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Date Sent: 2015-06-29
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, June 29, 2015 |
Greece Declares Bank Holiday, Capital Controls Imposed
Central Banks Scramble To Stabilize Crashing Markets: China Fails, Switzerland Succeeds (For Now) -- Puerto Rico Releases Report Calling For Concessions From Creditors -- Puerto Rico says it can't pay its debts -- Khader Adnan Ends Hunger Strike -- Amazing Affordable Force Multipliers Part 1, by Tupreco -- Palestine: Israeli Soldiers Detain Archbishop Hanna After Israel's Illegal Takover of a Church . -- I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream: Burning Man Burning Over Federal ... -- "The question is just when": Max Blumenthal on war in the Gaza Strip's past -- and its -- US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain - only Mexico has more -- U.S. Citizens Sign Petition to Ban American Flag -- Rand Paul: Government Should Get Out of the Marriage Business Altogether -- ISIS: US Proxy Foot Soldiers -- Alzheimer's: Symptoms Of This Neurodegenerative Health Issue... -- Sky fireball mystery solved - maybe -- On Tuesday, the world gets a 'leap' second. Are we all gonna die? -- Backers of Boston Olympics forecast operating surplus -- iPhones equipped with Force Touch tech are reportedly ready to roll -- China central bank eases policy again to support economy -- Pending Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Climb to Nine-Year High -- Iceland Just Jailed 7 Bank Executives For Market Manipulation -- Detroit mother pleads guilty to killing children found in freezer -- Pilot tells air traffic controller pre-crash he has no power -- An Inadvertent Warning From BlackRock - Get Your Money Out Of Mutual Funds ASAP -- Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug -- Gold Tumbles Despite UK Mint Seeing Europeans Rush To Buy Bullion -- Obamacare's Best Allies: The Courts and the Republicans -- The Internet, a Staging Post for Protests in Ecuador, Is Under Threat -- Rockets in ruins: Spectacular unmanned spaceship crashes (VIDEOS) -- Did you know 'storm spotters' in your community keep you safe during severe weather? --
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News Link • Economy - International
Central Banks Scramble To Stabilize Crashing Markets: China Fails, Switzerland Succeeds (For Now)
06-29-2015
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zerohedge.com
Following a week in which the Chinese stock bubble popped and a weekend in which the Eurozone bubble followed, it was all up to central banks to stabilize the devstation that would follow should the Plunge Protection Team, now global, not show up.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Puerto Rico Releases Report Calling For Concessions From Creditors
06-29-2015
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http://www.wsj.com, By AARON KURILOFF
Puerto Rico on Monday released a report calling for concessions from the island's creditors in order to stave off a looming crash crunch and take steps toward achieving fiscal health.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Puerto Rico says it can't pay its debts
06-29-2015
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politico.com
The governor of Puerto Rico says the island commonwealth cannot pay its public debt, which totals more than $72 billion.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Prepping
Amazing Affordable Force Multipliers Part 1, by Tupreco
06-29-2015
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http://survivalblog.com
Night Vision, Thermal Vision, Wireless Video, EMP Protection
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Palestine: Israeli Soldiers Detain Archbishop Hanna After Israel's Illegal Takover of a Church .
06-29-2015
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
in Hebron. Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Saturday, Archbishop of Sebastia of the Greek Orthodox Church of occupied Jerusalem, Theodosius Attallah Hanna, and held him for several hours in the Etzion military and security base, north of Hebron, in the so
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream: Burning Man Burning Over Federal ...
06-29-2015
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http://jonathanturley.org
Demands For Ice Cream and 24-hour Accommodations Employees - I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream. The organizers of the famous Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been faced with a bizarre demand from U.S. land managers that
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • WAR: About that War
"The question is just when": Max Blumenthal on war in the Gaza Strip's past -- and its
06-29-2015
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http://www.salon.com
Author of "The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza" tells Salon what he saw in the rubble of a land under seige
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain - only Mexico has more
06-29-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
US has 41 million native speakers plus 11 million who are bilingual. New Mexico, California, Texas and Arizona have highest concentrations
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News Link • Seriously?
U.S. Citizens Sign Petition to Ban American Flag
06-29-2015
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Prison Planet
….and replace it with a pyramid to "signify the new world order"
In the aftermath of calls to ban the Confederate flag following the Charleston shooting, some Americans signed a petition to ban the stars and stripes itself.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Marriage
Rand Paul: Government Should Get Out of the Marriage Business Altogether
06-29-2015
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http://time.com
While I disagree with Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage, I believe that all Americans have the right to contract.
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News Link • World News
On Tuesday, the world gets a 'leap' second. Are we all gonna die?
06-29-2015
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Rachel Feltman
On Tuesday, June 30, at a moment before 8 p.m. Eastern time, the entire planet will get a bonus second. "Leap" seconds aren't a new thing -- they used to come around about once a year, starting in 1972, but they've become less common in the past
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Backers of Boston Olympics forecast operating surplus
06-29-2015
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http://www.dailymail.co, By REUTERS
Backers of Boston's controversial bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games unveiled a revised plan for the Games on Monday that they said would run a $210 million operating surplus, addressing concerns the event would leave city taxpayers on the hook.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
iPhones equipped with Force Touch tech are reportedly ready to roll
06-29-2015
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http://www.macworld.com, Caitlin McGarry
Production is said to be underway for the next iPhone models, and it looks like the new version's big selling point will be Force Touch.
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News Link • China
China central bank eases policy again to support economy
06-29-2015
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http://www.rte.ie
The moves came as it stepping up its efforts to support an economy that is headed for its poorest performance in 25 years.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Pending Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Climb to Nine-Year High
06-29-2015
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http://www.bloomberg.com, by Michelle Jamrisko
Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes rose in May to a nine-year high, indicating recent strength in the real-estate industry will be sustained.
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News Link • World News
Iceland Just Jailed 7 Bank Executives For Market Manipulation
06-29-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
In one of the biggest cases of its kind, seven executives from the Kaupþing bank have been handed prison sentences for market manipulation today.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Detroit mother pleads guilty to killing children found in freezer
06-29-2015
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http://www.reuters.com, BY SERENA MARIA DANIELS
An unrepentant Detroit woman pleaded guilty on Monday to killing her two children, who were found in a freezer in March by a crew carrying out an eviction order at her apartment.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Pilot tells air traffic controller pre-crash he has no power
06-29-2015
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http://www.chron.com
The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a Massachusetts home over the weekend, killing all three people on board, calmly told an air traffic controller he has no engine power and is gliding in the minutes before impact.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
An Inadvertent Warning From BlackRock - Get Your Money Out Of Mutual Funds ASAP
06-29-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
BlackRock Inc. is seeking government clearance to set up an internal program in which mutual funds that get hit with client redemptions could temporarily borrow money from sister funds that are flush with cash.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug
06-29-2015
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http://www.nytimes.com, By ADAM LIPTAK
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday against three death row inmates who had sought to bar the use of an execution drug they said risked causing excruciating pain.
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News Link • Economy - International
Gold Tumbles Despite UK Mint Seeing Europeans Rush To Buy Bullion
06-29-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
European investors are increasing purchases of gold as Bloomberg reports, Greece's turmoil boosts the appeal for an alternative to the euro.
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News Link • Obamacare
Obamacare's Best Allies: The Courts and the Republicans
06-29-2015
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Prison Planet
By ruling for the government in the case of King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court once again tied itself into rhetorical and logical knots to defend Obamacare. In King, the court disregarded Obamacare's clear language regarding eligibility for federal
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News Link • World News
The Internet, a Staging Post for Protests in Ecuador, Is Under Threat
06-29-2015
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http://globalvoicesonline.org,
Earlier this month in Ecuador, protests broke out in various cities across the country.
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News Link • Environment
Did you know 'storm spotters' in your community keep you safe during severe weather?
06-29-2015
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com
Civic minded citizen scientists in your community help meteorologists and the National Weather Service stay abreast of inclement weather with on-the-ground data.
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