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Date Sent: 2014-05-23
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, May 23, 2014

Some People Are Wondering If Obama's MyRA Could Signal The End For 401k's

The Libyan Coincidence -- John Brown Gets His Gun - by Bill Buppert -- The Guantánamo "Suicides" Revisited: Did CIA Torture Prisoners to Death? -- So, Its Illegal To Feed The Homeless Now… -- Prosecutors release note of Boston bombing suspect, defend questioning -- Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt? -- Hot On The Heels Of Its China Breakthrough, Russia Set To Build Eight Nuclear Power Plants In Iran -- Congress Passes Gutted Beyond Recognition Anti-NSA Bill; Original Co-Sponsor Votes "No" -- China Halts US Dollar Transactions With Afghan Banks -- Free App Lets the Next Snowden Send Big Files Securely and Anonymously -- Why Google Must Now Also Rule the Physical World -- Facebook Will Soon Detect What Youre Watching and Listening To -- Here's What Happens When You Snort Powdered Alcohol -- Here's The Jet China Built To Compete With Western Airliners [PHOTOS] -- Snowdens First Move Against the NSA Was a Party in Hawaii -- Fox News Anchor Arrested In Minneapolis Airport Bar -- Down and dirty solutions to hiding your handgun (at home edition) -- Get Ready for the Next Terror -- Mark Cuban Says We're All Bigoted, Calls Donald Sterling Ruling 'A Slippery Slope' ... -- Edward Snowden Was Teaching Strangers How To Beat Government Spying Months Before His NSA Leaks -- Justice Is Dead In Amerika -- Secrets of Watergate Revealed -- George Soros Dumps Holdings in Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan, Buys Tech and Gold Mines

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News Link • Obama Administration
Some People Are Wondering If Obama's MyRA Could Signal The End For 401ks
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
Defined benefit plans (pension plans) �" which are paid in addition to an employees' salary �" have been declining, as defined contribution plans (like 401k plans) have been on the rise. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Libya
The Libyan ‘Coincidence’
05-22-2014 • antiwar
It’s just a coincidence that Gen. Khalifa Hifter launched his Libyan coup 4 days after the US deployed 200 troops to Sicily �" a "crisis response team" sent at the State Department’s request. Another coincidence: US-backed Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
John Brown Gets His Gun - by Bill Buppert
05-22-2014 • zerogov
Instead of liberating the slave, the Lincolnian war on Southern secession put every human in the tax jurisdiction known as the USA in shackles that have grown heavier and more oppressive by the decade since. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Torture
The Guantánamo "Suicides" Revisited: Did CIA Torture Prisoners to Death?
05-22-2014 • .
Recently discovered pages from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service suggest the men died not from suicide, but torture. The new evidence includes an eyewitness account of al-Zahrani on the night of his death which indicates Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
So, It’s Illegal To Feed The Homeless Now…
05-22-2014 • .
If the police will use force to stop charitable people from feeding hungry people, then there is literally nothing they will not do for their paychecks and pensions. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Prosecutors release note of Boston bombing suspect, defend questioning
05-22-2014 • Christian Science Monitor
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was questioned for 36 hours without an attorney �" and the defense wants his statements excluded as evidence. Prosecutors, defending the interrogation, cite a note Tsarnaev Read Full Story
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt?
05-22-2014 • shtfplan.com
On the surface, the economic atmosphere of the U.S. has appeared rather calm and uneventful. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Free Trade
16 Reasons Why the United States is Going to Hell in a Handbasket
05-22-2014 • shtfplan.com
A couple of weeks a go after expressing an urgency to put our preps into high-gear, several readers asked why that I felt so strongly, about it, and why I felt the “the end” was getting close. Read Full Story
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Google wants to put ads on your glasses, fridge, thermostat and more (Updated)
05-22-2014 • dvice.com
Remember when Google said it was banning developers from displaying advertisements on Google Glass? Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Image of the Day: DNA nanoinjector
05-22-2014 • dvice.com
The conventional way of convincing one animal to take on genes from a different animal is to start at the very beginning by injecting DNA sequences directly into the nucleus of an egg. Read Full Story
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Skinny wormholes could allow us to communicate across time
05-22-2014 • dvice.com
Wormholes, those notoriously unstable warps in space and time, could theoretically be kept stable long enough for a beam of light to be sent through them. Read Full Story
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News Link • Energy
Hot On The Heels Of Its China Breakthrough, Russia Set To Build Eight Nuclear Power Plants In Iran
05-22-2014 • zerohedge.com
Before anyone suggests that all Russia is focusing on is China at any and all costs, consider that as we have been saying since 2012, perhaps just as important to Russia (and China) strategically is Iran.... Read Full Story
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress Passes Gutted Beyond Recognition Anti-NSA Bill; Original Co-Sponsor Votes "No"
05-22-2014 • zerohedge.com
It’s shameful that the president of the United States, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the leaders of the country’s surveillance agencies refuse to accept consensus reforms that will keep our country safe whi Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Housing
All That Is Wrong With The US Housing Market In One Chart
05-22-2014 • zerohedge.com
If there was one chart that shows best what is happening with the bifurcated US housing market, it is this NAR breakdown of sales by pricing bucket. Read Full Story
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
China Halts US Dollar Transactions With Afghan Banks
05-22-2014 • zerohedge.com
The de-dollarization escalates. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Housing
Existing Home Sales Miss; Worst Start To Year Since 2007
05-22-2014 • zerohedge.com
After 6 months of missed expectations, last month's fragile beat of dismal expectations .... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Currencies
Europe's Soaring Revulsion Against "Europe" In One Chart
05-22-2014 • zerohedge.com
Mario Draghi may have lied to Zero Hedge when saying there was no European "Plan B" (or Z), but he was right when he said that there has been a "vast amount of political capital that has been invested into the Euro." Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Whistleblowers
Free App Lets the Next Snowden Send Big Files Securely and Anonymously
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Andy Greenberg
When Glenn Greenwald discovered last year that some of the NSA documents he’d received from Edward Snowden had been corrupted, he needed to retrieve copies from fellow journalist Laura Poitras in Berlin. Read Full Story
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Why Google Must Now Also Rule the Physical World
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Marcus Wohlsen
Astro Teller is the pony-tailed mad scientist leading Google’s efforts to merge the digital world with the physical world. He runs the quasi-secret Google X research lab, where the company is exploring everything from self-driving cars to internet-co Read Full Story
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Facebook Will Soon Detect What You’re Watching and Listening To
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Ryan Tate
Facebook will soon automatically identify the TV shows you’re watching and the music you’re listening to, making it easier to join online discussions involving your latest bit of entertainment. Read Full Story
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News Link • Seriously?
Here's What Happens When You Snort Powdered Alcohol
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
From the moment Palcohol became public knowledge, it was only a matter of time until someone would try to snort powdered alcohol. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • History
Fantastically Wrong: One Astronomer’s Quest to Expose the Alien-Built Canals...
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Matt Simon
Fantastically Wrong: One Astronomer’s Quest to Expose the Alien-Built Canals of Mars Read Full Story
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
What Doctors Can Tell About Your Health Just By Looking At Your Nails
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
When most of us look at our hands, we might notice that we need to trim, clean, or stop biting our fingernails, and that's about it. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Want to Be in the New Star Wars? It’ll Cost You $10
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Graeme McMillan
Attention, internet: You now have the chance to fulfill the dreams of your 12-year-old selves and be in the next Star Wars movie. All it’ll cost you is a $10 donation to those in need. Read Full Story
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Here's The Jet China Built To Compete With Western Airliners [PHOTOS]
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
After more than a decade of development, China's first modern airliner is finally ready for customer delivery, according to the Associated Press. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Whistleblowers
Snowden’s First Move Against the NSA Was a Party in Hawaii
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Kevin Poulsen
It was December 11, 2012, and in a small art space behind a furniture store in Honolulu, NSA contractor Edward Snowden was working to subvert the machinery of global surveillance. Read Full Story
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News Link • Cyberspace and the New Economy
Hacker Plans Holy Marriage of GitHub and Bitcoin
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Robert McMillan
A Canadian software developer is fusing two of the most interesting open source projects of the 21st century: Git and bitcoin. Yurii Rashkovskii calls his project Gitchain, and it’s now backed by about $10,000 raised on the popular crowdfunding site Read Full Story
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
We Really Want A Barobot, The Automatic Cocktail-Mixing Robot ...
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
Now here's a value proposition: a robot that makes custom cocktails for you at the push of a touchscreen button. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA OKs Citizen Science Attempt to Rescue a Vintage Spacecraft
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Adam Mann
A hardy little spacecraft is about to come home after an incredibly long journey and an unexpected mission it had not been built for. As it flies by Earth next month, scientists will have a brief window to attempt to communicate with the vintage NASA Read Full Story
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Fox News Anchor Arrested In Minneapolis Airport Bar
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
Fox News anchor Greg Jarrett was arrested Wednesday afternoon in a Minneapolis airport bar, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
The Schools Where Apple, Google, and Facebook Get Their Recruits
05-22-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Joanna Pearlstein
Class of 2014: Mazel tov! Now get a job. Read Full Story
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News Link • Self-Defense
Down and dirty solutions to hiding your handgun (at home edition)
05-22-2014 • http://www.guns.com, by Beretta
Be it from prying eyes, fingers or leaders, hiding your weapons is an integral part of safely owning firearms, and never more than when it comes to your handguns. Read Full Story
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News Link • TERRORISM
Get Ready for the Next Terror
05-22-2014 • FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE
If I had to bet, I think I’d put my money on some type of “cyberwar” event coming in the not-too-distant future. Read Full Story
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News Link • Transportation
US To Spend $2 Billion On Los Angeles' 'Subway To The Sea'
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
The federal government will spend $2 billion to extend a subway line under Los Angeles' storied Wilshire Boulevard, an effort to ease congestion in one of the country's most transited corridors and to eventually link downtown to the beach with a "Sub Read Full Story
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Mark Cuban Says We're All Bigoted, Calls Donald Sterling Ruling 'A Slippery Slope' ...
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talked about the NBA's decision to ban Donald Sterling and force him to sell the Clippers in a new interview at Inc.'s GrowCo conference in Nashville. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Edward Snowden Was Teaching Strangers How To Beat Government Spying Months Before His NSA Leaks
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
Many months before Edward Snowden made headlines worldwide for his leaks of NSA surveillance programs, the Hawaii-based government contractor was leading a "Crypto Party" to teach strangers how they could protect themselves online,... Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Justice and Judges
Justice Is Dead In Amerika
05-22-2014 • http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
Cecily McMillan is an Occupy protester who was seized from behind by a goon thug cop�"a goon thug with a long record of abuse of authority�"by her boobs. Read Full Story
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Secrets of Watergate Revealed
05-22-2014 • http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Roger Stone
The Main Stream media interpretation of the Watergate episode is a fantastic and grotesque distortion of historical truth. Read Full Story
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News Link • Communications
Silicon Valley to Get a Cellular Network, Just for Things
05-22-2014 • http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom Simonite
A French company plans to build a wireless slow lane for small, low-power devices. Read Full Story
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News Link • European Union
4 reasons you should care about the EU elections...
05-22-2014 • http://www.globalpost.com, Paul Ames
4 reasons you should care about the EU elections (even though most Europeans don't) Read Full Story
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News Link • World News
Thailand's military: Okay, now it's a coup (LIVE BLOG)
05-22-2014 • http://www.globalpost.com, Priyanka Boghani
The military whisked away politicians, declared a curfew from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. and clamped down on the media. Read Full Story
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Actress Emma Thompson Says Social Media Is Killing An Entire Generation
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
"Saving Mr. Banks" actress Emma Thompson is going off on social media in a new interview with Vanity Fair. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Internet
Here's What People Do On The Internet All Day
05-22-2014 • Business Insider
Here is what most people do on the Internet all day, according to GfK and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, via the WSJ. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

News Link • Business/ Commerce
George Soros Dumps Holdings in Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan, Buys Tech and Gold Mines
05-22-2014 • Daily Paul.com
George Soros dumped his stakes in banks and went for tech and gold miners in the first quarter, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee

Feature Article  • Events: America
Mikester's Delegate Fund
Mike Shipley
   Help me raise money to attend the LP National Convention in Columbus, OH in June of 2014. 100% of the money will be used to travel and participate in party business as a grassroots activist.
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Feature Article  • Events: Arizona
Open Carry Picnic
Powell Gammill
   Food & Drink provided by the Maricopa Co. Libertarian Party. Openly carrying firearms encouraged. Meet some of their 2014 candidates. Saturday, May 24 at noon, at the Steele Indian School Park Acacia Ramada
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News Link • Obamacare
Federal funds earmarked to offset Affordable Care Act insurer losses
05-21-2014 • Los Angeles Times
Obama made billions of additional taxpayer dollars available to the insurance industry if companies providing coverage through the Affordable Care Act lose money, so premiums won't increase before the election. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prisoner Convicted Of Copyright Infringement Shown Pirated Movies In Prison
05-20-2014 • Jonathan Turley
Richard Humphrey was sentenced to 29 months in prison for selling pirated copies of movies. Once in prison, Humphrey was a bit surprised when he sat with other prisoners watching clearly pirated movies shown by the state. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • False Flag Operations
NATO False Flags in Ukraine
05-20-2014 • lewrockwell.com
US intel source claims Ukraine part of NATO secret campaign Gladio; psychopathy tests for our leaders; and a mainstream host storms out the studio after a vicious exchange on false flags. Read Full Story
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News Link • Whistleblowers
On This Day Last Year, Snowden Took 4 'Empty' Laptops To Hong Kong...
05-21-2014 • http://www.businessinsider.com
On This Day Last Year, Snowden Took 4 'Empty' Laptops To Hong Kong �" Here's Why Read Full Story
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News Link • Surveillance
The NSA records every call made in the Bahamas - Including Oprah
05-20-2014 • Next News Network
Wikileaks recently released documents showing the National Security Agency records every single phone call made in the Bahamas. This includes every personal phone call made from Oprah Winfrey, who owns a seaside mansion there. The NSA is recording Read Full Story
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