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Date Sent: 2015-05-21
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
Overstock Purchases Stake in Stock Brkg Firm 4 Upcoming Blockchain-based Securities xchange
05-21-15 -- James Corbett - Erik Voorhees (MP3 & VIDEO + BONUS LOADED) -- This Futuristic Concrete Heals Itself With Built-In Bacteria -- Militarization Is More Than Tanks and Rifles: It's a Cultural Disease... -- What if We Didn't Have a Constitution? -- International Banks Fined $5.7 Billion After Pleading Guilty to Currency Rigging -- Saudi Arabia: Headed Toward Becoming Nuclear Armed and Dangerous? -- Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster but fails to block Patriot Act -- Solar panels can power the world - MIT study -- Is martial law justified if ISIS attacks? -- Arizona Breakfast Club Saturday - June 6th, 2015 - Coco's PV Mall - 8-10 a.m. AZ TIME -- Political Correctness: Tyranny Of The Mind -- Exclusive: China warns U.S. surveillance plane -- Hydrographic printing adds detailed paint jobs to 3D-printed objects -- Forget Diamonds, Bitcoin Engagement Rings Are Forever -- ATF, DEA Have No Idea How to Archive Sexts -- 'Nightmare' California oil spill damages rare coastal ecosystem -- Brazil blogger known for reporting on corruption found decapitated -- Paddle boarder's close encounter with curious Orca... -- FBI Speaks To Bergen County High School Students About ISIS Recruitment Threat -- The Political Hoax -- Ukraine Provoking Confrontation with Russia -- This Futuristic Concrete Heals Itself With Built-In Bacteria -- David Letterman signs off as late-night host -- Police chiefs group offers drone-use policy -- Seen At 11: Woman Says Her Wi-Fi Connection Is Making Her Sick -- Erythritol: A Low Calorie Alternative to Refined Sugar -- 5 Ways Obama Says Climate Change Poses A 'Severe Threat' To National Security -- Hackers Stole More Than 1 Million Records from a Health Care Company -- Pranksters Secretly Record Public Conversations And Post Them Online To Protest The NSA --
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News Link • Bitcoin
Overstock Purchases Stake in Stock Brkg Firm 4 Upcoming Blockchain-based Securities xchange
05-21-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
The Salt Lake City-based online retailer Overstock is working on a revolutionary new development: a new independent stock exchange dubbed Medici, powered by Bitcoin technology. The new stock exchange could sidestep traditional stock exchanges such as
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News Link • Science
This Futuristic Concrete Heals Itself With Built-In Bacteria
05-21-2015
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PopSci
Concrete has been a go-to building material since Roman times. It's durable, easy to make, and relatively inexpensive. There's just one problem: It has a tendency to crack.
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News Link • Police State
Militarization Is More Than Tanks and Rifles: It's a Cultural Disease...
05-21-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
"If we're training cops as soldiers, giving them equipment like soldiers, dressing them up as soldiers, when are they going to pick up the mentality of soldiers? If you look at the police department, their creed is to protect and to serve.
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News Link • Constitution
What if We Didn't Have a Constitution?
05-21-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
What if we didn't have a Constitution? What if the government were elected by custom and tradition, but not by law? What if election procedures and official titles and government responsibilities merely followed those that preceded them, and not be
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Currencies
International Banks Fined $5.7 Billion After Pleading Guilty to Currency Rigging
05-21-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
At a press conference this week, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch accused a number of international banks of forming a cartel, and announced that Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, JPMorgan Chase, UBS and Citigroup will be fined roughly $5.7 for rigg
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster but fails to block Patriot Act
05-21-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Republican Rand Paul steps down after more than 10 hours in bid to halt the federal government's collection of its citizens' phone records
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Energy
Solar panels can power the world - MIT study
05-20-2015
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rt.com
An MIT report has found that regular solar panels like the ones used today could supply much of the world with power.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Martial Law
Is martial law justified if ISIS attacks?
05-20-2015
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personalliberty.com
A group of foreign militants infiltrates the U.S. using student visas, weak borders, bribery and cooperation with drug cartels. Secret cells integrate within metropolitan areas and blend with the populace.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Exclusive: China warns U.S. surveillance plane
05-21-2015
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http://www.cnn.com
Above the South China Sea (CNN)The Chinese navy issued warnings eight times as a U.S. surveillance plane on Wednesday swooped over islands that Beijing is using to extend its zone of influence.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • 3D Printing
Hydrographic printing adds detailed paint jobs to 3D-printed objects
05-21-2015
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http://www.slashgear.com/hydrographic-printing-add
3D printing allows for creating unique and complex objects, but detailed, mechanical painting of such a diverse range of shapes has proven difficult. Water-transfer printing has been used for everything from car dashboards to press-on nails, but the
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Forget Diamonds, Bitcoin Engagement Rings Are Forever
05-21-2015
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vhttp://motherboard.vice.com
If you're a someone who stands by his or her Bitcoin, there's now a cryptocurrency-inspired way to seal a marriage transaction with your partner. Enter the BTC ring: It's 3D-printed, customisable, and has a QR code that syncs the wearer up to t
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News Link • Surveillance
ATF, DEA Have No Idea How to Archive Sexts
05-21-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
Remember the bombshell report from March that accused agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) engaging in wild sex parties with prostitutes? Well, apparently that's not the only good part of it, as MuckRock just discovered.
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News Link • Environment
'Nightmare' California oil spill damages rare coastal ecosystem
05-21-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Activists say accident is soiling Gaviota coast, a Mediterranean-climate region of which there are only five in the world, and will be closed off for weeks or months
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Death
Brazil blogger known for reporting on corruption found decapitated
05-21-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Evany José Metzker, who had investigated child prostitution and drug dealing, found dead five days after being reported missing
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Paddle boarder's close encounter with curious Orca...
05-21-2015
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3News
Luke Reilly was stand-up paddle boarding about 200m offshore yesterday when an orca "popped up" next to him.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI Speaks To Bergen County High School Students About ISIS Recruitment Threat
05-20-2015
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newyork.cbslocal.com
The FBI has targeted Bergen County, New Jersey to stop Islamic State militants from getting a stronghold there â€" and agents have been going to high school with a message.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
The Political Hoax
05-20-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Robert Ringer
Though it's difficult for those gullible souls who are excited yet again about one presidential candidate or another to comprehend, politicians (with VERY few exceptions) -- in both parties -- are not interested in helping the "underprivileged.
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News Link • Science
This Futuristic Concrete Heals Itself With Built-In Bacteria
05-21-2015
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PopSci
Concrete has been a go-to building material since Roman times. It's durable, easy to make, and relatively inexpensive. There's just one problem: It has a tendency to crack.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
David Letterman signs off as late-night host
05-21-2015
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http://hosted.ap.org
NEW YORK (AP) -- David Letterman ended his 33-year career as a late-night television host Wednesday, ushered into retirement by four presidents who declared "our long national nightmare is over" and saying there was nothing he could ever do to repay
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News Link • Drones
Police chiefs group offers drone-use policy
05-21-2015
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http://www.utsandiego.com
SAN DIEGO -- Police agencies across the nation are increasingly using drones to improve public safety, but need clear operations policies and limits to win public trust, experts said at a law enforcement conference in San Diego.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Seen At 11: Woman Says Her Wi-Fi Connection Is Making Her Sick
05-21-2015
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- From using cell phones and computers to watching movies online, wireless technology has made life easier. But now, some say there is a serious downside.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Erythritol: A Low Calorie Alternative to Refined Sugar
05-21-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
As word continues to spread about the damaging health effects of refined sugar, the number of commercially available sugar alternatives has also increased.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Climate Change
5 Ways Obama Says Climate Change Poses A 'Severe Threat' To National Security
05-21-2015
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PopSci
Around Norfolk, high tides and storms increasingly flood parts of our Navy base and an airbase. In Alaska, thawing permafrost is damaging military facilities. Out West, deeper droughts and longer wildfires could threaten training areas our troops dep
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hackers Stole More Than 1 Million Records from a Health Care Company
05-21-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
An unidentified group of hackers stole data from about 1.1 million current and former members of the health insurance company CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in a breach last year, the company revealed on Wednesday.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Surveillance
Pranksters Secretly Record Public Conversations And Post Them Online To Protest The NSA
05-21-2015
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http://www.trueactivist.com
A group called "we are always listening" has been raising awareness about the NSA by recording people's private conversations while they speak with friends in public.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
McDonald's workers descend on headquarters to protest 'poverty wages'
05-21-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Employees chant 'We work, we sweat, put $15 in our cheque' in biggest protest by low-wage workers as board faces angry shareholders inside closed meetings
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News Link • Propaganda
Resurrecting Osama - #NewWorldNextWeek
05-21-2015
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The Corbett Report
Welcome to New World Next Week -- the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Southwest Airlines baggage handlers ran alleged marijuana ring from Oakland
05-21-2015
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www.theguardian.com
Federal affidavit says employees carried duffels containing bags of the drug into airport and handed them to passengers who had been through TSA checkpoints
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News Link • Just For Fun!
COOLEST Coolest Kickstarter
05-21-2015
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The Coolest Cooler
The COOLEST is a portable party disguised as a cooler, bringing blended drinks, music and fun to any outdoor occasion.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk and Craig Venter Want to Print Life on Mars
05-20-2015
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motherboard.vice.com
Elon Musk knows that Mars will not be terraformed in his lifetime. Still, the SpaceX and Tesla renaissance man does have a vague plan on how to seed life there:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
The US Wants to Regulate Surveillance Software Like Weapons
05-20-2015
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motherboard.vice.com
Today, software can be a weapon. Malware has been used to spy on activists from Bahrain, and the Ethiopian government has targeted journalists while they were in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
12 People Were Arrested Trying to Enter Their Self-Proclaimed Country
05-20-2015
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motherboard.vice.com
The denizens of Liberland, a self-proclaimed country whose official motto is "to live and let live," have sure been getting into a lot of trouble lately.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Tesla Invites Hackers To Hack Model S At Defcon 2015
05-20-2015
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insideevs.com
DEF CON 23 is coming up (more info here) and Tesla Motors will be inviting hackers to see if they can hack into a Tesla Model S.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Producers Announce Kickstarter for Ron Paul Documentary EMPIRE OF LIES
05-20-2015
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http://www.broadwayworld.com
Empire of Lies: The Ron Paul Documentary project is under way with the launch of a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign.
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