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Date Sent: 2016-02-28
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid
Pentagon Research Could Make 'Brain Modem' a Reality -- Hillary vs. The Donald -- Hundreds of Thousands of Al-Sadr Supporters Protest Corruption in Baghdad -- The GOP Debate Gets Ugly, so Lew and Tom Have Fun -- Every man in Iranian village 'executed on drugs charges' -- Cleveland Clinic Performs First Uterus Transplant In The U.S. -- Snowden: US Presidential Campaign Between Trump and Goldman Sachs -- Inside Scalia's Very, Very Weird Secret Hunting Society -- Medical tyranny comes to Colorado... -- Official Census: Population In Japan Declines For First Time Since The 1920s -- Reader Asks "Why are Zero Interest Rates Bad? What Should the Interest Rate Be?" -- Solar Cells So Thin They Could Blow Away -- Tony Blair accused of conspiracy over mass immigration -- Bling is so last decade. Now everyone wants their own bourgeois bunker -- The Next President Has An Opportunity To Implement A Carbon Tax on Energy -- Natural plant pigment makes for diabetic-friendly bread -- Putting bubbles on hold to unlock secrets of boiling -- Thou Shalt Not End a Relationship by Text -- Deepening default fears cast shadow over Venezuela's oil flows -- Saudi police: 6 wanted in murder of anti-terrorism officer -- Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions -- VOLCANO WATCH: Mauna Loa, Earth's Largest Active Volcano, is Still Stirring -- The Illusion of Ceasefire in Syria -- BBC Reinvented History of War in Syria -- Colo. State Rep Who Survived Columbine Introduces Bill to Arm Teachers -- 70% of Internet traffic encrypted in 2016 -- New 1-Terabit internet satellites will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas -- Here's why SpaceX canceled its launch twice -- and when the next attempt will be -- Reality Check: McAfee Claims FBI Wants To End All Encryption, Not Just Hack One iPhone --
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid
02-28-2016
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http://www.politico.com, By Scott Bland
A group of Republicans is moving quickly to research ballot-access requirements for independent candidates in case Trump wraps up the GOP nomination next month.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Hillary vs. The Donald
02-28-2016
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lewrockwell.com, By Patrick J. Buchanan
In a Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump race -- which, the Beltway keening aside, seems the probable outcome of the primaries -- what are the odds the GOP can take the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Hundreds of Thousands of Al-Sadr Supporters Protest Corruption in Baghdad
02-28-2016
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http://www.aina.org, By Callum Paton
Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims, supporters of the influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, have taken to the streets of Baghdad to protest corruption in the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The GOP Debate Gets Ugly, so Lew and Tom Have Fun
02-28-2016
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lewrockwell.com, By Thomas E. Woods Jr.
The Houston GOP debate on February 25, 2016, was the most contentious one yet, with attacks and crosstalk galore.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Every man in Iranian village 'executed on drugs charges'
02-28-2016
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http://www.independent.co.uk,
Human rights groups condemned the executions and the support given to the men's families
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Cleveland Clinic Performs First Uterus Transplant In The U.S.
02-28-2016
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http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey Kratochwill
In one year, the patient can try to conceive
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Secret Societies
Inside Scalia's Very, Very Weird Secret Hunting Society
02-28-2016
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http://www.vocativ.com, By Jack Moore
This exclusive club has everything: obscure rules, mysterious members, and weapons
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Medical tyranny comes to Colorado...
02-28-2016
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by Mike Adams
On the heels of California's gross violation of human rights, medical ethics and parental choice with SB 277 (the vaccine mandate), Colorado is looking to bring the medical police state to the Rocky Mountains.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Census
Official Census: Population In Japan Declines For First Time Since The 1920s
02-28-2016
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https://www.technocracy.news, Richard Smart
Japan's population has fallen by nearly one million, according to new statistics - the first decline since official census records began in the 1920s.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Reader Asks "Why are Zero Interest Rates Bad? What Should the Interest Rate Be?"
02-28-2016
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http://mishtalk.com, mishgea
Reader Henrique from Brazil asks "Can you please explain in simple layman terms why zero or negative interest rates are bad? What should the interest rate be?"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Solar Cells So Thin They Could Blow Away
02-28-2016
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http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey Kratochwill
Get ready for solar bubbles
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Tony Blair accused of conspiracy over mass immigration
02-28-2016
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Robert Mendick
Tom Bower's new biography of Tony Blair claims the former prime minister paved the way for mass immigration to the UK but ordered civil servants and ministers never to discuss the issue
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
Bling is so last decade. Now everyone wants their own bourgeois bunker
02-28-2016
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http://www.independent.co.uk, Rosie Millard
Farrow & Ball paint? Check. Playroom? Check. Home office? Yep
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
The Next President Has An Opportunity To Implement A Carbon Tax on Energy
02-28-2016
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https://www.technocracy.news
TN Note: Carbon tax is a precursor to energy currency, and it is a program loved by conservatives as much as liberals. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have made public statements against carbon tax and cap and trade.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Natural plant pigment makes for diabetic-friendly bread
02-28-2016
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http://www.gizmag.com, Antonio Pasolini
Good for news for people with diabetes, and it's edible, too.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Putting bubbles on hold to unlock secrets of boiling
02-28-2016
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http://www.gizmag.com, Eric Mack
It can obviously be proven false if you're willing to wait around long enough, but researchers have added some truth to the old adage that a watched pot never boils.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Communications
Thou Shalt Not End a Relationship by Text
02-28-2016
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Sarah Griffiths
Psychologist reveals the 17 golden rules of 'digital etiquette'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Deepening default fears cast shadow over Venezuela's oil flows
02-28-2016
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http://news.yahoo.com, By Marianna Parraga
As Venezuela grows closer to exhausting nearly every means of paying its debt, some oil market participants are seriously pondering the possible implications of an unprecedented event: the default of a major crude producing company.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Saudi police: 6 wanted in murder of anti-terrorism officer
02-28-2016
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http://hosted.ap.org,
Saudi Arabia's police say a member of the kingdom's anti-terrorism force has been murdered and that six of his relatives are wanted in connection with his death.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions
02-28-2016
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http://www.nytimes.com, By JOHN KOBLIN
In an unusually public flare-up, one of MSNBC's television personalities clashed with the network on Friday in a dispute about airtime and editorial freedom and said she was refusing to host the show that bears her name this weekend.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
VOLCANO WATCH: Mauna Loa, Earth's Largest Active Volcano, is Still Stirring
02-28-2016
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http://bigislandnow.com,
Despite not being in the headlines, Mauna Loa continues to be in a state of unrest based on seismic and deformation monitoring data.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Colo. State Rep Who Survived Columbine Introduces Bill to Arm Teachers
02-27-2016
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Ben Swann - Truth In Media
Colo. State Rep. Patrick Neville (R-Castle Rock), who survived the deadly 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School, has introduced a bill that would allow teachers in the state with concealed weapons permits to carry guns in school.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Communications
70% of Internet traffic encrypted in 2016
02-27-2016
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http://advanced-television.com
Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has released a Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight on the state of Internet traffic encryption in 2016.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Internet
New 1-Terabit internet satellites will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas
02-27-2016
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http://www.theverge.com
ViaSat's next satellite carries triple the network capacity
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Here's why SpaceX canceled its launch twice -- and when the next attempt will be
02-27-2016
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Business Insider
After postponing its second launch of the year twice in the last week, SpaceX announced that it is ready to try again on Sunday, Feb. 28 at 6:46 p.m. ET.
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Donna Hancock
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