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Date Sent: 2018-10-25
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, October 25, 2018 |
Economy - Social Media - Midterms
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News Link • Censorship
Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media 'Just the Beginning', Says Top Neocon Insider
10-24-2018
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https://russia-insider.com, by Max Blumenthal
At a Berlin security conference, hardline neocon Jamie Fly appeared to claim some credit for the recent coordinated purge of alternative media
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News Link • Housing
New Home Sales Crash In September As Supply Soars
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
New Home Sales (SAAR) in September plunged to their lowest since Dec 2016, crashing 5.5% MoM (and revised dramatically lower in August)... Maybe Trump has a point on Fed rate hikes?
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Free Solo - Trailer | National Geographic
10-24-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, comes FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords… #PropagandaWatch
10-24-2018
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https://www.corbettreport.com
…and so should you! Just kidding. Today we explore the cute and cuddly side of the propaganda push to normalize robots in our everyday life…and the darker side of this phenomenon that they're trying to distract us from.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
The 1968 Gun Control Act: 50 Years of Federal Gun Control
10-24-2018
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https://fee.org by Jose Nino
Gun owners must recognize that infringements like the GCA of 1968 must never be tolerated by anyone who believes in the right to self-defense.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Apple's Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the 'data industrial complex'
10-24-2018
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https://techcrunch.com, Natasha Lomas
Apple's CEO Tim Cook has joined the chorus of voices warning that data itself is being weaponized against people and societies -- arguing that the trade in digital data has exploded into a "data industrial complex".
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Privacy Expert Resigns From Alphabet-Backed Smart City Project Over Surveillance Concerns
10-24-2018
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https://gizmodo.com, Jennings Brown
A privacy expert tasked with helping a new smart city development protect the data privacy of residents has resigned over concerns that her guidelines would be largely ignored.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Apple boss takes aim at 'weaponization' of customer data
10-24-2018
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https://www.reuters.com, Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Wednesday said customer data was being "weaponized with military efficiency" by companies to increase profit and called for a federal privacy law in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Stock Market
70% Of S&P 500 Stocks Are Already In A Correction
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Spooked by fears about peak profits, the slowing Chinese economy, Trump's tariffs, ongoing political turmoil in the UK and Italy, and ongoing jitters among systematic, vol-targeting funds, on Tuesday the S&P tumbled as much as 2.34% in early trade -
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News Link • Blockchain
The HTC Exodus 1 is a blockchain phone you can only buy with cryptocurrency
10-24-2018
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https://www.cnet.com, by GORDON GOTTSEGEN
Preorders for the HTC Exodus 1 are now open, with an expected ship date in December.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Donald Trump says he will probably meet with Vladimir Putin in Paris
10-24-2018
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by David Jackson and Deirdre Shesgreen
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will "probably" meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next month in Paris amid protests of Trump's decision to withdraw from a longstanding nuclear weapons treaty.
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News Link • Soros News
Soros' Son Blames Trump And "Demonization Of Opponents" For Bomb Packages
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
In what must be one of the most rapidly written, edited, and published op-eds in New York Times history, Alexander Soros, son of billionaire globalist puppet-master George Soros, has penned a blame-scaping piece pointing directly at president Trump's
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News Link • South Carolina
Lone SC Ticket-Holder Takes Stunning $1.54 Billion Lottery Prize But Government's The Big Winner
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
One lucky Mega Millions player has become America's newest multimillionaire after winning a $1.537 billion prize - the second-largest US lottery prize on record - after hitting the five magic numbers plus the Mega Ball on Tuesday night. The winning t
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News Link • China
China Builds Infrastructure, US Drops Bombs
10-24-2018
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moneymaven.io by Mike Mish Shedlock
Obama bombed 7 nations. Trump threatens Iran. Meanwhile, China builds infrastructure. Its foreign policy makes sense.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Vote Harder! Your Masters Approve by Bill Buppert
10-24-2018
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https://zerogov.com by Bill Buppert
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything."
â€" Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance."
â€" H.L. Mencken
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Why 3D Metal Printing Will Change The World
10-24-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
Take a look at just about anything around you and there's a good chance that it's made in China. And if it's not, there's a good chance it's being COPIED in China. But in the future, with the advent of industrial 3D printing, just about eve
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Investors Redeem $15BN From Hedge Funds In September As Outflows Accelerate
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
With hedge fund redemption pressures - as a result of what has been largely abysmal performance by the 2 and 20 crowd in both Q3 and 2018 - frequently cited as one of the potential culprits for the recent swoon in markets...
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News Link • Housing
New home sales drop 5.5% in September to near two-year low
10-24-2018
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https://www.cnbc.com, Jeff Cox
New home sales plunged in September, falling 5.5 percent to an almost two-year low amid pressures from rising interest rates that have hammered the real estate market.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Trump Administration
Why Trump Cannot Control the American Military
10-24-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com by Paul Kindlon
Trump's admirable talk about pulling out of global conflicts is meaningless
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
White South African Farmers Say 'Da' to Putin's Asylum Offer
10-24-2018
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https://russia-insider.com, by Dave Gahary
With the South African government intent on giving all of the nation's farmland to blacks and white farmers being slaughtered in heinous, horrible violence, Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened his nation's doors to South Africa's white
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News Link • Russia
Russia is employing a 'combat laser system' in space...
10-24-2018
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by JOE PINKSTONE
Russia is employing a 'combat laser system' in space that could disable American satellites, claims US official
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News Link • Food
Does eating organic food prevent cancer? Yes, a new study suggests
10-24-2018
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https://www.usatoday.com, by Ashley May
People who regularly eat organic food are less likely to develop cancer than those who don't, according to a new study out of France.
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News Link • Russia
Putin says Russia will target any nations hosting US intermediate-range missiles in Europe
10-24-2018
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by CHARLIE MOORE
Vladimir Putin today warned that if the US deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, he will target the countries that host them.
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News Link • Racism
TUCKER CARLSON: Universities think 'there's nothing wrong with segregation'...
10-24-2018
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by TUCKER CARLSON
TUCKER CARLSON: Universities think 'there's nothing wrong with segregation' and Washington is afraid to hire people based on merit! Fox News host says liberals have gone off the rails on race in excerpt from new best-seller
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News Link • Clinton News
Pipe bombs are sent to the Clintons, Obamas and CNN by serial attacker targeting liberals...
10-24-2018
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by EMILY CRANE
Pipe bombs are sent to the Clintons, Obamas and CNN by serial attacker targeting liberals while two NEW suspicious packages are sent to Maxine Waters and Debbie Wasserman Schultz - days after a similar device was found at George Soros' home
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News Link • Iran
Iran's Rouhani: 'Saudi Wouldn't Have Killed Khashoggi Without US Approval'
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
With roughly one week left before the US reimposes sanctions on Iranian exports that could hamper Iranian crude-oil exports, Hassan Rouhani, the president of the Islamic Republic, accused the US of officially sanctioning the murder of Saudi journalis
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News Link • Treasury
Bizarre Direct Bid Collapse Continues In Today's Tailing 5Y Auction
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Similar to yesterday's sale of 2Y paper, moments ago the Treasury sold $39 billion in 5Y paper at a high yield of 2.977%, below last month's 2.997%, and tailing the When Issued 2.971% by 0.6 bps.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Science Wins - Trump Administration Proposes Transgender Policy Based On Biology
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Nancy Pearcey
The Trump administration has proposed the idea of recognizing "sex" as "biological sex" for purposes of Title IX, according to a draft memo leaked to the New York Times.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold's Official Price is $42, and maybe that's a Good Thing
10-24-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by JP Koning
People often whisper conspiratorially about the age-old U.S. practice of fixing the gold price at $42.22. "They're just trying to keep gold down," is a complaint I've heard more than a few times. But in this post I'll show that the monetary authoriti
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News Link • Books
Lincoln As He Really Was
10-24-2018
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https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org By Michael Pott
A review of Lincoln: As He Really Was by Charles T. Pace (Shotwell Publishing, 2018).
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News Link • General Opinion
It Is Like A Western Movie: A Showdown Is In The Making
10-24-2018
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https://www.paulcraigroberts.org by Paul Craig Rob
It has taken the US military/security complex 31 years to get rid of President Reagan's last nuclear disarmament achievement--the INF Treaty that President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev achieved in 1987.
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News Link • United Kingdom
The British #MeToo scandal which cannot be revealed
10-24-2018
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk, Claire Newell
A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.
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News Link • China
Inside China's internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks
10-24-2018
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https://www.afp.com
On state television, the vocational education centre in China's far west looked like a modern school where happy students studied Mandarin, brushed up their job skills, and pursued hobbies such as sports and folk dance.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Pets vs Pet bots vs Smart Speakers
10-24-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang
Sony has tried to merge pet dogs with smart speakers in the $2899 new version of the Aibo robot dog. Here we will compare pet dogs and cats vs pet bots vs smart speakers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Cannabis improves Crohn's disease symptoms without reducing gut inflammation
10-24-2018
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https://newatlas.com by Rich Haridy
The unexplained beneficial effects of cannabis for Crohn's disease sufferers just got stranger with researchers from Israel finding cannabis oil significantly improves patient symptoms yet, unexpectedly, has little effect on reducing gut inflammation
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News Link • DIY-Do it yourself
Dive Into The World Of Raspberry Pi With This DIY Tech Kit
10-24-2018
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https://newatlas.com
Who doesn't want to learn while having fun? Raspberry Pi lets you explore the world of computer programming with ease. The CrowPi Raspberry Pi Accessory Kit lets you take the fun anywhere and everywhere for $220. If you're in need of a Raspberry Pi B
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Hyundai to trial assistive exoskeletons in North American factories
10-24-2018
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https://newatlas.com by Ben Coxworth
Assembling cars can be a physically-demanding task, which is why Ford recently began equipping its factory workers with assistive exoskeletons. Hyundai is now getting in on the act, with plans to start testing two such devices in its North American f
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
How to mass produce cell-sized robots
10-24-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
A team of engineers at MIT have developed a novel method to mass-produce tiny robots, no bigger than a cell, quickly, easily and accurately with little to no external stimulus.
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
'Just the Beginning': Top Neocon Insider Claims Responsibility for Facebook Purge, Says More
10-24-2018
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Free Thought Project
A top neocon insider appeared to claim credit for the recent Facebook purge of alternative media and warned that there is more to come.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Sinema's Taliban Comment in Context
10-24-2018
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Fact Check
McSally has kept up that line of attack, saying on "Fox News Sunday" that Sinema's comment was "totally out of step with American values, when she clearly says in this radio interview she has no problem with an American going to join the Tali
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