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Date Sent: 2015-12-23
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
Now the TSA can force you to go through the body-scanner
12-23-15 -- James Corbett - Michael Badnarik - Carla Gericke (MP3s LOADED) -- Existing Home Sales Plunge 10.5%, NAR Blames "Know Before You Owe"; ... -- Government Concerned That Homeschool Parents Are "Radicalizing" Their Children -- Meet John Boehner Ryan----The GOP's Favorite Fiscal Fake Folds Fast -- Google's robot Christmas card is seriously disturbing -- Donald Trump: An Evaluation -- The One Percent Rallies Behind IMF Director Christine LaGarde -- Texas AG: Public Colleges Cannot Ban Licensed Carriers from Keeping Guns in Dorms -- Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Block Obama from Executive Action on Gun Control -- Introduction to the Constitution Classes by Michael Badnarik will be resuming in 2016 -- Kerry In Moscow: Assad Can Stay? by Ron Paul -- The Fed Rate Hike: What you need to know by James Corbett -- Private Prison Exec Waves Off Criminal Justice Reform, Predicts More Profits -- Missed The SpaceX Landing? Watch It Here -- We Talked to a Famous Adult Actress About the Promise of Virtual Reality Porn -- KORWIN: America's Real Gun Problem - The Gun Myths -- Possible Republican presidential candidates in 2016 -- After 40 Years, New Results From The Moon's Surface -- Brent oil hits 11-year low as global supply balloons -- Guns topping Christmas lists thanks to terrorism concerns, fear over restrictions -- Researchers produce new fuel from coal dust and algae --
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News Link • Housing
Existing Home Sales Plunge 10.5%, NAR Blames "Know Before You Owe"; ...
12-23-2015
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Economists, apparently unaware of "Know Before You Owe", came up with a consensus estimate of 5.320 million sales, SAAR ( seasonally adjusted annualized rate), the same as last month.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
Government Concerned That Homeschool Parents Are "Radicalizing" Their Children
12-23-2015
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True Activist
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan of the UK has recently voiced concerns that children are not receiving the proper brand of brainwashing and indoctrination from the government.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Political Parties
Meet John Boehner Ryan----The GOP's Favorite Fiscal Fake Folds Fast
12-23-2015
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davidstockmanscontracorner.com
That didn't take long. Recall that just two months ago Speaker John Boehner announced he would abruptly resign right in the middle of his term.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The One Percent Rallies Behind IMF Director Christine LaGarde
12-23-2015
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paulcraigroberts.org
Washington removed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the leading contender for the French presidency and as director of the IMF by framing him on phony charges of raping a New York hotel maid.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Texas AG: Public Colleges Cannot Ban Licensed Carriers from Keeping Guns in Dorms
12-23-2015
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Truth In Media - Ben Swann
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in an advisory opinion on Monday that state law prohibits public colleges and universities from banning the possession of guns in dorms by Concealed Handgun License holders.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Block Obama from Executive Action on Gun Control
12-23-2015
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Truth In Media - Ben Swann
The bill would prohibit funding for any new executive order, and would take away funding from any previous order from President Obama that implemented gun control.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Introduction to the Constitution Classes by Michael Badnarik will be resuming in 2016
12-23-2015
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Michael Badnarik - Constitution Preservation
After four and a half years of acting as caregiver for my aging parents, I AM FINALLY RETURNING TO TEXAS! To celebrate, I am going on tour around the country to offer my eight hour Constitution class anywhere I can find students who are interested in
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Kerry In Moscow: Assad Can Stay? by Ron Paul
12-23-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Last week John Kerry traveled to Moscow and after meeting with Russian foreign minister Lavrov and preside
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed Rate Hike: What you need to know by James Corbett
12-23-2015
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James Corbett - The Corbett Report
Yes, you've heard that the Fed raised interest rates this week. But, like everything else the MSM ever spouts, that's not exactly true.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Prisons & Incarceration in America
Private Prison Exec Waves Off Criminal Justice Reform, Predicts More Profits
12-23-2015
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theintercept.com
A senior executive with the second-largest for-profit prison company in America assured investment bankers last summer that despite talk of drug policy and criminal justice reform, the country will continue to "attract crime," generating new "c
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
KORWIN: America's Real Gun Problem - The Gun Myths
12-23-2015
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dailycaller.com
Nothing points out the bankruptcy of our nation's gun-control debate better than the mythologies that surrounds it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Possible Republican presidential candidates in 2016
12-23-2015
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Reuters
Between Dec 12?? and Dec 18??, Donald Trump was down sharply among those aged 50-65, compared to other age groups. | Ben Carson is polling somewhat weaker in the Far West states, compared to the rest of the US.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Brent oil hits 11-year low as global supply balloons
12-23-2015
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yahoo.com, Jessica Resnick-Ault and Catherine Ngai
Brent oil cratered to its lowest price in more than 11 years on Monday, as demand for heating oil slumped on warmer-than-normal temperatures and traders tested for a bottom.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns topping Christmas lists thanks to terrorism concerns, fear over restrictions
12-23-2015
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http://www.today.com, Scott Stump
The convergence of fears over terrorism, a perceived threat of gun laws being changed and the Christmas holiday have sent gun sales soaring in what is already the busiest month of the year for firearm purchases.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Researchers produce new fuel from coal dust and algae
12-23-2015
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gizmag.com
Researchers at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in South Africa have developed a new fuel, known as Coalgae.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Humans 2.0: How the robot revolution is going to change how we see, feel, and talk
12-23-2015
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http://www.techrepublic.com, By Nick Heath
Robots aren't going to replace us, but by working hand in hand with us they will redefine what it means to be human.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientists plan to grow potatoes under Martian conditions
12-23-2015
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gizmag.com
A new collaborative project between the International Potato Center (CIP) and NASA will see a crop of potatoes grown on Earth under the same conditions found on the Red Planet.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Billionaire Space X boss Elon Musk says...
12-23-2015
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http://www.mirror.co.uk,
Super-rich tech guru dreams of setting up permanent home on the Red Planet - but would anyone want to live there?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns topping Christmas lists thanks to terrorism concerns, fear over restrictions
12-23-2015
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Today.Com
The convergence of fears over terrorism, a perceived threat of gun laws being changed and the Christmas holiday have sent gun sales soaring in what is already the busiest month of the year for firearm purchases.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Texas AG: Public Colleges Cannot Ban Licensed Carriers from Keeping Guns in Dorms
12-23-2015
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Truth In Media - Ben Swann
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in an advisory opinion on Monday that state law prohibits public colleges and universities from banning the possession of guns in dorms by Concealed Handgun License holders.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Block Obama from Executive Action on Gun Control
12-23-2015
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Truth In Media - Ben Swann
The bill would prohibit funding for any new executive order, and would take away funding from any previous order from President Obama that implemented gun control.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Kerry In Moscow: Assad Can Stay? by Ron Paul
12-23-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Last week John Kerry traveled to Moscow and after meeting with Russian foreign minister Lavrov and preside
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
The Global Warming Pause Explained by James Corbett
12-23-2015
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James Corbett
Fact: the RSS global mean temperature anomaly dataset shows a least-squares linear regression trend of 0.0C from February 1997 to October 2015. But what does this really mean? And what is the significance of this global warming pause?
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News Link • Self-Help: Rational Living
Things Every Man Should Have in His Car: An Illustrated Guide
12-23-2015
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artofmanliness.com
When I was growing up, I noticed that my dad kept his car well-stocked with supplies. A lot of the equipment was for his job busting poachers as a game warden, but most of the things were for emergency situations.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Village Praxis Series: The Leatherman MUT T&E Redux by Bill Buppert
12-23-2015
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zerogov.com
Publisher's Note: The holidays beckon so this will be a short post this week until after the Christmas holidays. I recently returned from some globetrotting and was able to put the Leatherman MUT through its paces.
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News Link • China
China's Minsky Moment Is Nigh---Super-Credit Bubble Nearing Implosion
12-23-2015
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davidstockmanscontracorner.com
Ever since 2010 we have explained that one of the biggest risks facing the world is China's gargantuan mountain of debt, seen in its consolidated state in the following McKinsey chart
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News Link • Transportation
Porsche Mission E Video Reveals Tesla-Like Skateboard Design
12-23-2015
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insideevs.com
As we know, the Porsche Mission E concept will enter the production stage in the next several years, so it's time to double check what's hiding inside.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
A rule tweak could dramatically shake up the next GOP debate
12-23-2015
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Business Insider
As few as six candidates could stand on the main stage of the next Republican presidential debate, according to qualification rules released by the network hosting the forum.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
KORWIN: America's Real Gun Problem - The Gun Myths
12-23-2015
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dailycaller.com
Nothing points out the bankruptcy of our nation's gun-control debate better than the mythologies that surrounds it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
CBS Attempts to Censor Muslim Panel Who Exposes How Govt "Designs" & "Funds" Ter
12-23-2015
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thefreethoughtproject.com
Red-blooded 'Muricans continue to whip themselves into a frenzy against all those who call themselves Muslim, basing their irrational fear and anger on a giant fallacy of composition.
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