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from Asia Times Online
Nearly half of all the applications to American graduate institutions came from international students, according to a recent research report by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Of those 79% are from Asian students.
The Trump administration is totally mistaken if it believes that a ratcheting up of pressure, coupled with closer policy alignment with Israel and Saudi Arabia, will force an Iranian retreat in the region.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Happy Valentine’s Day! Tomorrow we celebrate our significant other by showering them with affection and chocolate—but is government regulation getting in the way of your date night?
A Valentine For Capitalism
On Valentine’s Day, we should celebrate capitalism not only for the prosperity it creates, but for the many ways in which it fosters and validates friendships, enriching the vast array of connections that bind us together in civil society. Valentines strengthen friendships between current (or hoped for) friends but commerce goes further making friends of strangers.
The Supreme Court has a chance to protect consumers from alternative facts, as it considers a case full of fake facts and an unfair lawyer windfall where trial lawyers get paid even when their clients don’t.
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from Conservative Daily Post
Senator Warren Net Worth Revealed, How Did She Make $15 Million As A Congresswoman?
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Jeff Sessions and the Thuggery of Asset Forfeiture
Jeff Sessions is a supporter of “asset forfeiture,” which occurs when governments steal money and property from citizens without convicting them of any crime. Or sometimes without even charging them with a crime. Once seized, the property’s owners bear the burden of proving their property’s innocence.
Jeff Sessions and the Thuggery of Asset Forfeiture
Jeff Sessions is a supporter of “asset forfeiture,” which occurs when governments steal money and property from citizens without convicting them of any crime. Or sometimes without even charging them with a crime. Once seized, the property’s owners bear the burden of proving their property’s innocence.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
York Minster bells to ring again, in aftermath of heavy dispute
Following controversial mass sacking of 30-strong bellringing team, the cathedral advertises position to recruit and induct new group
Mission impossible: trying to flog a stolen 500-year-old Dante manuscript
Tome raiders have stolen more than 160 rare books by abseiling into a warehouse, but they may struggle to cash in on their £2m crime
Britain’s most popular dogs? I have a bone to pick with the top 10
The French bulldog is about to become the top breed in Britain, outrunning the overrated labrador, cocker and springer spaniel, and German shepherd. But for me, there will only ever be one top dog
York Minster bells to ring again, in aftermath of heavy dispute
Following controversial mass sacking of 30-strong bellringing team, the cathedral advertises position to recruit and induct new group
Mission impossible: trying to flog a stolen 500-year-old Dante manuscript
Tome raiders have stolen more than 160 rare books by abseiling into a warehouse, but they may struggle to cash in on their £2m crime
Britain’s most popular dogs? I have a bone to pick with the top 10
The French bulldog is about to become the top breed in Britain, outrunning the overrated labrador, cocker and springer spaniel, and German shepherd. But for me, there will only ever be one top dog
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from The Independent (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Saudi Arabia ‘deports 40,000 Pakistani workers over terror fears’
Thousands of foreign national workers allegedly expelled from country over visa violations and security concerns, as protests over unpaid wages continue
Saudi Arabia ‘deports 40,000 Pakistani workers over terror fears’
Thousands of foreign national workers allegedly expelled from country over visa violations and security concerns, as protests over unpaid wages continue
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Left-Wing Agitators Escalate War on American History
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart was attacked on Saturday by a mob of protesters in front of the Robert E. Lee monument in Lee Park in Charlottesville, VA in the latest liberal assault on Southern history and heritage.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Largely overlooked last week in the wake of President Donald Trump’s court battle was another controversial judicial ruling. On Thursday the US Court of Claims rewarding Moda Health, an Oregon-based health insurer, $214 million for losses it took participating in the high risk insurance pools established under the Affordable Care Act. The dispute came after Republicans eliminated funding for tax payer subsidies to those firms that lost money writing insurance for high risk individuals.
For many, it has now become settled wisdom that the massive monetary pumping by the US central bank during and after the 2008 financial crisis saved the US and the world from another Great Depression. The reality, however, is quite different. It is not a collapse in the money stock that sets in motion an economic slump but rather the prior monetary pumping that undermines the economy’s pool of real wealth by falsifying market signals and creating massive distortions that “prime” the economy for any subsequent reduction of the flow of credit. In a boom-bust economy, there is real wealth, and there is bubble wealth. Economic busts are a "cleansing mechanism" that clears out the bubble wealth.
Some claim that if socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists. This is doubtful since the larger motivation is often political control.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser
Michael Flynn abruptly resigned as President Donald Trump's national security adviser Monday night, hours after it was learned that the Justice Department informed the White House that it believed he could be subject to blackmail. Retired Army Gen. Keith Kellogg, a top policy adviser for Trump's presidential campaign, was appointed acting national security adviser, the White House said in a statement announcing Flynn's replacement.
Shares of Popeyes, Restaurant Brands International spike on acquisition rumor
Shares of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen spiked more than 14 percent on Monday after Reuters reportedthat Restaurant Brands International had approached the fried chicken chain to express interest in an acquisition. Restaurant Brands, which owns Burger King and Tim Horton's, reported higher-than-expected earnings Monday morning as it topped same-store sales estimates and costs fell.The Oakville, Ontario-based company saw its stock rise up more than 5 percent after the Popeyes acquisition rumor.
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from People.com
Ivanka Trump Attends White House Taskforce Meeting with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Ivanka Trump attended her first White House policy meeting on Monday since her father, President Donald Trump, was sworn in nearly a month ago. The meeting was with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is visiting the White House, and members of a newly-formed task force for female entrepreneurs, the United States Canada Council for the Advancement of Women Business Leaders-Female Entrepreneurs.
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from POLITICO
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
President Trump Has Done Almost Nothing
Tune out the noise coming from the White House. So far, very little has actually happened.
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Indivisible Resistance Fighters Seize Spokane
How unfortunate for Spokane that Alt-Left Social Justice Activists have seized the city. Elitist Sleaze-balls who look down on working class American Taxpayers by constant protesting about how bad our country is with insulting degrading signs, sensate outfits and expletive rantings.
President Trump Has Done Almost Nothing
Tune out the noise coming from the White House. So far, very little has actually happened.
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from spokaneproisrael.org
Indivisible Resistance Fighters Seize Spokane
How unfortunate for Spokane that Alt-Left Social Justice Activists have seized the city. Elitist Sleaze-balls who look down on working class American Taxpayers by constant protesting about how bad our country is with insulting degrading signs, sensate outfits and expletive rantings.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Poorer Spokane students more likely to be suspended than their wealthier peers
Students who come from low-income families are disciplined more than their wealthier peers, according to new discipline data provided by Spokane Public Schools. “I don’t think it’s a subcategory or a vague correlation,” said psychotherapist Kent Hoffman. “I think it’s a direct correlation.”
10 best places to kiss in Spokane
It’s Valentine’s Day and you are short on cash. No need to despair, grab your sweetie and try the 10 best places to kiss in Spokane [photo gallery]
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from The Washington Post
History’s love letters provide heartfelt glimpses of the ‘devoted’ and ‘besotted’
For Valentine’s Day, staff at the Library of Congress share samples from the days when people put pen to paper to express their feelings.
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from The Washington Times
California spent on high-speed rail and illegal immigrants, but ignored Oroville Dam
The flood danger from the Oroville Dam receded Monday, but California was hit by a wave of criticism for failing to heed warnings about risks to the spillway at a time when the state spent generously on illegal immigrants and high-speed rail. California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, came under fire amid reports that federal and state officials for years rebuffed or ignored calls to fortify the massive 50-year-old dam, which provides water to more than 20 million farmers and residential consumers.
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