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Date Sent: 2015-08-15
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Saturday, August 15, 2015 |
The Gary Johnson Swindle and the Degradation of Third Party Politics
Oil Price Hits Lowest Level in 6½ Years -- Human head transplants: are we close to making them a reality? -- These Uncanny Valley robots will really creep you out -- Let's Talk About Torture -- Ann Corcoran on Refugee Resettlement -- Get Me the Hell Out of Here -- The Truth Behind The EPA's Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think -- This Guy Really Gets Trump -- Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again -- Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America (Civilization Jihad Reader Series) (Volume 2) -- Comet 67P and Rosetta make their closest pass of the Sun -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: August 16, 2015 Edition -- World war brews in space between China, US and Russia -- Russia to Engage US in Space Wars With New Electronic Warfare Technology -- Medieval Sword contains Cryptic Code. British Library appeals for help to crack it. -- Controversy surrounds Glendale cop who became temporary Ferguson Chief -- Jeb Bush: Tell the Truth About the Invasion of Irag -- Brilliant Bar Gets You Drunk With an Alcoholic Cloud -- ISIS Truck Bomb Kills at Least 80 in Baghdad Market -- Emirates to fly world's longest non-stop route, between Dubai and Panama City -- Jeb Bush Apes His Brother's Foreign Policy, Torture Playbook -- Haiti's Sham Electoral Process -- What's Jade Helm For? Military Train Convoys Spotted ... -- Straight Outta Compton: What They're Not Telling You -- Human head transplants: are we close to making them a reality? -- World war brews in space between China, US and Russia -- Let's Talk About Torture -- Palestinian Political Prisoners Protest Israeli Oppression -- Torturing Chelsea Manning in Prison --
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
The Gary Johnson Swindle and the Degradation of Third Party Politics
08-15-2015
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https://www.nsfwcorp.com, By Mark Ames
On this degrading election day, I want to take one last look at our alleged "third choice", the huckster who supposedly "shakes up the status quo" and can "break the two-party stranglehold." Or, as he calls himself, "Perrier."
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Oil Price Hits Lowest Level in 6½ Years
08-15-2015
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http://abcnews.go.com
The price of crude oil hit its lowest level in 6½ years Friday amid concerns over a slowing economy in China, a huge energy consumer, and strong global production.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Human head transplants: are we close to making them a reality?
08-15-2015
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http://www.independent.co,
Thanks to Frankenstein's monster, Robocop, and the cyborg commandos of Ghost in the Shell, extreme portrayals of transplant surgery have captured our imagination over the years.
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Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Torture
Let's Talk About Torture
08-15-2015
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http://original.antiwar.com, by John Kiriakou,
Former CIA leaders are writing a book that will whitewash their crimes against humanity
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Books
Ann Corcoran on Refugee Resettlement
08-14-2015
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U.S. refugee resettlement policy badly needs comprehensive review and a major overhaul. Ann Corcoran, whose focus on this issue long has been featured at the 'Refugee Resettlement Watch' website, here turns her scholarship to a superb study of ho
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
The Truth Behind The EPA's Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think
08-14-2015
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popsci.com
Despite best intentions, a toxic legacy roars back to life in Colorado
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
This Guy Really Gets Trump
08-14-2015
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LewRockwell
No one could have predicted the Donald Trump phenomenon that we are currently witnessing, but I believed from the start that Trump might outperform the expectations of the media and the pundit class.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again
08-14-2015
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LewRockwell
Many people have said to me in the past month, "I'm going to buy a home." Or, "What do you think of the idea of me buying a home?"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America (Civilization Jihad Reader Series) (Volume 2)
08-14-2015
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http://www.amazon.com, by Ann Corcoran
U.S. refugee resettlement policy badly needs comprehensive review and a major overhaul.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Comet 67P and Rosetta make their closest pass of the Sun
08-15-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy
On Thursday at 02:03 GMT, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta orbiter reached their closest point (known as perihelion) to the Sun, coming within 186 million km (115 million mi) of our parent star.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: August 16, 2015 Edition
08-15-2015
John Semmens
Carson, BLM Clash on Issues
GOP presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson and leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement clashed this week following Carson's assertion that BLM is "creating strife." As Carson sees it, "Blacks have been led down a
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News Link • World News
Russia to Engage US in Space Wars With New Electronic Warfare Technology
08-15-2015
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http://sputniknews.com,
The Russian Defense Ministry has developed new technology to counter US battle stations in space, said Igor Nasenkov, the first deputy head of Russia's Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (RETC), according to Russian media sources.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • History
Medieval Sword contains Cryptic Code. British Library appeals for help to crack it.
08-15-2015
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Ancient Origins
In 1825, a mysterious double edged sword containing a cryptic code was found in the River Witham near Lincoln in England. The 13th century sword contains an enigmatic 18-letter message running down the center of the blade, and cryptographers and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Controversy surrounds Glendale cop who became temporary Ferguson Chief
08-14-2015
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FOX News
There are new developments involving a former Glendale Police Officer who recently became the interim Police Chief of the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department.
A new online report is raising questions about Chief Andre Anderson's record while he
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Jeb Bush: Tell the Truth About the Invasion of Irag
08-14-2015
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LewRockwell
Gov. Jeb Bush repeated one of the biggest falsehoods of our time during the recent presidential candidate debate: "we were misled (into the Iraq War) by faulty intelligence."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Brilliant Bar Gets You Drunk With an Alcoholic Cloud
08-14-2015
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Wired
A funny thing happens when you inhale alcohol: You get drunk. Depending how much alcohol is in the vapor and how much vapor is in the air, the rate at which a pleasant buzz creeps over you can be much faster or much slower than throwing back three sh
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
ISIS Truck Bomb Kills at Least 80 in Baghdad Market
08-14-2015
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AntiWar.com
Bomber Told Shoppers He Had Cheap Tomatoes to Sell
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Emirates to fly world's longest non-stop route, between Dubai and Panama City
08-14-2015
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gizmag.com
Dubai-based airline Emirates has announced a new service between Dubai, UAE, and Panama City, Panama.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Martial Law
What's Jade Helm For? Military Train Convoys Spotted ...
08-15-2015
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Intellihub.com
What's Jade Helm For? Military Train Convoys Spotted "Stretching As Far As Eye Can See"
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Human head transplants: are we close to making them a reality?
08-15-2015
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http://www.independent.co,
Thanks to Frankenstein's monster, Robocop, and the cyborg commandos of Ghost in the Shell, extreme portrayals of transplant surgery have captured our imagination over the years.
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Reported by:
Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Torture
Let's Talk About Torture
08-15-2015
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http://original.antiwar.com, by John Kiriakou,
Former CIA leaders are writing a book that will whitewash their crimes against humanity
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Torturing Chelsea Manning in Prison
08-14-2015
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rense.com
US authorities ruthlessly and consistently violate 8th Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Audi's Plan to Make an Electric SUV With a 300-Mile* Range
08-14-2015
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Wired
Audi wants to build an all-electric SUV that will go 300 miles on a charge, and it's working with Samsung and LG to get it done.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Immortus solar sports car to offer unlimited range on sunny days
08-14-2015
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gizmag.com
If you've ever scanned the comments section on an electric car or bike article, you'll be familiar with this complaint: "that's not green, it's just a coal-powered vehicle." .
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Acquire Skills, Not Credentials
08-14-2015
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LewRockwell
Don't rely on the declining value of credentialing signals: demonstrate you have the skills.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Communications
Fox 1: The New Era of Amateur Radio Satellites
08-14-2015
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AARL.org
If everything goes as planned, there will soon be a new satellite you can work
with nothing more than a handheld FM transceiver and a portable Yagi antenna.
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Donna Hancock
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
08-14-15 -- Mike King - Stewart Rhodes -- (VIDEO & MP3 LOADED)
Mike King, investigative journalist, talks about the Mind-Altering Internet Classics of Alternative History, Philosophy and Current Events - Stewart Rhodes (Oath Keepers) comes on the show to talk about Ferguson, Montana Mine standoff, and the police
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