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from Bloomberg
Trump's Surprise Visit Sparks Outrage in Mexico
Mexicans awakening Wednesday morning to the news that the man who labeled them drug traffickers and rapists -- as a political platform -- was en route to their capital to meet the country’s president found a moment of national unity in the question: "Are you completely serious?"
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from Breitbart
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from Conservative Intelligence Briefing
from Douglas County Empire Press
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
Syrup Smugglers Take on the Maple Mafia
In Québec, anyone who dares to sell more than five litres of their boiled tree sap on their own farm or to local grocery stores faces a prison sentence and a fine of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Apparently it is unacceptable for a person to take something from a tree, put it in a bucket, turn it into magic-tasting sugar, and sell it without a government-mandated middle man swooping in on a snowmobile to take most of the sugar, some of the monies, and all of the credit.
Ignoring sunk costs is difficult to do. It seems like people have an innate desire to include them in their business and household decisions. But doing so can result in less than optimal decisions.
Starting small and scraping together resources and capital, many of these "untouchables" now run business empires that actually provide employment to upper caste members. While the state seeks to outlaw and abolish caste identity by making discrimination illegal, markets work in quiet and invisible ways by making caste identity irrelevant. It is in an entrepreneur’s economic interest to hire and contract with those who have the highest marginal productivity regardless of their caste identity.
There are more honeybee colonies in the United States today than there were when colony collapse disorder began in 2006. How can this be? In short, commercial beekeepers have adapted to higher winter honeybee losses by actively rebuilding their colonies.
The full impact of the unwind of Europe's tax policies will take many years; the bigger question is whether, as a result of the ongoing nationalist, refugee and social upheavals, there will even be a Europe in several years.
The EC wants growth-killing taxes higher in Ireland and Geneva. Apple is only the beginning. Also in the EC's sights are Starbucks, Amazon, and more.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Mother Teresa may deserve to be made a saint. But why now?
Mother Teresa may deserve to be made a saint. But why now?
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from The Heritage Foundation
In Historic Move, Virginia Legislators File Contempt Motion Against McAuliffe Over Felon Voting
Use These 3 Strategies to Talk to a Liberal About Income Inequality
Obama Administration Still Hasn’t Implemented Alert System to Protect Police, 15 Months After It Passed Congress
3 Reasons Congress Can Defeat Corporate Welfare This Fall
Hacking of Election Data Raises Concerns for States Without Voter ID
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from The Hill
Assange fires at press for helping 'demon' Clinton
Trump lands in Mexico
Donald Trump landed in Mexico Wednesday afternoon for an unprecedented meeting with that country’s president that takes place just hours before a critical address by the GOP presidential nominee on immigration.
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from Independent Journal Review
Every American Should Read QB Russell Wilson's Reasons for Not Joining in Kaepernick's Flag Protest
The National Anthem Does Not 'Celebrate Slavery': The Meaning of Lyric Used to Defend Kaepernick
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Malala delivers inspiring address at Moda Center
Human rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban at 15 years old, and at 17, became the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to a packed Moda Center on Tuesday night.
Clinton Supporters Have Big Problems with the Clinton Foundation
Despite the Clinton’s best efforts to tell Americans that the Clinton Foundation operates above board and will clean up it's act, no one is buying it. Including Democrats. Including Hillary’s very own supporters.
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China Heads West: Beijing's New Silk Road to Europe
China is building new roads, railroads and pipelines from Central Asia to Europe in an effort to build new connections to the rest of the world. The results may be good for the Chinese -- but less so for the other countries involved.
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'Powerful Russian Weapons'? Washington Post Fears Putin’s 'October Surprise'
In yet another instance of what has become an all-too-common attempt to blame a Russian boogeyman for political failings in the United States, the Washington Post has published a dire op-ed warning of an ‘October surprise’ from the Kremlin.
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Screens In Schools Are a $60 Billion Hoax
Tech in the classroom not only leads to worse educational outcomes for kids, ... it can also clinically hurt them. ... Students who have been raised on a high-tech diet not only appear to struggle more with attention and focus, but also seem to suffer from an adolescent malaise that appears to be a direct byproduct of their digital immersion. Indeed, over two hundred peer-reviewed studies point to screen time correlating to increased ADHD, screen addiction, increased aggression, depression, anxiety and even psychosis. Education technology is estimated to become a $60 billion industry by 2018. With the advent of the Common Core in 2010, which nationalized curriculum and textbooks standards, the multi-billion-dollar textbook industry became very attractive for educational gunslingers looking to capitalize on the new Wild West of education technology. A tablet with educational software no longer needed state-by-state curricular customization. It could now be sold to the entire country.
The top jobs nobody can fill - and it's only going to get worse
Construction companies no longer fret over finding work. They increasingly worry about finding enough skilled workers. The worker shortage, highlighted in the group’s new survey of members, is all the more pronounced this Labor Day weekend because of indications that demand will grow for roofers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters and concrete masons — the very positions in shortest supply.
On Syria, the U.S. Is Watching Other Powers Act
For all of the Obama administration’s efforts to shape events in Syria, three other outside powers–Iran, Russia, and Turkey–control that country’s future. Turkey’s military intervention against both Islamic State and the Kurds in northern Syria and the U.S. and Russia’s most recent failure to reach even a broad agreement on Syria reinforces the point that the U.S. is not one of the serious power brokers.
Every American Should Read QB Russell Wilson's Reasons for Not Joining in Kaepernick's Flag Protest
The National Anthem Does Not 'Celebrate Slavery': The Meaning of Lyric Used to Defend Kaepernick
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from KGW-TV (NBC Portland)
Malala delivers inspiring address at Moda Center
Human rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban at 15 years old, and at 17, became the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to a packed Moda Center on Tuesday night.
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from The Living Church
COME OUT FROM BEFORE YOUR TABERNACLES
The “rite-ness” of our liturgy matters little if we refuse to continue the liturgy in the world around us. We who receive Christ in the Sacrament of the Altar become, in a very real way, a living monstrance to those we encounter. On account of this reality, those of us who claim the heritage of Anglo-Catholicism should seek tangible engagement with social action in our immediate contexts, in order that our labor may become a service of Benediction over the poor, the outcast, and the marginalized. Then, and only then, will the Christ who is within us be adored on his throne of glory in heaven, in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar, and in the hearts of his faithful people.
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COME OUT FROM BEFORE YOUR TABERNACLES
The “rite-ness” of our liturgy matters little if we refuse to continue the liturgy in the world around us. We who receive Christ in the Sacrament of the Altar become, in a very real way, a living monstrance to those we encounter. On account of this reality, those of us who claim the heritage of Anglo-Catholicism should seek tangible engagement with social action in our immediate contexts, in order that our labor may become a service of Benediction over the poor, the outcast, and the marginalized. Then, and only then, will the Christ who is within us be adored on his throne of glory in heaven, in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar, and in the hearts of his faithful people.
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from MyNorthwest.com
Media/News Company in Seattle, WA
Consensus among historians is that Stevens was something of a 19th century archetype: a can-do kind of guy, hard-headed and stubborn, prone to heavy drinking, and not worried about who he had to step over (or step on) to get things done. And historians mostly agree that this was the way one had to be in those days in order to achieve large and complex goals.
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from Republican National Committee (GOP)
Clinton Supporters Have Big Problems with the Clinton Foundation
Despite the Clinton’s best efforts to tell Americans that the Clinton Foundation operates above board and will clean up it's act, no one is buying it. Including Democrats. Including Hillary’s very own supporters.
from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)
China Heads West: Beijing's New Silk Road to Europe
China is building new roads, railroads and pipelines from Central Asia to Europe in an effort to build new connections to the rest of the world. The results may be good for the Chinese -- but less so for the other countries involved.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
In yet another instance of what has become an all-too-common attempt to blame a Russian boogeyman for political failings in the United States, the Washington Post has published a dire op-ed warning of an ‘October surprise’ from the Kremlin.
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from Time
Screens In Schools Are a $60 Billion Hoax
Tech in the classroom not only leads to worse educational outcomes for kids, ... it can also clinically hurt them. ... Students who have been raised on a high-tech diet not only appear to struggle more with attention and focus, but also seem to suffer from an adolescent malaise that appears to be a direct byproduct of their digital immersion. Indeed, over two hundred peer-reviewed studies point to screen time correlating to increased ADHD, screen addiction, increased aggression, depression, anxiety and even psychosis. Education technology is estimated to become a $60 billion industry by 2018. With the advent of the Common Core in 2010, which nationalized curriculum and textbooks standards, the multi-billion-dollar textbook industry became very attractive for educational gunslingers looking to capitalize on the new Wild West of education technology. A tablet with educational software no longer needed state-by-state curricular customization. It could now be sold to the entire country.
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from Tri-City Herald
Construction companies no longer fret over finding work. They increasingly worry about finding enough skilled workers. The worker shortage, highlighted in the group’s new survey of members, is all the more pronounced this Labor Day weekend because of indications that demand will grow for roofers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters and concrete masons — the very positions in shortest supply.
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from The Vintage News
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from The Wall Street Journal
On Syria, the U.S. Is Watching Other Powers Act
For all of the Obama administration’s efforts to shape events in Syria, three other outside powers–Iran, Russia, and Turkey–control that country’s future. Turkey’s military intervention against both Islamic State and the Kurds in northern Syria and the U.S. and Russia’s most recent failure to reach even a broad agreement on Syria reinforces the point that the U.S. is not one of the serious power brokers.
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from The Washington Examiner
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from The Washington Post
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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Global Supply Chains Paralyzed After World's 7th Largest Container Shipper Files Bankruptcy, Assets Frozen
Global Supply Chains Paralyzed After World's 7th Largest Container Shipper Files Bankruptcy, Assets Frozen
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