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Date Sent: 2009-11-04
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, November 3, 2009 PM edition |
LP Activist Shot in the Back by Police; Local LP Throws Him Under the Bus
Goldman left foreign investors holding the subprime bag -- U.S. drafts Afghan 'Compact' it hopes will bolster new Karzai government -- Executive pensions rose as stocks fell -- Warren Buffett to buy Burlington Northern in his biggest deal ever -- British break up several bailed-out banks
-- Holder, Gates oppose restrictions on Gitmo trials -- Climate Change
Treaty A Precursor To Global Government? - by Chuck Baldwin -- Updates On Hardin, Montana, And China Flag Flap - by Chuck Baldwin -- UN wants swift response from Iran on fuel proposal -- Bullets are speeding faster out of gun shops in U.S. -- Court Slams LAPD For Illegally Seizing Medical Marijuana Profits
AZ: Thursday Breakfast with controversial M.D. Talk Show
Host on Health Care Reform; VP Al Gore in Phoenix Nov. 11; 6th Annual
Southwest Witness Against Torture, November 14-15
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
LP Activist Shot in the Back by Police; Local LP Throws Him Under the Bus
11-03-2009
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LewRockwell Blog
On October 30, Jim Duensing, former chairman of the Nevada Libertarian Party and currently the LP candidate for US Senate against Harry Reid, was shot in the back by a Las Vegas policeman after the police had stopped Duensing for making an illegal tu
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Goldman left foreign investors holding the subprime bag
11-03-2009
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McClatchy News
The Cayman offering " one of perhaps dozens made through the British territory " occurred as Goldman began to ditch the subprime mortgage business before the U.S. housing market collapsed under an avalanche of homeowner defaults.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. drafts Afghan 'Compact' it hopes will bolster new Karzai government
11-03-2009
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McClatchy News
The Obama administration has been quietly working with U.S. allies and Afghan officials on a package of reforms and anti-corruption measures that it hopes will boost popular support for President Hamid Karzai and erase the doubts about his legitimacy
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Executive pensions rose in '08 even as stocks fell: report
11-03-2009
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Reuters
Pensions for top U.S. executive rose by an average of 19% last year, and more than 200 officers saw their retirement savings surge by as much as 50%, even as their companies stock prices fell. Pensions rose as a result of generous formulas and some l
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Warren Buffett to buy Burlington Northern in his biggest deal ever
11-03-2009
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Reuters
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
The deal, Buffett's biggest-ever acquisition, marks new interest
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
British break up several bailed-out banks
11-03-2009
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Washington Post
"But there are lessons here for the United States. The supposed economies of scale of massive financial institutions are outweighed by the difficulties in controlling risk inside them."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Holder, Gates oppose restrictions on Gitmo trials
11-03-2009
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AP
A measure sponsored by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain and Independent Joe Lieberman would block the Justice Department from spending any funds to prosecute detainees from the Cuban island jail.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Welcome to the Spaceport America Website!
11-03-2009
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www.spaceportamerica.com
As the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, Spaceport America is designed with the needs of the commercial space business in mind. Unique geographic benefits, striking iconic design, and the tradition of New Mexico space leadership are c
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Could America go broke?
11-02-2009
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Washington Post
The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt -- that is, tell lenders that it won't repay them all they're owed -- was, until recently, a preposterous proposition. Governments of rich countries are borrowing so m
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012
11-02-2009
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Reuters
A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Campaign for Liberty
Ron Paul: Important News on Audit the Fed
10/31/09
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Youtube
In this Audit the Fed update, Dr. Paul explains what is happening with HR 1207 in the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, describes his plan to protect 1207 in the full Financial Services Committee, and provides ideas on actions we can take to keep Audit t
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Transportation
Ford Posts an Unexpected Profit of $997 Million
11-02-2009
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NY Times
[The guys who didn't get a taxpayer bailout!] While its crosstown rivals stumbled through bankruptcy this summer, the Ford Motor Company pressed its advantage, and delivered surprising news that its cost-cutting efforts and improving sales helped it
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Goldman makes offer for Fannie Mae assets
11-02-2009
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Washington Post
Goldman Sachs is proposing to buy millions of dollars in assets from struggling mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae, an offer a recent Treasury Department analysis found would not be advantageous for taxpayers, people familiar with the matter said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
USA Buys an Estimated $1.14 Billion Dollars Worth of Firearms in Last 3 Months
11-03-2009
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
According to the most recent Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Collection Report, released by the Department of the Treasury, firearm and ammunition manufacturers report excise tax obligations to be more than $122 million in the second calendar quar
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Fredy Riehl
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News Link • Obama Administration
In Iowa, Second Thoughts on Obama
11-03-2009
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NYTimes.com via Rense.com
“Until I see some progress and he lives up to his promises in Iowa, we will not give one penny.”
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Iran
UN wants swift response from Iran on fuel proposal
11-03-2009
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Reuters
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran to respond quickly to his nuclear fuel proposal while warning the world against using force.
"I therefore urge Iran to be as forthcoming as possible in responding soon to my recent pr
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bullets are speeding faster out of gun shops in U.S.
11-03-2009
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The Washington Post
A SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION Demand is up despite drop in crime rate - In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious sign of their demand: empty ammun
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
TRAFFIC STOP: Shooting accounts conflict
11-03-2009
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Las Vegas Review journal
The attorney who was shot multiple times by a Las Vegas police officer during a traffic stop last week denies that he pulled a gun from his pocket, as police said he did.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
UK Nanny State: Parents May No Longer Watch Own Children at Playground
11-03-2009
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pat
Some UK government types decide that it’s no longer acceptable for parents to watch their own children at the playground. Parents might be pedophiles. It's Bedlam in Britain.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Activism
Remember, Remember… The 5th of November
11/03/2009
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CameraFRAUD
“And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?
Cruelty and injustice…intolerance and oppression.
And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and sys
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Humpback Whale Hunting
11-03-2009
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arclein
SAN FRANCISCO" The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it will review the endangered status of humpback whales to determine if the classification is accurate. Humpbacks were listed as endangered in 1970; the upcoming review could r
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Beringia
11-03-2009
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arclein
According to the authors of the new study, "Beringia represents the largest contiguous Arctic expanse to remain unglaciated during the Pliocene (5.3 million to 2.5 million years ago) and Pleistocene (2.5 million to 12,000 years ago), and preserves an
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robert klein
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News Link • Energy
EROI Efficiency
11-03-2009
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arclein
Dr. Cutler Cleveland at Boston University has observed that the net energy of oil and gas extraction in the U.S. has decreased from 100:1 in the 1930s; to 30:1 in the 1970s; to roughly 11:1 as of 2000.
Simply put: As the quality of the remaining
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robert klein
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News Link • Pandemic
Critics blast Kellogg's claim that cereals can boost immunity
11/03/2009
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USA Today
Kellogg, the nation's largest cereal maker, is being called to task by critics who object to the swine flu-conscious claim now bannered in bold lettering on the front of Cocoa Krispies cereal boxes: "Now helps support your child's IMMUNITY." Of all c
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Mrs. B
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Former Vice President Al Gore to Keynote Greenbuild Phoenix
11-02-2009
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http://www.kleanindustries.com/
Greenbuild and Al Gore is heading to Phoenix Arizona, Nov 11 2009 a region with unique environmental and social challenges and opportunities, and the imperative is clear: This will be a great opportunity to do some Activism! See meetup below.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Pandemic
WHO on the Ukraine: "The situation is quickly changing"
11/03/2009
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Crof's H5N1 Blog
On 28 October 2009, the Ministry of Health of the Ukraine informed WHO, through its Country Office in Ukraine, about an unusually high level of activity of acute respiratory illness in the western part of the country, associated with an increased num
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Mrs. B
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Court Slams LAPD For Illegally Seizing Medical Marijuana Profits
11-03-2009
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OC Weekly
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blasted the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for committing "highly objectionable," "tainted," "reckless," "misleading" and "illegal" conduct in a 2005 attempt to seize more than $186,400 f
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Marriage
Plastic Surgeon Sculpts Dream Wife: Eight Surgeries and 1600 Grams of Silicone
11-03-2009
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Ginn
He said when he met her, she was a "little plain". German plastic surgeon Dr Reza Vossough built himself the “perfect” wife--with 1600 grams of silicone. Before/after pix: Was it worth it?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
6th Annual Southwest Witness Against Torture, November 14-15, 2009, Tucson and Sierra Vista, AZ
11/03/2009
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Southwest Witness
HUNDREDS WILL JOIN TOGETHER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
on November 14 & 15, 2009 to SAY NO TO TORTURE. Ft. Huachuca is the home of USAICS, the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School, and has a long history of complicity in U.S. crimes of torture. The tor
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Mrs. B
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