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Date Sent: 2014-12-19
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, December 19, 2014
 
Neighboring states challenge Colorado pot laws in top U.S. court

For Punitive Populists, "Comply or Die" IS The "Law" -- American troops battle ISIS for first time as attacked by militants on Iraqi base -- Longstanding US Cuba Policy: Regime Change -- 12 million home and business routers vulnerable to critical hijacking hack -- A Peace Officer Defies the "Blue Tribe": The Exile of Officer Cariol Horne -- The War on Drugs Was Born 100 Years Ago -- The Sound of Torture -- Jury convicts former NYC jail guard in death of inmate who swallowed soap -- Sheriff backs deputy who said cops need military hardware to fight right-wing extremists -- Michigan Closer To Collecting Internet Sales Tax After Senate Approval -- For Truly Better Relations with Cuba, Open the Door and Get Out of the Way! -- California Highway Patrol Describes Itself as "Paramilitary Organization" -- Tennessee City Outlaws First Amendment -- How Skype Used AI to Build Its Amazing New Language Translator -- The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy -- Amazon Launches One-Hour Delivery Service in NYC -- On the Brink of War and Economic Collapse -- Ferguson grand jury documents: Transcripts of evidence, testimony considered --  Curiosity finds active organic chemistry on Mars -- Smaller, faster, greener "high-rise" 3D chips are ready for Big Data -- Merry Christmas for short sellers: Mortgage debt forgiveness is back -- Senate Passes Tax Bill That Includes Key Mortgage Deductions -- Was Key Grand Jury Witness in Michael Brown Case a Racist, Mentally Ill, Lying Ex-Felon? -- "Witness 40": Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson -- Sony cancels release of Seth Rogen's 'The Interview' after threats from hackers -- Putin's Annual Marathon Press Conference Tour De Force -- Western Bankers Have Committed Two Acts of War Against Russia -- Launch of SpaceX 'SpX-5? slips to no-earlier-than Jan. 6 -- Are You Mad Yet? -- Glenn Beck Asks Facebook Who the Person of the Year Should Be, You'll Never Guess the Winner -- Torture in Israeli Prisons -- 12-18-14 -- Bernard von NotHaus (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Thaw in US/Cuban Relations?

AZ: Saturday, Magpoc Homestead Tour/Christmas Party, Dec 20; AZ Legislative Forecast Luncheon featuring Governor-elect Doug Ducey 01-09-15


 
Neighboring states challenge Colorado pot laws in top U.S. court News Link  â€¢  Drug War
 Neighboring states challenge Colorado pot laws in top U.S. court
12-19-2014  •  Reuters 
Nebraska and Oklahoma challenged neighboring Colorado's recreational marijuana laws in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday amid complaints its pot was seeping across their borders, and Colorado vowed to defend its laws.  Read Full Story
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For Punitive Populists, News Link  â€¢  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 For Punitive Populists, "Comply or Die" IS The "Law"
12-19-2014  •  by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog) 
"Our will is the law, and if you submit to it, we won't kill you.""That's the actual message behind the motto displayed on a line of t-shirts designed by South Bend, Indiana police officer Jason Barthel.   Read Full Story
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American troops battle ISIS for first time as attacked by militants on Iraqi base News Link  â€¢  WAR: About that War
American troops battle ISIS for first time as attacked by militants on Iraqi base
12-19-2014  •  Daily Mail 
A number of militants have been killed in Islamic State's very first battle with US ground troops after the extremists attempted to overrun an Iraqi military base. The militants attacked Ein al-Asad military base where more than 100 U.S. military sup  Read Full Story
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Longstanding US Cuba Policy: Regime Change Feature Article  â€¢  Cuba
 Longstanding US Cuba Policy: Regime Change
Stephen Lendman
   Cuba
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12 million home and business routers vulnerable to critical hijacking hack News Link  â€¢  Hacking, Cyber Security
 12 million home and business routers vulnerable to critical hijacking hack
12-19-2014  •  ars technica 
More than 12 million routers in homes and small offices are vulnerable to attacks that allow hackers anywhere in the world to monitor user traffic and take administrative control over the devices, researchers said.  Read Full Story
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A Peace Officer Defies the News Link  â€¢  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 A Peace Officer Defies the "Blue Tribe": The Exile of Officer Cariol Horne
12-19-2014  •  by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate) 
"My father was laying there blue, I ain't never seen him like that," Wesley Mack later testified in court. "A lady cop went up to him and said, `Chill, Greg, you're choking him,' and she pulled his arm and he jumped up and popped her."  Read Full Story
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The War on Drugs Was Born 100 Years Ago News Link  â€¢  Drug War
 The War on Drugs Was Born 100 Years Ago
12-19-2014  •  Mises Institute 
The War on Drugs is 100 years old today. It kills thousands of people, destroys untold number of lives, and wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year. Prevents us from using 3 of the most miraculous plants on the planet,  Read Full Story
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The Sound of Torture News Link  â€¢  Torture
 The Sound of Torture
12-19-2014  •  The Intercept 
Have you heard the screams of a prisoner being tortured in America's war on terror? I can't forget them. They pierced the walls of a detention center I visited in Samarra during an offensive by American and Iraqi forces in 2005.  Read Full Story
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Jury convicts former NYC jail guard in death of inmate who swallowed soap News Link  â€¢  Criminal Justice System
 Jury convicts former NYC jail guard in death of inmate who swallowed soap
12-19-2014  •  Reuters 
A former supervising guard at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex was found guilty on Wednesday of refusing to summon medical attention for a mentally ill inmate who died after swallowing corrosive detergent.  Read Full Story
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Sheriff backs deputy who said cops need military hardware to fight right-wing extremists News Link  â€¢  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 Sheriff backs deputy who said cops need military hardware to fight right-wing extremists
12-19-2014  •  Rawstory 
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich tried to grapple with the fallout after one of his deputies said military-grade equipment was necessary because of gun-hoarding "constitutionalists" who have made police work dangerous.  Read Full Story
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Michigan Closer To Collecting Internet Sales Tax After Senate Approval News Link  â€¢  TAXES: Internet
 Michigan Closer To Collecting Internet Sales Tax After Senate Approval
12-18-2014  •  http://detroit.cbslocal.com-David Eggert 
Amazon and other online retailers with ties to Michigan would have to collect its 6 percent sales tax on purchases under legislation approved Thursday by a divided Senate.  Read Full Story
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For Truly Better Relations with Cuba, Open the Door and Get Out of the Way! News Link  â€¢  Cuba
 For Truly Better Relations with Cuba, Open the Door and Get Out of the Way!
12-18-2014  •  http://www.prisonplanet.com-Ron Paul 
President Obama today took a bold and surprising step toward ending the futile 50 year US embargo of Cuba.  Read Full Story
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California Highway Patrol Describes Itself as "Paramilitary Organization" News Link  â€¢  Police State
 California Highway Patrol Describes Itself as "Paramilitary Organization"
12-18-2014  •  http://www.prisonplanet.com-Paul Joseph Watson 
Largest police agency in America embraces role as militarized unit.  Read Full Story
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Tennessee City Outlaws First Amendment News Link  â€¢  Constitution
 Tennessee City Outlaws First Amendment
12-18-2014  •  http://www.prisonplanet.com-Kurt Nimmo 
Limiting free exercise of speech "is just an industry standard nowadays".  Read Full Story
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US travel industry carefully eyeing Cuba tourism News Link  â€¢  Cuba
 US travel industry carefully eyeing Cuba tourism
12-18-2014  •  http://www.myfoxdc.com- 
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cuba was once a haven for sun-seeking American tourists. Beautiful beaches, lively casinos and late-night dancing made it the perfect getaway, only an hour's flight from Miami.  Read Full Story
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Rise of the car-sharing apps poses threat to auto sector News Link  â€¢  Technology: Software
 Rise of the car-sharing apps poses threat to auto sector
12-18-2014  •  http://news.yahoo.com-Atul Prakash and Sudip Kar 
The humble smartphone could throw a spanner in the works of the car sector's post-crisis turnaround, with the big manufacturers facing a long-term threat from apps that make it easier and cheaper to share or hire vehicles than to buy them.  Read Full Story
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This Neuroscientist Is Trying to Upload His Entire Brain to a Computer News Link  â€¢  Biology, Botany and Zoology
 This Neuroscientist Is Trying to Upload His Entire Brain to a Computer
12-18-2014  •  http://www.vice.com-Georgia Rose 
Humans, if you hadn't already noticed, have stopped evolving. As David Attenborough recently reminded us, our species is the first--by our free will--to remove itself from the process of natural selection, therefore stunting evolution.  Read Full Story
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Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the... News Link  â€¢  Biology, Botany and Zoology
 Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the...
12-18-2014  •  http://www.dailymail.co.uk-RICHARD GRAY 
Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the largest ever found.  Read Full Story
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LUNAR MISSION KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN MEETS ITS FUNDING TARGET News Link  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 LUNAR MISSION KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN MEETS ITS FUNDING TARGET
12-18-2014  •  http://www.popsci.com-Loren Grush 
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN â€" AND THEY WANT TO DRILL INTO THE MOON.  Read Full Story
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ANCESTRY.COM RECONSTRUCTS GENOMES OF 19TH-CENTURY COUPLES USING CUSTOMERS' DNA News Link  â€¢  Biology, Botany and Zoology
 ANCESTRY.COM RECONSTRUCTS GENOMES OF 19TH-CENTURY COUPLES USING CUSTOMERS' DNA
12-18-2014  •  http://www.popsci.com-Francie Diep 
WHEN YOU HAVE 26 CHILDREN, YOUR DNA WILL PROBABLY STILL BE WALKING AROUND 200 YEARS LATER.  Read Full Story
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MOON ROVER 'ANDY' TAKES HOME TWO XPRIZE MILESTONE AWARDS, TOTALING $750,000 News Link  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 MOON ROVER 'ANDY' TAKES HOME TWO XPRIZE MILESTONE AWARDS, TOTALING $750,000
12-18-2014  •  http://www.popsci.com-Sarah Fecht 
In the Google Lunar XPrize competition, three-dozen teams are racing to become the first private enterprises to land a rover on the moon.  Read Full Story
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How Skype Used AI to Build Its Amazing New Language Translator News Link  â€¢  Technology: Software
 How Skype Used AI to Build Its Amazing New Language Translator
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-ROBERT MCMILLAN  
Very soon now, a select group of Skype beta testers will have a new Microsoft technology that seems borrowed from the world of Star Trek.  Read Full Story
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The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy News Link  â€¢  World News
 The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-KIM ZETTER 
Today Sony canceled the premiere of "The Interview" and its entire Christmas-Day release of the movie because of fears that terrorists might attack theaters showing the film.  Read Full Story
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Amazon Launches One-Hour Delivery Service in NYC News Link  â€¢  Business/ Commerce
 Amazon Launches One-Hour Delivery Service in NYC
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-DAVEY ALBA 
Amazon is upping the ante in the world of instant delivery.  Read Full Story
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10 Amazing Historical Conflicts That Are Completely Forgotten News Link  â€¢  History
 10 Amazing Historical Conflicts That Are Completely Forgotten
12-18-2014  •  http://www.lewrockwell.com-George Rumtic 
While some wars and skirmishes stand out and are immortalized in television, art, and film, history is full of thousands of fascinating conflicts that most have never heard about. The following are just 10 of these.  Read Full Story
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Why Liking Hot Curries Really does Make you the Alpha Male News Link  â€¢  Biology, Botany and Zoology
 Why Liking Hot Curries Really does Make you the Alpha Male
12-18-2014  •  http://www.lewrockwell.com-Richard Gray 
Men who enjoy spicy food have higher testosterone levels.  Read Full Story
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On the Brink of War and Economic Collapse News Link  â€¢  Future Predictions
 On the Brink of War and Economic Collapse
12-18-2014  •  http://www.paulcraigroberts.org-Paul Craig Roberts 
On occasion a reader will ask if I can give readers some good news. The answer is: not unless I lie to you like "your" government and the mainstream media do.  Read Full Story
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Ferguson grand jury documents: Transcripts of evidence, testimony considered News Link  â€¢  Justice and Judges
 Ferguson grand jury documents: Transcripts of evidence, testimony considered
12-18-2014  •  http://www.nola.com 
The Missouri grand jury that voted against indicting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson considered thousands of pages of testimony and evidence. The documents have been publicly released and are available here to read.  Read Full Story
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The Odyssée desalinator: Using the power of the ocean to cleanse its own salty waters News Link  â€¢  Energy
 The Odyssée desalinator: Using the power of the ocean to cleanse its own salty waters
12-18-2014  •  http://www.gizmag.com-Nick Lavars 
Watching on as the waves crashed against the cliffs of South Corsica, France, mechanical engineer Dragan Tuti? knew some were already drawing on power from the ocean to generate electricity.  Read Full Story
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Quadriplegic successfully uses mind-controlled robotic arm News Link  â€¢  Science, Medicine and Technology
 Quadriplegic successfully uses mind-controlled robotic arm
12-18-2014  •  http://www.gizmag.com-Richard Moss 
In 2012, a quadriplegic woman managed to move a robotic arm, using only her thoughts, to a level of proficiency that allowed her to eat a chocolate bar using said arm. The University of Pittsburgh team behind the study didn't stop there, though.  Read Full Story
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Was Key Grand Jury Witness in Michael Brown Case a Racist, Mentally Ill, Lying Ex-Felon? News Link  â€¢  Police Brutality and Militarization
 Was Key Grand Jury Witness in Michael Brown Case a Racist, Mentally Ill, Lying Ex-Felon?
12-18-2014  •  http://www.democracynow.org 
s protests continue across the country over the police killing of Michael Brown, new questions are being raised about the grand jury that failed to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for shooting Brown.  Read Full Story
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Senate Passes Tax Bill That Includes Key Mortgage Deductions News Link  â€¢  Economy - Economics USA
 Senate Passes Tax Bill That Includes Key Mortgage Deductions
12-18-2014  •  http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com-BRIAN COLLINS 
The Senate approved a bill late Tuesday that would retroactively extend over 50 expiring tax provisions for one year, including one that shields distressed homeowners from paying taxes on any mortgage debt forgiven in a short sale.  Read Full Story
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Sony cancels release of Seth Rogen's 'The Interview' after threats from hackers News Link  â€¢  Entertainment: Movies
 Sony cancels release of Seth Rogen's 'The Interview' after threats from hackers
12-18-2014  •  http://www.rawstory.com-AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 
Sony Pictures on Wednesday canceled the December 25 release date of The Interview, a parody film which has angered North Korea and triggered chilling threats from hackers.  Read Full Story
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News Link  â€¢  Conspiracies
 "Witness 40": Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson
12-18-2014  •  http://www.thesmokinggun.com-William Bastone 
TSG unmasks witness who spun fabricated tale.  Read Full Story
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Launch of SpaceX 'SpX-5? slips to no-earlier-than Jan. 6 †News Link  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 Launch of SpaceX 'SpX-5? slips to no-earlier-than Jan. 6 â€" UPDATE
12-18-2014  •  Space Flight Insider 
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fl -- Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX ) fifth contracted mission under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS ) initiative â€" might take a little longer to be given the green light for launch. A report appearing on NASASpac  Read Full Story
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Congressional Hawks Vow to Block Normalization of Cuba Ties News Link  â€¢  Cuba
 Congressional Hawks Vow to Block Normalization of Cuba Ties
12-18-2014  •  http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz 
Polls Show Americans Support Normal Relations.  Read Full Story
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U.S. TV PROVIDES AMPLE PLATFORM FOR AMERICAN TORTURERS, BUT NONE TO THEIR... News Link  â€¢  Central Intelligence Agency
 U.S. TV PROVIDES AMPLE PLATFORM FOR AMERICAN TORTURERS, BUT NONE TO THEIR...
12-18-2014  •  https://firstlook.org/theintercept-GLENN GREENWALD 
U.S. TV PROVIDES AMPLE PLATFORM FOR AMERICAN TORTURERS, BUT NONE TO THEIR VICTIMS.  Read Full Story
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DIAGNOSE AN EAR INFECTION WITH A SMARTPHONE ACCESSORY News Link  â€¢  Science, Medicine and Technology
 DIAGNOSE AN EAR INFECTION WITH A SMARTPHONE ACCESSORY
12-18-2014  •  http://www.popsci.com-Dan Moren 
Is there anything that's worse than having a child who might be suffering from an ear infection? (Other, of course, than being said child.)  Read Full Story
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The Navy's New Robot Looks and Swims Just Like a Shark News Link  â€¢  Drones
 The Navy's New Robot Looks and Swims Just Like a Shark
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-JORDAN GOLSON  
The American military does a lot of work in the field of biomimicry, stealing designs from nature for use in new technology.  Read Full Story
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Apple Suspends Online Sales in Russia as the Ruble Plummets News Link  â€¢  Business/ Commerce
 Apple Suspends Online Sales in Russia as the Ruble Plummets
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-KLINT FINLEY  
Apple has suspended online sales in Russia, blaming extreme fluctuations in the value of the ruble.  Read Full Story
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Junk Bonds Are Going To Tell Us Where The Stock Market Is Heading In 2015 News Link  â€¢  Economy - Economics USA
 Junk Bonds Are Going To Tell Us Where The Stock Market Is Heading In 2015
12-18-2014  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
Do you want to know if the stock market is going to crash next year? Just keep an eye on junk bonds. Prior to the horrific collapse of stocks in 2008, high yield debt collapsed first. And as you will see below, high yield debt is starting to crash  Read Full Story
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U.S. torture debate underscores shifting view on personal liberties News Link  â€¢  Police State
 U.S. torture debate underscores shifting view on personal liberties
12-18-2014  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
In America, you get a fair shake, or you're supposed to. Here, you're governed by law, not the whim of some swinish satrap. America is not a place where peaceful dissent should cost you your freedom, or even your life. Americans don't live i  Read Full Story
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DIY Kit Lets You Make Designs Out of Mushrooms News Link  â€¢  How To
 DIY Kit Lets You Make Designs Out of Mushrooms
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-LIZ STINSON 
Mushrooms are the new plastics, just ask anyone at Ecovative. To be fair, the company is a little biased--it's in the mushroom business. Since 2007, the company has been developing a method to replace harmful plastics with a mushroom-based substan  Read Full Story
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The Forgotten Christmas Truce of 1914 and the Unlearned Lessons That Could Have Prevented the Centur News Link  â€¢  WAR: About that War
The Forgotten Christmas Truce of 1914 and the Unlearned Lessons That Could Have Prevented the Centur
12-18-2014  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
It was exactly 100 years ago this month when the Christmas Truce of 1914 occurred, when Christian soldiers on both sides of the infamous No Man's Land of the Western Front, recognized their common humanity, dropped their guns and fraternized with t  Read Full Story
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Bots Now Outnumber Humans on the Web News Link  â€¢  Robots and Artificial Intelligence
 Bots Now Outnumber Humans on the Web
12-18-2014  •  http://www.wired.com-ROBERT MCMILLAN  
Diogo Mónica once wrote a short computer script that gave him a secret weapon in the war for San Francisco dinner reservations.  Read Full Story
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How and Why to Improve Your Cursive Penmanship News Link  â€¢  How To
 How and Why to Improve Your Cursive Penmanship
12-18-2014  •  http://www.lewrockwell.com-Brett and Kate McKay 
Over the years here at the Art of Manliness we've sung the praises of the handwritten letter and simply writing things out by hand in general. Typically, when folks think about writing a handwritten note, they imagine doing it in cursive.  Read Full Story
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The Fracturing Energy Bubble Is the New Housing Crash News Link  â€¢  Economy - Economics USA
 The Fracturing Energy Bubble Is the New Housing Crash
12-18-2014  •  http://www.lewrockwell.com-David Stockman 
Let's see. Between July 2007 and January 2009, the median US residential housing price plunged from $230k to $165k or by 30%. That must have been some kind of super "tax cut".  Read Full Story
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Napoleon vs. Cheney: News Link  â€¢  Central Intelligence Agency
 Napoleon vs. Cheney: "Interrogation That Actually Works"; Icing on the "Hate-Cake"
12-18-2014  •  http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S. 
Not only is torture against international law, it also produces no useful intelligence. Common sense is enough to prove that statement.  Read Full Story
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How Change Is Stymied News Link  â€¢  Economy - Economics USA
 How Change Is Stymied
12-18-2014  •  http://www.paulcraigroberts.org-Paul Craig Roberts 
The gangsters who run the US financial system have determined opponents. Among them are Elizabeth Warren, Nomi Prins, Pam and Russ Martens, Michael Hudson, and David Stockman.  Read Full Story
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Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue? News Link  â€¢  Economy - Economics USA
 Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue?
12-18-2014  •  http://www.paulcraigroberts.org-Paul Craig Roberts 
A dangerous new trend is the successful manipulation of the financial markets by the Federal Reserve, other central banks, private banks, and the US Treasury.  Read Full Story
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Curiosity finds active organic chemistry on Mars News Link  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 Curiosity finds active organic chemistry on Mars
12-18-2014  •  http://www.gizmag.com-David Szondy 
The hunt for present or past life on Mars got a boost as NASA's Curiosity rover records spikes in atmospheric methane ten times greater than previously measured by the unmanned probe.  Read Full Story
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Smaller, faster, greener News Link  â€¢  Technology: Software
 Smaller, faster, greener "high-rise" 3D chips are ready for Big Data
12-18-2014  •  http://www.gizmag.com-Dario Borghino 
Stanford engineers have pioneered a new design for a scalable 3D computer chip that tightly interconnects logic and memory, with the effect of minimizing data bottlenecks and saving on energy usage.  Read Full Story
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Ghost ship projected onto Amsterdam canal News Link  â€¢  Technology: Software
 Ghost ship projected onto Amsterdam canal
12-18-2014  •  http://www.gizmag.com-Stu Robarts 
Visitors to Amsterdam at the moment better have nerves of steel. A ghost ship has been spotted moored on one of the city's famous canals.  Read Full Story
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N.W.T. taxi video catches 3 wolves attempting bison takedown News Link  â€¢  Just For Fun!
 N.W.T. taxi video catches 3 wolves attempting bison takedown
12-18-2014  •  https://www.youtube.com-RM Videos 
N.W.T. taxi video catches 3 wolves attempting bison takedown.  Read Full Story
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Merry Christmas for short sellers: Mortgage debt forgiveness is back News Link  â€¢  Economy - Economics USA
 Merry Christmas for short sellers: Mortgage debt forgiveness is back
12-18-2014  •  http://www.inman.com-Brittany Morris 
One-year retroactive extension covers 2014 deals.  Read Full Story
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Putin's Annual Marathon Press Conference Tour De Force Feature Article  â€¢  Politics: Democratic Campaigns
 Putin's Annual Marathon Press Conference Tour De Force
Stephen Lendman
   Putin
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Western Bankers Have Committed Two Acts of War Against Russia Reference Link  â€¢  WAR: About that War
Western Bankers Have Committed Two Acts of War Against Russia
www.thecommonsenseshow.com 
   Western Bankers Have Committed Two Acts of War Against Russia and Putin is boxed in a corner. How will Putin respond?
Entered by: Dave Hodges
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Are You Mad Yet? Opinion  â€¢  Political Parties
 Are You Mad Yet?
12-18-2014
Chuck Baldwin
   In the poem, "The Masque of Pandora," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has Prometheus saying, "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad." Accordingly, the would-be gods in the GOP leadership in Washington, D.C., must have rank-and-file Repu
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Glenn Beck Asks Facebook Who the Person of the Year Should Be, You'll Never Guess the Winner Feature Article  â€¢  TAXES: Federal
 Glenn Beck Asks Facebook Who the Person of the Year Should Be, You'll Never Guess the Winner
Ernest Hancock
   Who is getting the most votes so far? *Drumroll please*... Most of those 2,256 comments are votes for Larken Rose, an anarchist writer who is well-known for challenging the IRS over the federal tax liability of citizens.
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Feature Article  â€¢  Israel - Palestine
 Torture in Israeli Prisons
Stephen Lendman
   Israel
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Radio/TV Show  •  Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
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12-18-14 -- Bernard von NotHaus (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
   Bernard von NotHaus (creator of the Liberty Dollar and co-founder of the Royal Hawaiian Mint Company) talks about his conviction, sentencing, and what's next for him and Liberty Dollar
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Thaw in US/Cuban Relations? Feature Article  â€¢  Cuba
 Thaw in US/Cuban Relations?
Stephen Lendman
   Cuba
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Space Travel & Exploration - Freedom's Phoenix Headlines Oct'05- Dec'14 Reference Link  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 Space Travel & Exploration - Freedom's Phoenix Headlines Oct'05- Dec'14
Freedom's Phoenix 
   Just some highlights. Freedom's Phoenix' Space Travel and Exploration Category is over 9 years old with 3000 entries. Here is a view of the future... enjoy.
Entered by: Ernest Hancock
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Michael Belfiore (Mad Science Innovation) on Minnesota Public Radio 9 a.m. CST Today... Feature Article  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 Michael Belfiore (Mad Science Innovation) on Minnesota Public Radio 9 a.m. CST Today...
Donna Hancock
   Just a quick heads up that Michael Belfiore will be on Minnesota Public Radio this morning talking about SpaceX's potentially groundbreaking launch scheduled for Friday.
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Why the SpaceX CRS-5 mission could change everything Feature Article  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 Why the SpaceX CRS-5 mission could change everything
Michael Belfiore
   Space travel is a funny thing. It's the only form of transportation where it is considered perfectly acceptable to throw away your vehicle after every flight. That's a big part of the reason it's so expensive. Imagine having to build a new jumb
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X Marks the Spot: Falcon 9 Attempts Ocean Platform Landing Feature Article  â€¢  Space Travel and Exploration
 X Marks the Spot: Falcon 9 Attempts Ocean Platform Landing
Powell Gammill
   SpaceX will attempt the precision landing of a Falcon 9 first stage for the first time, on a custom-built ocean platform known as the autonomous spaceport drone ship. The odds of success are not great--perhaps 50% at best.
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