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Date Sent: 2015-05-05
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, May 5, 2015 |
Empire of Lies - The Ron Paul Documentary - Kickstarter Campaign
C.I.A. Torture Program was Aided by American Psychological Association -- 05-05-15 -- Richard Grove, Lisa Arbercheski - Patrick Wood (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Living "off the grid" is about to get even easier! -- Inside the Inflatable Hospital That's Saving Lives in Nepal -- A Sweet App That Helps You Visualize Complex Rhythms -- 5 Things to Know About SpaceX's Pad Abort Test -- Tesla is now selling used electric cars for lower prices -- Burt Rutan Sees Generations of Innovation | Xprize Video -- Building work starts on first all-robot manufacturing plant in China's Dongguan -- How Tesla's Batteries Will Power Your Home -- Press Freedom Banned in Ukraine -- This Deal Could Completely Change North American Energy Dynamics -- Pentagon Finally Admits The Truth About EMPs -- Andrew Ng: Why 'Deep Learning' Is a Mandate for Humans, Not Just Machines -- One Man's Mad Journey to the Big Buck Hunter Championship -- It's About Ethics in Revolution -- NASA's New 10-Engine Drone Is Half Chopper, Half Plane -- Mexico declares all-out war after rising drug cartel downs military helicopter -- Microsoft slams Android updates, claims Google ships a 'big pile of... code' -- F.C.C. Allows Pandora to Buy South Dakota Radio Station -- These Goggles Give Soldiers Night Vision and Thermal Imaging at the Same Time -- Avengers director Joss Whedon quits Twitter shortly after historic Age of Ultron launch -- Surgery set to end Manny Pacquiao's hopes of Floyd Mayweather rematch -- 'Texas Ranger' Chuck Norris warns of government plot to take over state -- Bitcoin Interview with Ron Paul and Coin.mx -- Pentagon: Texas has nothing to fear from upcoming military exercise -- Watch The Sun Barf Out an Eight-Million-Mile Plasma Jet -- "Why I Gave Up a $95,000 Job to Move to an Island and Scoop Ice Cream" -- The War on the American People --
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News Link • Torture
C.I.A. Torture Program was Aided by American Psychological Association
05-05-2015
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Reason Magazine
The group's actions to keep psychologists involved in the interrogation program coincided closely with efforts by senior Bush administration officials to salvage the program after the public disclosure of prisoner abuse by American military
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News Link • Surviving the Collapse
Living "off the grid" is about to get even easier!
05-05-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
This new washing machine from Yirego is powered by a foot pedal and doesn't need any electricity.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Inside the Inflatable Hospital That's Saving Lives in Nepal
05-05-2015
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http://www.wired.com
For a doctor doing surgery, the most important things to focus on (besides cutting in the right place) are being fast and clean.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Technology: Software
A Sweet App That Helps You Visualize Complex Rhythms
05-05-2015
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http://www.wired.com
Darwin thought our ancestors used music as a means of courtship before the invention of language.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla is now selling used electric cars for lower prices
05-05-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
Elon Musk now sells used cars. The billionaire's electric car company, Tesla Motors, quietly launched a pre-owned vehicle program at the end of April -- a new scheme that offers older versions of its Model S sedan for lower prices than new models.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Burt Rutan Sees Generations of Innovation | Xprize Video
05-05-2015
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Space.Com
The creator of the Ansari Xprize winning SpaceShipOne shares how a couple of bicycle shop owners (Wright Brothers) inspired Space exploration, and how the Apollo program inspired private space sector growth.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Building work starts on first all-robot manufacturing plant in China's Dongguan
05-05-2015
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http://www.scmp.com
Construction work has begun on the first factory in China's manufacturing hub of Dongguan to use only robots for production, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Energy
How Tesla's Batteries Will Power Your Home
05-04-2015
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Wired.com
Finding sources of energy isn't actually difficult. It comes from wind, from water, from the sun, from the geothermal forces in the heart of the planet itself.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Surviving the Collapse
Pentagon Finally Admits The Truth About EMPs
05-05-2015
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http://www.offthegridnews.com
America's military commanders are worried about the possibility of an attack on the United States by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Andrew Ng: Why 'Deep Learning' Is a Mandate for Humans, Not Just Machines
05-05-2015
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http://www.wired.com
If venture capital and research funding are any indication, artificial intelligence will play a leading role in shaping our future.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
One Man's Mad Journey to the Big Buck Hunter Championship
05-05-2015
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http://www.wired.com
You get offered a lot of drugs when you play Big Buck Hunter alone, shooting into the wee hours in the back of various Brooklyn dives.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
It's About Ethics in Revolution
05-05-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
Like many who believe science fiction is a critical tool for engaging, head-on, our most pressing and complex issues, we are both baffled and depressed by the recent sabotage of the Hugo Awards ballot
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Drones
NASA's New 10-Engine Drone Is Half Chopper, Half Plane
05-05-2015
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http://www.wired.com
Planes and helicopters have their strengths and weaknesses. Planes are fast and can carry a lot of stuff a long way, while helicopters are slow but they don't need enormous runways and they're extremely maneuverable.
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico declares all-out war after rising drug cartel downs military helicopter
05-04-2015
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The Guardian
'The full force of the Mexican state will be felt in Jalisco'
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
Microsoft slams Android updates, claims Google ships a 'big pile of... code'
05-05-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
Microsoft's Windows chief, Terry Myerson, isn't pulling any punches against Android this week.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Communications
F.C.C. Allows Pandora to Buy South Dakota Radio Station
05-05-2015
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http://www.nytimes.com
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday gave Pandora Media permission to buy a small radio station in South Dakota, bringing to an end one of the company's more contorted fights with the music industry.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Military
These Goggles Give Soldiers Night Vision and Thermal Imaging at the Same Time
05-05-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
During nocturnal operations or smog-filled days, visibility makes or breaks it for a soldier.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Communications
Avengers director Joss Whedon quits Twitter shortly after historic Age of Ultron launch
05-05-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
Avengers director, Buffy creator, and noted user of social media Joss Whedon has deleted his Twitter account shortly after the launch of his latest movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Surgery set to end Manny Pacquiao's hopes of Floyd Mayweather rematch
05-05-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Manny Pacquiao is to have surgery this week for a torn rotator cuff, with the recovery time expected to put the Filipino out of action for nine to 12 months but he is facing possible disciplinary action for failing to disclose the injury.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Military
'Texas Ranger' Chuck Norris warns of government plot to take over state
05-05-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Actor, martial arts master and conservative questions US military training exercise and praises Ted Cruz for refusal to believe Jade Helm 15 is no threat
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Interview with Ron Paul and Coin.mx
05-04-2015
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Popular Liberty
In an interview with Ania Amador of Coin.mx, Ron Paul shares his interest in Bitcoin as well as the questions he still has about the crypto-currency.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Pentagon: Texas has nothing to fear from upcoming military exercise
05-04-2015
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
Defense officials Monday dismissed as "wild speculation" an Internet-fueled claim that a massive summertime exercise called Jade Helm 15 for special operations commandos is a covert operation by President Barack Obama to take over Texas.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Watch The Sun Barf Out an Eight-Million-Mile Plasma Jet
05-04-2015
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Motherboard
Last week, the Sun barfed out an enormous jet of plasma that extended eight million miles into space like some kind of epic stellar flamethrower.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"Why I Gave Up a $95,000 Job to Move to an Island and Scoop Ice Cream"
05-04-2015
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Popular Liberty
It's ironic to feel lonely on an island of 4 million people, but it seemed I spent my life staring at screens: laptop, cell phone, iPad -- hell, even the taxis and elevators had televisions in them. I felt stressed, uninspired, and disconnected.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Governments Want to Enslave You with Digital Cash
05-04-2015
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caseyresearch.com
Governments want to get rid of physical cash. Paper currency is just too private. Digital cash is much easier to track, tax, and confiscate.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Venezuela to Nationalize All Food Distribution, Increase Public Wages 30%
05-04-2015
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
To combat food shortages caused by socialist policies including nationalization of half the nation's food supply, Venezuela to Nationalize All Food Distribution.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Russia Loads Up on Gold, Dumps US Treasuries
05-04-2015
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caseyresearch.com
Just a few months ago, traders were betting that Russia would have to sell its gold reserves. But the newest data show the exact opposite. Russia is now buying more gold than it has since the days of the Soviet Union.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Snowden, Assange and Manning statues unveiled in Berlin
05-04-2015
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euronews.com
"The sculptures represent three contemporary heroes who have lost their freedom for the truth."
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Pentagon to spend nearly $1b shielding War Games mountain bunker from nuclear EMP attack ...
05-05-2015
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk
The Pentagon has announced that it is spending approximately $700million to refurbish the Cheyenne Mountain Complex and make it less vulnerable to a massive electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
WATCH LIVE NOW: Humans to Mars Summit 2015 in Washington, D.C.
05-05-2015
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http://www.space.com
Space exploration experts and enthusiasts descend on Washington, D.C. this week for the Humans to Mars Summit 2015, a conference that showcases the latest concepts and ideas for manned missions to Mars.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
'Albert Einstein Font' Lets You Write Like Physics Genius
05-05-2015
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http://www.livescience.com
Few people can hope to achieve the feats of genius Albert Einstein, but now, there may at least be a way to write like the famous physicist, thanks to a font styled after his handwriting.
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News Link • Currencies
Fiat Currencies Are All Funny Money
05-05-2015
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http://www.thedailybell.com
The International Monetary Fund is close to declaring China's yuan fairly valued for the first time in more than a decade, a milestone in the country's efforts to open its economy that would blunt U.S. criticism of Beijing's currency policy.
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Fans filmed this GTA video with a drone
05-05-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
There's a moment in David Fincher's Zodiac that, intentionally or not, recreates the experience of playing the early Grand Theft Auto video games.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Obama on Letterman: retirement jokes and sober reflections about Baltimore
05-05-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
President makes his eighth and final appearance alongside Late Show host who is stepping down after 33 years
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • TERRORISM
Isis claims responsibility for Texas attack
05-05-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
No evidence Islamic State had actual hand in attack in which two men opened fire outside centre exhibiting Muhammad cartoons
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News Link • Drug War
Afghan poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium output
05-05-2015
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Associated Press
The plants grow bigger, faster, use less water than seeds they've used before, and give up to double the amount of opium. No one seems to know where the seeds originate from. The farmers say they were hand-delivered for planting by the same men who c
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News Link • Surveillance
DHS Scales Back License Plate-Tracking Surveillance
05-04-2015
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NextGov
ICE officials say the service is intended to help apprehend immigrant fugitives, along with individuals suspected of child pornography, illegal arms exports and other illegal activity.
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