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Date Sent: 2014-10-21
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, October 20, 2014 |
Pentagon Says Ebola Strike Team Does Not Violate Posse Comitatus
Tillis-Hagan showdown could be nation's most expensive Senate race ever -- Paris Opera expels veiled woman during performance -- National Service is Anti-Liberty and Un-American -- Nobody Wants To Host The 2022 Olympics -- Japan To Make Major Switch on Sub Propulsion -- The ECB Changes Its Mind Which Bonds It Will Monetize, Then It Changes It Again -- Madeleine Albright Is On The Wheaties Box? -- Why I run for Congress (Redux) - by Powell Gammill -- Mental Health Issues Put 34,500 on New York's No-Guns List -- ISIS: Military Contractors' "Gravy Train" To Profits -- Just Plain Stupid: Obama Sending Troops to Ebola-Ravaged Africa - by Frosty Woolridge -- Meet the Men and Women Who Help Rule North Korea From the Shadows -- The Latest Snowden Revelation Is Dangerous for Anonymous ... And for All of Us
AZ: Jordan Page to play concert at the Hancock's in Phoenix on October 24th, 2014; PrepperFest Expo, October 24-26, 2014, Westworld in Scottsdale, AZ
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News Link • Police State
Pentagon Says Ebola Strike Team Does Not Violate Posse Comitatus
10-20-2014
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Infowars
Pentagon press secretary, Rear Admiral John Kirby, on Monday dismissed constitutional concerns over the decision to deploy the military in response to the Ebola virus within the United States.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Marriage
Tears and cheers as paralyzed CNY man Matt Ficarra walks down aisle with his bride
10-20-2014
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http://www.syracuse.com, By Elizabeth Doran
Matt Ficarra walks his bride down the aisle
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Tillis-Hagan showdown could be nation's most expensive Senate race ever
10-20-2014
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com, By Jim Morrill
From the Koch brothers and Art Pope to George Soros and Michael Bloomberg, wealthy donors are making North Carolina's U.S. Senate race one of America's first $100 million contests.
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News Link • World News
Paris Opera expels veiled woman during performance
10-20-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com
France's government is drawing up a new set of rules for theatres after the Paris Opera ejected a woman for wearing a veil during a performance, the institution's deputy director said Sunday.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Agriculture
Welcome to the Compost Power Network
10-20-2014
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http://compostpower.org
Since 2010 the Compost Power Network has operated as a not-for-profit educational networking organization dedicated to expanding the use of regenerative soil-building compost heat recovery systems.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
National Service is Anti-Liberty and Un-American
10-20-2014
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http://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Ron Paul
Former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich recently called on the government to force young people to spend two years either "serving" in the military or performing some other type of government-directed "community service."
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News Link • World News
Sweden Deploys Army, Air Force, Navy Near Stockholm Over Reported Damaged...
10-20-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Sweden Deploys Army, Air Force, Navy Near Stockholm Over Reported Damaged Russian Sub; Moscow Denies
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
The Rams Fooled Everyone With A Genius Trick Punt Return Touchdown
10-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
The St. Louis Rams drew up one of the most whimsical trick plays you'll ever see in an NFL game, and it worked to perfection.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
These Time-Lapse Maps That Show How Much The World Has Changed In The Last ...
10-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
These Time-Lapse Maps That Show How Much The World Has Changed In The Last 30 Years Are Completely Jarring
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News Link • Technology: Software
Everyone Loves This Story Of How An Autistic Kid Became Best Friends With Siri
10-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Judith Newman has a 13-year-old son named Gus. Gus is autistic. His best friend is Siri, the virtual assistant built into iPhones and iPads.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Aeronautics and Astronautics Centennial Symposium October 22-24, 2014
10-20-2014
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MIT Alumni Association
The high point of the Centennial Celebration is the Symposium featuring illustrious names in aerospace reflecting on past achievement, celebrating today's innovative research and education, and offering their perspectives on what lies ahead. Closin
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Alevo to unveil 'revolutionary' energy technology
10-20-2014
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independenttribune.com
Alevo Inc. will use the former Philip Morris plant in Concord to manufacture an innovative battery technology, which sources say will "help solve some of the world's biggest energy problems."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Wealth Inequality Is Not A Problem, It's A Symptom
10-20-2014
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zerohedge.com
A comment on an article that comments on a book. I don't think either provides, for the topic they deal with, the depth it needs and deserves.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Japan To Make Major Switch on Sub Propulsion
10-20-2014
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defensenews.com
Lithium-ion Batteries Will Power Soryu-class Boats
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Energy storage dominates Solar Energy UK
10-20-2014
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pv-magazine.com
Energy storage took center stage at Solar Energy UK in Birmingham, Enlgand, on Wednesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Watch Jony Ive and Elon Musk talk design and sci-fi transportation
10-20-2014
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engadget.com
Tired of hearing little more than soundbites from tech luminaries such as Apple's Jony Ive and Tesla's Elon Musk?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Boats, trains, planes: How technology is making old transportation new again
10-20-2014
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business.financialpost.com
If innovation in the automotive industry had kept apace with innovation in the computer industry, the joke goes, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon but, for no reason at all, crashed twice a day.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
10-20-2014
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independent.org
There exists no broad coalition critiquing domestic police. Left radicals in the 1960s decried their militarism.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Seriously?
Madeleine Albright Is On The Wheaties Box?
10-20-2014
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Daily Paul.com
Though Wheaties cereal boxes typically depict famous athletes, the Wheaties website clarifies a champion is "no longer solely the megastar athlete; it is also any person who looks inside and challenges their personal best."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Archaeology
Norse Evidence North West Passage
10-20-2014
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arclein
No doubt all outsiders are guilty of trespass, especially those who violate the domains of specialists, but as far the Northwest Passage and my own experiences are concerned, here I will claim - to some extent at least - to know whereof I speak. It w
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News Link • Archaeology
Copper Canoe Viking Lore
10-20-2014
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arclein
Moreover, in practical applications the lengths of the longhouses might well have required an additional qualifier -- one already consolidated by Farley Mowat, namely overlaps for the prows and sterns of the boats, whether they be of Alban or Viking
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Stanford University Examines Biological Entity Found In Atacama Desert
10-20-2014
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arclein
The specimen under examination in the video below was found in the Atacama Desert. Research has already determined that a large portion of its DNA is from a human female, presumably the mother. The astonishing thing is that 9% of its DNA is unmatched
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News Link • Economy - International
The ECB Changes Its Mind Which Bonds It Will Monetize, Then It Changes It Again
10-20-2014
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zerohedge.com
To get a sense of just how chaotic, unprepared, confused and in a word, clueless the ECB is about just its "private QE", aka purchases of ABS, which should begin in the "next few days" (but certainly don't hold your breath) - let alone the monetizati
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Humor
"We Have Everything Under Control"
10-20-2014
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zerohedge.com
Phew... what a relief...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Nonperforming Spanish Loans Near All-Time High as Overall Credit Shrinks
10-20-2014
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Huky Guru posted a couple of interesting charts on his blog today about shrinking credit but rising percentage of nonperforming Spanish bank loans: NPLs of banks rebounded to 16.59%. Seven points higher than in the 1994 crisis.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Mental Health Issues Put 34,500 on New York's No-Guns List
10-20-2014
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nytimes.com
A newly created database of New Yorkers deemed too mentally unstable to carry firearms has grown to roughly 34,500 names, a previously undisclosed figure that has raised concerns among some mental health advocates that too many people have been categ
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
ISIS: Military Contractors' "Gravy Train" To Profits
10-17-2014
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By Sean Nevins, Mint Press
Arms contractors are "trying to exploit the crisis," -- It appears they're succeeding this regard, as investors are greedily buying up stocks of weapons manufacturers. For example, Lockheed Martin's share prices have risen from $146 a share a
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
This is why people use phones to film police
10-19-2014
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cNet
A routine traffic stop in Iowa turns into a police officer trying to trick the driver into admitting he has pot. His reasoning? The driver must have pot because he's into frisbee golf.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Print
Former WaPo chief warns of ruin when advertisers 'wake up' and pull out
10-19-2014
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A former managing editor of the Washington Post is warning of a massive shake out in print journalism once advertisers "wake up" to the reality that they are wasting money on newspaper and magazine advertising,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Pandemic
When Should I Go Into a Full Pandemic Lockdown Mode And Self Quarantine?
10-20-2014
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lewrockwell.com
Gross mismanagement of the Ebola crisis by CDC and health officials around the country has left many Americans wondering what steps they need to take to prevent getting infected.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Meet the Men and Women Who Help Rule North Korea From the Shadows
10-20-2014
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news.vice.com
They are the world's most fearsome bureaucrats.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Art
This Guy Takes Awesome Underwater Photos With a Desktop Scanner
10-20-2014
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Wired.com
Nathaniel Stern is diving off the coast of Florida, scanning the gorgeous seascape before himâ€"literally.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Anonymous
The Latest Snowden Revelation Is Dangerous for Anonymous â€" And for All of Us
10-20-2014
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Wired.com
The latest Snowden-related revelation is that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) proactively targeted the communications infrastructure used by the online activist collective known as Anonymous.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov speaks to the World
10-20-2014
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paulcraigroberts.org
Dear Readers, I now have for you the complete English transcript of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech to the United Nations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Captain America Chopper from Easy Rider sells for US$1.35 million to become world's...
10-20-2014
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gizmag.com
The Harley Panhead Chopper ridden by Peter Fonda in the 1969 "road movie" Easy Rider sold today for US$1.35 million ($1.62 million including auction fees), more than doubling the price of the previous most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction (a
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Firefly Online: 3D Environment Engine Sneak Peek
10-20-2014
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youtube
What you're seeing in this video is *not* a cinematic. It is a live recording of the Firefly Online 3D Environment Engine at work, which creates the encounter maps for the game.
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News Link • Activism
Both sides in Hong Kong warn of crisis as clashes continue
10-20-2014
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latimes.com
After a flare-up of violence between Hong Kong police and pro-democracy demonstrators Saturday, government officials and protest leaders alike warned that the situation was heading toward a breaking point.
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News Link • Misinformation
Kickstarter Freezes Anonabox Privacy Router Project for Misleading Funders
10-18-2014
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Wired.com
All August Germar asked for was $7,500 to fund his privacy-focused router project.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Police Dept. Requests Facebook PASSWORD From Gun Permit Applicant
10-18-2014
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Prison Planet
Request violates Constitution & Facebook's Terms of Service
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economics: Austrian
The IMF And Austrian Theory
10-18-2014
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zerohedge.com
in the early 1960s, financial journalist Henry Hazlitt warned against efforts to create an international system to help facilitate the smooth transfer of currencies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
We Supplied Saddam's Germ Weapons
10-18-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Back in the 1990's, journalists used to joke, "Of course we know Iraq has chemical weapons. We have the delivery receipts to prove it!"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Immigration
Immigration and Libertarianism
10-18-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Left-libertarians profess to apply libertarian principles more consistently than other libertarians.
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