Jon Stewart lampoons fired CNN host Rick Sanchez
• RawStory.comJon Stewart gleefully struck back Monday night at the former CNN host who was fired after calling him a bigot.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
$69M in Calif. welfare money spent out of state
• abclocal.goThousands of documents show tens of millions of welfare dollars have been spent out of state, some at vacation resorts. The discovery is leading to new legislation to prevent welfare abuse.
Insider Trading and Central Banks
• dailybell.comDominant Social Theme: If you know too much, sit down!
Super-rich investors buy gold by ton
• www.reuters.comThe world's wealthiest people have responded to economic worries by buying gold by the bar -- and sometimes by the ton -- and by moving assets out of the financial system, bankers catering to the very rich said on Monday.
24 Hour Spot Gold
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24 hour Spot Silver Bid
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Moon Rocketeers Take One Small Step, on Isle of Man
• space.comTwenty-two teams, each hoping to win a multimillion-dollar race to land a homemade robot on the moon, are gathering this week on the Isle of Man.
How to Slash the State
• reason.com14 ways to dismantle a monstrous government, one program at a time
Erik Scott Killing Sparks West Point Alums to Target Las Vegas Police
• Pajamas MediaErik Scott’s family is expected to file a civil case against Costco, the Metro police, and the individual officers over his death, but that isn’t the only action being called for because of this incident. Metro has raised the ire of the the Long Gray
Anti-tax fervor undermines the common good - by Neal Peirce
• Seattle TimesWhere will anti-government sentiment — call it "libertarian," "tax revolt" or "tea party" — take America's cities and towns? For a top example, Governing magazine's current edition features the draconian measures under way in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Israeli court: Soldiers used Palestinian boy as human shield
• AFPAn Israeli military court convicted 2 soldiers of using a Palestinian child as a human shield by forcing him to check for booby traps during the 2008-2009 Gaza war. Ordering a 9-year-old boy to search bags confiscated from arrested Palestinians
15-year-old raped in court: Rapist gets probation, teen gets 12 months
• Rawstory15-year-old Ashley was facing trial in Family Court for lying to police after she told officers she didn't know who had assaulted her on the way to school. As she waited in the court's holding area juvenile counselor Simmons came to the handcuffed gi
Ga. federal judge arrested on drug, gun charges
• APA veteran federal judge faces drug and firearms charges after an exotic dancer at an strip club told authorities he used cocaine, marijuana and other illegal drugs with her. Judge Camp was arrested after he handed an undercover cop $160 for cocaine a
Is the U.S. Dollar Really Crashing?
• Seeking AlphaSince mid-August, the market has become overrun with inflation expectations on beliefs that a massive QE 2 program is in the works. With economic data worsening, the US recovery proven to be the joke it was all along, and stocks close to falling off
Sign-Making Party at the Freedom's Phoenix Workshop
• Meetup.com/Donna HancockSat, Oct. 9, 2010. Come down and make your favorite sign! There are already so many great stencils that you can use to make signs with, so pick your favorite and paint away. OR, make a new stencil with whatever message you want to send to the public
Here's Why House Prices Will Now Drop Another 20%
• Businessinsider.com/One of our favorite economists, Gary Shilling of A. Gary Shilling & Co., has given us permission to publish the following excerpt from his latest monthly report.
Beer & Revolution, Sunday, Oct 10, Featuring Lawrence Jarach
• Fires Never ExtinguishedHear what Lawrence will has to say about the possibility of an anarchist movement sans the Left, those anarchists who continue to defend, and justify the actions of left-wing groups whose ideas and actions run counter an anarchist or anti-authoritari
Obama says fiscal situation "untenable"
• ReutersPresident Obama said the United States was facing an "untenable fiscal situation" and would have to get serious about tackling its federal deficit. The US budget deficit is forecast at a record $1.47 trillion in the fiscal year that ended in Septembe
Moon Rocketeers Take One Small Step, on Isle of Man
• LiveScienceTwenty-two teams, each hoping to win a multimillion-dollar race to land a homemade robot on the moon, are gathering this week on the Isle of Man.
Special report: The Pentagon's new cyber warriors
• ReutersUS national security planners are proposing the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The perimeters policed by the Pentagon and
How to Slash the State
• Reason14 ways to dismantle a monstrous government, one program at a time
It's All Really Very Simple, If ... You Can Become a Conspiracy Investigator
• Rense.com"Are today's monopoly oligarchs of the same blood-thirsty tribe of thieves as were the money-changers Jesus whipped out of the Temple?"
Meredith Whitney: Middle Class to Suffer Most From Bank Rules
• CNBC.com"The real problem that exists is people just having credit ripped from their wallet. That's a social adjustment that we're going to have to deal with," said Whitney. "If you had money and you don't have money anymore, that's a traumatic experience.
Terror warnings: Be specific or be quiet
• WaPo / Anne ApplebaumThe only people who can profit from [general warnings] are the officials who issue it. If something does happen, they are covered: They warned us, they won't be criticized or forced to resign. If nothing happens, then we'll all forget about it anyway
Wanted: More Fraud, Abuse in Government Spending
• The New Republic / Jonathan CohnA new government report says the stimulus was virtually free of waste, fraud, and abuse. This is supposed to be good news. [Cohn's] not so sure.
THIS IS HUGE: Witnesses in Defense Dept. Report Suggest 9/11 Cover-Up (FOXNEWS)
• godlikeproductions.comA document obtained and witnesses interviewed by Fox News raise new questions over whether there was an effort by the Defense Department to cover up a pre-9/11 military intelligence program known as "Able Danger.
Australian Aboriginal Morphology in South America
• arcleinNEY: Cranial features distinctive to Australian Aborigines are present in hundreds of skulls that have been uncovered in Central and South America, some dating back to over 11,000 years ago.
How Famine Shaped Humanity
• arcleinWritings confirm that this period was a difficult one for Norse settlements in the area, marked by devastating crop failures. “Men ate foxes and ravens….The old and helpless were killed and thrown over cliffs,” reads one contemporary account. “We hav
Mini Fuji Thorium Molten Salt Reactor
• arcleinThe Fuji Molten salt thorium reactor would generate power at a cost significantly lower than that of current Light Water Reactors (LWR) – at least 30% lower.
Bimini Update
• arclein. The storms also revealed a deep channel leading into the harbor next to the end of the platform. The channel is cut through the reefs and the bedrock. Research revealed that the harbor has never been dredged and the channel was not cut in modern ti
