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from Asia Times Online
Just before midnight local time, Italy’s Channel 5 projected a 60% “No” vote in the country’s constitutional referendum, a crushing defeat for the Socialist Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
While little to no attention was paid to this aspect of American foreign policy in the presidential campaign, Afghanistan’s ground situation today is such that warrants a lot of attention—unless, of course, the president-elect is willing to see the Taliban rolling all over the country.
Kuniyoshi Takimoto, now 95, reflects on the event – rarely spoken about in Japan – that sparked war in the Pacific 75 years ago
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from The Baltimore Sun
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he has chosen retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and political rival Ben Carson to serve as the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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from Christ and Pop Culture
The continued popularity of the dystopian young adult novel invites the question, “Why this genre? Why now?” Many of the more popular books, such as The Maze Runner, Divergent, The Giver, and The Hunger Games series, have been made into films, and other series should be, like The Uglies and Matched series. All of these stories feature an authoritative government, compliant masses, a small faction of rebels, and—what defines the young adult dystopian—a hero or heroine who is unable to conform to the society’s way of life. It’s not that the protagonist wants to rebel, it’s that he (or she) must rebel; it’s an innate part of who he (or she) is.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
EPA’s rush to judgment reveals the “National” program is not the coordinated and consistent scheme automakers were promised in the “historic agreement.”
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
As the Federal Register climbed above 87,000 pages for the first time in its 81-year history, agencies issued new rules ranging from landfills to movie theaters.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Pelosi: 'I Don't Think That People Want a New Direction'
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), just elected to an eighth term as House Democratic leader despite the defection of 63 fellow Democrats, was asked on Sunday what she tells Democrats who want a new direction. "Well, I don't think that people want a new direction. Our values unify us," Pelosi told CBS's "Face the Nation."
Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m Just Astonished How Jill Stein Is Now the Favorite Flavor of Left’
I’m just astonished how Jill Stein is now the favorite flavor of the left. They ignored her and ridiculed her, and a lot of their friends in the media made sure she had no coverage and no oxygen.”
Media Predictably Mock Trump’s HUD Secretary Pick Ben Carson
After Donald Trump chose former presidential candidate Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), journalists ridiculed the choice, mocked Carson’s beliefs and labeled him a “scammer.”
Chinese Economy Hitting Stagnation?
While China’s economy recorded its slowest growth in 25 years in 2015, its official number was still a respectable 6.9 percent.
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from Daily Kos
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Veterans at Standing Rock shock tribe members, beg forgiveness for war crimes against tribal nations
Veterans at Standing Rock shock tribe members, beg forgiveness for war crimes against tribal nations
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from EUobserver
EU scrambles to finalise gun-control reforms
Negotiators are attempting to amend an EU directive on firearms to restrict criminal and terrorist access to semi-automatic rifles and tighten rules on deactivated weapons. But the bill, proposed by the European Commission, has come under fire over concerns it may also make it more difficult for sports shooters, reservists, and hunters to legally own the guns. The European Parliament's lead negotiator Vicky Ford, a British conservative MEP, said last week they were aiming for a workable solution but that "many other elements of the commission's proposal were and remain unacceptable".
from Financial Times
Where will corporate America’s overseas cash pile go?
US companies likely to put their money into share buybacks, just like in 2004
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from First Things
At this time of the year, when it is easy to be swept away by secular festivities, we must concentrate all the more on what is becoming of a Christian. There can be few better guides than St. John of the Cross, whose feast we celebrate on December 14.. Though he is now celebrated as a major reformer, mystical poet, and Doctor of the Church, what John had to endure to reach those heights is almost unimaginable.
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from Gateway Pundit
Breaking: TEXAS GOP Elector Goes Rogue – Says He Will Not Cast His Vote for Trump
Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas said Monday that he won’t cast one of his state’s 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump because “I am here to elect a president, not a king.”
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
First edition of Isaac Newton's Principia set to fetch $1m at auction
Rare European copy of key mathematics text is going under hammer at Christie’s in New York with record guide price
First edition of Isaac Newton's Principia set to fetch $1m at auction
Rare European copy of key mathematics text is going under hammer at Christie’s in New York with record guide price
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Stein’s False Promise of ‘Free’ Recounts
Futile effort to force recounts in states won by Trump comes with sizable taxpayer price tag
Why Populists Are Celebrating Italy’s Referendum Results
Pro-European Union party dealt a crushing blow by Italian voters, prime minister resigns
Democrats Courting Disaster with Ellison
The Democrats continue to court disaster by flirting with Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, in his quest to be national chairman.
Left Pushes Misinformation in War Against Dakota Access Pipeline
When it comes to the plight of the American Indian, liberal hypocrisy shines
Marine Officer: Mattis ‘Extremely Frugal’ with Soldiers’ Lives
Retired colonel says Trump's pick to lead Pentagon 'would much prefer to win without fighting'
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from The Living Church
‘GOD SPEAKS MY LANGUAGE’: A CONVERSATION ON BIBLE TRANSLATION WITH ANDREW ATAGOTAALUK AND JONAS ALLOOLOO
When they finished translating the Bible into Inuktikut, many came up saying, “Now God speaks my language!”
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]In the midst of the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy, Trump's transition team has suggested that it may pursue efforts to "privatize" Indian reservation lands as a way of circumventing regulatory hurdles that stand in the way of Tribal oversight of operations such as drilling and other types of resource extraction. Federal regulators should no longer have any say over what happens on Tribal lands. The same should apply to the states as well.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from Newsmax
6 Reasons AARP Members Will Love Trump
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from New York Times
Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump
The Electoral College is supposed to determine if a candidate is qualified to be president. Mr. Trump has not met its standards, according to Christopher Suprun, a Republican presidential elector who lives in Texas and works as a paramedic.
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from On Pasture
A Coalition of Ranchers Protects Habitat, At-Risk Species, and a Way of Life
In the high desert of southern Arizona and New Mexico, almost a million acres of important habitats and nearly 30 at-risk species are being protected and conserved by a coalition of ranchers known as the “Malpai Borderlands Group.” They manage from “The Radical Center” a term coined by one of the group’s founders, rancher Bill McDonald to describe a consensus-based approach to solving environmental challenges in the west.
Conservation Easements FAQs
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Stars and Stripes
Veterans who were at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese launched the attack that brought the United States into World War II talk about their experiences.
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from TruthFeed
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
The same woman who told us all we had to pass Obamacare to see what’s in it, is now attacking Dr. Ben Carson, Donald Trump’s HUD Secretary nominee as “unqualified.”
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from The Washington Post
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste
The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending.
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