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from ABC News (& affiliates)
TV Network in New York, New York
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley had strong words for countries critical of America's decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, vowing that she, President Trump and the U.S. will take Thursday's vote on the issue "personally."
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from BBC News (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
Cardinal Bernard Law, who was forced to resign as archbishop of Boston 15 years ago over a Church sex abuse scandal, has died aged 86 in Rome. Cardinal Law stepped down in 2002 after journalists reported he had moved paedophile priests between parishes rather than addressing victims' claims.
Roman and medieval gold and silver objects found in Wrexham and Flintshire have been declared treasure. The finds included a silver gilt ring and a silver arm-ring chain, both from Henryd, and a medieval silver brooch from Trelawnyd.
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from Bloomberg
Media/News Company
The cost of corporate taxes is ultimately borne by workers, shareholders and customers. Especially by workers.
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from FrontPage Magazine
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
President Trump’s new national security strategy is set to return words relevant to understanding Islamic terrorism—such as “jihad”—that had been expunged from the Intelligence and Defense communities’ lexicon, most notably under the Obama administration. According to the new strategy document, “The primary transnational threats Americans face are from jihadist terrorists and transnational criminal organizations”; the document also vows to “pursue threats to their source, so that jihadist terrorists are stopped before they ever reach our borders.”
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
The World's Getting Better All the Time
The end of 2017 is barely a week away. So now is the perfect time to reflect upon the positive difference humanity has made to the world over the past 12 months. How have we advanced as a species? We often underestimate the progress we make because it is incremental: an algorithm here, a genetic tweak there… But all these things combine to improve our future.
The World's Getting Better All the Time
The end of 2017 is barely a week away. So now is the perfect time to reflect upon the positive difference humanity has made to the world over the past 12 months. How have we advanced as a species? We often underestimate the progress we make because it is incremental: an algorithm here, a genetic tweak there… But all these things combine to improve our future.
A couple of weeks ago, a European friend of mine, who was passing through Washington, suggested that we get together for a few drinks to bitch about politics in Europe and America. “Could we,” he requested in a typically dismissive way, meet at a place that serves imported beer as opposed to “the s–t that Americans drink?” I pointed out to my snooty European friend that not all Americans drank Budweiser and Coors, and that the country abounded with thousands of breweries producing a great variety of beer. In 2013, for example, the United States had close to 2,600 breweries. Today, one source claims, there are over 3,700. Moreover, the quality of American beer can be very high. To celebrate the annual International Beer Day, for example, one British newspaper ranked the best beers in the world. In a story titled World’s best beers to try before you die, six out of the top 17, including the overall winner, came from the United States.
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
‘The secret of life is fellowship’
Herewith the second part of “Reconciled Bodies: Recasting Race in Catholic Ecclesiology,” a paper delivered at the conference “Anglo-Catholicism: Uncovering Roots,” Church of the Advent, Boston, November 15-16.
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Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
‘The secret of life is fellowship’
Herewith the second part of “Reconciled Bodies: Recasting Race in Catholic Ecclesiology,” a paper delivered at the conference “Anglo-Catholicism: Uncovering Roots,” Church of the Advent, Boston, November 15-16.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
AT&T, Comcast giving $1,000 bonuses to hundreds of thousands of workers after tax bill
CNBC: AT&T is paying bonuses of $1,000 to more than 200,000 U.S. employees. AT&T's CEO said it was in response to tax reform. The House of Representatives on Wednesday sent tax reform legislation to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it soon.
AT&T, Comcast giving $1,000 bonuses to hundreds of thousands of workers after tax bill
CNBC: AT&T is paying bonuses of $1,000 to more than 200,000 U.S. employees. AT&T's CEO said it was in response to tax reform. The House of Representatives on Wednesday sent tax reform legislation to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it soon.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Organization in Moscow, Russia
from The Roman Anglican blog
Greek echoes in the Italian Renaissance.
Recently, someone asked me the question why didn't Athens, the cradle of civilisation, have a Renaissance in the same way Rome did? My answer might be unexpected as I will not respond to that question directly, but I will try to give an interesting perspective on how Greece might not have had a Renaissance, while in fact it hugely influenced the Italian one.
Greek echoes in the Italian Renaissance.
Recently, someone asked me the question why didn't Athens, the cradle of civilisation, have a Renaissance in the same way Rome did? My answer might be unexpected as I will not respond to that question directly, but I will try to give an interesting perspective on how Greece might not have had a Renaissance, while in fact it hugely influenced the Italian one.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Out of Focus? Study Finds Selfie Addiction Could Be Real Mental Disorder
If your social media account is full of selfies, you might be painting a picture of someone with a mental disorder rather than a really cool and exciting life - at least according to some psychologists, who believe there is such a thing as “selfitis,” or obsessive selfie-taking.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
If your social media account is full of selfies, you might be painting a picture of someone with a mental disorder rather than a really cool and exciting life - at least according to some psychologists, who believe there is such a thing as “selfitis,” or obsessive selfie-taking.
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from Townhall.com
RIGHT BIAS, HIGH, American conservative website and print magazine
30,417,609 Paid $0 Income Taxes, Got $89.6 Billion Back
Of the 150,493,263 filers who submitted individual income tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service for the 2015 tax year, only 99,040,729 paid any income tax at all. Together, those Americans paid a record $1,457,891,441,000 in total income taxes -- for an average of $14,720 per taxpayer. There were 30,417,609 filers who did not pay income taxes and received $89,614,869,000 in cash back from the federal government.
30,417,609 Paid $0 Income Taxes, Got $89.6 Billion Back
Of the 150,493,263 filers who submitted individual income tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service for the 2015 tax year, only 99,040,729 paid any income tax at all. Together, those Americans paid a record $1,457,891,441,000 in total income taxes -- for an average of $14,720 per taxpayer. There were 30,417,609 filers who did not pay income taxes and received $89,614,869,000 in cash back from the federal government.
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from The Wall Street Journal
Banks Are Getting a Big Tax Cut. Wells Fargo, Others Plan to Share It With Employees
Bank profits are expected to get a huge boost from the tax bill that cleared Congress Wednesday, and a handful of lenders plan to use some of the proceeds to increase employee wages. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co., Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp and Phoenix-based Western Alliance Bancorp said Wednesday they would use part of the tax-overhaul windfall to raise pay for lower-tier employees. The changes would go into effect once the bill is signed into law by President Donald Trump.
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from Zero Hedge
CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE, MIXED, financial blog with aggregated news and opinion
EU Triggers "Unprecedented Nuclear Option" Against Poland; Sanctions May Follow
Yesterday we reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron had publicly agreed to back Article 7 proceedings against Poland for refusing to comply with EU immigration quotas and changes to its judicial system. The only thing that was missing was the official triggering of the so-called "nuclear option" Article 7. On Wednesday morning, in a historic development - one which may herald the future fracturing of the EU - the European Commission launched an injunction against Poland for a "serious breach" of European common values and rule of law. The European Commission said it decided to take the next step in its infringement procedure against Poland for breaches of EU law by the Law on the Ordinary Courts Organisation, referring Poland to the EU Court of Justice. And while only a warning now, Article 7 could lead to sanctions and a suspension of EU voting rights.
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