Late Night Joke Dump: May 29, 2010
• Mondo FrazierThe best political jokes and political/social commentary is almost always late at night. Here’s some of the best from the past week.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
War on the military-industrial complex
• Timothy P. CarneyIf Republicans are serious about reining in our out-of-control federal spending, they ought to start with the spending item that takes up 56 percent of our discretionary spending -- defense.
Ed's Video Report - LNC2010 - Friday
• Ed Vallejo Productions LOLThey say "If you aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong", well, I'm making R3VOLUTION fun!
GM Soy Infant Mortality Rate
• Farm WarsThe Farm Wars gang Infant Mortality Rate chart.
U.S.-born Muslim cleric calls for death of American civilians
• Fox News ChannelA U.S.-born cleric who has encouraged Muslims to kill American soldiers called for the killing of U.S. civilians in his first video released by a Yemeni offshoot of al-Qaida, providing the most overt link yet between the radical preacher and the terr
Going 'Green'
• The AtlasphereIn many ways, the 'green' movement is the Puritanism of our era. But these neo-Puritans have yet to fully explain why the rest of us should conform to their scientifically dodgy ideals.
The Terrorist Ties of the Gaza Boat Organizers
• Five Towns Jewish TimesAccording to Israeli Intelligence, members of Free Gaza have associated themselves with Hamas which is involved in organizing the flotilla. One of the primary planners of a previous aid flotilla was Hamas commander Muhammad Sawalha.
AZ Conservative Blog Airs McCain Dirty Laundry
• sonoranalliance.comNeocon RINOs getting irate. :)
Confusion Reigns: BP Suspends “Top Kill” Again After “Junk Shot” Fails
• FireDogLake.com &BusinessInsider.comBP’s renewed efforts at plugging the flow of oil from its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico stalled again on Friday, as the company suspended pumping operations for the second time in two days, according to a technician involved...
Switch On Your B-S Detector - When government officials open their mouths
• AntiWar.comIn short, the national security strategy document is pure propaganda, aimed – first and foremost – at the American people. It is they, after all, who are paying for the implementation of this grand strategy: a world empire of bases...
Congress Cracks Down On Anonymous Prepaid Cellphones
• GizmodoPrepaid cellphones have long been used by unsavory criminal types, which is understandable! They're anonymous, inexpensive, and did I mention anonymous already? But now that we know the alleged Times Square bomber had one, regulators have gotten out
Elderly Chicago man saves family, self with 'illegal' handgun
• St. Louis Gun Rights ExaminerAn 80-year-old Korean War veteran in Chicago faced an armed home invader, whose first reaction upon seeing the homeowner was to fire two shots at him. Fortunately, both missed. Also fortunately, his was not the only gun on the scene.
Gary Coleman dies in hospital
• AFPFormer child actor Gary Coleman, known to millions as the star of hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," died in hospital on Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage, CNN reported Friday.
Congratulations Redflex!
• CameraFRAUD - The Cameras are Coming DownYou know it’s gotta be a rare occasion to see THAT headline on CameraFRAUD, but today is a day to celebrate the exciting conclusion of what should have been a reality TV show: When Pirates Attack Pirates!
ATS has lost its lawsuit against rival
US House votes quadrupling of per-barrel oil tax
• godlikeproductions.comThe US House of Representatives on Friday voted to more than quadruple a per-barrel oil tax that fills a special trust fund to pay for damages from major spills like the Gulf of Mexico disaster. The measure called for raising the eight-cent-per-ba
New Obama Law Will Jail 500,000 Americans
• godlikeproductions.comForeign Ministry reports circulating in the Kremlin today are warning that an already explosive situation in the United States is about to get a whole lot worse as a new law put forth by President Obama is said capable of seeing up to 500,000 America
Bill Gates funds covert vaccine nanotechnology
• Blacklistednews.com/These nanoparticles could be used in a spray mist that’s sprayed on to every person who walks through an airport security checkpoint, for example. Or it could be unleashed through the ventilation systems of corporate office buildings or public school
Mark Hanson: Housings Shadow Inventory May Take 8 Years to Clear
• mhanson.com/blogIt will take 42 months to clear the portion of the 8 million loans presently in the distressed pipeline that will ultimately be liquidated. If Foreclosures remain at April’s record high of 92.5k, it will take 101 months.
Federal Homebuyer Tax Credit Gone: New Home Sales Plummet
• Bloomberg.comIn Phoenix, contracts in the subdivisions surveyed by Metrostudy fell almost 49 percent for the week ended May 24 from the same period a year earlier, Hunter said. More than 8 percent of Phoenix households received a notice of default, auction or...
Oil Flow Is Stemmed, but Could Resume, Official Says
• NY TimesBy injecting solid objects overnight as well as heavy drilling fluid into the stricken well leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico, engineers appeared to have stemmed the flow of oil, Adm. Thad W. Allen of the Coast Guard, the leader of the government e
White House Used Bill Clinton to Ask Sestak to Drop Out of Race
• NY TimesAt the request of President Obama's chief of staff, former President Bill Clinton asked Joe Sestak if he would drop out of Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate primary [a felony] if given a prominent but unpaid [?] advisory position within the administra
Private Rocket Makers Team Up to Build Robot Landers
• SpaceTwo California companies, one a rocket engine builder and the other a mock moon lander champion, have teamed up to develop new private unmanned vehicles that NASA could send to the moon, Mars and asteroids.
Air Force's X-51 Scramjet Sets Record for Longest Hypersonic Flight
• SpaceAn experimental aircraft has set a new record for the longest hypersonic flight after streaking across the sky Wednesday for more than three minutes while flying at Mach 5 – five times the speed of sound — the United States Air Force has announced.
Gulf Oil – Same Problem, Different Year
• Farm WarsThink that the current Gulf oil gusher is a unique problem? Think again. The same thing happened in 1979. All of the same techniques to stop it that BP is using now were used back then, and guess what? They didn’t work then either.
ASU Housing Cheerleader: High-end Valley homes stabilizing
• AZcentral.comA number of recent reports suggest home prices across the country could be headed for a double-dip. But ASU professor Karl Guntermann offers some good news in the meantime for owners of higher-priced homes in metro Phoenix.
Mike Krieger On Our Road To Serfdom
• ZeroHedge.comI am about to head out on the road (not to serfdom hope!) and before I do I want to issue a rallying cry to everyone that craves freedom both politically and economically. We must all at once stop identifying ourselves as Democrats and Republicans.
Senate approves $60 billion more for wars and aid — for just four months
• RawStory.comThe House version of the bill is even larger, at $84 billion. Less than $100 million is earmarked for helping the Gulf Coast in the wake of a massive oil spill.
Census Workers Can Enter Your Apartment if You’re Not Home
• Mondo FrazierGood news! The U.S. Census workers are authorized to enter your apartment if you're not there. It's all in a day's government work.
Gerald Celente: Fascism And The Collapse of the American Economy
• LewRockwell.comGerald Celente, Director of the Trends Research Institute, sees a very bleak future for the United States, and a major collapse coming soon for the entire nation, maybe the entire world.
Extend & Pretend: Its Either RICO Act Or Control Fraud
• ZeroHedge.comThe French revolution cost people their heads when the guillotine administered public justice daily for the angry masses. Political and bureaucratic heads will also roll in the future if justice is not soon administered. Marie Antoinette learned...
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