SWAT Raided Mayor in Washington Post
• The AgitatorMayor Cheye Calvo has an op-ed in the Washington Post about his experience trying to get some accountability for the violent, mistaken 2008 raid on his home.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
Meltdown jolts consumers from financial fairyland
• APThe stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the swagger out of Americans' views toward investing. The baby boomers who forged the Reagan bull market; su
ILLUMINATI PROJECT
• youtubeeducate yourself this link has all parts - theres over 57 of them. http://www.livevideo.com/infinitespiritproductions
Veteran injured by vaccine ineligible for benefits
• Kansas City StarIt was an inection that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago, after just nine days in Iraq. Yet the Springfield, Mo., man does not qualify for a special GI benefit of up to $100,000 for troops who suffer traumatic injuries.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry
• www.theparanormalclub.comThe symbol is a visible, and the legend an audible representation of some contrasted idea—of some moral conception produced from a comparison. Both the legend and the symbol relate to dogmas of a deep religious character; both of them convey moral se
Cancer Cured in Canada, But Big Pharma Says NO WAY!
• eclipp tvCanadian news report there is no patent so drug has no profitability and therefore no champions
"Strategic Default" on the rise
• LA TimesWho is more likely to walk away from a house and a mortgage -- a person with super-prime credit scores or someone with lower scores?
Peter Schiff on Foreign Policy (video)
• YoutubePeter Schiff (CT) for Senate 2010 Watch more Freedom Watch episodes here = http://freedomwatchonfox.com/category/show-archives/ Video:
New Bill in Congress Would Give 37 Million Seniors an Estimated $415 More in Social Security
• business wireA new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would give the average beneficiary an additional $415.20 in Social Security payments in 2010, a boost of $34.60 per month.
Feds balk at Google book deal, hopes for changes
• APThe U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive up prices unless it's revised.
Leading Senator Pushes New Plan to Oversee Banks
• NY TimesThe senior Senate Democrat shepherding legislation to overhaul the nation’s financial system is planning to propose the merger of four bank agencies into one super-regulator, an idea that is significantly different from what President Obama envisions
State official: Ban all distracted driving
• East Valley TribuneBanning texting while driving would make Arizona safer, but such a law would be prohibitively difficult to enforce and would fail to address the wider issue of distracted driving, the director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety said. “Text
Iowa councilman attacked at bar, politics blamed
• APA city councilman in Iowa said a man who attacked him at a bar claimed it was retaliation for comments he made about the man's niece, a political opponent.
FCC on Apple, DOJ on Google -- the Feds are Tackling Tech
• PC WorldWatch out, libertarian techies -- big government has upped its ante in a number of tech issues dominating headlines. In the near future we could see the Feds impact the future of unfettered Internet access, electronic books, and Apple policy for how
Sticky U.S.-Japan issues loom for Hatoyama in New York
• ReutersJapan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, faces his first diplomatic test this week when he meets President Barack Obama in New York as the two allies grapple with disagreements that investors fear could damage ties.
Russia's President says Israel promised not to strike Iran
• ReutersIsrael promised Russia it would not launch an attack on Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in which he described such an assault as "the worst thing that can be imagined." Israel has hinted it could forcibly deny Iran the means to make a
Obama Tells New York Governor Not to Run For Re-Election
• NY TimesPresident Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New Y
Obama: First family to follow rules on flu vaccine
• APPresident Barack Obama says the first family will follow the rules like every one else on the swine flu vaccine.
In Somalia, U.S. weapons end up in al-Qaeda hands
• Globe and MailThe Somali army is so weak and ill-trained that its soldiers have begun defecting to the Islamists and their U.S.-supplied weapons are being traded to the insurgents, known as al-Shabab, the politicians say.
DVD: Man-Made Warming - A Convenient Untruth
• News LinkIs it a huge, inconvenient, man-made mess or a natural climate cycle? There is no scientific consensus. Global warming is now a global "crisis" -- energetically popularized, funded and argued worldwide. This DVD by Dr. Michael Coffman offers another
New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
• APAmericans who slap $1 price tags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign. The "Resale Round-up," launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commis
Is Wells Fargo Making AIG’s Suicidal Mistake?
• Economic Policy JournalIt was not bond defaults that killed AIG, after all. It was collateral calls.Recall that AIG also thought that it was exercising the utmost caution, hiring a Wharton/Yale professor to build "risk models," and AIG was confident that many of the bonds
The hypocrisy of the Fed
• CNNNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Are there any mirrors in the headquarters of the Federal Reserve? If so, I think it's time for Ben Bernanke and his colleagues to look into one.
The coming American dictatorship
• Backwoods Home“Last of all, but not least, our economy is no longer a true free market economy. It is now one of the socialist economies. We’re now a fascist economy. For all of our posturing about how bad fascism is, we have created a fascist economy as a comprom
The coming American dictatorship
• Backwoods HomeUsing what are called Executive Orders, they create laws that are not only illegal and unconstitutional, but are created without the consent of the Congress or the people of the United States. Some of these edicts, believe it or not, explicitly suspe
Obama Foreign Policy Advisor Calls For US to Shoot Down Israeli Jets
• Gateway PunditLast year Zbigniew Brzezinski, adviser to former US president Jimmy Carter, described the Bush administration's policy of maintaining the option of military action against Iran as "counterproductive."
U.S. Authorities Probing $100 Billion of Bonds Seized in Italy (New One)
• BloombergThe U.S. Secret Service is examining more than $100 billion of U.S. government bonds confiscated in northern Italy in August, just two months after $134 billion of allegedly fake securities were seized in a nearby town. The Secret Service is analy
Russian premier Putin says US dollar issuance 'uncontrolled', calls for diversified reserves
• Google/The Canadian PressSOCHI, Russia — Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday said other currencies besides the dollar should be used as global reserves to reduce the risks posed by swelling U.S. debt.
Obama Says Financial Regulations Must Be Strengthened Globally
• Bloomberg.comSept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said tougher financial regulations are needed worldwide to protect consumers, provide economic stability and prevent future crises. With the leaders from the Group of 20 nations set to meet next week
How much does a professional football stadium cost?
• wiki.answers.comThe cost of an NFL stadium varies, depending on When the venue was built, the size, amenities, location and available infrastructure. The development cost for the most recent stadiums:
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