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Date Sent: 2018-12-08
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Saturday, December 8, 2018 |
Peter Schiff: "Nobody Wants To Deal With The Truth..." - Christmas Party (Raffle 3D Printer)
Christmas Party @ The Hancock's - Sat Dec. 8th 2018 from 6 p.m. til?? -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: December 9, 2018 Edition -- UMich 'Hope' Tumbles As Home-Buying Conditions Hit 10-Year Lows -- "I Thought This Deal Was Absurd, But Pensions Are Piling In..." -- Peter Schiff: "Nobody Wants To Deal With The Truth...That This Economy..." -- SPY SECRETS -- Germany's CDU Elects Angela Merkel's Anointed Successor As Party Leader -- Comey Frustrates House GOP During Closed Door Testimony -- Trump Confirms Barr As AG Nominee, Nauert As UN Ambassador Pick -- More than half of global population now online: UN -- THE SPACEX 'CLOWN CAR' LAUNCH ACTUALLY WORKED--HERE'S HOW -- Musk Says Tesla Would Consider Buying Shuttered GM Factories -- William Black ?" Deutsche Bank Crime Weakens Global Financial System -- What Do China And Goldman Sachs Have In Common? -- Cohen To Get "Substantial Prison Time" For "Serious" Crimes Despite Cooperation -- Trump Slams Tillerson As "Lazy As Hell", "Dumb As A Rock" -- US Consumer Credit Hits All Time High As Credit Card Usage Soars -- U.S. Flies Recon Plane Over Ukraine In Provocative "Warning" To Russia -- Elon Musk - A.I., Biology, Neuralink -- What Do China And Goldman Sachs Have In Common? -- Term Limit Activist Jack Gargan Passes Away -- Twenty Month Payback for Tesla 100-MW Utility Scale Battery Storage System -- DeepMind's AlphaZero now showing human-like intuition in historical 'turning point' for -- China Will Help Tesla Go to Foxconn Scale to Stop Air Pollution and Save the Planet -- Trump Regime Breaches 90 Day Sino/US Truce -- American Taxpayers Getting Reamed by Illegal Alien Households -- Russian Truth-Telling v. US Big Lies on Latest CW Incident in Syria -- Trump Regime Revolving Door Changes -- France Readies Fleet Of Armored Vehicles Ahead Of Yellow Vest Riots -- UMich 'Hope' Tumbles As Home-Buying Conditions Hit 10-Year Lows --
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Opinion • Government
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: December 9, 2018 Edition
12-07-2018
John Semmens
Ocasio-Cortez Vows to Get Revenge on Trump Jr.
Newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-MY) vowed to "mete out sweet revenge" in response to Donald Trump Jr. sharing a meme predicting that if her socialist views are implemented Americans
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News Link • Housing
UMich 'Hope' Tumbles As Home-Buying Conditions Hit 10-Year Lows
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Having fallen for two months, UMich sentiment was flat according to preliminary December data (slightly better than expectations) with current conditions rebounding and future expectations (hope) tumbling to its lowest since Dec 2017.
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News Link • Pensions
"I Thought This Deal Was Absurd, But Pensions Are Piling In..."
12-08-2018
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https://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
We have been talking about the pension crisis for years now. It's without a doubt one of the biggest, financial disasters.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Peter Schiff: "Nobody Wants To Deal With The Truth...That This Economy..."
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Mac Slavo
Peter Schiff: "Nobody Wants To Deal With The Truth...That This Economy Is Going Into Recession"
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
SPY SECRETS
12-08-2018
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https://www.thesun.co.uk By Emma Parry
Truth about CIA's illegal MKUltra mind-control experiments â€" using drugs, hypnosis and electronic devices- revealed in sensational new documents officials hid for decades
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Germany
Germany's CDU Elects Angela Merkel's Anointed Successor As Party Leader
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Germany's Christian Democratic Union delivered a badly needed victory to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday when members elected 56-year-old moderate lawmaker Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the outgoing Chancellor's preferred successor, to succeed her a
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News Link • Investigations
Comey Frustrates House GOP During Closed Door Testimony
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Former FBI Director James Comey frustrated GOP lawmakers on Friday, during his last testimony before the House Intelligence Committee before Democrats take over control of the panel in January, according to AP.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump Confirms Barr As AG Nominee, Nauert As UN Ambassador Pick
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Confirming reports published last night, President Trump said former AG William Barr (who is "respected by Republicans and respected by Democrats") will be his nominee for attorney general.
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News Link • United Nations
More than half of global population now online: UN
12-07-2018
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https://sg.news.yahoo.com, AFP
Some 3.9 billion people are now using the Internet, meaning that for the first time more than half of the global population is online, the United Nations said Friday.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
THE SPACEX 'CLOWN CAR' LAUNCH ACTUALLY WORKED--HERE'S HOW
12-08-2018
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https://www.wired.com, SARAH SCOLES
A FEW YEARS ago, a company called Spaceflight had a wacky plan. The plan, in the words of CEO Curt Blake, was "Let's buy a Falcon!"
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News Link • Transportation
Musk Says Tesla Would Consider Buying Shuttered GM Factories
12-08-2018
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https://insideevs.com, BY MARK KANE
Here is the idea: purchase a Volt plant and produce the Model V
The question of what to do with General Motors' plants scheduled for close arose from day one. Some speculated that maybe Tesla could purchase some of them to produce more electric ca
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
William Black â€" Deutsche Bank Crime Weakens Global Financial System
12-07-2018
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https://www.youtube.com,
Professor of Economics and Law, William Black, who was a top regulator in the S&L crisis, says, "Deutsche Bank is one of the potential sources of the next recession, and you can see lots of people warning that there are signs that a serious recessi
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
What Do China And Goldman Sachs Have In Common?
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com Via Jesse's Cafe Ame
Gold is not only flowing from West to East.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Cohen To Get "Substantial Prison Time" For "Serious" Crimes Despite Cooperation
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
It turns out that being a rat may not pay off after all.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump Slams Tillerson As "Lazy As Hell", "Dumb As A Rock"
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Rex Tillerson has largely stayed away from the spotlight since leaving the Trump Administration in March, refusing to comment publicly about his roughly one-year stint as President Trump's secretary of state.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
US Consumer Credit Hits All Time High As Credit Card Usage Soars
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
After a surprising slump in the use of revolving debt in September, when US consumers unexpectedly paid down a total of $310 million on their credit cards, moments ago, the Fed reported that in October, consumer credit posted a huge rebound...
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News Link • Ukraine
U.S. Flies Recon Plane Over Ukraine In Provocative "Warning" To Russia
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
The Pentagon confirmed Thursday it conducted a provocative military reconnaissance flyover of Ukraine following heightened tensions in the wake of the Nov. 25 Kerch Strait incident.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk - A.I., Biology, Neuralink
12-08-2018
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https://www.youtube.com, Aging Reversed
Elon Reeve Musk is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder and CEO of Neura
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News Link • China
What Do China And Goldman Sachs Have In Common?
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, Jesse's Cafe Americ
Gold is not only flowing from West to East.
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News Link • Death
Term Limit Activist Jack Gargan Passes Away
12-07-2018
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http://sunshinestatenews.com, By Kevin Derby
News broke on Tuesday that political activist Jack Gargan, best known for his support of third party candidates and calls for term limits, passed away at the age of 88.
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News Link • Energy
Twenty Month Payback for Tesla 100-MW Utility Scale Battery Storage System
12-08-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang
Australia has determined that Tesla 100MW battery system saved $40 million and the system had cost only $66 million. This is a 20-month payback on the investment.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
DeepMind's AlphaZero now showing human-like intuition in historical 'turning point' for
12-08-2018
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https://au.news.yahoo.com by Sarah Knapton
DeepMind's artificial intelligence programme AlphaZero is now showing signs of human-like intuition and creativity, in what developers have hailed as 'turning point' in history.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China Will Help Tesla Go to Foxconn Scale to Stop Air Pollution and Save the Planet
12-08-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang
No one questions the ability for giant factories, cities, infrastructure and supply chains to be built in China.
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
France Readies Fleet Of Armored Vehicles Ahead Of Yellow Vest Riots
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Paris security forces are prepared to deploy up to 80 armored vehicles in anticipation of "extreme violence" and rioting during "Act IV" of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) protest scheduled for Saturday, according to Le Parisien.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
UMich 'Hope' Tumbles As Home-Buying Conditions Hit 10-Year Lows
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Having fallen for two months, UMich sentiment was flat according to preliminary December data (slightly better than expectations) with current conditions rebounding and future expectations (hope) tumbling to its lowest since Dec 2017.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Simulated One Gravity Living on the Moon and Mars With a Supertrain
12-08-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang
The moon has one-sixth the Earth's gravity and Mars gravity is 38%. There will be negative health impacts for people to live for extended periods at lower gravity. In space stations, we can spin the station to get the desired gravity.
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Changing the Rules Way After the Sale
12-07-2018
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https://blog.christopherburg.com
Nintendo believes it can use its intellectual property claims to prevent you from monetizing any footage you make of its video games.
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News Link • United Kingdom
Never Trust a Surveillance Company
12-07-2018
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https://blog.christopherburg.com,
The parliament of the United Kingdom (UK) decided to pull a Facebook on Facebook by collecting the company's personal information.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Cryptogeddon Continues - Bitcoin Plunges To 2018 Lows Amid 'Cash' Chaos
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Crypto markets have accelerated their losses again overnight with Bitcoin crashing to new 2018 lows, Ethereum back into double-digits, and Bitcoin Cash utterly devastated as lawsuits fly.
Once again a sea of red across the crypto space...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Consumer Credit Hits All Time High As Credit Card Usage Soars
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
After a surprising slump in the use of revolving debt in September, when US consumers unexpectedly paid down a total of $310 million on their credit cards, moments ago, the Fed reported that in October, consumer credit posted a huge rebound, rising b
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Huawei CFO Charged With Fraud, Deemed "Flight Risk" Whose Bail "Couldn't Be High
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Update (7 pm ET): Friday's bail hearing was adjourned without a ruling on whether Meng is to be freed on bail.
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News Link • General Opinion
Judge Andrew Napolitano:
12-08-2018
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https://www.foxnews.com By Judge Andrew P. Napolit
Why I don't believe that Mueller is on a fishing expedition (or is about to go home)
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Julian Assange Rejects UK-Ecuador Agreement To Leave Embassy In...
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Julian Assange Rejects UK-Ecuador Agreement To Leave Embassy In "Near-Liberty"
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News Link • Stock Market
Dow tumbles more than 500 points, wipes out gain for the year to cap wild week on Wall Street
12-07-2018
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https://www.cnbc.com, Fred Imbert
Stocks dropped sharply on Friday, concluding what has been a wild week for Wall Street.
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News Link • Self-Defense
South Carolina Woman Shot Dead Escaped Convict Who Kicked Down her Back Door
12-07-2018
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https://www.newsweek.com, By Ewan Palmer
A South Carolina woman has been praised as a hero for shooting dead an escaped prisoner who broke into her home after kicking in her back door.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Mueller says Michael Flynn gave 'firsthand' details of Trump transition team contacts with R
12-07-2018
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cnbc.com, Dan Mangan, Kevin Breuninger
Former national security advisor Michael Flynn has given special counsel Robert Mueller "first-hand" details of contacts between President Donald Trump's transition team and Russian government officials, a bombshell court document filed Tuesday says.
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News Link • Wikileaks
Julian Assange Rejects UK-Ecuador Agreement To Leave Embassy In "Near-Liberty"
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
A lawyer for Julian Assange has rejected an agreement reached between Ecuador and the UK for the WikiLeaks founder to leave the London embassy he has been living in for the last six years, according to The Telegraph.
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News Link • Ukraine
U.S. Flies Recon Plane Over Ukraine In Provocative "Warning" To Russia
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
The Pentagon confirmed Thursday it conducted a provocative military reconnaissance flyover of Ukraine following heightened tensions in the wake of the Nov. 25 Kerch Strait incident.
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News Link • Clinton News
Clintons Resort To Groupon After Speaking Tour Fails To Draw Crowds
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Bill and Hillary Clinton, who just can't seem to exit stage-left, have resorted to selling tickets for their 13-city speaking tour on Groupon for nearly 60% off after failing to attract crowds at full price - or any price.
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News Link • China
China Prepares Retaliation To Huawei CFO Arrest
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden
Update: Reuters has confirmed the earlier Bloomberg report that Wanzhou's arrest has provoked "intense debate" among senior Communist Party officials about how to respond.
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News Link • Germany
Germany's CDU Elects Angela Merkel's Anointed Successor As Party Leader
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Germany's Christian Democratic Union delivered a badly needed victory to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday when members elected 56-year-old moderate lawmaker Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the outgoing Chancellor's preferred successor, to succeed her a
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump Slams Tillerson As "Lazy As Hell", "Dumb As A Rock"
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Rex Tillerson has largely stayed away from the spotlight since leaving the Trump Administration in March, refusing to comment publicly about his roughly one-year stint as President Trump's secretary of state.
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News Link • Clinton News
Clintons Resort To Groupon After Speaking Tour Fails To Draw Crowds
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Bill and Hillary Clinton, who just can't seem to exit stage-left, have resorted to selling tickets for their 13-city speaking tour on Groupon for nearly 60% off after failing to attract crowds at full price - or any price.
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News Link • FBI
Comey Frustrates House GOP During Closed Door Testimony
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
Former FBI Director James Comey frustrated GOP lawmakers on Friday, during his last testimony before the House Intelligence Committee before Democrats take over control of the panel in January, according to AP.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
"Blade Runner" Eye-Scanning Lie Detector May Be Coming To A Dystopian Future Near You
12-08-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan
A futuristic eye-scanning lie detector reminiscent of the Voight-Kampff device in Blade Runner may be coming to a dystopian future near you.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Moscow receives notification U.S. is ditching key arms treaty
12-07-2018
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https://www.foxnews.com, Associated Press
The Russian Foreign Ministry says it has received official notification from the United States that it intends to walk out of a key Cold War-era treaty.
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Jeffrey Epstein: Wealthy sex offender settles suit, averting victim testimony
12-07-2018
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https://www.cbsnews.com, CBS/AP
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A last-minute settlement was reached Tuesday in a long-running Florida lawsuit involving a politically connected financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls, clearing the way for the victims' lawyers to try
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News Link • Trump Administration
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is 'expected' to resign...
12-07-2018
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By Francesca Chambers, David Martosko
White House insiders expect Chief of Staff John Kelly to resign in the coming days.
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News Link • Clinton News
"I Know Where All The Bodies Are Buried": Clinton Foundation CFO Spills Beans To Investiga
12-07-2018
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Zero Hedge - Tyler Durden
The CFO of the Clinton Foundation, thinking he was "meeting an old professional acquaintance," admitted to investigators that the charity had widespread problems with governance, accounting and conflicts of interest, and that Bill Clinton has been co
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
12-07-18 -- Adam Kokesh - Chris Duane = Silver's Future (MP3s LOADED)
Adam Kokesh (The Freedom! Line) in studio to talk about the 'Big Easy Book Bomb' where his book FREEDOM! will be mailed to the ENTIRE city of New Orleans between Jan 4th-11th, 2018 (over 204,000 copies!) - Chris Duane (Silver Shield; Golden State Min
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