Monday, November 2, 2015

In the news, Thursday, October 15, 2015


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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The Daily Beast

The Tea Partier Who Loves Wasting Billions on Cold War Weapons
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio’s 4th Congressional District hates federal spending, except when it’s for his own constituents. If his own district stands to benefit, the five-term Republican congressman and leader of the Tea Party-aligned House Freedom Caucus not only loves government pork—he’ll fight for it even if it hurts U.S. national security by redirecting funding away from vital programs. Case in point: Jordan has pushed the government to shovel hundreds of millions of dollars into a factory in his district that makes tanks for the U.S. Army. These are tanks that, until this year, the Army did not want.

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from Education Action Group (EAGnews.org)

Parents rally behind school board under fire for pre-meeting prayers

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from Fortune Magazine

Reuters built a computer model to predict which political party will win the presidency in next year’s election, and the results are in: a Republican will most likely be moving into the White House in 2017.

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from Gawker
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Bernie Sanders Declines Price-Gouging Pill Racketeer's Paltry Donation

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from The Hill

Carson gets energy advice from T. Boone Pickens
Texas energy investor T. Boone Pickens has taken an interest in Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, with both men sharing similar views on energy policy, aides say. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who has surged to second place among Republican presidential candidates in national polls, impressed the GOP mega-donor when they met in September 2014 in Pickens’s Dallas offices, according to a spokesman for the wealthy Texan.

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from If You Only News
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from IsraelNationalNews

1,000 College Students Unite in Show of Solidarity with Israel
Chabad-organized 'solidarity conference call' united students in prayer, support for Jewish state under terrorist attack. Over 1,000 students from more than 200 college campuses joined a conference call Monday night arranged by Chabad on Campus International, to unite in prayer for Israel and learn how they can advocate for Israel on their campus.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from New York Times

What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden’s Death?
The history of Obama’s most important foreign-policy victory is still being written.

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from Occupy Democrats
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Pro-Austerity Tea Partier Caught Funneling Nearly A Billion Tax Dollars To Military Industrial Complex
The excesses of the military industrial complex and the arms contractors that profit off it go a long way for accounting for our nation’s gluttonous defense budget, which is accounts for more than half a trillion dollars – more than the next six countries combined. While the so-called “Freedom Caucus” rails against government spending and obstinately demands cuts for food stamps and the social safety net, they sing a very different tune when it comes to spending on armaments, especially when it’s for their own district.

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from Prevention Magazine


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from Salon
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

The worst thing Hillary Clinton has done
During the debate, Clinton touted her years at the Children's Defense Fund. Here's the truth she didn't talk about

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Poles Depose Chocolate King Poroshenko from Supermarket Shelves
The rally was organized by the Polish Zmiana political party, and urged Poles not to buy goods produced by Roshen, the confectionary company owned by the Ukrainian president.

Russia, Israel, Hamas & ISIL: Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle
Speaking to Radio Sputnik on Thursday, Israeli political analyst Avigdor Eskin attempted to explain Israel's motivations in the war against ISIL. Commenting on Hamas's role in the war, Eskin recalled that Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, adding that "the Muslim Brotherhood is, in a sense, partially ISIS," with some of their members "turning to ISIS: It happened in Iraq, it happened in Syria, when certain significant numbers of their people decided to become more radical."

Poroshenko’s Ready to Make English Ukraine’s Second Official Language
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the establishment of two working languages ​​in Ukraine: alongside Ukrainian, the second "should rightly be English."

US May Not Be Able to Pay Country's Bills After November 3 - White House
The United States will be unable to pay its bills if the US Congress does not increase the country’s debt ceiling by November 3, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a briefing on Thursday.

Congress Must Approve Independent Probe of US Drone Abuses
Amnesty International USA advocacy advisor Naureen Shah said that secret documents, dubbed "The Drone Papers," leaked by an anonymous whistleblower raise serious concerns about whether the United States has systematically violated international law, including by classifying unidentified people as ‘combatants’ to justify their killings.

US Military Knew Kunduz Airstrike Target Was a Hospital
US analysts were aware that an Afghan hospital was a protected medical site days before the building was hit by an American airstrike, killing more than 20 civilians, according to the Associated Press.

Iranian, Cuban Military in Syria? US Media Can't Help Inventing News
Western media outlets cannot help fabricating new sensational stories about Russia's counter-terror operation in Syria, with the latest reports claiming that Iranian and Cuban military forces have joined the Russo-Syrian alliance in order to smash ISIL in the region.

Leaked Documents Reveal US Foreign Operations Unlawful
Leaked documents detailing targeted drone-strike killings prove that Washington’s claims that its operations abroad are limited to lawful targets are untrue, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a statement Thursday.

German Protesters Call For TTIP Deal to Be Scrapped
Fabio De Masi, Member of the European Parliament from German Die Linke party, said that protests against TTIP show that the people do not want democracy undermined by special rights for companies to sue states via investor-state dispute settlement and hinder progressive legislation via regulatory cooperation.

Bloomberg Issues Dire Forecasts for US Shale Oil Industry by 2017
Bloomberg predicts that the US shale oil industry is facing dire forecasts, especially for 2017, largely due to the cooler attitude among banks and investors toward the oil industry’s shrinking investments; in its turn, this will lead to a drop in production and another “harrowing year for the US producers”.

Polish Author Gets Death Threats for Questioning Polish Tolerance
Award-winning author Olga Tokarczuk received more than 1,000 hate messages after suggesting that rather than being a rare haven of tolerance, Polish history has a darker side.

Merkel in U-Turn on Turkey Being Declared Safe Country for Migrants
Ahead of a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled Berlin's willingness to declare Turkey a 'safe country' for migrants to be returned to, despite European opposition.

Dutch Activists Succeed Launching Referendum on Ukraine-EU Association
Dutch activists have succeeded in proposing a referendum on Ukraine's association agreement, which they say would be harmful to taxpayers in the Netherlands.

US Raps Russia Over Religious Freedom Shortly After New York Church Death
The US State Department has criticized Russia in its annual International Religious Freedom Report, a document that comes amid reports of a teenager being beaten to death in a New York church.

Turkish PM's '360 Degree Difference From ISIL' Blunder Sparks Viral Outcry
In an attempt to explain to a Turkish journalist the difference between the Islam that is being defended by Turkey and the one advocated by the ISIL, Prime Minister Davutoglu proclaimed that "there is not a 180 degree, but a 360 degree difference"; the apparent gaffe instantly sparked mockery online, with many recalling that he is a professor.

No Minor Threat: Toddlers Shoot People Every Week in the United States
Dozens of shootings involving toddlers occur in the United States each year, but numbers for this year may seem surprising. At least 43 cases of toddlers injuring or killing themselves or someone else with a gun in the US in 2015 has been reported so far in the press, according to The Washington Post.  The number of incidents which didn't receive news coverage remains unknown.

Europe Afraid TTIP Deal to Result in US-Style Capitalism
European leaders have an irrational fear that the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement will force Europe to adopt a US-style capitalistic model that favors the elite, former US Treasury official Gary Hufbauer told Sputnik.

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from Tea Party
[Information from these sites may not be reliable.]

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Refuses to Acknowledge Her Children Were Human In The Womb

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Washington Post (DC)

He claimed to be ex-CIA and was quoted as an expert on Fox News. Prosecutors say it was a lie.
Wayne Simmons claimed to be something of an American James Bond, and if you watched TV or ran his name through Google, you’d have no reason to doubt him. In his public speaking engagements and frequent appearances on Fox News, the purported former CIA operative spoke authoritatively about terrorism and clandestine intelligence operations, which he claimed he helped run for nearly three decades.

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from Yakima Herald-Republic

Wanapum Heritage Center displays history in the making
Located near Priest Rapids Dam and scheduled to open Thursday, the $20 million center was designed by the Wanapum Band of Priest Rapids to help them preserve, protect and share their culture.

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