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Date Sent: 2020-03-17
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
South Korea Preserved the Open Society and Now Infection Rates are Falling
Congress Must Pass $2 Trillion TARP Or Face Global Depression: Minerd -- Fed Again Announces Extra $500BN Repo To Stabilize Funding Markets -- Trump wants IMMEDIATE cash handouts for Americans... -- Fed Injects $189BN In Repo Liquidity As Libor Explodes -- Elon Musk Keeps Tesla's Fremont Factory Open Despite Alameda County Lockdown -- A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress -- Covid-19 Helicopter Money: Go Big Now Or Go Home -- The Lehman Playbook Is Here: Fed Announces Bailout Of Commercial Paper Market - -- The Real Crisis Starts Now in Europe -- Denmark Passes Law Enabling Forced Coronavirus Vaccinations -- If This Is Contrived Political Hysteria, What Is The Objective? -- Dollar Shortage Unexpectedly Surges After Fed Commercial Paper Bailout -- The Coronavirus Hoax -- Amid coronavirus outbreak, Trump-aligned pressure group pushes to stop medicine sales to Iran -- EHang flies into Spain to build air taxi test infrastructure -- Zoltan Stares Into The Abyss: -- Defiant St Patrick's Day revellers hit Dublin's Temple Bar despite the pubs being shut... -- "You Are The Cavalry" - Pandemics In Our "Brittle, Phony" Economies -- Congress proposes anti-child abuse rules to punish web platforms -- and raises fears about encrypti -- Amazon Suspends All Shipments Other Than Medical Supplies, Household Staples -- Military-Style Bunkers, IV Cocktails, & Private Testing: -- First COVID-19 Autopsy Provides Critical Insight -- Drastic coronavirus restrictions could last TWO YEARS, Germany warns -- S&P 500® -- "Bloody Tuesday": -- Facebook Employees To Receive $1,000 Bonus During COVID-19 Outbreak -- Holland REOPENS its cannabis cafes after coronavirus lockdown... -- Avatar sequels have halted production in New Zealand due to the coronavirus... -- 'We don't have anything!' Las Vegas gun shop owner tells customers to stay away... --
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News Link • Korea/North Korea
South Korea Preserved the Open Society and Now Infection Rates are Falling
03-17-2020
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https://www.aier.org by Peter C. Earle
What's the better for dealing with pandemic disease: martial-law quarantines imposed by the state according to geography, or keeping society open while trusting medical professionals, individuals, families, and communities to make intelligent decis
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress Must Pass $2 Trillion TARP Or Face Global Depression: Minerd
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Guggenheim Investments' CIO Scott Minerd has been very vocal about policymakers' and the markets' cognitive dissonance regarding its extreme fragility and the impact of the virus on the global economy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed Again Announces Extra $500BN Repo To Stabilize Funding Markets
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Earlier this morning, when discussing the latest Fed repo injections, which at $189BN between overnight and term repos, seemed insufficient to ease the stress in the repo market where GC repo jumped by 40bps to 60bps this morning...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump wants IMMEDIATE cash handouts for Americans...
03-17-2020
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By Geoff Earleand, Emily Goodinand, Nikki Schwab
Donald Trump wants to send cash to Americans suffering from the coronavirus crisis immediately he said at the White House Tuesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed Injects $189BN In Repo Liquidity As Libor Explodes
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
In light of the frozen funding markets, which are now demanding the Commercial Paper bailout facility we discussed on Sunday, which the Fed failed to deliver and which CNBC's Steve Liesman said may be coming any moment ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Elon Musk Keeps Tesla's Fremont Factory Open Despite Alameda County Lockdown
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
We already know that Elon Musk thinks the coronavirus panic is "dumb". We also know Tesla's track record for keeping a safe work environment is less than stellar.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress
03-17-2020
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https://www.theverge.com, By Casey Newton
The EARN IT Act could give law enforcement officials the backdoor they have long wanted -- unless tech companies come together to stop it
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News Link • Economy - International
Covid-19 Helicopter Money: Go Big Now Or Go Home
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Charles Hugh Smith
his is why it's imperative to go big now, and make plans to sustain the most vulnerable households and small employers not for two weeks but for six months - or however long proves necessary.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Lehman Playbook Is Here: Fed Announces Bailout Of Commercial Paper Market -
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
- Here's The Bad News
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News Link • Pandemic
The Real Crisis Starts Now in Europe
03-17-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Thomas Luongo
I think it's safe to say the new crisis just killed the Schengen Treaty. That ridiculous document which guaranteed freedom of movement across the European Union finally hit something it couldn't bully, COVID-19.
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News Link • Pandemic
Denmark Passes Law Enabling Forced Coronavirus Vaccinations
03-17-2020
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https://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
New measures "most extreme since the Second World War."
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News Link • General Opinion
If This Is Contrived Political Hysteria, What Is The Objective?
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by "V.F." via
The Sport Of Speculation
I'm beginning to believe the current "pandemic" is perhaps just the latest contrived "enemy of the state". An opportunity taken by western governments that have, over the past 20 or 30 years, gotten bolder -
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Dollar Shortage Unexpectedly Surges After Fed Commercial Paper Bailout
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
The stock market is rallying, VIX is falling, and bond yields are rising modestly following The Fed's decision to reinstate its Commercial Paper bailout facility (CPFF).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
The Coronavirus Hoax
03-17-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Ron Paul
Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them.
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News Link • Pandemic
Amid coronavirus outbreak, Trump-aligned pressure group pushes to stop medicine sales to Iran
03-17-2020
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https://responsiblestatecraft.org, Eli Clifton
Despite a massive coronavirus-related public health crisis, an anti-Iran pressure group with close ties to the Trump administration is urging major pharmaceutical companies to "end their Iran business," focusing on companies with special licenses
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News Link • Transportation
EHang flies into Spain to build air taxi test infrastructure
03-17-2020
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https://newatlas.com, By Paul Ridden
Back in January, China's EHang aced the first flight in the US of its two-seat autonomous air taxi. Now the company has agreed to develop the first Urban Air Mobility pilot program in Seville, Spain.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Zoltan Stares Into The Abyss:
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Here Is What The Fed Must Do Right Now To Avoid Global Devastation
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ireland
Defiant St Patrick's Day revellers hit Dublin's Temple Bar despite the pubs being shut...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Chloe Morgan
The streets of Irish cities were quiet on St Patrick's Day in sharp contrast to the usual lively festivities.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"You Are The Cavalry" - Pandemics In Our "Brittle, Phony" Economies
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Mike Krieger
And it was in the midst of shouts rolling against the terrace wall in massive waves that waxed in volume and duration, while cataracts of colored fire fell thicker through the darkness, that Dr. Rieux resolved to compile this chronicle, so that he sh
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
Amazon Suspends All Shipments Other Than Medical Supplies, Household Staples
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Update (1005ET): As we detailed below, Amazon was already struggling to meet delivery goals and having problems with stock, but now, in a blog post, Amazon told sellers on Tuesday that it's suspending shipments of all non-essential products to its wa
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News Link • Pandemic
First COVID-19 Autopsy Provides Critical Insight
03-17-2020
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https://www.targetliberty.com, -RW
Now, this guy is a serious player, you have to watch to the end but note at one point he says that ventilators might not be helping.
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News Link • Germany
Drastic coronavirus restrictions could last TWO YEARS, Germany warns
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Sophie Tanno
Germany's public health agency has warned that the coronavirus crisis could last up to two years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
"Bloody Tuesday":
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
In Unprecedented Move, China Expels All Foreign Journalists Working For NYT, WSJ, WaPo
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Positive News
Facebook Employees To Receive $1,000 Bonus During COVID-19 Outbreak
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Facebook is giving every employee a $1,000 bonus in order to help with bills during the coronavirus outbreak, according to The Information.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Netherlands
Holland REOPENS its cannabis cafes after coronavirus lockdown...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Tim Stickings
Dutch cannabis users had something to cheer today when the country re-opened its famous 'coffee shops' just two days after shutting them over coronavirus fears.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Avatar sequels have halted production in New Zealand due to the coronavirus...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Heidi Parker
Production on the Avatar sequels have been halted as part of attempts to halt the spread of coronavirus.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
'We don't have anything!' Las Vegas gun shop owner tells customers to stay away...
03-17-2020
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By Chris Pleasance and Jemma Carr
A Las Vegas gun-shop owner has urged people to stop trying to buy weapons and ammunition for at least two days because he has nothing left to sell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
People Are Trying to Make DIY Ventilators to Meet Coronavirus Demand
03-17-2020
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https://www.vice.com, By Maddie Bender
As countries face shortages of important medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, makers are desperately trying to fill the gaps with open source designs.
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News Link • General Opinion
Neel Kashkari Defends Fed's Actions After 12% Market Rout,
03-17-2020
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https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden
Says Negative Rates "Not Off The Table"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
The Kentucky Derby - which attracts 150,000 fans - is moved from May until September...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Reuters
The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in North American horse racing's Triple Crown, has been postponed to September 5 from May due to the coronavirus outbreak, Churchill Downs said on Tuesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Florida
Lemming Beach: Shocking aerial footage shows a packed Florida sands...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Ralph R. Ortega
Clearwater Beach, Florida, was packed with visitors who appeared to have not heeded warnings to social distance themselves as part of efforts to help slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
City by city, how the world is responding to coronavirus...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Tim Stickings
The world's major cities have adopted a bewildering array of measures to fend off the coronavirus crisis, with some enforcing drastic lockdowns while others prefer a lighter touch.
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News Link • Pandemic
Bringing Life to a Standstill
03-17-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com by Dr Mark Sircus
The Coronavirus is nothing to take lightly. It is also nothing to panic about. Or perhaps we should.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Intel's neuromorphic Loihi chip is rapidly learning to discern smells
03-17-2020
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https://newatlas.com, By Loz Blain
Computers can already boast superhuman sensory abilities in sight and hearing, but smell has been much more difficult.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Charged particles kill cancer by clogging up its waste disposal unit
03-17-2020
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https://newatlas.com, By Nick Lavars
There are many tools cancer relies on to survive and thrive, and therefore many possibilities when it comes to thwarting its advances.
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News Link • China
War on China?
03-17-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Llewellyn H. Rockw
People are understandably upset about the coronavirus epidemic, but if we're not careful, an even greater danger lies ahead. Sinister forces in American political life are using the crisis to incite war with China and to stir up bad feelings toward
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News Link • European Union
If You Need to Be Somewhere, Get There Before You Can't
03-17-2020
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https://moneymaven.io, by Mish
The closures of restaurants, bars, and gatherings is picking up steam. If you absolutely have to be someplace, go now.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
The Coronavirus Hoax
03-17-2020
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Ron Paul Institute - Ron Paul
The chief fearmonger of the Trump Administration is without a doubt Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Fauci is all over the media, serving up outright falsehoods to
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise shoots high-octane opening scenes for Mission: Impossible 7...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Andrew Bullock
Tom Cruise is fully back to work on production of Mission: Impossible 7 after the blockbuster was forced to halt production in Italy and relocate to the UK due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
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News Link • Pandemic
Make-up expert sparks anger with 'coronavirus mask' beauty tutorial video
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Chris Dyer
A social media influencer has sparked fury after posting a 'coronavirus mask' beauty tutorial video online.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Unexpected technical complications will keep NASA's Lunar Gateway from being fully operationa...
03-17-2020
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Michael Thomsen
NASA's ambitious plans to build a base on the surface of the moon will likely be delayed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Pandemic
A Politically Motivated Epidemic? But Maybe There Is A Hidden End-Game
03-17-2020
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https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Bill Sardi
A Month More Of Misery Predicted Till The Sun Douses A Politically Timed Epidemic
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News Link • Pandemic
Liberty versus "Security" from the Coronavirus
03-17-2020
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https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
Crises and emergencies are the time-honored way that people end up losing their liberty at the hands of their own governments.
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Feature Article • Surviving the Collapse
Fear Is A Mind Hack
Paul Rosenberg
Humans are not naturally stupid. They are not naturally bad. Fear, however, distorts them, weakens them, and makes them far less effective than they'd naturally be. Fear, in its many guises, is the great enemy of mankind, and it's time that we ad
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