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Date Sent: 2009-01-29
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
House passes Obama $820 Billion Bailout -- Nouriel Roubini: "The US Banking System is Insolvent"
Obama to Launch "America Scouts" -- Hidden From History: The Canadian Holocaust -- Davos: Putin of Russia and Premier Wen Jiabao of China had strong words for U.S. -- Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut -- Joe Biden's War -- Banks hit as 16 percent of 'Jumbo Loans' 90 days delinquent -- Ron Paul: Stimulus Packages Will Turn Recession Into A Depression -- MISH: Bankers' Worst Nightmare Materialize -- Bolivia's New Constitution: Progressive Change or Business as Usual? - by Stephen Lendman -- High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury. Yum! -- FDIC: Sheila Bair may run ‘Bad Bank’ in Obama plan to remove toxic assets -- Blago Tells Maddow The 'Golden' Opportunity was to Get Good Programs Passed in Illinois -- New video could implicate two additional BART officers
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News Link • Police State
Obama to Launch "America Scouts"(The Modern Day version of the Nazi Youth Corps)
01-29-2009
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World Net Daily
In an advance copy received by World Net Daily, it appears that the President’s new administration is going to try a bold new approach regarding the nation’s youths. President Obama’s staff is furiously working to finish the first draft of a new yout
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Jim Stachowiak
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Reference Link • History
Hidden From History: The Canadian Holocaust
Hidden From History
This website is full of information and articles concerning the untold story of the genocide of the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. What's sad is that this was a joint effort between the major churches and the government in Canada.
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Homeland Security
PBS confirms that NSA could have prevented 9/11
01-28-2009
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George Washington's Blog
PBS will air a documentary on Feb 3rd called "The Spy Factory". It focuses on NSA, and it's abilities, as well as based on James Bamford's book by the same title, shows that they had tapped the phones used by the terrorists, and ne
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • Economy - International
Davos: Putin of Russia and Premier Wen Jiabao of China had strong words for U.S.
1-28-09
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Rawstory.com
Putin said. "Today, investment banks, the pride of Wall Street, have virtually ceased to exist. In just 12 months, they have posted losses exceeding the profits they made in the last 25 years.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
John Adams
01-28-2009
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Christine Smith Blog
"Independence has always required strength and perseverance, and the human spirit always requires independence."
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut
01-28-2009
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AP
Massive deficits could force the post office to cut out one day of mail delivery, the postmaster general told Congress on Wednesday, in asking lawmakers to lift the requirement that the agency deliver mail six days a week.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
House passes Obama $820 Billion Bailout
1-28-2009
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AP
In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill tonight with spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of the young administration's plan to revive a badly
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Call it treason
01-27-09
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arclein
AAA bonds do not fail unless collusion existed to subvert the credit system. Everyone who signed off on these pieces of script was guilty of treason. They need to be so charged and ordered to disgorge their illegal gains for an ounce of mercy. Those
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robert klein
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Outrage: Justice Minister Fired for Stating Obvious Truth about Domestic Violence
01-28-09
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www.glennsacks.com
What an incredible story. From Nunavut justice minister demoted over domestic violence remark (CBC, 1/27/09):
Nunavut's premier has stripped the territory's justice minister of his duties over a remark that suggests women are partly to bla
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Glenn Sacks
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News Link • Drug War
Joe Biden's War - Part 4 - Afganistan
1-28-2009
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HA Seattle
The heroin trafficking industry in Afghanistan amounts to over half of the country’s GDP. The strategy of targeting the opium trade hasn’t just been ineffective, it’s completely undermined NATO's overall mission.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Drug War
Joe Biden's War - Part 3 - Mexico
1-28-2009
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HA Seattle
The $200 million proposed by Reagan to defeat the world’s trafficking networks is roughly what the Mexican cartels earn every couple of days. Yet in November 2006, Biden blamed the problem on “Mexican corruption,” rather than on himself.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Albuquerque Police Pay $685,000 in Woman's Death
01-28-2009
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Officer.com
The Albuquerque Police Department's failure to respond to repeated calls that a pregnant woman was in danger at the hands of her boyfriend - an incident that ended with him killing her and himself - already led APD to make significant changes
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Drug War
Joe Biden's War - Part 2 - South America
1-28-2009
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HA Seattle
There was little difference between the Bush and Clinton Administrations when it came to dealing with coca production. As their failures mounted, their tactics simply became more extreme.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Drug War
Joe Biden's War - Part 1 - Introduction
1-28-2009
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HA Seattle
Biden created an office that was truly Orwellian in nature. By law, the Drug Czar’s office is required not only to oversee law enforcement activities, but also actively oppose legalization efforts, even if that requires them to ignore science or lie.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Not So Fast!: The Fallacy of Money is Wealth
01-28-2009
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Foundation for Economic Education
In the “7 Fallacies of Economics” series, I have covered the fallacies of “collective terms” and “composition,” and now turn to the third fallacy: Money is Wealth. FEE president Lawrence Reed writes:
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Controversial Holly Collins Case--What Really Happened?
01-26-09
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www.glennsacks.com
The Holly Collins custody/parental abduction case is perhaps the most prominent custody case in the media at this moment. Holly Collins and her supporters among domestic violence and feminist advocates assert that the case demonstrates that family co
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Glenn Sacks
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News Link • Immigration
Az Legislator Proposes A Guest Worker Program for 2009 ... Huh?
01/09/2009
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By Luige del Puerto, Arizona Capitol Times
“We still need workers,” said Rep. Bill Konopnicki, a Republican from Safford Arizona who worked with former Democratic Senate Minority Leader Arzberger last year on a guest-worker bill. Konopnicki is writing a new bill that will be similar to the on
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Veritas Vincit
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul: Stimulus Packages Will Turn Recession Into A Depression
1-28-09
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PrisonPlanet.com
"What we’re worried about right now, well certainly I am, is that it’s worse than the 30’s because we’re on the verge of destroying the dollar. So if you think the financial crisis is bad, and the financial system isn’t working, wait ’til you fi
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nassim Taleb: Stock Rout Threatens Private-Equity Firms
1-28-09
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Bloomberg.com
As many as 40 of the biggest 100 buyout firms may collapse by 2011 as their debt-strapped assets default, according to a 2008 report by Boston Consulting Group Inc., which didn’t identify the firms in its study.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sheriff Joe Arpaio to transport inmates via light rail
1-28-09
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AZcentral.com
Arpaio demonstrated the plan Tuesday evening by transporting an inmate on the light rail while surrounded by members of the media. The unidentified inmate was being brought in on charges of fraud. The scene immediately got the attention of light rail
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Zoom-In Inauguration Photo
gigapan.org
This inauguration photo is comprised of 220 images digitally assembled into one. You can "zoom in" so closely you can see individuals' faces in the crowd. You can even see Clarence Thomas seeming to sleep through President Obama's speech.
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Tyger Gilbert
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News Link • Housing
Arizona: Fulton Homes seeks protection from creditors, files Chapter 11
1-28-09
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AZcentral.com
Phoenix analyst Jim Belfiore of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting said home builders were expected to pull only 6,000 to 10,000 building permits in the coming year, a far cry from the 55,000 permits issued in 2005.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Florida Real Estate: Banks hit as 16 percent of 'Jumbo Loans' 90 days delinquent
1-28-09
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Ritholtz.com
Jumbo mortgages average about $750,000 and can run as high as $5 million or more. More borrowers with such loans are being hit by layoffs that are spreading through practically every sector and pay level of the U.S. economy.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Mexico
Yearly Mexican remittances drop for 1st time
1-28-2009
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AP
The money sent home by Mexican migrants fell in 2008 for the first time on record, Mexico's central bank said --- part of a global trend that could worsen as emigrants from developing countries lose jobs in the global financial crisis.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Denninger: Bad (United States) Bank (FDIC/Treasury)
1-28-09
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Market-Ticker.Denninger.net
Therefore, down the road this is going to be insanely destructive, and probably not far down the road either - I suspect the market will figure this out in a few months and then the wheels will really come off.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bankers' Worst Nightmare Materialize
1-28-09
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
Bankers' worst nightmare is the unemployment rate climbing toward 10%, a level at which credit losses could balloon unpredictably because of high defaults among people with previously strong credit histories.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Food
Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury
01-26-2009
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Washington Post
Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular food and beverage products.
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Trouser Chili
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News Link • Federal Reserve
FDIC: Sheila Bair may run ‘Bad Bank’ in Obama plan to remove toxic assets
1-28-09
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Bloomberg.com
Bank seizures are “going to happen,” Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said in an interview after a meeting between Obama and Republican lawmakers in Washington yesterday. “I know it. They know it. The banks know it.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nouriel Roubini at Davos: "Stock prices and very low bond yields are signaling depression"
1-28-09
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CNBC.com
"Certainly starting a war with China on the issue of the currency is very, very dangerous," he said. "The US is relying on the kindness of strangers -- Russia, China, the Gulf States … to finance a huge, and growing, twin current accou
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nouriel Roubini at Davos: "The US Banking System is Insolvent"
1-28-09
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CNBC.com
That was the opinion of economist Nouriel Roubini, of RGE Monitor, who was one of the first people to predict the housing crisis, speaking to "Squawk Box Europe" this morning.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Activism
Iceland Resistance member (IRM) exclusive Live interview Thursday night 8 PM Eastern
01-28-2009
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http://freedomfighterradio.net
On Thursday night January 29 at 8 PM Eastern Freedom Fighter Radio.net will have as a special guest a member of the Iceland resistance movement. Freedom fighter radio.net prior to the recent demonstrations/riots spoke with and encouraged citizens of
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Political Theory
Blago Tells Maddow The 'Golden' Opportunity was to Get Good Programs Passed in Illinois
01-28-2009
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Paul Levinson
Blago told Rachel Maddow that the "golden" opportunity he spoke of was to help get good programs passed for the people of Illinois. Isn't that what political leaders are supposed to do? (This does not speak to the other charges against
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Paul Levinson
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News Link • Police State
New video could implicate two additional BART officers
01-28-2009
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www.blacklistednews.com
Moments before he was killed, Oscar Grant was punched in the face " but not by the BART officer who shot him.
A new cellphone video shows another BART officer punching Grant just before he was shot by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, who was arrest
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Jim Stachowiak
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