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Date Sent: 2014-12-01
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Monday, December 1, 2014 |
There's A Mysterious Field Of Electrical Energy Outside Google's Office In London
The Cold Civil War -- Freedom Activism 101 -- The Underground History of American Education (2014 Edition) -- Authoritarian Sociopathy -- Italy's Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Hits Record High 13.2% -- Sanctions on Russia Bite Europe, China the Beneficiary -- Will Tehran Commit Nuclear Hara-Kiri? -- The Future of Freedom -- Police Shootings: The Worst Discretion Wins -- NY Police Caught Stealing Guns from Dead Americans -- India Is The Last BRIC Standing -- This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly -- LBJ: The Man Who Killed Kennedy -- This Black Man's Advice To Black People Is Going Mega-Viral… He NAILS It! -- The Only Way to Stop the Empire -- AirStrato drones give military performance at "affordable" prices -- NVC case brings infrared night vision to iPhone 6 -- Japan Household Spending Down 4%, CPI Drops to 0.9%; Bankruptcies Soar -- How Bloomberg's Algo-Writers Serve The Cult Of Keynesian Central Banking -- How Western Intervention Fuels 'Terrorism' -- The High Cost of Empire Maintenance
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News Link • Energy
There's A Mysterious Field Of Electrical Energy Outside Google's Office In London
11-30-2014
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http://uk.businessinsider.com-James Cook
There's something very strange happening outside Google's office in London.
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News Link • World News
Tiny satellites show us the Earth as it changes in near-real-time
11-30-2014
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http://www.ted.com, Will Marshall
Satellite imaging has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth, with detailed images of nearly every street corner readily available online.
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News Link • Surveillance
30 Years Later, America Truly Is Becoming a '1984' Society
11-30-2014
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http://www.thedailysheeple.com, Michael Snyder
If only George Orwell could see us today. When he wrote "1984" back in 1948, he probably never imagined that the "totalitarian, bureaucratic world" that he imagined would ever actually become a reality.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Corrupt Federal Judge Rules Against Big Island Anti-GMO Law, Maui Next
11-30-2014
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http://naturalsociety.com, by Christina Sarich
Hawaii Federal Judge, Barry Kurren (and his wife) have deep ties with Monsanto, Dow, and Big Ag. The judge has recently overturned a democratically voted initiative to limit GMOs on the Big Island of Hawaii. Without an upswelling of public pressure,
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News Link • Food
Despite Biotech Spending Millions, Oregon GMO Labeling Measure Heads for Recount
11-30-2014
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http://naturalsociety.com, by Mike Barrett
Let's keep it alive
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News Link • Climate Change
Colorado Mastodon Bones Show Ancient Warmer Earth
11-30-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, By Dan Elliott
A trove of ancient bones from gigantic animals discovered in the Colorado mountains is providing scientists with a fascinating look at what happened about 120,000 years ago when the Earth got as warm as it is today.
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News Link • Police State
Police detain man for walking by with hands in pockets. Pretty awesome.
11-30-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Séamusín
Just a reminder to those of you who may have forgotten that we live in a police state.
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News Link • Activism
Mysterious 'Oath Keepers' guard rooftops in downtown Ferguson
11-30-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, By Jesse Bogan
A member of the Oath Keepers (who did not want to be identified) watches the area north of the police station from the rooftop of buildings along South Forissant Road in the early hours of Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Ferguson.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
The CIA and the Media
11-30-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com,by Carl Bernstein
In 1953, Joseph Alsop, then one of America's leading syndicated columnists, went to the Philippines to cover an election. He did not go because he was asked to do so by his syndicate. He did not go because he was asked to do so by the newspapers that
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News Link • How To
How To Obtain Protein From Alternative Sources Without A Firearm
11-30-2014
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http://survivalblog.com, by Rockvault
We, Americans, like our protein, and in a prolonged hunker-in-place situation one of the many inconveniences we will be faced with will be the difficulty in enjoying our nightly beef, pork, chicken, or fish, let alone finding enough protein to mainta
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Japan asteroid probe to lift off Monday after delay
11-30-2014
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http://www.france24.com, AFP
Japan on Monday will launch a space probe on a six-year mission to mine a distant asteroid after the event was postponed due to bad weather, officials said.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Sony's New Movies Leak Online Following Hack Attack
11-30-2014
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http://variety.com, Andrew Wallenstein
At least five new movies from Sony Pictures are being devoured on copyright-infringing file-sharing hubs online in the wake of the hack attack that hobbled the studio earlier in the week.
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News Link • Self-Defense
Gun Sales Skyrocket on Black Friday
11-30-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com-Rip Curl
Gun sellers had a huge Black Friday according to the FBI, which said requests for background checks were coming in at three per second.
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News Link • Inventions
Trunkster rolls up to baggage claim with GPS, battery and integrated scale
11-30-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com-Dave Parrack
After decades of remaining virtually unchanged, luggage design is seeing some innovation, from the Fugu Luggage which expands like an accordion, to the Bluesmart connected luggage which can be controlled via a smartphone app.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Raise shields: Protective invisible barrier found surrounding Earth
11-30-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com-David Szondy
The idea of putting a Star Trek-like force field around the entire Earth seems like the fodder for a fairly silly science fiction epic out of the 1930s, but according to space scientists, such a barrier already exists.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
FORTIS Exoskeleton
11-30-2014
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http://www.dudeiwantthat.com- Erin Carstens
Get a FORTIS exoskeleton and you'll instantly have: 1) superhero strength; and 2) a superhero costume. Two birds, one stone. Like Iron Man. Lockheed Martin is developing this unpowered, lightweight external structure to enhance user strength, enduran
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News Link • Economy - International
Italy's Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Hits Record High 13.2%
11-30-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.
The string of unexpectedly bad news in the eurozone continues unabated as Italian Unemployment Rate Rises to Record, Above Forecasts.
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News Link • World News
Sanctions on Russia Bite Europe, China the Beneficiary
11-30-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
European sanctions on Russia have hurt the EU far more than Russia. Moreover, Europe has lost key machinery contracts to China, and those contracts will likely stay with China even after sanctions are lifted.
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News Link • Iran
Will Tehran Commit Nuclear Hara-Kiri?
11-30-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
To no surprise, nuclear talks between Iran and major world powers have become stalemated.
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News Link • History
How the World's First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap
11-30-2014
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http://www.wired.com
Eccentric billionaires are tough to impress, so their minions must always think big when handed vague assignments. Ross Perot's staffers did just that in 2006, when their boss declared that he wanted to decorate his Plano, Texas, headquarters with
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News Link • History
Black Friday
11-30-2014
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http://www.snopes.com-
Claim: The term "Black Friday" originated with the practice of selling off slaves on the day after Thanksgiving.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Shootings: The Worst Discretion Wins
11-30-2014
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http://blog.simplejustice.us
Some police departments have established rules for when officers can unholster their sidearms. The concern is that a time may arise when a cop should have, but didn't, draw his gun because of the rules. The concern is that the cop may be killed fo
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News Link • General Opinion
Living the Satus Quo (The trouble with right-wing arguments)
11-30-2014
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http://www.ncc-1776.org-Cathy L.Z. Smith
I've been away for a while. Life has made demands that have limited the amount of time and energy I have for engaging in, or even paying much attention to, the endless, ever-never-changing swirl of political crises that define life in 21st Century Am
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NY Police Caught Stealing Guns from Dead Americans
11-30-2014
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http://www.ncc-1776.org-Geoffrey Pike
The police in Buffalo, New York are planning to pay a visit to the estates of people who die. But this will only apply to a certain class of citizens--pistol permit holders.
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News Link • History
This Is The World's Most Successful Battle Rifle
11-30-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-Mike Perry
The Fabrique Nationale Fusil Automatique Leger (Light Automatic Rifle), or FN FAL as it is more commonly known, began life in 1946 when FN and Great Britain created a piston operated prototype rifle that utilized the German intermediate 7.92x33mm car
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News Link • Economy - International
India Is The Last BRIC Standing
11-30-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com-Portia Crowe
Of all the fast-growing BRIC countries, only India stands strong right now. Its economy seems perfectly structured to handle our delicate, and dangerous, global market.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly
11-30-2014
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http://www.ted.com-Joe Landolina
Forget stitches -- there's a better way to close wounds. In this talk, TED Fellow Joe Landolina talks about his invention -- a medical gel that can instantly stop traumatic bleeding without the need to apply pressure. (Contains medical images.)
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News Link • Inspiration
This Black Man's Advice To Black People Is Going Mega-Viral… He NAILS It!
11-30-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com
This Black Man's Advice To Black People Is Going Mega-Viral… He NAILS It!
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News Link • Drones
AirStrato drones give military performance at "affordable" prices
11-30-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu Robarts
The growth in the availability of drones over the last few years has been explosive. In tracking the trend, Gizmag has covered everything from pocket-sized consumer quadcopters to Predator military models. A Romanian NGO, however, is promising that i
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
NVC case brings infrared night vision to iPhone 6
11-30-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
We're now well within the midst of a gold rush, when it comes to smartphone cases that "do things."
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News Link • History
World's Oldest Computer is More Ancient Than First Thought
11-30-2014
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By Ellie Zolfagharifard
The rusty bronze fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism, the world's oldest computer, are 100 years older than scientists previously thought.
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News Link • Economy - International
How Bloomberg's Algo-Writers Serve The Cult Of Keynesian Central Banking
11-30-2014
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By David Stockman
If you ever needed proof that the financial press has been completely indoctrinated in the cult of Keynesian central banking consider the attached Bloomberg note on the recent tiny decline in Chinese industrial company profits.
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News Link • Economy - International
Russia's Monetary Solution
11-30-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Alasdair Macleod
The successful remonetisation of gold by a major power such as Russia would draw attention to the fault-lines between fiat currencies issued by governments unable or unwilling to do the same and those that can follow in due course.
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News Link • Police State
Ferguson Reexamined
11-30-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Paul Craig Roberts
Few, if any, of the correct questions were asked in the grand jury hearing to decide whether policeman Darren Wilson would be indicted for killing Michael Brown.
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News Link • TERRORISM
How Western Intervention Fuels 'Terrorism'
11-30-2014
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http://www.commondreams.org
"We will not be cowed by these sick terrorists," said British Prime Minister David Cameron after ISIS produced a grisly video of the mass beheading of Syrian captives by foreign jihadis who allegedly included British fighters.
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News Link • Government
The High Cost of Empire Maintenance
11-30-2014
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http://www.theamericanconservative.com
Every year, congressional delegations and government officials rack up millions of dollars worth of publicly funded distractions abroad.
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News Link • World News
The US/UK Campaign to Demonize Social Media Companies as Terrorist Allies
11-30-2014
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https://firstlook.org-Glenn Greenwald
In May, 2013, a British Army soldier, Lee Rigby, was killed on a suburban London street by two Muslim British citizens, who said they were acting to avenge years of killings of innocent Muslims by the British military in, among other places, Afghanis
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News Link • Agriculture
Chicken of tomorrow
11-29-2014
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arclein
For enslaved African Americans, this humble status proved a welcome boon. In 1692, after several individuals had bought their freedom with profits from animal sales, the Virginia General Assembly made it illegal for slaves to own horses, cattle and p
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News Link • 3D Printing
Loughborough University researchers unveil plans to commercialize 3D concrete printing
11-28-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com
Following our recent report of a Chinese company printing 10 houses in a day, the potential for architects to essentially click-and-print complex large-scale projects on a regular basis has moved a step closer to reality. This week, the UK's Loughbor
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