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Date Sent: 2019-08-22
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Friday, August 23, 2019 |
China Partially Lifts Restrictions On Gold Imports
Amazon, Microsoft, 'putting world at risk of killer AI': study -- This Is Why Trump Is Nervous -- US Combat Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Highest Level in 5 Years; -- How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon -- US To "Drown The World" In Oil -- Carli Lloyd drilled a 55-yard field goal. A Hall of Famer says she should get an NFL tryout. -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders Will Join Fox News as Contributor -- San Francisco board rebrands 'convicted felon' as 'justice-involved person... -- Newsweek: Time to Rethink Taboo on Cannibalism? -- Google DeepMind Co-Founder Placed on Leave From AI Lab -- JOHN MCAFEE WANTS YOU TO 'GET A GRIP!' ABOUT BITCOIN PRICE SLUMP -- Ride Sharing Increases Traffic Crush At Airports -- Climate Shaming: Keto Dieters Are Called 'Irresponsible' Stewards Of The Planet -- Volocopter introduces its most powerful flying taxi yet -- The Rasa: A Hydrogen Powered Car That Emits Water Instead Of Carbon Dioxide -- Neo returns! Keanu Reeves confirmed to star in The Matrix 4 alongside original co-star... -- Tesla Jumps After German Press Says Volkswagen Preparing Acquisition -- "They Are Not Looking At The Data": Analysts Brace For German Recession As Sentiment Turns -- The "Lungs Of The Earth" Are Being Burned Away As Unprecedented Wildfires Absolutely... -- Larry Summers Comes Clean Ahead Of J-Hole, Admits Central Planners Are Impotent -- Irate Passengers Blast Delta After Plane Sits on JFK Tarmac Overnight Due to Weather Delay -- NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda -- "This Is The Worse I've Seen It" - Recession Imminent As RV Industry Crashes -- If you can't ban it, steal it: How Big Pharma is trying to gain control of the cannabis industry -- "Red Flag" Gun Confiscation Laws Are Even Worse Than You Think -- 08-22-19 -- Mark Cline - Davi Barker (MP3s & VIDEO's LOADED) -- RED FLAG Gun Laws: Connecticut Man's Firearms Seized Because His SON Shared a Meme on Facebook -- Epstein's Cellmate Told There Will be a "Price to Pay" if He Talks -- This Is Pretty Scary And You're Not Being Told About It! --
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News Link • Gold and Silver
China Partially Lifts Restrictions On Gold Imports
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Last week a surprising report emerged from Reuters, namely that as part of its escalating capital controls, Chinese authorities have curbed private gold imports since May as the trade war escalated in a move that could be aimed at curbing outflows of
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Amazon, Microsoft, 'putting world at risk of killer AI': study
08-22-2019
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https://www.rawstory.com by Agence France Presse
Amazon, Microsoft and Intel are among leading tech companies putting the world at risk through killer robot development, according to a report that surveyed major players from the sector about their stance on lethal autonomous weapons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Trump Administration
This Is Why Trump Is Nervous
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
While President Trump continues to tout the strength of the US economy - and take credit for it, he is no doubt keenly aware that a recession before the 2020 election would put a dent in his chances for reelection.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Combat Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Highest Level in 5 Years;
08-22-2019
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https://www.cnsnews.com By Patrick Goodenough
2 More Casualties on Wednesday
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
08-22-2019
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by James Bandler, Anjali Tsui and Doris Burke
Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. And one whistleblower who raised flags has paid the price.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Oil
US To "Drown The World" In Oil
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Nick Cunningham
The U.S. could "drown the world in oil" over the next decade, which, according to Global Witness, would "spell disaster" for the world's attempts to address climate change.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Carli Lloyd drilled a 55-yard field goal. A Hall of Famer says she should get an NFL tryout.
08-22-2019
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https://www.greenwichtime.com, Cindy Boren
As far as Carli Lloyd was concerned, she was on just another field, doing what she does best.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Will Join Fox News as Contributor
08-22-2019
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https://variety.com, By Brian Steinberg
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of the more controversial holders of the office of White House Press Secretary in recent memory, will join Fox News Channel as a contributor.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • California
San Francisco board rebrands 'convicted felon' as 'justice-involved person...
08-22-2019
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https://www.foxnews.com
Crime-ridden San Francisco has introduced new sanitized language for criminals, getting rid of words such as "offender" and "addict" while changing "convicted felon" to "justice-involved person."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Newsweek: Time to Rethink Taboo on Cannibalism?
08-22-2019
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https://www.breitbart.com by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS
Since cannibalism is found throughout the animal kingdom and therefore is something natural, perhaps it is time for humans to rethink the "ultimate taboo" against eating human flesh, Newsweek proposes in an article Wednesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Google DeepMind Co-Founder Placed on Leave From AI Lab
08-22-2019
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https://www.msn.com, Giles Turner and Mark Bergen
The co-founder of DeepMind, the high-profile artificial intelligence lab owned by Google, has been placed on leave after controversy over some of the projects he led.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
JOHN MCAFEE WANTS YOU TO 'GET A GRIP!' ABOUT BITCOIN PRICE SLUMP
08-22-2019
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https://www.ccn.com, By Francois Aure
By CCN Markets: John McAfee hasn't been talking about cryptocurrency very much lately, preferring to focus on his political agenda heading into 2020. This changed on Thursday when the mercurial tech provocateur posted a tweet urging his followers t
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Ride Sharing Increases Traffic Crush At Airports
08-22-2019
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https://www.technocracy.news, BY: JULIE WEED
Been at an airport lately? Then you've surely been in a backup on the roadways or had to jockey for a place in front of the terminal to pick up or drop off a traveler.
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News Link • Environment
Climate Shaming: Keto Dieters Are Called 'Irresponsible' Stewards Of The Planet
08-22-2019
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https://www.technocracy.news, BY: HILARY BRUECK
The world cannot run on bacon and butter.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Volocopter introduces its most powerful flying taxi yet
08-22-2019
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https://newatlas.com, by Nick Lavars
Little by little, Volocopter has continued to refine the design of its flying taxi since we first spotted it back in 2013. As the company eyes a commercial rollout of the electric aircraft in the coming years it has given it yet another makeover, sho
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News Link • Transportation
The Rasa: A Hydrogen Powered Car That Emits Water Instead Of Carbon Dioxide
08-22-2019
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by Andrea D. Steffen
It's been a long road for fuel cell cars to get to where they are now, a possible option. It all started back in the 1980s when fuel-cells themselves had to be physically shrunk to fit into a normal car, not the back of a van.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Neo returns! Keanu Reeves confirmed to star in The Matrix 4 alongside original co-star...
08-22-2019
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https://www.dailymail.co, By CHRISTINE RENDON
The Matrix will return for a fourth film with Keanu Reeves reprising his role as kung fu-kicking, shades-wearing hero Neo, studio Warner Bros revealed on Tuesday.
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla Jumps After German Press Says Volkswagen Preparing Acquisition
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Elon Musk may have finally secured some of that precious financing he once claimed to have secured (roughly one year ago), though, according to a report in German business magazine Manager, things didn't turn out quite like he had hoped.
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News Link • Germany
"They Are Not Looking At The Data": Analysts Brace For German Recession As Sentiment Turns
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
There was some good and some not so good news in today's German PMI data.
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News Link • Natural Disasters
The "Lungs Of The Earth" Are Being Burned Away As Unprecedented Wildfires Absolutely...
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Michael Snyder
The "Lungs Of The Earth" Are Being Burned Away As Unprecedented Wildfires Absolutely Ravage The Planet
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News Link • General Opinion
Larry Summers Comes Clean Ahead Of J-Hole, Admits Central Planners Are Impotent
08-22-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Larry Summers is not one to be shy about sharing his opinion on any and every media channel about just how bad President Trump's policies are, and how much better everything was in the world under President Obama.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Irate Passengers Blast Delta After Plane Sits on JFK Tarmac Overnight Due to Weather Delay
08-22-2019
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com
Delta flight DL0975 had been supposed to take off at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday; the airline's website shows it departing at 9:20 a.m. Thursday
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News Link • Propaganda
NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda
08-22-2019
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https://original.antiwar.com, by Rick Sterling
It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma Assad had overcome breast cancer to mock her and continue the information war against Syria.
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News Link • Economy - Recession-Depression
"This Is The Worse I've Seen It" - Recession Imminent As RV Industry Crashes
08-21-2019
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
To elaborate more on our July report titled "Trade War Chaos: Trump's Tariffs Crash American RV Industry," it seems the RV industry continues to flash a recessionary warning light.
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News Link • Big Pharma
If you can't ban it, steal it: How Big Pharma is trying to gain control of the cannabis industry
08-22-2019
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Natural News by Tracey Watson
Although even medical marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, it is generally believed that it is just a matter of time before federal law is changed and it becomes legal nationwide. This provides a massive business opportunity for farmers an
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
08-22-19 -- Mark Cline - Davi Barker (MP3s & VIDEO's LOADED)
Mark Cline (Owner of Enchanted Castle Studios in Natural Bridge, Virginia) talks about manufacturing fiberglass sculptures, first as a hobby and then as a way of life - Davi Barker = Last day in Phx - Summary of work done and plans for Hindsight2020
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News Link • Gun Rights
RED FLAG Gun Laws: Connecticut Man's Firearms Seized Because His SON Shared a Meme on Facebook
08-22-2019
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The Organic Prepper By Cat Ellis
Due to the recent mass shootings, there is a major push for so-called "red flag" gun laws at both the state and federal levels. These laws are the latest tool for gun control advocates to confiscate guns from people based upon only tips and suspi
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Crime
Epstein's Cellmate Told There Will be a "Price to Pay" if He Talks
08-22-2019
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Prison Planet - Paul Joseph Watson
Begs to be transferred to another jail
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News Link • World News
This Is Pretty Scary And You're Not Being Told About It!
08-22-2019
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We Are Change - Luke Rudkowski - YouTube.Com
World News - Trump King of Israel - Yemen - ICE - Palantir - Censorship - Surveillance - Hong Kong - Epstein, etc...
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