployment rate hits 14.4%
2-4-09
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Telegraph.co.uk/finance/
Spain is losing jobs at three times the rate of the US, in proportionate terms. Over one million Spanish men under thirty are unemployed, leading to a surge in applications to join the armed forces. Three quarters of the army candidates are being tur
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
UK judges accuse Obama Administration of suppressing torture claim
02-04-2009
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TimesOnline (UK)
The United States government has threatened to withhold intelligence cooperation with the UK if evidence of the alleged torture of a ‘terrorist’ detainee at Guantanamo Bay is made public.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Economy - International
Gordon Brown says we're in a depression: Raising expectations for April 2nd G20 meeting
2-4-09
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YouTube.com
“We should agree, as a world, on a monetary and fiscal stimulus that will take the world out of depression.” Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Feb 3, 2009
Expect turmoil in stocks in the run up to the G20 meetings on April 2,2009.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona Laws and Arizona Founding Documents
A concurrent AZ RESOLUTION - Claiming Sovereignty Under the Tenth Amendment...
2-4-2009
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AzLeg.Gov via e-mail
...to the constitution of the united states over certain powers, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Earth's Magnetic Field
02-04-2009
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arclein
a nice summary of the present state of our ideas about the Earth’s interior and its magnetic engine. To be totally fair, it is complete rubbish to think in terms of swirling dynamos.
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robert klein
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