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from BBC News (UK)
It's tough. It doesn't tear. You can spill beer on it, put it through the washing machine and it will survive to buy another round. But one thing it turns out it's not, is fat-free. Because it turns out the plastic polymer it's made from also contains small amounts of tallow, derived from animal waste products - and some vegetarians are not happy. Vegans and vegetarians faced with this revelation have taken to social media to voice their concern and over 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for the contents of the notes to be changed.
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from CNN
Two recent posts from CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressing the controversy over fake news spreading on Facebook were briefly deleted on Tuesday. The posts re-appeared after media outlets called attention to the matter.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Media Freak Out: 'HHS Pick Will Take Health Insurance Away From Millions of Poor People'
Hours after Donald Trump announced Republican Congressman Tom Price as his pick for Health and Human Services Secretary the media had already begun their witch hunt against him. Price is a vocal opponent of Obamacare with a consistently conservative record on social issues such as abortion. This, of course, made him an easy target for liberal journalists who took to Twitter Tuesday morning to bash the cabinet pick as a disaster for poor people and the LGBT community. Ezra Klein, founder of liberal media website Vox.com, made the ludicrous claim that Price would “take health insurance from millions of poor people.”
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
Fort Ground battle ground
Growing concerns that a Coeur d'Alene neighborhood, first developed in 1905, is losing its historical charm has led a group to push for code changes.
Located near Independence Point and City Park, the Fort Ground neighborhood is comprised of 119 homes and is listed as a National Historic District. However, recently built or remodeled homes that some feel have strayed from the historic roots of the neighborhood led Kevin Jester and other homeowners to protect the area from future development outside of historical standards.
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from Conservative Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
THREATENING ELECTORS VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW. SO WHY ISN’T LORETTA LYNCH DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
THREATENING ELECTORS VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW. SO WHY ISN’T LORETTA LYNCH DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
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from EUobserver
'Secular' EU told of Christian suffering in Middle East
An "internationally protected Christian autonomous region" in Middle East proposed as one solution, as religious leaders met for talks on migration with EU Commission.
EU failing on Roma rights
EU and member states are failing to help Roma communities, with some 80 percent still facing the risk of poverty. A report on Tuesday (29 November) by the Vienna-based Agency for Fundamental Rights reveals one in three live in households with no tap water, while one in ten has no electricity.
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'Secular' EU told of Christian suffering in Middle East
An "internationally protected Christian autonomous region" in Middle East proposed as one solution, as religious leaders met for talks on migration with EU Commission.
EU failing on Roma rights
EU and member states are failing to help Roma communities, with some 80 percent still facing the risk of poverty. A report on Tuesday (29 November) by the Vienna-based Agency for Fundamental Rights reveals one in three live in households with no tap water, while one in ten has no electricity.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Why Africans Fish With Mosquito Nets
The notion that capital resources can be employed in uncountable ways is at the heart of Austrian Economics. When people are free to innovate with capital resources, they're bound to find new uses that create more value.
Public Subsidies Tarnish the Arts
Money that comes voluntarily from the heart is more meaningful than money that comes at gunpoint (taxes). Those “studies” that purport to show X return on Y amount of government arts spending are a laughingstock among economists. The numbers are cooked and almost never compared to alternative uses of tax money. Even less frequently do subsidy advocates consider what people might choose to do if their earnings weren’t taxed away in the first place.
Why a Gilmore Girl Can't Get a Job
As Rory struggles in her career, she discovers that while a prestigious credential might be a (weak) signal for value-creation, it's no substitute for value-creation.
Swiss Neutrality Depends on Nuclear Power
The Swiss may not be in love with nuclear power, but they recognize that phasing out nuclear reactors would increase their dependence on other nations for energy and jeopardize their longstanding policy of diplomatic neutrality.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Prayer book that may have been Henry VIII's could fetch £2.5m at auction
The Bute Hours, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, is particularly rare because few such books survived Reformation
Prayer book that may have been Henry VIII's could fetch £2.5m at auction
The Bute Hours, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, is particularly rare because few such books survived Reformation
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from The Heritage Foundation
Artists’ Free Speech Rights at Stake in Washington Florist Case
The most recent evidence of this came when the Washington Supreme Court heard arguments in Ferguson’s case against Barronelle Stutzman. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is trying to construct a real-life dystopia in which professionals will be forced to create expressive materials to promote, and even celebrate, ideas that violate their convictions.
Russia’s Ban on LinkedIn Reflects Global Decline of Internet Freedom
The decision by a Russian court earlier this month to shut down the professional social network LinkedIn came right on cue. The court ruling coincided with the publication of “Freedom on the Net 2016,” an annual report on internet freedom published by the human rights organization Freedom House. The LinkedIn ruling fits right into this trend, and it sends a message to other social media sites. Russia has 6 million LinkedIn users, whose data is being held on servers outside Russia. Having personal information stored outside Russia (and therefore out of the reach of Russian authorities) is against Russian law, which mandates that only servers in Russia can hold the personal data of Russian internet users.
What a Trump Court Would Mean for Abortion
With the election of Donald Trump, the American people finally have real hope that we will once again have a voice and a vote on abortion. The pro-life movement in America is stronger, more sophisticated, and younger than anywhere else on the planet.
Meet the Doctor Trump Picked to Dismantle Obamacare
It's hard to imagine a candidate more qualified to serve as HHS secretary than President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Rep. Tom Price. With Dr. Price taking the helm of American health policy, doctors and patients alike have sound reasons to hope for a welcome and long-overdue change.
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from Jews News
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
from KGW-TV (NBC Portland)
Seventy years ago, the Hanford Site produced plutonium for America's nuclear arsenal. Today, it's run by the Department of Energy through its contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions. The contractor is managing a $110 billion cleanup of 56 million gallons of chemical and nuclear waste, stored in 177 underground tanks — a task that's expected to last the next 50 years.
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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
Spokane grocery store owner gives surprise response to shoplifter
Sergio De Leon knows what it’s like to need help. The owner of the well-known Mexican deli and grocery market in North Spokane grew up going to food banks with his father in Texas.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Over the weekend, the world bid farewell to brutal Cuban dictator and poster-child for western communism, Fidel Castro. Those who suffered under Castro’s regime, and were fortunate enough to escape to America, have taken to the streets to celebrate the end of his dictatorship with the hope that his passing will bring a sense of peace and restitution to their community. However, in spite of his long track record of human rights violations, there are still those who view Castro as a hero.
Planet Earth and the Tyranny of Mother Nature
The BBC series Planet Earth II is one of the most beautiful nature documentaries ever produced. Yet although the world it captures is gorgeous and filmed in incredible detail, it isn’t one that most people would care to live in. Only peaceful social cooperation enables us to take advantage of the best parts of human life and escape the tyranny of biological competition.
The Swiss Private Bankers Should Be a Model for Bankers Everywhere
American chain banks have become just glorified ATM machines. The strong showing in banking stocks may show some optimism following the presidential election victory of Donald Trump. But, a healthy future for US banking will only take root if that industry comes to terms with the original purpose for which banking was intended — wealth management.
The Real Reason to Oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline
The ongoing protest over the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock Indian Reservation makes for some good theater, but the protesters have as yet been unable to demonstrate that the pipeline actually trespasses on Indian lands or that it will likely lead to groundwater pollution. In Iowa, the Dakota Access Pipeline has relied on government to seize land from private-property owners unwilling to grant access to the oil companies.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
‘America’s Chernobyl’: Inside the most toxic place in the nation
Experts call it “the most toxic place in America” and “an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen”: the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state, which produced plutonium for America’s nuclear arsenal 70 years ago. Today the federal government spends about $2 billion taxpayer dollars a year to contain deadly waste there. NBC investigative correspondent Ronan Farrow takes a closer look as part of TODAY’s Undercovered series.
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from Open Culture
Why Socrates Hated Democracies: An Animated Case for Why Self-Government Requires Wisdom & Education
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from Patheos
[Information from this site may be questionable.]The Real Reason Evangelicals Don’t Baptize Babies
Why don't most American evangelicals baptize infants? Because they've replaced the sacrament of baptism with dramatic conversion experiences.
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
Space could leave you blind, and scientists say they've finally figured out why
20/20 to 20/100 in 6 months.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Time Media/News Company
The Sand Creek Massacre Took Place More Than 150 Years Ago. It Still Matters
In treaties such as the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, the lands of Native peoples in the west were legally recognized and guaranteed. That such agreements carry the full weight of the United States Constitution belies the casual nature of their neglect. The Sand Creek Massacre of Nov. 29, 1864, represents just one example of our nation’s failure to live up to the ideals and laws sanctified in the documents of civilization.
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from The Washington Post
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