Saturday, March 25, 2017

In the news, Tuesday, March 7, 2017


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from Anglican Journal

Anglican primates of Oceania speak out on climate change
The Anglican primates of Oceania, who have been meeting in Australia, have warned of the threat to their region from climate change. In a joint statement, the five Primates said : “We agreed that as whole nations of ocean people lose their island homes, climate justice advocacy and action must become the most urgent priority for Oceanic Anglicans.”

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from Asia Times Online

Pakistan’s skewed ‘war on terror’ reflects bigger problems
Notwithstanding Pakistan’s (apparent) resolve to wipe out terror hideouts and the attention being paid to the problem in the wake of recent attacks in the heart of Punjab, Pakistan’s fight on terror remains skewed at best and selective at worst – something that points out and reinforces unambiguously the fact that terrorism is not just a “home-grown” problem but has wider strategic dimensions and continues to be used as instrument of foreign policy by regional rivals.

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

Pelosi: Obamacare 'One of the Most Transparent Drafting Processes in Recent Memory'
“ACA resulted from one of the most transparent drafting processes in recent memory,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared Tuesday after Republicans unveiled a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Bozell & Graham Column: The Media's Anonymous-Sources Hypocrisy
Why are we all supposed to genuflect to The Washington Post and The New York Times when they publish breathless stories taking on the White House relying on their favored “senior U.S. officials”?

The Beltway Conspiracy to Break Trump
Who inside the government of the United States is trying to discredit, damage, or destroy the President of the United States?

'Malcolm In The Middle' Actress: Trump Has 'Hurt the Feelings Of Every Human Being In This Country'
So the mom from Malcolm in the Middle apparently hates Donald Trump. Or to be more prescise, the actress who played Lois Wilkerson on the Fox hit comedy, Jane Kaczmarek. Between anxiety, weight gain, and hurt feelings, it will be a wonder if Hollywood liberals survive the next 4-8 years of President Trump.

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from Competitive Enterprise Institute

Congress Should Overturn New Restrictions on Prepaid Debit Cards
One of the services used most often by underbanked households is the prepaid debit card, which in many ways acts like a portable bank account.

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

Why America Needs "Star Wars"
Star Wars is ripe with opportunity for fans to write, speculate, and imagine. But while all of this is fun and engaging, it seems to lack a certain gravity of importance. If it's not important, why do so many love to think and talk about Star Wars? What brings millions to engage in such an activity? Because America needs a mythos like the Force needs balance.

Portugal Won the War on Drugs by Giving It Up
People leaving the drug market and seeking treatment is a clear victory for the war on drugs. How do we accomplish it? There is something to learn from treating drug use as a physical and mental illness.

Why Pre-Existing Conditions Should Be Left to the Market
Obamacare's pre-existing condition clause triggered a race to the bottom. Each year, whichever insurer offers the best MS coverage attracts the most MS patients and racks up the most losses. Let's call those losses what they are: penalties for offering high-quality coverage.

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

The US Needs a New Foreign Aid Model
The Millennium Challenge Corporation was specifically designed to counter corruption among foreign aid recipients, but has morphed into a more generic aid program in recent years.

Farm Subsidy Apologists Are Painting a Misleading Picture. Here Are the Facts.
Instead of embracing the reality of modern-day agriculture, too many farm subsidy apologists want to perpetuate the myth of the struggling farmer to help make their case for subsidies. The subsidies for the taxpayer-funded “safety net”—about $15 billion a year—are massive wealth transfers from taxpayers to agricultural producers, generally the largest producers. Farm subsidies shouldn’t be based on a snapshot in time, but instead on what government intervention, if any, is appropriate to assist farmers in addressing risk.

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

Natural Gas Drives Energy Costs to Record Lows
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Bloomberg's New Energy Finance have recently released their 2017 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, which looks, among other things, at the benefits of rising natural gas use across the United States. According to the report, Americans now devote less than four percent of their total annual household spending to energy—the lowest since government record-keeping begun. That welcome development is, in part, a result of the fracking revolution and of the declining prices of natural gas.

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from Independent Journal Review

Why I'm Not 'Striking' Today - And What The 'Day Without Women' Gets Wrong
For me, today was a day like any other. I went to work alongside women—and men—who are working every single day to lift up our fellow Americans, be role models for our children, and leave our country even better than we found it.

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

Alert: Facebook implements internet censorship regime that is already targeting alternative media
Facebook has quietly rolled out a new feature to combat so-called fake news, slapping a warning label on articles they claim have no basis in fact while, according to some in the alternative media, also holding back key articles that target the establishment. The “disputed” tag will appear on articles that the left-leaning social media giant believes may be fake news, linking readers to “fact-checking” outlets who will in turn debunk the article. Shockingly, when the plans by Facebook were first announced in December it was revealed that they would be teaming up with a list of establishment media outlets, along with the Soros backed International Fact-Checking Network, (IFCN) to help them determine what is and isn’t fake news.

Trump set up? The CIA’s UMBRAGE group can stage RUSSIAN hacking
Among the startling revelations coming out through the Wikileaks “Vault 7” release is the shocking fact that the CIA has the ability to “misdirect attribution” of a hack, effectively making it look as if a country such as Russian was the culprit when in reality it was forces within the Central Intelligence Agency itself. According to the Wikileaks documents, a group within the CIA’s Remote Devices Branch, code-named UMBRAGE, collects and maintains a massive library of attack techniques stolen from other countries, including the Russian Federation.

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

Stunning 700-year-old giant cave used by Knights Templar found behind a rabbit hole in the British countryside
The cave, beneath a farmer's field in Shropshire, was used by the medieval religious order that fought in the Crusades and these stunning images were captured by photographer Michael Scott

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from The National Interest

America's battle over the immigration ban has less to do with national security and more to do with cultural preferences.

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from The Seattle Times

Seattle taxes among nation’s kindest to the rich — and harshest to the poor
Seattleites seem to find it hard to turn down new taxes. One reason could be that the tax burden for Seattle residents is lower than in most places in the country — if you’re middle class or wealthy. Low earners in Seattle rank among the hardest-hit by taxes in the U.S. Middle and upper earners here, on the other hand, enjoy one of the nation’s most favorable tax burdens. Seattle is the only city to rank both among the best for the affluent and among the worst for the poor.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Does keeping Washington income tax-free help attract top athletes? Sen. Mike Baumgartner thinks so.

Bacon, soda & too few nuts tied to big portion of U.S. deaths
Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes.

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Feds Drop Child Porn Case to Keep Secret Hacking Method
Federal prosecutors in Washington state have dropped all charges against a man accused of running a child pornography website, in efforts to protect technological investigative tactics that have recently been classified.

Trump Wiretap Claims: Do NSA Powers Extend All The Way to the White House?
US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor, President Barack Obama, of tapping the former’s phones over the 2016 presidential election period. Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear speaks with NSA whistleblower William Binney about whether Trump’s accusations have merit, and the capabilities of America’s surveillance state.

Indian Government Slashes Cancer Drug Price by 86%
India’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has announced major price cuts for certain cancer drugs, up to 86 percent in some cases. This is the latest in a series of government price cuts that has reduced the costs of around 1,450 drugs since late 2016.

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from Washington Examiner

Rep. Thomas Massie: GOP Obamacare repeal 'stinking pile of garbage' written by the 'insurance lobby,' and it 'will fail'
Thomas Massie does not mince words. For more than six years, Republicans have promised to repeal Obamacare and after reviewing the long-awaited replacement package for a few hours, the Kentucky libertarian wasn't impressed. Massie thinks "it's a stinking pile of garbage."

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