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Date Sent: 2011-08-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, August 8, 2011 AM edition |
Alan Green$pan Comes Clean and Endorse$ the 'Zimbabwe-Weimar $olution'
Decade of Fiscal Stimulus Yields Nothing but Debt: Caroline Baum -- Feds warn court: don't leak about NSA wiretapping -- Threat analyst says medical devices can be hacked remotely -- You, The Police, and Your Camera - by Sean N. Gruber -- More LAPD officers allege ticket quotas -- Muni Market Prepares For "Hundreds And Hundreds" Of Downgrades
Tomorrow -- Syrian Military Mounts Assault on Another City -- Paul Craig Roberts: Propaganda and the US Claim of Bin Laden’s Death --
U.S., European officials scramble to calm financial anxiety -- Profit
from Suffering - by Jim Davidson -- US downgrade 'sounds alarm bell':
China media -- S&P head: Agency may downgrade U.S. again -- LIVE From Quartzsite Monday and Tuesday Noon to 2pm -- Digital Magazine August Edition - August 5th, 2011 -- Quartzsite ordered not to fire officers -- G7 Preparing Statement To Support Dollar -- It's the Unfunded Wars, Financial Fraud, and the Unwillingness to Reform -- Double whammy: US debt downgrade and financial stability of Italy both on the table for Monday's -- Markets: What to Expect Monday Morning
AZ: "Atlas Shrugged: A
Philosophical Thriller," a Phoenix Objectivist's discussion Aug.
11th; Oath Keepers To Muster in Quartzsite, AZ on August 27th,
bring your cameras.
Nationwide: Support your local lemonade stand, Aug. 20
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Greenspan Comes Clean and Endorses the 'Zimbabwe-Weimar Solution'
08-07-2011
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Lew Rockwell
Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan ruled out the chance of a US default following S&P's decision to downgrade America's credit rating. "The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Decade of Fiscal Stimulus Yields Nothing but Debt: Caroline Baum
08-07-2011
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Bloomberg
When George W. Bush took up residence in the White House in January 2001, total U.S. debt stood at $5.95 trillion. Last week it was $14.3 trillion, with $2.4 trillion freshly authorized by Congress Tuesday.
Ten years and $8.35 trillion later, what
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Feds warn court: don't leak about NSA wiretapping
08-07-2011
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Politico
The Justice Department is warning a federal appeals court not to disclose classified information about the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs during upcoming arguments on a lawsuit challenging the NSA's effort.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Threat analyst says medical devices can be hacked remotely
08-07-2011
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AFP
The list of medical gadgets vulnerable to being hacked wirelessly includes pace makers, intravenous pumps, and blood pressure cuffs. To find out whether an insulin pump trusted to keep his blood sugar levels safe could be hacked he found he could rem
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
You, The Police, and Your Camera - by Sean N. Gruber
08-07-2011
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The Libertarian Enterprise
Kelly Thomas"Fullerton, California: beaten beyond recognition and ultimately to death, by at least six cops. Mitchell Crooks"Las Vegas, Nevada: assaulted on his own property for doing nothing more then record with his video camera, by Officer Derek C
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Steps You Can Take to Protect Yourself From 'Hurricane Reality'
08-07-2011
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LewRockwell.com
The reason the soverign debt issues in Europe will not go away is the same reason that the US economy's woes cannot be fixed " because alternative media is opening people's eyes to the nature of the world's central bank controlled...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
More LAPD officers allege ticket quotas
08-07-2011
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LA Times
Ten more LAPD motor officers have sued the city, claiming harassment and retaliation after they complained they were forced to meet illegal traffic-ticket quotas.
The officers, all assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department's West Traffic Divis
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Muni Market Prepares For "Hundreds And Hundreds" Of Downgrades Tomorrow
08-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
There will be hundreds and hundreds of municipal downgrades, which will not do well to bolster investor confidence." The scary bit: "Treasuries may be able to shake off a real impact from the downgrade. Munis I’m less sure about."
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
It doesn't get disturbing until you zoom in
08-07-2011
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Canucks Fans: TURN ON GigaTag and try to break the World Record of the Most People Tagged in One Online Photo which currently belongs to The FA Cup Final 2011 with 23,900+ tags. Find yourself and your friends in the Game 7 crowd, then tag and share o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Syrian Military Mounts Assault on Another City
08-07-2011
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NY Times
The Syrian military defied growing condemnation and initiated another assault on the country’s most restive locales on Sunday, deploying dozens of tanks and armored vehicles into parts of a city in eastern Syria that it had long feared provoking, act
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Paul Craig Roberts: Propaganda and the US Claim of Bin Laden’s Death
08-07-2011
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LewRockwell.com
I am confident that no news organization believes that it could confront such an important US national myth in this way. The killing of bin Laden satisfies the emotional need for revenge and justice.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S., European officials scramble to calm financial anxiety
08-07-2011
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Washington Post
The European Central Bank signaled it would invest in European bond markets in a bid to prop up hard-hit Italy and Spain, Europe’s fourth- and fifth-largest economies, which are in the midst of a worsening financial crisis.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Profit from Suffering - by Jim Davidson
08-07-2011
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The Libertarian Enterprise
The people in charge of the major networks are evil, gutless cowards. So, who are these people, and where do they live? What are their home phone numbers, and how can you show them some justice?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US downgrade 'sounds alarm bell': China media
08-07-2011
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news.yahoo.com
Standard & Poor's US debt downgrade was a wake-up call for the world, a commentary in a top Chinese state newspaper said, adding that Asian exporters faced special risks.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
S&P head: Agency may downgrade U.S. again
08-07-2011
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www.rawstory.com
The head of Standard & Poor's sovereign ratings said Sunday that the agency may downgrade the U.S. again. "We have a negative outlook on the rating and that means we think that the risk currently for the rating are to the downside," Beers said.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Gold !!!
08-07-2011
"The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default" said Greenspan
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Quartzsite ordered not to fire officers
08-07-2011
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www.parkerpioneer.net
Superior Court Judge Robert Bartlett has issued a temporary restraining order telling the Town of Quartzsite they cannot terminate any of the police department employees currently under investigation until...
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
America “Makes The Cut” " So What Happens Next?
08-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
An announcement by the Fed of yet a third QE stimulus package is a certainty. If the market reaction is especially negative this week, an announcement could even be made before this month is out.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
G7 Preparing Statement To Support Dollar
08-07-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Two take homes: i) the Fed has just lost its competitive advantage of doing idiotic things on a massive scale as the world wake up to tits trickery (unless of course the Fed resumes said thing on a massiver scale, which it will), and ii) tomorrow...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
It's the Unfunded Wars, Financial Fraud, and the Unwillingness to Reform
08-07-2011
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JessesCrossRoadsCafe.blogspot.com/
Rational discussion and factual analysis has been overwhelmed by a well funded program of propaganda and sloganeering, and bought and paid for politicians and media which serve to direct the discussions according to the program...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • European Union
Double whammy: US debt downgrade and financial stability of Italy both on the table for Monday's
08-07-2011
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The Political Commentator
The US debt downgrade by S&P is a big story, but the turmoil surrounding the financial stability of Italy is potentially even bigger!
The story getting the most press is of course the US debt downgrade by S&P late Friday.
While this has the pot
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Future Predictions
Markets: What to Expect Monday Morning
08-07-2011
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Yahoo! search
The buzz is on! "Worst-case, said one analyst, is that Monday is "sell America day" and a rush from Treasurys and the dollar."
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Ed Vallejo
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