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Date Sent: 2015-08-21
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Friday, August 21, 2015 |
Currency Wars, Trade Wars... World Wars
Blame Game Is On - Fed VP Says Q.E. Has Failed by Ron Paul -- NY Cracking Down on Bitcoin Businesses ?" NH Welcomes You! -- China & America already at war: Tianjin explosion carried out by Pentagon space weapon -- Oil Companies Spent Over $38 Million On Lobbying Last Year -- Hackers dump 2nd, even bigger batch of Ashley Madison records with taunting message... -- S&P 500 Drops Below Trading Range as Global Selloff Intensifies -- Trump Bashes $4 Billion In IRS Refunds To Illegals -- Doug Casey on Why You Should Go to Africa Instead of College -- Tsipras to Resign, Call Snap Elections... -- I am Eve - 5 minute monologue performed by Christine Smith (video) -- Gullible Americans Forever -- Yellen's Learned These Five Things About the Economy Since July -- Doug Casey on Why You Should Go to Africa Instead of College -- To Become the Biggest Economy, China Needs to Stop Fighting Itself -- The Deceptions of Hillary Clinton -- What Cheap Gas Did to Tens of Thousands of Coal Jobs -- Here's a Really Nerdy Way to Buy Gold, Honey, or Concert Tickets Using Bitcoin's Blockchain -- Jerry Hartfield: Victimized by US Police State Injustice -- Federal government to return millions of dollars in Liberty Dollars seized by authorities in 2007 -- What the World Would Be Like Without Capitalism -- Windows 10 computers sending data back to Microsoft servers -- Only The Date Is Unknown -- Double Standard: EPA Claims 'Sovereign Immunity', Will Not Be Paying Out Fines -- Tesla Energy Has 100,000 Orders For Battery Energy Storage System -- 23 Nations Around The World Where Stock Market Crashes Are Already Happening -- The Baby Boom Will Never Retire-----Half Have No Retirement Savings At All -- The Changing Face of Shenzhen, the World's Gadget Factory -- The Aquaponics Revolution: How to Grow Your Own 'Fish Powered Garden' - FREE Webinar -- Local Government Larceny --
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News Link • Economy - International
Currency Wars, Trade Wars... World Wars
08-20-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Gerald Celente
History is repeating itself. While the times are different and the names have changed, the underlying circumstances and basic fundamentals remain the same.
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News Link • Bailouts
Blame Game Is On - Fed VP Says Q.E. Has Failed by Ron Paul
08-20-2015
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Ron Paul Liberty Report
The vice president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank has admitted that the Fed's quantitative easing program has been a failure.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
NY Cracking Down on Bitcoin Businesses â€" NH Welcomes You!
08-20-2015
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Free Keene
Especially if you love liberty, you've got to get out of New York now, while you still can. The so-called "bitlicense" has taken effect in New York and it's instantly stopping small businesses from being created or driving them out of the sta
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
China & America already at war: Tianjin explosion carried out by Pentagon space weapon
08-20-2015
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http://www.naturalnews.com
BOMBSHELL: China and America already at war: Tianjin explosion carried out by Pentagon space weapon in retaliation for Yuan currency devaluation... Military helicopters now patrolling Beijing
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Oil Companies Spent Over $38 Million On Lobbying Last Year
08-20-2015
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True Activist
According to the report, one of the largest lobby groups in California, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), spent $2,529,240 in just six months, and that is just one firm!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Hackers dump 2nd, even bigger batch of Ashley Madison records with taunting message...
08-20-2015
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Hackers dump SECOND, even bigger batch of Ashley Madison records with taunting message to millionaire founder of 'cheating dirtbag' site
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
S&P 500 Drops Below Trading Range as Global Selloff Intensifies
08-20-2015
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http://www.bloomberg.com, Callie Bost Oliver Reni
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index tumbled the most since February 2014, sending it below a trading range that has supported it for most of the year amid intensifying concern that global growth is slowing.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Immigration
Trump Bashes $4 Billion In IRS Refunds To Illegals
08-20-2015
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Forbes
It sounds crazy, and yet one source says Trump is the one being unfair, taking this out of context, and not counting their taxes paid. Bear in mind that undocumented immigrants cannot legitimately get Social Security numbers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • General Opinion
Doug Casey on Why You Should Go to Africa Instead of College
08-20-2015
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Doug Casey
Recently Doug Casey was a guest on the always excellent podcast, The Tom Woods Show.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
Tsipras to Resign, Call Snap Elections...
08-20-2015
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
n the wake of the world's largest ever renege on campaign promises in the shortest period of time, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party splintered. Tsipras lost his ruling coalition and would likely have not survived a vote of confidence
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
I am Eve - 5 minute monologue performed by Christine Smith (video)
08-20-2015
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Christine Smith -actress; Chris Wind -writer
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Yellen's Learned These Five Things About the Economy Since July
08-20-2015
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by Jeanna Smialek, Craig Torres
Jobs are strong, wages are a mystery and China risk is up
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
To Become the Biggest Economy, China Needs to Stop Fighting Itself
08-20-2015
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bloomberg.com,by Enda Curran, David Tweed
China's leaders are loving--and hating--reform
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
The Deceptions of Hillary Clinton
08-20-2015
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By Andrew P. Napolitano
While the scandal surrounding the emails sent and received by Hillary Clinton during her time as U.S. secretary of state continues to grow, Clinton has resorted to laughing it off.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
What Cheap Gas Did to Tens of Thousands of Coal Jobs
08-20-2015
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http://www.bloomberg.com, Tim Loh
No U.S. coal basin is feeling that pain like Central Appalachia in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and neighboring states
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Here's a Really Nerdy Way to Buy Gold, Honey, or Concert Tickets Using Bitcoin's Blockchain
08-20-2015
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http://www.bloomberg.com, Olga Kharif
The technology underlying bitcoin is powering new online retail sites
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Federal government to return millions of dollars in Liberty Dollars seized by authorities in 2007
08-20-2015
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CoinWorld.Com
The return of that property, however, is being delayed until all petitions filed seeking return of the property have been completely processed and any appeals finalized.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Technology: Software
Windows 10 computers sending data back to Microsoft servers
08-20-2015
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http://popularliberty.com, By JD
n the weeks after its release, Windows 10 users have noticed something strange -- it's always phoning home.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Only The Date Is Unknown
08-20-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Monty Pelerins World
The US housing bubble was an attempt to cover up/recover from the dot-com bust. Now the US is in a financial bubble engineered to recover from the housing bubble debacle. Soon this bubble will burst. Only the date is unknown.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Tesla Energy Has 100,000 Orders For Battery Energy Storage System
08-20-2015
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http://insideevs.com, by Mark Kane
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and CTO JB Straubel announced that the number of reservation for Tesla Energy products stands at around 100,000, worth some $1 billion.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Baby Boom Will Never Retire-----Half Have No Retirement Savings At All
08-20-2015
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by My Budget 360
Some of you might remember the glossy highly produced advertisements back in the early 1980s when Wall Street decided it was time to turn American retirement plans into casinos.
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
The Changing Face of Shenzhen, the World's Gadget Factory
08-20-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, BY TIM MAUGHAN
Mention Shenzhen to most people, and they'll probably think of the vast Foxconn manufacturing plant that churns out high-end phones, tablets, laptops, and gaming consoles for the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Dell, and Sony.
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News Link • Government
Local Government Larceny
08-20-2015
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http://www.thedailybell.com
Many local municipalities experience budgetary pressure. Rather than raise taxes or cut services in response, things that are often politically unpalatable, they turn to law enforcement and courts to make up the difference in tickets and fines.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Internet
10 Reasons Why The Fed Won't Raise Interest Rates
08-20-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
1. China Hard Landing - Last week China decided to devalue their currency which brings into question the strength of the global economy.
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