Wednesday, September 14, 2016

In the news, Thursday, August 25, 2016


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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
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PARANOID HILLARY SMEARS ALEX JONES DURING CONSPIRACY-OBSESSED RANT
Hillary Clinton claimed that Donald Trump was embracing “dark conspiracy theories” before going on a conspiracy theory-obsessed rant in which she attacked Alex Jones and claimed that Vladimir Putin was the villainous mastermind behind the ‘Alt-Right’ movement.

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from AOL

A new poll, conducted by Florida Atlantic University, found Trump leads Clinton 43 percent to 41 percent. Trump is also winning over 47 percent of the state's independent voters, compared to the 26 percent of independents favoring Clinton.

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from BBC News (UK)

"Moist" is the early front-runner in a search to find the most-hated word in the English language. Oxford University Press said "no", "Brexit" and "British", joined moist as the UK's four most-despised words. Despite the poll's findings, "moist" does not appear to be universally despised.

Anglo-Saxon pendant: Norfolk treasure find links to 'royal' past
A pendant which has been declared as treasure provides another piece to an "amazing jigsaw" of Norfolk's Anglo-Saxon past, experts have said. The 7th Century object was found by a metal detector near Diss in south Norfolk.

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from Breitbart
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from CBS News (& affiliates)

Yellowstone Celebrates Park Service Centennial, Despite Fire
Popular tourist areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will be open for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, but a wildfire is forcing some visitors to drive a little farther than they expected to get to the celebration.
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from ClashDaily.com with Doug Giles
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BUSTED: Hillary’s HOPING To God You & Trump DON’T SEE This Video Of Her
In 2010, Hillary recalls fondly her ‘friend and mentor’ Sen. Robert C. Byrd, ‘true American original, a man of surpassing eloquence and nobility’. She will remember him for ‘many things’… but apparently not for his KKK affiliation.

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from Conservative Tribune
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BREAKING: Hillary’s Hometown Newspaper Drops Bombshell… Clinton Humiliated
Despite being continuously surrounded by a host of alleged scandals that are potentially criminal in nature, Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is still in the running for the White House.

OUCH: Jimmy Kimmel Gets Bad News Just After Having Hillary as Guest
An appearance by presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC got apocalyptically poor ratings.

Hillary’s Benghazi Emails To “Diane Reynolds” Released… True Identity Exposed
No less than 67 emails were exchanged between Secretary Clinton and Ms. Reynolds, who happened to be her own daughter.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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from The Heritage Foundation

Companies Are Raising Wages Without a Government Mandate
Government interference, in the form of minimum wage laws, actually hurt those it is intended to help.

What Obama Is Doing to Seal His Environmental Record


North Korean Sub-Launched Missiles Threaten US Allies
South Korea does not currently have defenses against submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

3 Reasons This Bill to Protect Planned Parenthood Is Bad
Planned Parenthood is behind a California bill to outlaw hidden cameras at its clinics after a series of undercover videos rocked the top abortion provider.

Extreme Position of Pro-Choice Politicians Contradicts American Consensus
Pro-choice politicians who typically support unrestricted, or almost unrestricted, abortion share the extreme view of a tiny minority of the American people.

A College Strikes Back Against Safe Spaces
If you want to be unquestionably affirmed and unchallenged in all your beliefs and views, don’t go to the University of Chicago. In a letter published by Intellectual Takeout, John Ellison, dean of students at the Chicago college, warns incoming students that there is no tolerance for the kind of student demands that have trended in recent years.

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from The Hill

Gowdy: FBI barely probed Clinton about intent on emails

Poll: Trump holds narrow lead over Clinton in Florida

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Osage Nation Takes Ownership of Ted Turner's 43,000-Acre Ranch
Yesterday media mogul Ted Turner officially transfered ownership of his 43,000-acre Bluestem Ranch to the Osage Nation. The tribe's $74 million purchase restores a portion of the roughly 1.2 million acres that the tribe owned until 1906, when the reservation was allotted to individual tribal members, according to Chief Geoffrey M. Standing Bear. The Osage Reservation once covered the entirety of Osage County.

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from LiveScience

Happy 100th Birthday! US National Parks in Photos
The National Park Service has joined the centenarian club. Today (Aug. 25), the park system turns 100. It was 100 years ago that the service was entrusted with taking care of U.S. national parks.

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from The Living Church

SOLID AND CONTRIVED PIETY: MICHAEL O’BRIEN’S FATHER ELIJAH SERIES

TBT: THE EASTWARD POSITION
Editor’s note: Here at Covenant, at The Living Church, and at Instagram, we hope to curate some material from our rich archives, such as articles, photos, and advertisements, which go back to 1878. Consider this piece from the April 28, 1968, issue of The Living Church an initial foray. This piece gives a sense of the state of play in the Episcopal Church nearly 50 years ago, as well as how little the discussion has moved on.

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from National Review
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When Did Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ Become So Insufferable?
For Nye, science is a weapon wielded to advance a certain type of politics.
William Sanford Nye’s scientific bona fides consists of an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell, and a stint at Boeing.

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from Republican National Committee (GOP)

Clinton’s Unprecedented Lack Of Press Access By The Numbers
Amid Scandal, National Crises, And Big Debates, Occupants Of The Oval Office Have Always Been Willing To Face A Press Conference

Donald Trump Meets With New York's RLI Fellows At Trump Tower
Today, Donald Trump will meet with New York fellows from the RNC’s leadership training program, the Republican Leadership Initiative. Selected from more than 20,000 applicants, fellows are the backbone of the RNC’s permanent field operation.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from US Herald
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Sheriff Clarke Unleashes BOMBSHELL On The Real Reason Obama Waited To Visit Louisiana
"Apparently not enough blacks were affected to make a racism issue out of it or to have had a sense of urgency about."

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from US Uncut
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from Vanity Fair

AFTER AILES, FOX NEWS HAS A NEW CRISIS: CAN IT KEEP MEGYN KELLY?
Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: Will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign with the network and stave off a potential post-Ailes ratings decline? And does that mean the end of Bill O’Reilly?

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from The Washington Post

The award for Most Outlandish Spin goes, of course, to Katrina Pierson
"He hasn't changed his position on immigration. He's changed the words that he is saying."

Four Pinocchios

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