Thursday, December 18, 2014

In the news, Sunday, November 30, 2014


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NOV 29      INDEX      DEC 01
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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 The Atlantic

What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel
The news tells us less about Israel than about the people writing the news, a former AP reporter says.

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from Breitbart

DEVAL PATRICK: INDICTMENT, TRIAL WOULD HAVE BEEN ‘GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY’
On Sunday, Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) added his voice to the criticism over the Ferguson grand jury decision not to incident a city police officer for the August shooting of a local teenager. Without having any facts of the case at hand, Patrick says there should have been an indictment and then criticized the lack of transparency in the case.

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from Christian News Network
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

CDC Report: Over 200 Babies Are Aborted for Every 1,000 Live Births in America

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)  [Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Russia Is The Greatest Miracle Of Our Time And Will Lead The Way To Defeat Antichrist
They say that Russia is Gog and Magog. If so, why is this Gog and Magog currently drafting a decision of the UN Human Rights Council that calls for the protection of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa.

Muslims Take Young Pregnant Christian Woman, Strip Her Completely Naked, And Forcefully Abort Her Child

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from The Heritage Foundation

Lawyers on Both Sides of Ferguson Case Answer the Question You’ve Been Asking

Critics Claim Billion-Dollar Football Stadium Isn’t for the Birds
Bird lovers launched a last-ditch drive at a Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meeting to protect migratory species from what they consider a killer Minnesota Vikings football stadium being built with $500 million in taxpayer funding.

Why Did This Teachers Union Ban Coca-Cola?

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

Dr. Ben Carson on 2016: 'Maybe'
Dr. Ben Carson left the door open for a presidential run on Sunday's 'Meet the Press'

Lawyer: Wilson resigned after chief's warning

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from Press TV (Iran)

Putin confirms support for Palestinian statehood
"Russia has consistently advocated in favor of the earliest execution of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians for establishment of an independent, contiguous and viable state,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a letter sent to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Saturday. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is observed annually on November 29 since 1977.

West Bank to turn into Israel’s hell: IRGC commander
“The Palestinians in the West Bank will not abandon their ideals and someday, not very far from now, the West Bank will turn into a hell for the security of the Zionists, as the sons of the West Bank and Gaza Strip will join hands,” the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s second-in-command, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, said on Saturday.

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from Real Clear Politics
from RT (Russia Today)
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

‘Palestine will not recognize Israel as Jewish state’ – Abbas after Israeli legal push

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from The Spokesman-Review

Trial to begin in German student’s shooting death
A Montana man prosecutors say shot and killed a German exchange student in his garage is scheduled to go to trial this week in a case that centers on whether he justifiably feared another home invasion after recently being burglarized.

Violent fugitive dead in Coeur d’Alene standoff

WSU team seeks test to measure pot in drivers

Imprisoned rapist a ‘slumlord,’ but tenants have few options

Long-missing boy found behind false wall at dad’s home

Egypt’s Mubarak cleared in protesters’ deaths

Pentagon officials frustrated by micromanaging, lack of clarity from Obama, White House

Homeless woman’s stun gun case heads to state Supreme Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is being asked to decide whether a state law that prohibits private citizens from possessing stun guns infringes on their right to keep and bear arms. In an unusual twist, the court is also being asked to examine whether the Second Amendment right to defend yourself in your own home applies in the case of a homeless person.

In Brief: Rathdrum man dies after crashing into post
Shane A. Novak, 24, was driving westbound on Interstate 90 in Post Falls when his 1995 Buick Skylark left the road for an unknown reason around 10:30 a.m. Saturday and crashed into a sign post and light post, the Idaho State Police said in a news release. Novak died at the scene.
Man seriously injured in shooting
Witnesses told investigators that two men got in a fight in the 800 block of West Maxwell Avenue about 2 a.m. and one got a gun and shot the other, said Spokane police spokeswoman Officer Teresa Fuller. The injured man was taken to a local hospital for treatment and police located the man who fired the shot.
Adopt-a-family campaign begins
About two dozen people have stepped forward to adopt a family who suffered significant losses in the Carlton Complex fires for Christmas. Kristin Wall, a Pateros resident who came up with the idea, said she wanted something a little more special than a generic holiday basket for families who will be facing their first Christmas without the homes they lost.
Four area ski resorts remain closed
A lack of snow continued to delay the opening of four Inland Northwest ski resorts Saturday. Lookout Pass, Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park, Silver Mountain Resort and 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort were unable to open Friday and Saturday. Only Schweitzer Mountain Resort near Sandpoint has opened for the season.

Ironman under review by fee-conscious CdA chamber
After a successful run of Ironman competitions, the Coeur d’Alene Area Chamber of Commerce is evaluating whether it will continue to sponsor the event after 2016.

Portland boy, 12, police officer share a much-needed hug at Ferguson rally

State traps find no vineyard pests
YAKIMA – The most extensive trapping for certain wine grape pests conducted by the Washington state Department of Agriculture has resulted in a clean bill of health.

Betsy Z. Russell: Recount confirms results of Stevenson, Rudolph race

In brief: BNSF rail traffic resumes after slide cleared
A rock slide that closed a main BNSF Railway connection between Washington and Idaho has been cleared.
Investor: Reduce tax on Flathead property
A California real estate investor wants the state of Montana to lower his property tax bill by reducing the assessed value of a home he built on an island in Flathead Lake from $41.8 million to $9.8 million.

Expanded gun background checks begin Thursday
As more expansive gun background checks are set to take effect in Washington, law enforcement agencies, gun groups and others are waiting to see exactly what impact the new law will have.

Feds’ Hanford cleanup plan leaves out key requests
The federal government issued its first final cleanup decision for one of Hanford’s reactors without incorporating changes recommended by the Hanford Advisory Board and environmental groups.

Editorial: With Washington roads in poor shape, tax breaks need scrutiny

Smart Bombs: Benghazi ‘scandal’ on hiatus

Kathleen Parker: Cosby case offers chance to revisit due process

Guest opinion: U.S. citizenship not that simple

Guest opinion: Partisanship should not stand in way of hunger relief

Field reports: Wolf-shooting case in prosecutor’s hands
A Whitman County wolf-shooting case has been turned over by state officers to County Prosecutor Denis Tracy.
Bald eagles showing at Wolf Lodge Bay
Four bald eagles were counted Wednesday at Lake Coeur d’Alene in the weekly fall survey conducted during the annual fall-winter congregation at the northeast corner of the lake. That’s up from zero birds counted last week by U.S. Bureau of Land Management biologist Carrie Hugo in her first survey of the season.

Sullivan bighorn sheep boost to other herds
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists are attempting to capture two or three rams from the Hall Mountain herd that ranges near Sullivan Lake. If the effort is successful, the rams would be transported and released in southeastern Washington as a “genetic rescue” attempt for the Tucannon River herd, said Rich Harris, department big-game special species manager.

Beacons of life
Search-and-rescue officers laud value of emergency locator devices

Pet project: Montessori students learn about care, feeding of animals

Grandma’s Polish dumplings elicit delightful memories during holidays

Making pierogi: See how it’s done

Imaginative ikebana
Ancient Japanese art gives minimalist twist to holiday arrangements

Book offers guided path from clutter to joy
“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” by Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press.

The Dirt
Burger bar sets March opening
Owner Josh Hissong says his new downtown Spokane burger place is expected to open in March 2015, in the Michael Building at the corner of Lincoln Street and Sprague Avenue. That’s the site of former restaurants Travo’s and Agavé.
Mountain West opens branch
Mountain West Bank has opened a new branch at 7407 N. Division St., in north Spokane. It’s the bank’s 23rd location in the region.

Holiday hiring often starts during summer
Chris Mann learned it’s better to hire help for the November and December holidays while people in many parts of the U.S. are still wearing shorts and tank tops.

The Motley Fool: American Express banks on secure future

BBB Tip of the Week
More and more retailers are asking in-store shoppers if they’d like to receive an electronic receipt by email.

Biweekly mortgage payments offer multiple financial benefits

Retailers put focus on same-day delivery

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand dies at 80

Obituary: Krause, Florence Minnie (Stolt)
Jun. 1, 1922 - Nov. 24, 2014

Obituary: Sewell, Robert L. “Bob”
Jun. 7, 1934 - Nov. 7, 2014

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from The Weekly Standard

Deval Patrick: Hillary Clinton's Sense of Entitlement 'Off-Putting' to Voters

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from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

FULL-SCALE REVOLT OF OBAMA 'SNOOPING' SCHEME
Privacy advocates are calling for a moratorium on the Pennsylvania school system’s sweeping data-collection program, which they say is part of the federal government’s goal of being able to track the development of every child “womb to workforce.”

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from Yahoo News

Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Wilson
Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb's mayor said Sunday. Wilson, 28, won't receive any further pay or benefits, and he and the city have cut their ties.

Deval Patrick Won't Run for President in 2016
Outgoing Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has ruled out running for president in 2016, putting to rest speculation that an end to his gubernatorial career meant that he had his eye on the White House.

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from Young Conservatives

Black Sheriff Puts Ferguson Race Baiters on BLAST, calls Sharpton a “Vulture”  [VIDEO]
“I’m known for not sugar-coating things,” says Milwaukee Country Sheriff David Clarke as he lambasted Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, the first sitting attorney general in U.S. history to be held in contempt of Congress, as well as professional race hustler, Al Sharpton. Clarke is sick of their exploitation of the situation in Ferguson, MO.



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from 100 Percent FED Up


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