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Date Sent: 2009-03-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, March 30, 2009 PM edition |
Stocks Drop, Treasuries Gain as US Warns on Banks, Carmakers
Junk Cars and Recycled Paper - by Brock Lorber -- What is the fate of American TYRANTS and their minions? -- 5 Britons arrested ahead of G20 London protests -- Global stocks tumble as auto, banking woes deepen -- Double-digit unemployment looms, OECD tells G8 -- Treasury Sec. Some Banks Need ‘Large Amounts’ of Your Earnings -- Chrysler’s CEO Said to Have Been Allowed by Obama to Stay in Job -- Waterboarding Produced False Leads, Officials Say
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks Drop, Treasuries Gain as U.S. Warns on Banks, Carmakers
03-30-2009
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Bloomberg
Stocks slumped, while Treasuries and the dollar gained, as the Obama administration warned that some banks will need more government aid and bankruptcy may be the best option for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Global stocks tumble as auto, banking woes deepen
03-30-2009
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Reuters
World stocks hit a one-week low and government bonds rose on Monday after General Motors and Chrysler edged closer to bankruptcy as their turnaround plans were rejected and tensions rose in Europe's banking sector.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Double-digit unemployment looms, OECD tells G8
03-30-2009
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Reuters
The global economic crisis will hit jobs hard, with unemployment set to reach double digits in many developing and advanced countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Sign Bearer Blasts Councilwoman's Fundraising
03-30-2009
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e-mail from the sign-bearer!
"Well, they did a pretty good job of quoting me but I think I said "We are here to hold these assholes' feet to the fire. We are sick of their same as usual tax and spend mentality" - Andrea.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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Opinion • Philosophy: Fascism
Junk Cars and Recycled Paper
03-30-2009
Brock Lorber
Since your money (and that of your children and grandchildren) is being used to socialize losses at banks and automakers, you may want to know how that's going. Luckily, the US is a free country where you can learn such things.
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News Link • World News
Is this the future fate of American TYRANTS and their minions?
03-30-2009
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Yuri Bezmenov
Yuri Bezmenov - KGB defector describes what has been done to America and read between the lines of the possible future fate of our country’s leaders, to and include the media and all tyrants.
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Science
Maize Antiquity
03-30-2009
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arclein
This work pretty well locks down the antiquity of maize husbandry. You have the natural heartland and direct evidence. It may and should be older still, but not by a lot. This age compares favorably with all other global domesticates
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Red River Blues
03-30-2009
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arclein
the Red River will be stress testing the floodway that bypasses Winnipeg this year and all flood defenses will also be tested. It appears that all the records will be challenged.
The main lesson here though, is that North Dakota needs to build flo
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robert klein
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Reality Report: Weekend Edition - The Glenn Jacobs Interview
03-30-2009
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Restore the Republic
Actor Glenn Jacobs joins Gary on this special weekend edition of the Reality Report to discuss Keynesian vs. Austrian economics, the Federal Reserve, running for office, Glenn Beck, Ron Paul, the state of the economy and more.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Humor
The Modern Missouri Police Movement
03-30-2009
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FPIAC
The Free People Information Analysis Center has issued an informational report on the state of the police state in Missouri. [.pdf file, very funny]
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Drug War
Guns and Drugs
03-30-2009
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Drug WarRant
While the main weapons are getting to the cartels from the U.S., they're not being smuggled into Mexico. The ultimate source of the guns used by the cartels in Mexico? The U.S. government. [legal shipments to Mexican Military]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Police State
Five Britons arrested ahead of G20 London protests
03-30-2009
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Reuters
"Those arrested people will remain in custody while further inquiries take place." Thousands of officers are taking part in a massive security operation this week when world leaders arrive for the G20 summit on the financial crisis to be he
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Geithner Says Some Banks Need ‘Large Amounts’ of Assistance
03-30-2009
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Bloomberg
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said some financial institutions will need substantial government aid, while warning against any attempt to tax investors who join a federal program to buy tainted assets from banks.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Chrysler’s Nardelli Is Said to Have Been Allowed to Stay in Job
03-30-2009
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Bloomberg
Chrysler will be told today that it must complete a planned alliance with Italy’s Fiat SpA to gain access to small-car technology in exchange for giving up a 35 percent equity stake, according to a government official.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Waterboarding Produced False Leads, Officials Say
03-30-2009
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Washington Post
Detainee’s Harsh Treatment Foiled No Plots Waterboarding, Rough Interrogation of Abu Zubaida Produced False Leads, Officials Say
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Reported by:
Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Obama's Test
03-30-2009
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arclein
And he has taken too long to produce his plan for dealing with the trillions of dollars of toxic assets which fester on banks’ balance-sheets.
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Reported by:
robert klein
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