Friday, August 14, 2015

In the news, Monday, July 27, 2015


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JUL 26      INDEX      JUL 28
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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 BizPac Review

Bill Clinton sex-accuser launches anti-Hillary website; seeks fellow Slick Willy victims
As we approach the 2016 presidential election silly season, the circus widely expected to accompany a Hillary Clinton run has finally arrived in town. And in the center ring, ladies and gentleman, is a new website seeking victims of sexual assault at the hands of Hillary’s partner in crime — former President Bill Clinton. The anti-Hillary website was announced Sunday in a radio interview by Kathleen Willey — who claims Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her in the private study of the Oval office in 1993 — according to World Net Daily.

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from Blue Nation Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from Breitbart

BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER: PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
Two reports in the past five years show that Planned Parenthood abortion clinics are placed at inordinately high levels in black and Latino neighborhoods, leading African-American pro-life campaigners to conclude that the abortion giant is deliberately targeting dark-skinned babies.

HILLARY: I’M ‘OFFENDED PERSONALLY’ BY HUCKABEE’S ‘INFLAMMATORY’ IRAN COMMENTS

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from Business Insider
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

This map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
In his fourth book, "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America," award-winning author Colin Woodard identifies 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided the US.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

NY Times Sends Warning Shot to GOP Over Hillary's Classified Emails: Ease Off

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from Conservative Post
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Obama Gives Turkey the Green Light to Bomb US Vets Fighting ISIS
Retired US Marine Jordan Matson joined the YPG Kurdish fighters to fight ISIS in September 2014. Jordan told Greta Van Susteren in February that there are 40-50 Americans fighting with Kurdish forces against ISIS. He also said the Kurds are very hospitable to Christians and Yazidis. British ex-soldiers are also fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State. This week Obama gave a green light to Turkey to bomb the Kurds. Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq this weekend. This was Turkey’s first strike on the Kurds since a 2013 peace deal. Americans and British soldiers are fighting with Kurds against ISIS. So the people who are fighting actual terrorists are getting branded as a terrorist group, and Obama thinks this makes sense? Is he trying to help ISIS grow stronger in the Middle East?

FINALLY: Michelle Obama Facing Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against the Air Force for records specifying the cost of Michelle Obamas lavish 2010 trip to Spain.

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from Conservative Tribune

SPREAD THIS: Chuck Norris Reveals 1 HUGE Piece of Hillary’s Past She Did NOT Want America to See
Most people think that the two most important names in the Democratic race for the White House in 2016 are Obama and Clinton. However, the two names you should be paying attention to are Cloward and Piven.

Woman Sexually Assaulted by Bill Clinton Launches BOLD Project to Shut Down the Clintons Entirely
Kathleen Willey, a former volunteer aide to Bill Clinton who alleged that he had sexually assaulted her during his tenure as president in the 1990s, launched a new website yesterday titled, “A Scandal A Day,” dedicated to Clinton’s wife, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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from The Daily Beast
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex

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from Freedom Daily
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]


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from The Heritage Foundation

Kids Don’t Need Two Parents. They Need a Mom and Dad.

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from The Hill

State Dept to release 5,000 pages to Benghazi panel
After the department committed to releasing the 5,000 new pages to the committee, the hearing with that aide — Kerry's chief of staff, Jon Finer — will be postponed until after Kerry has completed a marathon string of briefings and hearings to sell the international nuclear deal with Iran.

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from Independent Voter [IVN]

NBC’s Luke Russert: Commission on Presidential Debates the ‘FIFA of Politics’
“Republicans and Democrats disagree on a lot,” said Luke Russert of NBC News on Friday, July 17, “but they are in agreement when it comes time to shut out other voices.”

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from Money Talks News
from The Spokesman-Review

Boy Scout board approves end to blanket ban on gay adults
The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that has embroiled the Boy Scouts for years, takes effect immediately. It was approved by the BSA’s National Executive Board on a 45-12 vote during a closed-to-the-media teleconference.

True-crime author Ann Rule dies
True-crime writer Ann Rule, who wrote more than 30 books, including a profile of her former co-worker, serial killer Ted Bundy, has died at age 83.

Barking puppy alerts family to fire at Spokane Valley apartments
Fire damaged four apartments, seven garages; cause undetermined
After a fire ravaged their apartment Monday morning in Spokane Valley, a family of three thanked their puppy, Bonita, for alerting them to the danger. Bonita started barking around 9 a.m. when a row of garages at the Broadway Square Apartments, 11910 E. Broadway Ave., caught fire. The barking alerted the dog’s owner, Tara Peters, who was at home with her 4-year-old son, Anthony.

Suspect in custody following officer-involved shooting
A Spokane police officer fired at a man allegedly trying to rob a Chinese restaurant on North Division Street early Monday morning, but did not hit him. Police received a call at 7:22 a.m. after the suspect triggered a commercial burglary alarm at Peking North, 4120 N. Division. The suspect later was identified as Cephas W. Parham, 39. He faces charges of first-degree burglary and second-degree assault, according to a news release from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, which is managing the multi-agency investigation into the incident.

Crash near Sandpoint kills 1, injures 3
A 44-year-old woman died and three other people were hospitalized Sunday evening after a car wreck on U.S. Highway 95 in Sandpoint. Around 5:40 p.m., Jacqualyn S. Decker merged southbound onto the highway and drove her Toyota pickup into oncoming traffic to pass other merging vehicles, according to the Idaho State Police. The truck hit a Subaru sedan carrying 19-year-olds Makayla L. Sundquist, of Kootenai, Idaho, and Fumiko Tukimori of Japan. Then, a Nissan sedan driven by Autumn Scarlett-Karlac, 36, rear-ended the Subaru. Decker, of Sagle, Idaho, died at the scene.

Obama closes historic Kenya visit, urges nation to address corruption, equality
Declaring Kenya at a “crossroads” between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the nation of his father’s birth to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equal citizens, and take responsibility for its future. Closing his historic visit with an address to the Kenyan people, Obama traced the arc of the country’s evolution from colonialism to independence, as well as his own family’s history here. Today, Obama said, young Kenyans are no longer constrained by the limited options of his grandfather, a cook for the country’s former British rulers, or his father, who left to seek an education in America.

Washington counties struggle with criminal justice costs
Washington’s 39 counties are draining their budgets trying to keep their communities safe, and if they have to prosecute a big murder case some fear they’ll end up bankrupt. Counties large and small are either getting creative with the way they support their criminal justice system or petitioning the state for help to pay for police, lawyers, court personnel and other costs.

Getting There: Report finds ‘complete streets’ reduce accidents, improve health
A new report on traffic safety around the world confirms the safety value of building more sidewalks, safer crosswalks, expanded trails and traffic-slowing designs. The World Resources Institute, in its “Safer Cities by Design” report, said traffic deaths would be reduced by paying more attention to the multimodal nature of transportation in urban areas. Spokane and other Inland Northwest cities have joined the increasing number of communities embracing what are sometimes called “complete streets.”
Spokane projects
In Spokane, work is scheduled to start today to reconstruct Indiana Avenue from Division to Dakota streets. Mission Avenue will undergo repaving from Division to Washington streets starting Tuesday. Detours will be in place on Indiana and Boone avenues.
Around the county
In Spokane County, Rutter Parkway from Waikiki to Indian Trail roads will be closed to daytime through traffic starting today through Aug. 13 for road repair. Work hours will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Flaggers will help local residents and emergency vehicles get to their destinations.

An early, hot season stretches resources at Coeur d’Alene Wildland Fire Center
Fire season is running at least a month ahead of schedule in the Northern Rockies, with drought-stressed forests hitting flammability levels not typically seen until late August. The interagency fire center, which dispatches firefighters and equipment, is feeling the heat. More than 170 wildfires have been reported in the Idaho Panhandle this year, about half of them human-caused. Quick suppression efforts have stopped most of the fires at a few acres.

Endangered butterfly making comeback after two decades
More than 20 years of habitat restoration and breeding programs have helped the endangered Karner blue butterfly make a comeback in the pine barrens of upstate New York where it was discovered by Russian author Vladimir Nabokov decades ago.

Fiat Chrysler to buy back trucks as part of recall deal
Fiat Chrysler must offer to buy back from customers more than 500,000 Ram pickup trucks in the biggest such action in U.S. history as part of a costly deal with safety regulators to settle legal problems in about two-dozen recalls.

Pope signs up for World Youth Day using tablet
Pope Francis opened the registration period for next year’s World Youth Day in Poland, using a tablet computer to sign himself up from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square during the traditional Sunday blessing.

In brief: Links between dead man, women sought
West Virginia police said Sunday they are sharing information with authorities investigating suspicious deaths and missing women in southern Ohio.
Remains of 36 Marines to be brought home
The military and a private organization are bringing home the remains of 36 Marines killed in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. The U.S. Marine Corps said a Florida-based private organization called History Flight recovered the remains from the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa. A ceremony was planned in Pearl Harbor to mark their return.
Clinton lays out plan for renewable energy
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled Sunday a plan aimed at combating climate change that includes proposed revisions in the tax code to promote renewable energy and goals for renewable sources for consumer electricity.
Missing teens’ boat found capsized
The Coast Guard said a boat belonging to two missing 14-year-old fishermen has been found off Florida’s Atlantic coast but neither boy was in or around the boat. Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos were last seen Friday in the Jupiter area buying fuel for their 19-foot boat.
Survey finds U.S. gas prices down one cent
The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a gallon.

GOP leaders chastise Cruz
Senior Senate Republicans lined up Sunday to rebuke Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for harshly criticizing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, an extraordinary display of intraparty division played out live on the Senate floor.

Turkey requests NATO meeting over airstrikes, security threats
Turkey on Sunday called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Kurdish rebels in Iraq.

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston, dies at 22

Assad admits losses in Syrian civil war
Syrian President Bashar Assad delivered a sober assessment of the state of his forces on Sunday, acknowledging a manpower shortage and conceding troop withdrawals from some areas, but asserting that the military was not facing collapse.

In brief: Five-day cease-fire starts in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes came to a halt in Yemen early today after a five-day humanitarian truce went into effect. However, ground fighting broke out almost immediately in the restive city of Taiz following random shelling by Shiite Houthi rebels in three neighborhoods. Ground fighting has also erupted in Marib province and in the area surrounding the strategic al-Anad military base in Lahj province.
Taliban take base after 100 surrender
The Taliban took control of a large police base in a remote part of northeastern Afghanistan after some 100 police and border guards surrendered and joined the insurgents
Suicide bomber hits main Somali hotel
A suicide bomber rammed a truck rigged with explosives into the blast walls around one of Mogadishu’s most secure hotels, severely damaging the building and killing nine people including a Chinese diplomat.

Then and Now: Inland Empire Refinery
As trains gave way to automobile travel and truck shipments in the 1920s and ’30s, and the demand for gasoline grew, an oil refinery was constructed north of Hillyard. William McIntyre of the Wasatch Oil Refining Co. of Salt Lake City and investor Joe Drumheller of Spokane put up $500,000 for the facility on land owned by the Great Northern Railway. After delays caused by negotiations with the pipefitters union, construction began in 1938 and the refinery began operating in early 1939. Driving the project was the burgeoning oil field in Cut Bank, Montana, and Spokane’s central location for distribution. Crude also came from Wyoming. Two events dealt a blow to the Spokane refinery: CIO International Oilworkers union staged a strike in 1952, and interstate shipping rates went up 12 cents a barrel. Phillips shuttered the plant in 1953, laying off 75 employees. The former location of the Inland Empire Refinery is now operated as a distribution center for petroleum products by Holly Energy Partners.

In brief: Man robs north Spokane Subway restaurant
An armed man robbed a Subway restaurant Sunday afternoon in Spokane. The suspect entered the business in the 5000 block of North Division Street just before 3:15 p.m., Spokane police said.
Wildfire evacuations downgraded in Glacier
Evacuation levels in Montana’s Glacier National Park are being downgraded as the weather improves and more firefighters arrive to battle the blaze.
Activists protest Shell ship’s arrival in Oregon
Environmental activists in Portland protested the arrival Saturday of the Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project after it’s repaired.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Principles need to apply to all

Volunteers take on new roles as funding lags for senior services
Volunteers are key to ensuring the region’s aging population, especially low-income seniors and people with disabilities, have the services they need, whether it’s a ride to the doctor, help deciphering Medicare, meals, or advocacy.

Keep your finances safe from scammers
There have been many headlines recently about financial fraud against seniors. It’s a hot topic. Unfortunately, many of the articles are too generic to be of much use.

Obituary: Webster, Ronald Franklin
1 Nov 1939 - 12 Jul 2015      Okanogan, Omak, Brewster, Davenport, Colville, Spokane

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)  [Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Obama Scraps ‘Oath Of Allegiance’ For Immigrants, But Why He Did It Is Even More Shocking

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