Gallup: Opposition to big government growing rapidly
• Hot AirTo no one’s great shock, the nation has reacted to the radical nature of the Democratic agenda by expressing even more suspicion of big-government solutions.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
State plots dog surcharge
• Boston HeraldState Republicans are howling mad over yet another tax hike being slipped through the Legislature that would slap an annual $3 state surcharge on municipal licensing fees canine owners pay for their pet pooches.
Fed Rejects Geithner Request for Study of Governance, Structure
• BloombergBernanke opposes the measure, which was introduced in the House by Representative Ron Paul of Texas, a Republican. Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo, an Obama appointee, is working on changes to the supervisory process that are preparing the central bank f
New Evidence of White House Ties to ACORN and Anti-Glenn Beck Effort
• Yid with Lid/Big GovernmentIn a post this morning, we reported testimony tying ACORN with President Obama's Election Committee.
Will China Buy All of the IMF Gold For Sale? Will It Have the Opportunity To Buy It?
• Truth In GoldIn other words, will IMF member gold pledges be monetized with cash?
Got Gold? The Dollar is on Death Row: Negative Interest Rates Are Here, the US has $118 Trillion in
• Commodity Trader AlertA little more inflation might be preferable to rising unemployment or a series of fiscal measures that pile on debt bequeathed to future generations.
China Weighs Purchase of IMF Gold
• Commodity Trader Alert“China will consider buying if the price is right and the return is relatively high,” MNI quoted one of the government sources as saying. Gold, which had dipped just below $1,000 an ounce, rebounded to $1,003.45 after the report.
Kevin Kerr on Gold going to $2,200 an ounce by end of 2010
• Commodity Trader AlertCNBC) Kevin Kerr discuss why gold is going to $2,200 an ounce by end of 2010. He mentions zero to nagative interest rates, gold repatriation and China as being part of a larger paradigm shift away from the dollar as the sole reserve currency. Kevin s
VERICHIP UP OVER 200% & The Dark Years Are Here
• CryptogenThe press release contained the magic combination of letters and numbers: “H1N1.” The volume today is about 320X the three month average volume.
UFO News: Chinese Scientists Film UFO
• GinnChinese scientists, a far cry from 'average' UFO spotters, managed to capture a UFO on film during the July 22, 2009 eclipse.
And Just by Coincidence...
• Economic Policy JournalJust by coincidence, of course, on this coming Monday afternoon, Secretary Geithner will meet with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov of the Russian Federation.
STUNNING VIDEO UNEARTHED: Obama 07 Revelation: Health Care Reform Requires Tax Hikes — Savings Just
• You Tube
New York Times Report Contradicts Obama Claim that His Daughter was "Diagnosed with Meningitis*
• Freedoms Lighthouse
CORRUPTION: Is The Lid About To Come Off?
• The Market TickerOne has to wonder after this surfaced....
E.Coli demonstrated to remove uranium waste
• News LinkUsing E. coli bacteria and inositol phosphate, a chemical analogue of a cheap waste material from plants, researchers at Birmingham University have recovered uranium from the polluted waters from uranium mines.
CORRUPTION: Government Housing Programs
• The Market TickerThe administration continues to LIE about claimed "improvements" in the character of home finance.
Commanding General: 45,000 more troops or we lose the war
• Washington PostThe top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure," accord
International Monetary Fund to sell over 403 tons of gold
• AFPThe International Monetary Fund said its executive board endorsed the sale of 403 tons of gold, worth an estimated 13 billion dollars, to boost its lending capacity to poor countries. The IMF said in a statement the sales would be “in a volume str
COMISAF Initial Assessment (Unclassified) -- Searchable Document
• Washington PostThe Department of Defense released a declassified version of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's assessment of the war in Afghanistan, which includes minor deletions of material that officials said could compromise future operations.
House moves to extend jobless benefits
• APDespite predictions the Great Recession is running out of steam, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week to help the millions of Americans who see no immediate end to their economic miseries.
G-20 Urged to Lift Bank Reserves
• NY TimesWorld leaders at the Group of 20 meeting this week should force banks to build up their reserves substantially to avoid another acute financial crisis, a leading association of regulatory experts said Monday. Lurking behind the appeal from the Eur
Half a Ton of Uranium -- and a Long Flight
• Washington Post"Andy, let's take a walk," the colonel said. As they strolled through a dim apartment courtyard, Korbator handed Weber a piece of paper. Weber unfolded it. On the paper was written: U235 90 percent 600 kilos
Palin emerges as Facebook phenom
• PoliticoSince resigning as governor, Sarah Palin has essentially gone dark, making almost no public appearances and successfully avoiding the media outlets that are clamoring to talk to her. But that doesn’t mean Palin has been quiet.
Phones, e-mail tapped 1381 times daily
• ukguardianPolice and other officials tapped phone calls and emails an average of 1,381 times a day last year, according to a report released today by the interception of commun- ications commissioner, Sir Paul Kennedy. A total of 504,073 surveillan
Not So Extinct Dinosaurs
• arcleinI return today to the subject of the class of reptiles properly described as dawn age reptiles. My researches have stumbled into more telling reports and the phenomenon is sorting itself out. We can begin to characterize the phenomena a lot better.
Warmest Sea Surface Temperatures
• arcleinThe world’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest for any August on record, and the warmest on record averaged for any June-August (Northern Hemisphere summer/Southern Hemisphere winter) season according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center
A Curious Snag In Debt-For-Equity Restructurings As Goldman And JPM Do A Stealthy Roll Up Of The Med
• Zero HedgeGoldman and JPM were so eager to provide "rescue" financings to virtually the entire distressed media space: both companies knew too well that sooner or later they would end up with full equity control over essentially the most coveted industry: thou
USA Surface Stations
• arcleinIt is really pretty awful. I thought that we faced a modest erosion of data quality. It looks more like a landslide and plausibly ninety percent of the data is compromised. The system has never been subjected to a scientific audit. In fact it is
George Green Updates Ground Crews
• http://simplyyourhealth.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/gGeorge Green updates the ground crew at Project Camelot conference September 20th.
Secret process benefits pet government projects
• By Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo APA sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan. A government priority list ranked the project as marginal, but two powerful Democr
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