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Date Sent: 2018-05-14
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, May 15, 2018 |
Retirees Face A "Pension Crisis" Of Their Own
Why Traditional TV Is in Trouble -- A Beginners Guide To The Conflict In Yemen -- Israel Kills 55, Wounds 2,000 Gazans In "Terrible Massacre" As US Opens Jerusalem Embassy -- Meryl Streep to Star in Panama Papers Thriller for Steven Soderbergh (Exclusive) -- NYSE's Plans For 'Physical Delivery' Of Bitcoin Pave Way For Major Crypto Adoption -- Doctors Who Discovered Cancer Enzymes In Vaccines All Found Murdered -- Russia Deploys Exotic New Weapon: A "Budget Surplus" -- An "Audible Gasp" Was Heard When The Chicago Fed Unveiled Its "Solution" To The -- Main Events This Week: -- Argentine Peso Collapses To New Low Despite Massive Intervention -- US will promise N. Korea's Kim Jong-un it will not seek regime change ?" Pompeo -- Is This Why Trump Folded: China Holds Up U.S. Pork, Auto Imports -- Gunman who attempted to rob young children and families outside a school is killed by... -- US Treasury Shorts Hit Record High As Foreign Banks Dump Bonds -- John Kerry Spotted In Secret Meeting With Iranian Officials As Bolton Threatens EU... -- China will follow SpaceX reusable rockets with Long March 8 first stage reuse around 2021 -- German Bank Allows Users To Transfer Loans Anywhere In The World Using Bitcoin -- Goldman Trading Co-Heads Quit -- Can We Blame The Bankers? (Spoiler Alert: Yes!) -- HSBC Completes First Trade-Finance Deal Using Blockchain, -- China's First Domestically-Built Aircraft Carrier Begins Sea-Trials -- Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Sportsbetting Ban -- Europe Keeps Buying Iran Oil, But Banks May Hinder Trade -- Hawaii Residents Flee Volcano As New Fissure Sends Lava "Several Hundred Feet Into The Air" -- Eric Peters: "This Is How You'll Know The Cycle Is About To Turn" -- The Skripal Affair: A Lie Too Far? -- Fury at 'inclusive' high school that allows ANYONE to join the cheerleading team... -- Bloody Monday: Israeli snipers kill scores of Palestinians and wound 2,400... -- "Federal Agent On A Mission"? Man With Body Armor, Large Cache Of Weapons... --
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News Link • Retirement
Retirees Face A "Pension Crisis" Of Their Own
05-14-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the coming "Pension Crisis." The important point made was the unrealistic return assumptions used by pension managers in order to reduce the contribution (savings) requirement by their members.
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News Link • Bitcoin
NYSE's Plans For 'Physical Delivery' Of Bitcoin Pave Way For Major Crypto Adoption
05-14-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Marie Huillet
Analysts Dominic Chu and Bryan Kelly weighed in on recent reports that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) plans to offer Bitcoin (BTC) swap contracts, on CNBC Tuesday, May 8. Both Chu and Kelly argued that the fact that these contracts would be settl
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News Link • Trump Administration
Is This Why Trump Folded: China Holds Up U.S. Pork, Auto Imports
05-14-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
President Trump surprised pundits and assorted watchers of the ongoing simmering trade war between China and the US on Sunday, when he pledged to help China's telecom giant ZTE Corp "get back into business, fast" after a U.S. ban crippled the t
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Sportsbetting Ban
05-14-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
In a decision that could rob the American Mafia of one of its few remaining sources of income - and potentially save the ailing Atlantic City - the Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal ban on sportsbetting, saying states should be free to de
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News Link • Oil
Europe Keeps Buying Iran Oil, But Banks May Hinder Trade
05-14-2018
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zerohedge.com by Tsvetana Paraskova
In the days following the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Iran's European customers continue to buy Iranian oil and are in no immediate rush to replace volumes, but some refiners and traders have flagged financing issues as having the p
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News Link • Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii Residents Flee Volcano As New Fissure Sends Lava "Several Hundred Feet Into The Air"
05-14-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
New evacuations were ordered in the Puna district of Hawaii's Big Island Sunday after a massive 1,000-foot-long fissure opened on Kilauea volcano, sending bright red rock and magma hundreds of feet into the air with an ominous "jet engine" sound.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Watch: Fed's Bullard Bashes Cryptocurrencies, Holds Q&A
05-14-2018
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zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
In an odd convergence, a sworn protector of the fiat currency regime, St. Louis Fed president James Bullard is presenting on the topic of cryptocurrencies, or rather "Non-Uniform Currencies and Exchange Rate Chaos" at the blockchain tech conference i
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Tesla Bonds Extend Slide As Musk Announces "Thorough Reorganization"
05-14-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
While Tesla's stock price is modestly higher this morning, seemingly glued to the $300-ish level, the car-maker's bonds are leaking lower in price as Elon Musk told employees in a memo that he has been undertaking "a thorough reorganization of our co
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News Link • Puerto Rico
This Guy Didn't Wait for the Govt. to Restore Power in Puerto Rico. He Bought a Truck...
05-14-2018
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https://www.theorganicprepper.com
Learned to Do It Himself ...While everyone else was waiting for the government to restore power to Puerto Rico, Oscar Carrion and his friends went in together to buy a bucket truck and taught themselves how to repair wiring.
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News Link • Transportation
Solar-equipped Off Grid adventure van puts focus on sustainability
05-14-2018
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https://newatlas.com
Van life, solar power, open-road adventure and sustainable wood ... what more could a fun-seeking millennial want? Maybe a table piled high with avocado toast and an integrated selfie cam with live streaming, but they'll have to figure that out on th
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News Link • Children
Alexa controversy: What are voice assistants teaching our children?
05-14-2018
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https://newatlas.com
In January 2017, toy company Mattel revealed a prospective new product â€" a voice-activated smart assistant designed to interact with your child at all stages of their development. Called Aristotle, the device was essentially an Amazon Echo for kids
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News Link • 3D Printing
These $10,000 Concrete Homes Are 3D-Printed in Less Than 24 Hours
05-14-2018
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http://mentalfloss.com
What makes housing so expensive? Labor costs, for one. According to a 2014 Census Bureau survey, the average single-family home takes about six months to construct, and that's a lot of man-hours. A new type of home from Austin, Texas-based startup IC
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