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Date Sent: 2008-01-26
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, January 26, 2008 |
Like FBI, CIA Has Used Secret 'Letters' -- U.S. slides into dangerous 1930s 'liquidity trap'
Think TV isn't going off the air? Think again. -- Platinum, gold reach record peaks -- U.S. Will Seek Permission to Keep on Killing in Iraq -- Senators holds up rebates for social security recipients -- Must Watch: John McCain & Miss Teen SC on Economics -- Atlanta cop Daniel Betts admits to taking payoffs -- MSNBC blames Romney whisper on microphone malfunction -- New Hampshire Primary - Breakdown of chain of custody -- 72 Year Old Grand - Mother Put in Solitary Would Not Stand Naked in Front of Captors in Iowa City -- NYPD Seeks Crackdown on New Yorkers Possessing Air Monitors -- Peter Schiff Named Economic Adviser to the Ron Paul 2008 Campaign -- Feds accused of gold-price manipulation -- Rummy Resurfaces, Calls for U.S. Propaganda Agency -- Farmer hides castle from building inspectors -- Handgun bans don't work -- Medical marijuana users can be fired: Calif. S. Court
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News Link • Media: Television
Think TV isn't going off the air a year from now? Think again.
1-25-2008
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USA Today
A federal airwaves auction started Thursday. The spectrum will be returned to the government by TV stations when they switch to digital-only broadcasting in February 2009.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Romney, McCain, Giuliani Say Stimulus Package a 'Good Start;' Paul 'Who Farted?'
1-25-2008
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Bloomberg
Ron Paul criticized the stimulus for trying to "solve the problem by printing more money and spending more money.'' He said government has an indirect role in economic growth through lower taxes and less regulation, and shouldn't '
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Precious Metals
Platinum, gold reach record peaks
1-25-2008
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AFP
Platinum raced to a series of record highs as mine stoppages in South Africa sparked a fresh wave of investment. By 12.53pm, platinum was up at USD1,688 per ounce against USD1,551, having earlier hit a record USD1,697 an ounce.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Will Seek Permission to Keep on Killing in Iraq
1-25-2008
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Bloomberg
The U.S. will ask the Iraqi government for the right to conduct combat operations and detain prisoners and will seek legal protections for American troops in an agreement that defines a long-term relationship between the two countries, a U.S. defense
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Senators holds up rebates for social security recipients
1-25-2008
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AP
Retirees living off Social Security are frustrated that they won't get tax rebate checks through a bipartisan economic stimulus package before the House. Senate Democrats Friday began efforts to include them. [I just have to laugh or cry.]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
John McCain and Miss Teen USA South Carolina
01-25-2008
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YouTube
This mashup explores the similarities between McCain's answer to an economics question at the Florida Republican Debate and Miss Teen South Carolina. (I knew that debate segment would have legs - Dr. Paul is a genius :)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Atlanta cop Daniel Betts admits to taking payoffs
01-25-2008
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ajc.com
A former Atlanta police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to extortion charges that were uncovered in the ongoing federal investigation of the fatal shooting of an elderly woman during a botched drug raid in 2006.
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Eugenics
MSNBC blames Romney whisper on microphone malfunction (What???)
01-25-2008
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RawStory.com
The whisper that could be heard just before an answer from Mitt Romney at Thursday's Republican debate was the result of a microphone malfunction, an MSNBC spokesman tells RAW STORY, but its source remains a mystery.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
New Hampshire Primary - Breakdown of chain of custody
01-25-2008
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Bev Harris - YouTube
(If you know the right questions to ask then it is obvious what happens, when and where.) VIDEO
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Property Rights
A man's castle is his,...um,...castle. Except in England,...without a permit.
1-25-2008
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Yahoo News
A farmer built an entire mock castle behind a screen of hay bales and lived there concealed for four years to evade planning regulations, officials said on Friday -- but it may be torn down anyway.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Like FBI, CIA Has Used Secret 'Letters'
1-25-2008
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Washington Post
A CIA spokesman acknowledged the occasional use of [national security] letters. The requests always have been voluntary and intended to "obtain data for such legitimate purposes as counterintelligence and counterterrorism."
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • TERRORISM
NYPD Seeks an Air Monitor Crackdown for New Yorkers
1-25-2008
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The Villiage Voice / Chris Thompson
And if people use these detectors without a permit, Vallone asked, do we really have to put them in jail? Afraid so, [terror expert] Falkenrath answered.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Peter Schiff Named Economic Advisor to the Ron Paul 2008 Campaign
1-25-2008
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ronpaul2008.com
“We need a plan that stimulates savings and production not more of the reckless borrowing and consumption that got us into this mess in the first place. Ron Paul’s plan is the only one that amounts to a step in the right direction."
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Brock Lorber
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Opinion • Books
CONNECTING THE DOTS
America's Greatest Problem: Growth
1-25-2008
Frosty Wooldridge
If you were 400 pounds, would you like your wife to tell you it's good to grow to 500 pounds because growth is good? If Condi Rice told you that the American economy is good, but it should grow even more--would you think she's smart or just
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Feds accused of gold-price manipulation
1-25-08
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World Net Daily.com
"The objective of this manipulation is to conceal the mismanagement of the U.S. dollar so that it might retain its function as the world's reserve currency,"
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. slides into dangerous 1930s 'liquidity trap'
1-25-08
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Telegraph.co.uk
"People have been drawing home equity out of the houses at a rate of $700bn or $800bn a year. It's been a huge boost to consumption, but that game is now up. House prices are going to continue falling...
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News Link • Police State
Rummy Resurfaces, Calls for U.S. Propaganda Agency (Updated)
01-25-2008
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WIRED - Danger Room
Back in 2001, the Pentagon under his leadership created the controversial Office of Strategic Influence, which was closed down just a few months later after its existence became public. (It's back,... bigger and badder)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Housing
Farmer hides castle from building inspectors
1-25-2008
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Reuters
A British farmer built an entire mock castle behind a screen of hay bales and lived there concealed for four years to evade planning regulations, officials said on Friday -- but it may be torn down anyway. [cuz he didn't have our permission]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Vote on the Boca Raton Republican debate
1/25/08
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22830366/
Who do you think did the best or worst in the following six categories? Landslide again. you have to vote to see by whom.
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Gun Rights
Despite what Mayor Miller says, a ban on handguns would do little to quell gun violence in this city
01-25-08
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Toronto Sun-By Mark Bonokoski
"At the end of the day, it is safe to say that criminals do not care about gun bans or licenses," Scotland Yard spokesman Carrie Lee said.
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Gun Rights
Handgun bans don't work
01-22-2008
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National Post
Canadian op/ed concedes: handgun bans don't work:....If restricting ownership of handguns among ordinary law-abiding citizens had a positive impact on crime, our existing laws would already have produced the benefits.....
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Geoffrey Hayes
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Synthetic life 'advance' reported
1-24-08
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BBC.co.uk
A US team reports in Science magazine how it built the entire DNA code of a common bacterium in the laboratory using blocks of genetic material.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Calling All Kucinich Supporters: Vote Ron Paul
1-25-2008
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Op Ed News
It may be hard for Kucinich supporters to put aside partisanship and register to vote Republican, if only for a month or two, but if you are still committed to supporting an anti-war, pro-peace candidate who has a consistent record of voting against
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Constitution
Medical marijuana users can be fired: Calif. S. Court
1-24-08
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Reuters.com
Companies can fire employees who use marijuana for medical reasons even if California law allows such use because federal law prohibits it, the state's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
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