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Date Sent: 2015-01-14
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives
01-13-15 -- Paul Puey (AirBitz.co) -- (MP3 & VIDEO + BONUS LOADED) -- Netanyahu in Paris -- Man awakens from 12 years in 'vegetative state' -- Far right in Europe sees opportunity after wave of terror in France -- CNN Teams Up With the FAA for Reporter Drones -- Virtual Reality vs. Real Life: How Brain Neurons Light Up -- International Space Station Reality Series In Works From Znak&Jones -- Crude Oil -- French police chief committed suicide after Charlie Hebdo attack -- Free Ross Ulbricht -- Cops Worried After Citizens Engage in a New Form of Crowd-Funded ... [Editor Recommended!!!!] -- The New Normal for Oil? -- Cody Wilson Speaks Out on Campaign to Dismantle Bitcoin Foundation -- Cody Wilson: I Will Wrestle the Bitcoin Foundation to its Suicide -- Obama's raisin robbery -- Why I Don't And Won't Vaccinate My Child -- "Why the Ross Ulbricht / Silk Road case matters to your digital freedom. #FreeRoss -- Watch: Ross Ulbricht's Mother Speaks Out in New Silk Road Documentary -- Saturation Media Coverage of the Paris Terrorist Attacks Is Unhelpful -- Kiev Big Lie on Ending Donbas Conflict in Two Weeks
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News Link • Economy - International
Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives
01-13-2015
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arclein
It was not only a notable about-face for the president but represented an apparent shift in position for the banks. Before Jamie Dimon intervened, it had been reported that the bailout provision was not a big deal for the banks and that they were not
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News Link • World News
Far right in Europe sees opportunity after wave of terror in France
01-13-2015
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By Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte
The wave of terror that left 17 people dead in and around Paris has ushered in a new sense of insecurity across Europe -- but also what could be a defining moment for the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam forces of the far right.
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News Link • Drones
CNN Teams Up With the FAA for Reporter Drones
01-13-2015
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by Michael O'Connell
The cable network is upping its efforts to include unmanned aerial vehicles into its newsgathering
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Margaret Cho Defends Golden Globes North Korea Bit: "I'm Playing The Rice Card"
01-13-2015
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http://deadline.com, Jen Yamato
Comedian Margaret Cho has responded to critics who deemed her North Korea-skewering Golden Globes appearance racist â€" ironically enough, in an evening filled with achievements for diverse voices and cries of "Je Suis Charlie" in the name of fre
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Virtual Reality vs. Real Life: How Brain Neurons Light Up
01-13-2015
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http://www.biosciencetechnology.com,by Cynthia Fo
Space-mapping brain neurons do not "light up" in scans, when exposed to the virtual reality (VR) at work in kids' video games, the way they do in the "real world."
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
International Space Station Reality Series In Works From Znak&Jones
01-13-2015
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http://deadline.com, by Nellie Andreeva
Znak&Jones, the recently launched production company of veteran reality producers Natalka Znak and Simon Jones, has Znak Jones Logopartnered with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space...
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
French police chief committed suicide after Charlie Hebdo attack
01-13-2015
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, Henry Samuel
Limoges deputy director of regional judicial police committed suicide hours after being tasked with investigating the family of one of the Charlie Hebdo victims
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News Link • Police State
Cops Worried After Citizens Engage in a New Form of Crowd-Funded...
01-13-2015
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http://libertycrier.com,
Cops Worried After Citizens Engage in a New Form of Crowd-Funded, Direct Action Against Police State
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News Link • Bitcoin
Cody Wilson Speaks Out on Campaign to Dismantle Bitcoin Foundation
01-13-2015
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http://www.coindesk.com, Jon Southurst
Anarchist activist Cody Wilson has officially launched his candidacy for the upcoming Bitcoin Foundation board elections, and reaffirmed his intention to try and disband the organization from within if successful.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Cody Wilson: I Will Wrestle the Bitcoin Foundation to its Suicide
01-13-2015
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https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com, Giulio Prisco
Two months ago we reported that crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson disclosed that he would run for a board seat on the Bitcoin Foundation for no other reason than to disband the organization from within.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
On the docket: Reed v. Town of Gilbert
01-13-2015
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http://jonathanturley.org, By Cara L. Gallagher
A preview of a case that will be heard tomorrow in the SCOTUS: Reed v. Town of Gilbert.
Question: Can a town impose more regulations on religious signs posted on public streets than political, ideological, or property signs?
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News Link • Free Speech
In Solidarity With a Free Press: Some More Blasphemous Cartoons
01-13-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Glenn Greenwald
Defending free speech and free press rights, which typically means defending the right to disseminate the very ideas society finds most repellent, has been one of my principal passions for the last 20 years: previously as a lawyer and now as a journa
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Why I Don't And Won't Vaccinate My Child
01-13-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com,
In a message dated 1/9/2015 8:24:16 A.M.PST: I would like to hear your thoughts on the recent outbreak of measles. I find it interesting that while the majority of cases are among unvaccinated people, there are some patients who have been vaccinated.
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News Link • Free Speech
Je Suis Donald
01-13-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com,
There has been a global outpouring of support for free speech (more precisely, speech without consequence) in the wake of a recent tragedy…well let's have Time Magazine tell the tale:
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News Link • Free Speech
"Why the Ross Ulbricht / Silk Road case matters to your digital freedom. #FreeRoss
01-13-2015
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Thunderclap.it - George Donnelly
Help to spread this message by posting to all your social media sites...
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Big Toy Playground
01-13-2015
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http://www.bigtoyplayground.com
Big Toy Playground sessions are great fun for ages 14 and up!
Participants under age 18 need a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
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News Link • Free Speech
Watch: Ross Ulbricht's Mother Speaks Out in New Silk Road Documentary
01-13-2015
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Wired.Com
For those interested in crime and privacy on the Internet, it could be one of the most important cases ever to go before a jury.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Can Winter De-Icers Go Completely Green?
01-13-2015
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arclein
In the United States, roughly 18 million metric tons of road salt are spread on the roads each year, with another 5 million used in Canada. In Minnesota, nine tons of salt are applied per lane mile each winter?"meaning a single mile of a four-lane
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News Link • Science
The Messy Minds of Creative People
01-13-2015
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arclein
Plasticity consists of the personality traits openness to experience, extraversion, high energy, and inspiration.* The common factor here is high drive for exploration, and those high in this super-factor of personality tend to have a lot of dopamine
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Man-made Ligament Could Replace Ruptured ACLs
01-13-2015
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arclein
That's where his team's engineered ACL comes in. Its main body is made from braided polyester fibers, with a tensile strength similar to that of the natural ligament. At either end of it, however, those fibers are blended into a mixture of a porous
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Letters to the Editor
Review of new book on genocide
Written by: Donna Hancock
The Unkindest Cut of All - Genocidal killing sprees have taken more than 100 million lives since the late 19th century--four times the toll of combatants in the 'regular' wars. (Sent from a Freedom's Phoenix Reader...)
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
CRS-5 launches successfully, but booster landing fails
01-10-2015
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gizmag
The CRS-5 mission lifted off today in a pre-dawn launch at 4:47 am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Why Obama Won't Reach an Agreement With Iran
01-10-2015
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arclein
And on the other hand, despite its differences with Benjamin Netanyahu over the negotiations, the administration actually believes in the false narrative of covert Iranian nuclear weapons program and "nuclear deception" that Israel has long promote
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE, January 11, 2015 Edition
01-09-2015
John Semmens
Muslim Terrorism Excused
Armed Muslim terrorists slew a dozen unarmed members of the editorial staff of the satirical paper Charlie Hebdo in a raid on the paper's Paris office this week. Though the gunman proclaimed these murders as retribution fo
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul and Charles Goyette - The Weekly Podcast - Audit the Fed - Is This the Year?
01-09-2015
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Money and Markets
Is 2015 the year that Ron Paul's Audit the Fed measure finally moves forward on Capitol Hill? As Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid refused to allow a Senate vote on the bill. But now Mitch McConnell is Leader, and his aides have said that he will
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News Link • Media: Internet
Valerie LOPEZ, reveals Bank FRAUD on 97% of loans
01-09-2015
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGz2UYZwT7I
1hour, 22 minutes on how 97% of Home OWNERs can catch the FRAUD done by the BANKERS , AFTER they Loan goes through, and before they can ForeClose Illegally on your home. Former securities Broker, Valerie Lopez nails the bankGANGSTERS of Wall Street,
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News Link • Prepping
Big Brother Is Cracking Down On Preppers
01-09-2015
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zerohedge.com
Once upon a time, America was the land of the free and the home of the brave, but now we are being transformed into a socialist police state where control freak bureaucrats use millions of laws, rules and regulations to crack...
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News Link • NeoCons
Who Benefits From The Neocon's Satanic Voodoo Propaganda
01-09-2015
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paulcraigroberts.org
The Roman question is always: Who benefits? The answer is: Not France, not Muslims, but US world hegemony. US hegemony over the world is what the CIA supports. US world hegemony is the neoconservative-imposed...
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News Link • Syria
Britain's MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West
01-09-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com-Guy Faulconbridge
Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or "iconic targets", the head of Britain's MI5 Security Service said on Thursday.
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News Link • World News
French police kill gunmen in twin attacks, free 16 hostages
01-09-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com-LORI HINNANT and SAMUEL P.
With explosions and gunfire, security forces on Friday ended a three-day terror spree around Paris, killing the two al-Qaida-linked brothers who staged a murderous rampage at a satirical newspaper and an associate who seized a kosher supermarket to t
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News Link • Government
Glenn Greenwald: "Rand Paul is a panderer and a fraud"
01-09-2015
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http://www.dailypaul.com-Resistance2009
Glenn Greenwald had a few harsh words for U.S. Senator Rand Paul today, tweeting "Rand Paul is a panderer and a fraud." Greenwald had linked to a tweet by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which stated "Rand Paul moves to ban aid to Palestinians until ICC b
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News Link • Drug War
Why the Silk Road Trial Matters
01-09-2015
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http://www.wired.com-ANDY GREENBERG
Ross Ulbricht is finally getting his day in court, 15 months after plainclothes FBI agents grabbed him in the science fiction section of a San Francisco library and accused him of running the billion-dollar online drug bazaar known as the Silk Road.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Officer takes drunk woman from jail, drives her to his house 'to pursue a personal relationship*
01-09-2015
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Rawstory
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was disciplined with seven days of lost pay after he removed a drunk indigenous woman from jail and took her home to have a relationship with her.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Generating New Revenue Streams
01-09-2015
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Police Chief magazine
A group of experts assembled in April 2008 to identify new income streams that could be initiated by law enforcement. Their suggested new revenue streams serve as an example of ideas that can be generated in a short period of time.
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News Link • Government
'Corrective' Actions Possible If NYPD Arrest Statistics Continue To Go South
01-09-2015
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CBS News
In the two weeks there was a 70 percent drop in DWI arrests, a nearly 96 percent drop in arrests for incidents in the subways, and nearly 80 percent fewer arrests on housing development property, Kramer reported.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Guy Who Attacked Female Worker Is a 'Hulking Brute.' Oh Wait, He's a Cop? Nevermind.
01-08-2015
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Liberty Crier
In a subsequent story, editors abandoned the frightening descriptors and reframed the tale in the passive voice. No longer had "a hulking brute grabbed a 28-year-old MTA employee." Rather, the employee "was allegedly put into a bear hug."
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