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Date Sent: 2016-08-05
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, August 5, 2016 |
Opinion: Move the corrupt, politicized, commercialized Olympics back to Greece
US created 255,000 jobs in July vs. 180,000 jobs expected -- A 'Rigged' US Election Is Highly Unlikely, Experts Say -- Russian Troop Buildup Along Ukraine Border Raises War Fears -- Obama: National Security Briefings for Trump, Clinton Required by Law -- The Government Transparency Punch-Line -- Penn Jillette Is Against Clinton and Trump--and Dying While His Kids Are Young -- Your Guide to Brazil's Crazy Pre-Olympics Political Chaos -- Nike Didn't Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals -- The New York Times v. Trump -- NIH greenlights human-animal hybrid research -- US Women's Basketball Squad Aims for Sixth Straight Gold Medal -- Cold War Waste Could Reappear Due to Global Warming -- Gunmen Kill 12 at Busy India Marketplace -- Even if Friday's jobs report is great, don't get too excited -- Obama Just Signed A GMO Labeling Law: Here's What You're Not Being Told -- Brits Are Hoarding Cash Post-Brexit At Fastest Rate Since 2009 -- Two-Party-System Implodes -- Iran Is Cheating On The Nuclear Deal, Now What? -- Wearing 'Don't Tread on Me' insignia could be punishable racial harassment -- Can 3D Printing Save The Rhino? -- Become The Ultimate Forager: Try These 8 Wild Edible Plants -- Fabricated Homeland Security Report on ISIS -- What Happens When You Mix Apple Cider Vinegar In Water? -- Obama Claims Success in Combating the Scourge of ISIS America Created and Supports -- Clint Eastwood Unleashed: "We're Really A Pussy Generation…" -- BOMBSHELL: MIND-CONTROL ENGINEERS DRUGGING CHILDREN... -- NATIONAL GUARD, DEA & STATE POLICE JUST RAIDED... -- EVERYTHING IS RIGGED... -- Roborace reveals what's under the skin of its enigmatic self-driving race car --
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News Link • Brazil Olympics-2016
Opinion: Move the corrupt, politicized, commercialized Olympics back to Greece
08-05-2016
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http://www.marketwatch.com
Odd as it may sound, Olympic competition once included art, and medalists included musicians, painters, and poets. One was Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the 1912 Stockholm Games' gold medalist in poetry and -- by sheer coincidence, surely -- also th
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
US created 255,000 jobs in July vs. 180,000 jobs expected
08-05-2016
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http://www.cnbc.com
Job creation crushed estimates in July as the economy added 255,000 positions, according to the Labor Department.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Russia
Russian Troop Buildup Along Ukraine Border Raises War Fears
08-05-2016
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http://www.voanews.com
MOSCOW--Russia's steady buildup of military forces along its border with Ukraine is raising concerns that Moscow, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and then began backing separatists in eastern Ukraine militarily -- including with Russian troops -- may
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Reported by:
Gina Kynast
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: National Security Briefings for Trump, Clinton Required by Law
08-05-2016
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http://www.voanews.com
President Barack Obama said Thursday that his administration was required by law to give national security briefings, including classified information that is not disclosed to the public, to major presidential nominees.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Politics
Penn Jillette Is Against Clinton and Trump--and Dying While His Kids Are Young
08-05-2016
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http://www.thedailybeast.com
The Vegas icon used to eat slabs of cheese slathered in peanut butter. Then he made 100 pounds disappear. But he's bummed he can't do that with presidential candidates.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Brazil Olympics-2016
Your Guide to Brazil's Crazy Pre-Olympics Political Chaos
08-05-2016
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http://www.wired.com
Thousands of protesters marching in the streets. Political party leaders investigated by their own governments. Endless finger-pointing over corporate corruption in politics. Demands to lock up politicians.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Nike Didn't Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals
08-05-2016
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http://www.wired.com
When you're an elite runner, something as small as ill-fitting sunglasses can distract you from the task at hand--covering leg-deadening distances as fast as humanly possible.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
NIH greenlights human-animal hybrid research
08-05-2016
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http://www.redorbit.com
The US ban on research involving chimeras - human-animal hybrids developed by adding stem cells from a person into the embryo of a different species could soon be at least partially lifted, according to a proposal released Thursday by the Natio
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
US Women's Basketball Squad Aims for Sixth Straight Gold Medal
08-05-2016
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http://www.voanews.com
HOUSTON--
Amid concerns about health, security and logistical problems at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the U.S. basketball players are staying afloat -- literally.
Both the men's and women's teams are living aboard a cruise ship during the ga
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Climate Change
Cold War Waste Could Reappear Due to Global Warming
08-05-2016
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http://www.voanews.com
Melting ice on the Greenland ice sheet could eventually expose an abandoned U.S. military base that contains hazardous waste, scientists warn.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • India
Gunmen Kill 12 at Busy India Marketplace
08-05-2016
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http://www.voanews.com
Officials in India say gunmen have opened fire on a busy marketplace in the restive northeastern state of Assam, killing at least 12 people.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Even if Friday's jobs report is great, don't get too excited
08-05-2016
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http://www.cnbc.com
Economists expect the jobs report on Friday to show that 180,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in July, according to Thomson Reuters. That's a distinct improvement from the shocking 11,000 jobs added in May but well off from the average rate fo
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Just Signed A GMO Labeling Law: Here's What You're Not Being Told
08-05-2016
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Carey Wedler
Last week, President Barack Obama signed legislation requiring manufacturers of genetically modified (GM) food to provide labeling on their products. But there's just one problem -- err, a couple problems . . . actually a lot of problems. There ar
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News Link • Economy - International
Brits Are Hoarding Cash Post-Brexit At Fastest Rate Since 2009
08-05-2016
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Is this the reason why Mark Carney went Full "shock-and-awe"-tard this morning? Households may have started to hoard their cash, with new figures showing that the amount of money being kept outside Britain's banking system is now rising at the fastes
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News Link • Iran
Iran Is Cheating On The Nuclear Deal, Now What?
08-05-2016
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by Majid Rafizadeh
One year into the nuclear deal, two credible and timely intelligence reports reveal that Iran has no intention of honoring the terms of the deal, which, anyway, it never signed.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Wearing 'Don't Tread on Me' insignia could be punishable racial harassment
08-05-2016
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By Eugene Volokh
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, among its other functions, decides "hostile work environment" harassment claims brought against federal agencies.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Can 3D Printing Save The Rhino?
08-05-2016
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By Erin Wildermuth
Dealing in rhino horn is a tantalizingly lucrative business. One kilogram (35 ounces) of a complete horn can bring in $60,000 on the illegal market. Another report found the horn of an Asian Rhino â€" which is typically smaller in size â€" can sell f
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News Link • Food
Become The Ultimate Forager: Try These 8 Wild Edible Plants
08-05-2016
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com, By Krista Hill
If you're an avid survival enthusiast, you're probably no stranger to the great outdoors. Perhaps you have mastered the art of boiling your own water, or can properly tie your pack up in a tree, so that bears are not tempted by your all-natural p
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
What Happens When You Mix Apple Cider Vinegar In Water?
08-05-2016
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com, By Liivi Hess
I've fallen in love. And, strange as it might sound, the object of my desire is none other than a bottle of fermented apples. And I wouldn't be the only one out there to fall head over heels for this strange, smelly liquid.
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News Link • Political correctness
Clint Eastwood Unleashed: "We're Really A Pussy Generation…"
08-04-2016
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
Clint Eastwood Unleashed: "We're Really A Pussy Generation… Fucking Get Over It… Sad Time In History"
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News Link • Police State
NATIONAL GUARD, DEA & STATE POLICE JUST RAIDED...
08-04-2016
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http://www.thedailysheeple.com, by Matt Agorist
NATIONAL GUARD, DEA & STATE POLICE JUST RAIDED AN RAID 81-YO CANCER PATIENT'S ORGANIC GARDEN TO "PROTECT" YOU
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News Link • Corruption
EVERYTHING IS RIGGED...
08-04-2016
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thedailysheeple.com, By Health Ranger Mike Adams
After witnessing how Reuters just blatantly cooked the presidential election polls this week to favor Clinton and how the mainstream media is so terrifyingly biased in favor of Clinton that the very foundation of democracy is now in crisis, it's ti
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Roborace reveals what's under the skin of its enigmatic self-driving race car
08-04-2016
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http://newatlas.com, Scott Collie
A look at what's lurking beneath the Roborace car's bodywork
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Robert Lee
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