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from Anglican Journal
The amalgamation of St. Barnabas Anglican Church, St. Luke’s Anglican Church, St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, All Saints’ Anglican Church and Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church was recommended by a commission of lay people from all five churches in a report released last November. The report recommends that the current five parishes be reduced to two, but does not specify which two existing churches will remain open and which will close.
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from Asia Times Online
One way to keep a closer eye on the military activities of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is satellites ... lots and lots of them
The strategy of the world's second-largest economy to give soft-power loans to its neighbors is reminiscent of the tributary system in its empire days
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from Breitbart
Trump to Rescind Obama Climate Orders with EO on Energy Independence
President Donald Trump will roll out a new executive order on Tuesday that eliminates several Obama-era climate change orders in favor of policies centered on energy independence.
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from Capital Press
The West's Ag Website
Ranchers in Okanogan County, Wash., believe the USFS is trying to take away rights to graze cattle on federal land. A county commissioner says more of the same might be happening in the West.
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from CommonDreams
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
'We have got to end the international disgrace of being the only major country on earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people as a right not a privilege'
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Defenders of checks and balances should be happy that a circuit split on President Trump’s executive order on immigration means that the Supreme Court may rule on its legitimacy. Whether the President’s order is valid or not, the system seems to be working in that the executive is being restrained by the judiciary. However, the historical trend over the last few decades has been for the executive to assert—and reassert—its power.
President Trump has released his “skinny budget” giving a blueprint of where the administration would like to see spending and cutbacks at federal agencies. It is a good sign that the president understands that the American people can no longer afford a rampaging federal government that’s gobbling up every tax dollar in sight. But it’s equally important to stop funding agency programs that abuse government power. In that regard, one glaring omission in the budget blueprint is reform for one of the worst abusers of government power, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). That’s the agency that oversees private-sector labor relations. Unfortunately, it is a wasteful, highly partisan agency that does more harm than good.
In light of [existing] laws and institutions safeguarding user privacy, members of the House of Representatives need not fear that voting for the joint resolution to rescind the FCC’s privacy rule will mark the end of individual privacy on the Internet.
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from Conservative Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
WHY SEN. FEINSTEIN’S ROE V. WADE ‘SUPERPRECEDENT’ ARGUMENT COULDN’T BE MORE WRONG, AND DANGEROUS
During the marathon hearing on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Democratic senators kept pushing him about his views on precedent. His answers didn’t seem to satisfy them — but then that would have been impossible, since their views on precedent are political, not legal. There is no such thing as “superprecedent.” A later court may choose to revisit a prior decision if a new case presents the opportunity to reexamine the legal reasoning applied, when doubt has arisen over its legitimacy and constitutionality.
WHY SEN. FEINSTEIN’S ROE V. WADE ‘SUPERPRECEDENT’ ARGUMENT COULDN’T BE MORE WRONG, AND DANGEROUS
During the marathon hearing on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Democratic senators kept pushing him about his views on precedent. His answers didn’t seem to satisfy them — but then that would have been impossible, since their views on precedent are political, not legal. There is no such thing as “superprecedent.” A later court may choose to revisit a prior decision if a new case presents the opportunity to reexamine the legal reasoning applied, when doubt has arisen over its legitimacy and constitutionality.
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from EUobserver
Lukashenka: End of an era?
The political spring in Belarus ended just as the actual season began, but greater changes loom after 23 years of dictatorship.
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Lukashenka: End of an era?
The political spring in Belarus ended just as the actual season began, but greater changes loom after 23 years of dictatorship.
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from First Things
Europe was shattered on many levels by the Reformation. Was it all necessary? Were things broken that should have been preserved? In her “new history” of The Reformation, Lee Palmer Wandel offers a stark, sobering summary of the shattering effects of the Reformation.
Francis has not emphasized the danger of receiving Holy Communion unworthily; Francis has not explained and defended his own teaching in Amoris Laetitia; Francis has said one thing and done another. Catholics do Francis no favors when they try to excuse or rationalize his failures and contradictions. We should instead pray that Francis has the strength and wisdom to amend them.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Wentworth Woodhouse sold to preservation trust for £7m
Grade I-listed Georgian mansion in South Yorkshire, which has 365 rooms, will have £40m of renovations over next 20 years
Wentworth Woodhouse sold to preservation trust for £7m
Grade I-listed Georgian mansion in South Yorkshire, which has 365 rooms, will have £40m of renovations over next 20 years
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from The Heritage Foundation
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
The Myth of an Unbiased Mainstream Media
It’s time for the mainstream media to stop pretending that only conservative outlets have a perspective. 96% of the donations given by journalists in the 2016 presidential election as of August were to Hillary Clinton.
Unlocking Our Immense Oil and Gas Supply Can Make America Great Again
While OPEC countries have done their best to keep oil prices high, America’s energy wealth and free markets have frustrated these efforts. American lawmakers would be wise to embrace the ongoing energy revolution.
Neil Gorsuch: An Independent Judge the Court Needs
United States Senator Mike Lee: In a former life, I had the good fortune of appearing before Gorsuch as a practicing attorney, so I know from personal experience that he is one of the very best judges in the country.
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The Myth of an Unbiased Mainstream Media
It’s time for the mainstream media to stop pretending that only conservative outlets have a perspective. 96% of the donations given by journalists in the 2016 presidential election as of August were to Hillary Clinton.
Unlocking Our Immense Oil and Gas Supply Can Make America Great Again
While OPEC countries have done their best to keep oil prices high, America’s energy wealth and free markets have frustrated these efforts. American lawmakers would be wise to embrace the ongoing energy revolution.
Neil Gorsuch: An Independent Judge the Court Needs
United States Senator Mike Lee: In a former life, I had the good fortune of appearing before Gorsuch as a practicing attorney, so I know from personal experience that he is one of the very best judges in the country.
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from Intellihub
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
The nation’s Attorney General briefed members of the press at the White House Monday afternoon on his recent federal request for sanctuary cities to follow detention and deportation laws regarding illegal immigration. “The Department of Justice has a duty to enforce our nation’s laws, including our immigration laws,” Attorney General Jefferson Sessions said.
Clinton operative may have violated federal law
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from The Living Church
WRESTLING WITH OUR PAST: CRANMER, FAMILIAR YET STRANGE
Within Anglicanism, Cranmer’s legacy was not challenged in the 1970s, the 1920s, or even the 1780s or with the Non-Jurors. Central aspects of Cranmer’s theological, ecclesiological, and liturgical agenda were pushed aside before 1600 and certainly vanished in that most globally influential rite, the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
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Steve Bannon Dismisses Austrian Economics
Writing in The New York Times Magazine about last week’s stillborn RyanCare bill, Robert Draper recalls a conversation he had with White House strategist Stephen Bannon earlier this year. Bannon, lamenting the ability of both congressional Democrats and Republicans to get things done, contrasts the identity-obsessed progressives with the one-trick pony conservatives. Bannon's notion that the GOP conference is full of ideologues, much less libertarian ideologues, is just flat false.
The Government Spies on All of Us — So Why Not Spy on Trump?
There was high drama last week when Rep. Devin Nunes announced at the White House that he had seen evidence that the communications of the Donald Trump campaign people, and perhaps even Trump himself, had been “incidentally collected” by the US government.
WRESTLING WITH OUR PAST: CRANMER, FAMILIAR YET STRANGE
Within Anglicanism, Cranmer’s legacy was not challenged in the 1970s, the 1920s, or even the 1780s or with the Non-Jurors. Central aspects of Cranmer’s theological, ecclesiological, and liturgical agenda were pushed aside before 1600 and certainly vanished in that most globally influential rite, the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Writing in The New York Times Magazine about last week’s stillborn RyanCare bill, Robert Draper recalls a conversation he had with White House strategist Stephen Bannon earlier this year. Bannon, lamenting the ability of both congressional Democrats and Republicans to get things done, contrasts the identity-obsessed progressives with the one-trick pony conservatives. Bannon's notion that the GOP conference is full of ideologues, much less libertarian ideologues, is just flat false.
There was high drama last week when Rep. Devin Nunes announced at the White House that he had seen evidence that the communications of the Donald Trump campaign people, and perhaps even Trump himself, had been “incidentally collected” by the US government.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
Unionism may be in greater immediate danger in Belfast than Edinburgh.
The former UUP leader says Gerry Adams is now in "complete control" of Sinn Fein and no longer wants to be "trapped" by the Good Friday Agreement
from Northern Ag Network
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from The Spokesman-Review
Canadian hunting rights confirmed for Colville Tribes’ member
A British Columbia court has recognized the right of a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes to hunt on aboriginal land in Canada. Monday’s ruling cleared charges against Rick Desautel, who was cited in 2010 for elk hunting near Castlegar, British Columbia, as a nonresident without a license. After shooting the elk, Desautel notified local wildlife officials. He’s a member of the Colville Tribe’s Lakes Band, also known as the Sinixt, whose ancestral lands stretched north to the Arrow Lakes region of Canada.
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
Despite the signing of a declaration on post-Brexit priorities at a celebratory EU summit late-last week, most experts warn that the supranational organization faces its gravest challenge yet and that its most highly-touted accomplishments of the last several decades are in jeopardy. Mistakes made by former US President Barack Obama created a lot of problems that immediately affected the well-being of Europe. A number of global adventures by Barack Obama and his administration have finally led to the collapse of the US' European project. This process has been active for the last five years. Britain realized what had happened and decided to leave the EU.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will exert necessary efforts to guarantee the participation of Russia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 hosted by Ukraine, the chairman of the Reference Group of the Eurovision said.
Two-thirds of cancers are caused by random DNA errors during cell division, according to new research. Environmental factors such as smoking play a lesser role in the development of cancer than previously thought, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is taking a hands-off policy toward the Pentagon, and the US military finds that it no longer must seek approval for expanding its schemes.
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from Trains Magazine
The Albany & Eastern Railroad in Oregon has published its 2017 schedule for its Santiam excursion trains. This year, several holiday themed excursions trains will take passengers along the 17-mile Sweet Home branch line, a rail line built by the Oregon Electric Co. in 1930.
BNSF Railway is in the early planning stages for a new bridge that would span the Missouri River in the North Dakota cities of Bismarck and Mandan. The railroad’s current bridge, built in 1882, is reaching the end of its useful lifespan. While regular repairs have kept the bridge in sound condition, it is an aging piece of infrastructure the railroad wants to replace, the Bismarck Tribune reports. The Northern Pacific-built bridge still sees about 14 to 16 trains each day and is an important part of the town’s local history, as it signified the Northern Pacific's achievement in crossing the Missouri River on its transcontinental journey westward.
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