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Date Sent: 2015-05-18
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, May 18, 2015 |
End The Fed - RON PAUL vs. GREENSPAN AND BERNANKE: Back the tape up!
Chinese Firm Reveals World's First 3D-Printed Five Story Apartment Building -- A high-end call girl answers questions about her job, her clients, and her business model -- The US military is hosting a 'lab day' to show off its latest killer robots -- Lindsay Graham: "I'm going to call a drone and kill you." -- These two photos show the disturbing change in a child's face before and after a bombing -- Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany -- Decoding the Enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto and the Birth of Bitcoin -- Take a guided tour of Everest's devastated base camp (VIDEO) -- CERN has detected extremely rare particle decay for the first time -- DEA Literally Steals $16,000 From 22-Year-Old for No Reason -- David Stockman Interview-----Kick-The-Can Economics Is Entering The End Game -- Chicago Police Sexually Abused Prisoner at "Black Site" ?" Report -- The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades -- Stephanopoulos, ABC have not fully disclosed Clinton ties: Schweizer -- Jim Rogers On The Coming Water Wars -- Israel Security Thugs Attack Russian Journalists -- Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river -- Should I drink more coffee? -- Extreme athlete Dean Potter one of two people killed Base jumping in Yosemite -- Rick Santorum heralds role as 'blue collar conservative' in Iowa -- Billionaire Oil CEO Demands Scientists Terminated After Oklahoma Quake Study -- The Mechanical Engineering Future Is Caught Up in a 3D-Printed Spider Web -- Welcome to the Internet of Skin -- Freedom Flotilla III Heads for Gaza -- Obama combats police militarization by limiting supply of military-style gear -- Five Attacks in Five Days on Christians in Central India -- A moving song from women in prison for life -- Study: Birth Control Pills Associated With Thinning of Brain Structures... -- Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed --
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
End The Fed - RON PAUL vs. GREENSPAN AND BERNANKE: Back the tape up!
05-18-2015
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Empire of Lies - Charles Goyette
When will the next economic calamity hit? Ron Paul, whose record on the economy shames that of the monetary authorities, says it won't be long. "It's going to come suddenly. I think the foundation is completely gone," says Paul. "I thin
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News Link • 3D Printing
Chinese Firm Reveals World's First 3D-Printed Five Story Apartment Building
05-18-2015
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zerohedge.com
While China's stock market continues levitating at an ever more amusing pace, this is happening at the expense of China's far more important housing market, which sadly for three-quarters of China's population.....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
A high-end call girl answers questions about her job, her clients, and her business model
05-18-2015
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Business Insider
In SuperFreakonomics, we profiled a high-end escort whose entrepreneurial skills and understanding of economics made her a financial success.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
The US military is hosting a 'lab day' to show off its latest killer robots
05-18-2015
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globalpost.com
If you want to spend the rest of your afternoon panicking about the impending robot apocalypse, follow #DoD2015 on Twitter.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Lindsay Graham: "I'm going to call a drone and kill you."
05-18-2015
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http://popularliberty.com, By bytejockey
"I'm not going to call a judge," said Graham. "I'm going to call a drone and kill you."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
These two photos show the disturbing change in a child's face before and after a bombing
05-18-2015
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Business Insider
Photographer Bassam Khabieh was recently in Damascus, Syria, to document the relief efforts of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany
05-18-2015
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http://popularliberty.com, By JennyWren
A whole new world of magic animals, brave young princes and evil witches has come to light with the discovery of 500 new fairytales, which were locked away in an archive in Regensburg, Germany for over 150 years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Decoding the Enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto and the Birth of Bitcoin
05-18-2015
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popularliberty.com
It is one of the great mysteries of the digital age.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Take a guided tour of Everest's devastated base camp (VIDEO)
05-18-2015
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globalpost.com
New footage continues to emerge of the devastation wrought by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people in Nepal last month.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Forfeiture & Seizure
DEA Literally Steals $16,000 From 22-Year-Old for No Reason
05-18-2015
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thedailysheeple.com
Joseph Rivers was a 22-year-old aspiring music video producer from outside of Detroit who managed to painstakingly save $16,000 for a music venture.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
David Stockman Interview-----Kick-The-Can Economics Is Entering The End Game
05-18-2015
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davidstockmanscontracorner.com
Today David Stockman, the man President Ronald Reagan called upon along with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts to help save the United States from disaster in 1981, warned King World News that we are now entering the "terminal phase" of the global financial
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Chicago Police Sexually Abused Prisoner at "Black Site" â€" Report
05-18-2015
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thedailysheeple.com
One of the people held at the Chicago police's notorious "black site" at Homan Square claims the officers sexually abused him into agreeing to participate in a drug sting.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades
05-18-2015
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http://popularliberty.com, By VoteRonPaul
It's no longer surprising to encounter 100-foot pinwheels spinning in the breeze as you drive down the highway.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Jim Rogers On The Coming Water Wars
05-18-2015
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zerohedge.com
Erico Tavares: Jim, thank for being with us today. We would like to talk about water and other agricultural inputs, something you have been very vocal about in recent years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river
05-18-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
As water levels plummet to 45% in America's second-largest reservoir, new islands appear and fears grow for a waterway that serves 40 million people
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Should I drink more coffee?
05-18-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
For years we have been told that coffee is bad for us, but the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has unveiled strong evidence that drinking three to five cups a day is harmless and can even counteract some severe illnesses
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Extreme athlete Dean Potter one of two people killed Base jumping in Yosemite
05-18-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Overnight search began after Potter and Graham Hunt went missing while attempting a wingsuit flight from 3,000ft promontory in the US national park
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News Link • Politics
Rick Santorum heralds role as 'blue collar conservative' in Iowa
05-18-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Appearing at Pachyderm Club, Republican presidential hopeful says Democrats have ceased to be the party of workers: 'They are the party of power'
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Environment
Billionaire Oil CEO Demands Scientists Terminated After Oklahoma Quake Study
05-18-2015
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zerohedge.com
The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers fired.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
The Mechanical Engineering Future Is Caught Up in a 3D-Printed Spider Web
05-18-2015
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motherboard.vice.com
Famously, spider silk is tougher than both steel and kevlar. That is, out of the three materials, it can absorb the most energy before breaking--a strand of silk may be able to stretch to up to five times the length of its relaxed state before givin
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama combats police militarization by limiting supply of military-style gear
05-18-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Surprise announcement will ban government from providing items such as armored vehicles, high-power firearms and grenade launchers to local police.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
Five Attacks in Five Days on Christians in Central India
05-18-2015
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http://www.breitbart.com
In the space of just five days, from May 10 to 15, 2015, Hindu Fundamentalist groups have carried out five separate attacks against Christians
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Self-Help: Rational Living
A moving song from women in prison for life
05-18-2015
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ted.com
The ten women in this chorus have all been sentenced to life in prison. They share a moving song about their experiences -- one that reveals their hopes, regrets and fears. "I'm not an angel," sings one, "but I'm not the devil."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Study: Birth Control Pills Associated With Thinning of Brain Structures...
05-18-2015
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http://www.breitbart.com
A new study finds the use of birth control pills is associated with significantly lower cortical thickness in certain brain structures believed to be important in the response to emotional stimuli.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed
05-18-2015
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ted.com
Roman Mars is obsessed with flags -- and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Apple acquires another navigation company in effort to bolster mapping services
05-18-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
Apple has purchased yet another company to bolster its mapping and navigation efforts.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Here's the high-end PC you'll need to run the Oculus Rift
05-18-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
It was always clear that the Oculus Rift would require a high-end PC -- Oculus product VP Nate Mitchell said as much last week. But today, Oculus has published the actual recommended specs for a Rift-compatible computer.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
First Steve Jobs trailer shows Michael Fassbender as the Apple founder
05-18-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
The first teaser trailer for Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic, the appropriately titled Steve Jobs, has arrived.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Video Update: Rand Paul on Meet The Press This Sunday - May 17, 2015
05-18-2015
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http://popularliberty.com, By RandWatcher
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, vowing to "defeat the Washington machine," reacts to Jeb Bush's Iraq comments, talks foreign policy, the Patriot Act and more.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
A famous surfer is trying to revolutionize the sport of golf with a new gadget
05-18-2015
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Business Insider
GolfBoard is a futuristic device that is a cross between a skateboard and a golf cart. It's the brainchild of surfer Laird Hamilton and Bally Total Fitness founder Don Wildman.
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News Link • Surveillance
Surveillance Without Borders
05-18-2015
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http://www.nytimes.com, Sylvie Kauffmann
Right after Islamist militants attacked Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery in January, leaving 17 people dead, we swore we would not fall into the surveillance trap.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
What IS this strange sound from the sky?...
05-18-2015
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By John Hutchinson
A mysterious noise from the sky is continuing to baffle people all over the world - as well as giving those who hear it sleepless nights.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Military push for emergency robots worries skeptics about lethal uses
05-18-2015
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washingtonpost.com, By Christian Davenport
In advance of an upcoming worldwide robotics competition in California, Lockheed Martin's scientists opened up their lab to show off a new generation of robot.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Marc Victor: Increasingly Libertarian World Is a Reason for Optimism - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
05-17-2015
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The Daily Bell
Daily Bell: Let's continue with the topic of the War on Drugs, an issue that we've covered extensively as we've closely watched the widening legalization of marijuana. You debated Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery in March, arguing that each o
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News Link • Politics
Stephanopoulos, ABC have not fully disclosed Clinton ties: Schweizer
05-17-2015
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USA Today
ABC's anchor much closer to Hillary's foundation than he told his viewers.
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News Link • Communications
This Is What Happens When We Stare Too Much At Our Phones
05-17-2015
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True Activist
Although you might not be aware of it, your infatuation with the glow of a television screen is causing you to miss out on the excitement of life all around you.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
No Warp Drive Here: NASA Downplays 'Impossible' EM Drive Space Engine
05-17-2015
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http://www.space.com
Despite the fevered reports rocketing around the Internet recently, NASA is not on the verge of developing a fuel-free, faster-than-light propulsion system, space agency officials stress.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Victory Motorcycles to make electric racing debut at TT Zero Challenge
05-17-2015
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Gizmag
Victory Racing will make its professional debut in European motorcycle racing at the 2015 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. A newly formed two-rider team on prototype electric race motorcycles will take on the infamous Mountain Course on June 10.
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News Link • Events: America
9 dead in Texas biker brawl
05-17-2015
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CNN
Gunfire erupted Sunday among rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas, leaving at least nine people dead, according to police.
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