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Date Sent: 2015-09-24
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
"The Government Is Literally Paying Itself" - Citi Calls For Money Paradrops
VIDEO: Don't Shoot the F*cking Dog -- The Fall of the American Empire: Hooray! -- How China Captured the Global Bitcoin Market (Op-Ed) -- Boeing, China Swap Jet Deals as Xi's Visit Underscores Stakes -- The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State -- Bank of America's and Coinbase's Bitcoin Patents Revealed -- The Future of Homeschooling by Ron Paul -- Hans Hermann Hoppe, Democracy, De Civilization, and Counterculture (PFS 2015) -- Gross Tells Fed to `Get Off Zero Now!' as Economies Run on Empty -- Trump says he won't appear on Fox News -- On a Mission With the Men of Arizona Border Recon -- This Is What A Big Mac Does To Your Body Within One Hour Of Eating It -- Trump Threatens Pro-Paul, Cruz Conservative Group With Multi-million Dollar Lawsuit -- BitProof: 17-Year-Old Entrepreneur Brings University Diplomas to the Blockchain -- 21 Inc. Unveils Bitcoin-Optimized Business Computer -- Volkswagen CEO quits over 'grave crisis' -- Harvard warns: Markets look frothy. Time for more short sellers -- HSBC Thinks China Stocks Rout Is Nearly Over -- The Future of Homeschooling by Ron Paul -- Why I'm Opposed to Activism* -- Ernest and Donna Hancock Interviewed @ Porcfest 2015 by Richard Grove (Tragedy and Hope) -- FBI Quietly Adds Civil Fingerprint Collection to Criminal Database -- Keloid by Big Lazy Robot - Keloid is not about robots, it is about men -- Growing Number Believe California's Drought Is A Government Conspiracy -- Aspen, Colorado Becomes 3rd US City To Run On 100% Renewable Energy -- Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach -- Fed's Bullard explains the problem with keeping rates at zero forever -- 09-23-15 -- William Boyes - Paige Peterson, Brian Sovryn (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- American Policing and the Coming Domestic Insurgency by Bill Buppert --
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"The Government Is Literally Paying Itself" - Citi Calls For Money Paradrops
09-23-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
Australia's largest investment bank Macquarie, one which openly called for "helicopter money", by directly monetizing treasuries. Ironically, the bank made the call despite admitting that it would not work
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
VIDEO: Don't Shoot the F*cking Dog
09-23-2015
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http://popularliberty.com
It's unfortunate that this video can use so many real examples even though they seem so absurd. But the makers of this film do a great job mocking the absurdity of the situation... and it is pretty damn funny the way they present it.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
The Fall of the American Empire: Hooray!
09-23-2015
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LewRockwell.Com - Jack Perry
Vladimir Putin is pulling Assad's fat from the fire in Syria. At least that's how it looks to America. He's sending military assets to Syria and told Assad all he needs to do is just whistle and Russian troops will be on the way.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
How China Captured the Global Bitcoin Market (Op-Ed)
09-23-2015
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Cointelegraph
The story of Bitcoin is a cloudy but mostly American fairy tale about a global currency that doesn't even really exist to many since it lives only on one's computer.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
Boeing, China Swap Jet Deals as Xi's Visit Underscores Stakes
09-23-2015
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Bloomberg
In a display of give and take, Boeing Co. unveiled its largest industrial investment in China and landed $38 billion worth of jet orders and commitments from Chinese carriers and lessors as the country's president visited Boeing's main factory.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State
09-23-2015
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Daily Bell - John Whitehead
Caught up in the spectacle of the forthcoming 2016 presidential elections, Americans (never very good when it comes to long-term memory) have not only largely forgotten last year's hullabaloo over militarized police, police shootings of unarmed cit
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bank of America's and Coinbase's Bitcoin Patents Revealed
09-23-2015
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Cointelegraph
Recent filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) revealed a dossier of applications from Coinbase as well as a cryptocurrency filing from Bank of America.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
The Future of Homeschooling by Ron Paul
09-23-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Why does homeschooling continue to increase in popularity? Ron Paul Curriculum course creator and Mises Institute Senior Fellow Tom Woods joins the Liberty Report to discuss the continuing education revolution.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Gross Tells Fed to `Get Off Zero Now!' as Economies Run on Empty
09-23-2015
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Bloomberg
Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates as soon as possible, trading some near-term market losses for longer-term stability and a healthier financial system.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Trump says he won't appear on Fox News
09-23-2015
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http://www.politico.com/
Citing unfair treatment, Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is not going to appear on any Fox News shows "for the forseeable future," reigniting a feud that has heated up and cooled throughout the summer.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Immigration
On a Mission With the Men of Arizona Border Recon
09-23-2015
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http://www.wired.com
"The driving force for many of these men is a continuation of the oath they took in the military," Milano says. "The defense of their country and family seems to be first and foremost."
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Food
This Is What A Big Mac Does To Your Body Within One Hour Of Eating It
09-23-2015
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True Activist
One Big Mac can't hurt, right? Wrong. The iconic burger dehydrates you, raises your blood sugar, and makes you feel hungry just 40 minutes after eating it.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Trump Threatens Pro-Paul, Cruz Conservative Group With Multi-million Dollar Lawsuit
09-23-2015
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Ben Swann - Truth In Media
Donald Trump's campaign has issued a multi-million dollar legal threat to Club For Growth, one of Washington's most conservative political groups that has supported Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, for what he says is defamation...
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
BitProof: 17-Year-Old Entrepreneur Brings University Diplomas to the Blockchain
09-23-2015
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Cointelegraph
Louison Dumont, a 17 year-old entrepreneur, has partnered with venture capital investor and Draper Fischer Jurveson founder Tim Draper to launch Bitproof, a platform which enables individuals and organizations to digitally establish contracts and leg
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
21 Inc. Unveils Bitcoin-Optimized Business Computer
09-23-2015
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Cointelegraph
When is a computer not a computer? While 21 Inc.'s new computer doesn't have keyboards, monitors, and a massive enclosed hard drive, it may have just taken Bitcoin to the next level with their new 21 Bitcoin Computer.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Volkswagen CEO quits over 'grave crisis'
09-23-2015
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CNN Money
Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday as a growing scandal over falsified emissions tests rocked the world's biggest carmaker.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Harvard warns: Markets look frothy. Time for more short sellers
09-23-2015
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CNN Money
Harvard University is concerned about "frothy" markets. So it's looking to hire short sellers -- investors who bet that a stock will fall.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
HSBC Thinks China Stocks Rout Is Nearly Over
09-23-2015
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Bloomberg
Further losses by Chinese stocks are limited after leveraged traders cut $218 billion of positions, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
The Future of Homeschooling by Ron Paul
09-23-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Why does homeschooling continue to increase in popularity? Ron Paul Curriculum course creator and Mises Institute Senior Fellow Tom Woods joins the Liberty Report to discuss the continuing education revolution.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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Feature Article • Activism
Why I'm Opposed to Activism*
Paul Rosenberg
* Before anything else, I need to clarify my meaning: There are "activists" whom I respect and support. (Ernie and Donna Hancock leap to mind, as do several Bitcoin "activists.") I divide these people from the activism of my title, because th
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News Link • Police State
FBI Quietly Adds Civil Fingerprint Collection to Criminal Database
09-23-2015
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thedailysheeple.com
Accessing the FBI's biometric database has long been a critical step in catching and prosecuting criminals.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Keloid by Big Lazy Robot - Keloid is not about robots, it is about men
09-23-2015
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Big Lazy Robot
In a not too distant future, societies of all countries come to rely on an intricate network of artificial intelligence devices designed to bring efficacy to man's life.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Growing Number Believe California's Drought Is A Government Conspiracy
09-23-2015
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CBS Sacramento
There is a growing, underground movement of people who believe California's drought is part of a government conspiracy instead of a naturally occurring event from a lack of rain during the last four years.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Aspen, Colorado Becomes 3rd US City To Run On 100% Renewable Energy
09-23-2015
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True Activist
Aspen, Colorado will be running on 100% sustainable energy after 2015, an 84% increase from 2014.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach
09-23-2015
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CNBC
That number was originally thought to be about 1.1 million, OPM said in a statement. About 21.5 million individuals had their Social Security Numbers and other sensitive information affected by the hack.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed's Bullard explains the problem with keeping rates at zero forever
09-23-2015
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Business Insider
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard stopped by Business Insider to talk about the Fed's decision not to raise rates in September. Bullard does not have a vote on the Federal Open Market Committee this year, but argued against the decision to keep r
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Police State
American Policing and the Coming Domestic Insurgency by Bill Buppert
09-23-2015
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zerogov.com
"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?
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Robert Lee
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