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Date Sent: 2016-01-01
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, January 1, 2016

Elon Musk says the Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX successfully landed is 'ready to fire again'

Oil Alone Will Destroy "The Powers That Be" -- Hope for Alzheimer's sufferers... -- Expect a Huge Jump in Layoffs in 2016; -- Potential delay for first test flight of India's spaceplane demonstrator -- Why Is the Middle Class Shrinking? -- PLAY A BRITISH SPY GAME: THE SOLUTIONS -- The future looks bright for solar power in India -- 2015 Was The Worst Year For The Stock Market Since 2008 -- Hold Onto Your Astro-Butts, 2016 Will Be a Big Year for Space -- Missouri Ravaged By Historic Flooding As Disaster After Disaster Continues... -- These Public Comments Saved a Library's Tor Server From a Government Shutdown -- 2015 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year -- A VC who helped build Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn explains what's next in social... -- The Next Big Short----Jeff Bezos' Brobdingnagian Bubble -- The Damage Has Been Done And The Consequences Will Be Suffered... -- Panasonic's stretchy resin film may find use in wearable electronics, and more -- The Big Short's Michael Burry on the Crash -- Tech Wizardry Solves Mysteries of Egypt's Royal Mummies -- Page Views Don't Matter Anymore--But They Just Won't Die -- DOES TEETH WHITENING WORK? AND IS IT SAFE? -- Suicide Claims 14th Marine From a Unit Battered by Loss -- Spying on Congress and Israel... -- Space Defender: Interview With Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. Raymond -- How False Stories of Iran Arming the Houthis Were Used to Justify War in Yemen -- Why CIA's Richard Helms Lied About Oswald: Part 3 -- President Obama's 2016 wish list -- Venezuela Supreme Court blocks opposition's parliamentary super-majority in 'judicial coup** -- Headwear -- The Clinton Chronicles: Bill and Hillary Exposed --

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk says the Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX successfully landed is 'ready to fire again'
01-01-2016 • theverge.com
SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket successfully made it back to Earth last month, touching down gently at Cape Canaveral after traveling out of our atmosphere, into space, and back again. Read Full Story
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News Link • Future Predictions
Oil Alone Will Destroy "The Powers That Be"
01-01-2016 • http://silverseek.com, Andrew Hoffman
On this, my last article of 2015, we'll start with the "ugly preliminaries" of my final economic snapshot of the year �" followed by an uplifting end, per a wonderful, life-affirming experience I enjoyed last night. And ultimately, a message o Read Full Story
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Hope for Alzheimer's sufferers...
01-01-2016 • http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Madlen Davies
A treatment for Alzheimer's disease is a step closer after 'very important' clinical trials got underway to test a potential vaccine. Read Full Story
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Expect a Huge Jump in Layoffs in 2016;
01-01-2016 • globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Eye on Initial Unemployment Claims: Have they Bottomed? Read Full Story
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Potential delay for first test flight of India's spaceplane demonstrator
01-01-2016 • http://www.gizmag.com, DAVID SZONDY
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) may have to delay the first test flight of its experimental Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) spaceplane. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why Is the Middle Class Shrinking?
01-01-2016 • fee.org
2 Arguments in Favor of Economic Inequality Read Full Story
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News Link • Just For Fun!
PLAY A BRITISH SPY GAME: THE SOLUTIONS
01-01-2016 • https://theintercept.com
WHEN SPIES AT Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, aren't tracking people's porn usage, or hacking telecoms, they like to kick back on the holidays and have some fun with cryptology. Read Full Story
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News Link • Energy
The future looks bright for solar power in India
01-01-2016 • http://www.globalpost.com, Nimisha Jaiswal
Free speech in cartoons can get tricky. The Australian newspaper learned a lesson about what crosses the line in December, when a cartoon in its pages drew international accusations of racism. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
2015 Was The Worst Year For The Stock Market Since 2008
01-01-2016 • By Michael Snyder,
It's official �" 2015 was a horrible year for stocks. Read Full Story
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Hold Onto Your Astro-Butts, 2016 Will Be a Big Year for Space
01-01-2016 • motherboard.vice.com
When it comes to daring space adventures, 2015 will be a tough act to follow. As noted in our recap of the year's biggest space stories, the past 12 months have been a riveting joyride complete with spacecraft redemption, juicy rivalries, and Pluto Read Full Story
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Missouri Ravaged By Historic Flooding As Disaster After Disaster Continues...
01-01-2016 • By Michael Snyder
Missouri Ravaged By Historic Flooding As Disaster After Disaster Continues To Hit America Read Full Story
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
These Public Comments Saved a Library's Tor Server From a Government Shutdown
01-01-2016 • motherboard.vice.com
In August, the Department of Homeland Security pressured a public library in the small town of Lebanon, New Hampshire to shut down a Tor node it was hosting on the popular anonymous browsing network. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
2015 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year
01-01-2016 • http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
One year ago, when looking at the 20 most popular stories of 2014, we were troubled by a recurring thread: "despite the just concluded 6th consecutive year of a rising S&P 500 - the longest such stretch since 1999 of what otherwise would be deemed op Read Full Story
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
A VC who helped build Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn explains what's next in social...
01-01-2016 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Josh Elman
A VC who helped build Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn explains what's next in social and messaging Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Next Big Short----Jeff Bezos' Brobdingnagian Bubble
01-01-2016 • davidstockmanscontracorner.com
If you have forgotten your Gulliver's Travels, recall that Jonathan Swift described the people of Brobdingnag as being as tall as church steeples and having a ten foot stride. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Damage Has Been Done And The Consequences Will Be Suffered...
01-01-2016 • http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
The Damage Has Been Done And The Consequences Will Be Suffered: "Have a Healthy Storage of Food, Precious Metals and Necessary Supplies" Read Full Story
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Panasonic's stretchy resin film may find use in wearable electronics, and more
01-01-2016 • http://www.gizmag.com, BEN COXWORTH
Before flexible electronic devices can become commonplace, there needs to be a practical way of manufacturing reliable stretchable circuitry. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Big Short's Michael Burry on the Crash
01-01-2016 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Hunter Lewis
What Does Michael Burry Say About Today's Economy and Investment Scene? Read Full Story
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News Link • Archaeology
Tech Wizardry Solves Mysteries of Egypt's Royal Mummies
01-01-2016 • http://www.wired.com, LYDIA BELANGER
ROUGHLY 400 MILES from the Great Pyramids, ancient pharaohs of the New Kingdom lay at rest in the Valley of Kings. Nondescript chambers built into the valley's dusty hills hold royal remains, buried between 1550 and 1070 BC. Read Full Story
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Page Views Don't Matter Anymore--But They Just Won't Die
01-01-2016 • http://www.wired.com, JULIA GREENBERG
THE PAGE VIEW is a zombie. For years, everyone has been saying it is no longer a meaningful way to measure online popularity. Read Full Story
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
DOES TEETH WHITENING WORK? AND IS IT SAFE?
01-01-2016 • http://www.popsci.com, By Breanna Draxler
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE TAKING THE WHITENING PLUNGE Read Full Story
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News Link • Military
Suicide Claims 14th Marine From a Unit Battered by Loss
01-01-2016 • nytimes.com
Tyler Schlagel slipped out of his parents' house while they were asleep three weeks ago and drove through the wintry darkness to his favorite fishing lake high in the Rockies. Read Full Story
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News Link • Obama Administration
Spying on Congress and Israel...
01-01-2016 • https://theintercept.com, Glenn Greenwald
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the NSA under President Obama targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top aides for surveillance. Read Full Story
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News Link • Military
Space Defender: Interview With Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. Raymond
01-01-2016 • popsci.com
Insight into the fourth domain of warfare Read Full Story
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News Link • WAR: About that War
How False Stories of Iran Arming the Houthis Were Used to Justify War in Yemen
01-01-2016 • http://www.truth-out.org, By Gareth Porter
Peace talks between the Saudi-supported government of Yemen and the Houthi rebels ended in late December without any agreement to end the bombing campaign started by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies with US support last March. Read Full Story
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Why CIA's Richard Helms Lied About Oswald: Part 3
01-01-2016 • LewRockwell
Not Ancient History -- But Preamble to the Present Read Full Story
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News Link • Obama Administration
President Obama's 2016 wish list
01-01-2016 • http://www.cbsnews.com, By/ Rebecca Kaplan/
By this time next year, President Obama's successor will have been elected, but before he goes, he still has things he intends to finish in the remaining 12 months of his presidency. Read Full Story
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News Link • World News
Venezuela Supreme Court blocks opposition's parliamentary super-majority in 'judicial coup**
01-01-2016 • http://www.telegraph.co.uk, Hannah Strange
Judges granted government request to suspend three parliamentarians due to take office next week - taking opposition below two-thirds majority needed to unpick Nicolas Maduro's grip on power Read Full Story
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Headwear
01-01-2016 • http://shop.donaldjtrump.com
Headwear Read Full Story
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News Link • Movies
The Clinton Chronicles: Bill and Hillary Exposed
01-01-2016 • https://www.youtube.com
The Clinton Chronicles: An Investigation into the Alleged Criminal Activities of Bill Clinton is a 1994 film that accused Bill Clinton of a range of crimes. The video, directed by conservative activist Patrick Matrisciana, was characterized by The Wa Read Full Story
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Dave Barry's 2015 Year in Review
01-01-2016 • http://www.miamiherald.com, Dave Barry
Was 2015 the worst year ever? Yes, yes it was. Read Full Story
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Opinion  • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: Best of 2015, part III
01-01-2016
John Semmens
   Democrat Says Drop Benghazi Investigation Member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) is calling for an end to the investigation. As Schiff sees it, "the hearings can serve no useful purpose. Closing them down wil
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Turkey's Erdogan cites Hitler's Germany as example of presidential system
01-01-2016 • Yahoo News
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media on Friday. Read Full Story
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News Link • Iran
Iran has more missiles than it can hide
01-01-2016 • Yahoo News
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have so many missiles they don't know where to hide them, a senior commander said at Friday prayers, after the United States threatened to impose fresh sanctions. Read Full Story
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Kim Jong Un says he's ready for war in New Year speech
01-01-2016 • USA Today
In his address, North Korean President Kim Jong Un asked for renewed relations with South Korea while issuing threats to "outsiders." Video provided by Newsy Newslook Read Full Story
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
The World Is Racing to Build a Moon Base -- Here's What It Could Look Like
01-01-2016 • MIC.com
The European Space Agency just reminded the world that it wants to build a base on the moon by 2030, using 3-D printed parts made from materials found on the lunar surface. Read Full Story
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News Link • Immigration
U.S. Doesn't Know How Many Foreign Visitors Overstay Visas
01-01-2016 • New York Times
The question from the congressman to the Obama administration official was straightforward enough: How many foreign visitors overstay their visas every year? Read Full Story
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
30 Solid Scientific Studies That Prove Vaccines Are Linked With Autism
01-01-2016 • True Activist
These thirty scientific studies show a link between vaccines and autism, disproving the myth that no official research papers exist to support what alternative doctors have been saying for years. Read Full Story
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Feature Article  • Russia
Russia's Updated National Security Strategy
Stephen Lendman
   Russia
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News Link • 3D Printing
Digital sundial blends 3D-printing tech with ancient ingenuity
01-01-2016 • gizmag.com
You could certainly be forgiven for thinking that the term "digital sundial" is simply an example of an oxymoron, not unlike "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence." Read Full Story
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Government Considering Banning Donald Trump
01-01-2016 • Prison Planet.com
GOP frontrunner not "conducive to the public good" Read Full Story
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
"Disposable Workforce":
01-01-2016 • shtfplan.com
Companies Today Can Only Afford Temporary Hires, Not Loyal Employees Read Full Story
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Matt Damon reveals what to expect in the next 'Bourne' movie
01-01-2016 • Business Insider
Next summer's fifth installment of the Jason Bourne franchise. "There's been the financial collapse, the great recession, and all these issues of cyber warfare and civil liberties" which Damon says will be part of the backdrop. Read Full Story
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News Link • World News
Massive Fire Breaks Out In Dubai Hotel During New Year Fireworks Display - Live Feed
01-01-2016 • Zero Hedge
Update: There are reports of a "large explosion" near the site of the fire. Here's the clip: Read Full Story
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Turks Warn "We're One Step Away From Civil War" On Erdogan Crackdown
01-01-2016 • Zero Hedge
"When Justice and Development won by a landslide -- a result that Mr. Erdogan interpreted as the public's demand for stability -- many had hoped it would lead to the revival of peace talks." Read Full Story
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News Link • Housing
What The Fed Or Fox/CNBC WON'T Tell You About West Coast Home Prices
01-01-2016 • davidstockmanscontracorner.com
As you know, the S&P Case-Shiller home price indices for October were released this morning. Read Full Story
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla Model S Grabs #1 & #2 Spot On Consumer Reports' "Best Cars of 2015" List
01-01-2016 • insideevs.com
Consumer Reports announced The Best Cars of 2015 and listed the top 10. Read Full Story
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