Saturday, October 8, 2016

In the news, Thursday, September 22, 2016


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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 BBC News (UK)

See what a button battery can do to a child's throat
A button battery can cause devastating harm to a child if it gets lodged in their throat. Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh demonstrates what can happen - by using a piece of ham.


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from Breitbart
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from Calgary Herald

Yahoo hack steals personal info from at least 500M accounts
Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider.

Western Feedlots shutting down; Canada's biggest feeder blames 'headwinds' in cattle industry
One of Canada’s largest cattle feeder operations is shutting down, blaming market forces currently rocking the feedlot sector as well as what it calls Alberta’s “poor political and economic environment.”

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from CNN

Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter
Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer Betty Shelby has been charged with felony manslaughter in the first degree, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler told reporters Thursday. Shelby fatally shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher after his SUV stopped in a roadway last week.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from End The Fed
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

New York Post: FBI Agents Tell Us Lynch and Clinton Struck a Deal on That Plane

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Obama's Overtime Rules Will Kill Telework
Beginning December 1st, flexible working arrangements for those earning less than $47,476 will be difficult. This flexibility-killing regulation could cost $18.9 billion the first year — over 15 times greater than the $1.2 billion of increased wages that will be received by workers.

Did the Ancient Greeks Believe in Freedom?
For the ancient Greeks, the individual was dependent upon the society in which he was born for all that he could become as a person. The society took precedence, or priority, over the individual. The individual was born, lived, and died. The society and the State, however, they believed, lived on.

In the Market, Discrimination is Expensive
There is a very real cost associated with discrimination, and those costs can create opportunities for your competitors. A recent study found that 36% of the firms studied that had discriminated in hiring had failed while only 17% of the non-discriminatory firms failed.

Top Five Obsolete Names for Once-Innovative Products
Cellophane, Naugahyde, Formica, Betamax, Linoleum

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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Rescue Christians) (Shoebat.com)
[Information from this site may be questionable.]
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from The Heritage Foundation

This Judge’s Decision Was Wrong: It’s Not Racist to Not Have Straight-Ticket Voting
This is just the latest in a litany of recent cases on voter ID, early voting, same-day registration, and other administrative rules that have used the same flawed reasoning to come to unsound conclusions that defy the Constitution. This case exemplifies how the dubious legal theory of disparate impact is being used (and abused) to make or stop changes in election administration.

Charlotte Riots Hurt Police-Community Relations, Put Police in More Danger
What is occurring in Charlotte continues not only to erode police and community relations, but also to make the job of the average police officer more difficult and dangerous.

GOP Senators Side With Democrats to Bail Out Union’s Pension Fund

With DC District Court Oral Argument, a Chance to Push Back Against EPA’s Power Grab
The Clean Power Plan arrogates enormous regulatory power to EPA. Such a power grab by a federal regulatory agency is not only illegal, but is flat-out unconstitutional.

Segregated Housing Is Not What Black College Students Need
Last year’s college news was about demands for safe spaces, trigger warnings, and bans on insensitivity. This year’s college news is about black student demands for segregated campus housing and other racially segregated campus spaces and programs.

In New Spending Bill, McConnell Sides With Liberals, Ignores Conservative Priorities
As far as conservative priorities go, the bill is a failure. Not only does this bill lack a prohibition on funding for Planned Parenthood, it actually creates the opportunity for the abortion giant to get a raise.

Legislators have a clear choice when it comes to agricultural reform: Maintain the harmful status quo or adopt policies that will free up farmers and ranchers to best meet the food needs of consumers.

What Happened When New Zealand Got Rid of Government Subsidies for Farmers
In the 1980s, New Zealand’s government eliminated government subsidies for farmers. Here’s what the country learned.

One Lawmaker’s Plan to Rein in Spending and Assert Conservative Principles
Before lawmakers in the House could read the Senate’s plan to fund the government after the end of the month, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was dismissing the measure out of hand, calling it “unconstitutional.” The Iowa Republican has drafted an alternative spending package. And although he admits his plan isn’t likely to pass, he says it provides a conservative benchmark that contrasts with the short-term spending solution pushed by GOP leadership in both the House and Senate.

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from The Hill

Clinton gets awkward with Zach Galifianakis on 'Between Two Ferns'

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from The Living Church

Peter Leithart on the Trinity: Intriguing, eccentric, vivid, laudable
Bishop Stephen Platten on Traces of the Trinity: "By the end, we realise that we live in a trinitarian universe." Peter J. Leithart’s approach has much to commend it, albeit with some significant caveats.

TBT: EDITORIAL, ‘G.I. BRIDES’
In 1946, C.P. Morehouse urged the church to recognize its responsibility to welcome: "war brides" and children.

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

Carol A. Vance and Loyd S. Pettegrew: What has the Federal Department of Education done for students? The DOE has clearly spent a lot of taxpayer money, but the results are less impressive. Since 1980, during the Carter Administration, America’s K-12 education system has come under increasing control by the dictates of the federal Department of Education (DOE) with failing results, taxing states and filtering the money through Washington to return a portion of it back to the states. 

Tho Bishop: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are lowering mortgage standards.

Laws Against "Price Gouging" Aren't Helpful
Antón Chamberlin: If you want to ensure that goods and services are plentiful and go to where they are most wanted — do not pass anti-price gouging laws.

Are Libertarians Too Anti-Pollution?

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from New York Times

When It Comes to Baskets, We’re All Deplorable
It was the awkward comment heard round the world. At a fund-raiser earlier this month, the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, divided the supporters of her Republican opponent Donald J. Trump into two even groups. One consisted of good, if alienated and dispossessed, people. But the other half goes into a “basket of deplorables,” she said. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it.”

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from Northern Ag Network

Following a 13-year ban on U.S. beef exports to China, an announcement from the Chinese Government indicates they will begin accepting U.S. beef from animals under 30 months of age.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Quitting Won’t Save You From Some Destructive Effects of Smoking
The largest study yet to explore the long-term effects of smoking on human DNA has revealed that cigarette addiction alters about 7,000 human genes, and some of the damage remains decades after quitting.

Pyongyang Accidentally Grants the World Access to Its Internet
Thanks to a grave mistake, the world briefly had access to every website currently available on North Korea’s ordinarily tightly-secured internet. All 28 of them.

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from United States Constitution
News/Media Website


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from US Uncut
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
from Washington Examiner
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