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Date Sent: 2018-02-13
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
A.I. will be 'billions of times' smarter than humans and man needs to merge with it
Scientists Discover Hundreds of 2D Materials That Could Be The Next Graphene -- New Superhydrophobic/Superhydrophilic bandage material reduces blood loss by 60% -- Japanese Company Claims Experimental Drug Kills Flu Virus in a Single Day -- Climate Politics, Commissions Of Inquiry, And Conspiracy Theories -- SpaceX Falcon Heavy costs between $90 and 150 million and Delta IV Heavy around $350-400 million -- Newsbud Exclusive ?" 'UN Mediators': The Overt Operatives of US-NATO Global Hegemony. -- Sea of Thieves is huge, fun, and just what the Xbox One needs -- Do Financial Markets Still Exist? -- No Bond Vigilantes: Just Record Short Futures Speculators -- Max Keiser / Mish Video Right Before Volatility Hit -- 777,000 Plug-In Electric Vehicles Were Sold in China in 2017, Including 600,000 Cars -- Musk Considers Boring Tunnels At Tesla Factory To Increase Production -- Is US Being Sucked Into Syria's War? -- New York Times CEO: Print journalism has maybe another 10 years -- The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again -- What the Hell is Going On At Newsweek? -- Putin's Phone Call to Netanyahu Put an End to Israel's Strikes on Syria -- US Strikes Kill 100 Russian Fighters In Syria -- Regulators Open Probe After Whistleblower Exposes "Rampant Manipulation Of VIX" -- BofA Survey: Fund Managers Panic-Buy Downside Protection, Rush Out Of Equities -- Israel Police Recommend Charging Prime Minister Netanyahu With Bribery in Two Cases -- Mass Exodus From Venezuela's Socialist Violence And Starvation -- THE LIBERTARIAN ANGLE: THE KOREA OLYMPICS BROUHAHA (VIDEO) -- FBI Scandal Unraveling: Susan Rice Email From Inauguration Day Is 'Disturbing' -- 'Penis park' in South Korea where everything is shaped like a phallic object receives a grow -- Emotional moment UPS employees present their co-worker, 21, with a car after ... -- American luger Emily Sweeney stuns screaming fans into silence when she brutally... -- Watch Live: FBI, CIA Directors Testify Before Senate Intel Committee -- Stocks Bounce After Powell Vows Fed "Will Remain Alert To Financial Stability Risks" --
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
A.I. will be 'billions of times' smarter than humans and man needs to merge with it, expert
02-13-2018
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https://www.cnbc.com, Arjun Kharpal
Artificial intelligence could be "billions of times smarter" than humans and people may need to merge with computers to survive, a futurist told CNBC on Tuesday.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Superhydrophobic/Superhydrophilic bandage material reduces blood loss by 60%
02-13-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang
Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed non-blood-absorbing hemostatic gauze after repeated experiments. Compared with traditional medical gauze, this new achievement can diminish blood loss by about 60 percent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Japanese Company Claims Experimental Drug Kills Flu Virus in a Single Day
02-13-2018
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sciencealert.com by PETER DOCKRILL
In the midst of one of the worst flu seasons in several years, a Japanese pharmaceutical company says it has an experimental drug that could make next winter a lot less sickly â€" not to mention safer.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Climate Politics, Commissions Of Inquiry, And Conspiracy Theories
02-13-2018
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https://www.technocracy.news, By: Dr. Tim Ball
Everyone is calling for another Commission of Inquiry (CI) or Special Prosecutor to investigate FBI and DOJ involvement in the election of Donald Trump.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Falcon Heavy costs between $90 and 150 million and Delta IV Heavy around $350-400 million
02-13-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang
In a tweet, Elon Musk indicated that a fully expendable Falcon Heavy, which far exceeds the performance of a Delta IV Heavy, costs $150 million, compared to over $400M for Delta IV Heavy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Newsbud Exclusive â€" 'UN Mediators': The Overt Operatives of US-NATO Global Hegemony.
02-13-2018
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https://www.newsbud.com, Chris Melidis
It is widely believed throughout the diplomatic global community that the use of UN 'mediators' is often a very effective, sometimes necessary tool in order to resolve a dispute between two parties, usually between two countries.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Do Financial Markets Still Exist?
02-13-2018
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Paul Craig Roberts, Dave Kranzler, Michael Hudson
For many decades the Federal Reserve has rigged the bond market by its purchases.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
No Bond Vigilantes: Just Record Short Futures Speculators
02-13-2018
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https://www.themaven.net, by Mike Mish Shedlock
A reader asked me about 'Bond Vigilantes' after reading this article: 'Bond Vigilantes' are Saddled Up and Ready to Push Rates Higher.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Max Keiser / Mish Video Right Before Volatility Hit
02-13-2018
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https://www.themaven.net, by Mike Mish Shedlock
I was on the air with Max Keiser on Friday, February 2. The video is just out now as Stacy and Max were in Mexico.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
777,000 Plug-In Electric Vehicles Were Sold in China in 2017, Including 600,000 Cars
02-13-2018
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insideevs.com by Mark Kane
The official CAAM counter of New Energy Vehicles (all-electric and plug-in hybrids) shows 777,000 units sold in China in 2017.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Musk Considers Boring Tunnels At Tesla Factory To Increase Production
02-13-2018
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insideevs.com by Steven Loveday
Elon Musk's Boring Company started its initial digging on SpaceX property in Hawthorne, California, so it comes as no surprise that the venture might find its way to the Tesla factory in Fremont.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Trump Administration
Is US Being Sucked Into Syria's War?
02-13-2018
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https://original.antiwar.com, by Patrick J. Buchan
Candidate Donald Trump may have promised to extricate us from Middle East wars, once ISIS and al-Qaida were routed, yet events and people seem to be conspiring to keep us endlessly enmeshed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Print
New York Times CEO: Print journalism has maybe another 10 years
02-13-2018
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https://www.cnbc.com, Kellie Ell
The newspaper printing presses may have another decade of life in them, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson told CNBC on Monday.
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News Link • Trump Administration
The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again
02-13-2018
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https://original.antiwar.com, by John W. Whitehead
War Spending Will Bankrupt America
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corbett Report
What the Hell is Going On At Newsweek?
02-13-2018
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https://www.corbettreport.com
Wracked by allegations of ad fraud and tax evasion, Newsweek's senior editors are resigning and it looks like the whole organization is falling apart…But from this chaos has emerged a tiny sliver of truth amidst the torrent of MSM lies.
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News Link • Israel
Putin's Phone Call to Netanyahu Put an End to Israel's Strikes on Syria
02-13-2018
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https://russia-insider.com, RI Staff
"The quiet after the Netanyahu-Putin call shows once again who's the real boss in the Middle East"
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News Link • United States
US Strikes Kill 100 Russian Fighters In Syria
02-13-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Following up to last night's bombshell report that at least two Russian mercenary fighters in Syria had been killed by US-led coalition forces, this morning Bloomberg is out with an exclusive, according to which the body count is far greater than ha
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News Link • Stock Market
Regulators Open Probe After Whistleblower Exposes "Rampant Manipulation Of VIX"
02-13-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Update: In a quite shockingly fast reaction, WSJ reports that a U.S. regulator is looking into whether prices linked to the widely watched Cboe Volatility Index have been manipulated, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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News Link • Stock Market
BofA Survey: Fund Managers Panic-Buy Downside Protection, Rush Out Of Equities
02-13-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
According to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch February Fund Manager Survey (163 participants with $510BN in AUM responded), active managers finally got reacquainted with gravity and were not happy with the experience, or as BofA puts it, investor anxiet
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News Link • Israel
Israel Police Recommend Charging Prime Minister Netanyahu With Bribery in Two Cases
02-13-2018
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Haaretz
'Case 1000' alleges Netanyahu received lavish gifts from wealthy businessmen in return for political favors; 'Case 2000' alleges a tit-for-tat with publisher of Israeli daily
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Venezuela
Mass Exodus From Venezuela's Socialist Violence And Starvation
02-13-2018
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
People are fleeing the socialism forced on them in Venezuela by the hundreds of thousands. Starving, and facing violence over crumbs of food, many have no choice but to flee the wasteland which used the authority of government to destroy the lives of
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News Link • FBI
FBI Scandal Unraveling: Susan Rice Email From Inauguration Day Is 'Disturbing'
02-13-2018
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
As if rational-minded humans needed any other evidence that the "Russian collusion" narrative was fabricated, a disturbing email from Susan Rice has surfaced, adding fuel to that fire. Rice was Barack Obama's ambassador to the United Nations an
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News Link • Korea/North Korea
'Penis park' in South Korea where everything is shaped like a phallic object receives a grow
02-13-2018
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http://www.dailymail.co, By ALEX GREEN
'Penis park' in South Korea where everything is shaped like a phallic object receives a growth in tourists thanks to the nearby Winter Olympics
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News Link • Positive News
Emotional moment UPS employees present their co-worker, 21, with a car after ...
02-13-2018
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http://www.dailymail.co, By VALERIE EDWARDS
Emotional moment UPS employees present their co-worker, 21, with a car after finding out new father was walking 11 MILES every day for his 4am shift
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News Link • Olympic Winter Games South Korea 2018
American luger Emily Sweeney stuns screaming fans into silence when she brutally...
02-13-2018
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS and ABIGAIL MILLER
American luger Emily Sweeney stuns screaming fans into silence when she brutally crashes into a wall in the final heat of the Olympics - but somehow walks away with just minor bumps and bruises
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News Link • Senate/Senators
Watch Live: FBI, CIA Directors Testify Before Senate Intel Committee
02-13-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
FBI director Christopher Wray will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday in a hearing on "Worldwide Threats", amid growing conflicts between the White House, congressional Republicans and the nation's top law enforcement agenc
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News Link • Stock Market
Stocks Bounce After Powell Vows Fed "Will Remain Alert To Financial Stability Risks"
02-13-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Stocks enjoyed a brief pop, which was immediately retraced, when moments ago the Fed released new chair Jay Powell's prepared remarks from his Ceremonial Swearing in ...
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News Link • Venezuela
Venezuela To Accept More Crude Oil From Russia As Production Falters
02-13-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Zainab Calc
Russian crude oil exports to Venezuela are rising as Caracas struggles to produce enough crude to supply refineries in its contracted network, according to a new report by S&P Global Platts.
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News Link • Israel
A Clean Break from Israel (What America Needs Most)
02-13-2018
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https://russia-insider.com, Greg Maybury
Brief: America's interminable meddling and interventions in the Middle East have wreaked havoc upon the region.
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
From Inmates to Entrepreneurs
The Defy program challenges inmates...
02-13-2018
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https://fee.org, by Brittany Hunter
From Inmates to Entrepreneurs
The Defy program challenges inmates to harness their drive and reimagine their futures.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Where is Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster with Starman?
02-13-2018
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http://www.whereisroadster.com
On February 6th, 2018, at 2045 UTC, the first Falcon Heavy was launched in to space. It contained a very special payload, a Tesla Roadster with Starman.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Bill Gates: tech companies inviting government intervention
02-13-2018
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axios.com by Mike Allen
In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government intervention that once plagued his Microsoft if they act arrogantly.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Few Americans reporting cryptocurrency trading to IRS for now: report
02-13-2018
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yahoo.com By Anna Irrera
Less than 100 people out of the 250,000 individuals who have already filed federal taxes this year through company Credit Karma reported a cryptocurrency transaction to U.S. tax authorities, the company said on Tuesday.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Would you take it? Medical test to determine if you're in love or 'faking it' will be av
02-13-2018
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mirror.co.uk by Shivali Best
The painless, non-invasive procedure will enable doctors to accurately determine whether a patient is truly smitten or "faking it"
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Woman climbs into x-ray machine because she didn't want to leave her bag
02-13-28
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metro.co.uk by Tom Herbert
This is the moment a passenger climbed into an x-ray machine because she did not trust train security staff with her handbag.
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News Link • Korea/North Korea
Stars Align for Moon
02-13-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Andrew Salmon
South Korean leader is riding a wave of unprecedented popularity as he expertly navigates a complex political landscape
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News Link • Trump Administration
Peace: The One Thing the US Warmongers Do Not Want
02-13-2018
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https://www.themaven.net, by Mike Mish Shedlock
Vice President Mike Pence made fools of the US at the South Korea Olympics. Kim Jong Un's sister stole the show.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Here's What Else Is Aboard The Tesla Roadster In Space
02-13-2018
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insideevs.com by Steven Loveday
Hmm … a planetary insurance policy to save and share humanity's knowledge with future generations is orbiting the sun aboard Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster?
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