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Date Sent: 2009-11-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, November 19, 2009 PM edition |
Weak economic data pummels stocks -- FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays
Foreclosures hitting more people with prime loans -- China ramps up
espionage against US -- Wall Street tax must be international: Pelosi
-- Weak jobless claims, future economic activity data -- Rep. Kevin
Brady (R) Texas asks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign! --
Congressional Rep. Elijah Cummings Calls For "Total" Review Of The
Federal Reserve System -- When the Border is Everywhere: Resistance to
Speed Cameras and Border Checkpoints in Arizona -- What If They Stop
Buying Our Debt? - by Doug Hornig -- Muslim Head Scarf Tug Nets Chicago
Woman Hate Crime Arrest -- Ed Vallejo's Report From the Floor - Day 7 -
Continental Congress
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stronger dollar, weak economic data pummels stocks
11-19-2009
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AP
A stronger dollar and more discouraging signs of a subdued economic recovery triggered a broad sell-off in stocks.
Major indexes tumbled more than 1.5 percent Thursday, including the Dow Jones industrials, which fell about 160 points.
Energy an
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays
11-19-2009
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AP
Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosures hitting more people with prime loans
11-19-2009
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AP
A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Wall Street tax must be international: Pelosi
11-19-2009
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Reuters
Any tax imposed on financial transactions would have to take effect internationally to prevent Wall Street jobs and related business moving overseas, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
"It would have to be an international rule, not
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China ramps up espionage against US
11-19-2009
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AFP
China is sharply stepping up espionage against the USA as the rising Asian power grows more sophisticated in cyber warfare and spy recruitment. "China is changing the way that espionage is being done," said the chair of the US-China Economic and Secu
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Weak jobless claims, future economic activity data
11-19-2009
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AP
A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months. The index of leading economic indicators rose less in October than analysts had expected.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Rep. Kevin Brady (R) Texas asks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign!
11-19-2009
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Zero Hedge and Youtube
Video of Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas today asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign because of his incompetence before and after the finacial crises
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Frank Sacco
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Congressional Rep. Elijah Cummings Calls For "Total" Review Of The Federal Reserve System
11-19-2009
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The Market Ticker
Rep. Elijah Cummings and six other members of Congress send letter to Barney Frank, Chairman of House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd, Chairman Senate Banking Committee to call for a "total" review of the Federal Reserve System
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Reported by:
Frank Sacco
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Microbiologist kidnapped after warning vaccine is bioweapon
11-19-2009
Joseph Moshe whistle-blower on Baxter releasing outbreak (mutated H1N1?) in Ukraine
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Reported by:
Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Silverdome Sale Price Disappoints
11-19-2009
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Detroit News
Nearly 35 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the Pontiac Silverdome and a year after a $20 million sale fell through, city officials have sold the arena once called the most desirable property in Oakland County. The price: $583,000.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Property Rights
When the Border is Everywhere: Resistance to Speed Cameras and Border Checkpoints in Arizona
11-19-2009
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Infoshop News
Support for the technological class war on migrants and immigrants at the border has been strong and has included encouragement for the deployment of cameras and all manner of other Big Brother machinery -- as long as they are pointed south.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Police State
Everything is OK 3 (Camden Stories)
11-19-2009
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YouTube
It's time to wake up and for the people to reclaim this world from the forces of fear and ignorance.
These are our adventures in Camden.
Namaste. Peace. Love. Salaam. Shalom
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science
Lake Titicaca Shrinks
11-19-2009
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arclein
Titicaca's waters have dropped 81 centimeters (2.65 feet) since April and flora and fauna are apt to suffer damage if they drop another 30 centimeters (one foot), the statement said.
Navy Capt. Jorge Ernesto Espinoza told ATB television that South
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Bristle Cone Growth Spurt
11-19-2009
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arclein
What they found was that the bristlecone pines at treeline grow faster when temperatures are warmer-in contrast to the trees lower down the mountain, which grow faster with higher amounts of precipitation and when temperatures are cooler. In other wo
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
North West Passage Transit
11-19-2009
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arclein
This Oct. 26, 2009 photo shows Sprague Theobald's yacht Bagan moored in Ketchikan, alaska while its crew rested following their voyage, which began in June from Rhode Island, through the Northwest Passage, the Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea,
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robert klein
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News Link • PC: Political Correctness
Muslim Head Scarf Tug Nets Chicago Woman Hate Crime Arrest
11-18-2009
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Ginn
According to federal government, tug on a scarf on a non-Muslim, your “victim” can take it up in civil court. Pull on the scarf of a Muslim woman, and you’re charged with a hate crime under federal statutes. Penalty? Three years in prison and a $25,0
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Reported by:
Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Continental Congress 2009
Report From the Floor - Day 7 - Continental Congress
11-18-2009
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Me! on my YouTube Psychictaxi Channel
I made it back to the Delegation Floor early from lunch, and I thought I'd give you something extra...
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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