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Date Sent: 2008-04-21
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, April 21, 2008 |
US general ready to go to war with Iraqi cleric -- Pentagon hires media consultants to help MSM
Moms and young children from Texas ranch to be forcibly parted -- U.S. Military Seeks to Widen Pakistan Raids -- Iraq wants debts cancelled -- US May Post Marines in Taiwan -- US building 'security wall' in Baghdad's Sadr City -- McCain: A Question of Temperament -- Colt’s grip on military rifle market called bad deal -- Alistair Darling plans unprecedented £50bn bank bailout -- OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF 9/11 FLIGHT CONTRADICTED BY GOVERNMENT'S OWN DATA -- Military Goods for Sale and Miscreants Aplenty -- The rising impact of high oil prices -- Housing-credit woes spur calls for more federal regulation -- Majority of Canadians Reject SPP and Deeper Integration -- So Welfare Is Now Patriotic? - by Christine Smith -- See "Under the Same Moon" - by Mike Renzulli -- Ron Paul Supporters Kicked Out of FL GOP Meeting -- TX GOP Chairman Thwarts Takeover -- Ron Paul Delegates Shown the Door in the Show Me State
William Astore on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio
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News Link • Marriage
Moms and young children from Texas ranch to be parted
4-21-2008
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AP
Adult mothers who have been allowed to stay with their young children since they were taken from a polygamous sect will be separated from them after DNA sampling is completed next week, a child welfare official said Saturday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. Military Seeks to Widen Pakistan Raids
4-21-2008
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NY Times
American commanders in Afghanistan have in recent months urged a widening of the war that could include American attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants in the tribal areas inside Pakistan, according to United States officials.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
The incredible shrinking terror case
4-21-2008
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The Star
Once labelled Canada's first homegrown, Islamist terror plot, the case of the so-called Toronto 18 is quietly melting away. With yesterday's decision to stay charges against four more of those that it had once labelled dangerous terrorists, t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US May Post Marines in Taiwan
4-21-2008
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AP
The United States may post Marines at its unofficial embassy in Taiwan - a small but symbolically significant change in its delicate political relationship with the self-ruled island.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq wants debts cancelled
4-21-2008
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AFP
Iraq's government spokesman, in comments published yesterday, called on Gulf states to cancel billions of dollars owed from loans and upgrade their diplomatic representation in Baghdad.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Government Is Trying to Wrap Its Mind Around Yours
4-21-2008
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Washington Post
Imagine a world of streets lined with video cameras that alert authorities to any suspicious activity. A world where police officers can read the minds of potential criminals and arrest them before they commit any crimes. A world in which a suspect w
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Heroes or Dupes?
by Laurence M. Vance
4-21-2008
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LewRockwell
Americans love their war heroes. It doesn’t matter where the war was fought, why it was fought, how it was fought, or what the war cost. Every battlefield is holy; every cause is just; every soldier is a potential hero. But what is it that turns an o
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
How to Leave Iraq
by SAUL LANDAU
4-21-2008
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Counterpunch
Iraq-satiated Democrats face a formidable political challenge: If they win in November, can they extricate the country from Bush's illegal war, which apparently can't be won by US military forces and has drained material and psychic resources
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US building 'security wall' in Baghdad's Sadr City
4-21-2008
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Christian Science Monitor
In the face of ongoing confrontations between US-Iraqi forces and Shiite militias in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, US forces began work this week on a concrete barrier to protect against militia intrusions. Other neighborhoods with such walls
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US general says he's ready to go to war with Iraqi cleric
4-21-2008
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AFP
A top US general on Sunday warned that the military would strike back after hardline Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to launch a new uprising by his militia. "I hope Moqtada al-Sadr continues to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
McCain: A Question of Temperament
4-21-2008
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Washington Post
John McCain cupped a fist and began pumping it, up and down, along the side of his body. It was a gesture familiar to a participant in the closed-door meeting of the Senate committee who hoped that it merely signaled, as it sometimes had in the past,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Colt’s grip on military rifle market called bad deal
4-21-2008
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AP
No weapon is more important to tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan than the carbine rifle. And for well over a decade, the military has relied on one company, Colt Defense of Hartford, Conn., to make the M4s they trust with their
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Pentagon hires media consultants to help MSM war coverage
4-21-2008
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NY Times (see link at bottom)
THE mainstream news article in recent weeks, the front-page epic in today's New York Times on how the Pentagon assembled a crew of retired military officers to disseminate propaganda via all-too-willing network and cable news outlets.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Alistair Darling plans unprecedented £50bn bank bailout
4-21-2008
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London Times
An unprecedented £50 billion injection to bail out Britain’s ailing banking system could be doubled if it fails to stave off a collapse in the housing market.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF 9/11 FLIGHT CONTRADICTED BY GOVERNMENT'S OWN DATA
4-21-2008
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OpEd News
In August, 2006, members of Pilots for 9/11 Truth received documents from the NTSB and began a close analysis of the data they contain. After expert review and cross check, Pilots for 9/11 Truth has concluded that the information in these NTSB docume
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Media Caught Lying - by Jerry Day
4-21-2008
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Youtube
I stumbled on a stunning disconnect between the major media version of election coverage and candidate popularity trends on the internet. Let me know who you think is lying! Blast from Past - Same Crap Different decade
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Military Goods for Sale and Miscreants Aplenty
4-21-2008
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PC World
Psssst ... Hey, you over there! Yeah, you. Wanna buy some F-14 components? No? How about some night-vision goggles? According to the GAO, such purloined military equipment can be found online at eBay or Craigslist. Seems like it was a week for wild-a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The rising impact of high oil prices
4-21-2008
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Christian Science Monitor
"We are all worth less and earning less than a year ago," says economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com. "That is why consumers are pulling back, and judging from the confidence numbers they are in a panic mode."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Housing-credit woes spur calls for more federal regulation
4-21-2008
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AP
A heavier federal hand is reaching into American life as politicians in both parties demand an overhaul of government financial regulation and more protection for homeowners in the face of mortgage woes and a weakening economy.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • North American Union
Majority of Canadians Reject SPP and Deeper Integration
4-21-2008
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Intel Strike
In the poll, a whopping 86% of Canadians agree the Security and Prosperity Partnership should be debated in the House of Commons and submitted to a parliamentary vote. The SPP’s objectives include removing barriers and securing U.S. access to Canadia
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Kansas City, MO: Ron Paul Supporters Sweep Available Delegate Seats
4-20-2008
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KansasCity.com
Republicans who support Texas congressman Ron Paul for president won all three available national convention seats from Missouri’s 5th congressional district Saturday after a compromise with party leaders in Jackson County.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Welfare: Social
So Welfare Is Now Patriotic?
by Christine Smith
04-20-2008
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Paid for by Christine Smith for President
The acceptance of the welfare state in our nation never ceases to amaze me.
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
Would you elect this man? Cross-dressing comedian, Eddie Izzard, considers EU politics.
4-20-2008
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AP
"We've got to make it work in Europe. People are very worried about sovereignty and the loss of sovereignty. I think the stakes are if we don't make the European Union work, then the world is screwed. End of story."
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Supporters Kicked Out of FL GOP Meeting
4-20-2008
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St Petersburg Times
An ongoing spat between supporters of Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Ron Paul flared again Thursday, when pro-Paul dissidents were kicked out of a Pasco County GOP Executive Committee meeting.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
TX GOP Chairman Thwarts Takeover
4-20-2008
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thecaller.com
Bertuzzi, who chaired the meeting, said he did not recognize the group to speak and some members were escorted out by the sergeant at arms. Then about 40 [Ron Paul Republicans] convened in what's known as a "rump convention."
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Texas GOP - The Party of No Rules
4-20-2008
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YouTube / christx45
Nueces County chair valiently fights off a "takeover" by Ron Paul Republicans. [or, did he? Thanks to the wonderful world of 2008, you get to hear exactly what happened via YouTube.]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul Delegates Shown the Door in the Show Me State
4-20-2008
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STLtoday
Magee, mayor of Glendale, said the delegate purge [half of the district's delegates and alternates] complied with last-minute changes in convention rules approved by the state party.
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Brock Lorber
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