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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.
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from Americas Freedom Fighters
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The American Conservative
The Weird AUMF Debate
The AUMF (Authorization of the Use of Military Force) debate in Congress is an odd thing: it's about granting permission to a president (who doesn't think he needs it) for a war that started three months ago.
Occupy Edmund Burke
The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke: From the Sublime and Beautiful to American Independence, David Bromwich, Belknap Press, 512 pages
Hillary’s Sheldon Adelson
Clinton major donor cavorts with racist warmonger, urges mass bombing. Will she be asked about it?
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The Weird AUMF Debate
The AUMF (Authorization of the Use of Military Force) debate in Congress is an odd thing: it's about granting permission to a president (who doesn't think he needs it) for a war that started three months ago.
Occupy Edmund Burke
The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke: From the Sublime and Beautiful to American Independence, David Bromwich, Belknap Press, 512 pages
Hillary’s Sheldon Adelson
Clinton major donor cavorts with racist warmonger, urges mass bombing. Will she be asked about it?
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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
10 Things Farmers Are Tired Of Hearing
An old saying states that you shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you. Not many have an interest in taking up farming as a lifestyle or career, yet in nearly 2015, the general public is constantly questioning and belittling what it takes for farmers to get food onto everyone’s plates.
10 Things Farmers Are Tired Of Hearing
An old saying states that you shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you. Not many have an interest in taking up farming as a lifestyle or career, yet in nearly 2015, the general public is constantly questioning and belittling what it takes for farmers to get food onto everyone’s plates.
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from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism
Iran Nuclear Break-Out Time Much Sooner Than Assessed
Dr. Olli Heinonen, a 27-year veteran of the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency, says previous estimates were not based on Iran's advanced centrifuges.
'Muslims of the Americas' Says Hitler Was Not Enemy of U.S.
MOA's leader, Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, also accused the British government of using the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) as a front.
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Iran Nuclear Break-Out Time Much Sooner Than Assessed
Dr. Olli Heinonen, a 27-year veteran of the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency, says previous estimates were not based on Iran's advanced centrifuges.
'Muslims of the Americas' Says Hitler Was Not Enemy of U.S.
MOA's leader, Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, also accused the British government of using the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) as a front.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Maddow Claims Obama 'Had Nothing to Do With Bill Ayers'
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from Conservative Post
Illegal Immigrants commit 400 sexual assaults in just one U.S. state
According to NCFIRE, during the month of October 2014, there were 73 illegal aliens charged with nearly 400 sexual assaults against Children from North Carolina.
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from Daily Mail (UK)
Have archaeologists found the remains of Alexander the Great? Bones discovered in Grecian tombs could hold key to solving centuries-old mystery
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from The Dallas Morning News
Highland Park ISD board asks officials to review book policy
At Highland Park High School, parents must now give permission for their child to read the classics. Teachers recently sent home permission slips for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway for 11th-grade Advanced Placement English students, who elect to take the college-level course.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Texas Race-Based College Admissions Case May be Heading Back to Supreme Court
The issue of affirmative action could be headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court refused to reconsider a ruling allowing use of race as a factor in University of Texas undergraduate admissions.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan: Different or the Same?
From 1965 to 1972 in Vietnam, America fought both a conventional slugfest against North Vietnamese divisions and a counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign against guerrillas. We conducted a COIN campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, and a COIN campaign in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. What are some of the similarities and differences among these three campaigns? ll three dragged on too long at too high a cost in casualties and money to sustain public support. Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Bush, and Obama failed to lead the American people in support of the wars.
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Affirmative Action Could Go Back To The Supreme Court
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Affirmative Action Could Go Back To The Supreme Court
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from Mad World News
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
So, Obama Showed Up for a China Conference Dressed Like He Was Beamed There from a Star Trek Movie
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So, Obama Showed Up for a China Conference Dressed Like He Was Beamed There from a Star Trek Movie
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from MEDIAite
Howard Dean: Obamacare Written by ‘Elitists’ Who Don’t ‘Fundamentally Understand’ America
Reacting Wednesday to the now-infamous “Gruber video,” former DNC chair Howard Dean said, "The problem is not that he said it. The problem is that he thinks it. The core problem under the damn law is it was put together by a bunch of elitists two don’t fundamentally understand the American people.".
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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
My Prescription for Immigration Reform
By Ben Carson: Achieving a secure border is a matter of political will rather than ability.
My Prescription for Immigration Reform
By Ben Carson: Achieving a secure border is a matter of political will rather than ability.
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from Newsmax
from The Oregonian
from The Political Insider
Rush Limbaugh is Ready to SUE Democrats for Their Shameful Use of Misquotes
Rush Limbaugh is Ready to SUE Democrats for Their Shameful Use of Misquotes
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from Reason Magazine
Net Neutrality—and Obama's Scheme for the Internet—Are Lousy Ideas
"Net neutrality" and public-utility style regulation are about Internet freedom, just not the way advocates think.
from RedState
from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
Dark Matter's New Wrinkle: It May Behave Like Wavy Fluid
Double Comet Landing? Philae Probe May Have Bounced During Touchdown
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from The Spokesman-Review
Dangling workers rescued from collapsed scaffolding at 1 World Trade Center
Two window washers were trapped for more than an hour Wednesday on scaffolding dangling 69 stories up the side of 1 World Trade Center before firefighters were able to cut through the new skyscraper’s glass and pull them to safety.
Cosmic 1st: European spacecraft lands on comet
Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — an audacious first designed to answer big questions about the universe.
Dogs rescued from house fire at apparent marijuana grow
Spokane firefighters rescued three dogs from a house fire Monday morning at 55 West 30th Ave.
U.S., China unveil ambitious climate change goals
President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would move much faster in cutting its levels of pollution. Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to cap China’s emissions in the future – a striking, unprecedented move by a nation that has been reluctant to box itself in on global warming.
Obama, Xi highlight agreements
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to play down points of tension between their two nations today, unveiling a flurry of agreements on climate change, military cooperation and trade, while casting their own burgeoning relationship as candid and productive.
Bishop Cupich’s ex-vicar general critical of Catholic lawsuit against Paine Hamblen
The $60 million contract for a statewide school broadband network – one of Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s proudest achievements – is in limbo after being scrapped by a judge who ruled it was improperly awarded.
Cold comes calling, snow could be falling
Arctic air buffeted the Inland Northwest on Tuesday and is expected to hold its grip over the Inland Northwest through the weekend. A moist storm off the Pacific Ocean could bring the region’s first lowland snowfall of the season on Thursday after the area’s mountains were dusted for only the first time on Sunday and Monday.
People in the Upper Midwest and Rockies woke up to frigid temperatures Tuesday with heavy snow blanketing some areas. Other parts of the country are expecting a dose of icy weather later this week from a powerful storm that hit Alaska with hurricane-force winds over the weekend.
Researchers have uncovered the remains of two Ice Age infants in Alaska’s interior, a discovery archaeologists call the youngest human remains from that era found in northern North America. The remains dating back about 11,500 years offer a new glimpse into ancient burial practices, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tuesday.
Ex-Justice Department civil rights attorney John Doar dies at 92
John Doar, who as a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and worked against segregation in the South, died Tuesday at age 92.
Ferguson security plans outlined
Grand jury decision due on Michael Brown death
In brief: Ebola free, doctor leaves hospital
Hugging the health workers who cared for him, a doctor who recovered from Ebola said Tuesday he was a living example of effective treatment and urged support for those combating the virus’ outbreak in West Africa.
Nurses strike over care standards
As many as 18,000 nurses went on strike Tuesday and picketed in front of Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California to express their concerns about patient-care standards and Ebola.
Students home after detention in Russia
Four students are enjoying smiles and hugs from family and friends in the U.S. after being briefly detained in Russia during a student leadership conference. They were traveling on tourist visas to attend a two-week leadership conference but were told they needed business visas.
Joe Biden: Nation honors ‘all-volunteer force’ on Veterans Day
S. Korean families rage at captain’s sentence
Enraged parents wept and screamed as a judge sentenced a South Korean ferry captain to 36 years in prison Tuesday for negligence and abandoning passengers when his ship sank earlier this year, killing more than 300 people, mostly high school students.
Site sacred to both Jews, Muslims focus of clashes
Abbas accuses Israelis of pushing ‘religious war’
India’s sterilization drive leaves at least 11 women dead
India’s drive to limit population growth by offering free sterilization surgeries left at least 11 women dead and 20 others seriously ill today, highlighting the risks women face in reproductive health in a country struggling with high rates of poverty.
Russia inks deal to build more reactors in Iran
Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations.
Washington marks 125th birthday with party
Trader Joe’s coming to north Spokane in 2015
Trader Joe’s will move into roughly half the space now used by Rite-Aid at Franklin Park Mall. Rite-Aid is moving next year to a pad building near Burlington Coat Factory on the same block.
Military, aerospace museum seeks home at Felts Field
A prominent historic hangar at Felts Field that hosted a Veterans Day tribute ceremony Tuesday could become the new home of the Honor Point Military & Aerospace Museum.
Veteran who spoke against war dies
Tomas Young, a wounded Iraq War veteran who was an outspoken critic of the conflict and the subject of the 2007 documentary “Body of War,” has died. He was 34.
Freebies given to veterans who helped keep U.S. free
In brief: Spokane crews to clean leaves off streets
City of Spokane crews will pick up leaves that have fallen in the street starting today. If it snows Thursday as projected, however, the work will be put on hold until the weather improves.
Information sought in South Hill death
Spokane police are seeking tips from the public to help solve Friday’s homicide on South Hill. Zachary D. Lamb, 26, was fatally shot just before midnight near the intersection of Elm Street and 10th Avenue.
Woman arrested at grocery store
A Spokane County deputy arrested a woman with stolen credit cards Sunday after she tried to steal meat and spices from a Grocery Outlet store in Spokane Valley.
Garbage collection continues normally
Most curbside garbage and recycling collection in Spokane County is unaffected this week by Tuesday’s Veterans Day holiday.
Police shoot man who aided in case
A man who helped lead police to a gunman’s vehicle the morning after Halloween ended up being shot in the leg in what Vancouver police are describing as a case of mistaken identity. They have not identified the man.
Sandpoint OKs deer hunt within city
The city of Sandpoint has approved a request from airport officials to allow a deer hunt within city limits because some of the deer are wandering onto the runway and posing a hazard.
Spokane man found dead days after assault by ex-boyfriend
A Spokane man was found dead in his home at 5418 N. Ash St. eight days after he was assaulted by an ex-boyfriend, but officials have not determined a cause of death. Edward E. Weed, 46, died in his home in northwest Spokane sometime after he was assaulted on Oct. 29. Police arrested Michael E. Harmon, 32, on Saturday on charges of robbery, burglary and assault.
Enrollment rises at Oregon State University, falls at University of Oregon
Port labor problems slow Washington apple exports
Labor woes at major West Coast sea ports have slowed the export of a record crop of Washington apples and endangered big Christmas season shipments of the fruit to Central American nations. Delays have also hit shipments of autos, smartphones and numerous other products as longshoremen and shippers try to hammer out a new contract involving work at 29 West Coast ports.
Idaho couple deny abuse in death of 67-year-old man
An Idaho couple accused of neglecting a 67-year-man in their care to such an extent he died of malnutrition or starvation have pleaded not guilty to three felony charges. Charles Wright, 24, and Lindsey Winter, 21, on Monday denied abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult, exploitation of a vulnerable adult and fraudulently obtaining welfare or public assistance, the Lewiston Tribune reported Tuesday.
In brief: Microsoft Lumia 535 debuts
Microsoft officially entered the post-Nokia smartphone era with the release late Monday of a budget-priced Lumia device.
Hellmann’s sues over ‘Mayo’ use
You have to break some eggs to make an omelet and, according to a lawsuit from the maker of Hellmann’s, the same goes for mayonnaise.
Stocks creep to record high
The stock market eked out another all-time high on Tuesday, but the gains were slight as investors awaited more news to give them an indication about the strength of the economy.
Top Italian banks pass EU test
The recent Europewide health check on banks is producing results for Italy, whose top two lenders on Tuesday posted a strong rise in quarterly profits after cleaning up their finances in anticipation of the test.
Dutch bike path tests solar panels
A project dubbed “SolaRoad” gets underway in the Netherlands this week, testing roadways as a potential canvas to collect solar energy. Fittingly for the cycle-crazy Dutch, the first SolaRoad is a bike path near Amsterdam.
Ford’s latest F-150 pickups will test market for aluminum trucks
Ford is using aluminum, which is lighter – and more expensive – than steel but just as tough, almost exclusively in the body of the 2015 version of its best-selling F-150 pickup, which starts arriving at dealerships next month. Ford says the 2015 truck will have from 5 percent to 20 percent better fuel economy that the current version.
Shawn Vestal: WSU, UW med school tiff confounding
Trudy Rubin: Democracy is on the defensive
Editorial: Health plan exchange enters second year, with more options
Winter squash perfect base for tasty seasonal soup
Winter Squash and Kale Soup with White Beans
Garlic Croutons
Here’s the boeuf
Boeuf Bourguignon
Brown-braised Onions
Sautéed Mushrooms
Quick pickles will tickle taste buds
Quick Pickled Apples
Quick Pickled Cranberries
Quick Pickled Pumpkin
Hayden home cook wins with Asian chicken sandwich
Asian Barbecue Pulled Chicken Sandwich with Slaw
No one will miss the meat when you serve this gravy
You-Won’t-Miss-The-Meat Vegetarian Gravy
Forget faux turkey, try eggplant instead
Thanksgiving Eggplant Strata
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from The Telegraph (UK)
The Rosetta mission: everything you need to know about the quest to catch a comet
On November 12 2014, scientists from the European Space Agency will attempt to make a soft landing on a moving comet. If successful, it will be one of the most extraordinary achievements in space history and could answer important questions about the origins of life on earth. Here is everything you need to know about the mission.
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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
Actor Tim Allen Completely Slams Obama
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from Universal Free Press
Norway has experienced the horrors of Islamic integration, and rather than appease Muslims for fear of being politically incorrect, they acted. According to The Local, a record number of immigrants, namely Muslims, have been deported from Norway, beginning last year. With the deportation comes a dramatic decrease in crime, much to the delight of overwhelmed law enforcement.
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