Saturday, October 8, 2016

In the news, Monday, September 26, 2016


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SEP 25      INDEX      SEP 27
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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 Anglican Communion News Service

The Archbishops of Armagh and Canterbury have issued a joint statement welcoming the negotiated end of a three-year stand-off between a protestant group and Roman Catholic residents.

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from Breitbart

EXCLUSIVE – Michael Savage Reacts to Being Pulled From Radio Following Hillary Health Segment: ‘Pure Sabotage’

FBI: Twice as Many Killed with Bare Hands than Rifles in 2015
The FBI’s 2015 Uniform Crime Report shows approximately twice as many people were killed with hands and fists in 2015 than were killed with rifles of any kind.

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from The Castlegar Source

For the next several weeks, history is being made at the Nelson, B.C. courthouse, as an indigenous man named Rick Desautel sets the love of his ancestors against the logical machinery of the provincial government.

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from Christ and Pop Culture

By discarding insider talk, Christians have a greater chance of being understood by and communicating with the world around them.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

from Daily Mail (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Keith Scott WAS carrying a stolen gun, police say – and his wife filed for a restraining order against him saying he was armed, violent and had threatened to kill her
Scott, 43, was shot and killed Tuesday after a confrontation with Charlotte, North Carolina police

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from Episcopal News Service

Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church Michael Curry visited Standing Rock Sioux Nation over the weekend to listen to those opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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from First Things

PATTY DUKE’S UNFORGETTABLE LIFE
Looking back on her life, Patty Duke emphasized the importance of her faith, long-time husband, and reconciled family, saying that despite everything that had befallen her—abuse, several broken marriages, and a severe emotional illness—“I’ve been richly blessed. When I pray, I never ask for material things. I offer only prayers of gratitude.”

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from The Globe and Mail (Canada)
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from The Heritage Foundation

It’s Now or Never to Save the Internet
The Obama administration wants to cede U.S. control of our free and secure internet to foreign, authoritarian regimes who don't value freedom of speech.

The So-Called “Wage Gap” Is Going Down. And the Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story.
The "wage gap" is eliminated through an apples-to-apples comparison of men’s and women’s wages. Why—despite so much evidence to the contrary—does the wage gap myth persist?

For 8 Years, This Couple Has Been Fighting the Government to Get Back Their Seized Property
For eight years, Michiganders Gerald and Royetta Ostipow have been fighting the seizure and forfeiture of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of their property. This case should be a clear call to all Americans that it’s long past time to rein in our nation’s abuse-prone civil forfeiture system.

Utahns Fear Obama Will Heed Environmentalists, Not Them, on National Monument Designation
Utah Native Americans are fighting back against out-of-state environmental activists. Utahns are tired of living in fear that the president may at any moment, with the stroke of his pen, upend their way of life.

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from The Hill

Bloomberg to fact-check debate on-screen
Bloomberg TV is breaking with the other networks with a landmark decision to fact-check the debate on-screen.

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Wikipedia Wants Improved Content on Indigenous Peoples, Needs Your Help

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from The Living Church

ANGLICAN IDENTITY AND COMMON PRAYER
The unity of common prayer is only a projection that denies that we are, in fact, a divided church.

British Cathedral Numbers Grow
Attendance at cathedrals is growing, says a report by the Church of England’s Research and Statistics unit.

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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Economic Growth Requires More Than Low Interest Rates
With such low interest rates, shouldn't we be experiencing a boom? The problem is, a solid economy requires much more than just low interest.

Feds to Ban Leaf Used in Herbal Teas
On September 30 the DEA plans to ban kratom in the United States. In the process the DEA will be using their “emergency powers” to make kratom a Schedule I controlled substance thus classifying it alongside marijuana, cocaine, opium, heroin, and LSD. Kratom, also known as mitragyna speciosa, is a tropical deciduous and evergreen tree, which belongs to the Rubiaceae botanical family and is therefore related to the coffee tree. The kratom tree grows native to Southeast Asia where it has a long history of uses including being a traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of physical and mental ailments.

Trump vs. Clinton? Support A Better Fall Campaign
Jeff Deist: Politics is war by other means. And war claims victims. War has winners and losers. Most of all, war has profiteers: namely the political class and its many clients, both in government and the nominally private sector.

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from The New American Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Spokane Valley Seeks to Become Second Amendment Sanctuary City

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from The New Yorker

HACKING, CRYPTOGRAPHY, AND THE COUNTDOWN TO QUANTUM COMPUTING
Scientists around the world are inching toward the development of a fully functioning quantum computer, a new type of machine that would, on its first day of operation, be capable of cracking the Internet’s most widely used codes.

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from NPR (& affiliates)

Fact Check: Trump And Clinton Debate For The First Time

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from On Pasture

Manage Fall Grazing to Prevent Spring Weeds
Grazing your pastures too short this fall could mean more weeds next spring!

Do-It-Yourself Vs Corporate
When does hands-on become hands-in-the-way? What happens if you’ve planned for the worst, but not the best? Here’s how success is helping author, farmer and new cafe owner Shannon Hayes with lessons from the corporate world about organization and working with others. All us rugged individualists could take note!

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from Redoubt News
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

A Man’s Home is His Castle
Heather Scott, Christy Zito, Castle Doctrine, Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, if you defend your home, prove that you “feared for your life.”

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from Republican National Committee (GOP)

Clinton's Top 5 Lies Of The Night
1. FACT CHECK: CLINTON CLAIMS IRAN WAS "WEEKS AWAY" FROM A NUCLEAR BOMB. WRONG.
2. FACT CHECK: CLINTON ASSERTS THAT TUITION FREE IS THE SAME AS DEBT FREE FOR STUDENTS DESPITE OTHER COSTS
3. FACT CHECK: CLINTON DENIES HER LEADING ROLE IN NEGOTIATING TPP
4. FACT CHECK: CLINTON LIES ABOUT TRUMP'S TAX PAYMENTS
5. FACT CHECK: CLINTON GETS IT WRONG ON JOB CREATION

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from Roll Call

Not Your Father's GOP: The Deficit Debate Has Disappeared
Neither party is pushing to end the era of Big Government anymore. Politicians can also look at what inspires voters and see, at least this year, that austerity doesn’t sell. “If you want to blame someone, you can blame the voters,” says Ryan McMaken, an editor at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank. “The voters have not shown, at least not at the national level, a big inclination toward budget-cutting.”

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Le Pen Plans to Recognize Crimea as Part of Russia if She Becomes President
Leader of French right-wing party National Front Marine Le Pen told RIA Novosti that if she wins the presidential election in France, she will recognize Crimea as part of Russia. "Given the historical realities, as well as the choice which was clearly expressed during the referendum on accession, I will recognize Crimea as part of Russian territory if elected," Le Pen said.

Turkey Trying to 'Break up Alliance Between US and Syrian Kurds'
Turkey is trying to prevent the United States from cooperating with and supporting Kurdish militias in Syria, investigative journalist Rick Sterling told Radio Sputnik. The Kurds have been one of Washington's key allies on the ground, but Ankara has grown increasingly discontent with the People's Protection Units' (YPG) battlefield gains.

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from Trains Magazine

A few final thoughts from my trip to Switzerland and Germany.

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from The Washington Free Beacon

8.1 Million Taxpayers Paid $1.7 Billion in Obamacare Penalties in 2014
New data reveals $200 million more in penalties than previous estimates

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from The Washington Post
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from Yes I'm Right
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Yes, Keith Lamont Scott Was Holding A Gun, Not A Book. Here's The Proof.
The liberal media jumped on the story of Keith Lamont Scott, an "unarmed" black man who was shot in cold blood by North Carolina police.

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