Saturday, April 29, 2017

In the news, Sunday, April 9, 2017


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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 Asia Times Online

Lest we forget…
One-hundred years ago today, the Battle of Arras commenced. The four-day bloody offensive against Germany cost the Allied Forces 159,000 casualties. Of those, a staggering 46,000 were Scottish. The Battle for Vimy Ridge marked a military coming of age for Canada, whose soldiers were instrumental in capturing the strategic highpoint from German forces and so ensuring victory in the campaign, at the cost of 3,598 Canadian lives.

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

ISIS Claims Responsibility For 2 Church Bombings In Egypt
ISIS is claiming responsibility for two explosions aimed at Coptic Christians struck two churches that were holding Palm Sunday services in Egypt.

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

Why Congress Should Focus on Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate
Average corporate tax rates in Europe and Asia are far lower than in the United States and a “business taxes only” agenda could possibly get some Democrats on board.

23 Ways Big Government Is Hurting the Poor
Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very harmful effects on the poor.

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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Tillerson: China agrees on 'action' on North Korea as navy strike group sails
Secretary of state says ‘President Xi understands the situation has intensified’ as North Korea calls US Syria missile strike an ‘intolerable act of aggression’

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

No More 'Catch and Release' for Illegal Immigrants
When illegal immigrants ignore our courts and ICE doesn't enforce the law, it destroys the integrity of our legal system.

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from The Hill

Congressional Republicans need to stop the infighting and repeal ObamaCare
It is month four of unified Republican control of the government, and Republicans still haven’t repealed ObamaCare. That which was unthinkable a few short months ago has become reality. They voted to end it while Obama was in office, and they shouldn't be afraid to do so now that Trump is in office.

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

Discover Oregon’s Indian Country, Part 2: An Indigenous, Gastronomic Experience
From fertile valleys to coastal waters, eat your way through Oregon's Indian country
Oregon is widely praised, and occasionally mocked (e.g. the hit TV series Portlandia), for its farm-to-table obsession. Yet this ever-growing “trend” is simply ancient indigenous tradition. “We’re the original farm-to-table,” Potawotami chef Loretta Barrett Oden has famously proclaimed.

An Easy Native American Recipe for Kids: Granola
Granola is a fun and easy Native American recipe for kids and parents

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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)

Bogus bills passed to Scouts outside Browne's Addition grocery store
A local family is furious Saturday after someone used fake cash to buy Girl Scout cookies in a Spokane neighborhood. Two Girl Scout sisters have been working hard to sell boxes of their delicious cookies, from Savannah Smiles to Do-Si-Dos, until someone ripped them off. "We were super duper close to getting our goal, but we got scammed and someone stole from us," the sisters, Justyce and Jurnee, told KHQ.

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from The Library of Congress (& Medium)

By Gayle Osterberg: To celebrate National Library Week (April 9–15) I wanted to feature some of the people who have been inspired by what they found at the Library of Congress. Maybe their example will inspire you! These stories were drawn from writings by my colleagues Mark Hartsell, Erin Allen, and Peter Armenti.

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from The Living Church

ON THE PRECIPICE OF HOLY WEEK
Palm Sunday is to me the most disorienting liturgy of the year. We begin with a festal procession, waving palm fronds and shouting our Hosannas to the Messiah. Then suddenly it is as though the brakes are applied and there is a screeching turn. The colors change. The mood darkens by several shades. The Passion is sung. Yet more bitterness is portended: betrayal, torture, death. Holy Week is here.

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

The Economist's Duty
This series of four articles is a condensation of chapters in Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises, which deal with various forms of government interference with the free market. They were published in the Wall Street Journal, December 12, 13, 14, 15, 1949, and were recently found in a folder of newspaper clippings collected by Murray Rothbard.

Rent Control Makes for Good Politics and Bad Economics
One needn’t read very much about public policy before coming across some statement to the effect that “bad economics makes good politics.” This statement is clearly untrue when good politics is defined as furthering mutually beneficial arrangements, as good economics is central to that task. But the statement is often true when good politics is defined as attracting 50%-plus-one votes on some issue or candidate, which is a much different standard, leaving plenty of room for government-imposed harms to be imposed on citizens. Politicians see that rent control is an easy way to buy some votes from many voters. Sadly, the policy only ends up hurting renters in the long run.

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from National Geographic

81 Captivating Travel Photographs From Around the World
The 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year contest is open and accepting entries. See a gallery of last year's top contributions.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

See inside Library of Congress, where historic archives are now being digitized
Reporting for Sunday TODAY, NBC’s Harry Smith takes a tour of the largest library in the world: the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He gets a firsthand look at some of the 164 million items in the archives, including historic documents that shaped this country.

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

The weakness of the religious left: How progressive evangelicals ceded moral authority to the right wing
Liberal Protestants could be a politically powerful force in America, if they allowed themselves to be

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Strategic Triangle: Trump Charms Xi to Try to Break Moscow-Beijing Partnership
Last week, President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, reaching agreement on a range of issues, including a new 100-day trade plan. Observers say Washington is now actively working to try and break the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership, but add that the international division of labor makes these plans doomed to fail.

Egyptian President: States Supporting Terrorism Must Be Brought to Account
States that are supporting terrorism must be called to account, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi said on Sunday in a televised address after deadly terror attacks in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria. The Islamic State (Daesh) terror group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Syria Expresses Condolences Over Deadly Terror Attacks in Egypt
“Syria voices its condolences to the families of the victims and affirms that the terrorist groups that commit these crimes against innocent people in the brotherly Arab Republic of Egypt are the same terrorist groups that target citizens in the Syrian Arab Republic under the support of the US, some Gulf states, Turkey and Israel,” the SANA news agency reported citing its source in the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry.

Erdogan: 'Europe Will Answer for Their Treatment of Turks Following Referendum'
Turkey will soon hold the Europeans to account for their unfair treatment of the Middle-Eastern country, Turkish Presidet Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday at a rally in Izmir promoting an upcoming nation-wide referendum which would dramatically increase his powers.

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from TechCrunch

Uber is now banned in Italy for unfair competition
While Uber is fighting Waymo at home, the American company is also having issues abroad. As Reuters reported, an Italian court has ordered Uber to stop all activities in all of Italy. The court says Uber represents unfair competition for taxi drivers.

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from The Washington Post

How Bannon’s multimedia machine drove a movement and paid him millions
Stephen K. Bannon, now President Trump’s chief strategist, used an intricate multimedia machine comprised of private companies and nonprofit groups to advance his conservative, populist agenda and bring in millions of dollars. That effort ultimately helped propel Trump into the White House and Bannon into national prominence.

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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Bank Of America: "Previously This Has Only Happened In 2000 And 2008"
Although it will not come as a surprise to regular readers that, for various reasons, loan growth in the US has not only ground to a halt but, for the all important Commercial and Industrial Segment, has dropped at the fastest rate since the financial crisis, some (until recently) economic optimists, such as Bank of America's Ethan Harris, are only now start to realize that the post-election "recovery" was a mirage.

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