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Date Sent: 2010-02-13
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, February 13, 2010 |
Leading Economist: Some Conspiracy Theories Are True -- Feds Push For Tracking Cell Phones
6 Year Old Girl Arrested, COMMITTED To Mental Institution -- Plunge Protection Team Cover-Up: 739 pages is a lot of cover-up
-- GLOBAL BANKING: THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS -- Secession
in the Air - by Patrick J. Buchanan -- John Stossel: Hurtling Down the
Road to Serfdom -- Credit Suisse Declares the U.S. a Riskier Investment Than Indonesia -- U.S. to discuss Bulgarian missile shield role -- China surprises with further rise in banks' reserves -- A Warning To The Tea Party Nation - by Chuck Baldwin -- Commercial Property: China could be “Dubai times 100 or 1,000.” --
We Are All Insolvent: It is Too Late to Prevent the Collapse of the G-7
-- Iceland and Wikileaks MPs propose 'journalism haven' -- Refuse to Pay Government Debt Incurred for Unlawful and Oppressive Purposes -- Phoenix: Maricopa County property values drop for 3rd straight year -- EU pledge on Greece fails to calm fears
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News Link • Conspiracies
Leading Austrian Economist: Some Conspiracy Theories Are True
02-12-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
It is vital to the rule of the State apparatus that it have legitimacy and even sanctity in the eyes of the public, and it is vital to that sanctity that our politicians and bureaucrats be deemed to be disembodied spirits devoted to the "public good.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Feds Push For Tracking Cell Phones
02-12-2010
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news.cnet.com
'No reasonable expectation of privacy' kinda sums it all up, eh?
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Los Angeles on the Edge of a Midsummer Bankruptcy
02-12-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
The latest tale of financial crisis in California is playing out in Los Angeles. The city faces a budget shortfall approaching a billion dollars, and unless it can find a remedy soon, it may be insolvent by midsummer.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Harrison Bergeron - Movie made for Showtime (1995)
02-12-2010
Welcome to the future. It's a no-brainer. "All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron.
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Police State
6 Year Old Girl Arrested, COMMITTED To Mental Institution
02-12-2010
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ABC / WPBF
("Don't kidnap and abuse children... the government hates competition...")
"She couldn't put her in two handcuffs because her wrists are that small, so she put them both in the same handcuff and left marks on my daughter's arms," Shalan
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Corruption
Plunge Protection Team Cover-Up: 739 pages is a lot of cover-up
02-12-2010
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
The Plunge Protection Team either made "decisions" or contributed to decisions being made by others that it doesn't want us to know about. And this was in 2007 -- well before the so-called financial meltdown that gave Paulson and his crew a free hand
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bank of International Settlements
GLOBAL BANKING: THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
02-12-2010
When David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski founded the Trilateral Commission in 1973, the intent was to create a "New International Economic Order" (NIEO). To this end, they brought together 300 elite corporate, political and academic leaders fro
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Your Cell Phone Is a Tracking Device
2/11/10
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RSN
Can the FBI Secretly Track Your Cell Phone?
The Justice Department is poised this week to publicly defend a little-known law-enforcement practice that critics say may be the "sleeper" privacy issue of the 21st century: the collection of cell-phone
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Secession in the Air - by Patrick J. Buchanan
02-12-2010
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American Conservative
No, it is not 1860 again. But with all the talk of the 10th Amendment, nullification and interposition, states rights and secession " following Gov. Perry’s misstatement that Texas, on entering the Union in 1845, reserved a right to secede " one migh
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Thoughts on the Antichrist
02-12-2010
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arclein
Recall the bright young boys in the Hitler youth who freely sacrificed their lives in the dying year of the Second War never breaking faith with their fuehrer. We know that if you are properly indoctrinated as a child that this is the natural outcome
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robert klein
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Are the Winter Olympics worth it?
02-12-2010
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Slatest
All eyes will be on Vancouver tonight when the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics begins. Certainly, the two-week sporting spectacular draws a lot of press and tourism dollars to the host city every couple of years, but many taxpayers are wonder
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
John Stossel: Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom
02-12-2010
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Washington Examiner
Government is taking us down the Road to Serfdom. That doesn't just mean more of us must work for the government. It means we are changing from independent, self-responsible people into a submissive flock. The welfare state kills the creative spirit.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
NeoCon Palin's tea party takeover will facilitate Obama reelection
02-12-2010
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Alex Jones
In an urgent message on the systematic betrayal of the tea party, Alex Jones warns against the turncoats and deceivers flocking from the weakened GOP and FOX News to harness the populist uprising that briefly found life outside of the traditional two
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Credit Suisse Declares the U.S. a Riskier Investment Than Indonesia
02-12-2010
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Washington Independent
Amid fears Switzerland might come to an agreement with the US on banking privacy and tax evasion disclosures, Credit Suisse issued a report identifying countries it determined to have the highest risks of default on their sovereign debts.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
TED 2010: Death Star Laser Gun Zaps Mosquitoes Dead
02-12-2010
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Wired
Myhrvold demonstrated a “Death Star” laser gun designed to track and kill mosquitoes in flight. The device was crafted from parts purchased on eBay by scientists at Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures Laboratory.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
It Is Now Official: The U.S. Is A Police State
02-12-2010
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Paul Craig Roberts
Americans have been losing the protection of law for years. In the 21st century the loss of legal protections accelerated with the Bush administration’s “war on terror,” which continues under the Obama administration and is essentially a war on the C
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Environment
Mud Volcano Was Man-Made, New Evidence Confirms
02-12-2010
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Wired
A new analysis shows that a deadly mud volcano in Indonesia may not have been a natural disaster after all. The research lends weight to the controversial theory that the volcano was caused by humans.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • New World Order
Get ready for the Crack Down !!! (video)
2/10/10
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Youtube
Not only is it that American's may face up to 10 Years In Jail for associating with dissenting groups which put the principles of the US Constitution before the current socialist actions of the President and Congress, but according to Paul Crag Robe
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Reported by:
Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Gods Are Laughing: "In economics, the majority is always wrong"
02-12-2010
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theautomaticearth.blogspot.com
Meantime, while everyone's focused elsewhere, in the American part of the real world Elizabeth Warren warns that $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate loans that need to be rolled over by 2014 will endanger 3000 smaller US banks.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. to discuss Bulgarian missile shield role: PM
02-12-2010
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Reuters
Washington will hold preliminary talks with the Bulgarian government on hosting parts of a U.S. missile shield, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said. Asked whether Bulgaria -- a NATO and European Union member -- would accept the U.S. plan, Bor
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
China surprises with further rise in banks' reserves
02-12-2010
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Reuters
China raised the level of reserves banks must hold for the second time this year on Friday, spooking financial markets on the eve of its New Year holiday by showing it was intent to curb lending and inflation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Spirituality
Links to Spirituality Found in the Brain
02-12-2010
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LiveScience
Scientists have identified areas of the brain that, when damaged, lead to greater spirituality. The findings hint at the roots of spiritual and religious attitudes. This involves a personality trait called self-transcendence, which is a measure of sp
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Food tax for slaves in Phoenix
02-12-2010
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Morpheus
The Phoenix city council has ran the city into bankruptcy and now the SLAVES must foot the bill. The Overlords have decided that the way to pay for their wanton spending is to TAX FOOD. A food tax is the most evil, immoral, unethical tax in existence
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Economy - International
Commercial Property: China could be “Dubai times 100 or 1,000.”
02-12-2010
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Bloomberg.com
The commercial property space under construction in China at the end of November was the equivalent of 6,800 Burj Khalifas -- the 160-story Dubai skyscraper that’s the world’s tallest.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Humor
CIA: Increase in Indecipherable Chatter Turns Out to Be Sarah Palin
02-12-2010
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SmirkingChimp.com
Andy Borowitz "We had a difficult time deciphering them because they did not seem to follow the discernible pattern of an organized language or code," the spokesperson said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link •
Poll: Vote for National Chair
02-12-2010
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http://goldamericagroup.com
Ernie Hancock - Mark Hinkle - George Phillies - Wayne Root
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Events: America
Ernest Hancock to Speak at the 2010 New Hampshire Liberty Forum
02-12-2010
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Free State Project
The Liberty Forum is one of the two annual events put on by the New Hampshire Free State Project. The Liberty Forum is a convention style function with wonderful speakers and hundreds of liberty activists.
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Ben Nichols
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News Link • Federal Reserve
We Are All Insolvent: It is Too Late to Prevent the Collapse of the G-7
02-12-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
For Greece, with on and off balance sheet liabilities at over 800%, it's game over. For the Eurozone, with the same ratio at about 500%, it is also game over. For the US, at 500%+, it is, you guessed it (sorry Joseph Stiglitz), game over...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link •
Refuse to Pay Government Debt Incurred for Unlawful and Oppressive Purposes
02-12-2010
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Washingtonsblog.com/
In international law, odious debt is a legal theory which holds that the national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, such as wars of aggression, should not be enforceable. Such debts are thus co
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Free Speech
Iceland and Wikileaks MPs propose 'journalism haven'
02-12-2010
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news.bbc.co.uk/
But Ms Jonsdottir believes that making a strong statement in favour of freedom of expression could be a way for Iceland to create a positive new identity.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Misguided Economists Say Unemployment Rate Has Peaked
02-12-2010
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GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
I have no idea how economists miss what's right before their noses but cash-strapped cities, states and municipalities are hiking taxes and laying off workers. Tax hikes will devastate small businesses.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Phoenix: Maricopa County property values drop for 3rd straight year
02-12-2010
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AZcentral.com
Residential property values fell an average of 15.2 percent in 2009, according to the latest report from the Maricopa County Assessor's Office. Values fell 23 percent in 2008, following a 13 percent drop in 2007.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Eugenics
So, It's Not About Eugenics? Condoms With Slogans for Endangered Species to be Handed Out
02-12-2010
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Phoenix New Times
Because they can't just tell you to kill yourself outright, "Hump smarter, save the snail darter," is one of six catchy "humans bad, animals good" slogans that will appear on condoms distributed on Valentine's Day.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • Science
Aurora Borealis Photos
02-12-2010
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arclein
These shots were taken by photographer Bjorn Jorgensen who lives in Tromso in northern Norway.
Bjorn said: “I try to capture the essence of the arctic light, and I am particularly obsessed with the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
New Views of Pluto
02-12-2010
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arclein
One reason for the variability, scientists say, is Pluto's highly eccentric " or oblong " orbit, which causes strong variations in temperature. Pluto takes 248 years to make a full orbit around the sun.
"Right now it's close to being springtime o
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Inside the Climate Bunker
02-12-2010
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arclein
Few stars have risen and fallen so quickly as Pachauri's, who has gone from being an international climate hero to subject of increasing ridicule at home and abroad. Pachauri, an economist and former railroad engineer from a small town in the Himala
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
EU pledge on Greece fails to calm fears (+Video)
02-11-2010
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Financial Times
The leaders of the 27-nation bloc promised “determined and co-ordinated action if needed to safeguard stability” of the eurozone, which has been shaken by turmoil in bond markets amid fears that Greece’s debt problems could spread.
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Ernest Hancock
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