Thursday, November 10, 2016

In the news, Sunday, October 23, 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 Breitbart

Wikileaks: Clinton Foundation Misled Employees About Results of Internal Audit
The Clinton Foundation gave incomplete and misleading information to its own employees about their feedback given during a corporate review, according to a memo seen in the latest Wikileaks release of John Podesta’s purported emails.

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

Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking
Google is the latest tech company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online ad tracking and user’s names.

Why Overturning Citizens United Isn’t Enough
You don't have to think our democracy works perfectly to be appalled at Donald Trump's attack on it.

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from The Des Moines Register

Workers lose if pipeline protesters get their way
Letter to the Editor: "Here's what the protesters would stop: Union men and women, desperate for work in a lousy economy, that have good-paying jobs on that pipeline. Workers who are now able to provide for their families, that have the dignity and pride of work, and are providing needed infrastructure for the energy needs of our nation's future."

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from End The Fed
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

OPRAH: Don’t You DARE Vote For Trump, He’s A SEXIST, And This Country NEEDS A Woman President!
Daytime talk show host Oprah Winfrey has given up on trying to convince voters to ‘like’ Hillary Clinton, but says they should vote for her regardless.

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

Life After Asset Forfeiture: One Family’s Struggle to Reclaim Their Property
When police officials are allowed to seize property from individuals who, under the law, are still presumably innocent, there is something seriously wrong with our criminal justice system.

The advocates of the Welfare State on both sides of the political spectrum should realize that the only way to make it viable and sustainable in the long term is to undertake reforms that liberalize the economy and to further increase the already heavy tax burden that low and middle classes have to bear. The fiction that an expanding Welfare State is compatible with an overregulated economy, an inflexible labor market, and a progressive taxation system, is untenable.

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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

The secret of power napping
A 30-minute kip works for pilots and footballers, and it’ll do wonders for you, too, says sleep guru Nick Littlehales

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

Fox News Just Landed A Brutal, Clean Hit On Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
The campaign is having to answer for $12 million the Clinton Foundation received from the king of Morocco.

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from Military Times
and Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times

Navy's personnel policy fiasco is an important lesson for leaders
The Navy’s recent decision to strip job titles from every sailor is a misstep of epic proportions – one that should serve as a stark lesson for leaders across all the services. This fall, the Navy revealed it was suddenly removing all 91 of its enlisted ratings. This so-called “modernization” effort has been billed as a way to broaden training and career opportunities for sailors. It also satisfies the Navy’s desire to strip “man” from its titles, i.e. fire controlman, corpsman and seaman. This move, thrust on the service by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus with the endorsement of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and his former top enlisted adviser, was poorly conceived, researched and communicated to the fleet. It’s been a total morale crusher, with thousands of sailors lobbying for an immediate reversal.


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from New York Post

Trump leading in poll that has best track record over last three elections
The poll with the best track record over the last three presidential elections gave Donald Trump a 2-percentage-point edge over Hillary Clinton on Saturday. The Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP tracking poll has Trump with 42.1 percent and Clinton at 39.7 percent.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Spin Control: The 2004 Washington election was not – repeat NOT – rigged

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Mark Zuckerberg Steps In to Ban Trump Censorship on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg is a hands-on guy: the Facebook CEO stepped in himself to put a halt to calls by some of his employees to censor remarks by Donald Trump that they considered hate speech.


In Turkey, All Power 'Already in the Same Very Hands, No Need to Expand It'
As Turkey revives calls for a new constitutional referendum to expand presidential powers, Turkish public official, publicist and writer Baskın Oran explained to Sputnik Turkiye that Turkey is a country where the power is already concentrated in those same very hands.

Cash-Strapped Ukraine Stocks Expired Food Following Economic 'Experiment'
With the economic crisis in Ukraine showing no sign of abating, more and more people there are opting to buy expired food products, according to the Ukrainian news website Vesti.

Anarchy is Good for Business: Afghani Opium Production Jumps 43%
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime reports that opium production in Afghanistan has jumped by 43%, with total land area used for poppy cultivation growing by 10% and exceeding 200,000 hectares. Radio Sputnik discussed the situation with Afghan security and drug trade researcher Najibullah Noorzai.

Oops! Ukrainian Parliament Opens Door to Polish Territorial Revisionism
Late last week, Ukraine's parliament passed a declaration which officially condemned the Soviet Union for the outbreak of WWII, and rejected the post-war order which was established in 1945. In effect, lawmakers have unwittingly opened a Pandora's Box to Polish territorial revisionism.

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from Yahoo News

Hungary's Orban rejects 'Sovietization' by Brussels, defends nation state
At a commemoration of a 1956 anti-Communist uprising, Hungary's right-wing leader Viktor Orban said his country must stand up to Europe's "Sovietization" and defend its borders against mass migration. Orban, a critic of the European Union and an early opponent of the recent migration wave into the continent, said freedom in Europe depended on the nation state and Christian traditions.

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