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Date Sent: 2020-02-25
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, February 26, 2020 |
Subprime Credit Card Delinquencies Spike, Surpass Financial-Crisis Peak
Red Gold: China's Stealth Plan To Use Precious Metals For World Domination -- U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy -- CDC Admits Spread of Coronavirus in the US Appears Inevitable -- As Media Amplifies Unrest in Venezuela and Beyond, Millions Are Quietly Revolting in Colombia -- American Gun Ownership: The Positive Impacts Of Law-Abiding Citizens Owning Firearms -- GE Cut 78,000 Workers In 2019 Amid Stabilization Efforts To Thwart Bankruptcy -- Meet Naomi Seibt - The 19-Year-Old, Blond Antidote To Greta Thunberg -- Vaxxed II Will Begin Streaming on February 25th on Roku -- Namaste! 100,000 Indians Cram Into Stadium To Cheer Trump -- "We Can't Stop This": -- BALTIC DRY INDEX (BDI) 2020 -- 30 Year Treasury Rate:1.80% for Feb 25 2020 -- The War on Drugs Meets the War on Immigrants -- TSA Searches and Interventionism -- How Barack Obama's Good 'Intentions' Destroyed Libya -- Is Libertarianism a Mental Illness? -- US Home Prices Accelerate At Fastest Pace In 11 Months -- The Supremacy of Minorities in America: Is Racism Racist? -- Interview 1516 - Ron Paul on Ending The Fed -- Chinese scientists claim they have developed an oral vaccine to beat coronavirus using baker's y -- As China Grinds To A Halt, Firms Can No Longer Afford To Pay Workers -- The Vaxxed II Streaming Event You've Been Waiting For is Here! -- George Zimmerman Files $265-Million Lawsuit Against Elizabeth Warren & Pete Buttigieg -- A Parent's Perspective on Virginia's Bill to Mandate All Vaccines on the CDC Schedule -- Rotary Rocket Had Wheels on Landing Legs As SpaceX Plans for Starship -- FBI, NYPD Raid Fashion Exec Peter Nygard's Headquarters -- -- Mice with diabetes "functionally cured" using new stem cell therapy -- Rush Limbaugh claims the deadly coronavirus is being 'weaponized' by China -- -- How To Know If America Is Your Enemy --
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Subprime Credit Card Delinquencies Spike To Record High, Surpass Financial-Crisis Peak
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Wolf Richter
The rate of credit card balances that are 30 days or more delinquent at the 4,500 or so commercial banks that are smaller than the top 100 banks spiked to 7.05% in the fourth quarter, the highest delinquency rate in the data going back to the 1980s (
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy
02-25-2020
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https://www.fff.org, by James Bovard
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
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News Link • Pandemic
CDC Admits Spread of Coronavirus in the US Appears Inevitable
02-25-2020
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https://moneymaven.io, by Mish
The CDC admits they expect the US will get hit. The WHO is late to the game with another warning.
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News Link • Colombia
As Media Amplifies Unrest in Venezuela and Beyond, Millions Are Quietly Revolting in Colombia
02-25-2020
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By Alan Macleod and Whitney Webb
Despite protests of historic proportions fueled by anger over corruption and a brutal right-wing crackdown, the unrest in Colombia has garnered remarkably little international media attention compared to Venezuela.
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News Link • Gun Rights
American Gun Ownership: The Positive Impacts Of Law-Abiding Citizens Owning Firearms
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Molly Carter
It's no secret that mainstream press coverage of gun ownership in the United States tends to be in favor of gun control ?" especially when those reporting on the topic are not firearm owners themselves.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
GE Cut 78,000 Workers In 2019 Amid Stabilization Efforts To Thwart Bankruptcy
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
While it's too early to write an obituary post for GE, certainly this iconic American company and once darling on Wall Street has stumbled towards the brink of failure.
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News Link • Activism
Meet Naomi Seibt - The 19-Year-Old, Blond Antidote To Greta Thunberg
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
In what is a somewhat shocking lead article, the Washington Post has written a feature on Naomi Seibt, a German climate skeptic and YouTuber that WaPo describes as "...19-year-old German who, like Greta, is blond, eloquent and European."
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Vaxxed II Will Begin Streaming on February 25th on Roku
02-25-2020
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Childrens Health Defense
Vaxxed II: The People's Truth will be streaming beginning today, February 25th, on AMC's Roku Channel on Peeps TV and also on www.vaxxed2.com.
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News Link • India
Namaste! 100,000 Indians Cram Into Stadium To Cheer Trump
02-25-2020
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https://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
President Trump may be even more popular in India than he is at home
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News Link • Pandemic
"We Can't Stop This":
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Japan Rolls Out New 'Harm Reduction' Policy Aimed At Limiting Virus-Related Deaths
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News Link • Treasury
30 Year Treasury Rate:1.80% for Feb 25 2020
02-25-2020
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https://ycharts.com
The 30 Year Treasury Rate is the yield received for investing in a US government issued treasury security that has a maturity of 30 years.
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News Link • Immigration
The War on Drugs Meets the War on Immigrants
02-25-2020
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https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
Both conservatives and leftists (also known as "liberals") have long lamented the flow of immigrants illegally entering the United States from Mexico or seeking refugee status within the United States.
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News Link • Interventionism
TSA Searches and Interventionism
02-25-2020
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https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
Every time you go to the airport and are forced to undergo the TSA screening process, including the possibility of pat-down searches, keep in mind that this is for one reason alone:
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News Link • Libya
How Barack Obama's Good 'Intentions' Destroyed Libya
02-25-2020
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https://nationalinterest.org, by Ted Galen Carpent
The observation that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions is especially true with respect to foreign military interventions. It is well past time for the architects of such debacles to accept responsibility for their awful handiwork.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Is Libertarianism a Mental Illness?
02-25-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Laurence M. Vance
Although I had not written anything about the government's war on drugs since December (see here), earlier this month I received a brief note in my inbox with the subject line of: "Like libertinism (aka liberalism), libertarianism is bordering on
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News Link • Housing
US Home Prices Accelerate At Fastest Pace In 11 Months
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
US home price growth accelerated for the 5th straight month in December (the latest Case-Shiller data), rising at 2.85% YoY - the fastest pace in almost a year...
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News Link • Corbett Report
Interview 1516 - Ron Paul on Ending The Fed
02-25-2020
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James Corbett - The Corbett Report
James Corbett sits down with Ron Paul to discuss the coming end of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Paul reflects on the End The Fed movement, explains the inevitability of the Fed's demise, and talks about what system may come along to take its place.
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News Link • Pandemic
Chinese scientists claim they have developed an oral vaccine to beat coronavirus using baker's y
02-25-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk by Tracy You
The news was announced by Professor Huang Jinhai from Tianjin University
He has reportedly taken four doses of the drug without having side effects
But the expert said the product was still 'far from' being sold on the market
It would take at lea
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News Link • China
As China Grinds To A Halt, Firms Can No Longer Afford To Pay Workers
02-25-2020
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arclein
While Beijing has been scrambling to give the impression that its economy is back up and running (miraculously without any electricity or pollution), China's lack of workers - most of whom are holed up in their houses until the pandemic passes - has
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
The Vaxxed II Streaming Event You've Been Waiting For is Here!
02-25-2020
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https://mailchi.mp/childrenshealthdefense.org
Vaxxed II: The People's Truth will be streaming beginning tomorrow, February 25th, on AMC's Roku Channel on Peeps TV and also on www.vaxxed2.com.
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
George Zimmerman Files $265-Million Lawsuit Against Elizabeth Warren & Pete Buttigieg
02-25-2020
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https://needtoknow.news, Defense Maven
George Zimmerman was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. New evidence has been documented by Joel Gilbert in his film, The Trayvon Hoax, showing that false testimony was given by an impostor witness. In December 2019,
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
A Parent's Perspective on Virginia's Bill to Mandate All Vaccines on the CDC Schedule
02-25-2020
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Childrens Health Defense
If the Senate passes the bill, Virginia will automatically turn future CDC-recommended vaccines into statewide mandates without legislative review. Virginia would literally be making its children first-in-line to try new CDC-recommended vaccines.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Rotary Rocket Had Wheels on Landing Legs As SpaceX Plans for Starship
02-25-2020
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian Wang
The Rotary Rocket Company developed the Roton rocket in the late 1990s as a planned fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) crewed spacecraft. A full-scale test vehicle made three hover flights in 1999.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Mice with diabetes "functionally cured" using new stem cell therapy
02-25-2020
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https://newatlas.com, By Michael Irving
Diabetes is characterized by trouble producing or managing insulin, and one emerging treatment involves converting stem cells into beta cells that secrete the hormone.
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News Link • Pandemic
Rush Limbaugh claims the deadly coronavirus is being 'weaponized' by China --
02-25-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk by James Mills
-to tank the US economy and bring down Donald Trump 'but is no worse than the common cold'
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News Link • United States
How To Know If America Is Your Enemy
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Eric Zuesse
If your country is friendly toward Russia, China, or Iran, then today's American Government is probably applying subversion, economic sanctions, or maybe even planning a coup, or (if none of those will succeed) probably is war-gaming now for a poss
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Bloomberg Burning $5.6 Million Per Day On Campaign Advertising
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Two weeks ago we noted that Mike Bloomberg has been using his vast fortune to "fundamentally alter and manipulate US politics," showering everyone within arm's reach with enough money to buy a personality - and more staff than all of his Democratic o
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News Link • Agriculture
Arctic 'doomsday vault' stocks up on 60,000 more food seeds
02-25-2020
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Mark SABBATINI, with Pierre-Henry DESHAYES
A "doomsday vault" nestled deep in the Arctic received 60,000 new seed samples on Tuesday, including Prince Charles' cowslips and Cherokee sacred corn, increasing stocks of the world's agricultural bounty in case of global catastrophe.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Pentagon Preps Nuclear Moon Rocket
02-25-2020
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https://www.thedailybeast.com, David Axe
The U.S. government is working on an atomic rocket to send satellites into the vast space between Earth and the moon--before Beijing gets there with its own spacecraft.
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News Link • Italy
Coronavirus Quarantine BROKEN In Italy, Markets RAIDED n Panic, Italy SHOCKED By Speed Of Virus
02-25-2020
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https://www.youtube.com, Timcast
Coronavirus Quarantine BROKEN In Italy, Markets RAIDED n Panic, Italy SHOCKED By Speed Of Virus
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bernie Sanders Pivots, Signs on to Repealing Lawsuit Protection for Gunmakers
02-25-2020
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https://www.breitbart.com, AWR HAWKINS
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacted to criticism from other candidates by making clear he is now on board with repealing the law that protects gunmakers from lawsuits during Monday's CNN town hall.
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News Link • Economic Theory
Mises and the "New Economics"
02-25-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Jeff Deist
[This article is excerpted from a talk delivered on February 22, 2020 at the Austrian Student Scholars Conference, hosted by Grove City College in Pennsylvania.]
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News Link • Wikileaks
Did WikiLeaks Put Lives at Risk?
02-25-2020
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https://original.antiwar.com, by Daniel Lazare
Julian Assange's extradition trial in London got off with a bang yesterday when James Lewis, the lawyer representing the Trump administration, told the court that Washington "is aware of sources, whose unredacted names and other identifying informa
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News Link • Climate Change
Naomi Seibt vs. Greta Thunberg: Whom Should We Trust?
02-25-2020
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https://www.youtube.com, The Heartland Institute
Greta Thunberg took the world by storm with her doomsday climate predictions. Naomi Seibt, a rising star, advocates for proper scientific discourse over climate change.
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News Link • Pandemic
Live updates: Spread of coronavirus in U.S. appears inevitable, health officials warn;
02-25-2020
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https://www.washingtonpost.com
Live updates: Spread of coronavirus in U.S. appears inevitable, health officials warn; U.S. financial markets drop sharply
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Julian Assange was 'handcuffed 11 times and stripped naked'
02-25-2020
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https://www.theguardian.com, Ben Quinn
WikiLeaks founder's lawyers complain of interference after first day of extradition hearing
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Did ISS Live-Feed Accidentally Capture "Top Secret" Hypersonic Vehicle Test?
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Scott C. Waring, the founder of UFO Sightings Daily, claims he has come across a strange video recorded from the International Space Station's (ISS) NASA Space Cam that shows the moment an unidentified flying object rockets into orbit.
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News Link • Malaysia
Turmoil In Malaysia After Prime Minister Mahathir's Shock Resignation
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
It's being described as a shock resignation by the world's oldest elected leader.
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Humanoid Observed Ascending Into UFO at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
02-25-2020
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arclein
I spoke with the gentleman who submitted the report via phone and he explained that he worked the night shift and during downtime, he would walk outside to take a smoke break. It was during one of these smoke breaks as he was talking on his phone th
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News Link • Conspiracies
Trump SHOCKS China/Big Pharma Conspiracy With His Handling of The CoronaVirus Scam…
02-25-2020
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Bolen Report - Tim Bolen
California's Senator Richard Pan Is Probably Already In Diarrhea Mode…
Trump Has No Intention Of Making Vaccines Mandatory…
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Sanders Supporters Get "#EatTheRich" Trending On Twitter In Epic Bloomberg Troll
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
It's official: A gang of terminally online Bernie Sanders supporters has succeeded in making the hashtag "#EatTheRich" the most popular political hashtag in the US as part of a campaign to mock Michael Bloomberg's decision to 'buy the presidency' by
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News Link • Climate Change
German teenage climate change denier, 19, known as the 'anti-Greta'-
02-25-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk by James Gordon
-will speak at Republican CPAC convention this week to promote 'climate realism'
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News Link • China
CoVid-19 coronavirus found to contain unique "gain-of-function" property "for efficie
02-25-2020
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arclein
It reveals that the CoVid-19 coronavirus contains unique features that allow it to function as a more efficient weapon system for human-to-human transmission, which helps explain why the virus has been impossible to contain (even under "quarantine
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Bernie's magic numbers:
02-25-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk By ARIEL ZILBER
Socialist Sanders dramatically produces his 'detailed' $40 TRILLION spending plans that will be funded by lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, slashing military spending and taxing Wall Street
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News Link • China
Easily Overlooked Issues Regarding COVID-19
02-25-2020
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arclein
[3] Given Issues [1] and [2], about the only way to avoid spreading COVID-19 seems to be geographic isolation.
With all of today's travel, geographic isolation doesn't work very well in practice. People need food and medical supplies. They nee
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News Link • Trump Administration
Melania dazzles in a $3,000 pink Carolina Herrera gown...
02-25-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Charlie Lankston
Melania Trump put on an incredibly elegant display as she arrived at a state dinner in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, stealing the spotlight in a $2,990 demure pink Carolina Herrera gown.
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Jellyfish-like parasite that lives inside North Pacific salmon-
02-25-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk by Ryan Morrison
-is the 'first ever animal that can survive without oxygen' - and it sheds light on how alien life could exist on other planets
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News Link • Pandemic
The Fall Of Wuhan (Lessons For America)
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Ben Hunt
Two weeks ago I wrote about the corrupt political response of China to COVID-19.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Starship Will Have Wheels and Get Towed to Launch Pad
02-25-2020
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian Wang
The SpaceX Starship and likely the Super Heavy Booster will have wheels so that they can be towed to the launch pad. Having wheels built into the vehicles will make them easier to move to launch pads and from where they land.
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Some Questions That Should Be Asked At Tonight's Democratic Presidential Debate
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Fred Eckert
Very often - not always, but usually - news media moderators of presidential debates aggressively go at Republicans but are prone to lob softball questions at Democrats.
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News Link • China
China Will Surpass France in Nuclear Power Generation This Year
02-25-2020
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian Wang
China's nuclear electricity generation rose by 18.1% last year, to 348 TWh, which is up from 286 TWh in 2018 based on China's National Energy Administration data.
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News Link • Climate Change
UNESCO: Climate Denial To Be Criminalized And Prosecuted
02-25-2020
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https://www.technocracy.news, By Catriona McKinnon
The Technocrat tango is shifting into high gear to force the world to dump Capitalism and Free Enterprise and adopt Sustainable Development in its place. Global warming deniers would face penalties comparable to war crimes.
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News Link • Transportation
Audi Suspends Electric Vehicle Production Due To Battery Shortage
02-25-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Today in "news that affects all electric vehicle manufacturers but definitely not Tesla stock", Audi has announced that it has suspended production of its e-Tron electric SUV effective February 20 and won't resume until some point early this week.
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News Link • Canada
Canada: Foul Play Suspected as Third Train Derails in a Month After Far-Left Call for Sabotage
02-25-2020
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https://needtoknow.news, Breitbart
CN, Canada's largest rail company, is investigating whether foul play is involved in three incidents where trains were derailed in February. The trains derailed after Northshore Counter-Info, a far-left extremist website, called on fellow extremist
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Attorney Marc J. Victor on Lori Vallow's Extradition
02-25-2020
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https://www.youtube.com, Attorneys For Freedom
Attorney Marc J. Victor talks to Fox 10 News about Lori Vallow's Extradition from Hawaii to Idaho.
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