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Date Sent: 2015-12-30
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, December 30, 2015 |
REAL ID to Go Live in 2016, Drivers' Licenses from 11 States May Be Rejected By TSA
Is Bitcoin Headed for a Break in Fungibility? -- Reporters claim PTSD from watching violent news -- Russia: America's Main Geopolitical Adversary -- NYT Supports Kiev Fascists -- Texas police employ porn dog to sniff out computer storage drives -- Back Door in Juniper Firewalls -- 2016 Reality: Lazy Authentication Still the Norm -- DMCA and the Internet of Things -- Using Law Against Technology -- How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain and Behavior? -- Former US defense secretary: -- Segregated Witness: -- Jeff Garzik and Gavin Andresen: Bitcoin is Being Hot-Wired for Settlement -- Pentagon Seeks 'New Narrative' on ISIS War -- VIDEO: Charles Koch Rips Hypocrisy of Pot Criminalization -- 'Extensive' security prep in NY for New Year's Eve -- 12-29-15 -- Dr. Michael Cole - Ken Schoolland (VIDEO & MP3s LOADED) -- STATUS, EVOLUTION, AND HUMAN NATURE -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: Best of 2015, part I -- Grand Jury Declines to Indict Officers in Tamir Rice Case -- Providence one of many U.S. police forces feeling Ferguson aftershocks -- Emanuel Aide Attacked At Vigil For Victims Of Police Shooting -- Drone Buzzes President Barack Obama's Motorcade in Hawaii -- The Deep End 005: Rick Simpson / Cannabis Hemp Solutions to Human Problems -- Bernie Sanders' Lessons for Capitalists -- Episode 310 - How Big Oil Conquered The World -- The GOP Will Be Changed Forever -- WIN the AR-15 Obama doesn't want you to have! by Ron Paul - Deadline Jan 31st, 2016 -- Eyes on Mosul Next as Iraqi Army Advances in Ramadi in Face of Stiff Islamic State Resistance --
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News Link • Homeland Security
REAL ID to Go Live in 2016, Drivers' Licenses from 11 States May Be Rejected By TSA
12-29-2015
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truthinmedia.com
A 10-year-old law requiring states to meet the federal government's REAL ID identification standard is set to take full effect in 2016, and people in 11 states with non-compliant ID cards may be required to begin using passports to board planes as so
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Is Bitcoin Headed for a Break in Fungibility?
12-29-2015
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bitcoinmagazine.com
Fungibility is often held as a crucial characteristic of sound money. But what happens when money has a public record of every transaction, and morally questionable trades can be identified? Is bitcoin headed for a break in fungibility?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Reporters claim PTSD from watching violent news
12-29-2015
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washingtonexaminer.com
Most have never left the comfort of their big city offices, but a growing number of reporters and editors are claiming to suffer trauma from watching and posting violent videos on news sites, according to a new study of media and human rights workers
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Texas police employ porn dog to sniff out computer storage drives
12-29-2015
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UPI
Police in Texas' Montgomery County are planning to use a dog trained to sniff out hard drives and other storage devices to help investigate child pornography cases.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Back Door in Juniper Firewalls
12-29-2015
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Schneier on Security
Juniper has warned about a malicious back door in their firewalls that automatically decrypts VPN traffic. It's been there for years. Pointed to Juniper's use of the DUAL_EC_DBRG random number generator that was back-doored by the NSA.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
2016 Reality: Lazy Authentication Still the Norm
12-29-2015
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Krebs on Security
My PayPal account was hacked on Christmas Eve. The perpetrator tried to further stir up trouble by sending my PayPal funds to a hacker gang tied to the jihadist militant group ISIS. Although the intruder failed to siphon any funds,
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Intellectual Property
DMCA and the Internet of Things
12-29-2015
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Schneier on Security
Plenty of companies set up proprietary standards to ensure their customers don't use someone else's products with theirs. Keurig puts codes on their single-cup coffee pods, and engineers their coffee makers to work only with those codes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Using Law Against Technology
12-29-2015
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Schneier on Security
A Brazilian judge ordered the text messaging service WhatsApp shut down. It was a monumental action. WhatsApp is the most popular app in Brazil, used by about 100 million people. The Brazilian telecoms hate the service which entices people away
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bitcoin
Jeff Garzik and Gavin Andresen: Bitcoin is Being Hot-Wired for Settlement
12-29-2015
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bitcoinmagazine.com
The proposed roadmap currently being discussed in the bitcoin community has some good points in that it does have a plan to accommodate more transactions, but it fails speak plainly to bitcoin users and acknowledge key downsides. The roadmap summary
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
VIDEO: Charles Koch Rips Hypocrisy of Pot Criminalization
12-29-2015
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truthinmedia.com
"Some poor kid in the inner city smokes a joint, goes to prison, ruins his life, where we have a president who is more privileged, who smoked a joint, becomes president... Now, where is the justice in that?" said billionaire philanthropist Charles Ko
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
'Extensive' security prep in NY for New Year's Eve
12-29-2015
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yahoo.com
Measures to protect the hundreds of thousands of revelers who will ring in 2016 in New York are "more extensive than ever," Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, amid global fears of an attack during New Year's Eve celebrations.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
12-29-15 -- Dr. Michael Cole - Ken Schoolland (VIDEO & MP3s LOADED)
Dr. Michael Cole (local freedom activist) comes in studio to talk about the STOP WARS...Home Educate Campaign - Ken Schoolland (AssocProfEconomics at Hawai‘i Pacific University; Author: The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible) on the STOP WARS campaign
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: Best of 2015, part I
12-29-2015
John Semmens
Obama Gives Himself an A+ for Performance
Despite characterizing himself as a "hard grader," President Obama rated his performance for the recently concluded 2014 an "A+." "My critics want to harp on their pet issues to claim my Administra
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Officers in Tamir Rice Case
12-29-2015
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NBC News
The fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by two Cleveland cops [over 13 months ago] was a "perfect storm of human error" but not a crime, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor declared Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Providence one of many U.S. police forces feeling Ferguson aftershocks
12-29-2015
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http://www.usatoday.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At daily roll calls, where local cops have always assembled for amiable operational briefings, there are now uncomfortable questions.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Emanuel Aide Attacked At Vigil For Victims Of Police Shooting
12-29-2015
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http://chicago.cbslocal.com
CHICAGO (STMW) -- One of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deputy chiefs of staff was attacked Sunday evening while attending a vigil for Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier, who were fatally shot by Chicago Police in West Garfield Park on Saturday.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Drones
Drone Buzzes President Barack Obama's Motorcade in Hawaii
12-29-2015
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http://www.nbcnews.com
A recreational drone got a little too close to President Barack Obama for the Secret Service's comfort on Monday.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
The Deep End 005: Rick Simpson / Cannabis Hemp Solutions to Human Problems
12-29-2015
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Patreon.Com
Rick Simpson is a retired power engineer who worked for 25 years in
the medical system in Canada. After suffering a severe head injury in
1997 he took all the medications that the doctors prescribed, but their
side effects did nothing but harm.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Bernie Sanders' Lessons for Capitalists
12-29-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
There is an irony to the presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders: The senator from Vermont is often cast as exotic because he calls himself a "democratic socialist."
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Episode 310 - How Big Oil Conquered The World
12-29-2015
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https://www.corbettreport.com
From farm to pharmaceutical, diesel truck to dinner plate, pipeline to plastic product, it is impossible to think of an area of our modern-day lives that is not affected by the oil industry.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
The GOP Will Be Changed Forever
12-29-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
History will remember 2015 as the year when The Republican Party As We Knew It was destroyed by Donald Trump. An entity called the GOP will survive - but can never be the same.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
WIN the AR-15 Obama doesn't want you to have! by Ron Paul - Deadline Jan 31st, 2016
12-29-2015
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Choose Liberty - Ron Paul
"Never let a crisis go to waste." ...It's been the go-to page of Barack Obama's playbook since his first day in office. So in the spirit of liberty and our U.S. Constitution, as soon as Barack Obama called for his latest gun ban, I immediately direct
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Eyes on Mosul Next as Iraqi Army Advances in Ramadi in Face of Stiff Islamic State Resistance
12-29-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
This post originally ran on Truthdig contributor Juan Cole's website.
Iraqi prime minister Haydar al-Abadi announced Friday that after the city of Ramadi was recovered from Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), the Iraqi army would go on to liberate Mosul (a city
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