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from BBC News (UK)
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A BBC drama about the gunpowder plot has drawn criticism for its violence. One viewer labelled an execution scene in Gunpowder "grotesque and completely unnecessary", while another called it "one of the most painful things I've ever witnessed on TV". The drama, starring Game of Thrones' Kit Harington, tells of the 1605 plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The BBC said the offending scenes were "grounded in historical fact" and reflected what took place at the time. The first episode, shown on Saturday, showed a woman being pressed to death and a priest being disembowelled.
While countries like Zimbabwe, Malawi and El Salvador have recently banned child marriage, it remains legal in the US - and half of states have no set minimum age below which you cannot get married.
This autumn, MPs are due to debate whether they will have to leave the Houses of Parliament while it undergoes essential repairs. But could they be forced out of their iconic building by a potentially messy blockage?
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Donald Trump Didn't Create the Dictatorial Presidency, He Inherited It
Americans nowadays have a bad attitude towards presidents. Many people are denouncing Donald Trump as a dictator. But the real problem in this nation is the dictatorial illiteracy that has allowed modern presidents to commandeer far too much power. Trump’s saber-rattling, rude outbursts, and rancorous tweets have spooked folks far and wide. But most Americans are not sufficiently informed on recent history to recognize where Trump poses dire threats beyond the usual Washington machinations. Most citizens are unaware that both political parties have perennially championed bureaucratic aggrandizement over civil liberties. Trump may very well be a dictator, but he inherited the position from a very long line of dictatorial presidents.
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from First Things
James O’Keefe, known for his video exposés of ACORN, NPR, and CNN, discusses his appreciation of G. K. Chesterton. Were G. K. Chesterton alive today, his quips on Twitter would rival the traffic of Trump.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, daily newspaper
Kenya set to hold controversial election rerun as ballot papers arrive
Despite threatened opposition boycott and widespread doubt over logistics, Kenyans look likely to go to the polls again on Thursday. Ballot papers for Kenya’s presidential election next week have begun arriving in the country, in a sign that the troubled poll will probably go ahead. The final batch of papers is scheduled to arrive from Dubai on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before Kenyans vote for a second time in less than three months to elect a president. There have been widespread doubts that the Kenyan election officials could overcome huge logistical obstacles to organise the election, taking place after the supreme court annulled the result of an election in August won by the incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
Kenya set to hold controversial election rerun as ballot papers arrive
Despite threatened opposition boycott and widespread doubt over logistics, Kenyans look likely to go to the polls again on Thursday. Ballot papers for Kenya’s presidential election next week have begun arriving in the country, in a sign that the troubled poll will probably go ahead. The final batch of papers is scheduled to arrive from Dubai on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before Kenyans vote for a second time in less than three months to elect a president. There have been widespread doubts that the Kenyan election officials could overcome huge logistical obstacles to organise the election, taking place after the supreme court annulled the result of an election in August won by the incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
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from The New American Magazine
RIGHT BIAS: John Birch SocietyVenezuela Falling Behind on Its Payments, Putting Maduro’s Regime in Jeopardy
Venezuela failed to make five payments due on its debt last week in order to make a big payment on Friday and another one next Thursday. The $350 million in missed payments each have a 30-day grace period, while Friday’s payment of nearly $1 billion and another one of $1.2 billion due the following Thursday must be paid on time. Another $1.2 billion of principal and interest payments are due before the end of the year.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from The Telegraph (UK)
These two brains both belong to three-year-olds, so why is one so much bigger?
Take a careful look at the image of two brains on this page. The picture is of the brains of two three-year-old children. It’s obvious that the brain on the left is much bigger than the one on the right. The image on the left also has fewer spots, and far fewer dark “fuzzy” areas. What could possibly cause so radical a divergence in brain development? The obvious answer is that it must have been some illness or terrible accident. The obvious answer is wrong. The primary cause of the extraordinary difference between the brains of these two three-year-old children is the way they were treated by their mothers. The child with the much more fully developed brain was cherished by its mother, who was constantly and fully responsive to her baby. The child with the shrivelled brain was neglected and abused. That difference in treatment explains why one child’s brain develops fully, and the other’s does not.
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from Tribal Tribune
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Media/News Company
Should Catholics Believe in Ghosts?
What the composite of Catholic teachings and philosophy boils down to is that yes, it is perfectly acceptable for Catholics to believe in ghosts: the souls of those in purgatory manifesting themselves to the living on earth to beg for our prayers so they may enter through the Gates of Heaven.
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