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Date Sent: 2017-12-15
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Saturday, December 16, 2017 |
Engineered Stem Cells repaired spinal cords in 5 out of 12 Rats
Engineered Stem Cells repaired spinal cords in 5 out of 12 Rats -- Christmas Party @ The Hancock's - Dec. 16th 2017 from 6 p.m. til?? (Bitcoin help 3pm-6pm) -- Invite : Expat Round Table 12/16 - George Donnelly - Barry Cooper - Ernest Hancock - Case Parks -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: December 17, 2017 Edition -- Who Ya Gonna Fight? Landmark Treaty Signed To Create EU Army -- Greece Is Fixed? - Bond Yields Crash To Lowest Since 2006 -- Government is Cancer by Bill Buppert -- Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson: 'I'm Seriously Considering' Running For President -- Powering up: The biggest battery breakthroughs of 2017 -- VIDEO: What Everyday Life Is Like in Puerto Rico Now -- Blue Origin flies booster and crew capsule -- Brady vs Roethlisberger as Patriots, Steelers clash -- EU agrees clampdown on bitcoin platforms to tackle money laundering -- Prototype for two beam laser fusion system within a decade if no major hurdles arise -- "It's Done": Here Is What's In The Final GOP Tax Bill -- Volkswagen Will Invest Over $1 Billion To Convert Factory To EV Production Only -- WHAT IF TRUMP REALLY IS DRAINING THE SWAMP? -- Weapons Went From The CIA To ISIS In Less Than Two Months -- This Is The Chart That Jeffrey Gundlach Calls "Must Watch" For 2018 -- JPMorgan: "This Is The Moment Everyone Went All In" -- Global Dollar Liquidity Shortage Explodes - Worse Than European Crisis -- FBI Edits To Clinton Exoneration Go Far Beyond What Was Previously Known; -- Roadmap for Future Ocean Floor Mapping -- Here's what you're not getting for Christmas in 2017 -- Battlestar Galactica star Nicki Clyne is the second Hollywood actress to be identified... -- Market Red Flag: Stocks May Be About To Tank... -- No One Wants the Internet of Things … Other than Big Brother -- US-Supplied Arms Often Ended Up in ISIS Hands -- John McCain described as increasingly frail, Senate sources say -- Flood of Venezuelans are fleeing depressed country. Here's where they're seeking refuge --
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Engineered Stem Cells repaired spinal cords in 5 out of 12 Rats
12-15-2017
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nextbigfuture.com by brian wang
Engineered human stem cells have been used to enable paraplegic rats to walk independently and regain sensory perception. The implanted rats had some healing in their spinal cords.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: December 17, 2017 Edition
12-15-2017
John Semmens
Exempting Anyone from Funding Abortions "Unconstitutional"
In an op ed for the left-wing Sacramento Bee, Crystal Strait, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, blasted the Trump Administration's rollback of an Obama policy m
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News Link • European Union
Who Ya Gonna Fight? Landmark Treaty Signed To Create EU Army
12-15-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
EU leaders formerly endorsed the harmless sounding Permanent Structured Cooperation, or PESCO, pact on Thursday evening in Brussels.
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News Link • Greece
Greece Is Fixed? - Bond Yields Crash To Lowest Since 2006
12-15-2017
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zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
For the first time since 2006, Greek 10Y sovereign bond yields have plunged below 4.00%.
The last few weeks have seen a veritable rush to grab that yield as GGBs plunged from 5.50% on Dec 4th to 3.98% today!!
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson: 'I'm Seriously Considering' Running For President
12-15-2017
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http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com,
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) -- Does the White House smell what "The Rock" is cooking?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Powering up: The biggest battery breakthroughs of 2017
12-15-2017
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https://newatlas.com, Nick Lavars
Batteries are the engine room for so much of the modern world, from smartphones to laptops and weird new scooters to the emerging fleets of autonomous trucks.
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News Link • Puerto Rico
VIDEO: What Everyday Life Is Like in Puerto Rico Now
12-15-2017
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Daisy Luther
In Puerto Rico, everything has changed since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 3 months ago.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Blue Origin flies booster and crew capsule
12-15-2017
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nextbigfuture.com by brian wang
Blue Origin New Shepard flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12, 2017, from Blue Origin's West Texas Launch Site.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Brady vs Roethlisberger as Patriots, Steelers clash
12-15-2017
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https://sports.yahoo.com, Rob Woollard
Los Angeles (AFP) - Tom Brady will aim to extend his record of dominance over Ben Roethlisberger as the New England Patriots face the Pittsburgh Steelers in a pivotal clash between the two NFL heavyweights on Sunday.
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News Link • European Union
EU agrees clampdown on bitcoin platforms to tackle money laundering
12-15-2017
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https://www.reuters.com, Francesco Guarascio
European Union states and legislators agreed on Friday on stricter rules to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing on exchange platforms for bitcoin and other virtual currencies, the EU said in a statement.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Prototype for two beam laser fusion system within a decade if no major hurdles arise
12-15-2017
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nextbigfuture.com by brian wang
Dramatic advances in laser technology are close to making the two-laser approach feasible, and a spate of recent experiments around the world indicate that an 'avalanche' fusion reaction could be triggered in the trillionth-of-a-second blast...
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Volkswagen Will Invest Over $1 Billion To Convert Factory To EV Production Only
12-15-2017
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insideevs.com by Mark Kane
Volkswagen has announced a €22.8 billion investment package (2018-2022) in the future viability of its plants throughout the world, including a €14 billion envisioned specifically for German plants.
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News Link • Trump Administration
WHAT IF TRUMP REALLY IS DRAINING THE SWAMP?
12-15-2017
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theburningplatform.com by Kurt Schlichter
What would it look like? Would you recognize it if you saw it? What would you say if I said that Draining The Swamp has already begun? What if I told you World War III has already begun? Is it possible that you might not even recognize it?
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Weapons Went From The CIA To ISIS In Less Than Two Months
12-15-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Mainstream media in 2013: "Conspiracy Theorists!"
Mainstream media in 2017: "ISIS Got a Powerful Missile the CIA Bought!"
The original study that Buzzfeed and other media are referencing comes from a UK-based independent weapons research organi
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News Link • Stock Market
This Is The Chart That Jeffrey Gundlach Calls "Must Watch" For 2018
12-15-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Having shown us his favorite trade of the year for 2018, DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach tweeted last night his "must watch" chart for 2018.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
JPMorgan: "This Is The Moment Everyone Went All In"
12-15-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
There is a fascinating table in JPMorgan's 2018 year-end outlook released overnight, previewed yesterday by head quant Marko Kolanovic: it shows that a funny thing happened as the so-called experts were looking for signs of retail euphoria ...
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News Link • Currencies
Global Dollar Liquidity Shortage Explodes - Worse Than European Crisis
12-15-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Very quietly, in the last few days, cross currency basis swaps (CCBS) related to the dollar have reversed their rise and started collapsing deeper into negative territory… again.
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News Link • Clinton News
FBI Edits To Clinton Exoneration Go Far Beyond What Was Previously Known;
12-15-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
FBI Edits To Clinton Exoneration Go Far Beyond What Was Previously Known; Comey, McCabe, Strzok Implicated
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News Link • Underwater Exploration and Living
Roadmap for Future Ocean Floor Mapping
12-15-2017
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nextbigfuture.com by brian wang
About 71% of the Earth is covered by the World Ocean for which the bottom topography (bathymetry) is far less known than the surfaces of Mercury, Venus, Mars, and several planets' moons, including our own.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Here's what you're not getting for Christmas in 2017
12-15-2017
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https://newatlas.com, New Atlas Team
Looking for the ideal Christmas gift? Look further. Even if your digital pockets are bursting with Bitcoin, the following collection of outrageous items are likely beyond your reach.
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News Link • Hollywood-Entertainment Industry
Battlestar Galactica star Nicki Clyne is the second Hollywood actress to be identified...
12-15-2017
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http://www.dailymail.co, By ASHLEY COLLMAN
Battlestar Galactica star Nicki Clyne is the second Hollywood actress to be identified as 'a member of DOS sex cult which brands women and takes pornographic photos of members to blackmail them against leaving'
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News Link • Stock Market
Market Red Flag: Stocks May Be About To Tank...
12-15-2017
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
Market Red Flag: Stocks May Be About To Tank: "If There's One Thing That You Need To Pay Attention To It's This…"
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News Link • Internet
No One Wants the Internet of Things … Other than Big Brother
12-15-2017
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, Washington's Blog
We've previously noted that no one wants the Internet of Things aka IoT (other than Big Brother and a handful of companies which are trying to make a quick buck off of us).
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News Link • United States
US-Supplied Arms Often Ended Up in ISIS Hands
12-15-2017
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http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz
ISIS Got Advanced Missiles, Other Arms From US Smuggling Scheme
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News Link • Senate/Senators
John McCain described as increasingly frail, Senate sources say
12-15-2017
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By Jamie Gangel, Sunlen Serfaty and Eric Bradner
Sources in the Senate tell CNN they have been worried about Sen. John McCain recently, following a week when the Arizona Republican was kept from the Senate to address side effects from his brain cancer treatment.
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News Link • Venezuela
Flood of Venezuelans are fleeing depressed country. Here's where they're seeking refuge
12-15-2017
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https://www.usatoday.com, Simeon Tegel
LIMA, Peru -- It is 8 a.m. and the line of Venezuelan refugees outside the Interpol office already stretches to the end of the block.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
The REALLY jolly roger! Luxury 200ft super yacht with its own helipad...
12-15-2017
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Abe Hawken
A spectacular super yacht inspired by 17th century pirate ships has been created and comes with its own heliport, reception bar, pool and garage.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Russia & China will engineer bitcoin apocalypse, Saxo Bank predicts
12-15-2017
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Prison Planet.com by RT
Moscow and Beijing are going to crack down on bitcoin, resulting in the cryptocurrency's collapse next year, predicts Saxo Bank. The bank is famous for its 'outrageous' predictions published each December.
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News Link • Energy
LPP Fusion is 90% of the way to hitting funding goal
12-15-2017
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nextbigfuture.com by brian wang
LPP Fusion is nearing their minimum funding level for their latest round of financing.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Steller column: Tucson priest's arrest casts doubt on assaults on border agents
12-15-2017
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http://tucson.com, By Tim Steller
When Abran Tadeo drove his RV up to a Border Patrol checkpoint west of Tucson, it was his third inspection in the last couple of hours.
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News Link • India
India Creates The Largest Biometric Database In The World
12-15-2017
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By: Upmanyu Trivedi and Iain Marlow
Indians are mandated to link all their financial services to the national ID card, making surveillance ubiquitous with over 1 billion already signed up. India has already been described as a Technocracy, but this will certify it. Surveillance like th
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News Link • Federal Reserve
And So Begins The Rug-Yank Phase Of Fed Policy
12-15-2017
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zerohedge.com by MN Gordon
The political differences of today's leading two parties are not over ultimate questions of principles. Rather, they're over opposing answers to the question of how a goal can be achieved with the least sacrifice.
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