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Date Sent: 2008-09-13
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, September 13, 2008 |
Fanny and Freddie to be kept off budget -- Emergency meeting to discuss Lehman Brothers' future
Unified Nuclear Command Urged -- D.C. Legislation Would Remove More Gun Limits -- US to take on 17,000 Iraqis after Bush leaves -- AIG Shares Tumble On Capital Concerns -- Banking Is Tanking -- Adam Kokesh on Bob Barr -- OK to kill owners of 'immoral' TV networks -- Scott$dale parks van at CameraFRAUD.com event -- CIA’S Overthrow of Iran in 1953 Reaps Bitter Harvest For America - by Sherwood Ross -- Ron Paul wants off the ballot in Montana -- Henry Paulson as God: Congress has no authority here -- Jesse Ventura questions the media -- Bailouts Will Push U.S. into Depression -- Hurricane Ike and Indianola: The Great Hurricane of 1886 -- 16 US troops commit "mass suicide" in Iraq
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News Link • Military
Unified Nuclear Command Urged
9-13-2008
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Washington Post
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates yesterday called on the Air Force to establish clear and unified control over the nation's nuclear arsenal, after a new report by a Pentagon task force concluded that the service had neglected its stewardship
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
D.C. Legislation Would Remove More Gun Limits
9-13-2008
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Washington Post
The legislation could come up for a vote in the D.C. Council as early as Tuesday -- the same day the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that would virtually end local handgun control in the District.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. Links 3 Chávez Aides to Guerrillas
9-13-2008
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Washington Post
On Friday, the United States ordered Bolivian Ambassador Gustavo Guzmán to leave. Also on Friday, Honduras postponed the accreditation of the U.S. ambassador, in support of Venezuela and Bolivia.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
US to take on 17,000 Iraqis after Bush leaves
9-13-2008
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Washington Post
The United States plans to take in a minimum of 17,000 Iraqis over the next 12 months under its refugee program, and an additional 5,000 under a special visa program for Iraqis who formerly worked for the U.S. military and embassy or their contractor
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
AIG Shares Tumble On Capital Concerns
9-13-2008
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Washington Post
Shares of American International Group, the nation's largest insurance company, plunged yesterday on fresh fears that it will have trouble remaining on firm financial footing as a result of the turmoil in the mortgage market.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Time for an RNC wrap up with Jon Stewart from the Daily Show on Comedy Central
09-12-2008
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fanny and Freddie to be kept off budget
9-13-2008
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Washington Post
The White House budget office said yesterday that it has decided not to incorporate mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into the federal budget, citing the temporary nature of the Treasury Department's takeover and "the level
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banking Is Tanking
09-12-2008
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Slate
Lehman's shares had slid 41 percent as investors voted with their feet. Lehman's best hope now is an outside buyer: Bank of America and Barclays are interested but only if the U.S. government offers assurances to help shield them from further
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Saudi: OK to kill owners of 'immoral' TV networks
9-12-2008
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AP
Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content. The Sheik said that satellite channels cause the "deviance of thousands
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
When Palin was mayor, Wasilla billed rape victims for examinations
9-12-2008
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Raw Story
The Wasilla Police Department estimated that the cost of paying for the rape kits itself came to between $5,000 and $14,000 a year, Associated Press reported. [the big question is, how many rapes/year happen in a town of 9,000?]
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Adam Kokesh on Bob Barr
9-12-2008
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Adam Kokesh blog
I attended Ron Paul's press conference yesterday expecting Bob Barr to be there. It was going to be as close to an endorsement as Barr could get from Paul. I almost came with a sign that said “Veterans For Barr.” Boy, am I glad I didn't.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Emergency meeting held to discuss Lehman Brothers' future
9-12-2008
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Washington Post
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York held an emergency meeting Friday night with top Washington policymakers and major financial institutions to discuss the future of Lehman Brothers attended by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Scott$dale parks van at CameraFRAUD.com event
09/12/2008
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CameraFRAUD.com
The City of Scott$dale, in coordination with the fraud experts at American Traffic Solutions, Inc., placed a photo enforcement vehicle disturbingly close to the establishment where CameraFRAUD.com held a public volunteer meeting.
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul wants off the ballot in Montana
9-12-2008
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Flathead Beacon
Republican Ron Paul does not want to be on the Montana ballot as the Constitution Party presidential candidate, but state election officials said Thursday it may be too late to remove his name. Paul, in a letter to the secretary of state, said his na
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Wholesale Gas Prices Hit $5.00 a Gallon Because of Hurricane Ike
9-12-08
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InsideFutures.com
Ahead of Ike’s surge, wholesale gasoline prices in the U.S. Gulf went over $5 a gallon. As eleven Texas refineries representing 16 percent of total U.S. refinery capacities shut down,
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Mortgage Defaults Spike in Inland Empire of Southern California
9-12-08
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
In Riverside County, total foreclosure-related filings were up 58 percent from a year ago and 39 percent from July, while in San Bernardino County, total filings increased 98 percent from August 2007 and 34 percent from the month before.
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News Link • Constitution
Henry Paulson as God: Congress has no authority here
9-12-08
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BigPicture.typepad.com
Hank Paulson's God Complex just got bigger. The Director of Government Bailouts, and head of the Socialism Departmant at Treasury has informed Congress to back off his turf.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
U.S. Considers Bringing Fannie, Freddie on to Budget
9-12-08
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Bloomberg.com
The Bush administration is considering whether to fold Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's $5.2 trillion in debt into the federal budget, the White House budget office and the U.S. Treasury Department said.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bailouts Will Push U.S. into Depression
9-12-08
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CNBC.com
The end result of the global economic slowdown may be the U.S. announcing national bankruptcy as the government cannot afford the bailouts that it promised and the market will not bail out the government, Martin Hennecke, senior manager...
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News Link • History
Hurricane Ike and Indianola: The Great Hurricane of 1886
09-12-2008
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Ginn
While Hurricane Ike churns through the Gulf of Mexico few people are aware of the great hurricane of 1886 and how it led to the end of Texas port town of Indianola.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • World News
16 US troops commit "mass suicide" in Iraq
09/11/2008
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Press TV
Sixteen US troops from the a unit of the Airborne Division have committed suicide inside a military base in Iraq, security sources say.
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Camera FRAUD
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