Wednesday, December 28, 2016

In the news, Thursday, December 1, 2016


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from Asia Times Online

Trump’s withdrawal from TPP: What it means for Asia
US president-elect jettisoned in one stroke the outcome of 10 years of hard-fought negotiations between 12 countries of the Pacific Rim

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from Bloomberg

The 'Trigger Warning' Test You Can't Fail
A multiple-choice quiz on what terrifies college students.

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from CBC News (Canada)

North Dakota pipeline protest garners support from U.S. veterans
'I bled in Iraq and you're going to threaten to shoot me on a bridge in North Dakota?'

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from First Things

SOROS AND SIMONY
Left-leaning financier George Soros is known for spending millions of dollars trying to influence U.S. presidential elections. This year alone he has devoted more than $25 million to promote the candidacy of Hillary Clinton and other Democratic Party candidates and causes. Recently, he seems to have decided to move the needle on the Catholic Church as well.

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

Should we even go there? Historians on comparing fascism to Trumpism
Recent events around the world have prompted debate about the historical parallels between our times and the period preceding the second world war

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Mixed Reactions as Trudeau Nixes Northern Gateway Pipeline but Approves Kinder Morgan Expansion

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

What Is The ‘Right To Lie’ Case? Court Case Claims Social Workers Have Immunity From Perjury Charges If They Lie To Remove Children From Their Homes
A court case known as the “Right to Lie” case would establish whether social workers are legally immune from perjury charges if they lie to the courts in order to remove children from their families — and it is now one step away from the Supreme Court. Case number 15-55563, also known as Hardwick v. Vreeken or the “Right to Lie” case, was heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in October. The case is an extension of a long-running court battle between a California woman and her two daughters against the child welfare system in Orange County, California.


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

It's official: Donald Trump has chosen Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary
Donald Trump on Thursday announced retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, tasking the popular military leader with carrying out the president-elect's planned overhaul of Pentagon operations and a shift in national security priorities.

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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

General Mattis Is an Outstanding Choice for Secretary of Defense

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Medically Evacuated From South Pole
American astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been medically evacuated from the South Pole, according to the National Science Foundation and a private tourism group.

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from POLITICO
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9 unforgettable quotes by James Mattis
James Mattis, the retired Marine Corps general who has been tapped to be Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, is known for his earthy aphorisms -- eminently quotable, often controversial observations on everything from the romanticism of war to the secret of personal success.

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from Reuters

U.S. failing to curb money laundering by shell companies: task force report
The United States received failing scores for its efforts to prevent the laundering of criminal proceeds by shell companies, accountants and real estate agents, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said in a report released Thursday.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from The Washington Post

Trump could face the ‘biggest trial of the century’ — over climate change
A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Oregon made headlines when she ruled that a groundbreaking climate lawsuit will proceed to trial. And some experts say its outcome could rewrite the future of climate policy in the United States. The case, brought by 21 youths aged 9 to 20, claims that the federal government isn’t doing enough to address the problem of climate change to protect their planet’s future — and that, they charge, is a violation of their constitutional rights on the most basic level.

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