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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.
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from BBC News (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
The first alarm goes at 3am - that life wouldn't be for everyone.
Samir Abdo's granddaughter was killed in a terror attack at an Egyptian chapel in 2016.
A report by the former top doctor in the US, Vivek Murthy, says 40% of adults in the US report feeling lonely.
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from Bloomberg
Media/News Company
President Donald Trump has started paying his own legal bills related to the Russia probe, rather than charging them to his campaign or the Republican National Committee, and is finalizing a plan to use personal funds to help current and former White House staff with their legal costs.
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from East Oregonian
Americans worry about politics, nation’s future
America is stressed out. We worry about things like finances and work, but this year, we are most anxious about what lies ahead for our country. “Sixty-three percent of Americans reported that our nation’s future was a significant source of stress,” said Vaile Wright, director of research at the American Psychological Association, the organization that hired Harris Poll to conduct the Stress in America Survey. “That was higher than for money or work — which is what people usually report as their highest source of stress.”
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Were We Wrong About Addiction?
Right-wingers tend to think of addiction as a moral failing, and leftists tend to think of it as a disease. It looks like both positions might be wrong.
Zimbabwe's Dictator Fell but the Country Is Still In Trouble
Things in the beleaguered African country might yet get worse before they get better.
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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, think tank in Washington, D.C
Secretary Tillerson Signals Shift In U.S. Policy Toward Burma
Close to 600,000 Burmese Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh after the military retaliated for attacks on its security outposts on August 25. The ethnic cleansing element of the Rohingya crisis has garnered significant attention. In Burma, Secretary Tillerson signaled that U.S. leadership intends to help ensure justice for Rohingya victims of ethnic cleansing.
In 1 Chart, the Differences Between the House and Senate Tax Reform Bills
Scoring Trump's Big Adventure in the Indo-Pacific
This trip, the first by President Trump to the region since taking office, would be the longest trip any American president had made to Asia since George H. W. Bush. In terms of the trip, no major agreements were signed; no major changes in relationships were signaled. The worst possibilities, those of a United States pursuing both strategic and economic isolationist policies, were not affirmed.
Meet These 5 Stellar Conservatives Trump Just Added to His Supreme Court List
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the addition of five individuals to his outstanding list of potential candidates for a future Supreme Court vacancy.
America Needs a Stronger State Department, Not an ‘Independent’ Foreign Aid Agency
President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to come up with a plan to reorganize themselves to improve their efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. The defenders of the status quo complain that threatening a deep budget cut to USAID is not the right way to start a conversation about reform. After decades of studies recommending fixes to foreign aid, the Trump administration may have hit upon the only way to do it.
How the GOP Tax Bill Will Affect the Economy
The House passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Thursday, a bill that would reform the tax code by lowering marginal rates for most households, corporations, and small businesses. The Senate is also working on its own version of the bill. Though the complete details are yet to be finalized, both the House and Senate versions contain enough in common that we can estimate the effect these bills would have on the economy once a new equilibrium is reached. Most of these effects would likely occur within the 10-year budget window.
Foreign Automakers Are Investing In U.S. Because of Pro-Business Climate
Foreign investment is vital for a healthy U.S. economy. America’s unique and hospitable climate for foreign investment brings with it economic growth, quality jobs, increased consumer choice, and reasonably priced goods.
Innocent Americans Are Being Squeezed by Local Authorities. Here’s How Congress Can Bring Reform.
Civil asset forfeiture is facing renewed pressure for reform from members in Congress concerned about its abuse, and the Justice Department appears to be pushing back—hard. Last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein penned a lengthy panegyric to the controversial practice, calling it “a powerful tool to make victims whole and prevent crime.” That is undeniable. But the question being asked in Congress and in virtually every state legislature is whether that tool has become too powerful, too stacked against innocent property owners, and whether some law enforcement officials have become too determined to get at the proceeds of crime, even at the expense of traditional functions like arresting and prosecuting criminals.
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Secretary Tillerson Signals Shift In U.S. Policy Toward Burma
Close to 600,000 Burmese Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh after the military retaliated for attacks on its security outposts on August 25. The ethnic cleansing element of the Rohingya crisis has garnered significant attention. In Burma, Secretary Tillerson signaled that U.S. leadership intends to help ensure justice for Rohingya victims of ethnic cleansing.
In 1 Chart, the Differences Between the House and Senate Tax Reform Bills
Scoring Trump's Big Adventure in the Indo-Pacific
This trip, the first by President Trump to the region since taking office, would be the longest trip any American president had made to Asia since George H. W. Bush. In terms of the trip, no major agreements were signed; no major changes in relationships were signaled. The worst possibilities, those of a United States pursuing both strategic and economic isolationist policies, were not affirmed.
Meet These 5 Stellar Conservatives Trump Just Added to His Supreme Court List
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the addition of five individuals to his outstanding list of potential candidates for a future Supreme Court vacancy.
America Needs a Stronger State Department, Not an ‘Independent’ Foreign Aid Agency
President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to come up with a plan to reorganize themselves to improve their efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. The defenders of the status quo complain that threatening a deep budget cut to USAID is not the right way to start a conversation about reform. After decades of studies recommending fixes to foreign aid, the Trump administration may have hit upon the only way to do it.
How the GOP Tax Bill Will Affect the Economy
The House passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Thursday, a bill that would reform the tax code by lowering marginal rates for most households, corporations, and small businesses. The Senate is also working on its own version of the bill. Though the complete details are yet to be finalized, both the House and Senate versions contain enough in common that we can estimate the effect these bills would have on the economy once a new equilibrium is reached. Most of these effects would likely occur within the 10-year budget window.
Foreign Automakers Are Investing In U.S. Because of Pro-Business Climate
Foreign investment is vital for a healthy U.S. economy. America’s unique and hospitable climate for foreign investment brings with it economic growth, quality jobs, increased consumer choice, and reasonably priced goods.
Innocent Americans Are Being Squeezed by Local Authorities. Here’s How Congress Can Bring Reform.
Civil asset forfeiture is facing renewed pressure for reform from members in Congress concerned about its abuse, and the Justice Department appears to be pushing back—hard. Last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein penned a lengthy panegyric to the controversial practice, calling it “a powerful tool to make victims whole and prevent crime.” That is undeniable. But the question being asked in Congress and in virtually every state legislature is whether that tool has become too powerful, too stacked against innocent property owners, and whether some law enforcement officials have become too determined to get at the proceeds of crime, even at the expense of traditional functions like arresting and prosecuting criminals.
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from Independent Sentinel
RIGHT BIAS
U.N. Elders Organizing to Push Universal Healthcare in the United States
Globalist Ban Ki-Moon and leftist activist and former prime minister of Norway Gro Brundtland, no friends to the United States, are part of an ‘elite’ group at the U.N. called the ‘elders’. They are emboldened by the left in this country as they are now demanding we implement universal healthcare. Single Payer will be the end of the Republic and we are almost there.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons of Oil in Amherst, South Dakota
On Thursday November 15th, 2017, approximately 210,000 gallons or 5,000 barrels of oil spilled from the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline in a northeast part of South Dakota. The spill in Amherst, S.D. happened a few days before regulators in Nebraska were to decide whether to grant a final permit to begin construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline in that state. According to a statement from TransCanada, “[C]rews safely shut down its Keystone pipeline at approximately 6 a.m. CST (5 a.m. MST) after a drop in pressure was detected in its operating system resulting from an oil leak that is under investigation.”
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons of Oil in Amherst, South Dakota
On Thursday November 15th, 2017, approximately 210,000 gallons or 5,000 barrels of oil spilled from the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline in a northeast part of South Dakota. The spill in Amherst, S.D. happened a few days before regulators in Nebraska were to decide whether to grant a final permit to begin construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline in that state. According to a statement from TransCanada, “[C]rews safely shut down its Keystone pipeline at approximately 6 a.m. CST (5 a.m. MST) after a drop in pressure was detected in its operating system resulting from an oil leak that is under investigation.”
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from Intellectual Takeout
Nonprofit Organization in Bloomington, Minnesota
6 Key Elements in Understanding the Tangled Uranium One Scandal
Two House committees are investigating the tangled deal involving Russia, its acquiring of U.S. uranium, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. But the multiple layers that lawmakers, and potentially a special counsel, will explore take some unpacking. The probe addresses unanswered questions about the Uranium One mining company’s ties to the Clinton Foundation, the nonprofit founded by the former president, during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. In a 2010 deal approved by a committee including Hillary Clinton and eight other members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, a Kremlin-connected entity obtained 20 percent of America’s uranium production by acquiring Canada-based Uranium One.
Famous Philosopher: 10 Books EVERYONE Should Read
In a speech, Peter Kreeft recommended these ten books as essential for everyone's intellectual formation.
6 Key Elements in Understanding the Tangled Uranium One Scandal
Two House committees are investigating the tangled deal involving Russia, its acquiring of U.S. uranium, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. But the multiple layers that lawmakers, and potentially a special counsel, will explore take some unpacking. The probe addresses unanswered questions about the Uranium One mining company’s ties to the Clinton Foundation, the nonprofit founded by the former president, during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. In a 2010 deal approved by a committee including Hillary Clinton and eight other members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, a Kremlin-connected entity obtained 20 percent of America’s uranium production by acquiring Canada-based Uranium One.
Famous Philosopher: 10 Books EVERYONE Should Read
In a speech, Peter Kreeft recommended these ten books as essential for everyone's intellectual formation.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.Sarah Palin Was Asked If She’s Ever Faced Sexual Harassment — Her Response Was AWESOME
"I think a whole lot of people know I'm probably packing so I don't think there's a whole lot of people who would necessarily mess with me," said Palin. "I don’t mean to be lighthearted, this is a serious issue. It really stinks for women in the workplace that for too long, men have thought they can get away with that old-school thinking that it’s okay to belittle and harass women."
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from National Catholic Register
How are so many conversions taking place in oppressive countries where proselytizing can bring a death sentence? “We are in a time of the first ever mass conversions of Muslims,” Father Mitch Pacwa SJ told me in a phone interview. “God is doing a mighty work among them.” The violence of Islamic terrorists has made for bad PR, according to Pacwa. For instance, he recalled hearing someone on African TV say: “Al-Qaida attacks Americans by blowing up our embassies but we Africans are the ones that die in the attacks.” He suspects that Islam is at the beginning of a collapse, likening increased terrorism to the supernova stage where stars burn brightest just before they burn out.
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from National Review
RIGHT BIAS
In the Age of Sexual Misconduct, How Is Mike Pence a Problem?
The ‘Pence rule’ and its variations reflect an accurate view of human nature. If Christian conservative Mike Pence and atheist progressive Ta-Nehisi Coates can both see an obvious truth, I wonder whose view of the sexes is “broken.”
In the Age of Sexual Misconduct, How Is Mike Pence a Problem?
The ‘Pence rule’ and its variations reflect an accurate view of human nature. If Christian conservative Mike Pence and atheist progressive Ta-Nehisi Coates can both see an obvious truth, I wonder whose view of the sexes is “broken.”
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from New York Times
Newspaper in New York
Top Russian Official Tried to Broker ‘Backdoor’ Meeting Between Trump and Putin
A senior Russian official who claimed to be acting at the behest of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia tried in May 2016 to arrange a meeting between Mr. Putin and Donald J. Trump, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Organization in Moscow, Russia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with newly-appointed American ambassador to Russia John Huntsman at the patriarchal residence yesterday to discuss matters of relations between the two countries and of the fate of suffering Christians around the world, reports patriarchia.ru. Welcoming the guest, Pat. Kirill noted that the Russian Church has a special relationship to the United States, as great missionaries like St. Herman of Alaska and St. Innocent labored for years to bring the Orthodox faith to the American continent. However, what happened in the Soviet Union is now happening in America, as His Holiness observed. “The West is abandoning God, but Russia is not abandoning God, like the majority of people in the world. That means the distance between our values is increasing,” Pat. Kirill said. At the same time, he expressed the conviction that many Americans remain religious, and so the ongoing anti-religious processes are a big internal challenge for the U.S.
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
What in the World? Flat-Earthers Gather at First Conference
A conference aimed at disputing the idea that the world is round just wrapped up in North Carolina. The first-ever 2017 Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) was held in Raleigh on Nov. 9 and 10, featuring some of the big names in round-Earth denial.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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