Wednesday, September 14, 2016

In the news, Thursday, September 1, 2016


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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from BBC News (UK)

Are the health claims about apple cider vinegar true?
Apple cider vinegar probably won't help anyone slim down, but it may help those who struggle with their blood sugar or cholesterol levels.

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

Deeming Pollution of Earth Sinful, Pope Proposes Climate Action as Sacred Duty
Humans are turning the planet into a 'polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation, and filth,' says Pope Francis

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

Cop Who Shot Young Minority Male Sends Kaepernick Item He’ll Never Forget

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

Education in Colonial America
Almost no tax money was spent on education in colonial America, yet education was available to almost anyone who wanted it, including the poor.

Why I Rent a Tiny Apartment Rather than Buy a Big Home

The Wrecking Ball and the Prosperity Tower
The economic question of greatest importance to Adam Smith remains the economic question of greatest importance today: what causes wealth? What conditions best encourage economic growth and widespread prosperity?

Freedom: The Greatest Military Strategy
Why did The Nazis avoid invading The Swiss? What made General Patton a greater war commander than Hitler? Why have the world’s greatest superpowers of the late 20th Century failed in securing control of the Middle East? All these questions have the same answer and it is this same answer I give to people who inquire into the issue of national defense in a free society. The answer is that decentralized military forces are generally stronger, more resilient, more agile, and more adaptable than centralized military forces. Warring with decentralized foes can predictably lead to a battle of attrition whereby a ceaselessly ensuing black hole of death and destruction causes great economic losses and public discontent in the invading nation.

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from The Heritage Foundation

Obama Attends Final Economic Summit Amid Concerns of Cronyism, Corruption

Save the Filibuster and Save the Senate From Partisanship

What Liberals Don’t Get: Blacks Often Hurt by Government Regulation
A general economic principle is that any law or regulation that restricts market entry tends to impose the greatest burden on those who can be described as poor, latecomers, discriminated against, and politically weak. The minimum wage law is the most devastating and difficult to change economic conspiracy. It prices all people out of the job market whose skills do not provide the value of the minimum wage. The president of the NAACP’s St. Louis chapter, Adolphus Pruitt, has petitioned a circuit court judge to reject the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission’s conspiratorial call to issue a temporary restraining order that would force Uber to shut down. He says the order would negatively impact nearly 2,000 African-Americans who work as Uber partners in black neighborhoods that have long been ignored by taxis and other transportation providers.

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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Latino Trump Supporter Warns Of 'Taco Trucks On Every Corner'
"My culture is a very dominant culture."

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from Mises Institute

The EU vs. Apple vs. Ireland: Why Tax Competition Is a Good Thing
It has now become clear that in many ways the European Union is a cartel of high-tax governments whose goal is to restrain tax competition. The EU's supposedly free — this is, regulated — trade policy is none other than an excuse to homogenize the tax and regulatory regimes of the nation-states.

Free Trade Wins: The TTIP Is in Trouble

The Definition of Various Monetary Aggregates
The supply or quantity of money in an economy is an important theoretical concept. The Austrian Money Supply is the aggregate that most consistently reflects the defining characteristics of money.

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

Bill Clinton aides used tax dollars to subsidize foundation, private email support
Program for ex-presidents paid salaries and benefits to Clinton aides at the center of controversies.

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

Robert Reich: Don’t criticize Europeans for standing up to Apple — thank them
Rather than another tax amnesty, we need a crackdown on corporate tax avoidance like Europe did for Apple.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Ice Volcanoes and More: Dwarf Planet Ceres Continues to Surprise

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
upi.com

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes on pad, destroys $95M Facebook satellite
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in a "catastrophic abort" during a static engine test before a launch scheduled this weekend. A Facebook satellite to provide internet access in Africa was aboard and is a total loss.


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from Washington Policy Center (State)

from The Washington Post
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