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from Anglican Communion News Service
Call for income equality ahead of New Zealand’s General Election
A coalition of social action groups in New Zealand has called on the country’s politicians to deliver fairer income distribution and better quality of life for New Zealanders, as the country prepares for next month’s General Election. The Equality Network (EN) brings together some 37 social service and advocacy organisations from across New Zealand, and includes the Anglican Diocese of Wellington and Auckland Anglican Diocese’s Social Justice Council; alongside the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, Every Child Counts, Child Poverty Action Group, Living Wage Aotearoa, ActionStation and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.
A coalition of social action groups in New Zealand has called on the country’s politicians to deliver fairer income distribution and better quality of life for New Zealanders, as the country prepares for next month’s General Election. The Equality Network (EN) brings together some 37 social service and advocacy organisations from across New Zealand, and includes the Anglican Diocese of Wellington and Auckland Anglican Diocese’s Social Justice Council; alongside the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, Every Child Counts, Child Poverty Action Group, Living Wage Aotearoa, ActionStation and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.
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from Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump signed a Russia sanctions bill Congress forced on him, adding a statement saying the administration will carry out the law but with reservations about its impact and the constitutionality of some provisions. In a statement Wednesday accompanying the notice that he signed into law the legislation, which also targets Iran and North Korea, Trump laid out a list of concerns. He said it encroaches on presidential authority, may hurt U.S. ability to work with allies and could have unintended consequences for American companies. “While I favor tough measures to punish and deter aggressive and destabilizing behavior by Iran, North Korea, and Russia, this legislation is significantly flawed,” the statement released by the White House said.
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
U.S. Faces Looming Shortage Of Primary Care Physicians
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – America will soon face a shortage of as many as 90,000 doctors. CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reports a combination of retiring doctors and increasing demand will lead to a significant need for primary care physicians. But some medical schools are working to ease the problem.
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from Douglas County Empire Press
The 2017 North Central Washington Fair is almost here. The four-day event will be Aug. 24-27. For a schedule of events and to view the premium book online, visit the fair’s website at ncwfair.org.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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Bully-Proofing Won't Work Until We Give Kids More Freedom
Imagine if you were constantly harassed, humiliated, and even physically attacked at your workplace. You could talk to your boss or someone in HR to fix the problem. You could file charges if you were physically harmed, or take out a restraining order against your perpetrators. You could also quit. You have recourse. You have options. You have choices that children who are bullied in school don't have.
The Brooding Baron of 20th-Century Fascism
Benito Mussolini as well as many Nazi party officials – even the Fuhrer himself – were taken in by the monocle-wearing Baron Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola's strange brew of dialectical apocalypticism, violent misogyny, Jew hating, and longing for global war to restore the golden age of the warrior class.
5-Year-Old Fined $200 for Selling Lemonade
My daughter burst into tears, repeating again and again 'have I done a bad thing'?" I can’t imagine a worse introduction to entrepreneurship than that experienced by this little girl, in which four uniformed men arrive, shut you down, and fine you an amount of money larger than you can comprehend.
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from The Heritage Foundation
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Socialism Has Destroyed Venezuela
Friedrich Hayek famously observed that socialist central planning puts countries on the road to serfdom. The latest dead end on that highway to hell—already littered with the human victims of past failed attempts in places like Cuba and the old Soviet Union—is in Caracas, Venezuela. That is where, last weekend, President Nicolás Maduro and the thousands of Cuban communists who actually run his government took the final step to squash the rights of individual Venezuelan citizens and impose an authoritarian dictatorship.
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Socialism Has Destroyed Venezuela
Friedrich Hayek famously observed that socialist central planning puts countries on the road to serfdom. The latest dead end on that highway to hell—already littered with the human victims of past failed attempts in places like Cuba and the old Soviet Union—is in Caracas, Venezuela. That is where, last weekend, President Nicolás Maduro and the thousands of Cuban communists who actually run his government took the final step to squash the rights of individual Venezuelan citizens and impose an authoritarian dictatorship.
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from Huffington Post
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Stay Single Until You Find Someone Who Understands That Love Isn’t A Fantasy Land
What you need is a partner who gets it — who understands that it’s going to be tough and who’s prepared to dive in anyway.
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from The Living ChurchStay Single Until You Find Someone Who Understands That Love Isn’t A Fantasy Land
What you need is a partner who gets it — who understands that it’s going to be tough and who’s prepared to dive in anyway.
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THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE
"The separation of form and content is fatal for preaching, for it fails to recognize the theology implicit in the method of communication.” The form of a sermon is not secondary to the content in terms of interpretation. The assumption that we can separate form and content implies a hermeneutic in which the reader/preacher is able to engage with the text in an objective, neutral manner. This approach to preaching appeals to our post-Enlightenment sensibilities because it puts us in a position of discernment (or authority) over the text. Yet when preachers consistently work with the same basic form to their sermons, it inevitably shapes their reading or studying of the text because it shapes the questions with which they approach the text.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Archbishop Sergiy (Korolev) on spiritual life in the world
For many he was more well known as Sergius of Prague. Vladyka Sergius (Korelev), Archbishop of Kazan and Chistopol, spiritually cared for the Russian emigrants in Czechoslovakia during difficult times for Russia. He spent twenty-four years of his life in Prague, and served as hierarch in countries of Western and Eastern Europe. The archbishop’s ascetic labors also have great significance for us today.
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from POLITICO
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Congress readies Round 2 with Trump on Russia
Language in key defense bills would make the administration revive a type of missile banned by a 1987 treaty.
Congress readies Round 2 with Trump on Russia
Language in key defense bills would make the administration revive a type of missile banned by a 1987 treaty.
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from The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
State Supreme Court rules The Episcopal Church can reclaim 29 properties from breakaway parishes
In a highly anticipated ruling, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday that 29 parishes whose congregations left The Episcopal Church in 2012 can't take their valuable properties with them, a decision that could set the stage for a massive exchange of historic church capital in the region. However, seven parishes and a land trust that left can hold on to their properties because they never agreed in writing to let the national church hold them in trust, unlike the others, a majority of justices ruled.
from The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
State Supreme Court rules The Episcopal Church can reclaim 29 properties from breakaway parishes
In a highly anticipated ruling, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday that 29 parishes whose congregations left The Episcopal Church in 2012 can't take their valuable properties with them, a decision that could set the stage for a massive exchange of historic church capital in the region. However, seven parishes and a land trust that left can hold on to their properties because they never agreed in writing to let the national church hold them in trust, unlike the others, a majority of justices ruled.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
White House officials have been sending mixed signals regarding President Trump's stance on the new Russia sanctions bill. Political scientist Sergei Sudakov says Washington's uncertainty makes sense, since the bill puts the US and Europe on the path to a major trade war.
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from The Washington Post
White House: Two phone calls, claimed by Trump but disputed by others, were actually in-person conversations
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that two phone calls President Trump spoke publicly about receiving — from the head of the Boy Scouts and the president of Mexico — were not fabricated but instead took place in person.
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from Zero Hedge
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It's 7pm In New York, Do You Know Where Your Precious Metals Manipulators Are?
It appears the machines have found a new pattern to follow. Last night we pointed out the 'odd' - in the sense that nothing amazes us anymore, but still, behavior in precious metals futures markets. At 1906ET last night, Silver futures flash-smashed higher, running the day's high-stops, before plunging back to earth...
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