Wednesday, December 28, 2016

In the news, Wednesday, November 30, 2016


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NOV 29      INDEX      DEC 01
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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.]

TWITTER THREATENS TO KILL TRUMP’S ACCOUNT
Social media site takes aim at president elect

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from Asia Times Online

China’s spies gain valuable US defense technology: report
According to the annual report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Chinese cyber espionage is a "major problem" for America

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

94% of Networks' Castro Coverage Ignores His ‘Economic Disaster’
Journalists like to point out the 1950s and ’60s classic cars dominating Cuba’s streets, but in the wake of dictator Fidel Castro’s death they largely ignored the story those cars tell. Those vintage cars are emblematic of the island nation’s constricted economy and the way the regime’s oppression led to poverty and reduced economic growth.

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from Douglas County Empire Press

Students thrive on local history - Empire Press
This year, Waterville High School has opened an elective class about local history taught by Kieth Finkbeiner. Historical events like the great flood that hit Waterville in 1948 or the gifting of the first county courthouse by A.T. Greene, an early settler and postmaster of the town, are too small to be included in textbooks about U.S. History. However, these events are often fascinating for the people who live here today.

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from EUobserver

EU tries to reduce share of 'food-wasting' biofuels
Back in 2003 the EU embraced biofuels as an alternative to petrol and diesel, but this had the unforeseen consequence of promoting fuels that crowded out food production.

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Insanity Law Is as Insane as White Supremacy
Dylann S. Roof, facing the death penalty in the killing of nine African-Americans in a Bible study group at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina has been allowed to take over his own defense.

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

Is Steve Mnuchin Just Another Wall Street Banker?
After weeks of speculation, Donald Trump has announced Steve Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury Secretary. Steve Mnuchin has said little publicly, but his resume does seem to contrast sharply with Trump’s populist campaign.

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

Stop fat-shaming the five pound note
It may contain tallow, derived from animal waste products, but there are other reasons you should be angry about the Bank of England’s new money.

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from Open Culture

The Psychology That Leads People to Vote for Extremists & Autocrats: The Theory of Cognitive Closure
There’s a political disconnect in the United States. We have two political parties, each now living in its own reality and working with its own set of facts. The common ground between them? Next to none. How to explain this disconnect? Maybe the answer lies in the theory of “cognitive closure”–a theory first worked out by social psychologist Arie Kruglanski back in 1989.

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from The Spokesman-Review

How Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers would be replaced if she joins Trump cabinet depends on timing

Creator of McDonald’s Big Mac dies
The Pittsburgh-area McDonald’s franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago has died. Michael “Jim” Delligatti was 98.

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from Vanity Fair
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

WASHINGTON POST EDITOR MARTY BARON HAS A MESSAGE TO JOURNALISTS IN THE TRUMP ERA

After the election of a president who waged, in his words, an “outright assault on the press,” the paper’s executive editor delivered words of advice for reporters when he received the Hitchens Prize in New York on Monday. "Just do our job. Do it as it’s supposed to be done."

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