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Date Sent: 2016-02-25
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
Live coverage: SpaceX -- LED Lighting Internet Data At 100 Times Fastest Wi-Fi
02-25-16 -- Dr. Phranq Tamburri = Trump Report - Danny Sessoms and Chris Neandrathal (MP3/VIDEO) -- GOP Debate Party @ the Hancock's Thurs Feb 25th, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. til?? -- Why Are Christians So Mean And Nasty? -- Japan considers making bitcoin a legal currency -- Jim Rogers Warns "Governments Plan Is To Destroy The People Who Save" -- Germans backlash against "lying press" -- Exposing The Hidden Agenda Of Davos 2016 -- Now It's China's Turn To Crash: Shanghai Plunges 6.4% Overnight -- Ross Ulbricht's Family Is Exhibiting His Prison Art to Fundraise for His Appeal -- U.S AND SOUTH KOREA PREP FOR INVASION OF NORTH KOREA -- From Fines To Jail Time: How Apple Could Be Punished For Defying FBI -- Cruz, Rubio prep for brutal debate night -- This New Bio-Inspired Material Harvests Water Out Of Thin Air -- I Defend My Backyard With A Bottle Bazooka -- Citi: "We Have A Problem" -- Brexit: Why Britons won't get what they vote for -- In Biggest Victory For Saudi Arabia, North Dakota's Largest Oil Producer Suspends All Fracking -- We Just Found Out The Real Reason The FBI Wants A Backdoor Into The iPhone -- How the Economist(s) manipulate gold's value in one chart -- The Subprime Auto Loan Meltdown Is Here -- Canadians Will Be Able to Grow Their Own Medical Pot Again -- Google robot is 'the end of manual labor': VC -- 02-24-16 -- James Corbett - Andreas Antonopolous - Cody Wilson - Vlad Tiulchenko Yuryevich MP3/VIDEO -- Commercial Falcon 9 launch delayed to Thursday -- "Professor Tamburri's Homework Assignment.... Trump 1.0" -- Longstanding Hillary Clinton Ties to Monsanto -- Presstitutes At Work -- Bitcoin Gives Peace a Chance: Interview with Angela Keaton of AntiWar.com --
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Live coverage: SpaceX rocket readied for commercial launch
02-25-2016
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http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/02/24/falcon-9-ses-
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the SES 9 communications satellite. Tonight's Falcon 9 launch Thursday night at 6:46 p.m. EST (2346 GMT). The weather calls for an 80 percent chance of fav
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
LED Lighting Will Deliver Li-Fi Internet Data At 100 Times Fastest Wi-Fi
02-25-2016
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https://www.technocracy.news
Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp -- that is the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than Wi-Fi with revolutionary wireless technology.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Japan considers making bitcoin a legal currency
02-25-2016
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http://www.theguardian.com
Proposed changes would bring bitcoin, dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies under definition of currency
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Jim Rogers Warns "Governments Plan Is To Destroy The People Who Save"
02-25-2016
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zerohedge.com
"Everybody should be worried.. and be prepared," warns legendary investor Jim Rogers, as he sees the market "facing a bigger collapse than in 2008," and the central banks will be unable to kick the can much longer.
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News Link • World News
Germans backlash against "lying press"
02-25-2016
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http://www.thedailybell.com
Lying Press? Germans Lose Faith in the Fourth Estate "Mendacious swine journals" reads this sign held by a German protester at a recent PEGIDA demonstration in Dresden, listing various German media outlets … Germans are losing faith in their me
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economy - International
Now It's China's Turn To Crash: Shanghai Plunges 6.4% Overnight
02-25-2016
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http://www.zerohedge.com
That all changed overnight when the Shanghai Composite plunged by 6.4% with the drop accelerating into the close. This was the biggest drop in over a month and was big enough to almost wipe out the entire 10% rebound from the January lows in one sess
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News Link • How to Help
Ross Ulbricht's Family Is Exhibiting His Prison Art to Fundraise for His Appeal
02-25-2016
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motherboard.vice.com
Supporters of Ross Ulbricht have some new creative ways to donate to the defense fund of the convicted mastermind behind online drug marketplace Silk Road.
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News Link • Military
U.S AND SOUTH KOREA PREP FOR INVASION OF NORTH KOREA
02-25-2016
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http://nextnewsnetwork.com
RT reports, More than 90,000 South Koreans and 15,000 US troops will stage a "pre-emptive strike" on simulated North Korean weapons silos, following Pyongyang's rocket launch and a nuclear test earlier this year.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
From Fines To Jail Time: How Apple Could Be Punished For Defying FBI
02-25-2016
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http://www.fastcompany.com
If Apple refuses to help the FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone, a universe of penalties in various courts are possible.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Cruz, Rubio prep for brutal debate night
02-25-2016
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http://www.politico.com
In final show before Super Tuesday, the senators are poised to unleash a nasty assault and emerge the anti-Trump.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economy - International
Citi: "We Have A Problem"
02-25-2016
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zerohedge.com
In his latest must read presentation, Citigroup's Matt King continues to expose and mock the increasing helplessness and cluelessness of central bankers, something this website has done since 2009 knowing full well how it all ends (incidentally not i
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News Link • World News
Brexit: Why Britons won't get what they vote for
02-25-2016
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http://www.thedailybell.com
EU referendum: Leaving EU a 'leap in the dark' says Cameron … The prime minister says his only agenda is what is best for the country … David Cameron has warned that leaving the European Union "could hurt working people for years to come"
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
In Biggest Victory For Saudi Arabia, North Dakota's Largest Oil Producer Suspends All Fracking
02-25-2016
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zerohedge.com
Yesterday, during his speech at CERAWeek in Houston, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi made it explicitly clear that Saudi Arabia would not cut production, instead saying that it is high-cost producers that would need to either "lower costs, borrow cas
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How the Economist(s) manipulate gold's value in one chart
02-25-2016
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http://www.zerohedge.com
Todays "Chart of the Day" from The Economist makes an attempt to show that gold isn't doing any better when it comes to preserving buying power than currencies such as the Swiss Franc (CHF) or the Japanese Yen (JPY). Roy Sebag, co-founder of Bi
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Canadians Will Be Able to Grow Their Own Medical Pot Again
02-25-2016
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motherboard.vice.com
Canada's march towards marijuana legalization, a priority of the newly elected Liberal government, just had what some proponents are calling a symbolic win in court.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Google robot is 'the end of manual labor': VC
02-25-2016
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http://www.cnbc.com
Boston Dynamics' new "Atlas" robot is a game changer, not just for companies, but for society, Insider.com CEO Jason Calacanis said Wednesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Commercial Falcon 9 launch delayed to Thursday
02-25-2016
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http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/02/25/commercial-fa
SpaceX called off the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday to make sure the booster's supply of super-chilled cryogenic liquid oxygen is cold enough to support the delivery of the 5.8-ton SES 9 commercial communications sate
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Presstitutes At Work
02-25-2016
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
This morning I was stuck in front of a Fox "News" broadcast for a short period and then with an NPR news program. It was enough to convince me that Nazi propaganda during Hitler's Third Reich was very mild compared to the constant stream of dan
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Gives Peace a Chance: Interview with Angela Keaton of AntiWar.com
02-25-2016
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http://cointelegraph.com
AntiWar.com has been a consistent alternative media source for peace, and because of their radical approach, they have been drawn to non-traditional donation methods, like Bitcoin.
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News Link • Politics
GOP Nevada Caucus Results in Accusations of Polling Irregularities, Double Voting
02-25-2016
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http://truthinmedia.com
During the GOP Nevada Caucus, reports surfaced of ballot shortages, double voting, loose ballots and polling workers wearing pro-Trump clothing and pins.
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News Link • Bitcoin
The Crypto Show with Trace Mayer & Stuart Nakamoto
02-25-2016
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The Crypto Show
While we were in Acapulco we caught up Trace and a 14 yr old bitcoiner named Stuart. I happened upon a conversation between Trace and Stuart. Trace was telling Stuart that when he was Stuart's age he and Peter Todd would talk online with Dr. Adam Bac
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics
Ted Cruz: 'Who knows what the heck Donald Trump would do as president?'
02-25-2016
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http://www.theguardian.com
Absent Trump still the focus at Fox News voter summit, as Republican rivals vie to cast themselves as best bet to beat the frontrunner
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Brian Sandoval for supreme court seat is 'downright absurd', liberal activists say
02-25-2016
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http://www.theguardian.com
Obama vetting Nevada governor for nomination could be strategy to break GOP blockade but may prompt resistance from Senate Democrats, experts say
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Military
GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND TO LAUNCH SECOND ICBM
02-25-2016
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http://nextnewsnetwork.com
SCVNEWS reports An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled late Thursday evening and Friday morning.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Don't kill cancer, learn to live with it, say scientists
02-25-2016
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Controlling cancer rather than killing it could be the best way to fight the disease, according to scientists
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Secret police? Virginia considers bill to withhold all officers' names.
02-25-2016
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https://www.washingtonpost.com
It started with a reporter's attempt to learn whether problem police officers were moving from department to department. It resulted in legislation that is again bringing national scrutiny to the Virginia General Assembly: a bill that could keep al
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News Link • Environment
Fracking in your town? Don't drink the water if you don't want cancer!
02-25-2016
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http://www.naturalnews.com
(NaturalNews) For years, scientists and residents of areas where fracking is performed have raised concerns that the controversial mining practice could be causing cancer.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The horrors of socialized medicine: Man has testicle mistakenly removed as overwhelmed U.K..
02-25-2016
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http://www.naturalnews.com
surgeons make thousands of mistakes (with zero accountability)...(NaturalNews) Great Britain's socialized health care system has been responsible for more than 1,100 serious medical mistakes in the past four years, according to a recent article publi
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Turmeric able to 'smart kill' cancer cells... chemotherapy and radiation now...
02-25-2016
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http://www.naturalnews.com
medically obsolete... (NaturalNews) Turmeric has long been one of the most prized spices from the East, but its benefits extend far beyond the wonderful flavor and color it lends to many recipes.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Guantanamo Travesty: A Consequence Of Unconstitutional War
02-25-2016
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https://www.youtube.com
Once again the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is in the news. President Obama has made a last-ditch effort to fulfill one of his campaign promises to close the facility down, but Republicans in Congress are determined to keep it operational. Both
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
If Initial Jobless Claims Are So Awesome, Explain This
02-25-2016
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http://www.zerohedge.com
With the Services economy now joining the manufacturing sector in recession - with both employment components collapsing - one may be surprised to see initial jobless claims hovering back near 42-year lows...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
A Tale of Two Crashes, Part 1
02-25-2016
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http://www.zerohedge.com
By now, regular readers are familiar with the eight-year, bubble-and-crash cycles in our markets and economies which are manufactured by the crime syndicate known as "the One Bank." The reason the cycles are roughly eight years long has also been
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Detroit Teachers Face "Payless Paydays" As Dilapidated School District Faces Financial Rec
02-25-2016
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zerohedge.com
When last we looked at the effect America's multiple state and local government fiscal crises are having on the country's school systems, we noted that budget drama across both Illinois and Pennsylvania threatened to force layoffs and class cance
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News Link • Government
Anyone Disagreeing with the Government Will Go To Prison Including the Media for Covering It
02-25-2016
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thecommonsenseshow.com, by Dave Hodges
As one can clearly observe, Assistant Attorney General, John Carlin, is clearly stating that if one disagrees with the government, they are considered (under the Patriot Act) to be a Homegrown violent extremist.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Do Americans Live In A False Reality Created By Orchestrated Events?
02-25-2016
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
Most people who are aware and capable of thought have given up on what is called the "mainstream media."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China Warns U.S. After Trump Wins Nevada Caucus
02-25-2016
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http://freebeacon.com, BY Bill Gertz
Trump has promised to punish Chinese currency manipulation
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Texas Republican Party, Cruz, and Rubio Commit Election Fraud
02-25-2016
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rense.com By Devvy Kidd
As I covered in my last several columns, the issue of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio's constitutional ineligibility continues to be ignored by a corrupt 'mainstream' media as well as cable 'news' networks. - See more at: http://www.rense.com/general96/texr
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Reality Sets In: It's Trump vs. Clinton
02-25-2016
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mishtalk.com
After having ridiculously and recently placed Trump's odds of winning the nomination in the low single digits, then the teens, Nate Silver now assesses Trump's odds of winning at 50%.
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News Link • Housing
New Home Sales Unexpectedly Plunge 9.2%, Median Price Down 5.7%
02-25-2016
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mishtalk.com
New Home Sales Report Dismal Many Ways
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
More Than Half a Million Could Miss EU Vote After Electoral Roll Revamp
02-25-2016
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LewRockwell
Hundreds of thousands of Brits could risk missing the upcoming EU referendum after voters' details were wiped off the register amid an electoral roll reshuffle which is aimed at clamping down on fraud.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Pilots Claim Their Drone Is First To Cross The English Channel
02-25-2016
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popsci.com
Channel drone
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Do Americans Live In A False Reality Created...
02-25-2016
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
Most people who are aware and capable of thought have given up on what is called the "mainstream media."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Ordinary skin cells turned into brain tumor predators
02-25-2016
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http://www.gizmag.com, Nick Lavars
The 2006 discovery that mature skin cells can be converted into stem cells opened up exciting possibilities in regenerative medicine.
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News Link • Government
Imagine Your Daughters Dying for South Korea and Eastern Europe
02-25-2016
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http://fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
American parents might well rue the day that they refused to listen to us libertarians about the importance of dismantling the Cold War-era, dinosaur-like national-security establishment, or what President Eisenhower called the "military-industrial
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Report: French Troops Engaged in 'Secret War' in Libya
02-25-2016
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
DM Won't Comment, But Launches Probe Into Leaked News
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
So long and thanks for all the fish.
02-25-2016
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https://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
Last week the Canadian Island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, off the Atlantic Seaboard near Maine, made an unusual offer to the American public.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Constitution
Founding Fathers Would Be Called "Extremists" Today, According To Department of Defense
02-25-2016
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http://www.activistpost.com, By Brianna Acuesta
In a manual provided by the United States Air Force and originating from the Department of Defense, an "extremist" is described as someone who "will talk of individual liberties, states' rights, and how to make the world a better place."
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News Link • Bush Administration
Bush Haunts the GOP
02-25-2016
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Eric Margolis
"The evil that men do lives after them," wrote Shakespeare. A prime example, former US President George W. Bush who appeared last week campaigning in South Carolina for his amiable younger brother, Jeb.
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