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Date Sent: 2009-04-02
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
Afghan Base Detention Subject to US Courts -- "New world order" emerges in global economic crisis
Gen. Petraeus Says Israel Might Choose to Attack Iran -- G-20 Pact Has New Rules and $1.1 Trillion in Loan Pledges -- Food stamp list swells to record 32.2 million -- Myth on Guns to Mexico -- US launching UBS tax fraud probe -- Video: Hundreds of Iowans thrown out of public tax hearing -- Police 'fusion' centers tracked Ron Paul, Barr, McKinney supporters -- Ed Schultz joins MSNBC -- Unmasking the Fed -- Sun at its quietest in a century -- U.S. says North Korea missile launch could come Saturday -- HHS pick urges health coverage for all Americans -- Factory orders up 1.8% in February -- Reduce your Taxes by Becoming an Illegal Resident Alien -- Wall Street extends rally as economic hopes rise -- White House puts pressure on governors who reject stimulus
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News Link • Torture
Detention at Afghan Base Is Subject to U.S. Courts
04-02-2009
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NY Times
A federal judge ruled prisoners held by the American military in Afghanistan have a constitutional right to challenge their imprisonment in US civilian courts, delivering a rebuke to a claim of unfettered executive power by both Bush and Obama
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
"New world order" emerging from global economic crisis: PM Brown
04-02-2009
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AFP
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that "a new world order" is emerging following the G20 summit in London on tackling the global financial crisis. [Time to reap our harvest, eh?]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Gen. Petraeus Says Israel Might Choose to Attack Iran
04-02-2009
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Bloomberg
Israel might choose to attack Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said. "Iranian officials have consistently failed to provide the assurances and transparency necessary for international a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
G-20 Pact Has New Rules and $1.1 Trillion in Loan Pledges
04-02-2009
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NY Times
Attempting to bridge deep divides in policy and financial philosophy, the leaders of nearly two dozen of the world’s largest economies agreed to a broad array of new fiscal and regulatory steps, in a desperate effort to revive the paralyzed global ec
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Food stamp list swells to record 32.2 million
04-02-2009
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Reuters
A record 32.2 million people -- one in every 10 Americans -- received food stamps at latest count---a reflection of the recession now in its 16th month. Food stamps are the major U.S. antihunger program and help poor people buy groceries.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
US launching UBS tax fraud probe
04-02-2009
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AFP
The US Justice Department has launched about 100 criminal investigations into major American investors of Swiss banking giant UBS. Some clients had US and other citizenship and were considered a "flight risk" and were not eligible for an IR
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Rampaging Wind Power Bull
04-02-2009
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arclein
What is happening though is that the wind industry is on its way to grabbing at least twenty percent of the global energy market. It is safe, it is reliable and it is deliverable
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robert klein
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gov't Lie Exposed: 90% of guns in Mex. come from U.S.? Horsepuckey!!!!
4-2-2009
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Fox News
What's true, an ATF spokeswoman told FOXNews.com, in a clarification of the statistic used by her own agency's assistant director, "is that over 90 percent of the TRACED firearms originate from the U.S."
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
'ER' operates on fans' hearts for last time
04-02-2009
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AFP
After 15 seasons of fixing patients and breaking hearts, the doctors of "ER," the TV drama that launched superstar George Clooney, booked their final appointment Thursday. The 332-episode series will close on NBC with a two-hour special.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science
Deep Solar Minimum
04-02-2009
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arclein
Right on time the sunspot cycle is establishing minima. This time it appears to be as deep as last seen in 1913. Otherwise it is essentially good news as business as usual.
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robert klein
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News Link • TAXES: State
Video: Hundreds of Iowans thrown out of public tax hearing
04-02-2009
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Rawstory
Over 500 Iowans were thrown out of a public tax hearing in Iowa's State House on Tuesday. Lawmakers ordered the room cleared after they were interrupted several times. The hearing was to debate a proposal that would have ended the practice of ded
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
G-20 to give $1 trillion to IMF, World Bank
04-02-2009
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AP
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says leaders at the G-20 summit have agreed to give $1 trillion to the International Monetary Fund. They will enact common policies to crack down on tax havens, regulate hedge funds, and "prevent a crisis such as this
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police 'fusion' centers tracked Ron Paul, Barr, McKinney supporters
04-02-2009
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Rawstory
Formed in the wake of 9/11 as a way to search out domestic terrorist threats, fusion centers are doing surveillance of the supporters of third-party presidential candidates and an ambiguous mission directive that has lead to overreaching power.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Radio
Ed Schultz joins MSNBC for 6-7 weekday slot
04-02-2009
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Rawstory
Veteran talk radio host Ed Schultz joins MSNBC as host of "The Ed Show," premiering on Monday, April 6. The "Ed Show" will air weekdays, 6-7pm ET. The announcement was made this evening by Phil Griffin, President, MSNBC.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Unmasking the Fed
04-02-2009
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brasschecktv.com via Rense.com
Thanks to the Internet, and specifically video on the Internet, more Americans understand the reality behind the Fed than at any time since the Fed's creation.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Sun at its quietest in a century
04-02-2009
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Space
The sun works on a pretty well known 11-year cycle of activity, all measured by sunspots and solar flares. But like the stock market, the sunspot cycle is unpredictable. And just when astronomers thought it had hit bottom, it went lower. It has been
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
U.S. says North Korea missile launch could come Saturday
04-02-2009
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Reuters
North Korea's missile preparations suggest Pyongyang could launch a satellite into space as early as Saturday, an American defense official said as the U.S. military monitored the situation. [Notice its a "rocket" when we do it.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Social
HHS pick urges health coverage for all Americans
04-02-2009
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AP
During her confirmation hearing, Sebelius avoided endorsing a plan to make people legally responsible for seeing that they're insured. The concept of how, or whether, universal coverage would be mandated is just one of the thorny issues to be dea
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Factory orders up 1.8 percent in February
04-02-2009
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AP
Orders to U.S. factories posted an increase in February after six straight monthly declines, providing another glimmer of hope that the economy's deep plunge may be starting to moderate. The Commerce Department said orders for manufactured produc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Wall Street extends rally as economic hopes rise
04-02-2009
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AP
Enthusiastic investors are buying up stocks again, sending the Dow Jones industrials above the 8,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months. All the major indexes are soaring more than 3.5% as investors grow more optimistic the economy is on th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House puts pressure on governors who reject stimulus
04-02-2009
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McClatchy News
A state legislature can't apply for funds from a key pot of education money in President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan if the state's governor fails to do so, the White House budget director said. With governors facin
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Property Rights
Tacky Jack Resists Urban Renewal Bullies
04/02/2009
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Just a Girl in Short Shorts
Jack in the Box is resisting the efforts of municipal planners, politicians, bureaucrats, and their developer partners to remove the profitable restaurants from Chandler and Tempe--so the property can be used for more trendy and upscale purposes.
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Becky Chandler
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News Link • Humor
What would you do?
04-02-2009
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Mark Yannone
Your response is likely to be governed by your culture. What are you teaching your children?
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The Tree of Liberty - War on Tyranny - Patriots Vs Loyalist (Video)
04-2-2009
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Freedom Fighter Radio.net
Today, Americans confront a despotic threat to themselves and their nation like those of 1776 and 1861, but one that neither Jefferson nor the Southern secessionists would have imagined possible in the America the Founders designed.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Paul Krugman on Failure of Securitization
04-02-2009
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arclein
As you can guess, I don't share that vision. I don't think this is just a financial panic; I believe that it represents the failure of a whole model of banking, of an overgrown financial sector that did more harm than good. I don't think
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robert klein
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News Link • World News
Canadian Police Obstruct Citizens Arrest on George Torturer Bush
04-02-2009
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DJ Ball
As heavily armed Calgary City Police Officers, dressed in black, obstruct my attempt to do THEIR job, and to do MY civic duty, to arrest the credibly suspected war criminal George W. Bush, Calgary’s fascist elite look on and laugh in joyful triumph,
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