Friday, March 17, 2017

In the news, Thursday, March 2, 2017


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MAR 01      INDEX      MAR 03
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from Anglican Journal

Anglicans offer refuge to asylum-seekers
When three young asylum-seekers arrived in Toronto with an uncertain future and no place to stay, Martha Asselin and Murray McCarthy opened their home and invited them to stay.

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from Asia Times Online

Brexit could help form a future Sino-Anglo alliance: Part 1
Between China being riled by Trump and the UK departing the EU, this could be the start of a new alliance. As Brexit negotiations formally begin next month, we must look to the subtle Sino-Anglo alliance that may be slowly forming between Beijing and the City of London, a quasi-pseudo-city-state within Greater London.

Is Trump right about China’s maritime adventure?
Many people in America and around the world may disapprove of Donald Trump’s posture on a wide range of domestic and foreign issues, but perhaps few can disagree with his view on China’s military posturing in the South China Sea.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Time for Justice Ginsburg to Retire
Ginsberg's blatant anti-Trump words and actions demonstrate that she has lost the self-control that is essential for one who sits on the Supreme Court.

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from Competitive Enterprise Institute

Time to End the Madness around March Madness
Legalizing Sports Wagering Will Increase Consumer Safety and Protect State Sovereignty

FOIA Productions: An Incomplete Story
Like other watchdog groups, perhaps more actively than most, CEI has for years sought release of public records, to help inform the public who owns them of important details related to the creation and implementation of major policy proposals — as well as policymakers and the courts who should be guided by such information. Many of these documents were improperly redacted and should be subject to further review by the Trump administration as they rightfully belong to Americans as public records.

FCC Stay of Privacy Rule Prevents Irreparable Injury to Businesses and Consumers
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a temporary stay of part of its privacy rule for internet service providers. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) argues the decision was correct because the FCC’s privacy rule produces poor outcomes for consumers, oversteps its bounds, and unlawfully expands the agency’s authority in an area that is and should be under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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

Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times
Sergey Kislyak appeared in the White House visitor logs dozens of times when Barack Obama was in office. The visitor logs, which Obama made public in 2009 in a push for transparency, show that the long-time Russian ambassador to the United States visited the White House at least 22 times between 2009 and 2016.

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from Episcopal News Service

Episcopal presiding officers say church supports transgender equality because of Christian faith

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from EUobserver

EU wants rejected migrants, including minors, locked up
Member states have been told to lock up rejected migrants for as long as legally possible under EU laws, in an effort to send them back to their home countries.

Eastern Europe warns against EU 'disintegration'
Central European leaders at a meeting in Warsaw were unnerved by the possiblity that a multi-speed Europe could leave them permanently disadvantaged.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

Medicaid is a Growing Mess
The United States is going to become another Greece, and it’s largely because of poorly designed entitlement programs. Medicaid was never supposed to become a massive entitlement program. It was basically created so the crowd in Washington could buy a few votes. Yet the moment politicians decided that the federal government had a role in subsidizing health care for the indigent, it was just a matter of time before the program was expanded to new groups of potential voters.

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from Gateway Pundit

Flashback: Chuck Schumer Meets with Putin in New York City
Democrat Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer continues to push the Russia conspiracy. But it was Schumer who met with Putin in New York City – not Trump.

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from The Gem State Patriot

Irrelevance & Insolence: Goodbye Wretched Democrats
Complain, Raise Hell, and Obstruct: That’s all that’s Left

Democrats haven’t produced anything constitutionally worthwhile or redeeming for a very long time and they haven’t a clue why not and choose to blame others rather than be introspective.

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from The Heritage Foundation
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

How Soros Money Is Corrupting Politics in This Small European Nation
In the economy of world politics, George Soros has billions at stake. He is pushing his leftist agenda even in the remote nation of Macedonia—with the assistance of U.S. grants.

This News Network Could Shake Up the Media Scene in Putin’s Russia
ussian propaganda and influence operations have escalated over the past decade, and have especially intensified after the invasion of Ukraine. Plain and simple, the Kremlin has declared war on the concept of objective news reporting—on the airwaves as well as on the internet. Years in the making and with a modest budget of $10 million, the U.S. government has finally produced its own response: a 24/7 news network called Current Time. It is aimed at giving native Russian speakers facts and news in their own language and at challenging the false narratives imbedded in much official Russian news and entertainment.

Why Trump Should Fund This Vital Diplomatic Program, Despite International Cuts
As the Trump administration considers cuts to the budgets of the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, and other international affairs agencies, it must not sacrifice programs that are tangibly preventing conflict and promoting peace. As Defense Secretary James Mattis was quoted as saying when he served as CENTCOM commander, “If you don’t fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition.” The U.S. Institute of Peace does vital work on the ground that prevents foreign conflicts and saves U.S. defense dollars.

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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website

How Alcohol and Caffeine Helped Create Civilization
Alcohol may have motivated the start of agriculture, while caffeine gave us the Enlightenment and prosperity.

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from Indian Country Today Media Network
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Bill In Massachusetts Seeks to Ban Native American Mascots
The legislation would end the use of Native American-themed mascots and logos at public schools in the state.

8 Things We Know (and Don’t) About Native American Mounds in Florida
Unanswered questions remain about Native American mounds in Crystal River

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

Herbert Spencer: Protectionism Is "Aggressionism"
One of the ways Donald Trump has been an outlier in Presidential annals is the speed with which he has started living up to campaign promises. His pace is so far beyond that of recent history that one political wag suggested Americans will need to switch to dog years to keep up.

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from POLITICO
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

The Right Way to Repeal Obamacare
Is Obamacare Republicans’ Waterloo?” That was the question a reporter posed a couple weeks ago. It’s the narrative increasingly being pushed by the media, and starting to become conventional wisdom in Washington.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Two more ‘lost apples’ found at Steptoe Butte
The remnants of historic orchards on the slopes of Steptoe Butte have yielded two apple varieties -- Arkansas Beauty and Dickinson --previously thought to be lost.

State 1B boys: Almira/Coulee-Hartline advances past league foe Odessa-Harrington
Almira/Coulee-Hartline earned a 51-46 triumph that sends them into tonight’s State 1B boys basketball semifinal game against 23-3 Lummi Nation on Friday at 7:15 p.m. at the Spokane Arena.

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from The State Newspaper (Columbia, SC)

The Confederacy was a con job on whites. And still is.
I’ve lived 55 years in the South, and I grew up liking the Confederate flag. I haven’t flown one for many decades, but for a reason that might surprise you.

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from The Washington Post

Christians have lost the culture wars. Should they withdraw from the mainstream?
Conservative Christians in America are enjoying fresh winds of political favor. In his first month in office, President Trump upheld his promise to nominate a conservative Supreme Court justice. Last week, his administration rescinded former guidelines allowing transgender students to use the public school bathrooms of their choice. And evangelical leaders report having direct access to the Oval Office. For all his clear foibles, Trump seems to be heeding concerns that drew much white evangelical and Catholic support during the 2016 election. So it’s an interesting time for conservative Christians — traditional Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Protestants — to consider withdrawing from American public life. And yet in the coming weeks and months, expect to hear a lot about the Benedict Option. It’s a provocative vision for Christians outlined in a new book by Rod Dreher, who has explored it for the past decade on his lively American Conservative blog.

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