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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 Asia Times Online
Up to four-year jail term for being caught with more than 10,000 rupees worth of illegal banknotes after December 31
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from Bloomberg
Trump Said to Discuss Veterans’ Care Overhaul With Hospital CEOs
President-elect Donald Trump met at his Florida resort on Wednesday with leaders of top U.S. nonprofit hospital systems to discuss overhauling health care for veterans, including by allowing them to more readily visit hospitals outside the Veterans Affairs system.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Two Mexican Cities Hugging US Border Among the Country’s Most Dangerous
Experts are blaming drug cartel violence and the increased use of guns by criminals for a surge in homicides in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border.
Obama Uses Christmas to Lecture Christians on Tolerance
The Obamas have always gleefully kicked Christians to the curb during Christmas. This year was no different.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
As the Obama administration heads into its home stretch, agencies passed new rules ranging from gloves to canned vegetables.
The moniker “fake news” may have entered the mainstream lexicon in 2016, but phony and misleading news stories have always been a problem—and it’s a phenomenon that doubtless will continue so long as the news media continues disguising political opinion as objective fact. Consider the myriad alarmist news stories this past year hyping risks about chemicals. Whether it’s honeybees, BPA or microbeads, misleading information about chemical risks is as common and ubiquitous as is the longtime practice of “fake news.”
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from The Daily Beast
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Shady Pastor to Pray With Trump at Inauguration
Paula White has spent her life taking money from gullible people in the name of religion. And thanks to Trump, she’ll be taking her road show to the inauguration.
Shady Pastor to Pray With Trump at Inauguration
Paula White has spent her life taking money from gullible people in the name of religion. And thanks to Trump, she’ll be taking her road show to the inauguration.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
13 Essential Books to Shape the Libertarian Worldview
There are books that every libertarian should read and books every libertarian has read, but those circles don’t perfectly overlap. Here are 13 diverse book recommendations for well-rounded thinkers. These are essential, whether you agree or disagree.
13 Essential Books to Shape the Libertarian Worldview
There are books that every libertarian should read and books every libertarian has read, but those circles don’t perfectly overlap. Here are 13 diverse book recommendations for well-rounded thinkers. These are essential, whether you agree or disagree.
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from First Things
A “MERCILESS ASSAULT ON HUMAN DIGNITY”
In Ontario today, doctors who decline to euthanize their patients are required to provide what is termed, in the Orwellian vocabulary of the culture of death, an “effective referral”: They are obliged, on pain of losing their license to practice, to send a troubled patient to a doctor of lighter conscience who will kill that patient.
In Ontario today, doctors who decline to euthanize their patients are required to provide what is termed, in the Orwellian vocabulary of the culture of death, an “effective referral”: They are obliged, on pain of losing their license to practice, to send a troubled patient to a doctor of lighter conscience who will kill that patient.
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from The Heritage Foundation
The Mystery of Wealth Inequality, Explained
We’ve all heard statements such as “the income gap between the richest and the poorest members of our society has been growing rapidly.” Studies of actual people over time suggest just the opposite. Thomas Sowell's revised and enlarged edition of "Wealth, Poverty and Politics" offers key insights into why some nations grow wealthy, and others don't.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
Sacred Bears Ears and Gold Butte Designated as National Monuments
President Barack Obama sets aside a total of 1.64 million acres in Utah and Nevada to protect sacred sites
Wind River Reservation Receives First Bison Since 1885
Ultimate goal is to repopulate 500,000 acres with 1,000 American buffalo
Israel makes public 200,000 documents on missing Yemenite children
Israel on Wednesday made public for the first time some 400,000 pages of documents related to the fate of the missing Yemenite children of the 1950s, something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was meant to “correct the historical injustice” of hiding the fate of the children.
Sacred Bears Ears and Gold Butte Designated as National Monuments
President Barack Obama sets aside a total of 1.64 million acres in Utah and Nevada to protect sacred sites
Wind River Reservation Receives First Bison Since 1885
Ultimate goal is to repopulate 500,000 acres with 1,000 American buffalo
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from The Jerusalem Post
Israel on Wednesday made public for the first time some 400,000 pages of documents related to the fate of the missing Yemenite children of the 1950s, something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was meant to “correct the historical injustice” of hiding the fate of the children.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Kerry Defends Anti-Israel U.N. Resolution Amid Fierce Backlash
Secretary of State uses final public address to chastise America's key ally in the Middle East
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from The New American Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Biggest Fake News Story: Global Warming and Phony Consensus
The title of a December 27 article in The Atlantic asks: “Are Climate Scientists Ready for Trump?” “How should climate scientists react to a president-elect who calls global warming a ‘hoax?,’” the writer, Robinson Meyer, asks in the opening sentence. “How much should they prepare for his administration? And should they prepare for the worst?”
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
Immigration presents us with a moral and political quandary. Can two new books help us decide what to do?
from The Spokesman-Review
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