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Date Sent: 2018-02-16
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, February 16, 2018 |
SpaceX set to launch first prototype Starlink satellites for global internet
SENATE BILL 626 - TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE -- SpaceX Falcon Heavy costs between $90 and 150 million and Delta IV Heavy around $350-400 million -- The Beginning Of The Quantum Revolution? -- Mr. President, it's time to do something about guns -- WATCH: Know-it-all liberal has NOTHING to say after this… -- SpaceX is about to launch two of its space internet satellites -- the first of nearly 12,000 -- Bank of America Has Filed More Cryptocurrency Patents Than Any Other Company -- Japan's GMO to Launch BTC, BCH Cloud Mining Service in August -- Elon Musk and SpaceX are 'adding energy to the space market,' Boeing CEO says -- Medical establishment BAFFLED over why so many healthy, vaccinated people keep dying from the flu -- "Nano-factories" produce anti-cancer drugs from inside tumors -- No Bond Vigilantes: Just Record Short Futures Speculators -- How the Berlin Wall Spurred My Biggest Blunder -- Gun manufacturer Remington to file for bankruptcy -- Seattle to vacate and dismiss old marijuana charges following California's lead -- 1988 National Journal Profile: A Free-Lance Crab Apple Shaking the Federal Tree -- Bitcoin Tests $10k As Mysterious Crypto-Trader Dip-Buys $400 Million -- Another School Shooting Tragedy...Where Was The FBI? -- Do Financial Markets Still Exist? -- A School Shooting: Pull Out the Old Scripts -- Public School Control Now! -- Microbots Are Finally Here, And They Will Be Injected Into Your Body -- Porn star is "going to tell her story" about alleged Trump affair -- They All Agree with Him! ???? -- Oklahoma Homeowner 'Fired to Protect Myself,' Ended Home Invasion -- When Former Spies Turn into TV 'Experts' -- Spotlight on cancer-fighting foods: What to eat to beat different kinds of cancer -- Pentagon looks to counter rivals' hypersonic missiles -- BIG BROTHER Iran may be spying on Brits using 'weaponised' phone apps... --
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News Link • Internet
SpaceX set to launch first prototype Starlink satellites for global internet
02-16-2018
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https://www.geekwire.com, BY ALAN BOYLE
The first test satellites for SpaceX's global internet constellation are being prepped for launch as early as this week -- three years after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the project in Seattle.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Falcon Heavy costs between $90 and 150 million and Delta IV Heavy around $350-400 million
02-16-2018
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nextbigfuture.com by brian wang
In a tweet, Elon Musk indicated that a fully expendable Falcon Heavy, which far exceeds the performance of a Delta IV Heavy, costs $150 million, compared to over $400M for Delta IV Heavy.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Beginning Of The Quantum Revolution?
02-16-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
In this video, Jason Bermas talks about the latest developments involving quantum computing and how the first silicon based quantum computer has now been announced opening the floodgates on this very new and innovative technology.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Trump Administration
Mr. President, it's time to do something about guns
02-16-2018
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https://nypost.com
President Trump plainly feels the nation's grief and anger over young Nikolas Cruz's shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS. The question is: Will he seize the chance to do something about mass shootings?
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
WATCH: Know-it-all liberal has NOTHING to say after this…
02-16-2018
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https://thehornnews.com
The liberal media has spent days fawning over the brutal North Korean regime.
Dozens of liberal newspapers and cable news outlets -- from CNN to The Washington Post to MSNBC to PBS -- went out of their way to compliment and praise North Korea's
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
Bank of America Has Filed More Cryptocurrency Patents Than Any Other Company
02-16-2018
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https://news.bitcoin.com
Think of cryptocurrency developers and names like Satoshi Nakamoto, Gavin Andresen, and Nick Szabo spring to mind. Individuals who place principles ahead of profit and are more aligned with open source principles than filing patents and closely guard
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Japan
Japan's GMO to Launch BTC, BCH Cloud Mining Service in August
02-16-2018
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https://news.bitcoin.com
Japanese technology conglomerate GMO Internet is about to launch a new cloud offering for mining BTC and BCH. If you have at least $5 million that you want to invest in such a venture, and don't want the hassle of opening your own mining farm, appl
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Elon Musk and SpaceX are 'adding energy to the space market,' Boeing CEO says
02-16-2018
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/elon-musk-and-spac
Boeing is undeterred by all the buzz around SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk, which launched its Falcon Heavy rocket into history last week.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Medical establishment BAFFLED over why so many healthy, vaccinated people keep dying from the flu
02-16-2018
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https://www.naturalnews.com
(Natural News) Most mainstream media outlets have been running articles in recent weeks about the severity of this year's flu season. In fact, USA Today recently reported that the number of people being admitted to hospital for the flu this year ri
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
"Nano-factories" produce anti-cancer drugs from inside tumors
02-16-2018
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https://newatlas.com
Like the horse of Troy, scientists at the Technion have developed a way to sneak synthetic cells right into tumor tissue, where they then begin producing cancer-fighting proteins from the inside. The technique was tested in both cell cultures and in
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Stock Market
No Bond Vigilantes: Just Record Short Futures Speculators
02-16-2018
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themaven.net by Mike Mish Shedlock
A reader asked me about "Bond Vigilantes". There aren't any, but there is a record number of speculators.
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Robert Lee
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Feature Article • European Union
How the Berlin Wall Spurred My Biggest Blunder
Jim Bovard
As of this week, the Berlin Wall has been shattered for longer than it stood as a lethal divide in the center of Europe. I crossed checkpoints at the Berlin Wall a half dozen times in the 1980s when I was writing articles for the New York Times, Read
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Gun manufacturer Remington to file for bankruptcy
02-16-2018
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http://www.statesman.com, Theresa Seiger
The Remington Outdoor Company, one of America's largest firearm and ammunition manufacturers, plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after reaching a deal Monday with its creditors, according to multiple reports.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Drug War
Seattle to vacate and dismiss old marijuana charges following California's lead
02-16-2018
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https://www.rawstory.com, GOOD NEWS NETWORK
The mayor of Seattle has just announced that city officials are starting work on legislation that would vacate or dismiss charges for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
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News Link • American History
1988 National Journal Profile: A Free-Lance Crab Apple Shaking the Federal Tree
02-16-2018
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http://jimbovard.com, by Jim
I was rummaging through old files tonight and stumbled across this profile from 30 years ago. Charles Clark did a kindly write-up which I much appreciated. The World Bank hated me back then so National Journal photographer Richard Bloom and I trompe
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Tests $10k As Mysterious Crypto-Trader Dip-Buys $400 Million
02-16-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com
Cryptocurrency prices are surging again this morning with Bitcoin testing $10,000 for the first time in over two weeks.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Another School Shooting Tragedy...Where Was The FBI?
02-16-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
Ron Paul shares his thoughts on the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Stock Market
Do Financial Markets Still Exist?
02-16-2018
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paulcraigroberts.org by Paul Craig Roberts
For many decades the Federal Reserve has rigged the bond market by its purchases.
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Gun Rights
A School Shooting: Pull Out the Old Scripts
02-16-2018
Menckens Ghost
Strangely, not one of them questioned why a school would have 4,000 students or wondered how a school of that size could ever be anything but a big bureaucracy that follows the rules but misses important nuances, variables, signs, and clues.
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News Link • General Opinion
Public School Control Now!
02-16-2018
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Gary North - Public School Control
The murder of 17 innocent high school students in Parkland, Florida reminds us that public schools are dangerous. Too dangerous for children.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Microbots Are Finally Here, And They Will Be Injected Into Your Body
02-16-2018
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https://www.technocracy.news/index.php/2018/02/15/
Earlier this week, the robotics company Boston Dynamics released a clip of their BigDog model--a four-legged, gas-powered, mobile machine--dexterously opening a door for its buddy. In light of the recent Black Mirror episode "Metalhead," which
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News Link • Trump Administration
Porn star is "going to tell her story" about alleged Trump affair
02-16-2018
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https://thehornnews.com
Stormy Daniels, the porn star whom President Donald Trump's attorney acknowledges paying $130,000 just before Election Day, believes she is now free to discuss an alleged sexual encounter with the president.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Trump Administration
They All Agree with Him! ????
02-16-2018
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Mark Dice Video - Immigration and the Wall
It's just too funny. They all agreed with it before they knew it was his plan.
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News Link • Oklahoma
Oklahoma Homeowner 'Fired to Protect Myself,' Ended Home Invasion
02-16-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
An armed homeowner was the victor following a shootout that ensued with two suspects during an attempted home invasion last week in Ada, Oklahoma.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
When Former Spies Turn into TV 'Experts'
02-16-2018
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Phil Giraldi Article on Spies as Media Analysts
Once upon a time in the United States there was a general perception that organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were both apolitical and high-minded, existing only to calmly and profess
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News Link • Food
Spotlight on cancer-fighting foods: What to eat to beat different kinds of cancer
02-16-2018
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https://www.naturalnews.com
(Natural News) Dr. Michael Greger remarked in a Daily Mail article that the consumption of wholefood vegetarian diets can reduce the risks of various forms of cancer.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Pentagon looks to counter rivals' hypersonic missiles
02-16-2018
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https://www.yahoo.com
Washington (AFP) - Even as the Pentagon hustles to ensure that its defenses keep pace with North Korea's fast-growing rocket program, US officials increasingly are turning attention to a new generation of missile threat.
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News Link • Iran
BIG BROTHER Iran may be spying on Brits using 'weaponised' phone apps...
02-16-2018
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https://www.thesun.co.uk
downloaded from Apple and Google's app stores, report claims...An explosive new report claims the spyware-enabled messaging apps, used by the evil regime, are being used by Iranian expats in the West to communicate with their relatives in the trou
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News Link • United Kingdom
Tax Amazon, Facebook and Apple more for UK universal pay - study
02-16-2018
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https://www.theguardian.com
New levy could deliver basic income of £10,000 for all to cut risk of job losses to robots
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Media: Internet
EXCLUSIVE: Mass Layoffs At IJR, Leaving Future Uncertain
02-16-2018
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http://dailycaller.com
The Independent Journal Review (IJR) terminated a number of its employees on Thursday, leaving an unclear future for the millennial-focused conservative website that has recently faced a declining audience and internal strife, several employees told
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Climate Change
Climate Politics, Commissions Of Inquiry, And Conspiracy Theories
02-16-2018
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technocracy.news By Tim Ball
Everyone is calling for another Commission of Inquiry (CI) or Special Prosecutor to investigate FBI and DOJ involvement in the election of Donald Trump.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Newsbud Exclusive â€" 'UN Mediators':
02-16-2018
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newsbud.com by Chris Melidis
The Overt Operatives of US-NATO Global Hegemony.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Max Keiser / Mish Video Right Before Volatility Hit
02-16-2018
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themaven.net by Mike Mish Shedlock
I was on the air with Max Keiser on Friday, February 2. The video is just out now as Stacy and Max were in Mexico.
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