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from American Enterprise Institute
25 reasons why protectionism is taken seriously when it’s actually a form of economic suicide
It’s a scientifically and mathematically provable fact that all tariffs, at any time and in any country, will harm economic growth, eliminate net jobs, destroy prosperity, and lower the standard of living of the protectionist country because tariffs are guaranteed by the ironclad laws of economics to generate costs to consumers that outweigh the benefits to producers, i.e. tariffs will always impose deadweight losses on the protectionist country.
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25 reasons why protectionism is taken seriously when it’s actually a form of economic suicide
It’s a scientifically and mathematically provable fact that all tariffs, at any time and in any country, will harm economic growth, eliminate net jobs, destroy prosperity, and lower the standard of living of the protectionist country because tariffs are guaranteed by the ironclad laws of economics to generate costs to consumers that outweigh the benefits to producers, i.e. tariffs will always impose deadweight losses on the protectionist country.
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from Asia Times Online
For a while, Britain has been mutely attempting to create a new European bloc. Now that Britain (precisely the UK) has voted to leave the long survived union among the European states, there is every possibility that Britain would, along with other European countries having “NOT so pro-European Union” sentimental establishments/regimes, move towards forming and institutionalizing this new bloc.
It will be crucial for the Trump Administration to see the essential value of collaborating with China and continue to build on the economic cooperation. Only China has the potential to help Trump make America great again. The relationship is far too importance for anyone in the administration to indulge in xenophobia or play chicken on the high seas.
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from BBC News (UK)
Archaeologists have found a cave that once housed Dead Sea scrolls in a cliff in the Judean desert - the first such discovery in over 60 years. Israel's Hebrew University said the ancient parchments were missing from the cave, and were probably looted by Bedouin people in the 1950s.
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Republicans create bill to fracture the “nutty” 9th Circuit Court
As the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has just struck down Trump’s executive order on the travel ban, Republicans are simultaneously moving to pass a bill that will split the court up. According to Fox News, Arizona Senators Jeff Flake and John McCain have introduced legislation that will take six states out of the court, and create a whole new 12th Circuit. According to Flake, the court is overburdened, bloated, and slow.
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from Breitbart
Kellogg Announces Major Job Cuts, Facility Closures, Sales Forecast Slashed
Far-Left Kellogg's, whose foundation has given millions to radical groups like Black Lives Matter and George Soros organizations, is "looking to cut sales representatives, merchandisers, and shuttering as many as 39 distribution centers."
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Warren Threatens to Go After 'Every Senator' that Voted to Confirm Sessions as Attorney General
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made it well-known her distaste for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) during the congressional hearings on his nomination for President Donald Trump’s attorney general. After Sessions was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday night, Warren went off on Twitter, writing that she feels “deeply disappointed” in her fellow congressmen and women.
Hitler-era Survivor Debunks Liberal Claims that Trump, Conservatives are Nazis
The "conservatives are like Nazis" comparison from liberals isn't just cliche. It's NOWHERE near being true. "Just because a leader wants order doesn't mean they're like a dictator."
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
UPGRADE PLANNED AT DEADLY CROSSING
A $900,000 upgrade is coming to the dangerous Spokane St. railroad crossing.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Late last month, 116 lawmakers in Pennsylvania sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to resolve issues created by REAL ID, the U.S. national identification law. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been pressing REAL ID on states with increasing intensity the last few years. The letter cited REAL ID’s abuse of the constitutional division of power between the states and the federal government, costs to states, burdens on citizens, and the privacy consequences of the national ID law. Identification is a crucial economic function that has been acquired by government over decades of unconsidered policymaking. People may or may not use a driver’s license for driving, but it is the tool that increasingly controls whether they can fly, vote, or drink. Given the power that comes from controlling identity systems, it’s no wonder that the federal government is working to grab it from the states.
Warren herself has frequently resorted to intimidation to effectively silence those with views which she disagrees. This is particularly true for critics of the “fiduciary rule” from the Obama Department of Labor.
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from The Daily Caller
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Duke University Training Students For Anti-Trump Activism
Duke University is sponsoring a workshop for the purpose of training students to engage in activism against President Trump’s administration.
Duke University Training Students For Anti-Trump Activism
Duke University is sponsoring a workshop for the purpose of training students to engage in activism against President Trump’s administration.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
How Econ Textbooks Sanitize the Horrors of Communism
Far too many economics textbooks sanitize the flawed, corrosive ideas and practice of communism. They leave students with the impression that corruption was communism's chief defect. Let's be clear, no communist regime has ever tried to "divide wealth for equal advantage."
Cut off Government Funds to Universities? Of Course.
Milo Yiannopoulos, the controversial and polarizing poster boy of the alt-right, was scheduled to speak at the University of California at Berkeley last week. However, thanks to destructive riots that resulted in almost $100,000 in damages, the event was canceled just hours before it was due to begin. As expected, President Trump had strong opinions about the incident, which he made publicly known on his Twitter account. Threatening to cut almost $500 million in federal funding, Trump chastised the historic California university for canceling the event and accused its administration of obstructing the First Amendment right to free speech. But notice: this suggestion comes as a threat, as punishment for failing to control protesters, the withdrawal of a subsidy as a punitive measure. This is not the way to achieve what we desperately need: cutting off all federal funds for universities as a matter of fiscal soundness and the principle of freedom itself.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Almost 90% of new power in Europe from renewable sources in 2016
Wind energy overtakes coal as the EU’s second largest form of power capacity but concerns remain over politicians’ enthusiasm for renewables.
Almost 90% of new power in Europe from renewable sources in 2016
Wind energy overtakes coal as the EU’s second largest form of power capacity but concerns remain over politicians’ enthusiasm for renewables.
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from The Heritage Foundation
8 Snapshots of America’s Fiscal Outlook
America is facing a looming budget crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the way Congress keeps spending. By 2027, net interest on the national debt will cost the American people $768 billion, Social Security and health care spending will consume 59 percent of the entire budget, and Obamacare will have cost taxpayers nearly $1 trillion. These projections are from the Congressional Budget Office’s latest 10-year budget projection.
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from Indian Country Today Media Network
Rounds: Expunge Old Native American Laws
SD Sen. wants to remove outdated Native American Laws as a way to reconcile
Lake Oahe Easement for DAPL Draws Backlash
Energy Transfer Partners: We'll Begin Drilling Under Missouri River Immediately
Indigenous activists and members of Congress alike are outraged at lack of Native consultation and environmental oversight.
Activist leftist court rules against Trump travel ban, ignores actual law
In an unsurprising move, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a lower court's stay of President Trump's travel ban would remain in place. The panel’s ruling in favor of immigrants is a victory not only for Washington and Minnesota — the states that sued — but for Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., which said in court papers that the measure would hinder their global businesses.
Rounds: Expunge Old Native American Laws
SD Sen. wants to remove outdated Native American Laws as a way to reconcile
Lake Oahe Easement for DAPL Draws Backlash
Energy Transfer Partners: We'll Begin Drilling Under Missouri River Immediately
Indigenous activists and members of Congress alike are outraged at lack of Native consultation and environmental oversight.
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from Intellihub
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
In an unsurprising move, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a lower court's stay of President Trump's travel ban would remain in place. The panel’s ruling in favor of immigrants is a victory not only for Washington and Minnesota — the states that sued — but for Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., which said in court papers that the measure would hinder their global businesses.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]One of the great things about economics is that it is devoid of all mysticism. Every person, good, service, and dollar is treated equally — nothing is special or above the rules. There’s nothing about the supply of or demand for apples that is categorically different from that of oranges. Since every good or service demanded by anybody is scarce, economics treats apples, oranges, computers, haircuts, education, and health care in the same way.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
As the backlash against feminism grows, let’s highlight the unrecognised female labour upon which capitalist patriarchy depends.
from Patheos
[Information from this site may be questionable.]Neil deGrasse Tyson: Scientific Illiteracy Threatens U.S.
Speaking to a nearly sold-out crowd at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, popular astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson addressed the current crisis in scientific literacy that plagues the U.S. Tyson told the audience that “Americans overall are bad at science,” while warning that the consequences of science illiteracy could be devastating.
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
NASA Center in New Orleans Closed Through Sunday After Tornado Hit
NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans will remain closed through at least Sunday (Feb. 12) as recovery efforts continue after a powerful tornado struck the center this week, agency officials said. A tornado struck the Michoud Assembly Facility on Tuesday (Feb. 7), causing damage to the sprawling center where NASA once built massive stages of its Saturn V moon rocket and space shuttle fuel tanks. The core stage of NASA's new megarocket, the Space Launch System, will be manufactured at the assembly facility.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Big Idaho snowpack has water managers pleased and worried
Idaho has so much snow that water is already being released from some reservoirs for flood control and Idaho Power has halted most of its cloud-seeding operations.
Tribe files legal challenge to stall Dakota Access pipeline
Construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and the full pipeline should be operational within three months, the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday, even as an American Indian tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply.
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from Think Progress
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Kellyanne Conway tells America to ‘buy Ivanka’s stuff,’ may have violated federal law
Your taxpayer dollars just paid for a “free commercial” for the President’s daughter’s business. Kellyanne Conway, who is a counselor to President Donald Trump, gave a “free commercial” for Ivanka Trump’s business this morning, speaking to Fox & Friends from the White House Briefing Room.
Kellyanne Conway tells America to ‘buy Ivanka’s stuff,’ may have violated federal law
Your taxpayer dollars just paid for a “free commercial” for the President’s daughter’s business. Kellyanne Conway, who is a counselor to President Donald Trump, gave a “free commercial” for Ivanka Trump’s business this morning, speaking to Fox & Friends from the White House Briefing Room.
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