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Date Sent: 2010-01-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
Russia Urged China To Dump Fannie, Freddie Before Bailout -- Airports to Get Mind-Reading Scanners
Bin Laden Blasts US for Climate Change -- Regulators shut down banks in 5 states -- Bankers in favor of paying global fee --
Bill Gates pledges $10 billion for a 'Decade of The Vaccine' -- Guilty
verdict in slain Kansas abortion doctor case -- New Russian stealth
fighter makes first flight -- Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Kurt Warner
announces retirement -- Yuan Revaluation Pending -- A Rudderless Ship
Of State - by Chuck Baldwin -- Censorship: The NY Fed Conspiracy They Don’t Want You to See -- The Chicago Way: Why Goldman Sachs May Be Dead Meat -- Wikileaks temporarily shuts down due to lack of funds -- Blair insists he was right to stop Saddam -- Conspiracy Theories: The Emergence Of A Secret Banking Cabal -- Printing Lithium Batteries
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News Link • China
Russia Urged China To Dump Its Fannie, Freddie Holdings Before GSE Bailout
1-29-10
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ZeroHedge.com
Of course, the Russians were very prophetic, with the formal GSE conservatorship announcement following a few short days later on September 6, 2008. They also knew how to put their money where their mouth was:
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners
01-29-2010
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LiveScience
WeCU Tech.is building a mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential danger - without the subject's knowledge. WeCU is creating a system that would turn the public spaces in airports into vast screening grounds.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Bin Laden Blasts US for Climate Change
01-29-2010
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AP
[how pathetic] Osama bin Laden sought to draw a wider public into his fight against the United States in a new message Friday, dropping his usual talk of religion and holy war and focusing instead on an unexpected topic: global warming.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Regulators shut down banks in 5 states
01-29-2010
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AP
Regulators shut down a big bank in California on Friday, along with two banks in Georgia and one each in Florida, Minnesota and Washington. That brought to 15 the number of bank failures so far in 2010 atop the 140 shuttered last year in the punishin
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Speech
VIDEO: Americans signing petition to repeal 1st Amendment
01-29-2010
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BeatTheChip.org
After this week's Supreme Court decision, I think American's are "Constitutionally challenged" when it comes to Free Speech. If you disagree with allowing corporations which can be owned by any foreign entity to participate in purchasing our electio
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Reported by:
Sheila Dean
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Opinion • Food
Excitotoxin what are they?
01-29-2010
Jeneen Zucker
“If someone were to tell you that chemicals added to the food could cause brain damage in your children, and these chemicals could effect how your children’s nervous system formed during development
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama 2.0: The Voters are Morons and Don’t Understand Me
01-29-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Pity poor, poor Barack Obama: elected to lead a nation of idiots. The president has a new approach to passing his take-over of health care: explain it in very small words so the voters"those morons"can understand him.
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Reported by:
Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bankers in favor of paying global fee
01-29-2010
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Financial Times
Some of the world’s most prominent bankers have come out in favour of a global bank wind-down fund, a concession from the industry after weeks of fighting proposals for new taxes in the US and Europe.
Government rescue packages for banksJosef Acke
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Reported by:
Steve Freedom
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Firefly Mission to Study Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes
01-29-2010
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NASA (h/t C.D.)
High-energy bursts of gamma rays typically occur far out in space, perhaps near black holes or other high-energy cosmic phenomena. So imagine scientists' surprise when they found these powerful gamma ray flashes happening on Earth,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Danger: They're Looking Out for Your Health and Safety
01-29-2010
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John Stossel
Bureaucrats love to acquire power over your life under the guise of providing for your "health and safety."
In Arizona, that concern left a woman to sleep in her car for 11 nights.
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Reported by:
Keith Hamburger
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Bill Gates pledges $10 billion for a 'Decade of The Vaccine'
1-29-10
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TimesOnLine.co.uk
Mr Gates said that he hoped the coming ten years would be the “decade of the vaccine” to reduce dramatically child mortality in the world’s poorest countries.
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Jack Gregson
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Opinion • Activism
C4L Bad CO Ad. C4L Response.
01-29-2010
John Green
Many question the (sometimes lame) National HQ decision to go with the bad CO ad. C4L street activists and political party workers less concerned. What does C4L say?
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Guilty verdict in slain Kansas abortion doctor case
01-29-2010
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Reuters
A man accused of gunning down one of America's few late-term abortion providers was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday after he said he had to act to stop the doctor from performing more abortions.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
New Russian stealth fighter makes first flight
01-29-2010
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Reuters
Russia test-flew a long-awaited new fighter plane on Friday, determined to challenge the United States for technical superiority in the skies and impress weapons buyers around the globe.
The "fifth-generation" stealth fighter -- Russia's first all
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link •
Campaign for "Liberty"
01-29-2010
The backlash against the Campaign for Liberty for their involvement with Ken Buck’s campaign continues to mount. The main reason? Buck is vocally pro-war and C4L is supposedly non-interventionist.
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Reported by:
Ben Nichols
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News Link • Activism
Sam Dodson jailed for 58 days for filming in court, discusses Jail time and follow up.
01-24-10
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www.LCLReport.com
Sam Dodson is a reporter who spent 58 days in jail for filming in a courtroom. This is a report just after he was released from Jail and he discusses his time in jail and his law suit against the state.
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Reported by:
Tarrin Lupo
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Kurt Warner announces retirement
01-29-2010
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AP
Kurt Warner has called an end to one of the great storybook careers in NFL history. The 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement from the game after a dozen years in a league that at first rejected him, then revered him as he came from nowher
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Yuan Revaluation Pending
01-29-2010
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arclein
The 23% surge in China's foreign reserves last year to $2.4 trillion is a much clearer signal that its currency is undervalued.
China rightly worries that a new program of gradual appreciation would only encourage more hot money inflows.
So
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Reported by:
robert klein
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Justice and Freedom: What We Will Be Looking for in a Sheriff Candidate
01-27-2010
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Green Dragon Tavern - Keith Hamburger
With the announcement that Terry Maketa will not be running for sheriff it is time to look at what freedom lovers should be looking for in a candidate. The county sheriff is one of the most powerful people in the United States. As the chief law enfor
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Reported by:
Keith Hamburger
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News Link • Housing
New Homes: Time To Sell A Home Upon Completion Hits Record
1-28-10
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ZeroHedge.com
The number is now 13.9 months: an all time record, and 50% higher than a year ago. Good thing all that shadow inventory is nothing to be worried about as Cramer says.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Japan’s Housing Starts Slump to Lowest Since 1964
1-29-10
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Bloomberg.com
Japan’s housing starts fell to the lowest level since the nation celebrated its postwar recovery by hosting the Olympics in 1964, as builders were hobbled by dwindling household incomes and sustained deflation.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Conspiracies
Censorship: The NY Fed Conspiracy They Don’t Want You to See
1-29-10
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HousingDoom.com
It's actually more than a little bit baffling why BusinessWeek even bothers removing heavy Bloomberg re-posts from their site when the originals are still up at BL It does make one wonder, though, just what goodies...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure plague: Where it's spreading
1-29-10
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Money.CNN.com
Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. Increase since 2008: 784% The 3,000% plus increase in filings over the past two years masks the fact that foreclosure is still a rare occurrence here.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Chicago Way: Why Goldman Sachs May Be Dead Meat
1-29-10
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
In Chicago, we say, if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
Concerned About Slippery Slope
Questions to Consider
11/27/2009
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www.sangamoncountylibertarians.com
Should we force blood draws on all people for the war on drugs? It could save lives.
Should we force open all homes for mandatory searches for the war on drugs, terror or any other criminal activity? It could save lives.
Should we force people
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Tom Ansell
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Does The Taliban Need A NATO Stimulus Plan?
01-29-2010
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SodaHead
NATO bribes the Taliban not to attack NATO. The CIA pays top warlords and drug smugglers. The Elections are rigged. Pakistan makes deals with The Taliban. Nation building at its finest with your wealth. Why are Americans told about a different war?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Wikileaks temporarily shuts down due to lack of funds
01-29-2010
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The Guardian
The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has temporarily shut down because of a lack of funds. The site, which has been a major irritant to governments and big businesses since it launched in 2007, cannot keep going without more public donations.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Blair insists he was right to stop Saddam
01-29-2010
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The Independent
Defiant Tony Blair declared he was right to take action to stop Saddam Hussein, even though his supposed weapons of mass destruction turned out not to exist. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks he firmly believed he could not run the risk that Sadda
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Australia Bans Small Breasted Pornography
01-29-2010
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SodaHead
Just when you thought that extremist reactions to non existent threats were something only the Northern Hemisphere got into, Australia has banned adult material with small breasted women in it, fearing pedophiles will gain enjoyment from it.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Conspiracy Theories: The Emergence Of A Secret Banking Cabal
1-27-10
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ZeroHedge.com
The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
City of Phoenix details plan for drastic cutbacks
1-29-10
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AZcentral.com
The Police Department would lose about 353 sworn positions, from patrol officers to assistant chiefs. The Fire Department would cut 144 sworn jobs. The cuts represent about 18 percent of the total sworn police and fire force.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Printing Lithium Batteries
01-29-2010
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arclein
Because the battery is made by using printing technology, it can be reduced in thickness, increased in area and laminated. Furthermore, when combined with a roll-to-roll production method, its costs can be reduced, AMIC said.
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robert klein
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