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from Anglican Journal
The seven female bishops of the Provinces of the Anglican Church Australia and of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have used their first ever meeting to speak out “for the well-being of girls and women across the Anglican Communion.”
Since the first reading at General Synod 2016 of a resolution to allow for the solemnization of same-sex marriages, eight couples have been married in three Anglican Church of Canada dioceses—with more planning on walking down the aisle in the coming year. Four weddings of same-sex couples have taken place in the diocese of Niagara, three in the diocese of Toronto and one in the diocese of Ottawa, according to the offices of the respective diocesan bishops.
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
What Made the Cost of Living Skyrocket in the Last 50 Years?
In 1924, you could buy a new house for $7,720. In 1962, just shy of 40 years later, a new house was up to $12,000. However, just nine short years later in 1971, the cost of a new house doubled. Seven years later in 1978 it doubled again. By 1983, the average new house cost $82,000. Why did housing costs — and other costs — remain stable for decades then begin to skyrocket? What happened in the 1970s that caused an increase in the cost of living?
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from Capital Press
The West's Ag Website
Golden West Produce and Owyhee Produce, both in Nyssa, Ore., have taken out building permits to construct packing sheds and several storage facilities in northwestern Canyon County, Idaho.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Canceling U.S. Participation Protects Competitiveness and the Constitution
Pro-Growth Free Market Policies Make for a Wealthier, Healthier World
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from EUobserver
EU outlines tough Brexit goals, seeks 'entente cordiale'
Amid growing tensions between Brussels and London, the EU negotiator unveiled how the bloc wants to safeguard citizens' rights for a lifetime under EU Court guarantee, and obtain a possibly hefty financial settlement.
Merkel and Putin fail to see eye-to-eye
Differences between Germany and Russia were put on display on Tuesday (2 May), as German chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russia for the first time in two years. The German chancellor called on the Russian president to protect the rights of gays in Chechnya, but he responded with praise for Russia's police.
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EU outlines tough Brexit goals, seeks 'entente cordiale'
Amid growing tensions between Brussels and London, the EU negotiator unveiled how the bloc wants to safeguard citizens' rights for a lifetime under EU Court guarantee, and obtain a possibly hefty financial settlement.
Merkel and Putin fail to see eye-to-eye
Differences between Germany and Russia were put on display on Tuesday (2 May), as German chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russia for the first time in two years. The German chancellor called on the Russian president to protect the rights of gays in Chechnya, but he responded with praise for Russia's police.
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from First Things
Reason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. The political battles over Supreme Court nominees are only going to get more intense and the rhetoric more hysterical. Why? Because Democrats see their cherished cause of an unlimited abortion license slipping away.
The scope of anti-Christian violence does demand a much louder voice from American Christians in defense of persecuted Christians overseas.
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from Haaretz.com
First-ever Photos of Yemen's Jews Stunned the Jewish World
When adventurer and photographer Hermann Burchardt arrived in Sana'a in 1901, he became the first person to chronicle this unique community’s way of life.
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from The Heritage Foundation
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
The First Step in Revoking Obama’s Land Grab
What is done by executive power can be undone by executive power. Former President Barack Obama began to learn that lesson this Wednesday when President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to conduct a review of all Antiquities Act designations larger than 100,000 acres over the past 30 years.
Driving Investment, Fueling Growth: How Strategic Reforms Can Generate $1.1 Trillion in Infrastructure Investment
The Administration and Congress can invest $1 trillion into infrastructure by undertaking strategic reforms instead of repeating stimulus boondoggles. An agenda of aggressive policy reforms can drive an estimated $1.1 trillion in direct investment in infrastructure over 10 years. Reducing regulations that hamper infrastructure production will increase investment in infrastructure by $562 billion while creating immediate and long-term jobs.
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The First Step in Revoking Obama’s Land Grab
What is done by executive power can be undone by executive power. Former President Barack Obama began to learn that lesson this Wednesday when President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to conduct a review of all Antiquities Act designations larger than 100,000 acres over the past 30 years.
Driving Investment, Fueling Growth: How Strategic Reforms Can Generate $1.1 Trillion in Infrastructure Investment
The Administration and Congress can invest $1 trillion into infrastructure by undertaking strategic reforms instead of repeating stimulus boondoggles. An agenda of aggressive policy reforms can drive an estimated $1.1 trillion in direct investment in infrastructure over 10 years. Reducing regulations that hamper infrastructure production will increase investment in infrastructure by $562 billion while creating immediate and long-term jobs.
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from Liberty Writers
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Maher: Clinton is a ‘Lovely Lady, but She Couldn’t Fill the Function Room at the Olive Garden’
Talk show host Bill Maher appeared on CNN Wednesday evening to discuss what the Democratic party must do moving forward to be successful after President Trump's win.
Fabio’s Advice to Americans: ‘Don’t Ever Give Up Your Guns’
In an exclusive LifeZette interview, the model and actor reveals his worry about the increasing crime rates in California.
Shock: Susan Rice Refuses to Testify on Unmasking Scandal
With the help of one liberal senator, Obama national security adviser ducks Senate Committee
Democrats Get Desperate for Trump-Russia Connections
Senators strain for Comey to confirm links between president's campaign and Podesta hackers
Colbert Unhinged on Trump
Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert is taking heat for his recent rant about President Donald Trump; however, this isn’t anything new. Colbert's bizarre rants about the president have become a regular occurrence.
Historian: Give Trump Credit for Dispelling Myth of ‘Inevitable’ Civil War
Fury over president's unpolished remarks ignores the fact many scholars agree with him
President Trump sparked outrage on Monday after making comments regarding President Andrew Jackson and the Civil War during an interview broadcast on satellite radio. Trump’s remarks, while not exactly polished, suggested Jackson might have been able to stop the Civil War and that the seventh President foresaw the nation’s imminent sundering. He also implied the great and terrible fraternal tragedy never needed to have occurred in the first place — a point many historians agree with.
Comey: Alternative Options on Clinton Probe Were ‘Catastrophic’
FBI director offers vigorous defense of decision to alert Congress on email-investigation reboot
Hillary PAC: Clinton to Launch Political Organization
Report claims former Trump foe will create new committee to boost Democrats in 2018
Gingrich to Trump: Get Out of Washington, Sell Agenda to the People
Former House Speaker warns divided GOP may 'need to erase the board and start over again'
Chris Matthews Gushes Over Warren: ‘You Have a Mastery’
MSNBC host feels that 'thrill' up his leg again, this time for progressive firebrand
Krauthammer: The Clintons Have Taken Victimhood to a New Scientific Height
Ingraham: Some Republicans Resist Trump Agenda as Fiercely as Dems
LifeZette editor-in-chief blasts GOP leaders, 'If you can’t put points on the board, you can’t be the quarterback'
Most Federal Agencies Remain Vulnerable to Cyberattack
Government websites lag woefully behind private sector in speed, usability and security
Hillary in Denial: Blames Russians, FBI and Misogyny for 2016
Clinton names scapegoats six months after loss, boasts of being 'part of the resistance'
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from The Living Church
‘We Must Embrace Them’
Archbishop Justin Welby reflects on meeting Iraqi Christians in Jordan, on the first day of his visit to Jordan, Israel, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: "One woman told me that she can endure persecution as a Christian because the Bible teaches that that is to be expected. What she did not expect was that the worldwide church would ignore their plight."
EVANGELISM OF THE WEIRD
It is good that Christians are weird. The weirder we can be, the better. Fr. Jonathan Mitchican urges the Church to embrace its distinct practices for the sake of witness: public processions, blessing chalk, eucharistic adoration, and much else that seems "weird."
One Baptism
Roman Catholic and Coptic churches have agreed to recognize each other’s baptisms. The decision was disclosed in a common declaration signed on April 28 by Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Francis was on a solidarity visit to Egypt in the wake of the Palm Sunday bombings that left 47 Coptic Christians dead and many injured. Under the agreement, the churches undertake not to repeat baptisms done by the other church. This long-standing practice followed the split between the two churches dating from the Council of Chalcedon (451). The statement commits the churches to work together for a shared formulation of the Lord’s Prayer and a common date for celebrating Easter. While in Egypt, Pope Francis addressed a peace conference hosted by the Grand Imam of al-Azhar.
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from MinnPost (Minneapolis, MN)
Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks’ view that getting sick is some kind of personal moral failing is, sadly, widely held — by people on the political left as well as on the political right. But at least people on the left who think like this aren’t trying to make it difficult for others who have either a chronic or acute illness — or who have been ill in the past (those with “pre-existing conditions”) — to get affordable health care.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]At 2:00 pm Eastern, the FOMC made their policy announcement as their meeting came to an end. As expected the Fed did not raise the Federal Funds rate target at this May meeting.
Social cooperation under the division of labor is the ultimate and sole source of man's success in his struggle for survival and his endeavors to improve as much as possible the material conditions of his well-being. But as human nature is, society cannot exist if there is no provision for preventing unruly people from actions incompatible with community life. The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. Freedom always means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. The idea of liberty is and has always been peculiar to the West.
French voters are about to decide who will be president for the next five years, and it is always interesting to see how the electoral campaign is an excellent occasion for mainstream political commentators to remind us how crucial voting is and how it will supposedly allow people to take back control over their own lives. Democracy often relies on conflating society with the state. Unfortunately, this confusion can lead to the politicization of every facet of daily life.
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from The Seattle Times
In a handwritten declaration from jail, a fourth man has accused Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of paying him for sex. A Murray spokesman denied the latest allegations, calling them a “sensational media stunt.”
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from The Spokesman-Review
Former U.S. attorney Mike Ormsby appointed city attorney by Spokane Mayor David Condon
The former U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington could soon become the city of Spokane’s top lawyer. Mike Ormsby, who served as U.S. attorney under President Barack Obama, will take over the city attorney’s office on May 22 if the Spokane City Council confirms the appointment by Mayor David Condon.
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
"There is such hatred, but hopefully there won't be such hatred for very long," Trump said at the White House on Wednesday.
FBI Director James Comey testified Wednesday to U.S. senators that Hillary Clinton emails containing classified information were forwarded to former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner.
Republicans are struggling to reach a final agreement on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, because some do not want to allow insurance companies to charge people with pre-existing conditions more for coverage.
Authorities in North Korea have instructed people to cultivate marijuana plants, claiming hemp oil can be used to make cooking ingredients. But sources in the country say the state has ulterior motives -- preparing the product as fuel for military use, Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday.
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from The Washington Post
Trump has a dangerous disability
It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about President Trump’s inability to do either. This seems to be not a mere disinclination but a disability. It is not merely the result of intellectual sloth but of an untrained mind bereft of information and married to stratospheric self-confidence.
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from The Week
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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Comey Says Huma Abedin Sent Anthony Weiner Classified Emails
“Somehow, her emails were being forwarded to Anthony Weiner, including classified information. His then-spouse Huma Abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding emails to him for him to print out for her so she could deliver them to the secretary of state.”
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