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from The Babylon Bee [Satire]
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from EUobserver
EU urges Turkey to investigate election fraud
The EU called for a transparent investigation into alleged irregularities during the referendum in Turkey, which gave sweeping powers to president Erdogan. It added that reinstating the death penalty would end the country's EU bid.
May surprises EU with snap election
The UK prime minister has blamed the parliament for divisions in the country and called for a vote on 8 June, which she hopes will result in a pro-Brexit majority. The EU says the vote will not change its plans.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Changing Your Mind Is Good, but Don't Cut Corners
Most people irrationally cling to their political views; most of the rest irrationally revise their political views.
The Great Gold Racket
Why does government hate the gold standard … or any real standard for that matter? At the heart of government’s attack on gold, silver, bitcoin, and other commodity standards is an outright hatred for accountability and private property, and a real love for theft.
Fascism and Communism Were Two Peas in a Pod
Popular wisdom holds that Fascism and Communism were diametrical opposites. Not so. And both are rooted in progressive ideology.
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from First Things
It is good to read and to assign Great Books. We don’t need to justify them in the language of left-wing pedagogy. Reading Great Books in the language of left-wing pedagogy only subordinates them to progressive goals.
The Reformers did not start out with a plan to establish separated churches. Their goal was to reform the entire Latin church. In this they failed. The Reformers recovered the gospel, and emphasized the unity and catholicity of the church as an implication of the gospel. Yet they left the church divided.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Immigration Enforcement Surges Under Trump
ICE arrests sharply increase even as overall deportations drop — due to reduced illegal crossings
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from Miami Herald
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says ‘I’m only kidding.” But the joke’s on us.
After calling 9/11 an inside job, after calling the Oklahoma City bombing a hoax, after saying the Sandy Hook shooting never happened, Donald Trump's favorite conspiracy theorist now claims he was just kidding. My new column offers some thoughts on the latest twist in the strange case of Alex Jones. Radio host Alex Jones argues that judging him by his on-air persona would be like judging Jack Nicholson by his performance as The Joker in “Batman.” In other words, like the Oscar-winning actor, Jones is just pretending to be a madman.
After calling 9/11 an inside job, after calling the Oklahoma City bombing a hoax, after saying the Sandy Hook shooting never happened, Donald Trump's favorite conspiracy theorist now claims he was just kidding. My new column offers some thoughts on the latest twist in the strange case of Alex Jones. Radio host Alex Jones argues that judging him by his on-air persona would be like judging Jack Nicholson by his performance as The Joker in “Batman.” In other words, like the Oscar-winning actor, Jones is just pretending to be a madman.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
“Gilbane Federal [of] Concord, California was awarded a $133.4 million… contract for the construction of two facilities: US Forces Korea Operations Center, and Phase III Facility at US Army Garrison Humphreys,” the Department of Defense said in a press release on Monday.
A new study suggests that actions must be taken now to limit the effects of global warming, as humanity has just ten years to begin the process of balancing out Earth’s climate. It’s a warning brought home by just-released reports showing that March was the second-hottest month since record keeping began.
In a cage match between death and taxes, the winner would be taxes, as the Internal Revenue Service, the second-most hated branch of the United States government (after the TSA), has announced that private bounty-hunters will soon be coming for repeat-offender tax scofflaws.
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a virtual tour showcasing a newly constructed military base located in a remote area in the Arctic. The base is comprised of living quarters, a gymnasium, a recreation room, and a movie theater.
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from US National Archives
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