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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
China and the EU are both business-oriented global actors and they are more inclined to use economic diplomacy than muscular conduct in foreign affairs. The fear in Beijing and Brussels is that the United States will progressively take a unilateral approach to global problems.
Attackers talked their way onto the base disguised as Afghan troops before opening fire on soldiers leaving the mosque after Friday prayers
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from Business Insider
25 places you should visit before they disappear forever
Earth is home to incredibly beautiful natural sites. But because of climate change and human carelessness, some of them are in danger of disappearing in the next 100 years — or even sooner. From Patagonia's glaciers to Africa's Congo Basin, these threatened natural wonders span the globe.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
MSNBC's Maddow: Venezuelans Are Rioting Over Donations to Trump's Inauguration
Even for Rachel Maddow, this is ridiculous.
MSNBC's Maddow: Venezuelans Are Rioting Over Donations to Trump's Inauguration
Even for Rachel Maddow, this is ridiculous.
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from EUobserver
Le Pen-Putin friendship goes back a long way
Le Pen has met Putin three times, not once, as reported, but how much money did her party get and with what strings attached?
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Le Pen-Putin friendship goes back a long way
Le Pen has met Putin three times, not once, as reported, but how much money did her party get and with what strings attached?
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Mises on the Importance of Adam Smith
Smith’s books did not lay the foundation stone, but the keystone, of a marvelous system of ideas. Their eminence is to be seen precisely in the fact that they integrated the main body of these ideas into a systematic whole. They presented the essence of the ideology of freedom, individualism, and prosperity, with admirable clarity and in an impeccable literary form. It was this ideology that blew up institutional barriers to the display of the individual citizen’s initiative and thereby to economic improvement. It paved the way for the unprecedented achievements of laissez faire capitalism. The practical application of liberal principles multiplied population figures and, in the countries committed to the policies of economic freedom, secured even to less capable and less industrious people a standard of living higher than that of the well-to-do of the “good old” days.
You Are Richer than John D. Rockefeller
What is the minimum amount of money that you would demand in exchange for your going back to live even as John D. Rockefeller lived in 1916? Think about it. Hard. Carefully.
Why Free Speech on Campus Is Under Attack: Blame Marcuse
According to him, freedom is only an illusion for the exploitation of peasants.
It’s routine. An outside lecturer is invited to speak on campus, to give a different perspective than students might be hearing in the classroom. It seems like the way academia is supposed to work. That is until the lecturer gets shouted down, threatened, and driven from campus.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Native History: Land Rush for Oklahoma Indian Territory Begins
As many as 50,000 white settlers participated in the land rush, dashing into the nearly 2 million acres of 'unassigned land'
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Native History: Land Rush for Oklahoma Indian Territory Begins
As many as 50,000 white settlers participated in the land rush, dashing into the nearly 2 million acres of 'unassigned land'
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from New York Times
Is It Time to Break Up Google?
In just 10 years, the world’s five largest companies by market capitalization have all changed, save for one: Microsoft. Exxon Mobil, General Electric, Citigroup and Shell Oil are out and Apple, Alphabet (the parent company of Google), Amazon and Facebook have taken their place. They’re all tech companies, and each dominates its corner of the industry: Google has an 88 percent market share in search advertising, Facebook (and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) owns 77 percent of mobile social traffic and Amazon has a 74 percent share in the e-book market. In classic economic terms, all three are monopolies.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Lake Roosevelt drawdown halted at request of Colville Tribe
Curtailing the deeper planned drawdown behind Grand Coulee Dam will keep several boat ramps open, preserve fish in Lake Roosevelt and keep a ferry operating.
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from The Telegraph (UK)
Britain's Empire was a matter for pride, not guilt - as we Indians know
The Queen’s 91st birthday, last Friday, was an opportunity to reflect upon her reign and to replay those famous photos of her returning in 1952 from what was then the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya to ascend the throne. The sun was already setting on Her Majesty’s Empire, and many thought that was no bad thing. Of course, the British Empire existed primarily for the benefit of Britain, but its incidental benefits for subject nations could be considerable. To dismiss those as being unintended is like denying the benefits of capitalism because it’s motivated by private profit.
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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
"The Retail Bubble Has Now Burst": A Record 8,640 Stores Are Closing In 2017
Thousands of new doors opened and rents soared. This created a bubble, and like housing, that bubble has now burst.
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