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Date Sent: 2018-01-01
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, January 1, 2018 |
The Architect of Tomorrow (well,... one of them at least :)
Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow -- Ron Paul Issues Dire Warning: U.S. 'On the Verge of 1989's Soviet System Collapse' -- Will Gold Shine When The QE Bubble Bursts? -- Google Hiring 10,000 Certified Morons to Further Throttle Free Speech -- California Supreme Court Set For Ruling That Could Cut Pensions For Public Workers -- What "Off The Grid" Indicators Reveal About The True State Of The US Economy -- California Supreme Court Set For Ruling That Could Cut Pensions For Public Workers -- Russiagate Is Devolving Into An Effort To Stigmatize Dissent -- Attorney who sued DNC for fraud admits Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were both witnesses... -- Bike Taxi Bans in India Are Bad for Everyone -- How to Prepare a Spacecraft to Fly Through the Sun's Atmosphere -- Sanctions on Russia Are Worse than Useless -- DNA vaccine promises permanent, universal protection against the flu -- 2017: The Year of Technocracy (Confirmed!) -- Attorney who sued DNC for fraud admits Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were both witnesses in his case -- Former FDIC Chair Argues against Banning Bitcoin -- Stare into the Lights, My Pretties -- Doug Casey On The Coming Financial Crisis: "It's A Gigantic Accident Waiting To Happen -- Trump's Tumultuous First 12 Months As President (In One Stunning Chart) -- The War on Whites Is Setting the Stage for the Overthrow of the Government -- Swat team Lego. Cashless monopoly. Barbie's new credit card. If I didn't know better... -- Likudnik Ziofascists Vote Unanimously to Annex the West Bank -- Will This Insanity Continue in 2018? -- The Year In Trump... "Well, He Made It" -- China Tests Hypersonic Weapon, Rendering US THAAD Powerless -- Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev ... -- Dealing With North Korea -- As Cell Service Expands, National Parks Become Digital Battlegrounds -- Australian Banks Reportedly Freeze Accounts Of Bitcoin Users -- Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them --
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow
01-01-2018
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https://www.rollingstone.com, By Neil Strauss
Inside the inventor's world-changing plans to inhabit outer space, revolutionize high-speed transportation, reinvent cars â€" and hopefully find love along the way
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Issues Dire Warning: U.S. 'On the Verge of 1989's Soviet System Collapse'
01-01-2018
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http://www.dcclothesline.com/2017/12/31/ron-paul-i
Washington, D.C. - Never one to shy away from controversy, but often accurate assessments of fact, Ron Paul--who rose to prominence with presidential runs in both 2008 and 2012, running on an anti-war, pro-civil liberties message--made a monument
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Will Gold Shine When The QE Bubble Bursts?
01-01-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
Governments and Central Bankers have been scheming for centuries to get away from gold as money. Gold limits big government, and they want no limits to their warfare and welfare financing. Ultimately though, they're going reach into their hat to find
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News Link • Internet
Google Hiring 10,000 Certified Morons to Further Throttle Free Speech
01-01-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
Ok everybody, grit your teeth, this is going to be very, very painful. Google is escalating its campaign of internet censorship, announcing that it will expand its workforce of human censors to over 10,000, the internet giant announced on December 4
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News Link • California
California Supreme Court Set For Ruling That Could Cut Pensions For Public Workers
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
For decades now public pensions have been guided by one universal rule which stipulates that current public employees can not be 'financially injured' by having their future benefits reduced.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
What "Off The Grid" Indicators Reveal About The True State Of The US Economy
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, By Nicholas Colas
It's that time of quarter again; today we review our "Off the Grid" economic indicators. And they all look pretty good in terms of launching the American economy into 2018. Pickup truck sales and used car prices remain robust, and there's som
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News Link • California
California Supreme Court Set For Ruling That Could Cut Pensions For Public Workers
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
For decades now public pensions have been guided by one universal rule which stipulates that current public employees can not be 'financially injured' by having their future benefits reduced.
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News Link • Trump Administration
Russiagate Is Devolving Into An Effort To Stigmatize Dissent
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by James Carden
An amicus brief to a lawsuit filed against Roger Stone and the Trump campaign raises troubling questions over the right to political speech.
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Attorney who sued DNC for fraud admits Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were both witnesses...
01-01-2018
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http://www.dcclothesline.com, by Shepard Ambellas
Attorney who sued DNC for fraud admits Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were both witnesses in his case
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News Link • India
Bike Taxi Bans in India Are Bad for Everyone
01-01-2018
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https://fee.org, by Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I took a Rapido to work today, and now I want the government to legalize bike taxis.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
How to Prepare a Spacecraft to Fly Through the Sun's Atmosphere
01-01-2018
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https://motherboard.vice.com
The Parker Solar Probe will fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history, so it better be able to handle the heat.
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News Link • Russia
Sanctions on Russia Are Worse than Useless
01-01-2018
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https://fee.org, by Konstantin Zhukov
If sanctions fail to fulfill their main goal and create perverse consequences, why are they still in place?
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
DNA vaccine promises permanent, universal protection against the flu
01-01-2018
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https://newatlas.com
A universal, one-dose flu vaccine has long been a holy grail for medical researchers. With the World Health Organization estimating over half a million people die every year from influenza, and the social and economic costs being almost impossible to
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
2017: The Year of Technocracy (Confirmed!)
01-01-2018
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https://www.corbettreport.com
As you no doubt remember, dear reader, I kicked off 2017 with my customary look at the year ahead. This year's prediction? "2017: The Year of Technocracy." As I observed lo those many months ago:
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News Link • Politics
Attorney who sued DNC for fraud admits Seth Rich and Shawn Lucas were both witnesses in his case
01-01-2018
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http://www.dcclothesline.com
If Seth Rich or Shawn Lucas would have testified against the DNC before their deaths the entire organization would have crumbled upon itself
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News Link • Bitcoin
Former FDIC Chair Argues against Banning Bitcoin
01-01-2018
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https://www.ccn.com/former-fdic-chair-argues-banni
Sheila Bair, former director of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), recently argued that bitcoin shouldn't be banned because of its "lack of intrinsic value." Instead, the government should ensure a well-informed market, free
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Stare into the Lights, My Pretties
01-01-2018
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http://truthstreammedia.com
We live in a world of screens.
More of us would know this, if we look up, and look around. The screens are everywhere, pervasive: fingers that are glued to the screen which are glued to the eyes which are glued to the screen.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Doug Casey On The Coming Financial Crisis: "It's A Gigantic Accident Waiting To Happen
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, CaseyResearch.com
Justin's note: Earlier this year, Fed Chair Janet Yellen explained how she doesn't think we'll have another financial crisis "in our lifetimes." It's a crazy idea. After all, it feels like the U.S. is long overdue for a major crisis. Belo
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump's Tumultuous First 12 Months As President (In One Stunning Chart)
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The Google News Lab looked at the search trends for some of the biggest news events of Trump's presidency from Jan. 20 through Dec. 20.
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News Link • Racism
The War on Whites Is Setting the Stage for the Overthrow of the Government
01-01-2018
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http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Manson has died but his ideas of a racial civil war are very much alive thanks to George Soros. George Soros has resurrected Manson's "Helter skelter" and is promoting a racial civil war in order to overthrow America. Although Manson is now dea
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News Link • Corbett Report
Swat team Lego. Cashless monopoly. Barbie's new credit card. If I didn't know better...
01-01-2018
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https://www.corbettreport.com
Swat team Lego. Cashless monopoly. Barbie's new credit card. If I didn't know better, I'd say that the social engineers figured out long ago that the best time to condition the public is when they're young and impressionable. But nahhhhh, tha
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
Will This Insanity Continue in 2018?
01-01-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
Will the liberal lunatics continue to spread their insane ideologies in 2017!? Here's the top 10 Triggered Liberals Lunatics of 2017.
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News Link • Trump Administration
The Year In Trump... "Well, He Made It"
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by James Howard Kunstle
There he is, our president, both immovable object and irresistible force, unsmiling with slitty eyes beneath that car-hood of a hair-doo, lumbering from one presidential prerogative to the next through squalls of opprobrium, perplexing leaders from f
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News Link • China
China Tests Hypersonic Weapon, Rendering US THAAD Powerless
01-01-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The art of (future) war is rapidly evolving with Beijing spearheading the push into the first modern operational hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV).
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News Link • NATO
Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev ...
01-01-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
that NATO Would Not Move "One Inch Closer" to Russia...The U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union at the time it broke up and many other experts have said that the West promised Gorbachev that - if the USSR allowed German re-unification - NATO
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News Link • Korea/North Korea
Dealing With North Korea
01-01-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
If I were President of the United States, or, more realistically, if Ron or Rand Paul were, and they appointed me Secretary of Defense, or Secretary of State, this is how I would deal with Kim Jong-un and the North Korean situation.
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News Link • National Monuments/National Parks
As Cell Service Expands, National Parks Become Digital Battlegrounds
01-01-2018
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https://www.google.com
Mount Rainier and other national parks are weighing plans to expand cellular coverage in once remote areas. First responders support the plans, as do some park officials, who argue that better cell coverage will help attract a new generation of visit
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
Australian Banks Reportedly Freeze Accounts Of Bitcoin Users
01-01-2018
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https://www.prisonplanet.com
Adding to the pressures on bitcoin early this morning, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that bitcoin users across Australia are reporting that their accounts have been abruptly frozen by the country's "Big Four" banks.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them
01-01-2018
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https://www.wired.com
Push notifications are ruining my life. Yours too, I bet. Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense. Here's just part of an afternoon on my phone:
"Hi David! We found new Crown jewels
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News Link • Bitcoin
6 Places You Can Spend Your Bitcoin Fortune
01-01-2018
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http://www.thedailybell.com
How many times have you heard that Bitcoin isn't a real currency because you can't spend it anywhere?
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News Link • Nevada
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy VINDICATED after federal judge declares mistrial ...
01-01-2018
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https://www.naturalnews.com
in case involving widespread federal corruption...(Natural News) Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has long claimed he was wronged by the Obama administration's overly aggressive prosecution of him and his family in 2014 over his refusal to pay bogus gra
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News Link • Energy
Beer as a renewable fuel: Vehicles could run on it 2022, without having to be altered
01-01-2018
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https://www.naturalnews.com
(Natural News) Beer could soon replace diesel and gasoline as a promising source of sustainable motor fuel by 2022, thanks to chemists who developed a method for converting the alcoholic beverage into a new type of fuel without the need to alter the
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Study finds American medical system unprepared for a nuclear attack
01-01-2018
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https://www.naturalnews.com
(Natural News) There is no doubt that the United States has dedicated, well-trained first responders who bravely risk their own lives when disaster strikes. We have only to view images of the tragic events of 9/11 to realize how brave these men and w
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News Link • Legalities/Legal Rights
Who gets the dog in a divorce and other state laws going into effect in 2018
01-01-2018
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http://www.cnn.com
CNN)Goodbye, 2017. Get ready for hundreds of new state laws that go into effect on the first day of 2018. Here's a look at some of them:
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Sex robots could be hacked to murder people
01-01-2018
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https://www.indy100.com
If you've been keeping up with technology news this year you'll be aware that people are a bit concerned about artificial intelligence.
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News Link • Religon: Pope News
Pope on 2018: forget life's useless baggage, work for peace
01-01-2018
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https://apnews.com
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's "useless baggage" in 2018, including what he called "empty chatter" and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particul
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News Link • World News
Military & Political Trends Of 2017 That Will Shape 2018
12-31-2017
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https://www.zerohedge.com, Southfront.org
2017 presented the world with a number of crises, among which were the continued wars in the Middle Ease and the spread of terrorism, the humanitarian crises in Africa and Asia, the rising military tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear pr
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News Link • 3D Printing
Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing to Print Metal Parts
12-31-2017
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https://www.youtube.com, engineeringdotcom
The Metal X Industrial 3D Printer from Markforged creates parts with stainless steel.
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News Link • Trump Administration
How the Trump era is changing the federal bureaucracy
01-01-2018
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washingtonpost.com By Lisa Rein
Nearly a year into his takeover of Washington, President Trump has made a significant down payment on his campaign pledge to shrink the federal bureaucracy, a shift long sought by conservatives that could eventually bring the workforce down to levels
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News Link • China
Resistance: Chinese Citizens Shun Snitching Apps On Neighbors
01-01-2018
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technocracy.news By Jeremy Page
Resistance against surveillance is rising among Chinese citizens, including avoidance of apps designed to snitch on their neighbors. China is a Technocracy with very autocratic control over citizens, so we will be watching to see if the trend to resi
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News Link • Iran
Iran cuts social media access as unrest turns deadly
01-01-2018
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yahoo.com by Ali Noorani and Eric Randolph
Tehran (AFP) - Iran cut access to social media on Sunday in a bid to head off further protests after days of unrest that saw two people killed and dozens arrested.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Desktop Metal Production System is about to take 3D printing into the mainstream
12-31-2017
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https://www.youtube.com, gizmag
100 times faster and 20 times cheaper than laser-based 3D metal printers, this system could revolutionize manufacturing by making the cost and speed of 3D metal printing competitive with traditional processes like casting, machining and forging.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Desktop Metal's 3D printer makes metal manufacturing less messy
12-31-2017
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https://www.youtube.com, TechCrunch
Metal fabrication with traditional processes like injection molding, can be noisy, create welding fumes and exhaust, and require the use of lots of chemicals by workers. Desktop Metal's new additive manufacturing method uses FDM techniques that are s
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