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Date Sent: 2015-10-09
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, October 9, 2015 |
Rosa Koire interview with Ernest Hancock (PUBLISHER RECOMMENDED)
Germany May Set Off a Run on the Gold Stored at the New York Federal Reserve -- I showed leaked NSA slides at Purdue, so feds demanded the video be destroyed -- Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance -- Marc Faber Fears Sudden 1987-Like Crash Or Longer-Term "Sliding Slope Of Hope" -- Stealing Elections the High-Tech Way -- Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row -- Global Depression Coming - Even "Powerhouse" Germany and UK Slow "Dramatically" -- Europe Reveals How Accounts Will Be Frozen During the Next Crisis -- FBI Admits Lack of Data on Police Shootings Is 'Embarrassing,' 'Ridiculous' -- Ben Carson claims Jewish people might have stopped Holocaust if they had guns -- Finally, The CIA Admits Covering Up JFK Assassination -- 10-09-15 -- Richard Stallman - Rosa Koire -- (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- What's in an Airline Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot -- Details and images on 300 patents filed by the National Security Agency -- No More Affordable Diesels -- European Court of Justice Rules Against Safe Harbor -- Globalizing Digital Currency -- Trends, Gaps, Opportunities -- Slave Labor in America -- No More 'Free Trade' Treaties: It's Time for Genuine Free Trade -- The Latest Nobel Committee Peace Prize Award Hypocrisy -- Switching Sides in the 'War on Terrorism' -- Revolution OS - 20 year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement -- U.S. Chases Swiss Bank Secrets to Singapore and Israel -- Margin Debt in Freefall Is Another Reason to Worry About S&P 500 -- Neocons Demand Escalation in Syria by Ron Paul -- The Latest Big Lie About Russia in Syria -- The Impulsiveness of US Power -- China Cap-and-Trade Program Not What the Climate Needs -- Igniting the Communal Fire: What the SDGs Could Learn from Indigenous Peoples --
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News Link • Currencies
Germany May Set Off a Run on the Gold Stored at the New York Federal Reserve
10-09-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
WSJ's John Carney has a report out on a very important story. The plan of the Germans to audit and physically inspect all their gold.
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Reported by:
Gina Kynast
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News Link • Homeland Security
I showed leaked NSA slides at Purdue, so feds demanded the video be destroyed
10-09-2015
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ars technica
On September 24, I gave a keynote presentation at Purdue University about the NSA, Edward Snowden, and national security journalism in the age of surveillance. The organizers live-streamed my talk and promised to provide a link
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance
10-09-2015
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Schneier on Security
ID checks were a common response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but they'll soon be obsolete. You won't have to show your ID, because you'll be identified automatically. A security camera will capture your face, and it'll be matched with
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Marc Faber Fears Sudden 1987-Like Crash Or Longer-Term "Sliding Slope Of Hope"
10-09-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
Sometimes less is more (less good data is moar good for stocks) and in the case of Marc Faber's recent appearance on Bloomberg's "What'd You Miss", 66 seconds of honesty was all that the hosts could take.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Stealing Elections the High-Tech Way
10-09-2015
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http://dailybell.com
If the Defense Department, the CIA, and our largest corporations can be hacked, certainly 50 states and over 3,000 separate county systems are no match for individuals or nation states that might want to influence the outcome of elections.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Transportation
Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row
10-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi's cars are shown to emit significantly more NOx pollution on the road than in regulatory tests
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economy - International
Global Depression Coming - Even "Powerhouse" Germany and UK Slow "Dramatically"
10-09-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
- IMF warn of "fresh financial crisis"
- German exports fall 5.2%, largest slump since recession of 2009
- German imports also fall 3.1%
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • European Union
Europe Reveals How Accounts Will Be Frozen During the Next Crisis
10-09-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
In the last 24 months, Canada, Cyprus, New Zealand, the US, the UK, and now Germany have all implemented legislation that would allow them to first FREEZE and then SEIZE bank assets during the next crisis.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
FBI Admits Lack of Data on Police Shootings Is 'Embarrassing,' 'Ridiculous'
10-09-2015
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TruthDig
At a private gathering held on Wednesday of more than a 100 law enforcement officials and politicians, FBI Director James Comey addressed the FBI's lack of data on shootings by local police.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ben Carson claims Jewish people might have stopped Holocaust if they had guns
10-09-2015
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The Guardian
Republican presidential candidate deepens row over gun control with controversial claim that firearms would have 'diminished' Hitler's plans
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Conspiracies
Finally, The CIA Admits Covering Up JFK Assassination
10-09-2015
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True Activist
Suspicions that the CIA covered up JFK's murder have finally been confirmed, according to an explosive Politico report out this week.
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Donna Hancock
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
10-09-15 -- Richard Stallman - Rosa Koire -- (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Richard Stallman (Founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation) talks about network security issues - Rosa Koire (Exec Dir of the Post Sustainability Institute) on Agenda 21 issues and how 'they' violate our private property rights by...
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
What's in an Airline Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot
10-09-2015
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Krebs on Security
The next time you're thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Details and images on 300 patents filed by the National Security Agency
10-09-2015
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medium
NSA patents are special: they never expire and they usually aren't revealed to the public. Unless someone else files an identical patent application, that is. In that case, the NSA's ownership is published by the Patent Office
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
No More Affordable Diesels
10-09-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
VW was the only major automaker selling affordable diesel powered passenger vehicles in the United States. You could, for instance, buy a diesel-powered Jetta sedan, Golf or Beetle for about $22k. Not anymore.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Surveillance
European Court of Justice Rules Against Safe Harbor
10-09-2015
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Schneier on Security
This is a big deal, because it directly affects all the large American Internet companies. If this stands, expect much more pressure on the NSA to stop their indiscriminate spying on everyone.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bitcoin
Globalizing Digital Currency -- Trends, Gaps, Opportunities
10-09-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
Right now, there are active digital currency markets running 24/7 in at least 45 national currencies.1 That is, there are digital currency markets in one quarter of the 180 national currencies recognized as legal tender by the United Nations. 2
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Free Trade
No More 'Free Trade' Treaties: It's Time for Genuine Free Trade
10-09-2015
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http://dailybell.com
It is erroneous to believe that free traders have been historically in favor of free trade agreements between governments. Paradoxically, the opposite is true.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • TERRORISM
Switching Sides in the 'War on Terrorism'
10-09-2015
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http://original.antiwar.com
We have just observed the 14th anniversary of "Operation Enduring Freedom," otherwise known as the war in Afghanistan.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Revolution OS - 20 year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement
10-09-2015
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YouTube.Com
Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary film that traces the twenty-year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Chases Swiss Bank Secrets to Singapore and Israel
10-09-2015
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Bloomberg
Dozens of banks signed amnesty agreements disclosing tactics, providing prosecutors with valuable information
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Margin Debt in Freefall Is Another Reason to Worry About S&P 500
10-09-2015
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Bloomberg
Most people get concerned about margin debt when it's shooting up. To Doug Ramsey, the problem now is that it's falling too fast.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • NeoCons
Neocons Demand Escalation in Syria by Ron Paul
10-09-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
The Syria crisis is escalating since Russia began bombing ISIS and al-Qaeda last week. The neocons in the US are demanding that Obama do something to stop the Russians. The US mission is to get rid of Assad and there is great danger of an over-reacti
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: America
The Impulsiveness of US Power
10-09-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
Washington's impulsive use of power is a danger to America and to the world.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • China
China Cap-and-Trade Program Not What the Climate Needs
10-09-2015
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arclein
Furthermore, scrutiny of such programs show they don't work. A recent analysis of the Joint Implementation (JI) program enacted under the Kyoto Protocol in Europe found that only 14 percent of the claimed greenhouse gas reduction offsets under the
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robert klein
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News Link • Anthropology
Igniting the Communal Fire: What the SDGs Could Learn from Indigenous Peoples
10-09-2015
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arclein
Meanwhile, far from the glitz and limelight, the Guarani Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia are suffering violent repression as they demonstrate against oil extraction on their land. Thousands of Shuar and Achuar Indigenous have taken to the streets of Ec
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robert klein
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News Link • Bitcoin
Japanese Cryptocurrency Management Platform Raises $2.3 Million
10-09-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
Japanese cryptocurrency management service provider and SmartCoin operator Orb has raised US $2.3 million in seed funding from leading Japanese venture capital firms and angel investors including SBI investment.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Businesses Meet with US Congressman Jared Polis to Find Common Ground
10-09-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
U.S. Congressman Jared Polis took time out from his busy campaign schedule recently to meet with representatives, including CEOs, from nine digital currencies companies including itBit and Blockchain.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
SHA-1 Encryption Broken
10-09-2015
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Schneier on Security
.... This is the first practical break of the full SHA-1, reaching all 80 out of 80 steps, while only 10 days of computation on a 64 GPU cluster were necessary to perform the attack. ....
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Climate Change
Record Cold 'Blob' in North Atlantic: Sign of Future Climate Woes?
10-09-2015
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arclein
Some scientists are saying that a record-setting area of cold water in the North Atlantic, revealed by recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data, could be a sign that climate change is causing the ocean current to weaken.
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robert klein
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News Link • Bitcoin
The Who, What, Why and How of the Ongoing Transaction Malleability Attack
10-09-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
For the past several days*, the Bitcoin network has been plagued by a so-called "transaction malleability attack." Bitcoin users have experienced a number of annoyances, causing confusion and frustration.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Elon Musk says Apple is the 'graveyard' for fired Tesla staff
10-09-2015
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http://www.theguardian.com
Asked if he's concerned about Apple's self-driving car ambitions, Tesla CEO replied: 'Did you ever take a look at the Apple Watch?'
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Military
US Defense Secretary Predicts Terror Attacks on Russia
10-09-2015
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http://news.antiwar.com
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, in comments mocking Russia's "unprofessional" military for the way it is conducting airstrikes against ISIS, predicted that Russia would face "reprisal" terror attacks on Russian soil because of their milita
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economy - International
WTI Crude Tops $50, Energy Stocks Soar To Biggest Week Since 2008 (But Credit Ain't Buying It)
10-09-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
WTI Crude is back above $50 to its highest in almost 3 months following a 10%-plus gain on the week (the 2nd best since Jan 2009). This surge has sparked the biggest surge in European and US Oil & Gas stocks since 2008
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Analog and digital worlds collide in the Fusion Guitar
10-09-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com
One of the best sounding travel guitars we've tried is Yamaha's Silent Guitar, which offers a choice of modeled simulated tones or piezo-sourced sounds routed to headphones or an external amp.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
VIDEO: No, Donald Trump, the Mid East Wouldn't Be More Stable Under Saddam/Other Dictators
10-09-2015
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TruthDig
Donald Trump alleged this weekend that "of course" the Middle East would be more stable if dictators like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still around or if Bashar al-Assad could be restored in Syria.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First Mars, Now NASA Announces Water On Pluto
10-09-2015
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True Activist
In the past month, it was announced that liquid water was discovered on Mars, and now just a few weeks later it has been announced that traces of frozen water have been discovered on Pluto.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Solar and Wind Just Passed Another Big Turning Point
10-09-2015
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Bloomberg
Wind power is now the cheapest electricity to produce in both Germany and the U.K., even without government subsidies, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). It's the first time that threshold has been crossed by a G7 eco
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Draghi Says Emerging-Market Slowdown Poses Fresh Risk for Europe
10-09-2015
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Bloomberg
Slowing growth in emerging markets and slumping commodity prices are posing fresh challenges to the euro-area economy, which may need to be countered by adjustments to quantitative easing, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Lawsuit Claims That Popular "Natural" Cigarette Brand Is Just As Bad As The Rest
10-09-2015
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True Activist
A lawsuit was filed this month, against the company that produces the popular "American Spirit" brand cigarettes, which are said to be organic and additive free. However, the lawsuit alleges that this is false advertising and that American Spirit
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Market Predictions - Danger Coming? With Peter Schiff by Ron Paul
10-08-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Peter Schiff joins the Liberty Report to discuss market trends and the bursting bubbles in our future. Where to turn for a safe haven? Europe?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
Did You Know You Also Have a Uniform Birth Number?
10-08-2015
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http://truthstreammedia.com
(Truthstream Media) | In Carroll Quigley's 1966 book "Tragedy & Hope," he discusses bluntly how our freedom will continuously dwindle throughout the remainder of the 20th century and beyond under a type of neofeudalism imposed by the burgeoning
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