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News Link Obama Administration
Obama rewards big donors with plum jobs overseas
11-19-2009
Politico
He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors.
Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since O
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News Link TERRORISM
U.S. Reviews Air Defenses to Thwart Terror From Skies
11-19-2009
NY Times
The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept. 11-style terrorism attack, an assessment aimed at determining whether the commitment of jet fighters, other ai
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News Link Legislative Mischief
Bank bill delayed in House, Senate divided
11-19-2009
Reuters
Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.
The setbacks came as lawmakers streamed out
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News Link Healthcare
Senate nears first healthcare vote
11-19-2009
Reuters
Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's price tag and tax hikes before the first crucial test vote on Saturday.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Rei
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News Link TERRORISM
Terrorists Inside U.S. Increase Attacks, Panel Hears
11-19-2009
Bloomberg
Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, anti-terrorist experts said. "The threat is now increasingly from within, from homegro
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News Link Healthcare
US Senators target plastic surgery in health overhaul
11-19-2009
AFP
Americans opting to have surgery to suck out fat, grow or shrink breasts, shape their nose or banish wrinkles may pay for a health care overhaul that US Senate Democrats unveiled. The White House-backed plan would impose a 5% tax on elective cosmetic
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News Link Healthcare Industry
Peru Cops Claim Gang Murdering Victims for Black Market Body Fat: The Mysterious Dr. Bittner and Lip
11-19-2009
Ginn
The title says it all?!?
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News Link Healthcare
Peter Schiff: Health care reform = socialized medicine
11/19/09
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News Link Government
DirtyUncleSam.com - We are now all 14th Amendment Slaves
11-19-2009
www.dirtyunclesam.com
An explanation of how individuals were enslaved following the American Civil War
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News Link r3VOLution Continues
Ron Paul and Jim DeMint: Americans Deserve a Transparent Fed
11-19-2009
Daily Paul/Wall St. Journal
As strong opponents of government intervention into the economy, we do not want to see Congress directly dictate monetary policy...American taxpayers deserve better.
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News Link Precious Metals
Apparently, the Global Gold Market is Stuffed Full of 400 oz Tungsten Salted Bars
11-19-2009
ChrisMartenson.com
The amount of salted tungsten gold bars in question was allegedly between 5,600 and 5,700 400 oz good delivery bars [roughly 60 metric tonnes].
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News Link Constitution
A Lesson on the General Welfare Clause
11-19-09
Tenth Amendment Center
In this podcast, Constitutional Scholar Rob Natelson offers a lesson on the general Welfare clause of the United States Constitution. He discusses the original meaning of the words themselves, the meaning of general welfare in the preamble, the origi
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News Link Housing
Foreclosures hitting more people with prime loans
11-19-2009
AP
A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.
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News Link TAXES: Federal
Wall Street tax must be international: Pelosi
11-19-2009
Reuters
Any tax imposed on financial transactions would have to take effect internationally to prevent Wall Street jobs and related business moving overseas, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
"It would have to be an international rule, not
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News Link China
China ramps up espionage against US
11-19-2009
AFP
China is sharply stepping up espionage against the USA as the rising Asian power grows more sophisticated in cyber warfare and spy recruitment. "China is changing the way that espionage is being done," said the chair of the US-China Economic and Secu
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News Link Economy - Economics USA
Stronger dollar, weak economic data pummels stocks
11-19-2009
AP
A stronger dollar and more discouraging signs of a subdued economic recovery triggered a broad sell-off in stocks.
Major indexes tumbled more than 1.5 percent Thursday, including the Dow Jones industrials, which fell about 160 points.
Energy an
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News Link Economy - Economics USA
Weak jobless claims, future economic activity data
11-19-2009
AP
A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months. The index of leading economic indicators rose less in October than analysts had expected.
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News Link Politics: General Activism
Rep. Kevin Brady (R) Texas asks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign!
11-19-2009
Zero Hedge and Youtube
Video of Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas today asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign because of his incompetence before and after the finacial crises
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News Link Transportation: Air Travel
FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays
11-19-2009
AP
Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.
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News Link Federal Reserve
Congressional Rep. Elijah Cummings Calls For "Total" Review Of The Federal Reserve System
11-19-2009
The Market Ticker
Rep. Elijah Cummings and six other members of Congress send letter to Barney Frank, Chairman of House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd, Chairman Senate Banking Committee to call for a "total" review of the Federal Reserve System
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News Link Bioterrorism
Microbiologist kidnapped after warning vaccine is bioweapon
11-19-2009
Joseph Moshe whistle-blower on Baxter releasing outbreak (mutated H1N1?) in Ukraine
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Microbiologist nabbed by FBI after warning us that vaccine is a bioweapon deployment
11-19-2009
Joseph Moshe whistle-blower on Baxter releasing outbreak (mutated H1N1?) in Ukraine
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News Link Economy - Economics USA
Silverdome Sale Price Disappoints
11-19-2009
Detroit News
Nearly 35 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the Pontiac Silverdome and a year after a $20 million sale fell through, city officials have sold the arena once called the most desirable property in Oakland County. The price: $583,000.
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News Link Property Rights
When the Border is Everywhere: Resistance to Speed Cameras and Border Checkpoints in Arizona
11-19-2009
Infoshop News
Support for the technological class war on migrants and immigrants at the border has been strong and has included encouragement for the deployment of cameras and all manner of other Big Brother machinery -- as long as they are pointed south.
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News Link Police State
Everything is OK 3 (Camden Stories)
11-19-2009
YouTube
It's time to wake up and for the people to reclaim this world from the forces of fear and ignorance.
These are our adventures in Camden.
Namaste. Peace. Love. Salaam. Shalom
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News Link Science
Lake Titicaca Shrinks
11-19-2009
arclein
Titicaca's waters have dropped 81 centimeters (2.65 feet) since April and flora and fauna are apt to suffer damage if they drop another 30 centimeters (one foot), the statement said.
Navy Capt. Jorge Ernesto Espinoza told ATB television that South
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News Link Science
Bristle Cone Growth Spurt
11-19-2009
arclein
What they found was that the bristlecone pines at treeline grow faster when temperatures are warmer-in contrast to the trees lower down the mountain, which grow faster with higher amounts of precipitation and when temperatures are cooler. In other wo
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News Link Climate Change
North West Passage Transit
11-19-2009
arclein
This Oct. 26, 2009 photo shows Sprague Theobald's yacht Bagan moored in Ketchikan, alaska while its crew rested following their voyage, which began in June from Rhode Island, through the Northwest Passage, the Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea,
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News Link Continental Congress 2009
Floor Report Part 3 - Continental Congress 2009
11-18-2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJzXABSmF0k
Next up - Delegate Richard Treitz of Kentucky.
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News Link PC: Political Correctness
Muslim Head Scarf Tug Nets Chicago Woman Hate Crime Arrest
11-18-2009
Ginn
According to federal government, tug on a scarf on a non-Muslim, your victim can take it up in civil court. Pull on the scarf of a Muslim woman, and youre charged with a hate crime under federal statutes. Penalty? Three years in prison and a $25,0
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