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Date Sent: 2015-04-09
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
Rand Paul: Pros And Cons
"Another Crisis Is Coming": Jamie Dimon Warns Of The Next Market Crash -- 04-09-15 -- David Bradley, Frank Tamburri Sr. - Dr. Phranq Tamburri -- (VIDEO LOADED) -- Overstock Unveils Bitcoin-Only Discounts, Wider Adoption Strategy -- Livestreaming Drone Footage Is the Future of Citizen Journalism -- Brazil Startup Success Points at Latin America Cryptocurrency Takeoff -- OneBit: Use Bitcoin Anywhere MasterCard PayPass is Accepted -- Facing Bankruptcy, Bitcoin Foundation Discloses Controversial Restructuring Proposal -- China may build rail tunnel under Mount Everest, state media reports -- The US Gov Can Download the Entire Contents of Your Electronic Device at Border Crossings -- New South Wales Attacks Researchers Who Found Internet Voting Vulnerabilities -- Terminally ill man set to be first to undergo the world's first full HEAD transplant... -- JAMIE DIMON: 'There will be another crisis' -- Rebutting Bernanke's Defense Of Himself -- Iran Dictates "Deal" Conditions To Obama, Demands All Sanctions Lifted On "Same Day** -- IMF Payment Sends Greek Yields Lower; Athens Warns... -- Rand Paul leads Hillary Clinton in Colorado and Iowa, poll shows -- Bitcoin Exchange igot Expands Merchant Services to Over 30 Countries -- Rand: 'Neocons' Are Closer to Obama Than I Am -- Why Women Over 40 Need to Strength Train -- Where the Germs Hide in Hotels (What you should know) -- 4 Ways Coconut Oil Can Heal Your Skin -- Texas Federal Judge Accuses DOJ and DHS of Deceiving Court: Orders Full Disclosure of Documents -- Awesome: Argentinian Artist Creates 'Weapons Of Mass Instruction' -- 'Dick Pics' or Why Ed Snowden + John Oliver = Educational Gold (Op-Ed) -- Robert Kennedy Jr. Compares Vaccine Debate To Holocaust -- First Fintech-Only Hub Opens in Sydney to 'Disrupt Banking' -- LA Banned Fast Food But People Keep Getting Fatter -- Activists Shut Down Nestlé Plant In Drought-Stricken California -- Shoes-that-grow-a-solution-for-millions-of-poverty-stricken-children --
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Opinion • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul: Pros And Cons
04-09-2015
Chuck Baldwin
On Tuesday of this week, Rand Paul made it official that he is a candidate for the office of President of the United States. As I did with Ted Cruz a few weeks ago when he announced his candidacy for President, I want to give readers a preliminary as
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"Another Crisis Is Coming": Jamie Dimon Warns Of The Next Market Crash
04-09-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Last October's Treasury flash crash -- which Gregg Berman will tell you wasn't the fault of HFT and which will likely repeat at some point or another thanks to the fact that Fed purchases have reduced market depth -- may no longer be a once eve
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News Link • Economic Stimulus
Overstock Unveils Bitcoin-Only Discounts, Wider Adoption Strategy
04-09-2015
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http://cointelegraph.com
A spokesman from the first major online retailer to accept Bitcoin, Overstock.com, has confirmed that the company is planning to conduct exclusive Bitcoin-only customer outreach including sales and discounts.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Livestreaming Drone Footage Is the Future of Citizen Journalism
04-09-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
If livestreaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat are going to ?change the news industry in a similar way Twitter did--by allowing whoever happens to be near a news event to become a de facto journalist--imagine what happens when you put an inter
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Brazil Startup Success Points at Latin America Cryptocurrency Takeoff
04-09-2015
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http://cointelegraph.com
Innovative technology is driving increasing interest in cryptocurrency and could allow Brazilian tech startups to leap frog other nations in the digital currency space.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
OneBit: Use Bitcoin Anywhere MasterCard PayPass is Accepted
04-09-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
Startup OneBit is developing a Bitcoin wallet app that lets users pay at any store with contactless mobile payments via the MasterCard PayPass payment network.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Facing Bankruptcy, Bitcoin Foundation Discloses Controversial Restructuring Proposal
04-09-2015
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http://cointelegraph.com
According to a month-old internal document originally drafted by the management team of the Bitcoin Foundation and which has now been openly published, the foundation is considering splitting into two separate organizations.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • China
China may build rail tunnel under Mount Everest, state media reports
04-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Construction project is believed to be under consideration and is part of proposed extention to link China with Nepal by rail.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Police State
The US Gov Can Download the Entire Contents of Your Electronic Device at Border Crossings
04-08-2015
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Motherboard
Hundreds of thousands of travelers cross US borders every day. And none of them--save the precious few with diplomatic immunity--have any right to privacy, according to Department of Homeland Security documents recently obtained by MuckRock.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
New South Wales Attacks Researchers Who Found Internet Voting Vulnerabilities
04-09-2015
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EFF
Sadly, NSW officials seemed more interested in protecting their reputations than the integrity of elections. They sharply criticized Halderman and Teague, rather than commending them, for discovering the vulnerability.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Terminally ill man set to be first to undergo the world's first full HEAD transplant...
04-08-2015
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By Will Stewart In Moscow and Nick Fagge
A man with a fatal medical condition has spoken exclusively to MailOnline about how he is set to become the first person to undergo a head transplant and hopes it could be as soon as next year.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran Dictates "Deal" Conditions To Obama, Demands All Sanctions Lifted On "Same Day**
04-09-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
If there was any confusion whether Iran thought it had gotten the best of John Kerry and the Obama administration as a result of the non-deal April 2 "framework" announcement for some future possible deal...
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Politics
Rand Paul leads Hillary Clinton in Colorado and Iowa, poll shows
04-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Quinnipiac University describes numbers as 'ominous' as latest poll suggests Clinton's advantage is waning in several key battleground states.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Exchange igot Expands Merchant Services to Over 30 Countries
04-09-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
The bitcoin payment processing space continues to get more crowded with the launch of merchant services by igot, a bitcoin exchange based in Australia.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Rand: 'Neocons' Are Closer to Obama Than I Am
04-09-2015
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http://www.breitbart.com
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said "neocons" are "actually much closer to President Obama than I am" on Wednesday's "Kelly File" on the Fox News Channel.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Why Women Over 40 Need to Strength Train
04-09-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
It's never too late to start working out, so don't think that age is an excuse just because you're 40 years old or older.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
Where the Germs Hide in Hotels (What you should know)
04-09-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
Before you walk into your room and turn the light on, think about how many hands have touched that light switch.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
4 Ways Coconut Oil Can Heal Your Skin
04-09-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
Is there anything that coconut oil can't do? Well, it may not rocket you to the moon, or give you the ability to travel through time… but the list is pretty short.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Government
Texas Federal Judge Accuses DOJ and DHS of Deceiving Court: Orders Full Disclosure of Documents
04-09-2015
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http://www.breitbart.com
Judge Andrew Hanen has issued a scathing written rebuke directed at government lawyers and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for their misrepresentations made in the case filed against President Obama's executive amnesty plan.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
'Dick Pics' or Why Ed Snowden + John Oliver = Educational Gold (Op-Ed)
04-09-2015
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http://cointelegraph.com
When I heard that John Oliver the HBO news comedian had interviewed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, I cringed.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economic Stimulus
First Fintech-Only Hub Opens in Sydney to 'Disrupt Banking'
04-09-2015
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http://cointelegraph.com
The Tyro Fintech Hub has opened and its main objective is to work with startups working to disrupt or innovate in finance, banking, or insurance - whether it involves with cryptography, personal finance, data analytics, Bitcoin, or innovative market
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Food
LA Banned Fast Food But People Keep Getting Fatter
04-09-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
Is it right to force people to do a good thing? Does it even work? Here at True Activist, we have been writing a lot about the recent fall of fast food, it turns out that the public is beginning to learn more about the food they are eating and they a
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Environment
Activists Shut Down Nestlé Plant In Drought-Stricken California
04-09-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
As California suffers a record drought, local residents and activists took a stand to implore the company Nestlé to stop its gluttonous guzzling of California's water for profit.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Shoes-that-grow-a-solution-for-millions-of-poverty-stricken-children
04-09-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
This brilliant shoe can last five years and will grow with a child, protecting him/her from soil-transmitted parasites and diseases.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
Inside the Kremlin's hall of mirrors
04-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Fake news stories. Doctored photographs. Staged TV clips. Armies of paid trolls.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Police killing videos shock the world. So why do white Americans still trust cops?
04-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Videos taken by smartphones, dashboard cameras and CCTV are increasingly capturing incidents of police violence. But public trust has remained steady and starkly divided along racial lines
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
At least three dead as gunman opens fire in Italian court
04-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Suspect in shooting at Milan's Palace of Justice arrested after fleeing scene on motorbike
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Michael Slager radioed in Taser claim six seconds after firing at Walter Scott
04-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Analysis of police audio synced with video raises further questions about whether officers performed any CPR on Walter Scott after he was shot eight times
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Chelsea Manning Shares Her Transition to Living as a Woman -- Behind Bars
04-08-2015
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Abigail Pesta, Cosmopolitan
For the first time, Chelsea Manning shares the details of her story as an army private who leaked classified documents, went to military prison, and sued for the right to transition into living as a woman in jail.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Bitcoin
How to Trace a Political Donation Made with Bitcoin
04-08-2015
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Motherboard
So, Rand Paul is doing perhaps the most libertarian thing ever and accepting Bitcoin to fund his campaign to be elected president. But--*pushes up glasses*--what does this mean for the political process?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
Microsoft Is Making a Stripped-Down Windows to Rival Linux
04-08-2015
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Wired.com
Today, big Silicon Valley names like Google and Twitter run their online services across thousands of machines.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Bob Marley-branded weed is helping pot startups break funding records
04-08-2015
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Verge
As support for legalizing marijuana in the US continues to grow, investors are on the lookout for companies that can cash in.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
YouTube's paid subscription offering takes shape -- and it's almost here
04-08-2015
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Verge
YouTube's paid subscription offering takes shape -- and it's almost here
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Electric Cars Can Explain Our Highway Funding Fiasco
04-08-2015
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Wired
America needs billions to fix its crumbling, crappy roads. But no one's got that kind of money and the Highway Trust Fund--Uncle Sam's primary means for paying for road construction and repairs--teeters on insolvency.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Senate creating secret encyclopedia of US spy programs following Merkel eavesdrop disclosure
04-08-2015
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http://www.startribune.com, by, KEN DILANIAN
Trying to get a handle on hundreds of sensitive, closely held surveillance programs, a Senate committee is compiling a secret encyclopedia of American intelligence collection.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists create system that allows people to FEEL holograms using ultrasound
04-08-2015
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dailymail.co.uk
The system uses sound waves focused on an area above the device
Air disturbances created by the waves create the feeling of 3D objects
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Robert Lee
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