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from ABC News (& affiliates)
VERIFY: IS COMCAST CHARGING HURRICANE VICTIMS FOR DAMAGED CABLE BOXES?
Comcast will not be charging late fees or disconnecting customers who are unable to pay their bill until conditions in affected areas improve. A post circulating social media claims that Comcast is charging customers $70 for a “cable box that is now under water.” The claim, which was originally posted on Facebook on Sept. 6, has been shared over 30,000 times as of Sept. 15, with users expressing outrage that Comcast would charge residents who had been affected by hurricanes Harvey or Irma. But Mindy Kramer, the Vice President of Public Relations for Comcast, said that the claim is unequivocally untrue.
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from BizPac Review
The wake of 15-year-old student Caleb Sharpe’s brutal rampage through Freeman High School that left one dead and three others wounded has left the usual suspects blaming the usual inanimate objects for the violence, instead of the actual root problems. But not Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who described himself as “very much not politically-correct” during a news conference after the shooting during which he discussed violence, hate, media, popular culture, and mental health as issues that all too often lead to shootings like this.
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from The College Fix
Media/News Company in Washington, D.C.
Evergreen State College settles claim with embattled professors for $500,000
Evergreen State College has settled a tort claim against it from embattled Professor Bret Weinstein and his wife, Professor Heather Heying, for $500,000, according to an email sent to faculty Friday evening. “They have resigned from their faculty positions at Evergreen, effective today. The college will pay them a total of $450,000 and contribute an additional $50,000 toward their attorney fees,” according to the email, sent by John Carmichael, chief of staff and secretary to the board of trustees.
Evergreen State College settles claim with embattled professors for $500,000
Evergreen State College has settled a tort claim against it from embattled Professor Bret Weinstein and his wife, Professor Heather Heying, for $500,000, according to an email sent to faculty Friday evening. “They have resigned from their faculty positions at Evergreen, effective today. The college will pay them a total of $450,000 and contribute an additional $50,000 toward their attorney fees,” according to the email, sent by John Carmichael, chief of staff and secretary to the board of trustees.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, daily newspaper
Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide
Major survey reveals that it’s atheists who perpetuate the conflict between religious belief and science.
Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide
Major survey reveals that it’s atheists who perpetuate the conflict between religious belief and science.
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from Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
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New US Law Blurs the Line Between Hate Speech and Hate Crime
Eleven years ago, this essay argued against hate-crime laws. One argument read “People can eventually be accused of hate crimes when they use hateful speech. Hate crimes laws are a seed that can sprout in new directions.” This has now come to pass, I am sorry to say. This week, the Congress passed S. J. Res. 49, and President Trump signed it, making it part of the U.S. legal code.
New US Law Blurs the Line Between Hate Speech and Hate Crime
Eleven years ago, this essay argued against hate-crime laws. One argument read “People can eventually be accused of hate crimes when they use hateful speech. Hate crimes laws are a seed that can sprout in new directions.” This has now come to pass, I am sorry to say. This week, the Congress passed S. J. Res. 49, and President Trump signed it, making it part of the U.S. legal code.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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