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from Asia Times Online
In the final days of speculation as to who will be elevated to China’s top echelon of power, the decisions have already been revealed – or so it appears. A leaked list of who will be appointed to China’s top decision making body, the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), shows inclusive selections, defying widespread expectations that appointments would further consolidate Xi’s power.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
A US-UK Free Trade Deal Is Inevitable
With strong support for post-Brexit Britain by both the President and Congress, a bilateral trade deal will soon be a reality. The administration has spoken strongly in favor of direct bilateral trade deals which create jobs, advance prosperity and help the US economy. The Trump presidency is already engaged in talks with the British government on implementing a post-EU trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Doctors Are Opting Out of Insurance
Today there's a small but growing movement of doctors who are opting out of the traditional healthcare system by no longer accepting insurance. This new approach is called "direct primary care," but it's essentially a throwback to an era before insurance companies were responsible for covering routine services like ear infections or strep cultures.
Public Schools Were Designed to Indoctrinate Immigrants
The myth about public schooling as a national treasure that nurtures our democracy is untrue. In school, I read about how American public schooling was intended to be a great equalizer, to provide opportunity and social mobility to every child regardless of background. But I also learned that the rosy stories I had been taught about American history had a darker side. The origins of American schooling have a similar shadow.
John McCain Fights Nationalism with More Nationalism
Modern American nationalism is exceptionally frightening, but so is perpetual unjust war. Senator John McCain recently warned of Trump's "America first" rhetoric, describing it as "half-baked, spurious nationalism." But every time McCain grandstands in front of Congress in an attempt to escalate conflict abroad, he is making the same argument for “blood and soil,” that these new nationalists make.
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from First Things
Last week, George W. Bush gave an Obama speech in the key of Reagan. The occasion was a conference in New York, “Spirit of Liberty: At Home, In the World.” Bush’s remarks clarified the deep agreement that unifies our dying political establishment. It never occurs to Bush, Clinton, or Obama that they did a great deal to create our present distempers.
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from Intellectual Takeout
Nonprofit Organization in Bloomington, Minnesota
Christianity Needs to Clean Up its Own House
According to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, there are now over 40,000 Christian denominations in the world, up from a mere 500 in 1800. For those who are not Christians, a denomination is generally a body of Christians who hold to certain doctrines and are usually united through an administrative body. While there were schisms and heresies within early Christianity (e.g. Arianism, Gnosticism, Montanism, etc.), it is fair to say that until the Great Schism of 1054 AD between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, there was only one Christian denomination - Catholic. And that disagreement was fundamentally over which body was the one, true church.
Christianity Needs to Clean Up its Own House
According to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, there are now over 40,000 Christian denominations in the world, up from a mere 500 in 1800. For those who are not Christians, a denomination is generally a body of Christians who hold to certain doctrines and are usually united through an administrative body. While there were schisms and heresies within early Christianity (e.g. Arianism, Gnosticism, Montanism, etc.), it is fair to say that until the Great Schism of 1054 AD between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, there was only one Christian denomination - Catholic. And that disagreement was fundamentally over which body was the one, true church.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]The fatal error of classical liberals lies in their failure to realize that their ideal is theoretically impossible if it includes the necessary existence of a state (even a minimal one), understood as the sole agent of institutional coercion. Once the state exists, it is impossible to limit the expansion of its power.
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from Newsweek
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, American weekly news magazine
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Campaign mailer funded largely by firefighters union exaggerates Spokane City Council candidate’s restaurant inspection record
City Council candidate Matthew Howes calls claims in a campaign mailer targeting his North Side restaurant “blatant lies,” and the Spokane Regional Health District is disputing the accusations of code violations. The advertisement, which hit mailboxes in northwest Spokane last week, ties Howes to violations at Adelo’s Pizza, Pasta & Pints and questions his fitness to serve on the City Council. The health district, through a spokeswoman, said the claims in the mailer did not match the agency’s records and an investigation was underway involving the use of the district’s logo on the ad, which was not authorized.
Shawn Vestal: Flyer targeting Spokane City Council candidate Matthew Howes was a cheap shot
A flyer that attacked Spokane City Council candidate Matthew Howes for restaurant violations was a slimy and poorly executed effort that fuels our political cynicism.
Campaign mailer funded largely by firefighters union exaggerates Spokane City Council candidate’s restaurant inspection record
City Council candidate Matthew Howes calls claims in a campaign mailer targeting his North Side restaurant “blatant lies,” and the Spokane Regional Health District is disputing the accusations of code violations. The advertisement, which hit mailboxes in northwest Spokane last week, ties Howes to violations at Adelo’s Pizza, Pasta & Pints and questions his fitness to serve on the City Council. The health district, through a spokeswoman, said the claims in the mailer did not match the agency’s records and an investigation was underway involving the use of the district’s logo on the ad, which was not authorized.
Shawn Vestal: Flyer targeting Spokane City Council candidate Matthew Howes was a cheap shot
A flyer that attacked Spokane City Council candidate Matthew Howes for restaurant violations was a slimy and poorly executed effort that fuels our political cynicism.
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from Zero Hedge
CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE, MIXED, financial blog with aggregated news and opinion
House Opens Investigation Into Hillary's Approval Of Russia Uranium Deal
Today is shaping up to be a fairly bad day for Hillary Clinton. Just moments after the House Judiciary and Oversight committees announced an investigation into Comey's handling of the Hillary email investigation, the House Intelligence and Oversight committees have also announced an investigation in the Uranium One deal which handed Russia 20% of America's uranium reserves and landed the Clinton Foundation some $145 million in donations and a $500,000 speaking gig for former President Bill Clinton.
House Launches Probe Into Comey's Handling Of Clinton Email Investigation
After months of inexplicable delays, the chairman of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), announced moments ago a joint investigation into how the Justice Department handled last year's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.
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