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Date Sent: 2015-08-04
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, August 4, 2015 |
World's first "aqueous solar flow battery" outperforms traditional...
Firefighter v. Police Officer -- 08-04-105 -- Ernest and Donna Hancock re-cap the Jackalope Freedom Festival -- (MP3/VIDEO LOADED) -- ETHICS vs. PROFITS -- Capitalism Smothers the Sharing Economy -- Connecticut On Its Latest Cash Grab: It's Not Greed When We Do It -- Why the Koch Brothers Are Heroes In Their Own Minds -- Cambridge cabbies on strike, seek ride-hailing regs -- White House Plan Calls for Even Greater Greenhouse Gas Reductions -- Sanctions on Iran pipeline project remain: US -- Retailers to pay New York $300,000 in toy gun settlement -- Trader jailed for 14 years over Libor rate-rigging -- Ron Paul: 'I'm Sending a Message to Paul Krugman' -- Washington's Fifth Columns Inside Russia and China -- Israel Security Establishment Breaks With Bibi on Iran Deal -- American Oligarchy, 400 Families Represent 50% of $ Raised by 2016 Pres Candidates Thus Far -- Why The U.S. Is the Next Greece: Doug Casey On America's Economic Problems -- FLY OVER MARS IN THIS BREATHTAKING NEW ANIMATION -- One Way to Fight California's Drought: Desalt the Ocean -- SCIENCE WANTS TO HELP YOU STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR... -- Julian Assange: The Untold Story of an Epic Struggle for Justice -- Tips for Starting a Glassblowing and Flamework Business -- India blocks access to 857 porn websites in latest online crackdown -- GOP Debate party @ the Hancock's Thurs Aug 6th, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. PDT til ?? -- The Middle East Is In The Middle Of A Horrific Heat Wave -- Spooner Lives! Monkeywrenching the State -- Middle East Swelters Through Searing Heatwave -- ICANN posts proposal to end US oversight of Internet -- Iran's Ahmadinejad seeks political comeback -- Report: US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed 459 civilians --
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News Link • Inventions
World's first "aqueous solar flow battery" outperforms traditional...
08-04-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick Lavars
World's first "aqueous solar flow battery" outperforms traditional lithium-iodine batteries
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: 'I'm Sending a Message to Paul Krugman'
08-04-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Ron Paul responds to Paul Krugman's recent smear, "The Old Man and the CPI." Krugman's ageist and racially-charged argument is demolished.
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News Link • World News
Washington's Fifth Columns Inside Russia and China
08-04-2015
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org
It took two decades for Russia and China to understand that "pro-democracy" and "human rights" organizations operating within their countries were subversive organizations funded by the US Department of State and a collection of private Ameri
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News Link • Israel
Israel Security Establishment Breaks With Bibi on Iran Deal
08-04-2015
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http://forward.com, J.J. Goldberg
There's a deep crack emerging in the veneer of wall-to-wall support offered by Israel's political leadership to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his war against the Iran nuclear agreement.
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News Link • Politics
American Oligarchy, 400 Families Represent 50% of $ Raised by 2016 Pres Candidates Thus Far
08-04-2015
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Prison Planet
That the country has become so captured and corrupted by sociopathic oligarchs, that a neo-feudal modern serfdom was emerging where the opportunities to enjoy rising standards of living for the vast majority of people was rapidly becoming a pipe drea
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why The U.S. Is the Next Greece: Doug Casey On America's Economic Problems
08-04-2015
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by Tyler Durden
"With these stupid governments printing trillions and trillions of new currency units," warns investor Doug Casey
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News Link • How To
One Way to Fight California's Drought: Desalt the Ocean
08-04-2015
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http://www.wired.com, ERIC NIILER
THE DROUGHT CURRENTLY shriveling the West Coast comes with an irony that the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge would recognize.
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News Link • How To
SCIENCE WANTS TO HELP YOU STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR...
08-04-2015
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http://www.popsci.com, By Alexandra Ossola
SCIENCE WANTS TO HELP YOU STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR WITHOUT FRYING IT
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Julian Assange: The Untold Story of an Epic Struggle for Justice
08-04-2015
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TruthDig
The persecution of Julian Assange is about to flare again as it enters a dangerous stage. From August 20, three quarters of the Swedish prosecutor's case against Assange regarding sexual misconduct in 2010 will disappear as the statute of limitatio
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News Link • World News
India blocks access to 857 porn websites in latest online crackdown
08-04-2015
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http://mashable.com, By Rajat Agrawal
The Indian government has taken on pornography in its latest Internet clampdown, sparking debates about individual liberties: Its Department of Telecommunications ordered ISPs to block access to 857 websites that host adult or pornographic content.
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News Link • History
Spooner Lives! Monkeywrenching the State
08-04-2015
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http://zerogov.com, by Bill Buppert
Publisher's Note: 29 July was the death day for one of the inspirations for this site, William Wilberforce, who graces the masthead of this blog for many reasons.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Middle East Swelters Through Searing Heatwave
08-04-2015
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news.sky.com
Temperatures across the Middle East have soared to near record levels in recent days, and the forecast is for more to come.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
ICANN posts proposal to end US oversight of Internet
08-04-2015
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yahoo.com
The overseers of the Internet on Monday published a keenly anticipated proposal to step out from under US oversight.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran's Ahmadinejad seeks political comeback
08-04-2015
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hosted2.ap.org
Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has launched a political campaign ahead of February's parliamentary elections in what could prove a challenge to the moderates behind a landmark nuclear agreement reached last month.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Report: US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed 459 civilians
08-04-2015
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http://www.goupstate.com
An independent monitoring group says some bombings carried out by the U.S.-led coalition targeting the Islamic State group likely have killed hundreds of civilians.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Seriously?
Sheriff Claiming to be 'Oath Keeper' Wants to Jail Flag Burners, Deport Antiwar Protesters
08-04-2015
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http://thefreethoughtproject.com, By Matt Agorist
Mustang, OK -- Since its founding in 2009, the American nonprofit group, known as the Oath Keepers, have primarily dedicated their mission to upholding the Constitution rights of US citizens.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Marines Declare F-35 Fighter 'Operational'
08-04-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
The US Marine Corps declared the highly controversial F-35 fighter to be operational last week, but the fine print makes it clear the jet won't be flying anytime soon. One problem is that it won't have guns until 2017. This program is a boondoggle th
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News Link • Parental Rights
UN: Jail Parents Who Spank Their Children
08-04-2015
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Prison Planet
Under the guise of advancing what the United Nations characterizes as "human rights," the UN "Human Rights Committee" released a report urging U.K. authorities to prosecute parents who smack or spank their children -- even when used as a dis
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News Link • World News
Ukraine's Ultra-Right Militia Threatens Military Coup
08-04-2015
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MIKE SHEDLOCK
Dissatisfied with alleged concessions to Russia, the leader of the Right Sector battalion, Dmytro Yarosh, seeks a nationwide no-confidence referendum in President Petro Poroshenko.
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News Link • Police State
Feds charge 3 men accused of prepping for martial law
08-04-2015
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Washington Post
Three North Carolina men fearing a government takeover and martial law stockpiled weapons, ammunition and tactical gear while attempting to rig home-made explosives, according to charges announced by the Justice Department on Monday.
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News Link • Government Waste
NY borrowing $5M for 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' studio renovations
08-04-2015
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syracuse.com
State leaders are planning to borrow $5 million to help CBS pay for renovations at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, the home for the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," according to state records.
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News Link • Self-Defense
Man shot during home invasion on Westside
08-04-2015
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actionnewsjax.com
A man is recovering from serious injuries after being shot early Monday morning in an apparent home invasion, authorities said. -
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
2016 Republican Candidates "Voters First Forum"
08-04-2015
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C-Span
All current or likely Republican presidential candidates were invited to take part in a "Voters First Republican Presidential Forum" on the campus of St.?Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.?
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News Link • Surviving the Collapse
Feds charge 3 men accused of prepping for martial law
08-04-2015
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Associated Press
Three North Carolina men fearing a government takeover and martial law stockpiled weapons, ammunition and tactical gear while attempting to rig home-made explosives, according to charges announced by the Justice Department on Monday.
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News Link • Drones
Pilots On 'High Alert' Following Third Drone Sighting In As Many Days At NYC's JFK Airpo
08-04-2015
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CBS New York
A pilot reported a drone sighting near John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday night, making it the third incident in the past three days.
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News Link • Corruption
Who Shot Down MH-17?
08-04-2015
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org
The available evidence convinces me that the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine was a plot hatched in Washington in order to blame Russia, blame which helps Washington's pressure on Europe for sanctions against Russia.
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News Link • European Union
EU's Greek Austerity Plan Rejected By The IMF
08-04-2015
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org
I have maintained since the so-called Greek Debt "crisis" began back in 2010, I believe it was,
that the imposition of austerity on Greece could not possibly...
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News Link • Police State
Of Badges and Blasphemy
08-04-2015
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By William Norman Grigg
Sheriff Doug Rader of Missouri's Stone County complains that he is being"attacked" for a "patriotic gesture" â€" decorating his department's patrol vehicles with the motto "In God We Trust."
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News Link • How To
One Way to Fight California's Drought: Desalt the Ocean
08-04-2015
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http://www.wired.com, ERIC NIILER
THE DROUGHT CURRENTLY shriveling the West Coast comes with an irony that the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge would recognize.
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News Link • World News
Institute of Peace's Hawkish Chairman Wants Ukraine to Send Russians Back in Body Bags
08-04-2015
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https://firstlook.org, Lee Fang
The United States Institute of Peace is a publicly funded national institution chartered by the U.S. government to promote international peace through nonviolent conflict resolution.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Why aren't libertarians rejecting Rand Paul's fight against Planned Parenthood?
08-04-2015
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Washington Post
The 300-odd young libertarians packed into Catholic University's student center were the elect of the elect. They'd scored invites to the Young Americans for Liberty annual conference because -- according to an email pitch to sponsors -- they could b
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
What A Waste!
08-04-2015
Chuck Baldwin
There is NO DOUBT in my mind that the biggest failure in America is the establishment church. It's a bigger failure than even the federal government. Now that's saying something.
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News Link • How to Help
Disabled dad needs new roof
08-04-2015
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GoFundMe - Jesse Mathewson
As a disabled stay at home dad funds get tight on occasion. We need a new roof and asking for help is hard at best...
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Missouri Man Serving Life for Pot Prepares for First Parole Hearing
08-04-2015
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usnews.com
Gov. Jay Nixon allowed the parole hearing after a majority of state legislators urged freedom for Jeff Mizanskey.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Churchill Lied About Hitler
08-04-2015
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http://www.veteranstoday.com, By Jonas E. Alexis
You be the judge: did Churchill really save Britain? Britain was still paying its World War II loans in 2006--and keep in mind that the war was over in 1945
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Time to End the Korean War: Lessons from the Past
08-04-2015
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CommonDreams
During a break at a July Washington forum by the Korean Economic Institute of America, South Korean National Assembly Chairman of the Armed Services Committee told Newsmax reporter John Gizzi that he hoped that the US/Iran nuclear deal could provide
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Turkey-Kurdish Conflict:
08-04-2015
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unz.com
Obama's Deal with Ankara Is a Betrayal of Syrian Kurds and May Not Even Weaken Isis
Since the accord, the Turks have only waged war on Kurds while no US bomber has used Incirlik airbase
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Why Americans Believe That Bombing Hiroshima Was Necessary
08-04-2015
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lewrockwell.com, By Gary G. Kohls, MD
August 6, 2015, is the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a civilian city that had minimal military value, despite the claims of President Truman when he announced the event to the American people.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Why Russia Shut Down NED Fronts
08-04-2015
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https://consortiumnews.com, By Robert Parry
Exclusive: The neocon-flagship Washington Post fired a propaganda broadside at President Putin for shutting down the Russian activities of the National Endowment for Democracy, but left out key facts like NED's U.S. government funding, its quasi-CI
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News Link • Future Predictions
Who Needs a Billboard? New Ads of the Future Will Be Beamed Directly into Your Head
08-03-2015
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Truthstream Media
Well now, with the help of a little futuristic technology, companies who just can't get over themselves long enough to respect your privacy for one second can make your worst nightmares come true.
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