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Date Sent: 2015-10-15
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
Illinois To Delay Pension Payments Amid Budget Woes...
Putin Is Right Saying US Officials Have Mush for Brains -- 10-15-15 -- Dr. Phranq Tamburri = Trump Report - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EDT) -- Obama Could Stop Israeli State Terror with One Phone Call He Won't Make -- The Big Short Trailer (2015) ? Paramount Pictures -- Illinois To Delay Pension Payments Amid Budget Woes... -- A Third Of All Containers Shipped From Long Beach Port Are Empty -- The end of tipping in New York? Top restaurant group bans gratuities -- Afghan hospital bombing: panel ready to begin US war crimes investigation -- Bitcoin Businesses Meet with US Congressman Jared Polis to Find Common Ground -- Globalizing Digital Currency -- Trends, Gaps, Opportunities -- Chroma.Fund: Rebuilding Wall Street with Blockchain-Enabled IPO Platform -- Billion Dollar Mexican Retail Company Famsa Accepts Bitcoin -- Blockstream to Launch First, Instant-Settlement Sidechain for Bitcoin Exchanges -- Should Bitcoin Have Regularly Scheduled Hard Forks? -- Gun shop ordered to pay millions to injured police officers -- Rand Paul Refuses to Pander to Iowa College Students, Tells Them "Nothing Is Free" -- NFLX Plunges After Missing Sales, Subs And Earnings; -- Putin says US officials have 'mush for brains' as they REFUSE to help him destroy ISIS -- Canadian Candidate On Live TV: "I'm sick & Tired Of it, Canada Is Israel's & America' -- WTI Crude Plunges Back To $45 Handle After API Reports Biggest Inventory Build In 6 Months -- The Death Of Hopium -- MH-17 Final Report: Who Shot Down The Plane? -- Syria Quagmire? Copyright Tyranny. Weird Politics. Around the World With Lew Rockwell -- "China Has No Reason To Rush To The Frontlines": Beijing Denies Syria "Rumors" -- "A Generation In Crisis" - The World Needs 5 Million Jobs/Month To Stymie Youth Extremism -- Iran and Hezbollah to Launch Ground Offensive in Syria? -- The End Of The Oil Major? -- Teen's discovery of skeleton-filled fuselage in jungle could be MH370 -- SpaceX Wrapping Up Falcon 9 Rocket Failure Investigation -- In Wake Of Dieselgate Scandal, Volkswagen Announces Strong Commitment... --
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
The Big Short Trailer (2015) ? Paramount Pictures
10-14-2015
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youtube
Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
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News Link • Day of Reckoning
Illinois To Delay Pension Payments Amid Budget Woes...
10-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
..."For All Intents And Purposes, We Are Out Of Money Now"
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
A Third Of All Containers Shipped From Long Beach Port Are Empty
10-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
In the past several months, it has been virtually impossible to make any sense of the conflicting trends involving US and global trade. On one hand, there is global trade, which as we have covered since the spring, has been in a state of consistent d
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
The end of tipping in New York? Top restaurant group bans gratuities
10-14-2015
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The Guardian
And number of popular restaurants in the city will institute a no gratuities policy, although the news has been met with a mixed reaction
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan hospital bombing: panel ready to begin US war crimes investigation
10-14-2015
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The Guardian
International panel set to investigate deadly bombing of Doctors Without Borders hospital but must first get assurance US and Afghanistan will comply
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Businesses Meet with US Congressman Jared Polis to Find Common Ground
10-14-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
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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News Link • Bitcoin
Globalizing Digital Currency -- Trends, Gaps, Opportunities
10-14-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
Right now, there are active digital currency markets running 24/7 in at least 45 national currencies.That is, there are digital currency markets in one quarter of the 180 national currencies recognized as legal tender by the United Nations.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Chroma.Fund: Rebuilding Wall Street with Blockchain-Enabled IPO Platform
10-14-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
Portland-based blockchain startup Chroma has launched Chroma.fund, the world's first blockchain-enabled IPO platform to allow anyone to purchase shares of companies without brokers and intermediaries.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Billion Dollar Mexican Retail Company Famsa Accepts Bitcoin
10-14-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
Grupo Famsa, one of the largest household appliance-, electronic products- and consumer products-focused retail company in Mexico has begun accepting bitcoin payments with a partnership with BitPay, a leading bitcoin payment processor.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Blockstream to Launch First, Instant-Settlement Sidechain for Bitcoin Exchanges
10-14-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
Blockstream has announced it will launch its first commercial Bitcoin sidechain by early 2016. The sidechain, codenamed "Liquid," offers instant transactions, providing a fast settlement layer for bitcoin exchanges, brokerages and other industry
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News Link • Bitcoin
Should Bitcoin Have Regularly Scheduled Hard Forks?
10-14-2015
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Bitcoin Magazine
Hard forks are a rather contentious issue in Bitcoin. The controversy surrounding hard forks can be seen most prominently in the context of Bitcoin XT 's implementation of BIP 101.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun shop ordered to pay millions to injured police officers
10-14-2015
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Popular Liberty
Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun store to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul Refuses to Pander to Iowa College Students, Tells Them "Nothing Is Free"
10-14-2015
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Popular Liberty
Numerous economic studies have shown that subsidizing demand without increasing supply raises the price of a commodity. This is a basic tenet of economics.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Putin says US officials have 'mush for brains' as they REFUSE to help him destroy ISIS
10-14-2015
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http://www.express.co.uk
VLADIMIR Putin has accused US officials of having "mush for brains" after they refused to cooperate in his bid to wipe out the evil Islamic State.
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News Link • Israel
Canadian Candidate On Live TV: "I'm sick & Tired Of it, Canada Is Israel's & America'
10-14-2015
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Popular Liberty
"Why are we murdering people in foreign countries ...in Palestine, in Ukraine, in Syria- instead of spending the money here in Canada? The three major parties support Israel no matter WHAT Israel does, no matter what atrocities they commit..
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News Link • Energy
WTI Crude Plunges Back To $45 Handle After API Reports Biggest Inventory Build In 6 Months
10-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
For the first time in 5 months, API has reported a third weekly inventory build in crude oil in a row. API reported a stunning 9.3 milion barrel build (against expectations of a 1.8 mm build) with Cushing rising 1.4mm barrels!
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News Link • Day of Reckoning
The Death Of Hopium
10-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
The "engine of our economy", the "cradle of innovation", the "land of tomorrow" -- whatever breathless hyperbole the fawning media is using this week -- is a sham.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
MH-17 Final Report: Who Shot Down The Plane?
10-14-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
The Dutch Safety Board released its final report yesterday on the shooting down of a Malaysian Airliners passenger jet over Ukraine. The conclusion was that the plane was shot down by a BUK missile and that Ukraine should have closed airspace in a wa
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Syria Quagmire? Copyright Tyranny. Weird Politics. Around the World With Lew Rockwell
10-14-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
Lew Rockwell of the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com joins the Liberty Report today to dissect some of the most vexing foreign and domestic issues of the day. Can we solve the problems of the world in today's program?
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News Link • China
"China Has No Reason To Rush To The Frontlines": Beijing Denies Syria "Rumors"
10-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
"It is known that China has joined our military operation in Syria, the Chinese cruiser has already entered the Mediterranean, aircraft carrier follows it," Morozov allegedly said.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
"A Generation In Crisis" - The World Needs 5 Million Jobs/Month To Stymie Youth Extremism
10-14-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com
As The World Bank notes, Unemployment in any form is a drag on an economy and society.
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News Link • World News
Teen's discovery of skeleton-filled fuselage in jungle could be MH370
10-14-2015
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http://nypost.com, By Emily Saul
A teenager hunting for birds in the jungle of a Philippine island claims to have stumbled upon a fuselage "full of skeletons" and a Malaysian flag, and authorities believe it could be from missing Flight MH370.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Wrapping Up Falcon 9 Rocket Failure Investigation
10-14-2015
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http://www.space.com, by Jeff Foust
SpaceX expects to complete its final report on the June 28 failure of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle within a month, but does not yet have a firm timetable for resuming flights, a company official said Oct. 8.
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News Link • Transportation
In Wake Of Dieselgate Scandal, Volkswagen Announces Strong Commitment...
10-14-2015
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http://insideevs.com, by Eric Loveday
In Wake Of Dieselgate Scandal, Volkswagen Announces Strong Commitment To Plug-In Electric Cars
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News Link • Transportation
If the UAE Wants a Hyperloop, Peter Diamandis Will Build It by 2020
10-14-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, by KARI PAUL
The hyperloop could someday make the trip from Abu Dhabi to Dubai less than 15 minutes, according to a new plan announced by Peter Diamandis on Monday.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientists Have Already Built a Prototype Greenhouse for Mars
10-14-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, BY KALEIGH ROGERS
The dream of sending humans to Mars presents a number of scientific challenges, not the least of which is: what do you eat on a planet where nothing grows?
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul on 'Draft Ron for House Speaker' Rumors by Ron Paul
10-14-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
In this clip from the 10/9 Liberty Report, Ron Paul says the next Speaker of the House should be non-partisan rather than focused on trying to stick it to one party or the other. Asked about rumors of a "draft Ron Paul" movement...well you'll have to
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Journalists Allegedly Broke into a Tesla Factory, Hit Employees With Their Car
10-14-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, by JASON KOEBLER
Tesla is racing to open the Gigafactory, a massive battery production facility designed to drive down the price of electric cars. Understandably, there's lots of interest in the facility, which is under construction in the outskirts of Reno.
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