Lost City of Atlantis Found Beneath Caribbean Sea?
• GinnHas the Lost City of Atlantis finally been located? It's the latest speculation, based on pictures of what appears to be an underwater city in the Caribbean Sea.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
White Americans' majority to end by mid-century
• APThe estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back 8 years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.
As wage theft rises, states and cities crack down
• APFabian Gutierrez logged more than 60 hours a week slicing meat and stocking shelves with cheeses and milk at a neighborhood grocery for less than minimum wage and no overtime. The 32-year-old Mexican immigrant said he put up with the situation fo
Democrats vow to close Medicare 'doughnut hole'
• APMedicare's coverage gap for prescription drugs -- $3,610 next year -- has steadily gotten bigger since the benefit's inception. If Democrats have their way on health care the hole will shrink by $500 right away and go away altogether by 2019.
US drug war crackdown misses the money
• APEvery day, criminals shove proceeds from US drug sales and transfer it to Mexico. It adds up to $25 billion a year. A highly touted US Treasury Dept. program aimed at starving Mexican drug cartels of cash is currently blocking just $3 million
Jesus Poster Used for 2010 Census
• godlikeproductions.comso convenient when it suits TPTB right? ANYTHING with christianity is banned or considered 'hate speech', prayer in schools, 10 commandments, nativity scenes, et al etc tho when TPTB want people to cooperate, all of a sudden its convenient for them
Hog Potty Training
• arclein"The pig toilets on my farm help me collect about 95 percent of all pig waste, making cleaning much, much easier," Chang Chung-tou, a pig farmer in Yunlin county, told AFP.
Copenhagen Deadlocked
• arclein"They are unhappy about these texts being handed to them from above," an African delegate said outside the meeting, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. "They feel these things should be discussed
2010 Economic Contraction Risk
• arcleinFewer than 1 in 3 Americans think the economy will improve in the next six months....Only 32 percent of poll respondents believe the country is headed in the right direction, down from 40 percent who said so in September." (Bloomberg)
FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON FORCIBLY TAKEN BY MI-6 TO BERMUDA
• TREASURY SECRETARY ‘READ HIS RIGHTS’ AND TAGGEDPLUS: THE NOTORIOUS ‘BOX GANG’ HAS BEEN DESTROYED • NOTE: This is to be read in the context of the report dated 14th December [Archive] • TIMOTHY GEITHNER CONFRONTED, PASSPORT AND DRIVER’S LICENSE REMOVED • GEITHNER HAD FAILED TO LISTEN TO T
Congress investigating charges of a 'protection racket' by Afghanistan contractors
• Washington PostA House oversight subcommittee said Wednesday that it has begun a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that private security companies hired to protect Defense Department convoys in Afghanistan are paying off warlords and the Taliban to ensure
Bills Pass on Debt and War Funds
• NY TimesThe House narrowly approved a short-term, $290 billion increase in federal borrowing power, setting the stage for a major fight over national fiscal policy in 2010. It also included short extensions of the USA Patriot Act, and several other expiring
FCC issues proposals to meet national broadband plan
• Washington PostThe Federal Communications Commission unveiled a laundry list of proposals to meet a congressional mandate to give every U.S. home access to high-speed Internet service. Include revising a rural phone subsidy program, revamping the market for televis
Intelligence Improperly Collected on U.S. Citizens
• NY TimesIn February, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence official wrote a “threat assessment” for the police in Wisconsin about a demonstration involving local pro- and anti-abortion rights groups. The office produced a “terrorism watch list” repo
US to expand eyes in the sky over Afghanistan
• APThe U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance in the skies over Afghanistan to meet the needs of American forces as 30,000 more troops head into the war zone, a top Air Force general said Wednesday.
9/11 Families Press Judges on Sifting at Landfill
• NY TimesBut as it did last year, the city argues that the plaintiffs have no claims to the remains because they cannot prove they belong to their relatives, which also makes them ineligible to bring a complaint on behalf of non-family members. The removal wo
Italian student arrested in UK for filming buildings
• Photography Is Not a CrimeHe demands to know why she was filming and she tells him she is filming for fun. “You’re basically filming for fun? I don’t believe you,” he tells her. He asks if he can take a look at what she is filming and she says no. He then becomes con
Sex Offender Law Nabs Man Shooting Hoops in His Driveway
• Reason23-year-old Matthew Freeman is facing a year in jail for violating Michigan's laws for convicted sex offenders. He was caught by a police officer playing basketball within 400 feet of a school. He also happened to be in front of his own home.
The Thin Blue Whine, Pt. II: The Crybaby Thugs of Maricopa County - by Will Grigg
• Pro LiberateThe bomb threats and pepper spray attack would be investigated as acts of terrorism had they been carried out by common citizens in support of a detainee. But the police union thugs who demanded that Stoddard be released from jail and have his record
Prosecute the Prosecutors
• Jackson Free Press OpEdThe JFP reported in 2006 that former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters and his then-assistant district attorney, Bobby DeLaughter, excluded DNA evidence in 1994 that likely would have exonerated Willis of the crime. Maw said she suspected Pete
Get The War Criminals Arrested Now
• waronyou.comThe recent arrest warrant issued in London for former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is more than justified. This woman, along with two other Israeli leaders, Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak, stood at the helm of the Israeli government that ord
BANKRUPTCY THREATENED IF DEATHCARE NOT PASSED
• godlikeproductions.comBIG SCARE: OVOMIT WARNS USA 'WILL GO BANKRUPT' WITHOUT HEALTH BILL
UN General Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: We will Establish a Global Governance Structure
• LA Times via InfowarsBan Ki-moon sat down with Times Foreign Editor Bruce Wallace to discuss the prospects for a deal, and whether rich nations are looking to curb the United Nations' role...
The GOP is Out of Touch with Its Base
• Green Dragon Tavern (TresThere is a growing feeling among the base of the Republican party that the party's leaders are not representing them very well if at all.
A Rasmussen poll showed that 73% of voters think the GOP congress(wo)men have lost touch with thei
Flight attendant's call caught pilots unaware
• APA single call from a flight attendant to the pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis catapulted the cockpit crew from complacency to chaos. Interviews with the flight crew and other documents released Wednesday by the Nati
More war, more marble markers at West Point - by Joe Galloway
• McClatchy NewsSo now the 8-year war will drag on without end and the number of fresh marble markers in the West Point Cemetery will grow. We have sown the seeds of war and we will reap a harvest of tombstones and grief. The new President was right to choose West P
Israel fury at UK attempt to arrest former foreign minister
• BBC NewsIsrael has reacted angrily to the issuing by a British court of an arrest warrant for the former Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni. The warrant, granted by a London court on Saturday, was revoked on Monday when it was found Ms Livni was not vi
Yellowstone's Plumbing Reveals Plume of Hot and Molten Rock 410 Miles Deep
• Science DailyThe most detailed seismic images yet of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth of at least 410 miles, contradicting claims there is no deep plume, onl
Colbert Graces Cover of Sports Illustrated
• Comedy CentralStephen Colbert unveils the new issue of Sports Illustrated magazine with himself on the cover. Pretty amazing, right? I almost couldn't believe it myself, but it's true: SportsIllustrated.com has a print version. Who knew? Here's the clip....
Mammoths Were Alive More Recently Than Thought
• LiveScienceWoolly mammoths and other large beasts in North America may not have gone extinct as long ago as previously thought. The new view — that pockets of beasts survived to as recently as 7,600 years ago, rather than the previous end times mark of 12,000 y
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