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from Aeon Media/News Company
How Europe became so rich
How and why did the modern world and its unprecedented prosperity begin? Learned tomes by historians, economists, political scientists and other scholars fill many bookshelves with explanations of how and why the process of modern economic growth or ‘the Great Enrichment’ exploded in western Europe in the 18th century. One of the oldest and most persuasive explanations is the long political fragmentation of Europe. For centuries, no ruler had ever been able to unite Europe the way the Mongols and the Mings had united China. It should be emphasised that Europe’s success was not the result of any inherent superiority of European culture. It was rather what is known as a classical emergent property, a complex and unintended outcome of simpler interactions on the whole. The modern European economic miracle was the result of contingent institutional outcomes. It was neither designed nor planned. But it happened, and once it began, it generated a self-reinforcing dynamic of economic progress that made knowledge-driven growth both possible and sustainable.
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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
NSA whistleblower unloads STUNNING claim about Trump…
William Binney is basically a mellowed-out precursor to Edward Snowden. He was an NSA whistleblower during the early days of the Bush-41 presidency, drawing attention to waste in the agency before resigning in October 2011. During his 30 year career at the NSA, he himself was an architect of their surveillance program — but now criticizes the NSA’s surveillance tactics. While Edward Snowden exposed the NSA was spying on the American public, Binney has an even more surprising claim: they’re spying on the president, too.
NSA whistleblower unloads STUNNING claim about Trump…
William Binney is basically a mellowed-out precursor to Edward Snowden. He was an NSA whistleblower during the early days of the Bush-41 presidency, drawing attention to waste in the agency before resigning in October 2011. During his 30 year career at the NSA, he himself was an architect of their surveillance program — but now criticizes the NSA’s surveillance tactics. While Edward Snowden exposed the NSA was spying on the American public, Binney has an even more surprising claim: they’re spying on the president, too.
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from Al Monitor
(Washington D.C. based pro-Iranian regime propaganda channel)
Will Raqqa be site for clash of titan generals?
Two admired military heroes of Iran and Turkey, both commanding elite military units in Iraq and Syria, could wind up confronting each other in northern Syria.
(Washington D.C. based pro-Iranian regime propaganda channel)
Will Raqqa be site for clash of titan generals?
Two admired military heroes of Iran and Turkey, both commanding elite military units in Iraq and Syria, could wind up confronting each other in northern Syria.
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from Asia Times Online
India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space programme.
Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti believes the the profit obsessed globalized economy needs to change by putting people and their ecosystems first
From buses and trucks to a US$500 million golf resort, the Asian giant deepens its business footprint in Cuba, helping its fellow Communist-run state
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from Bill Moyers
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Investigative reporters have begun to flesh out the Trump/Russia timeline. To keep everything in one location, here’s an updated summary (so far).
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from Breitbart
EXCLUSIVE – NSA Whistleblower: Agency ‘Absolutely’ Tapping Trump’s Calls
William Binney, a former highly placed NSA official turned whistleblower, contended in an exclusive interview today that the National Security Agency (NSA) is “absolutely” monitoring the phone calls of President Donald Trump.
Humana to Drop Out of Obamacare Exchanges in 2018
Humana believes the Obamacare exchanges have too few healthy patients to balance out a significant number of sick and costly patients. The health insurer lowered its Obamacare participation previously, reducing the number of states in 2016 from 19 to 11.
Fake News — CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill: Conservatives Start Violent Campus Riots, Too
CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill, who is also a professor at Morehouse College, claimed that right-wing students incite riots on college campuses while discussing the Berkeley riots left-wing students over the appearance of Breitbart News’ MILO.
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from Capitalism
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Barack Obama’s politicized intelligence agencies, and they are still his agencies, have been illegally wiretapping Trump’s conversations and those of his cabinet members and then leaking them to the corrupt press. People should be very concerned about the authoritarian implications of a national security apparatus going after people they don’t agree with and then leaking information about them to the press.
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from CNN
High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Rep. Steve King: Intelligence Leaks 'Designed to Politically Assassinate' Administration Members
When intelligence and politics mix, the results can be nasty... and dangerous. "I think what's most important here is the leaks that are coming out of the intelligence community, that appear to be designed to politically assassinate some of the members of the Trump administration, or at least weaken the Trump administration, and if you cannot trust the intelligence community to maintain classified information that's protected by law...you've got to do something to clean up the intelligence community. That's what concerns me the most," King said.
‘The Fix Is in!’ CNN Loses Its Mind Not Getting Questions to Trump, Attacks Conservatives Instead
Batten down the hatches, folks. On Wednesday after the press conference between President Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, pure and utter panic set in on CNN as Inside Politics host John King and White House correspondent Jim Acosta bemoaned that “the fix is in” because “it would be nice if the conservative outlets the President is calling on would ask him tough questions.”
Humana Bails Out of Obamacare As the GOP Struggles To Find a Solution
Another Obamacare provider has officially bitten the dust, as health insurance company Humana announced Tuesday it will be officially withdrawing from the Obamacare marketplace in 2018, a move the company blames on an “unbalanced risk pool” of too many sick people and not enough healthy ones.
New Poll: Majority of Americans, Including Hispanics and Hillary Voters, Back Trump Deportations
A new McLaughlin and Associates survey reveals that 69 pecent of Americans back President Trump's executive order to end the “catch and release” policy and make the deportation of criminal illegal aliens a top priority -- including Hispanic voters, 56 percent of whom say they approve of the deportation of criminal aliens. The poll also revealed that 52 percent of those who say they voted for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton also approve of ending "catch and release."
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from Conservative Daily Post
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The Daily Caller
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
EXCLUSIVE: How The Nation’s Spooks Played The Game ‘Kill Mike Flynn’
National Security Advisor Gen. Michael T. Flynn (ret.) — who resigned Monday — was the victim of a “hit job” launched by intelligence operatives, Obama government holdovers and former Obama national security officials, according to former intelligence officials who spoke with The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group.
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Series: Growing up in Douglas Co.
This is the first in a series of articles featuring interviews with people who grew up (or are growing up) in Douglas County. The first interview is with Irene Viebrock, who turns 94 on Feb. 16. Irene Viebrock has a very clear memory of her earlier years. She grew up on the family farm about 14 miles east of Waterville. Her parents, Herman and Mary Eggers, were both of German descent. Mary Eggers, whose maiden name was Prange, had grown up on the land in which Viebrock was raised, her father having come there from the Midwest. Her German grandparents lived with them, bringing the influence of the older generation and the German language into the home. Viebrock was the second of four children, all born within five years of each other. The oldest was Doris Viebrock, who passed away in 2015; the third was Clarence Eggers, who passed away some time ago; and the last was Lawrence Eggers, who passed away in November.
Republicans Are Already Trying to Raise Taxes
The border adjustability tax will cost American consumers at least a trillion dollars over the next ten years. There has been virtually no debate or public discussion about this new, horrible tax, yet numerous, self-destructive GOP lawmakers are ready to enact it.
EXCLUSIVE: How The Nation’s Spooks Played The Game ‘Kill Mike Flynn’
National Security Advisor Gen. Michael T. Flynn (ret.) — who resigned Monday — was the victim of a “hit job” launched by intelligence operatives, Obama government holdovers and former Obama national security officials, according to former intelligence officials who spoke with The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group.
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from Daily Wire
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Islamophobic Saudi Arabia Deports 40,000 Muslim Pakistanis, Citing Terrorism Concerns
Islamophobic Saudi Arabia Deports 40,000 Muslim Pakistanis, Citing Terrorism Concerns
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from Douglas County Empire Press
This is the first in a series of articles featuring interviews with people who grew up (or are growing up) in Douglas County. The first interview is with Irene Viebrock, who turns 94 on Feb. 16. Irene Viebrock has a very clear memory of her earlier years. She grew up on the family farm about 14 miles east of Waterville. Her parents, Herman and Mary Eggers, were both of German descent. Mary Eggers, whose maiden name was Prange, had grown up on the land in which Viebrock was raised, her father having come there from the Midwest. Her German grandparents lived with them, bringing the influence of the older generation and the German language into the home. Viebrock was the second of four children, all born within five years of each other. The oldest was Doris Viebrock, who passed away in 2015; the third was Clarence Eggers, who passed away some time ago; and the last was Lawrence Eggers, who passed away in November.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
The border adjustability tax will cost American consumers at least a trillion dollars over the next ten years. There has been virtually no debate or public discussion about this new, horrible tax, yet numerous, self-destructive GOP lawmakers are ready to enact it.
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from First Things
On the tensions in Augustine's theory of art and creation. For Augustine, God’s artistic creativity is immediately relevant to human artistry. It is not merely a matter of analogy.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Study Finds Cohabiting Parents Twice as Likely to Split as Married Parents
Children born to unmarried, cohabiting parents—both in the United States and across Europe—are nearly twice as likely to see their parents split up, compared to children born to married parents. A new study from the Institute for Family Studies and Social Trends Institute examines family stability among cohabiting and married-parent families from numerous countries across the world. The findings provide evidence against some common myths about cohabitation and children’s family stability.
The Truth About Sanctuary Cities and Crime Rates
Local police departments refusing to hand over criminal aliens to ICE has resulted in further crime and re-arrests.
4 Broken Obamacare Promises That Town Hall Protesters Should Remember
While the House and Senate plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, members of Congress are hosting town hall meetings with their constituents and have been greeted by hostile crowds. These folks seem to have amnesia about Obamacare’s glaring failures. 1. Costs are exploding. The typical family today pays about 35 percent of their income for health care. 2. Competition and choice are declining. 3. Forget about keeping your plan. 4. No, you can’t necessarily keep your doctor.
Moscow Issues Its First Nuclear Challenge to Trump
Almost right out of the gate, the Trump administration is facing its first arms control challenge from Moscow. Russia has reportedly deployed its new cruise missile in an apparent violation of the Reagan-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, in effect since 1988.
While Draining the Swamp, Drain Government-Controlled Oil Reserves
As the new administration seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on the energy market, one critical change is to liquidate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The government-controlled stockpile of crude oil is a waste of taxpayer money and ignores how the private sector more effectively responds to price changes.
What’s Wrong in Our Arms Treaty With Russia
Some media outlets reported last week that President Donald Trump called the Obama administration’s New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, with Russia a “bad deal.” Well, Trump is right: New START is advantageous to the Russians and does not advance U.S. national security interests.
US Economic Freedom Has Hit a Historic Low. What Happened?
When Obama took office, the U.S. ranked sixth in economic freedom. Now it’s seventeenth.
How White Liberals Enable Crime in Black Communities
Liberals are waging a war against police practices that have protected black communities. Ordinary black people cannot afford to go along with the liberal agenda that calls for undermining police authority. That agenda makes for more black crime victims.
Proponents of ‘Diversity’ Tried to Force My Religious Group Off Campus
Religious groups that require their student leaders (not general members) to actually believe and uphold the groups’ beliefs and mission are being accused of bigotry and kicked off campus.
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from The Hill
US falls in economic freedom index
The United States has slipped to its lowest level in world rankings of economic freedom, according an annual index released Wednesday by the conservative Heritage Foundation. In the latest report, the U.S. ranks 17th out of 180 countries with an economic freedom score of 75.1 out of 100. Last year, the U.S. ranked number 11. Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand topped the list, with respective scores of 89.8, 88.6 and 83.7. Other countries that placed ahead of the U.S. included Canada, Taiwan and Britain, among others.
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from Liberty Writers
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Inflation is back. Here's what's driving prices higherAfter a long pause since the Great Recession — punctuated by worries about falling prices — consumers are paying more each month for goods and services in what seems to be a sustained pickup in rising prices. A bigger-than-expected, 0.6 percent jump in the Consumer Price Index last month pushed the annual inflation rate to a five-year high of 2.5 percent. Though still well below levels seen in the run-up to the Great Recession, the pickup in the pace of inflation has renewed pressure on millions of consumers' household budgets. "Consumer prices have gained momentum in recent months," said Chris Christopher, an economist at IHS Global Insight. "This is not the best thing in the world for lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck." But rising wages for many households have apparently offset some of the recent gains in consumer prices.
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from The New American Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Looming Economic Crisis to be Blamed on Trump, Experts Warn
An economic crisis of potentially historic proportions appears to be just around the corner, and the establishment may be setting up President Donald Trump and other anti-globalist forces to take the blame for it. So says former congressman and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul and other economic experts with a proven track record of accuracy who have studied the issue. And at this point, there is probably nothing that can be done to stop it.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
Research suggests it is Democrats, not Republicans, that are most likely to retreat into a politically homogeneous bubble.
The phrase “virtue signalling” is a slur and it is everywhere; it is part of the Trumpian scream. Empathy, fellowship, society, love? To the critic of the “virtue signaller”, they are all vanity, whether online, at a protest or at the ballot box. This is psychological projection, but still interesting: where did it come from? The phrase is devious political propaganda.
from NPR (& affiliates)
from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
Speaking to Radio Sputnik, political commentator and The Duran contributor Adam Garrie pointed out just how absurd White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's statement that Russia must 'return Crimea' really sounds. The journalist also explained the reasons for the 'civil war' that's going on in Washington over its policy on Russia.
The Crimean Issue: What's Really Behind Trump's Message to Russia
Although the new administration has occupied the White House, US hawks continue to play first fiddle in Washington, Radio Sputnik contributor Ilya Kharlamov notes. The question then arises what the future has in store for US-Russian relations and whether the thaw between Moscow and Washington is possible under US President Donald Trump.
The End of Anonymous Browsing: Multi-Browser Digital Fingerprinting Perfected
Researchers have developed a technique that allows websites to track visitors that use more than one browser to access the internet, a key defense employed by the privacy conscious against sites that seek to identify visitors' "digital fingerprints" - and a cyber privacy expert has said it could spell the end of anonymous browsing.
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from Tribal Tribune (Nespelem, WA)
The Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife department captured and collared a male gray wolf belonging to the Colville Reservation’s Strawberry Pack, Feb. 2, near Moses Mountain. The wolf is the third currently collared by CTFW. A second wolf in the Strawberry Pack and a wolf in the Nc’cin Pack also are currently collared.
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from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
PRISON TIME PREDICTED IN DEMS' NATIONAL-SECURITY SCANDAL
Democrats may have a major national security hacking scandal on their hands that’s on the brink of exploding into public view. 'Muslim operatives have managed to soak their way into very heart of our republic'
PRISON TIME PREDICTED IN DEMS' NATIONAL-SECURITY SCANDAL
Democrats may have a major national security hacking scandal on their hands that’s on the brink of exploding into public view. 'Muslim operatives have managed to soak their way into very heart of our republic'
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