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TAXES: Local Phoenix Food Tax - council has the option of reversing its decision (DONATE TO REFERENDUM HERE)
02-09-2010
Phoenix Libertarians
According to the Republic, "Mayor Phil Gordon said the council has the option of reversing its decision after it hears from the public during 15 budget hearings planned for this month" (Phoenix Gives OK to 2% Tax on Food; www.azcentral.com, 02/03/10)
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Obama Administration Obama Approval Down on Economy, Budget Deficit and Healthcare
Down
2-9-10
gallup.com/poll/
At 36%, Americans give President Barack Obama his lowest job approval rating yet on his handling of the economy.
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Gun Rights North Carolina: Residents Fumed Over Weekend Alcohol, Firearm Ban
2-9-10
wxii12.com/news/
This is absolutely the craziest thing I have ever heard. So far fetched that I am speechless! one post on WXII12.com read.
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TERRORISM Degrading Al Qaeda
02-09-2010
arclein
In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft
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Architecture Monsanto: The evil corporation in your refrigerator
02-04-2010
walletpop.com
We all have our opinions on Obama. What we need to support him on this one.
Kenneth Heare
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Federal Reserve Federal Reserve hopes clear exit strategy will boost market confidence
02-08-2010
Washington Post
When you've flooded the economy with trillions of dollars, mopping up is no easy task.
That's the reality the Federal Reserve is confronting as it starts to explain how it will undo the aggressive growth-supporting steps that were put in place whe
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Politics: Republican Campaigns McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to Right
02-08-2010
NY Times
Mr. Hayworth hopes that by standing at the intersection of opportunity and timing, he can lure enough Tea Party sympathizers, seducible independent voters (Arizona has an open primary) and conservative Republican grass-roots activists, who have long
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States' Rights Lawmaker wants state to buck light-bulb ban
02-08-2010
East Valley Tribune
A first-term lawmaker wants to keep the state burning bright with incandescent light bulbs long beyond 2014.
Legislation crafted by Rep. Frank Antenori, R-Tucson, would exempt Arizona from a 1997 federal law that, for all intents and purposes, is
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TAXES: State Washington Mulls Bullion Tax
02-08-2010
The Seattle Times
In an effort to close the state's budget gap, the Governor of Washington is proposing ending sales tax exemptions on gold and silver bullion sales.
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God, Government and other assorted myths.... It happened! HELL FROZE OVER!
02-08-2010
Farm Wars
The District of Criminals was brought to a standstill and congress rendered unable to meet as a result of three blizzards converging over a three day period.
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Federal Reserve Marc Faber: US at Zero Hour - Sovereign Default or Monetization!
2-8-10
ZeroHedge.com
Marc Faber discusses America's unsustainable debt load in this interview with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg TV. An amusing observation: the GDP growth from each $1 of new total debt has dropped from $0.25 to -$0.60.
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Property Rights Property Rights: Avatar Supports Anarcho-Capitalism
02-08-2010
David R. Henderson, Antiwar
So what is Avatar? In fact, Avatar is a powerful antiwar movie and a defense of property rights. For that reason, I found it easy to identify with those whose way of life was being destroyed by military might.
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Police State CGI Video of Air Force Bugbots for Covert Spying
02-08-2010
Design World
We saw the press release last month concerning small bug-like robots for use by the armed forces for covert operations... now a CGI video of these bugbots has surfaced.
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Activism Welcome to "Our s.a.m.m.i.e."
02-08-2010
If you are tired of being a slave to your government, then you may be interested in joining with us and learning how to take back your country. We meet each week as the assembly by and for the people of the counties at large. We encourage you to invi
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Economy - Economics USA Facts and Rumor: Jim Grant On California & Greece
2-8-10
ZeroHedge.com
We expect once the rumored cabal of Goldman and Soros finish their toying with Greece, they will look into the US.
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B.O.R.G. Post-Humans lets not go there!
02-08-2010
Speak Truth 2 Power
Using biotechnology, nanotechnology and the genome project to modifiy man is the current goal of the global elites.
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Politics: Republican Campaigns Sarah Palin: I would mull White House bid in 2012
2-8-10
RawStory.com
"I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country."
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Social Security Rash of retirements push Social Security to brink
2-8-10
usatoday.com/news/
The Congressional Budget Office had projected it would operate in the red in 2010 and 2011, but a deeper economic slump could make those losses larger than anticipated.
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Economy - Economics USA BLS Seasonal Adjustments Haywire; 11% Unemployment Coming by May?
2-8-10
GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
The BLS added a whopping 1.92 million jobs to their survey results in January. That is the spike shown in the second chart above. The number is so preposterous one might wonder if it was purposely preposterous.
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Healthcare Beer May Be Good For Your Bones
02-08-2010
LiveScience
If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health. But seriously, a new analysis of 100 commercial beers shows the hoppy beverage is a significant so
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New World Order U.S. rule directs banks to share data abroad
2-8-2010
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. financial crime agency has adopted a rule allowing local, state and foreign police agencies to seek information from American banks, despite opposition from industry groups.
Steve Freedom
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Economy - Economics USA S&P Revises Outlooks on Citigroup, Bank Of America to Negative From Stable
2-9-10
ZeroHedge.com
We believe there is increased uncertainty about the U.S. government's willingness to provide additional extraordinary support to highly systemically important financial institutions in a way that will benefit debt holders.
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Arizona's Top News Details on a land deal raise questions
02-09-2010
Arizona Republic
A controversial real-estate investor sold Glendale, Arizona a piece of land for $6.6 million on the same day he bought it for about $5.5 million. The land, which the city previously leased for a youth-sports complex and overflow parking near the
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Bush Administration 'Miss Me Yet?' Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick
2-9-10
npr.org/blogs/
There is a billboard along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., with a huge photo of former president George W. Bush and this question: "Miss Me Yet?"
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Housing Giant Sucking Sound: Mortgage Loss Severity, Subprime First-Lien
2-9-10
aleablog.com/
This chart shows the loss severity for subprime first-lien mortgage loans in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut). Loss severity is defined as the average size of a loss if one occurs. Minus 70 percent.
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Federal Reserve Famous Last Words: U.S. Will Never Lose Aaa Debt Rating
2-9-10
GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
The key for those of us not secure within the rentier Power Elite caste is to continue to make escape plans to try to mitigate the worse effects of sovereign defaults, currency devaluations, capital controls, confiscation, etc."
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Energy Contracting US Oil Supplies
02-09-2010
arclein
As I explained in that piece, rising domestic consumption coupled with declining supply puts an ever-tightening squeeze on imports. I have found no evidence that policymakers are paying any attention to this critically important dynamic, but it is th
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Climate Change Sea Ice Collapse Accelerating
02-09-2010
arclein
They found that Arctic sea ice is disappearing faster than scientists expected.
"We're seeing it happen more quickly than our model thought [it] would happen," said Barber.
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Foreign Policy Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S.
02-08-2010
NY Times
They were Tokyos worst-kept diplomatic secrets: clandestine cold war era agreements with Washington that obligated Japan to shoulder the costs of United States bases and allow nuclear-armed American ships to sail into Japanese ports.
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Economy - Economics USA Testy Conflict With Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Edge
02-08-2010
NY Times
Billions of dollars were at stake when 21 executives of Goldman Sachs and the American International Group convened a conference call on Jan. 28, 2008, to try to resolve a rancorous dispute that had been escalating for months.
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Death Rep. John Murtha, Iraq War Critic, Dies At 77
02-08-2010
AP
Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering fro
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Health and Physical Fitness Natural Healing Resources and Links
02-08-2010
SMCC
A list of books, links and resources for naturopathic healing in many different areas of practice, including herbs, acupuncture, nutrition, chiropractic, drug-herb interactions, and more.
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Philosophy: Libertarianism Libertarian Executive Director Wes Benedict appeared on FOX
02-08-2010
LP.org
LP Executive Director Wes Benedict appeared on FOX's Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano
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Economy - International Bank of International Settlements Secret Banker Meeting In Sydney
2-8-10
ZeroHedge.com
It is appropriate to collect some information tidbits about this shindig which has some claiming is reminiscent of a modern day version of the Jekyll Island meeting.
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Police State Man Dies After Getting Stunned By Taser
2-8-10
KPHO.com
Another pirate abusing his powers.
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Alma Sommer
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Housing On The Rise: U.S. Prime Jumbo RMBS Delinquencies Approach 10%
2-8-10
businesswire.com/
California: 11.3%, up from 10.8% (44% share of the market); Florida: 16.6%, up from 16% (6% share); New Jersey: 7.4%, up from 7.1% (4% share).
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Political Parties James Howard Kunstler: We're Weimar
2-8-10
Kunstler.com
The delusional craziness of the Tea Partyists exists in direct proportion to the wimpy deceit of the government, especially in matters of money and statistics reporting. Our political leaders are resorting to wholesale deceit because the truth of our
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Politics: General Activism Phoenix Group Files Referendum to Stop The Food Tax on Friday February 5th, 2010
02-08-2010
Phoenix Libertarians
Don't Tax Our Food filed a referendum for the food tax adopted by a majority of the council. A little know fact is that the ordinance does not limit the food tax to 2% as reported by the Arizona Republic. It can be raised at any time by the council.
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Arizona's Top News Phoenix Convention Center: Tourist draw, but debt may overwhelm city
2-8-10
AZcentral.com
But the convention center's balance sheet tells another story. The center has been forced to cut its own operating budget, its revenue is falling and it is soon expected to struggle to make payments on its construction debt.
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Federal Reserve Is Clueless Ben about to Crash the Economy, Big Time?
2-8-10
EconomicPolicyJournal.com
If the Fed actually attempts to raise rates under these conditions, the Fed would more than likely end up shrinking the money supply, which in turn would make the Great Depression look like a Super Bowl party
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Criminal Justice System New York Police Arrest Lime-Green Marker Menace
02-08-2010
Jonathan Turley
The New York authorities have finally caught up to Alexa Gonzalez, who saw her open life of crime end with an arrest in her junior high school in Queens. Gonzalez was caught doodling on her desk with erasable marker and promptly cuffed and taken down
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Legislative Mischief New Legal Issue: Payment for Child Porn Victims
02-08-2010
AP
Requests filed by victims of child pornography are forcing federal judges to grapple with tough questions: Is someone who possesses an abusive image responsible for the harm suffered by a particular child? And how much should that person pay?
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