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from Anglican Journal
If the Anglican Church of Canada wants to strengthen its reconciliation efforts, it should continue to provide funds for the preservation of Indigenous languages, says Esther Wesley, co-ordinator for the Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Whoopi Scolds,'You Haven't Done Your Homework' If You Don't Trust Hillary
Don't agree with Whoopi's politics? According to her, it's because you didn't "do your homework." Does she know how ridiculous this sounds?!
Tom Hanks Hopes to Vote For Trump in Four Years
No, you're not imagining things. One Hollywood star is actually willing to give Trump a chance. "There's great like-minded people out there who are Americans first and Republicans or Democrats second."
Sanders: Trump is a ‘Very Smart Person’ Who ‘Loves This Country’
While speaking to reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed Trump is a “very smart person” who “loves his country.” "Let me be very clear,” Sanders said, “I happen to think that Donald Trump is a very smart person, and he would not have been elected president if he were not a very smart person. And I would hope very much--and also have no doubt that he, in his way, loves this country.” During his discussion, Sanders added that if Trump “has the guts” to stand up against corporate outsourcing as president, Trump “will have an ally with me.”
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from Conservative Outfitters
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
A national recall went out earlier this month after Newsweek accidentally shipped copies of a special "Madame President" edition of the magazine before the election had taken place. At the time images of the cover were posted online and the internet went crazy. Now we have a chance to look inside the full magazine.
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from EUobserver
Phoney war, phoney expectations
Wishful thinking and unpreparedness are quickly leaving people with an unrealistic expectation of how easy it will be to untie the knots of Brexit. Not enough is being done, with not much more looking likely soon.
World tells Trump climate momentum is 'irreversible'
World governments have declared in Morocco, during a climate summit, that 2016 has seen "extraordinary momentum on climate change worldwide". They say, in what seems like an indirect message to climate-sceptic US president-elect Donald Trump, that momentum "is irreversible – it is being driven not only by governments, but by science, business and global action of all types at all levels".
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
There is a rule pending approval that would make compensating blood-forming stem cell donors illegal. Regulators are concerned that legal compensation could cause exploitation, devalue the human body, and/or reduce the altruistic motivation of donors. In an open letter, twenty-two of the country’s most prominent ethicists argued that each of these objections are fundamentally flawed.
Wouldn't America be a better place if we looked inward instead of putting our hopes and fears in some distant leader?
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Before November 8, numerous voices suggested that the Religious Right was in its death throes and that no intervention could resuscitate it. Then Donald Trump got elected. ... This election was like a shot of Epinephrine, increasing the chances of short-term survival while not resolving the underlying problems. The Religious Right will likely limp along for quite some time, but its capacity to influence the evangelical world will steadily wane—unless it embraces real, ongoing conversion.
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from The Heritage Foundation
How Infantilized Campuses Threaten Our Nation’s Future
A citizenry incapable of facing adversity or unwilling to reason about and discuss difficult, public things will not likely produce leaders who can do so. Rather than cultivate habits of sustained and sober thought, today's campus culture encourages manufactured outrage and self-indulgent victimhood.
How to Make the Case for Holding Congress Accountable Until Inauguration Day
This lame duck session is especially worrisome as President Obama and Democrats seek to preserve his legacy.
Central America Should Not Worry About Trump’s Election
Central American countries should stop listening to the media rhetoric and capitalize on this unique opportunity to set the region on a proper course. The new administration’s strong focus on immigration and U.S. national security could potentially benefit them long-term.
Trump’s Refusal to Take Presidential Salary Rare, but Not Unprecedented
Religious Liberty Protections Stripped From NDAA
Reports have surfaced that House and Senate members of the conference committee negotiating the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) have caved to the Obama administration’s veto threat and stripped the Russell Amendment, which would prevent the government from revoking contracts and grants from faith-based social service providers whose internal staffing policies reflect their faith, from the final version of the bill.
I Voted for Trump. Here’s the Diversity I Want to See at My Alma Mater.
Let's talk about ideological diversity.
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from The Hollywood Reporter
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots "An Entirely New Political Movement" (Exclusive)
"I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist. I'm an economic nationalist," Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart News chief turned White House adviser unleashes on Hillary Clinton, Fox News and his critics.
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Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots "An Entirely New Political Movement" (Exclusive)
"I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist. I'm an economic nationalist," Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart News chief turned White House adviser unleashes on Hillary Clinton, Fox News and his critics.
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from The Independent (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
Fresh calls for monarchy to be dissolved after taxpayer funding increases by 66%
Campaigners have renewed calls for the monarchy to be abolished after it was revealed that taxpayer funding of the royal family is set to soar by up to 66 per cent to enable the Queen to renovate Buckingham Palace. The Government has agreed to increase the royal grant to cover the £396 million cost of the refurbishment. The funding was agreed by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Keeper of the Privy Purse, who together act as the Royal Trustees who determine how much public money is given to the royal family. Republican groups call the decision 'an absolute disgrace' and slam royals' 'scandalous mismanagement of finances'.
Fresh calls for monarchy to be dissolved after taxpayer funding increases by 66%
Campaigners have renewed calls for the monarchy to be abolished after it was revealed that taxpayer funding of the royal family is set to soar by up to 66 per cent to enable the Queen to renovate Buckingham Palace. The Government has agreed to increase the royal grant to cover the £396 million cost of the refurbishment. The funding was agreed by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Keeper of the Privy Purse, who together act as the Royal Trustees who determine how much public money is given to the royal family. Republican groups call the decision 'an absolute disgrace' and slam royals' 'scandalous mismanagement of finances'.
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from KALB News Channel 5
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Alexandria, LA
Op-Ed: Why Rural America Matters
A week after one of the most divisive elections in American history, political pundits, pollsters, and members of the media are still scratching their heads as they wonder how a man with no political experience and a graveyard-sized skeleton closet rose to the highest position in the country. The answer is simple – rural America.
Op-Ed: Why Rural America Matters
A week after one of the most divisive elections in American history, political pundits, pollsters, and members of the media are still scratching their heads as they wonder how a man with no political experience and a graveyard-sized skeleton closet rose to the highest position in the country. The answer is simple – rural America.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Chamber Panicked Trump Could Reform H-1B Visas
Foreign-worker program that undercuts skilled American workers likely headed for major transformation
The False Narrative of a Vindictive Trump
His meetings with Romney, Cruz show a side of the president-elect the media do not want to be seen
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from Miami Herald
The Southern Poverty Law Center says it recorded 447 incidents of hateful intimidation and vandalism in the first five days after the election. Facing a spate of racist incidents following the election of our regrettable new president, how alarmed should people of color be?
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Cheering for the home team can unify communities divided by politics, economics, and personal differences. However, this unification can come at a high cost, one that will inevitably fall to the taxpayer. While it is typical for professional athletic associations to use tax dollars to pay for their stadiums, arenas, or other venues of choice, public subsidies are not the only means to this end, nor are they the most efficient.
Last week, a majority of voters in four states approved new mandated increases to the statewide minimum wage. For those workers whose productivity remains above the newly mandated wages, they will likely keep their jobs and see no change. However, for teenagers, the poorly educated, and others with few skills, the new higher wage will price them out of a job. If employers decide to continue employing those workers, in order to remain in business, they will attempt to pass on some of that cost to the customers. Indeed, it is already now becoming apparent that the cost of both child care and schooling will increase as the cost of labor in those fields increases.
Why the Dollar Remains the World's Reserve Currency
America came into the Second World War two years after it started, but before that it sold large quantities of American goods to the Allied forces: weapons, war materials, ships, and so on. The dollar will remain the world's reserve currency so long as other governments are happy to keep propping it up.
Senator Joe McCarthy perfected the technique in the United States: whenever you disagree with anybody, don’t debate ideas, go right into name calling. In McCarthy’s day, the epithet of choice was “Communist.” In recent years, it has morphed into “racist, sexist, homophobe, latinophobe, Islamophobe, xenophobe etc., etc." Whenever you disagree with anybody, don’t debate ideas, go right into name calling.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
The left needs to find a way past the legacy of the Clinton and Blair era to form a coalition capable of winning back working-class voters. While there is little agreement about the future of the Democratic Party, there does seem to be a widespread acceptance of the need to build a range of new political organisations outside it.
from New York Times
The Right Way to Resist Trump
Five years ago, I warned about the risk of a Donald J. Trump presidency. Most people laughed. They thought it inconceivable. I was not particularly prescient; I come from Italy, and I had already seen this movie, starring Silvio Berlusconi, who led the Italian government as prime minister for a total of nine years between 1994 and 2011. I knew how it could unfold. Now that Mr. Trump has been elected president, the Berlusconi parallel could offer an important lesson in how to avoid transforming a razor-thin victory into a two-decade affair. If you think presidential term limits and Mr. Trump’s age could save the country from that fate, think again. His tenure could easily turn into a Trump dynasty.
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from NPR (& affiliates)
In a Post-Trump Bay Area, Millennials Build a Wall of Empathy
KQED: A public art project at BART stations in San Francisco aims to unite those anxious and fearful after Trump's election win.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Verywell
Health & Wellness Website in New York, NY
Controversy Continues Over Health Effects, Including Thyroid Risks
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
upi.com
8:11 PM Dozens of names have been mentioned to fill cabinet and key administration posts.
8:10 PM “Given the unique and challenging Arctic environment ... forgoing [drilling] in the Arctic is the right path forward," Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Friday.
6:02 PM "Today's $25 million settlement is a stunning reversal ... and a major victory for the 6,000 victims of his fraudulent university," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Friday.
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