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Date Sent: 2011-02-16
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, February 16, 2011 PM edition |
US Air Force C-17 seized over Argentine drug smuggling accusations
Scientists: Magnetic polar reversal may have started -- Michigan Man Could Receive 20 Year Sentence for Fake YouTube Video -- Nick Barnett and Drew Phillips - In Studio - Freedom Law Conference this weekend - Silver App -- FBI Translator Report "Kamikaze Pilots" Sent to Bureau 5 Months Before 9/11 --
Op Ed: War is not the answer -- Matt Taibbi: " Why Isn't Wall Street In
Jail?" -- Kyle Bass Slams Japan, Muni's, And Compares The US To
Zimbabwe -- Rumsfeld's Goons: Wanna lose your F***kin teeth pal? -- Senator Rand Paul @ CPAC 2011 -- Sarah Palin @ CPAC 2011 -- Ron Paul Speech @ CPAC 2011 (Full High Quality)
-- Donald Rumsfeld receives "Defender of the Constitution" award @ CPAC
2011 -- Jordan Page New Album: Liberty -- FOX Deceives, Swaps CPAC
Straw Poll Footage -- Pentagon Urges Partnership Against Cyber Threat -- Israel Warns Two Iranian Warships To Transit Suez Canal Headed For Syria -- Sen. Rand Paul Opposes PATRIOT Act Renewal (video) -- Chinese Buy As Much Gold In January As They Did In Six Months Of 2010 -- Cotton Up 44% YTD in 2011- One Percent Per Day: The Start Of Hyperinflation? -- Dinosaurs Survived 700,000 Years Past KT Event --European Sovereign Debt Crisis Deepening - Risk of Contagion -- Mexican Military Incursion On U.S. Soil -- PPI: Massive Destruction Of The Consumer's Standard Of Living -- Giordano Bruno: How To Fake An Economic Recovery -- Tea Party Crashes: The Most UnPatriotic Act
-- Yves Smith: The 7 Things Really Wrong with the Treasury’s GSE Reform
Plan -- Foreclosure Sales Rise Dramatically in Key States
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News Link • Drug War
US Air Force C-17 seized over Argentine drug smuggling accusations
02-15-2011
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RT.com
Argentina is accusing the US military of attempting to smuggle arms, drugs and spy equipment into the country under the pretext of a police training course.
The US military disputed the claims, denying an attempt to smuggle equipment into Argentina.
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Reported by:
Hugo Tellez
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News Link • Science
Scientists: Magnetic polar reversal may have started
02-16-2011
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Terrence Aym
New evidence has emerged leading some scientists to believe that the magnetic pole shift"an ongoing phenomenon that has been happening for decades"has reached a tipping point. According to a report issued by the prestigious British Geological Survey
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Reported by:
Terrence Aym
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News Link • Drones
Michigan Man Could Receive 20 Year Sentence for Fake YouTube Video
02-16-2011
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maximumpc.com
The video, which as since been removed from YouTube, makes it appear that Emory is singing provocative lyrics to a group of children in a first-grade classroom.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
FBI Translator Report "Kamikaze Pilots" Sent to Bureau 5 Months Before 9/11
02-16-2011
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georgewashington2.blogspot.com/
Accordingly to newly-declassified documents, an FBI translator filed reports titled "Kamikaze Pilots" with the Bureau warning of an al-Qaeda plot to attack America in a suicide mission involving planes within the next months.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Matt Taibbi: " Why Isn't Wall Street In Jail?"
02-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
"You put Lloyd Blankfein in pound-me-in-the-ass prison for one six-month term, and all this bullshit would stop, all over Wall Street," says a former congressional aide. "That's all it would take. Just once."
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
You Want Inflation? Inflation itself is a transfer of wealth
02-16-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
Inflation is a secret rip-off and thus the perfect vehicle for the exploitation of a population through its (false) elites, whereas deflation means open redistribution through bankruptcy according to the law.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Kyle Bass Slams Japan, Muni's, And Compares The US To Zimbabwe
02-16-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
It doesn't surprise Kyle Bass that stocks are doing well despite the high debt rates because... Zimbabwe! Okay, we're not technically hyperinflating, but Bernanke is printing a lot of money.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Positive News
FOX Deceives, Swaps CPAC Straw Poll Footage
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV This just in. FOX news channel has just been caught in a blatant attempt to distort the perception of the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll results. On the February 15th broadcast of America's Newsroom Fox Reported the re
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Today on LewRockwell.com - Weds. Feb 16th 2011
02-16-2011
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LewRockwell.com
The Conservative Movement Can't Stand Ron Paul - I Was an Economic Hitman for the Corporate State - Egypt Meets the New Boss, Same as the old boss, says Gerald Celente - Has There Been an Egyptian Revolution?
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Rumsfeld's Goons: Wanna lose your F***kin teeth pal?
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | On September 10th 2001 Donald Rumsfeld addressed the press concerning a $2.3 trillion dollar discrepancy in the DOD accounting. What happened to the $2.3 trillion dollars the Pentagon misplaced? Gary Franchi
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Senator Rand Paul @ CPAC 2011
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | Senator Rand Paul delivers a riveting speech at the 2011 CPAC.
Join the discussion at our RTR Group:
http://rtr.org/group/745
Become a Fan at our Facebook Page:
http://facebook.com/realityreport
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Reported by:
Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Sarah Palin @ CPAC 2011
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | Sarah Palin makes a surprise appearance on radio row at CPAC 2011... and tells how to "go rogue."
Join the discussion at our RTR Group:
http://rtr.org/group/745
Become a Fan at our Facebook Page:
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Reported by:
Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Speech @ CPAC 2011 (Full High Quality)
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | Congressman Ron Paul delivers a speech at the 2011 CPAC to thousands of supporters.
Join the discussion at our RTR Group:
http://rtr.org/group/745
Become a Fan at our Facebook Page:
http://facebook.
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Donald Rumsfeld receives "Defender of the Constitution" award @ CPAC 2011
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | Despite engaging in two unconstitutional wars, Dick Cheney delivers the "Defender of the Constitution" award to former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at CPAC 2011. The crowd erupts in chaos as people
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Jordan Page New Album: Liberty
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | We catch Jordan Page at his new album release party as he and his fan celebrate "Liberty". We also get his opinion on the Egypt revolution and his feelings on the way we are currently living.
Join the d
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Positive News
CPAC 2011: All-Access Pass
02-16-2011
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RealityReport.TV
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.TV | In this special CPAC expanded edition of the Reality Report, we go face to face with Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich and present the highlights (and lowlights)! ; Gary Franchi runs into former
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Internet
Pentagon Urges Partnership Against Cyber Threat
02-16-2011
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defense.gov/news
“We must embed higher levels of security and authentication in hardware, operating systems, and network protocols,” Lynn said. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, a White House initiative, “will lay one building block...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Israel
Israel Warns Two Iranian Warships To Transit Suez Canal Headed For Syria
02-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Two Iranian warships planned to sail through the Suez canal en route to Syria on Wednesday, Israel's foreign minister said, calling the move the latest "provocation" by Tehran and hinting at an Israeli response.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Sen. Rand Paul Opposes PATRIOT Act Renewal (video)
02-16-2011
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e-mail from John Tate/Campaign for Liberty
"Are we a nation whose laws are in place to protect the rights of the people, or are we willing to give those rights up to... more expeditiously capture criminals?"
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Precious Metals
Chinese Buy As Much Gold In January As They Did In Six Months Of 2010
02-16-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
Demand for physical and non-physical gold in China is soaring. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) reportedly sold nearly 7 tons of physical gold in January alone, almost half of what they sold in all of 2010, according to Reuters.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Cotton Up 44% YTD in 2011- One Percent Per Day: The Start Of Hyperinflation?
02-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Since our first warning back in September, when the world's most worn commodity passed $1, cotton is up 95%. Annualized, the YTD move in cotton is 1,512%.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Archaeology
Dinosaurs Survived 700,000 Years Past KT Event
02-16-2011
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arclein
A team at the University of Alberta, Canada, used a new "direct-dating" method called U-Pb (uranium lead) dating to establish the age of a hadrosaur's thigh bone much more accurately.
A laser beam removes minute particles of the fossil, which
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robert klein
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News Link • Healthcare
Abortion, the Whys and Wherefores and Major Change in Public Thought, Part I
02162011
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www.drscoundrels.com
Great new article by one of our new writers, Susan Hustwick. She has released the first in her two part series on abortions, written without a hysterical bent and with great back up information. Stay tuned for part 2 as well!
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Reported by:
Rich Hilts
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News Link • Archaeology
Motorway Maximus
02-16-2011
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arclein
was a route once trod by legionnaires as they marched across a conquered land.
But, eventually, the Romans left Britain and the magnificent highway they created was reclaimed by nature and seemingly lost for ever.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Count Birds February 18-21
02-16-2011
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arclein
“While this is the depths of winter in most of Canada and only the hardiest birds brave the cold, understanding of trends in the distribution and abundance at this time of year is important as well,” said Dr. George Finney, president of Bird Studies
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robert klein
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News Link • Politics
Issa Releases Report On What’s Blocking Job Creation
02162011
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www.drscoundrels.com
New report released by the Oversight Committee shows that Chairman Issa is dead set on chasing a lot of rabbits down many holes - and this is a good start. From who's hurting the most in which industry to chasing down regulations preventing job grow
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Agriculture
Mexican Freeze Out
02-16-2011
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arclein
This will not only have an immediate impact on supplies, but because of very strong blossom drops, this will also impact supplies 30 " 60 days from now. Some growers are meeting with their boards right now to determine whether they should immediately
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robert klein
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News Link • European Union
European Sovereign Debt Crisis Deepening - Risk of Contagion
02-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
There is a real sense of the “calm before the storm” in markets globally. Complacency reigns, despite signs that the sovereign debt crisis in Europe is deepening and that Japanese and US bond markets also look very vulnerable due to rising...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Mexican United States Relations
Possible Mexican Military Incursion On U.S. Soil
02-16-2011
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KRGV.com (Texas) via Yahoo! News
"...and what authorities on this side of the border seem to think is a truck packed with armed men crossing into the United States."
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
PPI: Massive Destruction Of The Consumer's Standard Of Living
02-16-2011
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Market-ticker.org
And in crude goods? Hold on to your hat: Annualized on an average basis over the last four months it's roughly SIXTY PERCENT.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • New World Order
Giordano Bruno: How To Fake An Economic Recovery
02-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Your ultimate goal is centralization, and the key to centralization is to remove all options available to the masses but one; the option which garners you the greatest amount of dominance. A global economic system based on a single world currency...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Tea Party
Tea Party Crashes: The Most UnPatriotic Act
02-16-2011
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theintelhub.com
Most of the Tea Party quit their principles of liberty on February 14, 2011"20 days into the new Congress"when Tea Party leaders abruptly abandoned their opposition to the Patriot Act and voted to extend intrusive domestic surveillance...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Population Adjusted Retail Sales and the "Real" Retail Sales Depression
02-16-2011
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GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
Even if one accepts the retail survey is accurate (I don't because it misses too many small stores that went out of business and are still closed), real sales have certainly not recovered. That puts pressure on states because expenses, especially...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Yves Smith: The 7 Things Really Wrong with the Treasury’s GSE Reform Plan
02-16-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
The Administrations’ preferred solution would keep in place the bad incentives and socialization of risk that got the GSEs in trouble in the first place.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Mortgage Applications Plunge: Composite Down 9.5%, Refinance Down 11.4%
02-16-2011
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ZeroHedge.com & CalculatedRiskblog.com
The patently obvious deterioration in housing just took one big step for the worse, after the Mortgage Banker Association reported that the Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 9.5 percent...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure Sales Rise Dramatically in Key States
02-16-2011
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CNBC.com
In California, bank repossessions jumped 51.5 percent, in Arizona 56.2 percent, in Nevada up 36.8 percent.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Dim view of housing market weighs on economy
02-16-2011
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finance.yahoo.com
The outlook by builders hasn't improved since the fall, when new-home sales were in the midst of their bleakest year in a half-century.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Collective Financial Insanity " FDIC operating with negative insurance fund
02-16-2011
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MyBudget360.com
The FDIC insured banks have $5.4 trillion through insured deposits yet have a deposit insurance fund (DIF) that is in the negative to the tune of $8 billion. Is this a Ponzi scheme you ask?
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
Propaganda: Disrespectful Libertarians Hijack CPAC Poll -- And Its Mission
02-16-2011
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Foxnews.com/
Ron Paul, though technically still a Republican, has given up his GOP identity to embrace the chance to be the poster child for the more libertarian streak that has run rampant through CPAC, largely unabated for the past two years.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Immigration
Multiculturalism without assimilation in Europe is leading to civil war? (Video)
02-16-2011
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The Political Commentator
Is Europe headed for civil war?
Watch this video for insight into the issues and dangers surrounding multiculturalism in Europe that bubble below the surface. Below the surface only if you are willing to ignore the signs. It is actually above the
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Seriously?
Berkeley, California defeats the measure to welcome Gitmo detainees: WWBDN
02-16-2011
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The Political Commentator
The measure to welcome Gitmo detainees to Berkeley, California was defeated Tuesday night
Berkeley, that crazy mixed-up city of the '70's with hippie ideals that very often run counter to the well-being of the United States.
Just hearing the
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Amazing spacecraft flotilla to swarm sun
02-16-2011
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Terrence Aym
Move over Battlestar Galactica and Starship Enterprise, the UK is about to launch a swarm of spaceships into orbit around the sun.
Space scientists are planning for just such a spectacular mission after the recent success of the NASA mission "Sol
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • Media: Radio
Truth Squad Radio: Eric Herm " Son of a Farmer
02-15-2011
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Farm Wars
Eric Herm, author of Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth, joins us this Wednesday evening to discuss the ravages of commercial agriculture, including the GMO blight.
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Barbara Peterson
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