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Date Sent: 2009-07-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, July 15, 2009 AM edition |
Obama says unemployment will keep ticking up -- Broadcasters Seek Federal Bailout
House rolls out plan to make health care a right -- Moody's cuts California's rating -- GOVERNMENT STOPPING OUR FOOD PRODUCTION -- Business Week may sell for only $1 -- India to issue 1.2 billion new biometric ID cards -- Ex-CIA agent: Zubaydah waterboarded before DoJ memos approved -- The Economy Is Even Worse Than You Think -- Statist health care, by the numbers -- The Fourth Revolution -- After brutal police rule, Taliban ‘welcomed as liberators’ -- REP Freedom Force: The Freedom Movement will Change the World -- US classifies detainee’s tribunal from own lawyers, raising eyebrows -- Gov. Rendell: State Workers Should "Put A Statue Of Me" On Their Mantel -- SEC head outlines enforcement, other changes -- White House turns up heat on Arizona senator -- "Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock" - Returns -- Update to Soldier Challenging Obama -Wins Deployment orders revoked -- Radio Host Charles Goyette at the Arizona Breakfast club (video)
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News Link • Media: Radio
Minority Broadcasters Seek Federal Aid
07-14-2009
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Wall Street Journal
-A group of minority broadcasters asked Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner Monday for financial assistance akin to the aid that has been
extended to the financial and auto industries.
"Minority-owned broadcasters are close to becoming an extinct
species," the letter said. "Even in better economic times, minority
broadcasters have historically had difficulties accessing the capital
markets."
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News Link • Climate Change
The 'Cap And Tax' Dead End - by Sarah Palin
07-14-2009
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Washington Post
There is no shortage of threats to our economy. America's unemployment
rate recently hit its highest mark in more than 25 years and is
expected to continue climbing. Worries are widespread that even when
the economy finally rebounds, the recovery won't bring jobs. Our
nation's debt is unsustainable, and the federal government's reach into
the private sector is unprecedented.
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News Link • Torture
Ex-CIA agent: Zubaydah waterboarded before DoJ memos approved
07-14-2009
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Rawstory
A former U.S. intelligence agent said that terror suspect Abu Zubaydah was subjected to simulated drowning
months before the Bush administration’s Department of Justice had
written memos approving the use of waterboarding.
The claim strikes a serious blow to repeated Bush administration
arguments that no laws were broken in the torture of prisoners because
legal guidelines had been closely followed.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
NHS helplines swamped as swine flu panic rises after death of six-year-old girl
07-14-2009
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Daily Mail
Public fears have increased after yesterday's announcement that a
healthy child and a GP with no known underlying problems have died from
the virus. The deaths of Chloe Buckley, six, and Dr Michael Day
mean three people with no previous health problems have now died of the
illness out of a total of 17 deaths across Britain.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
After brutal police rule, Taliban ‘welcomed as liberators’
07-14-2009
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Rawstory
In the wilds of Afghanistan, the civilian populace is increasingly
turning to the Taliban for aid rather than U.S.-backed police forces,
a published report revealed Monday. In some areas of the country, the
situation has become so dire that some have begun to see the Taliban
movement as ‘liberation’ rather than oppression.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Economy Is Even Worse Than You Think
07-14-2009
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Wall Street Journal
The recent unemployment numbers have undermined confidence that we
might be nearing the bottom of the recession. What we can see on the
surface is disconcerting enough, but the inside numbers are just as bad.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate for job losses
for June is 467,000, which means 7.2 million people have lost their
jobs since the start of the recession. The cumulative job losses over
the last six months have been greater than for any other half year
period since World War II, including the military demobilization after
the war. The job losses are also now equal to the net job gains over
the previous nine years, making this the only recession since the Great
Depression to wipe out all job growth from the previous expansion.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
The Fourth Revolution
07-14-2009
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atlassociety.org/
The crisis in financial markets has set off a predictable torrent of
anti-capitalist sentiment. Despite the fact that government regulations
were a major cause of the crisis, anti-capitalists and their enablers
in the media have blamed the market and called for new restraints. The
government has already exerted an unprecedented degree of intervention
in financial markets, and it now seems clear that new economic controls
will expand far beyond Wall Street.
Regulation of production and trade is one of the two basic things
that government does in our mixed economy. The other is
redistributionâ€"transferring income and wealth from one set of hands to
another. In this realm, too, anti-capitalists have seized the moment to
call for new entitlements such as guaranteed health care, along with
new tax burdens on the wealthy. The economic crisis, along with the
election of Barack Obama, has revealed a huge pent-up demand for
redistribution. Where does that demand come f
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
US classifies detainee’s tribunal from own lawyers, raising eyebrows
07-14-2009
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Rawstory
The United States is classifying the writings and testimony of an alleged terrorist whom interrogators waterboarded dozens of times, possibly in an effort to keep nettlesome CIA secrets under wraps, his attorneys say.
Lawyers for Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein â€" known more widely by
the name Abu Zubaida â€" say the Pentagon has capriciously classified
their client’s writings and statements to investigators, raising
questions of why the government has sought to keep Zubaida’s assertions
private. They argue, plausibly, that the US’ penchant for secrecy in
Zubaida’s case may be linked to efforts to keep controversial
intelligence activities out of the public eye.
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News Link • Government
Gov. Rendell: State Workers Should "Put A Statue Of Me" On Their Mantel
07-14-2009
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Real Clear Politics
(VIDEO) "Most of those state workers -- I've arranged for them to get a $15,000
loan with no interest, so if they're paying off $6,000 worth of credit
debt at 14%, they should put a statue of me up on their mantel
place," Gov. Rendell said.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
SEC head outlines enforcement, other changes
07-14-2009
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AP
A series of regulatory proposals made by the SEC have included
restricting short-selling in down markets, strengthening oversight of
mutual funds, tightening scrutiny of investment advisers and making it
easier for shareholders to seat directors on company boards. The SEC
also is working to identify emerging risks to investors, including
so-called "dark pools," or automated trading systems that don't
publicly provide price quotes
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News Link • Food
Urban Chickens
07-14-2009
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Urban Chickens
Information about this site
The benefits of keeping chickens
Chicken coop and chicken care pages
The Urban Chickens blog and forum
Information on chicken ordinances and laws
A wonderful resources listing, and FAQ page
The urban chickens Google map
and much, much more!
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News Link • Food
Welcome To My Garden!
07-14-2009
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www.squarefootgardening.com
How would you like a garden filled with beautiful flowers, fresh herbs
and luscious vegetables, all with NO WEEDS and NO HARD WORK? No more
heavy digging or all-at-once harvest. Less watering, weeding, and
thinning. What's left is a picture perfect garden you will be so proud
of. Put yourself in a rocking chair and start your own Square Foot
Garden!
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News Link • Economic Stimulus
White House turns up heat on Arizona senator
7/14/09
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Yahoo News
The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spending, and it's aiming where it hurts the most â€" at home in Arizona.
The White House on Tuesday released letters from four cabinet secretaries to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, citing Kyl's comments and outlining transportation, housing, Indian education and other projects in his home state they said would be eliminated if the senator has his way.
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News Link • Bush Administration
Clamor grows over CIA secrets and DICK Cheney
07-14-2009
Democrats renew their calls for some kind of investigation and criticize former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Reporting from Washington -- Democratic lawmakers criticized former
Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday for allegedly ordering that a CIA
counter-terrorism program be kept secret from congressional leaders,
with two senators questioning the legality of such concealment.
A top Democrat called for an investigation. Republicans were far more circumspect, but some acknowledged the White House should have briefed Congress.
Exactly what the secret intelligence program was remained a mystery, but sources said the CIA had opened an internal inquiry.
It
is unclear how wide an investigation lawmakers would like to see, but
the latest controversy could fuel demands for an examination of the
CIA's relationship with Congress during the Bush administration.
Congressional Democrats -- in particular, House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of
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News Link • Internet
Did Twitter Cost Brüno Millions?
07-14-2009
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www.webpronews.com
Early Friday morning it looked like Sacha Baron Cohen had done it again
with his new film Brüno. With post-midnight ticket sales in the neighborhood of $1.6 million some Hollywood insiders were predicting around $50 million for the opening weekend
Well, $50 million didn't happen. Brüno finished the weekend with a
respectable $30.4 million. But, $20 million is a pretty big gap... what
caused such an erroneous projection? Well, TIME thinks Twitter is to blame.
Did Twitter cost Brüno millions? Tell us what you think.
"Brüno's box-office decline from Friday to Saturday indicates that
the film's brand of outrage was not the sort to please most moviegoers
â€" and that their tut-tutting got around fast. Brüno could be the first movie defeated by the Twitter effect."
With techsavvy moviegoers tweeting their opinions to literally millions of followers, the micro-blogging site can make or break a film in one day.
Days
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