Saturday, October 8, 2016

In the news, Tuesday, September 20, 2016


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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

CNN caught ADDING key word to Trump’s comments; Twitter ERUPTS

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from Atlas Obscura

Space Art Propelled Scientific Exploration of the Cosmos—But Its Star is Fading Fast
The huge, hidden cost to severing the bond between art and science.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Obama to the UN: America's 'Far Right' Fears 'Contamination' From Immigrants

DHS Mistakenly Granted Citizenship to 858 'Special Interest' Illegals

Father of Suspect in NY, NJ Bombings Says He Reported Son to FBI Years Ago

Not News: Clinton Campaign Allegedly Charging Small One-Time Donors Repeatedly
The liberal media decided this was not a newsworthy story.

Texas School Posts Sign Warning Teachers May Be Armed

The Washington Post's Astounding and Dangerous Snowden Hypocrisy
Has the Washington Post completely destroyed their reputation?

Chris Matthews Is Still Upset Romney Beat Obama in 2012 Debate; Claims Romney Was ‘Terrible’

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

Thai Court Conviction of Activist Sends Shockwaves Through Global Human Rights Community
British activist Andy Hall was accused of criminal defamation by a company for his work exposing the abuse of migrant workers at their pineapple processing plant

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

Decades-Old Clinton Friend Comes Forward, Says She Knows What’s Happening to Hillary
Dolly Kyle, author of “Hillary the Other Woman,” said Clinton has been “’cruisin’ for a bruisin’,” because she’s so angry and driven by rage. “People like that eventually break down, physically.”

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from The Federalist Papers

Obama Says America Can Only Defeat Terrorism By “Limiting Freedom”
Only by submitting to a one-world-style government can the countries of the world effectively fight terror, Barack Obama warned during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

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

George Washington's Letter to the Jews
In August of 1790, George Washington wrote a brief letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. If anything, it is more timely than ever as we continue to struggle with questions of toleration and bigotry, and of the joys and dangers of insisting on freedom of conscience in our nation and in our lives. A civil society should give to bigotry no sanction, and to persecution no assistance.

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from Forbes

It's flu shot season, which means an annual popup of anti-vax memes in my social media feeds. Most of the memes this year are of the "OMG! The flu shot contains mercury!" variety. While it's true that some versions of the flu vaccine do contain trace amounts of mercury, such a statement is largely meaningless.

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from The Heritage Foundation

Obama’s Use of UN to Advance Partisan Agenda Hurts the Organization Long Term

Conservative Groups Put Spotlight on Obamacare ‘Bailouts’ for Insurers

Opponents of CHOICE Act Aren’t Interested in Protecting Consumers
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the House Financial Services Committee passed the Financial CHOICE Act. Among other needed financial reforms, the bill would make taxpayer-funded bailouts of big banks less likely and ease regulations that hurt community banks.

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

Computers Allow Us to Accomplish More with Less
Computers have come a long way since the days of ENIAC. The first computer was a $6-million-dollar giant that stretched eight feet tall and 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons and needed frequent down time to replace failing vacuum tubes. A modern smart phone, in contrast, possesses about 13 hundred times the power of ENIAC and can fit in your pocket. It also costs about 17 thousand times less. (With a deal like that, no wonder that there are now more mobile phone subscriptions than there are people on the planet). The drop-off in the price of computing power is so steep that it's difficult to comprehend. A megabyte of computer memory cost 400 million dollars in 1957. That's a hefty price tag, even before taking inflation into account. In 2013 dollars, that would be 2.6 billion. In 2015, a megabyte of memory cost about one cent.

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from Independent Journal Review

NYPD Has No Idea How Much Cash It Seized, Claims Transparency Would Lead to “System Crashes”

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from The Living Church

WILL OUR CHILDREN HAVE FAITH? JOHN WESTERHOFF’S QUESTION AFTER 40 YEARS
Canon Jordan Hylden on church decline, and the trend of Sunday School education since the 1970s.

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

from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Clinton Backer Breaks From Candidate: US Owes Snowden Huge 'Debt of Gratitude’
Max Temkin, Hillary Clinton fundraiser and co-creator of the Cards Against Humanity game, found himself at odds with the Democratic presidential nominee this week after taking to social media to advocate for a presidential pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden.

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from The Wenatchee World

Inslee supports campaign to stop Mazama mine
A campaign to prevent a Canadian mining company from building a copper mine on 340,000 acres of public land in the Methow Valley is gaining support. Gov. Jay Inslee has agreed to back the push to remove the land from mineral exploration and extraction.

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