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from BBC News (UK)
Ukraine crisis: Russia conditions unacceptable - Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said Russian conditions in ongoing negotiations in Belarus over the conflict in Ukraine are "unacceptable".
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Admits She Wasn’t ’100 Percent Sober’ When She Dozed Off at the State of the Union
Obama Makes Faces, Takes Selfies and Goofs Off in BuzzFeed Video
The destruction of Scott Walker has begun
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from Bloomberg
EU Stands by Sanctions on Russia After Ukraine Truce Sealed
European leaders said Russia will have to wait for relief from economic sanctions, reflecting concern that Thursday’s cease-fire agreement will only mark a pause in the war that has devastated eastern Ukraine.
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from The Christian Science Monitor
from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Climate Alarmists Plan to Celebrate a 48-Hour ‘Day’
Before His Election, WashPost Never Probed Candidate Obama's College Years Like Scott Walker's
Black Leader: ‘God Created Marriage’ So ‘He’s The Only One That Can Define It’
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from Conciliar Post
Milton Friedman and Friedrich August von Hayek are two of the most prominent economic thinkers of the twentieth century. Both men are also deeply influential among those with conservative and/or libertarian philosophical leanings and the ideas of both have shaped global capitalism. Over the past year, I finally sat down and read two of the foundational works written by these men, Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom and Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom and came to the conclusion that their views are actually quite different. Friedman’s view is more prescriptive and rigid, while Hayek’s is more philosophical and flexible. In this article, I will briefly review the main ideas of each work to explain why I believe our country needs a little less Friedman and a little more Hayek.
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from Conservative Post
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
New Bible Translation Eliminates “Father, Son, Holy Spirit and Messiah” Because It Insults Muslims
New Bible Translation Eliminates “Father, Son, Holy Spirit and Messiah” Because It Insults Muslims
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from Conservative Tribune
from The Daily Caller
Obama And Bill Ayers May Have Attended The Same Wedding Last Year
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from The Economist
A long decline
Fears of language decline seem to be a human universal
THE English language, we all know, is in decline. The average schoolchild can hardly write, one author has recently warned. Well, not that recently perhaps. It was William Langland, author of "Piers Plowman", who wrote that “There is not a single modern schoolboy who can compose verses or write a decent letter.” He died in 1386.
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from The Economist
A long decline
Fears of language decline seem to be a human universal
THE English language, we all know, is in decline. The average schoolchild can hardly write, one author has recently warned. Well, not that recently perhaps. It was William Langland, author of "Piers Plowman", who wrote that “There is not a single modern schoolboy who can compose verses or write a decent letter.” He died in 1386.
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from Examiner.com
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
A Loophole for the Wealthy?
One effect of high capital gains taxes is that individuals will hang on to assets they don’t want anymore, rather than pay high taxes on the gain realized by selling them.
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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com) [Information from this site may be unreliable.]ISIS Surrounds An Air Base Where 320 U.S. Marines Are At While ISIS Claims They Downed Another U.S.-Coalition Jet Fighter
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from The Heritage Foundation
Senator to Loretta Lynch: Why Did No One Go to Jail for Laundering Money to Terrorists?
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from The Hill
Rand Paul: Scrap the tax code
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
House Republicans Plead With Mitch McConnell To Weaken Filibuster
Stymied in their attempts to pass a bill that would curb President Barack Obama's immigration orders, some conservative House Republicans have a fallback option: They're pushing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to change the Senate's rules.
Banker Literally Applauds Elizabeth Warren At Senate Hearing
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House Republicans Plead With Mitch McConnell To Weaken Filibuster
Stymied in their attempts to pass a bill that would curb President Barack Obama's immigration orders, some conservative House Republicans have a fallback option: They're pushing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to change the Senate's rules.
Banker Literally Applauds Elizabeth Warren At Senate Hearing
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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
With His Proposed AUMF, President Obama Once Again Tries to Limit Our Next President
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With His Proposed AUMF, President Obama Once Again Tries to Limit Our Next President
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from PJ Media
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from The Spokesman-Review
North Idaho rep leads opposition to raising fines for Open Meeting Law violations
When Rep. Linden Bateman, R-Idaho Falls, today proposed sharply increasing fines for violating the Idaho Open Meeting Law, he ran into a buzz saw of opposition from members of the House State Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens.
Fire damages vacant Monroe Street business
A fire early this morning caused extensive damage to a vacant building at 2614 N. Monroe St. The building was formerly the home of Northwest Video, a video production company.
Suspected motorcycle gang member injured in chase
A suspected motorcycle gang member is in the hospital and two others face eluding charges after the group allegedly fled from a Washington State Patrol trooper early Thursday morning. Tyler W. Dailey, 27, of Spokane Valley is in critical condition at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center after crashing his motorcycle on North Foothills Drive near Pittsburg Street shortly after midnight.
Obama seeks war authority from Congress
Vowing that Islamic State forces are “going to lose,” President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize military action against terrorists who are cutting a swath across the Middle East. Yet he ruled out large-scale U.S. ground combat operations reminiscent of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Some Republicans who want to succeed President Barack Obama in the White House are voicing concern that his request to Congress for a limited authorization to use military force against Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East isn’t robust enough.
When a man came to his house looking to steal his wallet, 93-year-old Walter Carmack couldn’t do much to fight back.
Mike Fagan says he won’t resign health board position
Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan declared Wednesday that there was “no way” he would resign from the county health board amid criticism of his statements questioning the safety of vaccines.
Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan declared Wednesday that there was “no way” he would resign from the county health board amid criticism of his statements questioning the safety of vaccines.
Debbie Renn hugged and kissed her younger sister and watched her board a Greyhound bus in Spokane bound for Arizona in 1987. It was the last time she would see her. Years passed without any word from 16-year-old Deanna Lee Criswell.
SpaceX launches observatory on third try, nixes landing test
SpaceX launched an observatory Wednesday inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away.
West Coast ports near halt as longshoremen contract talks stall
Amid an increasingly damaging labor dispute, 29 West Coast seaports that handle about $1 trillion of goods annually will be mostly closed four of the next five days. Companies said they won’t hire crews to load or unload ships today, Saturday, Sunday or Monday – when they’d have to pay Lincoln’s Birthday and Presidents Day holidays or weekend wages to dockworkers they accuse of slowing their work to gain leverage in contract talks. Employers do not want to pay hourly rates that are at least 50 percent above normal, which would bring a few of the highest-paid dockworkers to close to $100 per hour.
Congress passes Keystone XL pipeline bill
The Republican-controlled Congress cleared a bill Wednesday to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure. The House passed the bill on a 270-152 vote, endorsing changes made by the Senate that stated climate change was real and not a hoax, and oil sands should no longer be exempt from a tax used to clean up oil spills.
The Republican-controlled Congress cleared a bill Wednesday to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure. The House passed the bill on a 270-152 vote, endorsing changes made by the Senate that stated climate change was real and not a hoax, and oil sands should no longer be exempt from a tax used to clean up oil spills.
Hate, parking dispute investigated as motive for killing of 3 Muslims
Police are trying to determine whether hate played any role in the killing of three Muslims, a crime they said was sparked by a neighbor’s long-simmering anger over parking and noise inside their condominium complex.
Police are trying to determine whether hate played any role in the killing of three Muslims, a crime they said was sparked by a neighbor’s long-simmering anger over parking and noise inside their condominium complex.
Longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon, who covered riots, Academy Award-nominated movies and wars and was held captive for more than a month in Iraq two decades ago, was killed in a car crash on Wednesday. He was 73.
Confusion reigns over Alabama marriages
Probate judges in Alabama say it’s been a bewildering week of conflicting signals whether to issue same-sex wedding licenses or not. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, a conservative supporter of the state’s gay marriage ban, sent a directive to probate judges Sunday instructing them to refuse the licenses – one day before an order by U.S. District Judge Callie Granade allowing gay marriage was to take effect. Moore argued the probate judges weren’t defendants in the lawsuit that prompted Granade’s decision and didn’t have to abide by the order.
Wolf killed was same from rare sighting
A gray wolf that was shot by a hunter in Utah was the same one spotted in the Grand Canyon area last year, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
Lawyer: ‘American Sniper’ said accused killer was ‘straight-up nuts’
A lawyer for Eddie Ray Routh said in opening statements of the man’s murder trial that Routh’s insanity was so evident that Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield exchanged texts expressing alarm as the three rode together in February 2013 to a Texas shooting range.
Sudanese army troops raped at least 221 women and girls in a Darfur village in a series of organized, house-to-house attacks last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Wednesday. The incident is at the heart of a recent plunge in relations between Sudan and the international community over a region gripped by violent chaos for more than a decade.
Escape attempt ends in 6 suicides
Six inmates led by a mob boss committed suicide at a prison in Taiwan early today after a failed breakout attempt in which they seized weapons and held a warden and guards hostage, officials said. All the hostages were released.
Western nations evacuate embassies as Yemen reels
As Western diplomats and staff fled Yemen on Wednesday, concern widened over the increasing turmoil in the impoverished nation, with Saudi Arabia arming loyal tribesmen across its southern border and Egypt readying a military unit to intervene if needed.
As Western diplomats and staff fled Yemen on Wednesday, concern widened over the increasing turmoil in the impoverished nation, with Saudi Arabia arming loyal tribesmen across its southern border and Egypt readying a military unit to intervene if needed.
Leaders hope for progress in latest round of Ukraine talks
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine negotiated into the early hours today to try to find a way to halt the fighting in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 5,300 people.
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine negotiated into the early hours today to try to find a way to halt the fighting in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 5,300 people.
Costa Concordia captain sentenced to 16 years in prison
A court convicted the Costa Concordia’s commander of the manslaughter deaths of 32 people in the cruise liner’s capsizing off the Italian coast and sentenced him Wednesday to some 16 years in prison, blaming him for causing the 2012 shipwreck and for doing what sea captains should never do – abandoning ship while passengers and crew were still aboard.
A court convicted the Costa Concordia’s commander of the manslaughter deaths of 32 people in the cruise liner’s capsizing off the Italian coast and sentenced him Wednesday to some 16 years in prison, blaming him for causing the 2012 shipwreck and for doing what sea captains should never do – abandoning ship while passengers and crew were still aboard.
With feelings running high over “instant racing” in Idaho, two 80-somethings nearly came to blows in a Statehouse hallway Wednesday after a Senate committee voted to repeal the law authorizing the gambling machines.
Spokane Falls Community College will begin offering a four-year applied science degree. The expansion is part of a statewide effort to boost educational opportunities targeting high-demand fields and is designed primarily for students with technical backgrounds. The school’s new bachelor of applied science in information systems and technology is intended to prepare students for jobs in rapidly growing computer-related fields.
Local schools gain bond support
School districts throughout Spokane County fared well in Tuesday’s election. Of the 21 school tax proposals on the ballot, 18 passed, including all proposed levies. The only measures that failed in Tuesday’s vote were bonds proposed in the Cheney, Nine Mile Falls and Orchard Prairie school districts.
School districts throughout Spokane County fared well in Tuesday’s election. Of the 21 school tax proposals on the ballot, 18 passed, including all proposed levies. The only measures that failed in Tuesday’s vote were bonds proposed in the Cheney, Nine Mile Falls and Orchard Prairie school districts.
A train hauling crude oil across Idaho and Washington last month had to have 14 leaking tank cars removed at three different stops before it reached its destination at an Anacortes, Washington, refinery. BNSF Railway officials said less than 25 gallons of oil was spilled from the cars over the three-day period, but the incident remains under investigation by Washington state regulators.
The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man who drowned early Wednesday in the Spokane River in downtown Spokane as 28-year-old Michael Farley. Police found his body in the Spokane River after 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Man who robbed bank may be marked by dye
Witnesses told police that a man who robbed Inland Northwest Bank, 2100 N. Ruby St. in north Spokane Wednesday afternoon may be marked by a red dye pack that was slipped in with the cash he stole.
Spokane rapist may spend life behind bars
Michael M. Phillips, 33, was found guilty of first-degree rape on Dec. 19. His minimum prison term was set at 24 years and seven months. Before he is released from prison he must be deemed safe to be released by the state Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. If the board does not deem him safe to be released, he could be in prison for the rest of his life.
Ex-teacher’s rape trial declared mistrial
A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after a jury could not reach a verdict in the trial of Daniel Abram Taylor, accused of lewd conduct with a young child when he was a science teacher at Venture High School, the Coeur d’Alene School District’s alternative high school. Taylor was arrested in 2013 on charges of raping a 5-year-old in the fall of 2012. The alleged rape did not involve a student or happen on school grounds, and he resigned from his job in March 2014.
Tar sand, shale film to be shown at GU
A former Sandpoint resident’s film on tar sand and shale oil development in the headwaters of the Colorado River will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Gonzaga University. Jennifer Ekstrom, producer and director of “Last Rush for the Wild West: Tar Sands, Oil Shale and the American Frontier,” will be at the free screening.
Yellowstone bears waking up early
A relatively mild winter means bears are waking up from hibernation earlier than normal in and around Yellowstone National Park.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber had planned to resign, sources say
Embattled Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber had reached a decision to resign because of an ethics scandal surrounding him and his fiancee, but he changed his mind for reasons that are unclear, three people with direct knowledge of the situation said Wednesday.
Pasco police shoot, kill man throwing rocks
A homeless man who was shot and killed by officers at a busy intersection had thrown multiple rocks, hitting two officers, and had refused to put down other stones, authorities said Wednesday. Officers used a stun gun on the man, but it had no effect, Pasco police Chief Bob Metzger said at a news conference. Because of his “threatening” behavior, officers fired their guns, he said. The man killed was 35-year-old Antonio Zambrano-Montes, whose last address was a Pasco homeless shelter. Witnesses say the man was running away when he was shot.
U.S. disputes China’s export subsidies, says they violate fair trade rules
The United States is challenging China at the World Trade Organization, alleging the Chinese government unfairly subsidizes exports in seven industries. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Wednesday that China designates certain export companies as “demonstration bases” that receive free or discounted services from suppliers. The U.S. says China paid the suppliers almost $1 billion over three years to provide those services.
Business in brief: Stocks stall as market awaits Greece talks
U.S. stocks closed effectively flat in quiet trading Wednesday as investors waited to see what the outcome would be of an emergency meeting between Greece and the rest of the eurozone to discuss the country’s finances. Energy stocks were among the biggest decliners as the price of oil fell.
IRS to stop some bank account seizures
Pressured by Congress, the IRS said Wednesday it is changing its policies and apologizing for seizing bank accounts from otherwise law-abiding business owners simply because they structured bank transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.
Boeing opens plant in S.C., adds work
Even as Boeing opened a new propulsion plant in South Carolina, the aeronautics giant announced it is already assigning additional work to the plant.
Facebook hosts site to share online threats
Dropbox, Bitly, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter, Yahoo and other Internet companies are using Facebook to share information about threats to their computer systems.
Rite Aid acquiring prescription benefits manager EnvisionRx
Rite Aid’s $2 billion acquisition of a pharmacy benefits manager steers the drugstore chain toward a potentially lucrative focus for health care companies: Finding ways to tame customer costs.
Google buys Altamont wind farm energy to power complex
The company announced Wednesday that it is buying power from the Altamont Pass, one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most iconic wind farms, which is about to get a Google-funded makeover.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin join to seek latest Pentagon bomber contract
When the Pentagon this spring announces who will design and build a major new stealth bomber for the Air Force, the decision will determine Boeing’s future in the combat-aircraft business. Top aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia said that whatever the outcome, it could precipitate an aggressive move by Boeing, the No. 2 U.S. defense contractor, to acquire the aircraft unit of No. 3 defense player Northrop Grumman. Boeing has teamed with Lockheed Martin, the top defense contractor, in bidding against Northrop to build up to 100 new-generation long-range strike bombers (LRS-B) that will replace the Air Force’s B-1 and B-52 bombers.
Editorial: Crack down on state’s labor, wage scofflaws
Dana Milbank: John McCain begins ‘two-year sprint’ on Armed Services Committee
Letter: Pope promoted Cupich
Ask Dr.K: Kidney stones? Drink more water
Stormwater tanks prep work turns up landfill, fire waste
There’s an old landfill on East Sprague Avenue that used to be set on fire whenever its piles grew too high. After a massive fire ravaged downtown Spokane and destroyed 300 buildings in 1889, the charred debris was pushed into a ravine that cut toward Peaceful Valley.These early wanton disposals of waste have made a headache for the city as it continues work to solve a modern waste conundrum. Both old waste sites are in the way of the construction of massive tanks the city will build to capture sewage so that it can be properly treated instead of released untreated in the river.
Weather: Spring arrives early with record temperatures
Randy Mann: East and West beset by unseasonal weather extremes
Pat Munts: Not too late to learn about gardening, goats
Terra cotta Clayton eagle needs refurbishing again
The tall, terra cotta eagle that once stood at the pinnacle of the National Guard Armory at 202 W. Second Ave. in Spokane faced extinction twice before. And now it’s in trouble again.
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from Tea Party
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Media on Climate Change: We’ll Deny There’s any Denial by Denying the Deniers
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from The Telegraph (UK)
Sweden cuts rates below zero as global currency wars spread
Morgan Stanley warns that the world is revisiting the “ghosts of the 1930s” as one country after another tries to steal a march on others by devaluing first
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from Time
Ben Carson Picks South Carolina State Director
Ahead of an all-but-certain presidential bid, Republican Ben Carson has chosen a former Newt Gingrich operative as his state director in South Carolina. Ruth Sherlock has committed to the position, according to Carson’s campaign manager Terry Giles.
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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Another Hollywood Star Comes Out; And He’s Loud and Proud About It
Charlie Sheen comes out as a “Constitutional Republican”
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from The Washington Times (DC)
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