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Date Sent: 2015-05-18
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, May 18, 2015 |
Marc Victor: Increasingly Libertarian World Is a Reason for Optimism - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Jay Z quietly posting bail for protesters, writer says -- Stephanopoulos, ABC have not fully disclosed Clinton ties: Schweizer -- 25 teams prepare for 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals -- Review: Polaroid Zip portable printer -- This Is What Happens When We Stare Too Much At Our Phones -- WTF? 'Illuminati' Launches Recruitment Website And PR Campaign -- No Warp Drive Here: NASA Downplays 'Impossible' EM Drive Space Engine -- Bill Nye Launches Kickstarter to Push Solar Sailing Cubesat to Space -- Three Blockchain Startups Join Startupbootcamp Fintech Singapore's Inaugural Accelerator Batch -- Russian Court Overturns Ban on Access to Bitcoin Websites -- Victory Motorcycles to make electric racing debut at TT Zero Challenge -- Tiny MicroTug robots pull almost 2000 times their own weight -- The ghosts of Iraq future -- Pope Francis extends agenda of change to Vatican diplomacy -- 9 dead in Texas biker brawl -- The Mechanical Engineering Future Is Caught Up in a 3D-Printed Spider Web -- Ron Paul on Drones, NSA and the Bush/Clinton Dynasty -- SpaceX Just Made a Bunch of Mars Travel Posters -- Lead Silk Road Investigators from Secret Service & Drug Enforcement Agency Implicated -- Cars of the Future, Today: a Flying Car and a Self-Balancing Two-Wheeled Car -- House Science Committee Approves Four Commercial Space Bills -- Venus Plane Pushed for Next NASA Next Frontiers Mission -- The New York Times Endorses Israeli Mass Slaughtering Palestinians by Refusing to Condemn It -- Sham Riyadh Peace Conference on Yemen -- Decoding the Enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto and the Birth of Bitcoin -- Would-be Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) agent gets the full CBP treatment... -- Special Needs Student Suspended for 'Nerf Bullet' -- Sheriff tells reporters: Just glad the 'unarmed' guy we shot was white -- Zuckerberg sees Oculus Rift shrinking to the size of glasses --
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Marc Victor: Increasingly Libertarian World Is a Reason for Optimism - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
05-17-2015
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The Daily Bell
Daily Bell: Let's continue with the topic of the War on Drugs, an issue that we've covered extensively as we've closely watched the widening legalization of marijuana. You debated Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery in March, arguing that each o
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Jay Z quietly posting bail for protesters, writer says
05-17-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com
Rap mogul Jay Z has quietly used his wealth to post bail for people arrested in protests across the United States against police, an author close to him said Sunday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics
Stephanopoulos, ABC have not fully disclosed Clinton ties: Schweizer
05-17-2015
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USA Today
ABC's anchor much closer to Hillary's foundation than he told his viewers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Review: Polaroid Zip portable printer
05-17-2015
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Gizmag
It rests easily in the hand with a reassuring heft and fits neatly in a jacket pocket or purse. The only obvious drawback is that the lid for loading the photo paper comes off a bit too easily with a press of the thumb.
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News Link • Communications
This Is What Happens When We Stare Too Much At Our Phones
05-17-2015
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True Activist
Although you might not be aware of it, your infatuation with the glow of a television screen is causing you to miss out on the excitement of life all around you.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Imperialism
WTF? 'Illuminati' Launches Recruitment Website And PR Campaign
05-17-2015
"Fear nothing, we're always reaching out to you," says the secret society's TV commercial.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
No Warp Drive Here: NASA Downplays 'Impossible' EM Drive Space Engine
05-17-2015
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http://www.space.com
Despite the fevered reports rocketing around the Internet recently, NASA is not on the verge of developing a fuel-free, faster-than-light propulsion system, space agency officials stress.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Bill Nye Launches Kickstarter to Push Solar Sailing Cubesat to Space
05-17-2015
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http://www.space.com
Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") wants you to be a part â€" and get a part â€" of a "revolutionary solar sailing spacecraft" mission.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Three Blockchain Startups Join Startupbootcamp Fintech Singapore's Inaugural Accelerator Batch
05-17-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
The startups will be given funding, free office space, access to business support services and a large network of industry experts and venture capitalists.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Russian Court Overturns Ban on Access to Bitcoin Websites
05-17-2015
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com
Interest in bitcoin and blockchain technology by business and governments around the world increased in the past months.
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News Link • Transportation
Victory Motorcycles to make electric racing debut at TT Zero Challenge
05-17-2015
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Gizmag
Victory Racing will make its professional debut in European motorcycle racing at the 2015 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. A newly formed two-rider team on prototype electric race motorcycles will take on the infamous Mountain Course on June 10.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Tiny MicroTug robots pull almost 2000 times their own weight
05-17-2015
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Gizmag
Ants have a reputation as the hard workers of the animal kingdom, in part because they can lug around impressively heavy loads with respect to their size.
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News Link • Iraq
The ghosts of Iraq future
05-17-2015
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FT.com
Botched Mideast intervention still defines those jockeying for political power in the US
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope Francis extends agenda of change to Vatican diplomacy
05-17-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com
Pope Francis' hard-hitting criticisms of globalization and inequality long ago set him out as a leader unafraid of mixing theology and politics. He is now flexing the Vatican's diplomatic muscles as well.
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News Link • Events: America
9 dead in Texas biker brawl
05-17-2015
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CNN
Gunfire erupted Sunday among rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas, leaving at least nine people dead, according to police.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul on Drones, NSA and the Bush/Clinton Dynasty
05-17-2015
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popularliberty.com
Ron Paul weighs in on drones, NSA and the Bush/Clinton political dynasty
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Lead Silk Road Investigators from Secret Service & Drug Enforcement Agency Implicated
05-17-2015
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libertytalk.fm
Former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges the lead investigator in contact with Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR), alongside fellow STATE goon and former DEA agent Carl Force have been charged with money laundering.....
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News Link • Transportation
Cars of the Future, Today: a Flying Car and a Self-Balancing Two-Wheeled Car
05-17-2015
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MIKE SHEDLOCK
The pace of technological advancement accelerates every year. Here are two car prototypes that highlight the advancement.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
House Science Committee Approves Four Commercial Space Bills
05-17-2015
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http://www.space.com, by Jeff Foust
The House Science Committee approved four bills on commercial space topics during a lengthy markup session May 13 marked by partisan divides on a number of issues.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Venus Plane Pushed for Next NASA Next Frontiers Mission
05-17-2015
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http://www.space.com, by Dan Leone
Northrop Grumman is developing an inflatable, propeller-powered aircraft for a years-long cruise in the sulfurous skies of Venus and is gearing up to enter the concept in NASA's next New Frontiers planetary science competition.
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News Link • Police State
Would-be Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) agent gets the full CBP treatment...
05-17-2015
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http://popularliberty.com, by Jacob Sullum
Would-be Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) agent gets the full CBP treatment at internal checkpoint.
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Sheriff tells reporters: Just glad the 'unarmed' guy we shot was white
05-17-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Dorstewitz
A Kentucky sheriff speaking on the record went public this week with a statement that showed how far this country has gone into racial confusion.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Zuckerberg sees Oculus Rift shrinking to the size of glasses
05-17-2015
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http://www.pcworld.com, Fred O'Connor
Oculus Rift hasn't gone on sale yet, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already imagining what future iterations of the virtual reality headset could look like.
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