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Date Sent: 2015-07-24
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Friday, July 24, 2015 |
Obama admits US gun laws are his 'biggest frustration'
US Senate committee votes to ease Cuba travel restrictions -- GOP's nightmare: An Independent Donald Trump -- Criticism of GOP debate scheme intensifies -- FBI Arrests Coin.MX Founders For Money Laundering Violations -- Blythe Masters to Keynote American Banker's Conference on Digital Currencies/Blockchain -- The Speech Every 2015 College Grad Needs to Hear -- Why appeasing governments over encryption will never work -- Scott Walker Looks to Torpedo Iran Deal and Obamacare If He Wins -- Raising Your Candidate -- France approves 'Big Brother' surveillance powers despite UN concern -- The Eroding Character of the American People -- HyperSciences Wants To Drill Into The Earth With A Huge Gun -- 07-24-15 -- Alan Korwin (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- George Clooney Opposes War Profiteering While African -- Are You Fit to Survive, by S.D. -- Obama faces political minefield during Kenyan 'homecoming' -- Weather radar detects swarm of bugs over Texas -- Boy George: 'This Is the World I Was Fighting for in 1984' -- Obama Clears Shell to Drill in Arctic--With One Restriction -- Barney Frank Thinks Supporting Bernie Sanders Would Backfire on Progressives -- Republican Operatives Plot To Sabotage Trump But That Could Turn Him Into Their Worst Nightmare -- Planned Parenthood Expects Undercover Reporters To Release Video of Clinics Harvesting Baby Organs -- Liberals Call For Disarming All White Men After Theater Shooting -- Quick! Chug Your Liquor Before It Goes Weird -- No 'Compensation' to Israel for Iran Deal -- Banks, GMOs and Tail Risk -- Technocracy: Liberty Brothers Radio Hosts Patrick Wood -- BitMesh: Share Bandwidth for Bitcoin -- NSA Whistle-blower, William Binney, Says Agency's Methods Make Us Less Safe --
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama admits US gun laws are his 'biggest frustration'
07-24-2015
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http://www.infowars.com
Obama said it was "distressing" not to have made progress on the issue (Video 2 mins.)
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News Link • Politics
US Senate committee votes to ease Cuba travel restrictions
07-24-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com
Washington (AFP) - The US Senate Appropriations Committee approved a slate of amendments that open to the door to restoring open travel to Cuba, as well shipping and agricultural financing.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
GOP's nightmare: An Independent Donald Trump
07-24-2015
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http://www.cnn.com
(CNN)Republicans dreaming of shooing away Donald Trump may want to think twice.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Criticism of GOP debate scheme intensifies
07-24-2015
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com
The first Republican presidential debate is approaching -- Aug. 6 in Cleveland -- and GOP candidates who are likely to miss the cut for the nighttime debate are stepping up criticism of the system.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
FBI Arrests Coin.MX Founders For Money Laundering Violations
07-24-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
Anthony R. Murgio and Yuri Lebedev of West Palm Beach Florida were arrested today for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange with the goal of helping individuals launder money.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Blythe Masters to Keynote American Banker's Conference on Digital Currencies/Blockchain
07-24-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
On July 28, 2015, in New York City, American Banker is hosting a conference devoted exclusively to exploring the implications of the digital currencies and blockchain revolution for the banking sector.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Speech Every 2015 College Grad Needs to Hear
07-24-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, PragerUniversity
There were thousands of college commencement speeches around the country this year for the Class of 2015.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Why appeasing governments over encryption will never work
07-24-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com, John Naughton
David Cameron and the director of the FBI have both asked for 'backdoors' to be included in encryption software
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics
Scott Walker Looks to Torpedo Iran Deal and Obamacare If He Wins
07-24-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
Remember Scott Walker? He's the Wisconsin governor who launched his career as top banana by sharply curtailing the collective bargaining powers of the state's public workers, effectively hobbling the labor movement there. Now he's setting his s
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Raising Your Candidate
07-24-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
In his latest animation, Mark Fiore tries to explain to the GOP how to properly "raise a candidate" with his "Behavioral Guide for Republicans." Watch the clip and read Fiore's comments below.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Police State
The Eroding Character of the American People
07-24-2015
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.--Bob Dylan, "Hurricane"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
HyperSciences Wants To Drill Into The Earth With A Huge Gun
07-24-2015
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http://www.popsci.com, By Dave Gershgorn
Stick 'em up
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Robert Lee
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
07-24-15 -- Alan Korwin (VIDEO LOADED)
Alan Korwin (Author of Gun Laws of America and various other gun and 2nd amendment books) comes on the show to provide an update on our gun rights
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
George Clooney Opposes War Profiteering While African
07-24-2015
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http://worldbeyondwar.org
George Clooney is being paid by the world's top two war profiteers, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, to oppose war profiteering by Africans disloyal to the U.S. government's agenda.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Surviving the Collapse
Are You Fit to Survive, by S.D.
07-24-2015
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http://survivalblog.com
This article is presented as an example only. The author is not a licensed medical practitioner and is unable to diagnose any medical condition or give recommendations on treatment of any medical condition.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama faces political minefield during Kenyan 'homecoming'
07-24-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
US president's visit to land of his father has sparked Obama-mania, but critics question decision to meet Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia's authoritarian regime
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Weather radar detects swarm of bugs over Texas
07-24-2015
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http://www.cnn.com
(CNN)Nothing seemed unusual Wednesday when the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma, picked up what appeared to be rainclouds over western North Texas.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Boy George: 'This Is the World I Was Fighting for in 1984'
07-24-2015
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https://www.yahoo.com
Back in 1972, a young South Londoner named George Alan O'Dowd saw androgynous glamazon David Bowie on Top of the Pops, and it changed his life. Roughly a decade later, when O'Dowd -- now cheekily known as Boy George -- famously performed on the sa
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Environment
Obama Clears Shell to Drill in Arctic--With One Restriction
07-24-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
President Obama has removed one of the last obstacles to oil drilling in the Arctic and granted Shell permission to develop new exploratory wells that could bring the company enormous profits.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Barney Frank Thinks Supporting Bernie Sanders Would Backfire on Progressives
07-24-2015
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http://www.truthdig.com
In sizing up the 2016 election, some on the left are concerned that Bernie Sanders' presence in the Democratic ranks could work to that party's detriment. Count former Rep. Barney Frank among them.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Republican Operatives Plot To Sabotage Trump But That Could Turn Him Into Their Worst Nightmare
07-24-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Could Donald Trump become the next Ross Perot? Right now, there is a push by Republican insiders to try to find a way to sabotage the Trump campaign and even potentially exclude him from future debates.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Planned Parenthood Expects Undercover Reporters To Release Video of Clinics Harvesting Baby Organs
07-24-2015
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http://www.infowars.com
Disguised journalists were "shown a highly sensitive area in a clinic where tissue is processed"
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Gun Rights
Liberals Call For Disarming All White Men After Theater Shooting
07-24-2015
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http://www.infowars.com
Liberals on Twitter rushed to exploit the Lafayette theater shooting before the bodies were even cold, demanding that all "white men" be stripped of their Second Amendment rights in response to the tragedy.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Food
Quick! Chug Your Liquor Before It Goes Weird
07-24-2015
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http://www.wired.com
Wine ages and changes flavors and aromas over time, sitting in wood barrels and then sitting in glass bottles.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Iran
No 'Compensation' to Israel for Iran Deal
07-24-2015
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http://www.thedailybell.com
In The Joys of Yiddish, Leo Rosten defined chutzpah as "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan."
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Agriculture
Banks, GMOs and Tail Risk
07-24-2015
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http://www.thedailybell.com
Before the crisis that started in 2007, both of us believed that the financial system was fragile and unsustainable, contrary to the near ubiquitous analyses at the time.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • New World Order
Technocracy: Liberty Brothers Radio Hosts Patrick Wood
07-24-2015
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Oathkeepers
As the godless world's problems have been adopted by America's corrupted national government, and as the national government's corruption has been brought home to our respective States, even now we are stunned to see the tentacles of globalism
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
BitMesh: Share Bandwidth for Bitcoin
07-24-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
BitMesh is a platform that allows users to share their bandwidth or Internet connections with others in exchange for bitcoin. Without the involvement of third-party escrow or contracts, users can achieve a mutual negotiation for the pricing and share
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA Whistle-blower, William Binney, Says Agency's Methods Make Us Less Safe
07-24-2015
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Truth in Media
We discussed how NSA mass data collection makes us LESS safe; how the intentions behind it are not misguided but positively nefarious; how the lies that have been told about it are snowballing, and how Rand Paul presidential candidacy may uniquely re
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
The Future of Liberty With Special Guest Jeff Deist
07-24-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
This week the Mises Institute holds its annual summer economics program for college students. The Liberty Report checks in with Mises Institute president Jeff Deist about the Institute and the importance of educating the next generation of free marke
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Jon Stewart: The Way the World's Going, Nuclear Iran's Gonna Be the Least of Our Problems
07-24-2015
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TruthDig
In an inspired rant, the "Daily Show" host explains why climate change, consumerism, Ebola and other such concerns are far more pressing than whether Iran will become a nuclear power in 10 to 15 years, as some conservatives allege.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Justice Scalia: Americans Will Be Detained In FEMA Camps
07-23-2015
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truthandaction.org
The U.S. government has already made clear in numerous official documents and announcements that its war on terror is increasingly focused on its own domestic political enemies. If you're conservative, Christian, a gun-owner, have expressed disappr
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Opinion • Iran
Ray McGovern: My Take
Is the 'military option' on Iran off the table?
07-23-2015
Ray McGovern
If, as seems likely, President Barack Obama retains enough support to complete the nuclear deal with Iran, it will be largely because enough members of the House and Senate are persuaded by his argument that the only other real option is war.
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News Link • Economy - International
Bridgewater's Ray Dalio Loses His Cool On China: "There Are No Safe Places Left To Invest**
07-23-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
China matters after all.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Wounded servicemen pose for revealing nude photos
07-23-2015
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Photographer Michael Stokes is raising money to publish a book of photos that confront traditional stereotypes of attractiveness by capturing wounded war veterans in revealing pose
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Torture
10 cars that are faster than the Tesla Model S with Ludicrous Mode
07-23-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Benjamin Zhang
Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the latest updates to the company's ground breaking Model S.
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