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Date Sent: 2017-11-10
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Saturday, November 11, 2017 |
Nuclear 'accident' sends radioactive pollution over Europe
Nuclear 'accident' sends radioactive pollution over Europe -- The first Arctic blast of the 2017-18 winter season has entered the U.S. -- Political Accounting Makes Paternalism a Mirage -- Saudi Arabia and Iran Battle for Power in the Middle East -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: November 12, 2017 Edition -- When AI rules, one rogue programmer could end the human race -- Cost of U.S. War on Jihadists: $5.6 Trillion, 7,000 Deaths, 52,500 Injuries -- SUPERHUMANS: Chips inserted in brains will give us MIND-BLOWING abilities within years -- Rand Paul's injuries remain shrouded in mystery as alleged attacker pleads not guilty -- Vault 8: WikiLeaks Begins Publishing Source Code for CIA Hacking Tools -- Doctor who refuses to use computers loses medical license -- FEE's Campus Ambassador Program Is Changing the World -- 300,000-year-old skulls that look shockingly like ours could rewrite the human origin story -- Are The Rich Panicking? -- The USA PATRIOT Act: What You Need to Know -- Gov. Jerry Brown To Vatican Faithful: "We Need A Total, I Might Say 'Brain Washing'&quo -- In Speech on Islam, Trump Strikes a More Moderate Tone -- Superhuman: Brain Implanted Chips To Be Ready Within 15 Years -- First US Public Self-Driving Shuttle Launches In Las Vegas, In Accident Shortly Thereafter... -- Human brains and bodies could be hacked to create life in hostile environments... -- Technology & Choice #23, People and Projects at the Texas Bitcoin Conference (part 1) -- Founding President Of Facebook Warns It Is "Exploiting Human Psychology" -- First openly transgender state lawmaker elected in Virginia -- Opioid Myths -- Coconut Oil Kills - Ultra Spiritual Life episode 66 -- After admitting to new crime, ex-Secret Service agent sentenced to 2 years -- The Republican establishment is a total disgrace for blocking cannabis medicine for wounded veterans -- NY voters shoot down constitutional convention proposal -- Russian Police arrests Libertarians during Adam Smith forum -- RUSSIA WANTS TO BAN FACEBOOK UNLESS IT STORES DATA ON COUNTRY'S SERVERS --
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News Link • Russia
Nuclear 'accident' sends radioactive pollution over Europe
11-10-2017
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, Henry Samuel
A cloud of radioactive pollution spread over Europe after a possible "accident" at a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan, French nuclear safety officials confirmed on Friday.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
The first Arctic blast of the 2017-18 winter season has entered the U.S.
11-10-2017
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http://mashable.com, By Andrew Freedman
Among New Yorkers, there's a dark hypothesis about fall weather in the city, which is that there's only one "perfect" fall day with crisp sunshine and cool temperatures.
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News Link • Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia and Iran Battle for Power in the Middle East
11-10-2017
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https://www.nbcnews.com, by Vivian Salama
Saudi Arabia's order for its citizens to evacuate Lebanon is the latest ominous signal in an escalating confrontation between the Middle East's chief regional rivals, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: November 12, 2017 Edition
11-10-2017
John Semmens
Republicans Call for Moore to End Senate Run
The Washington Post's publication of allegations that Judge Roy Moore, the GOP candidate for Alabama's open senate seat, made improper sexual advances toward teen-age women in 1979 sparked calls for him
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
When AI rules, one rogue programmer could end the human race
11-10-2017
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http://bgr.com, Mike Wehner
The idea of small groups of humans having control over some of the most powerful weapons ever to be built is scary, but it's the reality we live in.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Cost of U.S. War on Jihadists: $5.6 Trillion, 7,000 Deaths, 52,500 Injuries
11-10-2017
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http://www.breitbart.com, by EDWIN MORA
The United States is expected to spend nearly $6 trillion through 2018 on government-wide costs related to the wars waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria since 2001, reveals a study by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Publi
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
SUPERHUMANS: Chips inserted in brains will give us MIND-BLOWING abilities within years
11-10-2017
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http://www.express.co.uk, By Sean Martin
SUPER HUMANS could exist in just 15 years thanks to a computer chip inserted into the brain to unlock the mankind's full potential.
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Rand Paul's injuries remain shrouded in mystery as alleged attacker pleads not guilty
11-10-2017
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washingtonpost.com, By Brandon Gee and Ed O'Ke
A man who allegedly attacked Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in his yard last week and broke at least six of his ribs pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge Thursday.
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News Link • Wikileaks
Vault 8: WikiLeaks Begins Publishing Source Code for CIA Hacking Tools
11-10-2017
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https://www.infowars.com, Mikael Thalen
"Hive provides a covert communications platform for a whole range of CIA malware…"
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Doctor who refuses to use computers loses medical license
11-10-2017
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http://www.fox5ny.com, By: MICHAEL CASEY
Holding manila folders filled with pages of her handwritten reports, Dr. Anna Konopka insisted her system for keeping track of her patients' medical conditions and various prescriptions works fine.
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
FEE's Campus Ambassador Program Is Changing the World
11-10-2017
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FEE - by Tricia Beck-Peter
FEE launched our Campus Ambassador Program in January 2017. Today, we have 108 Campus Ambassadors in 11 countries representing FEE in their communities. FEE Campus Ambassadors earn points for distributing FEE materials and hosting events to empower a
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News Link • Anthropology
300,000-year-old skulls that look shockingly like ours could rewrite the human origin story
11-10-2017
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http://www.independent.co.uk, Erin Brodwin
Precisely when and where did our species emerge? Anthropologists have struggled with that question for decades, and scattered clues had suggested the answer lay somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa about 200,000 years ago.
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News Link • Economy - International
Are The Rich Panicking?
11-10-2017
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
European elites are hoarding cash, the Japanese are stuffing safes full of high-denomination bills, the saudis are scrambling, and judging from the following chart, the richest Americans are getting increasingly concerned about the safety of their we
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News Link • Government
The USA PATRIOT Act: What You Need to Know
11-10-2017
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https://www.cloudwards.net, By Fergus O'Sulliv
Here at Cloudwards.net we're big fans of privacy and even bigger fans of people protecting it. We've done an article on 99 free privacy tools and we've reported on the U.S. Congress allowing American ISPs to spy on their customers. In this arti
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News Link • Climate Change
Gov. Jerry Brown To Vatican Faithful: "We Need A Total, I Might Say 'Brain Washing'&quo
11-10-2017
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www.technocracy.news, By: Christopher Cadelago
Gov. Jerry Brown is panicked and incensed over Global Warming, demanding a forced global transformation. He states, "We need to wash our brains out and see a very different kind of world." When Brown attended Jesuit seminary in his youth, they ta
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News Link • Trump Administration
In Speech on Islam, Trump Strikes a More Moderate Tone
11-10-2017
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http://time.com, By Jared Malsin
President Donald Trump delivered a plea for Muslims around the world to rid their communities of the "evil" of terrorism, in a landmark address in Saudi Arabia on Sunday that marked a stark departure from past, confrontational rhetoric about the
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Superhuman: Brain Implanted Chips To Be Ready Within 15 Years
11-10-2017
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https://www.technocracy.news, By: Sean Martin
Read carefully: Obama's 2012 "Map the Human Brain" initiative is producing control freaks who want to achieve read/write access to the human brain. This includes reading, deleting, creating and altering memories. It would be the ultimate mind c
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News Link • Transportation
First US Public Self-Driving Shuttle Launches In Las Vegas, In Accident Shortly Thereafter...
11-10-2017
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https://insideevs.com, by Mark Kane
First US Public Self-Driving Shuttle Launches In Las Vegas, In Accident Shortly Thereafter ??" Video
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News Link • Bitcoin
Technology & Choice #23, People and Projects at the Texas Bitcoin Conference (part 1)
11-10-2017
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Let's Talk Bitcoin
I had some great talks with folks at the Texas Bitcoin Conference in late October (by John Ferguson)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Founding President Of Facebook Warns It Is "Exploiting Human Psychology"
11-10-2017
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https://www.technocracy.news, By: Mike Allen
Sean Parker has regrets that the original team "understood this consciously, and we did it anyway"; Facebook produces a continuous low-dose regimen of dopamine leading to addiction. Even though Parker and a few other early players are recanting t
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News Link • Government
First openly transgender state lawmaker elected in Virginia
11-10-2017
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http://edition.cnn.com, By Sophie Tatum
Virginia voters elected the state's first openly transgender candidate to the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Coconut Oil Kills - Ultra Spiritual Life episode 66
11-10-2017
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https://www.youtube.com, AwakenWithJP
Coconut Oil Kills - Ultra Spiritual Life episode 66
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News Link • Crime
After admitting to new crime, ex-Secret Service agent sentenced to 2 years
11-10-2017
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https://arstechnica.com, CYRUS FARIVAR
Judge tells Shaun Bridges that his actions are "among the worst of crimes."
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
The Republican establishment is a total disgrace for blocking cannabis medicine for wounded veterans
11-10-2017
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https://www.naturalnews.com, by: Mike Adams
he Republican establishment recently blocked veterans' access to medical marijuana, making sure our veterans remain addicted to dangerous, deadly opioids.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
NY voters shoot down constitutional convention proposal
11-10-2017
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By Carl Campanile and Kirstan Conley
New York State voters were soundly rejecting a ballot proposal Tuesday night to hold a constitutional convention following a multi-million dollar campaign by public employee unions against it.
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News Link • Russia
Russian Police arrests Libertarians during Adam Smith forum
11-10-2017
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https://ftn.media, by Vera Kichanova
Once again: in 2017, in the centre of Moscow, police arrest the participants of an academic conference!
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News Link • Russia
RUSSIA WANTS TO BAN FACEBOOK UNLESS IT STORES DATA ON COUNTRY'S SERVERS
11-10-2017
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http://www.newsweek.com, BY JESSICA KWONG
Russia is checking whether Facebook is in compliance with its law requiring websites to store citizens' data on servers within the country--otherwise, it will ban the social network.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Rand Paul's neighbors rip media 'landscaping dispute' reports
11-10-2017
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com,by Paul Bedard
The Bowling Green, Ky., neighbor who allegedly attacked Sen. Rand Paul last weekend, causing six broken ribs, was aggressively anti-Trump and anti-GOP in his social media, calling for the impeachment of the president and urging special counsel Robert
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News Link • Trump Administration
Bannon: McConnell should 'tender his resignation'
11-10-2017
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http://thehill.com, BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon on Wednesday said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should immediately resign from his leadership position and make the move effective after Congress completes its push for tax reform.
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News Link • Surveillance
PROMETHER
THE END OF SURVEILLANCE
11-10-2017
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https://promether.com
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
~ Thomas Paine
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News Link • Pensions
It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill To Be Introduced This Week
11-10-2017
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zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Over the past year we have provided extensive coverage of what will likely be the biggest, most politically charged, and most significant financial crisis facing the aging U.S. population:
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News Link • France
France: A Decomposing Civilization
11-10-2017
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https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org, by Giulio Meot
France is about to commemorate the victims of the terror attacks of November 13, 2015. What has been achieved in the two years since the attacks?
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News Link • Yemen
How the War in Yemen Explains the Future of Saudi Arabia
11-10-2017
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https://www.theatlantic.com, SIMON HENDERSON
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is determined to confront Iran in the tiny, war-ravaged country.
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News Link • Trump Administration
President-Elect Trump: End U.S. Support for Saudi Arabia's Barbaric War against Yemen
11-10-2017
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com, By Doug Bandow
The latest ceasefire in Yemen is unlikely to prevent Saudi Arabia from resuming its brutal assault on its impoverished neighbor.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Donald Trump blames Iran after Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile fired at capital...
11-10-2017
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http://www.independent.co, Samuel Osborne
Donald Trump blames Iran after Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile fired at capital by Yemen rebels
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News Link • Saudi Arabia
Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border
11-10-2017
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https://www.timesofisrael.com, By AGENCIES
Prince Mansour bin Moqren died when aircraft went down, with several other officials on board; cause of crash as yet unknown
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News Link • Yemen
Houthis offer Saudi princes political asylum in Yemen
11-10-2017
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http://www.aljazeera.com, by Faisal Edroos
Houthi rebels say they are willing to offer Saudi princes political asylum in Yemen, days after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman carried out the biggest anti-corruption purge in the kingdom's modern history.
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News Link • Iran
Iran's actions may be 'act of war,' Saudi crown prince says
11-10-2017
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http://edition.cnn.com, By Sarah El Sirgany
Supplying rebels in Yemen with missiles was a "direct military aggression by the Iranian regime," Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said Tuesday.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Michael Lewis Reveals His New "Big Short"
11-10-2017
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zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
When the award-winning author of "The Big Short," "The Blind Side" and "Moneyball," stopped by Yahoo Finance yesterday to discuss his latest book, "The Undoing Project," he was predictably asked for his next "Big Short" idea.
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