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from Asia Times Online
Aviation Industry Corp tips big jump in plane numbers, but Beijing doesn't want to reply only on Boeing and Airbus to boost the nation's fleet size.
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from BBC News (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
With the Isle of Barra securing official recognition of its flag, where else in Scotland is represented by its own banner?
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
Following Richard Cordray’s resignation as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the smart money is betting that President Trump will appoint Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, as acting director until a permanent replacement can be found. This would be a good move, as Director Mulvaney is known for his no-nonsense approach — and there is a lot of nonsense to be sorted out at the CFPB.
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from The Economist
New sanctions are about to bite, and Russia’s elite are spooked
The personal sanctions against regime cronies are especially tough. LAST January, shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s president, telephones started to ring in several Senate offices. The White House, staffers learned, was drafting an executive order to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its war against Ukraine in 2014. “We were horrified. Everyone was calling each other and we soon realised that all heard the same thing,” one recalls. ... The result was the Counter America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA, which also includes measures against Iran and North Korea), the only piece of legislation to be almost unanimously supported by both parties in Congress. Passed by 419-3 in the House and 98-2 in the Senate, it left Mr Trump with no choice but to sign or have his veto overridden.
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New sanctions are about to bite, and Russia’s elite are spooked
The personal sanctions against regime cronies are especially tough. LAST January, shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s president, telephones started to ring in several Senate offices. The White House, staffers learned, was drafting an executive order to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its war against Ukraine in 2014. “We were horrified. Everyone was calling each other and we soon realised that all heard the same thing,” one recalls. ... The result was the Counter America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA, which also includes measures against Iran and North Korea), the only piece of legislation to be almost unanimously supported by both parties in Congress. Passed by 419-3 in the House and 98-2 in the Senate, it left Mr Trump with no choice but to sign or have his veto overridden.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, daily newspaper
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over
Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish? If we hope to improve organisational life – and the wider impact that organisations have on our society – then a good place to start is by reducing the amount of bullshit our organisations produce. Business bullshit allows us to blather on without saying anything. It empties out language and makes us less able to think clearly and soberly about the real issues. As we find our words become increasingly meaningless, we begin to feel a sense of powerlessness. We start to feel there is little we can do apart from play along, benefit from the game and have the occasional laugh.
British choirs aren't the best – but they could be with better support
Foreign ensembles benefit from more funding and public interest – and the proof is in their singing. Until we treat choirs as well as we treat orchestras, we’ll suffer on the international stage, says conductor Peter Phillips.
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over
Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish? If we hope to improve organisational life – and the wider impact that organisations have on our society – then a good place to start is by reducing the amount of bullshit our organisations produce. Business bullshit allows us to blather on without saying anything. It empties out language and makes us less able to think clearly and soberly about the real issues. As we find our words become increasingly meaningless, we begin to feel a sense of powerlessness. We start to feel there is little we can do apart from play along, benefit from the game and have the occasional laugh.
British choirs aren't the best – but they could be with better support
Foreign ensembles benefit from more funding and public interest – and the proof is in their singing. Until we treat choirs as well as we treat orchestras, we’ll suffer on the international stage, says conductor Peter Phillips.
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from Huffington Post
LEFT BIAS, HIGH, online news aggregator and blog
Al Franken And The Right To Lead
It is wishful thinking to believe that politics has nothing to do with this; it has everything to do with it.
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Al Franken And The Right To Lead
It is wishful thinking to believe that politics has nothing to do with this; it has everything to do with it.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale
Abraham Lincoln used the theme of Pilgrims and Indians eating happily together to calm things down during the Civil War. It’s kind of genius, in a way, to get people to sit down and eat dinner together. Families were divided during the Civil War.
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale
Abraham Lincoln used the theme of Pilgrims and Indians eating happily together to calm things down during the Civil War. It’s kind of genius, in a way, to get people to sit down and eat dinner together. Families were divided during the Civil War.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Bulldozing Peaceful Valley to save the Spokane River
Even in the swing of Expo ’74, with its international visitors and complete transformation of downtown Spokane, with the removal of the rails and unmasking of the Spokane River, even then planners had bold new ideas for old parts of town. But how do you follow a World’s Fair? One idea was to completely bulldoze a neighborhood of poor old people to make way for “harmonious clusters of apartments.”
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Bulldozing Peaceful Valley to save the Spokane River
Even in the swing of Expo ’74, with its international visitors and complete transformation of downtown Spokane, with the removal of the rails and unmasking of the Spokane River, even then planners had bold new ideas for old parts of town. But how do you follow a World’s Fair? One idea was to completely bulldoze a neighborhood of poor old people to make way for “harmonious clusters of apartments.”
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