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from The American Conservative
It was hard to get excited about the Republican plans for repealing and replacing Obamacare. And now that the effort has failed, it’s hard to feel especially sorrowful. In typical fashion for the Republicans, there was never any solid message as to what exactly a repeal of Obamacare meant, or what should be done to replace it, if anything. The various bills offered up were a constantly-shifting myriad of suggested policies, most of them extremely milquetoast and wonkish. Not surprisingly, the public never managed to care about them.
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Tim Gill, tech millionaire and extremely liberal LGBTQ activist, spoke with Rolling Stone in a June interview, and called for the punishment of Christians who refuse to take part in same-sex weddings.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
White House press briefing, Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, in reference to the current net neutrality debate, “The Trump administration believes the rules of the road are important for everyone – website providers, Internet service providers, and consumers alike . . . The Trump administration supports the FCC chair’s efforts to review and consider rolling back these rules.”
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from Daily Sun News (Sunnyside, WA)
Senate right to withhold capital approval
While city folk and governmental bureaucrats are whining about our state’s capital budget being held hostage until a Hirst decision fix is in place, we think the state Senate is doing the right thing. City dwellers and governmental bureaucrats building fiefdoms want money to continue to build and expand their empires. But here in rural Eastern Washington, water is king. And the right and ability to access water for our families, crops and livestock is far more important than widening another road, building another school or buying up more private land in the name of purported protection.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Intellectual Property Does Not Protect Creative Rights
The phrase “creative rights” is one of the great misnomers. No one can take from you the right to be creative, and that right certainly isn’t granted by some government office. And yet, the phrase is commonly invoked as a synonym for “intellectual property,” laws, which are laws that actually stop creative people from freely marketing the products of their labor.
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from The Heritage Foundation
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
This Reagan Adviser’s Wisdom on Free Trade Is Much Needed Today
President Ronald Reagan’s first chair of the Council of Economic Advisers was Murray Weidenbaum. The most significant change since Weidenbaum’s 1983 comments is that trade now represents 28 percent of the U.S. economy, up from just 17 percent at the time. It is especially important that we reinforce our defense of the free market.
Top Four Issues to Address in Reauthorizing Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) byzantine oversight structure makes it difficult to reauthorize the Department, something now underway in Congress. Congress should strengthen and streamline DHS’s management structure, privatize the TSA, improve research and development, and reform FEMA. While there are other issues to be addressed as well, addressing these issues will all help streamline DHS and improve security.
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from Hot Air
How Capitalism Averted The Bee-Pocalypse
Remember all the concern about colony collapse disorder? That’s a real problem that causes entire colonies of honeybees to simply abandon their hives. And that’s a real problem because the bees pollinate about 1/3 of the food we eat. Without them, our food supply would be in serious jeopardy. Colony collapse really is a real problem, but as Reason points out, America’s hard-working beekeepers have held the bee-pocalypse at bay. In fact, there are more honeybee colonies in the country today than in nearly 25 years.
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This Reagan Adviser’s Wisdom on Free Trade Is Much Needed Today
President Ronald Reagan’s first chair of the Council of Economic Advisers was Murray Weidenbaum. The most significant change since Weidenbaum’s 1983 comments is that trade now represents 28 percent of the U.S. economy, up from just 17 percent at the time. It is especially important that we reinforce our defense of the free market.
Top Four Issues to Address in Reauthorizing Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) byzantine oversight structure makes it difficult to reauthorize the Department, something now underway in Congress. Congress should strengthen and streamline DHS’s management structure, privatize the TSA, improve research and development, and reform FEMA. While there are other issues to be addressed as well, addressing these issues will all help streamline DHS and improve security.
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from Hot Air
How Capitalism Averted The Bee-Pocalypse
Remember all the concern about colony collapse disorder? That’s a real problem that causes entire colonies of honeybees to simply abandon their hives. And that’s a real problem because the bees pollinate about 1/3 of the food we eat. Without them, our food supply would be in serious jeopardy. Colony collapse really is a real problem, but as Reason points out, America’s hard-working beekeepers have held the bee-pocalypse at bay. In fact, there are more honeybee colonies in the country today than in nearly 25 years.
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
These Plastic Bottles Full Of Water And Bleach Light Up Homes Without Electricity
About 1.2 billion people worldwide don’t have access to electricity.
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These Plastic Bottles Full Of Water And Bleach Light Up Homes Without Electricity
About 1.2 billion people worldwide don’t have access to electricity.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Early Indigenous Peoples and Written Language
Written language for early indigenous peoples included wampum belts, codices, and khipu.
It may be hard to picture civilization without writing to carry messages short-term across space and long-term across time—but it’s impossible to claim that the indigenous people of the Americas had no written language. The evidence has remained despite the European invasion turning indigenous cities from centers of learning to centers of disease and despite the Spanish practice of book burning on a massive scale.
Canoes Land at Nisqually’s Historical Solo Point on Monday
The 27th annual Canoe Journey began Monday with six canoes welcomed ashore from Squaxin Island.
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Early Indigenous Peoples and Written Language
Written language for early indigenous peoples included wampum belts, codices, and khipu.
It may be hard to picture civilization without writing to carry messages short-term across space and long-term across time—but it’s impossible to claim that the indigenous people of the Americas had no written language. The evidence has remained despite the European invasion turning indigenous cities from centers of learning to centers of disease and despite the Spanish practice of book burning on a massive scale.
Canoes Land at Nisqually’s Historical Solo Point on Monday
The 27th annual Canoe Journey began Monday with six canoes welcomed ashore from Squaxin Island.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Democratic Official: Even Small-Scale Fraud Can ‘Sway the Outcome’ of Elections
New Hampshire secretary of state rejects liberal claim that integrity measures suppress voter turnout.
USPS Broke Law Allowing Employees Leave to Support Clinton Campaign
Investigators say federal agency demonstrated 'institutional bias' in favor of Democratic nominee
House Democrat Accuses Border Agents of Human-Rights Violations
Patrol's union chief blasts Rep. Kaptur for ‘dangerous' comment, 'attack' on law enforcement
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from The Living Church
METHODISTS AND ANGLICANS: LINGERING DIFFERENCES
Bishops, creeds, Eucharist — Anglican and Methodist stances toward these continue to differ.
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from Opposing Views
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from Orthodox Christianity
from Reason Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
'Humans of FreedomFest': Portraits from the Largest Annual Gathering of Libertarians
Meet some of the people who convene in Vegas every July to discuss and debate "Free Minds and Free Minds." First in a series.
'Humans of FreedomFest': Portraits from the Largest Annual Gathering of Libertarians
Meet some of the people who convene in Vegas every July to discuss and debate "Free Minds and Free Minds." First in a series.
from The Register
Sci-Tech News website for the World
No spraying and praying here, just precise, exorbitant attacks
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
The Republican Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act will result in an extra 32 million more uninsured people and higher premiums, an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation released Wednesday says.
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from Washington Examiner
Bill Nye: Older people need to 'die' out before climate science can advance
Bill Nye specifically targeted the elderly this week as he spoke out against climate change deniers, saying that climate science will start to advance when old people start to "age out."
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