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Date Sent: 2009-12-28
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 28, 2009 |
At least 5 killed in Iran protests -- Airlines: New Rules Keep Passengers in Seats
Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan -- Stocks higher? Famed investor says don't bet on it -- Democrats to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade -- GOODBYE FAMILY DOCTOR!! -- Grand jury testimony tells of DeWeese's demands on staff -- Feds probing many ties of banker Allen Stanford and U.S. Congress -- Federal spending rose 4 percent, despite Obama pledge -- State legiscritters plan to pass seat belt law to raise cash -- No danger on Sunday flight, just an ill passenger -- 2 'Suspicious' Men Aboard Flight Detained in Phoenix -- Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land -- Michigan forces business owners into public sector unions -- Janet Napolitano Claims 'System Worked', Attempts Damage Control over Flight 523 Bombing --
Americans Are Hell-Bent On Tyranny - by Paul Craig Roberts -- $3
Million Fed Stimulus Program for Renters Facing Eviction: Bizarre
Guidelines, Red Tape -- 2009 Continental Congress: The Final Document -
by Szandor Blestman -- Central Problem: the Central Bank -- Healthcare Reform is a Lump of Coal - by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. -- Another border officer in child porn case -- Indiana police threaten to confiscate man's camera -- The Unintended Consequences of Fascism - by Dave Hodges -- Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea -- Family pleas for captive US soldier's release
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News Link • Iran
At least 5 killed in Iran protests
12-27-2009
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AP
Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital Sunday in one of the bloodiest confrontations in months, opposition websites and witnesses said. At least five people were killed.
Some accounts of the violenc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Airlines: New Rules Keep Passengers in Seats
12-26-2009
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Yahoo! News
"...during the final hour of flight passengers must remain seated. They won't be allowed access to carryon baggage or to have any items on their laps."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Media: Television
Media Coverage of Christmas Terrorism
12-27-2009
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Paul Levinson
MSNBC gets lows grades - the "all news" station broadcast canned documentaries all weekend
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Paul Levinson
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan
12-27-2009
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NY Times
Secretive branches of the military’s Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups in Afghanistan and, because of their success, plan an even bigger expansion next year,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves
12-27-2009
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AP
The FCC's attention for now is on TV broadcasters, which hold nearly 300 megahertz of airwaves that are mainly used to serve just 10 percent of American homes " those that still rely solely on over-the-air TV signals.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
China says discovers tomb of famed general Cao Cao
12-27-2009
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Reuters
Chinese archeologists have unearthed a large third-century tomb, which they say could be that of Cao Cao, the legendary politician and general famous throughout East Asia for his Machiavellian tactics.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stocks higher? Famed investor says don't bet on it
12-27-2009
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AP
Homes are selling at their fastest clip in nearly 3 years, the unemployment rate is falling and stocks are up 66% since their March lows " the best performance since the 1930s. What's not to like? Plenty, according to the CEO of Pimco.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Climate Change
Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade
12-27-2009
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Politico
The creation of an economy-wide market for greenhouse gas emissions is as the heart of the climate bill that cleared the House earlier this year. But with the health care fight still raging and the economy still hurting, moderate Democrats have littl
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Ariz. tuition-credit practices may violate federal tax laws
12-27-2009
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Arizona Republic
This month, as the tax year nears an end, thousands of Arizonans are expected to donate money to private-school tuition groups and claim a tax credit that reduces what they owe the state.
Many taxpayers will recommend that their money go to specif
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
GOODBYE FAMILY DOCTOR!!
12/23/09
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Wall Street Journal
What Doctors and Patients Have to Lose Under ObamaCare. Changes to Medicare will give the feds control of surgical decisions.
Democrats are touting the American Medical Association's endorsement of President Obama's health plan. But there's an im
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Corruption
Grand jury testimony tells of DeWeese's demands on staff
12-27-2009
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Tribune Review
With the assistance of his taxpayer-paid staff, Rep. DeWeese led a life of privilege while a Democratic leader in state House. A former House speaker and majority and minority leader, he used his legislative staff to run his personal life,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Feds probing many ties of banker Allen Stanford and U.S. Congress
12-27-2009
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Miami Herald
The ties between indicted banker Allen Stanford and members of Congress -- including millions in contributions and weekends in five-star Caribbean resorts -- are now the subject of a sweeping federal investigation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
What to do about those tax cuts?
12-27-2009
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McClatchy News
In the back of every Washington politician's mind is this sobering fact: Unless Congress acts, the temporary tax cuts it passed under Bush will expire at the end of next year. If they do nothing Republicans will slam them as tax hikers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Material Gain Mambo or Crap Sandwich Banquet
12-27-2009
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Buffalohair Gazette International
The climatic con game and the healthcare hustle continue to haunt average Americans with false claims and false hopes. The only real substance with in both of these unconstitutional mandates is the funneling of taxpayer dollars out of the taxpayers p
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Carlos Guevara
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Federal spending rose 4 percent, despite Obama pledge
12-27-2009
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McClatchy News
"For all the talk about the need to get spending under control, I don't see any of that," said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a budget watchdog group.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
State legiscritters plan to pass seat belt law to raise cash
12-27-2009
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Wichita Eagle
As Kansas lawmakers start working their way through a tough budget crisis traffic safety officials say a quick way to pick up $11 million: Pass a primary seat belt law that would allow police to stop motorists solely for not wearing a seat belt.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
No danger on Sunday flight _ just an ill passenger
12-27-2009
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AP
Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger - just an ill traveler who spent too much time in the bathroom.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
2 'Suspicious' Men Aboard Flight Detained in Phoenix
12-27-2009
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FOX News
Tensions are running high after Friday's attempted terror attack aboard an airplane, and those fears sparked a security scare at Sky Harbor Airport Saturday night -- and 2 men had to be pulled off a plane who were Middle Eastern and acting suspicious
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land
12-27-2009
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AP
Native American tribes tired of waiting for the US government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.
Native Americans say the purchases will help protect their culture and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
“Dingo's got My Baby” Aussie Family Claim Cruel Rabbit Attack by Shadowy “Dingo Paw”
12-27-2009
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Ginn
30 years after the famous "dingo's got my baby" case, the Aussie family's pet rabbits are cruelly bludgeoned to death. A letter claiming responsibility is signed by a person known only as "Dingo Paw".
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Obama Administration
Janet Napolitano, System Worked: Reactions from the Blogosphere
12-27-2009
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Mondo Frazier
Step right up for the best in entertaining invective on Janet Napolitano's 'the system worked' assessment. Reaction was "strong, swift and smackdown-bringing"--to say the least.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Corruption
Michigan forces business owners into public sector unions
12-27-2009
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Wall St Journal
How to make a dying economy even worse - siphon $3.7M away from private daycare workers into the union that they didn't know existed, provides no benefits, and has no corporate entity to fight.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • TERRORISM
Janet Napolitano Claims ‘System Worked’, Attempts Damage Control over Flight 523 Bombing
12-27-2009
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Ginn
Look into my eyes and repeat after me: "The system worked, the system worked..." Now, don't you feel safer?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Torture
Americans Are Hell-Bent On Tyranny by Paul Craig Roberts
12-27-2009
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Rense.com
"Tiger Woods is paying a bigger price for his girlfriends than Bush or Cheney will ever pay for the deaths and ruined lives of millions of people."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Government
$3 Million Fed Stimulus Program for Renters Facing Eviction: Bizarre Guidelines, Red Tape
12-27-2009
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Ginn
"I'm from the Government and I'm here to help--as soon as you fill out these forms in triplicate proving you don't need help."
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Continental Congress 2009
2009 Continental Congress: The Final Document by Szandor Blestman
12-27-2009
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American Chronicle Via Szandor Himself!
" It was not the Constitution that allowed the present tyranny to develop, but the people who ignored it or questioned its relevancy."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Central Problem: the Central Bank
12-27-2009
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Barrons Online
How many more crises must we endure until we realize the root cause of the problem? By fostering the booms and triggering the busts, the real villain is the institution of central banking itself.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Avatar's Savage Message
12-27-2009
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The Atlas Society
TAS's Executive Director Edward Hudgins reveals the 'tired, mind-numbing leftist clichés embedded in old, reactionary themes' of James Cameron's latest film.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Environment
The 'Science' Mantra
12-27-2009
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The Atlasphere
Science relies on empirical tests and objectivity to further its progress and test its theories. However, when outdated theories are seized upon by political groups as gospel, it smacks of religion. Let's end this farce.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Architecture
Penis Shadow Bridge: Westminster Bridge’s Manly Refurbishment
12-27-2009
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Mondo Frazier
Great moments in FAIL design #1: London's Westmister Bridge. Or, as it's becoming known, "The Penis Shadow Bridge".
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Corruption
Another border officer in child porn case
12-26-2009
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Times Herald
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer stationed at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on a charge of receiving child pornography. The indictment charges that Eric Higgins, 31, received pornographic ima
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Indiana police threaten to confiscate man’s camera
12-26-2009
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Photography Is Not A Crime
An Indiana man said police threatened to confiscate his camera as he was filming a traffic stop in front of his house while standing on his own property.
The man, who goes by the username dUsTjUnKy2000 on the forums of the Indianapolis Star newspa
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • TERRORISM
MASSIVE MUSLIM AD APPEARS ON TIMES SQUARE
12/25/2009
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godlikeproductions.com
JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
[link to thelastcrusade.org]
MERRY MUSLIM GREETINGS TO OBAMA’S AMERICA
by Dr. Paul L. Williams, The Last Crusade
Further proof to support President Barack Obama’s assertion that America is no longer a Judeo-Christi
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Florida's Urban Meyer resigns over heart troubles
12-26-2009
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AP
Urban Meyer is stepping down as coach at Florida because of health concerns that came to light when he was admitted to a hospital because of chest pains following the Southeastern Conference championship game.
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Philosophy: Fascism
The Unintended Consequences of Fascism
12-26-2009
Dave Hodges
With increasing public dissatisfaction of the politicians forsaking of the American middle class in favor of Congress’ servitude to corporate special interests, many refer to our elected representatives as metaphoric whores who will do anything for m
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Rusmussen: Plurality of American Now Believe Stimulus Bill Hurt
12-26-2009
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Mondo Frazier
There is hope that Americans are not totally economically illiterate, despite the best efforts of the New York Times' Paul Krugman. Acording to Rasmussen, for the first time, a plurality of Americans believe the stimulus bill hurt the economy.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Family pleas for captive US soldier's release
12-26-2009
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AP
The Taliban released a video of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the US military operation. In Idaho, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl's family pleaded on Christmas Day for his release and urg
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea
12-26-2009
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AP
Robert Park, a 28-year-old Korean-American, crossed the frozen Tumen River into North Korea from China on Christmas Day to urge Kim to release political prisoners and shut down the "concentration camps" where they are held.
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Powell Gammill
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