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Date Sent: 2008-07-31
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Thursday, July 31, 2008

Bush signs new rules, roles for spy agencies -- Minn. officers involved in botched raid get medals

Karl Rove Held in Contempt of CONgress -- Arizona Halts All State Land Sales -- Strike on Iran still possible, U.S. tells Israel -- U.S. Commercial Real Estate Sales Down 70% -- Administration: US bond rating safe despite deficit -- Congressmen Mailed "9/11 Conspiracies", Hand Them Over To Police -- Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use -- Obama: If Sanctions Fail, Israel Will Likely Strike Iran -- Israeli PM to resign, won't run in party primary -- Bush quietly adds $300 billion more debt to prop up failed gov't mortgage lenders -- Italian troops set to begin Italian street patrols -- IOC admits agreeing to Internet censorship deal with China -- Az Cop Shoots Family Pet and Walks Away -- Save The Planet? How About Saving The Republic? - by Chuck Baldwin -- Alaska Sen. Stevens Charged With Hiding Gifts -- Activism Training Shapes Coverage of Gun Ban Decision -- The Scam Called the State -- Should Barack Obama Finesse Bohemian Grove? AZ: Pat Schwind: Defending the Statements of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright when Obama won't breakfast this morning

News Link • History
2,100-year-old computer tracked Olympics
7-31-2008 • AP
An astronomical calculator, considered a technological marvel of antiquity, was also used to track dates of the ancient Olympic games. Experts detected the word "Olympia" on a bronze dial, as well as the names of other games in ancient Gree Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Bush signs new rules, roles for spy agencies
7-31-2008 • AP
President Bush approved an order that rewrites the rules governing spying by U.S. intelligence agencies, both in the United States and abroad, and strengthens the authority of the national intelligence director. Executive Order 12333, which la Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

The Arrogance of Greenspan<br>by Butler Shaffer

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Arrogance of Greenspan
by Butler Shaffer
7-31-2008 • LewRockwell
While I have not read his book, these 2 passages go to the essence of the destructive nature of the political mindset: (1) "there can be little doubt that global warming is real and manmade;" and, (2) "[s]ometimes the duty of political Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Iran
Strike on Iran still possible, U.S. tells Israel
7-30-2008 • LA Times
Bush administration officials reassured Israel's defense minister this week that the United States has not abandoned all possibility of a military attack on Iran, despite widespread Israeli concern that Washington has begun softening its position Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Bush Administration
Karl Rove Held in Contempt of CONgress
7-30-2008 • TPM
The House Judiciary Committee has just voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena to face questioning from the Committee on the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. The final vote was 20 ayes and 14 nays. Wi Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Human Cells Found to have Electric Fields as Powerful as Lighting Bolts
7-30-2008 • Daily Galaxy
Using newly developed voltage-sensitive nanoparticles, researchers have found that the previously unknown electric fields inside of cells are as strong, or stronger, as those produced in lightning bolts. Previously, it has only been possible to measu Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Housing
Arizona Halts All State Land Sales
7-30-2008 • HousingDoom
Apparently Arizonans aren’t the only one having difficulty selling their properties- the State of Arizona can’t unload them either: Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Housing
U.S. Commercial Real Estate Sales Down 70%
7-30-2008 • HousingDoom
Will Congress be looking at a "commercial bailout" next? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Administration: US bond rating safe despite deficit
7-30-2008 • AP
[so you know it's toast] The Bush administration expressed confidence the US would maintain its top-notch credit rating even as the government scrambles to find new ways of expanding debt sales to cope with soaring budget deficits. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Minn. officers involved in botched raid get medals
7-30-2008 • AP
8 police officers who raided an innocent family's house last year, trading fire with the terrified husband, have received medals. 3 officers involved in the raid, which stemmed from bad information from an informant, received medals of valor; the Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Draft
Servile Nation
by Will Grigg
7-30-2008 • Pro Liberate
Advocates of universal enslavement are planning to hold a "National Service Summit." Advocates of state-mandated "service" will push for enactment of legislation requiring all 18-26 year olds waste at least 2 years of their lives Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Palestine -- Israel
The Father of Lies
by Philip Giraldi
7-30-2008 • Antiwar
One of the first Israeli historians to admit that Israel forced the Arabs off their land was Benny Morris, a professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben-Gurion U. Morris doesn't think it was a bad thing to kill other people and take their property Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Conspiracies
Congressmen Mailed "9/11 Conspiracies", Hand Them Over To Police
7-30-2008 • Infowars
Concerned citizens who write to representatives may be reported for their views. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Drug War
Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use
7-30-2008 • CNN
[must be election time] The US should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
SurvivalBlog.com
07-30-2008 • SurvivalBlog.com
Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Iran
Obama: If Sanctions Fail, Israel Will Likely Strike Iran
7-30-2008 • ABC News
Sen. Barack Obama met with House Democrats, talking about his trip abroad and his observations.Obama told the caucus "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions don’t work Israel is going to strike Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Entertainment: Concerts - Theatre - Events
Cheech & Chong Ride Again
7-30-2008 • Associated Press
Cheech and Chong reunite as feud goes up in smoke. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chip Saunders

News Link • Housing
Bush quietly adds $300 billion more debt to prop up failed gov't mortgage lenders
7-30-2008 • AP
Early in the morning and out of public view, the president signed it without fanfare in the Oval Office, adding his signature to a measure he once threatened to veto. The White House said his accomplices were Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Housing Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Israel
Israeli PM to resign, won't run in party primary
7-30-2008 • AP
[Won't attack Iran on my watch.] Facing burgeoning corruption allegations and plummeting popularity, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he will resign in September, throwing Israel into political turmoil and raising doubts about prospects for peace Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Entertainment: Sports
IOC admits agreeing to Internet censorship deal with China
7-30-2008 • Reuters
Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access, a senior IOC official admitted. China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the G Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • World News
Italian troops set to begin street patrols
07-30-2008 • Stripes.com, Stars and Stripes
NAPLES, Italy �" Italian soldiers will start patrolling streets on Monday as part of a controversial plan to fight crime �" with many of the 3,000 soldiers descending on Milan, Rome and Naples, the cities that tend to have the most trouble with it, off Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jennifer Burk

News Link • Police State
Az Cop Shoots Family Pet and Walks Away
07/25/2008 • Eastern Arizona Courier
After a minor dog bite, a Safford police officer entered the private property marked "Beware of Dog" and executed judgment then left the scene of the crime, afterward claiming "self defense". Community and dog owner are seeking e Read Full Story
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Reported by: Veritas Vincit

Reference Link • TERRORISM
RON PAUL 4409 -- Contractors blowing the heads off babies!
Google 4409
Video of Idiot Contractors shooting randomly at civilians in Iraq. This is a trophy video they made.
Entered by: Forty Four O Nine
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News Link • Art
Portrait of Woman Revealed Beneath Van Gogh Painting
7-30-2008 • LiveScience
Scientists used a new technique to peer beneath the paint of van Gogh's "Patch of Grass." [cool technique] Behind the painting, done mostly in greens and blues, is a portrait of a woman rendered in browns and reds. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Myth of Jesus Evolved from Astrology and Ancient Sun Worship
June 26, 2007 • YouTube.com Video
Video compares ancient and modern day gods and saviors, who all were born on Dec. 25 of a virgin, went around performing miracles, were crucified, rose from the dead, etc. and shows how these stories originated from ancient astrology and sun worship. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Tyger Gilbert

Letters to the Editor   • More about Religion: Believers
Response to Greg Dixon's article
Written by: cma-apv
   1) What is the problem? The problem is that there is "no knowledge of God in the land." How did it happen - because at one point in time - several hundred years ago - there was "knowledge of God" and it is what made America gr
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Opinion  • Philosophy: Political
Food For Thought
Save The Planet? How About Saving The Republic?
07-30-2008
Chuck Baldwin
   Yesterday, the Politico quoted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as saying, "I'm trying to save the planet; I'm trying to save the planet."
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Activism Training Shapes Coverage of Gun Ban Decision
7/29/08 • www.leadershipinstitute.org
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then youth activists trained by the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia, overwhelmingly transformed the tone of media coverage of the Supreme Court decision overturning the Washington, DC gun ban. They Read Full Story
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Reported by: Morpheus Titania

News Link • Corruption
Alaska Sen. Stevens Charged With Hiding Gifts
7/29/08 • http://abcnews.go.com/
Veteran Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens was charged on Tuesday with concealing more than $250,000 worth of gifts, including home renovations, that he received from an Alaska oil services company, the Justice Department said. The Alaska politician Read Full Story
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Reported by: Morpheus Titania

News Link • Military
Winter Soldiering Against the State
07-29-2008 • Karen Kwiatkowski
In Minnesota a few weeks ago, I observed a mini-Winter Soldier event. A panel of five members of Iraq Veterans Against the War talked about their experiences in Iraq to a small audience of other veterans, peace activists, anarchists and collectivists Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
The Scam Called the State
07-29-2008 • LewRockwell.com
Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Lew Rockwell Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • History
Banned Cartoons
07-29-2008 • YouTube
This is probably a good example of how racism was seeded in the early minds of the youth during the time they aired. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Secret Societies
Should Barack Obama Finesse Bohemian Grove?
7-29-2008 • HuffPo
Just noticed that Barack Obama and John McCain are slated to attend the doings at Bohemian Grove in late July. As most know, this is an "exclusive gathering" of establishment figures. Folk allegedly dress up like Klan figures and conduct si Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
"The Greatest Depression" - at The Arizona Breakfast Club
Ernest Hancock
   This coming Saturday, August 2nd 2008, we will all share in a presentation about reaping of what has been sown for so many decades,... and what we can do to protect ourselves/survive.
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