Thursday, December 8, 2016

In the news, Tuesday, November 22, 2016


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NOV 21      INDEX      NOV 23
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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 Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

TIM ALLEN: HOLLYWOOD CALLS TRUMP A BULLY, THEN BULLIES ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS HIM
Home Improvement star calls out 'tolerant left' on their own intolerance

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from Breitbart

12 Fake News Stories from the Mainstream Media
With all of the politically-charged talk about banning “fake news” sites, it seems appropriate to review some of the worst fake news stories pushed by mainstream media outlets. No matter how large your family gathering is this Thanksgiving, you won’t be chowing down on a turkey as big as these phony stories from A-list television shows and publications.

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from CNN

Trump flips, now opposes prosecution for Clinton
During the presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton, would join crowds of his supporters in chants of "lock her up!" and said to her face during a debate that if he were president, "you'd be in jail." But now that he actually will be president, Trump says he won't recommend prosecution of Clinton, who he told New York Times reporters has "suffered greatly."

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

CNN Admits Most Americans Think Trump Will 'Do a Fairly or Very Good Job'
Even as network anchor Brian Stelter blames Donald Trump's election on conservative outlets that allegedly pushed so-called “fake news” during the campaign (including taking aim at MRCTV's sister outlet, Newsbusters), CNN begrudgingly admitted Tuesday that according to its own poll, most Americans actually think Trump will do a pretty good job as president – even compared with the confidence Americans had in CNN’s own executive darling, Barack Obama, back in 2008.

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

MARK LEVIN: POPULISM, NATIONALISM, AND AMERICANISM
The phrase "new nationalism" was actually coined by Theodore Roosevelt in a speech he gave in Kansas on Sept. 1, 1910. In that speech, Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, later to become a Progressive Party candidate, in essence denounced the Declaration of Independence, and embraced the new nationalism.

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from EUobserver

Britain can't pick and choose Brexit deal, MEPs say
Leaders of the European Parliament said they won't accept any deal that hurts the free flow of people within the EU single market after their first meeting with British Brexit minister, David Davis.

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

The Irony Everyone’s Missing in the Hamilton-Pence Controversy
Trump isn’t Hitler. He’s Hamilton, advocating the kind of centralist government Hamilton spoke about in secret at the Constitutional Convention and attempted to achieve surreptitiously throughout the rest of his political life by eroding the same limits on federal government power he had trumpeted to sell the Constitution in the Federalist Papers. Trump wants to be Hamilton’s elected king, running a crony-capitalist, mercantilist economy just as Hamilton envisioned. Even Trump’s campaign slogan was Hamiltonian. Hamilton’s stated political goal was “national greatness.” I kid you not.

Ayn Rand on Fascism
In a letter written on March 19, 1944, Ayn Rand remarked: “Fascism, Nazism, Communism and Socialism are only superficial variations of the same monstrous theme—collectivism.” Rand knew better than to accept the traditional left-right dichotomy. It has always been about the individual vs. the state.

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from First Things

Trying to get beyond the reductive headlines, Peter Leithart grapples with the actual content of Steve Bannon’s worldview: “Bannon doesn't reckon with the potential evils of nationalist movements. If capitalism becomes corrosive when detached from Judeo-Christian moorings, so does secular nationalism, which easily slips into a substitute religion, sometimes an aggressively violent one.”

CALVINIST ENVIRONMENTALISM?
With Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism, Mark Stoll chronicles how conservationism and its green progeny arose from Calvinism. “When Emerson advised the solitary individual to seek mystical union with the Divine in the woods,” writes Stoll, “he simply restated long-standing Calvinist advice.” With today’s environmentalist standard-bearers hailing from Hollywood and the political left, it is tempting to see the environmental movement as a Trojan Horse for liberalism, pantheism, and all manner of threats to orthodoxy. But we should not forget Jonathan Edwards and other Calvinists’ contributions to conservationism.

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from The Heritage Foundation

Government Drone Regulations Nearly Killed Disney Holiday Light Display
Under Part 107 of the current Federal Aviation Administration regulations, which govern commercial drone operations, an individual (or computer system) may not operate more than one drone at a time. The rules also prohibit flying a drone over “anyone who is not directly participating in the operation, not under a covered structure, or not inside a covered stationary vehicle.” Further, the rules forbid operators from flying drones at night.

Thanksgiving: A Uniquely American Holiday
American Thanksgiving is far more than an update of an ancient harvest festival. Thanksgiving reflects America's national identity as a grateful, generous, and inclusive people.

How Trump Stacks Up So Far.
The New York Times warned Tuesday morning that “the pace of announcements from Trump Tower has slowed to a crawl.” But is it anything to be worried about? According to a Daily Signal analysis of Cabinet nominations dating back 40 years, so far President-elect Donald Trump is outpacing all of his predecessors except George H.W. Bush.

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

How To Recognize A Fake News Story
9 helpful tips to stop yourself from sharing false information.

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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website

Globalization and Poverty
In 1981, the year Ronald Reagan became America's 40th President, 44.3 percent of the world lived in extreme poverty (i.e., less than $1.90 per person per day). Last year, it was 9.6 percent.

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from The Independent (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

A map of countries the US government thinks it is safe to go on holiday
The State Department has issued a warning to Americans travelling to Europe of an increased risk of incidents of terrorism, particularly over Christmas.

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

On Eve of Film Premier, Interior Cancels Oil and Gas Leases in Blackfeet ‘Cathedral’

Bone and Muscle in Woman’s Arm ‘Blown Away’ As Hundreds Injured on Backwater Bridge

Tribes Call On Obama to Bar Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon Forever
The Havasupai, Hualapai, Navajo, and Hopi are among the tribes working with Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., environmental groups and other lawmakers to designate 1.7 million acres bordering Grand Canyon National Park as the Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument.

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from KFYR-TV (NBC Bismark, ND)

DAPL protester severely injured after recent incident on Backwater Bridge
Law enforcement says at the time of the explosion they witnessed several protesters run to the area where it happened. They add that a group of protesters pulled a female from under a burned vehicle on the bridge, then fled. Upon further investigation, law enforcement says they recovered a punctured one-pound propane cylinder, glass jars and rocks, which they say are commonly used to make Molotov cocktails.

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from The Living Church

PRAYER BOOKS, ANCIENT AND MODERN
Editor’s note: This is the third piece in The Living Church’s Necessary or Expedient? teaching series in prayer book revision. It appeared in the Oct. 30 issue. Mark Michael’s “Are we done with the ’79 prayer book?” is the well-known first piece in the series. Further essays in Necessary or Expedient? will appear here in the coming weeks and months. Click here to find and then bookmark the series.

IN PRAISE OF STAYING PUT: BENEDICTINE STABILITY IN TODAY’S WORLD

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from Miami Herald

“This is America,” I said.
God laughed. “You people always say that word like a magic spell,” he said.

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

Secede from the Centrally Planned School System
Ron Paul: The centralization of education is rooted in the idea that education must be provided by the government — and not purchased in the marketplace.

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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."

What will 1.5°C of global warming actually look like?
The high ambition of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to “well below 2°C”, was driven by concern over long-term sea level rise. A warmer climate inevitably means melting ice – you don’t need a computer model to predict this, it is simple common sense.

Angela Merkel to run again: how "Mutti" became the defender of liberal values in the post-truth age
The German Chancellor's decision to run for a fourth term comes at a time when the populist forces which propelled Donald Trump to power threaten her own position.

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from New York Times

How Conservative Sites Turn Celebrity Despair on Its Head
Breitbart News Network’s postelection Hollywood coverage appears largely to be a cool cataloging of aggrieved celebrities who are inadvertently energizing the opposition.

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from Open Culture

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of FascismMade in 1995, the list will help you recognize fascism anytime, anywhere. One of the key questions today is can we use words like fascism with fidelity to the meaning of that word in world history?

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Huge Underground Ice Deposit on Mars Is Bigger Than New Mexico
A giant deposit of buried ice on Mars contains about as much water as Lake Superior does here on Earth, a new study reports.

Virgo I May Be Milky Way's Faintest Satellite Galaxy Yet  Video
A Tohoku University-led research team discovered the galaxy using the Subaru Telescope. It was part of the Subaru Strategic Survey using the telescope's Hyper Suprime-Cam. The find could mean that there are many more small satellite galaxies around the Milky Way.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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