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from Asia Times Online
Judging by Mr Trong’s assertion of Vietnam’s maritime position in his talk with the Chinese leader and other diplomatic and strategic moves recently taken by Hanoi, it is apparent that Vietnamese leaders are not following Mr Duterte’s steps or “example”. Instead, they remain firmly committed to their long-held foreign policy of independence, diversification and multilateralization that has enabled Vietnam to develop good – and generally fruitful – relations with many countries, including all the world’s major powers and the region’s countries.
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from BBC News (UK)
Nato estimates for 2016 show that only five alliance members - the US, UK, Greece, Poland and Estonia - will spend a minimum of 2% of national output (GDP) on defence, which is the target. Germany's defence spending of €37bn in 2017 will be 1.2% of GDP.
Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born and brought up on the Hebridean island of Lewis but emigrated to New York to live a very different life. Mary Anne was one of tens of thousands of Scots who travelled to the US and Canada in the early years of the last century looking to escape economic hardship at home.She first left Lewis for New York in 1930, at the age of 18, to seek work as a domestic servant. Six years later she was married to successful property developer Frederick Trump, the son of German migrants and one of the most eligible men in New York.
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from The Catholic Herald (UK)
Americans regard elections in sacramental terms, as part of what Harvard University’s Adrian Vermeule calls the liturgy of liberalism. If Obama’s victory was seen by our own clerical class a kind of baptismal rebirth, Trump’s victory eight years later called for last rites.
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from CFACT
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Predictions that global warming would wipe out polar bears are based on “scientifically unsound” computer models, according to a new study by a veteran zoologist at the University of Victoria.
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
I-90 CRASH RESULTS IN 'UNPRECEDENTED' RESCUE
MEDICAL TEAM CALLED TO SCENE TO ASSIST RESPONDERS WITH AMPUTATION
A three-semi accident on icy Interstate 90 near the Rose Lake interchange on Thursday resulted in an "unprecedented" rescue for Kootenai County. After three semis collided early in the morning, a medical team from Kootenai Health that included two trauma surgeons, a nurse and an anesthesiologist was called upon to assist first responders. They were trying to extricate a driver after logs from one of the semis lodged inside the cab and trapped the man.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Over the past eight years, the Department of Labor has consistently pushed the boundaries of its authority. The agency’s overreach under the Obama administration has greatly restricted how people work and how employers may run their business, and benefited labor unions over the public good.
Where Have All the Startups Gone? New Research from eBay and EIG
Recently eBay’s public policy team here in Washington, D.C. presented a fascinating program on economic growth and new business startups. The presentations and panel discussion focused on two studies relating to the long-term decline in new business ventures and the geographic distribution of the business growth that we’ve seen over the last few post-recession economic recoveries.
Wasteful Spending, Minimum Wage Hike Fuel California Budget Deficit
California’s rising budget deficit could be reduced in future years by canceling a massive minimum wage increase that goes into effect by 2022 – an increase that economists warned against in vain.
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from The Daily Caller
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Bernie Sanders Tweets — And Then Deletes — Insane Economic Claim About America’s Poor People
Vermont senator and failed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders seems to believe America has the worst relationship with poor people in the entire world. In fact, America’s poor people are well off relative to the rest of the world. Research by the Mises Institute, an economically-focused think tank, found that America’s poor people are better off than middle class people in much of Europe.
Bernie Sanders Tweets — And Then Deletes — Insane Economic Claim About America’s Poor People
Vermont senator and failed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders seems to believe America has the worst relationship with poor people in the entire world. In fact, America’s poor people are well off relative to the rest of the world. Research by the Mises Institute, an economically-focused think tank, found that America’s poor people are better off than middle class people in much of Europe.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Here’s How America’s First Outsider President Set a Precedent for Inaugurations
The Washington establishment was stunned. A political outsider with few connections in the nation’s capital, but wide national celebrity among the American people, was going to be the next president of the United States. Washington, D.C., residents were unprepared for the wild scene that was about to unfold when the new president’s advocates—and a few detractors—poured into the city. Some compared this enormous mass of people to an invading barbarian horde pillaging Rome. This scene may sound familiar in 2017, but it describes Andrew Jackson’s inaugural celebration in 1829. At the time, such large-scale fanfare at an inauguration was unprecedented.
How Tom Price Will Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship
On Wednesday, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., the nominee to be the next secretary of health and human services, went before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for his confirmation hearing. During almost four hours of intense questioning, including questions concerning his ownership of health-related stocks, Price’s cool and measured responses demonstrated an impressive grasp of policy and his commitment to restoring the traditional doctor-patient relationship to the center of health care decision-making.
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from The Intercept
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On Saturday, the Women’s March on Washington will kick off what opponents of the incoming administration hope will be a new era of demonstrations against the Republican agenda. But in some states, nonviolent demonstrating may soon carry increased legal risks — including punishing fines and significant prison terms — for people who participate in protests involving civil disobedience. Over the past few weeks, Republican legislators across the country have quietly introduced a number of proposals to criminalize and discourage peaceful protest.
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from Investor's Business Daily
While everyone's been gearing up for President Trump's inauguration, the Clinton Foundation made a major announcement this week that went by with almost no notice: For all intents and purposes, it's closing its doors. In a tax filing, the Clinton Global Initiative said it's firing 22 staffers and closing its offices, a result of the gusher of foreign money that kept the foundation afloat suddenly drying up after Hillary Clinton failed to win the presidency.
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from The Living Church
THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF THE POLARIZING REFORMATION
Marred by hagiography and mired in heresiology, the Reformation is deeply polarizing.
Reformation: Legacy and Future, ed. by Petra Bosse-Huber et al. (World Council of Churches Publications, 2015).
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THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF THE POLARIZING REFORMATION
Marred by hagiography and mired in heresiology, the Reformation is deeply polarizing.
Reformation: Legacy and Future, ed. by Petra Bosse-Huber et al. (World Council of Churches Publications, 2015).
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from MarketWatch
Yellen not worried about surge of inflation
Fed chairwoman eyes gradual rate hikes, says deciding how and when to move ‘will not be easy’
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Yellen not worried about surge of inflation
Fed chairwoman eyes gradual rate hikes, says deciding how and when to move ‘will not be easy’
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
Here, surely, is a man who truly merits a whisky-soaked celebration.
from Redoubt News
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Pulling back the curtain on Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
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Pulling back the curtain on Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
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from RT (Russia Today)
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
‘Stop Operation Soros’ movement begins in Macedonia
A new initiative, Stop Operation Soros (SOS), dedicated to countering the influence of American billionaire activist George Soros, has been launched in Macedonia.
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‘Stop Operation Soros’ movement begins in Macedonia
A new initiative, Stop Operation Soros (SOS), dedicated to countering the influence of American billionaire activist George Soros, has been launched in Macedonia.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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