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from Being Libertarian
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American Cities from coast to coast are dying on their feet. Fiscal distress has taken hold and – egged on by reckless spending – has emerged as the heart disease of these once-vibrant communities. The people of Scranton are being taken advantage of, they are being lied to, and they are starting to catch on. We deserve better than this; we’ve been carrying this city on our back for decades, despite the loose fiscal policies and ineptitude of our local government. Scranton has the Blue City Disease, but it can be cured and we believe we know how that can be done.
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from Breitbart
President Obama Awards Himself Distinguished Public Service Medal
On Wednesday, President Obama added another prestigious medal to his Nobel Prize collection when he had Defense Secretary Ash Carter award him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
This morning President-elect Trump announced the nomination of attorney Jay Clayton to be the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Clayton, and anyone who goes on to serve on the Commission, must advance the interests of both Main Street investors and entrepreneurs trying to raise capital. Congress has explicitly stated that both investor protection and facilitating capital formation form the dual mission of the SEC.
Environmental Defense Fund Attack Ad Full of Lies about EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt
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from Douglas County Empire Press
WATERVILLE — “Different Drummers,” a 2013 family film based on a true story involving a former Waterville youth, is an inspirational and transcendent film based on the unusual spiritual journey and unlikely friendship of two boys growing up in Spokane in the mid-1960s. Eleven-year-old David Dahlke (portrayed by Ethan Reed McKay), who was born in Waterville, is wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy. He is growing progressively weaker, while his 10-year-old friend Lyle Hatcher (portrayed by Brayden Tucker) deals with hyperactivity.
Roberta Huston published her first book in December. Finally retired, Huston discovered it was not too late to realize a lifelong dream of writing and publishing. Her first book, “Hannah’s Independence Day,” illustrated by Raquel Rodriquez, is a children’s story. The book is a cautionary tale about personal responsibility during the turn of the century in North Dakota. The story was passed down to Huston by her grandmother when she was a young girl.
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from EUobserver
UK's EU envoy quits over 'muddled thinking' on Brexit
British diplomats must challenge "muddled thinking" and "ill-founded arguments" on Brexit, the UK's ambassador to the EU has said in his resignation letter. Sir Ivan Rogers delivered his thinly veiled criticism of the British government on Tuesday (3 January), quitting his post 10 months before the scheduled end of his mission in Brussels, urging his colleagues to tell the truth to ministers even if they don't want to hear it, and says the UK has no negotiating position yet.
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UK's EU envoy quits over 'muddled thinking' on Brexit
British diplomats must challenge "muddled thinking" and "ill-founded arguments" on Brexit, the UK's ambassador to the EU has said in his resignation letter. Sir Ivan Rogers delivered his thinly veiled criticism of the British government on Tuesday (3 January), quitting his post 10 months before the scheduled end of his mission in Brussels, urging his colleagues to tell the truth to ministers even if they don't want to hear it, and says the UK has no negotiating position yet.
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from The Federalist
For Me, Obamacare Means Paying All Your Own Bills And Never Getting The Doctor You Need
I’m paying for an insurance plan that doesn’t cover the doctors I need to see—and I end up paying for most costs out of pocket anyway.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Schumer Poised to Oppose Trump Supreme Court Nominees
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s new minority leader, has said that he will fight any individuals Trump nominates to serve on the Supreme Court.
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from The Living Church
MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THOUGHT: ‘DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?’
I can remember the LP album cover. Yes, I know how old that makes me, but the iconic blue-backed Little Drummer Boy is etched on my memory. It was the Harry Simeone Chorale album that popularized the song “The Little Drummer Boy,” but “Do You Hear What I Hear?” was its other influential and well-loved track. My first memories of that song include all the happy Christmases of my childhood. But for songwriters Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker, the song expressed very different ideas. They wrote it in the tensest moment of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). For them, the song was a desperate plea for the leaders of the world to consider peace and back away from the brink of annihilation. They felt, though probably didn’t know, how close we came to a fiery end.
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Ruled by DC: Get the Feds Out of Western Lands
In the final days of his administration, President Obama has decided that with the stroke of pen, he shall further consolidate direct federal control over lands within Western states. Obama's unilateral move to create National Monuments in Western states is simply the natural outcome of allowing federal control of so much land.
The Case Against Fed Reform
This week the 115th Congress was sworn in, and there are some indications that Fed reform may be on the agenda. The combination of populist anger fueled by Ron Paul’s Presidential campaigns and the 2008 financial crisis coupled with the repeated failings of the Federal Reserve to meet their projections has created a rare window for monetary policy to be both politically advantageous, as well as so obviously needed that even politicians can see it. The question now is what sort of reform is on the table.
MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THOUGHT: ‘DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?’
I can remember the LP album cover. Yes, I know how old that makes me, but the iconic blue-backed Little Drummer Boy is etched on my memory. It was the Harry Simeone Chorale album that popularized the song “The Little Drummer Boy,” but “Do You Hear What I Hear?” was its other influential and well-loved track. My first memories of that song include all the happy Christmases of my childhood. But for songwriters Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker, the song expressed very different ideas. They wrote it in the tensest moment of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). For them, the song was a desperate plea for the leaders of the world to consider peace and back away from the brink of annihilation. They felt, though probably didn’t know, how close we came to a fiery end.
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from Miami Herald
In the face of Donald Trump’s lies they call the quest for objectivity “fair and balanced.” It’s actually gutless and dumb.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]In the final days of his administration, President Obama has decided that with the stroke of pen, he shall further consolidate direct federal control over lands within Western states. Obama's unilateral move to create National Monuments in Western states is simply the natural outcome of allowing federal control of so much land.
This week the 115th Congress was sworn in, and there are some indications that Fed reform may be on the agenda. The combination of populist anger fueled by Ron Paul’s Presidential campaigns and the 2008 financial crisis coupled with the repeated failings of the Federal Reserve to meet their projections has created a rare window for monetary policy to be both politically advantageous, as well as so obviously needed that even politicians can see it. The question now is what sort of reform is on the table.
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from The New American Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]New Report Exposes Rockefeller Dynasty's Role in “Climate” Scam
In essence, they have largely created, bankrolled, and weaponized what is known as the “green” movement “as a means to expand their empire over the past three decades,” the report found. Suddenly, Trump's having the former CEO of Exxon-Mobil on his cabinet doesn't look stupid. Or anti-planet.
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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)
Merkel Anticipates Frosty Relations with U.S.
Doubts are growing inside Angela Merkel's Chancellery that the incoming American president will mature and become a statesman. The chancellor is preparing for frosty trans-Atlantic relations while at the same time trying to pull Europe together.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Tribal Tribune (Nespelem, WA)
A $650,000 bid to lease 8,320 acres of Colville tribal land for the next 10 years by Timm Brothers Inc. failed to pass through the Colville Business Council’s Natural Resource Committee, Tuesday, following strong resistance at Omak district meetings in recent months.
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from The Wall Street Journal
Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency
President-elect works on restructuring Office of the Director of National Intelligence, tweets again his doubts that Russia hacked Democrats. "The view from the Trump team is the intelligence world has become completely politicized. They all need to be slimmed down. The focus will be on restructuring the agencies and how they interact.”
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from Washington Examiner
Dems renew demand for slavery reparations
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other Democrats this week re-introduced legislation that would set up a commission to consider whether reparations should be paid to black Americans for slavery.
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