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In the news, Friday, October 20, 2017


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from DEBKAfile
Media/News Company in Jerusalem, Israel

Rocket, artillery and machine gun fire was exchanged Friday between Kurdish and Iraqi troops in Alton Kupri north of Kirkuk city. This is the last corner of Kirkuk province which the Kurdish Peshmerga retained after losing the oil-rich area Monday to an Iraqi army-pro-Iranian militia offensive. Three years ago, the ethnically mixed city was taken by the Kurds from ISIS after the jihadis drove the Iraqi army out.

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from DW News (Deutsche Welle)
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Bonn, Germany

Opinion: Trouble brewing in every corner of Europe

This EU summit proves: Trouble is brewing in every corner of Europe. But the bloc does not need grand visions; it needs practical solutions to the problems it faces, says DW’s Christoph Hasselbach. The EU does not need grand visions in times like these; it needs practical solutions to its many problems: Stopping illegal immigration is something that all member states can agree on. So is expanding and upgrading the EU's digital infrastructure. And all states could benefit from more cooperation on defense issues. These are all points that the summit will seek to advance. One cannot expect more than that right now, but we should not accept anything less.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

No, Mises Was Not a Neocon
To say otherwise is to either grossly misunderstand or deliberately distort his meaning.

The Government Created American Suburbia
Through decades of explicit public policy, the government strongly encouraged the sort of suburban sprawl unique to America.

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, think tank in Washington, D.C

What President Trump Can Learn From Singapore Next Week
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Washington next week. He is the fourth Southeast Asian leader to meet President Donald Trump. Key topics of discussion are likely to be economics, China, and North Korea. As President Trump prepares for his trip to Asia next month, he can learn a great deal from Prime Minister Lee.

Alaskans Want More Drilling. Trump and Congress Are Working to Make It Happen.
The Trump administration is attempting to open up part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling. No one knows what the price of oil will be years, let alone decades from now, and drilling is a multi-year endeavor. The future of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve rests in the hands of Congress and President Donald Trump.

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from Independent Sentinel
RIGHT BIAS

Lawyer Says Robert Mueller Tried to Entrap Him
Robert Mueller who is leading the witch hunt against Trump and his campaign team is not as remarkably squeaky clean as the Democrats and John McCain would have you believe.

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from Medium
Community

(Why) The English-Speaking World is the New Soviet Union
The English-speaking world is the new Soviet Union. The best way to understand what has gone wrong with the Anglo world, and America in particular, is simply to think of it as a staggeringly ironic repeat of history. A few short decades ago, the Soviet Union fell, after thirty or so years of stagnation, which its complacent, pampered leaders, utterly divorced from lived reality, vociferously denied could ever be happening to begin with. That steadfast denial opened up the possibility of sudden collapse, and collapse it did: into authoritarianism, extreme inequality, superstition, cults of personality, tribalism, vendetta, violence, corruption, and kleptocracy. That is exactly what is happening to America, from the denial to the pampering to the sudden shock. Falling life expectancy, flat incomes, a shrinking middle class — short of war, or a giant meteor striking the earth, more severe indicators of collapse simply don’t exist.

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from Newsmax

RUSSIAN URANIUM INVESTIGATION: BILL CLINTON MET PUTIN AFTER ASKING TO MEET TOP NUCLEAR INDUSTRY OFFICIAL, EMAILS SHOW

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from Observer
Newspaper in New York

Poland Pushes Back Against Putin’s Special War
Last week, Poland announced the deportation of Dmitry Karnaukhov for acting as an agent of influence for Russia.

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from Orthodox Christianity
Organization in Moscow, Russia

PATRIARCH JOHN X OF ANTIOCH TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE ON FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY IN SYRIA, AMERICA IN D.C.
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East and His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of New York All North America will be the featured speakers at “The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America” event to be held at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday October 24, reports the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS VANDALIZE CHURCHES, THREATEN CHRISTIANS IN AUSTRALIA
Two Melbourne churches were vandalized last week with Nazi swastikas and calls to crucify the “bigots” who vote “No” in the country’s ongoing referendum on whether to legalize same-sex marriage. Graffiti on Waverly Baptist Church in Melbourne reads, “Crucify ‘No’ Voters. Vote Yes.” The vandalism refers to the single-question ballot asking Australians, “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?” Citizens have until November 7 to complete the mail-in survey on whether the 1961 Marriage Act should be amended.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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