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from The Atlantic (& CityLab)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
“I hope that my story will help you understand the methods of Russian operatives in Washington and how they use U.S. enablers to achieve major foreign policy goals without disclosing those interests,” Browder writes.
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from The Bellingham Herald
An online petition asking state lawmakers to change Washington’s new distracted driving law had more than 18,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon. The law went into effect on Sunday and bans the use of handheld devices, including cellphones and tablets, while driving. The law also says police can give drivers a $99 ticket for other distracting behavior — such as eating, drinking or grooming — if the driver is pulled over for another offense. That part didn’t sit well with the petition’s creator, identified on the site as Angela Cruze.
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from Campus Reform
Bret Weinstein, the Evergreen State College professor who was driven from campus by a mob of students earlier this year, is preparing to file a $3.8 million claim against the public institution. The claim accuses Evergreen State of "fostering a racially hostile work and retaliatory environment" by encouraging the student protests that forced Weinstein to flee campus for his own safety. The students were upset with Weinstein for objecting to a "Day of Absence" event that called for white students and faculty to leave campus for a day of diversity programming.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
A Tech Company Is Asking Employees to Embed Microchip In Their Palms
A company is asking employees to implant a microchip between their thumb and index finger. This may sound like a sci-fi movie, but this is really happening at Three Square Market, a tech company in Wisconsin. The small chip is about the size of a grain of rice and will enable the employees to open doors, log onto computers, and buy food in the company cafeteria. If this is really the future, it might be a good time to ask yourself: would you allow your employer to microchip you?
Psychiatrists Throw Out Old Rule So They Can Comment on Trump's Mental Health
Psychiatrists are going to toss out a long-standing rule so that they can comment on President Trump's mental health. The American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Principles of Medical Ethics have included a rule informally known as the "Goldwater rule" that prevents psychiatrists from commenting on a public figure's mental state. This rule is named after Republican presidential candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater. During the 1964 election, the magazine "Fact" ran a story where it polled 1,189 psychiatrists on the mental health of Goldwater. Goldwater later sued the publication for damaging his reputation. But it's 2017, and apparently, mental health professionals no longer care about damaging someone's reputation. The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) just sent out an email to it's 3,500 members saying that it's okay to break the Goldwater rule in the case of President Trump.
Democrats Peddle ‘Better Deal’ Blueprint – A Job-Killing Proposal
A $15 national minimum wage would eliminate more than 7 million jobs, according to a 2016 study. That didn’t stop the Democratic National Convention from endorsing the increase in July 2016 and putting it into the party platform.
A Tech Company Is Asking Employees to Embed Microchip In Their Palms
A company is asking employees to implant a microchip between their thumb and index finger. This may sound like a sci-fi movie, but this is really happening at Three Square Market, a tech company in Wisconsin. The small chip is about the size of a grain of rice and will enable the employees to open doors, log onto computers, and buy food in the company cafeteria. If this is really the future, it might be a good time to ask yourself: would you allow your employer to microchip you?
Psychiatrists Throw Out Old Rule So They Can Comment on Trump's Mental Health
Psychiatrists are going to toss out a long-standing rule so that they can comment on President Trump's mental health. The American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Principles of Medical Ethics have included a rule informally known as the "Goldwater rule" that prevents psychiatrists from commenting on a public figure's mental state. This rule is named after Republican presidential candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater. During the 1964 election, the magazine "Fact" ran a story where it polled 1,189 psychiatrists on the mental health of Goldwater. Goldwater later sued the publication for damaging his reputation. But it's 2017, and apparently, mental health professionals no longer care about damaging someone's reputation. The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) just sent out an email to it's 3,500 members saying that it's okay to break the Goldwater rule in the case of President Trump.
Democrats Peddle ‘Better Deal’ Blueprint – A Job-Killing Proposal
A $15 national minimum wage would eliminate more than 7 million jobs, according to a 2016 study. That didn’t stop the Democratic National Convention from endorsing the increase in July 2016 and putting it into the party platform.
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from The Daily Caller
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Mattis Orders Full Review Of Any Military Training That Has Nothing To Do With Warfighting
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has ordered a full review of any military training not directly relevant to warfighting. Mattis told the services to conduct a review of the “requirements for mandatory force training that does not directly support core tasks,” according to a Friday memo obtained by Military Times. In other words, Mattis wants a full examination of all the hours of burdensome, irrelevant training service members have to undergo before deployment.
Mattis Orders Full Review Of Any Military Training That Has Nothing To Do With Warfighting
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has ordered a full review of any military training not directly relevant to warfighting. Mattis told the services to conduct a review of the “requirements for mandatory force training that does not directly support core tasks,” according to a Friday memo obtained by Military Times. In other words, Mattis wants a full examination of all the hours of burdensome, irrelevant training service members have to undergo before deployment.
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from The Heritage Foundation
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Congress Should Use the Congressional Review Act to Nullify the CFPB’s New Anti-Consumer Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Arbitration Agreements rule would effectively ban consumers of all sorts of financial products from using a clearly consumer friendly dispute-resolution process. Arbitration is a fair and effective alternative for resolving disputes, particularly small claims between businesses and consumers. A wealth of experience indicates the CFPB’s arbitration rule will harm consumers. Regulations should not override well-established preferences without rigorous empirical evidence showing that the override will increase the welfare of the general public. However, the CFPB was not designed to follow such principles, as reflected in its new arbitration rule. Congress should waste no time in nullifying the arbitration rule and then move on to adopting such CFPB reforms as listed in the Financial CHOICE Act.
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DC’s Concealed Carry Restriction
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the District of Columbia’s law requiring applicants for a concealed carry permit to demonstrate a special need for self-protection “distinguishable from the general community.” The Supreme Court previously struck down D.C.’s ban on possession of handguns in the landmark case D.C. v. Heller (2008), and a district court invalidated D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns in Palmer v. DC (2014). Thereafter, the D.C. City Council enacted a law severely limiting concealed carry permits for applicants alleging “serious threats of death or serious bodily harm.” Living or working in high crime areas is not a sufficient reason.
How America's Pursuit of Independence Changed the World
If so many people, both at home and abroad, hate America so much, then why does everyone yearn for their own American-style independence? If the pursuit of liberty is such a shameful, selfish act, then why has it become a fixture of history, both long ago and more recently? Places and times from the city centers of Europe to public squares in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia remind us that the cry of freedom echoes on.
The U.K. Defeats a Legal Challenge to its Arms Sales—Or Does it?
Last week in London, the High Court rejected a challenge brought by the Campaign Against The Arms Trade (CAAT). The court ruled that the British government had broken no law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia that are being used in a war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Court makes the valuable – and oft-ignored – point that the mere existence of civilian casualties does not mean that a violation of IHL has occurred. NGOse, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, take the side of the rebels, Iran, and the other terrorist groups in Yemen, and they’re trying to use the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to control Britain’s arms export policy. They’d like to do the same thing to the United States.
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House passes Russia sanctions deal
The GOP-controlled House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to limit the Trump administration’s ability to lift sanctions on Russia. Three Republicans — Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), John Duncan Jr. (Tenn.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.) — voted against the bill, which passed 419-3. Tuesday’s vote amounted to a rebuke of President Trump, whose administration had pushed to water down the bill’s provisions giving Congress the power to veto the lifting of sanctions.
Wasserman Schultz staffer arrested trying to leave the country
A House IT aide working for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, was arrested Tuesday on bank fraud charges while trying to leave the country. Fox News reported that Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles International Airport.
McCain urges senators to work together on healthcare in fiery speech
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) returned to the Senate on Tuesday, urging his colleagues to work together and "trust each other" during his first floor speech since being diagnosed with brain cancer. In a scathing speech on the Senate floor, Sen. John McCain said he would vote against the GOP healthcare bill in its current form, and urged his Republican colleagues to work with Democrats to craft a bipartisan bill.
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Congress Should Use the Congressional Review Act to Nullify the CFPB’s New Anti-Consumer Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Arbitration Agreements rule would effectively ban consumers of all sorts of financial products from using a clearly consumer friendly dispute-resolution process. Arbitration is a fair and effective alternative for resolving disputes, particularly small claims between businesses and consumers. A wealth of experience indicates the CFPB’s arbitration rule will harm consumers. Regulations should not override well-established preferences without rigorous empirical evidence showing that the override will increase the welfare of the general public. However, the CFPB was not designed to follow such principles, as reflected in its new arbitration rule. Congress should waste no time in nullifying the arbitration rule and then move on to adopting such CFPB reforms as listed in the Financial CHOICE Act.
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DC’s Concealed Carry Restriction
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the District of Columbia’s law requiring applicants for a concealed carry permit to demonstrate a special need for self-protection “distinguishable from the general community.” The Supreme Court previously struck down D.C.’s ban on possession of handguns in the landmark case D.C. v. Heller (2008), and a district court invalidated D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns in Palmer v. DC (2014). Thereafter, the D.C. City Council enacted a law severely limiting concealed carry permits for applicants alleging “serious threats of death or serious bodily harm.” Living or working in high crime areas is not a sufficient reason.
How America's Pursuit of Independence Changed the World
If so many people, both at home and abroad, hate America so much, then why does everyone yearn for their own American-style independence? If the pursuit of liberty is such a shameful, selfish act, then why has it become a fixture of history, both long ago and more recently? Places and times from the city centers of Europe to public squares in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia remind us that the cry of freedom echoes on.
The U.K. Defeats a Legal Challenge to its Arms Sales—Or Does it?
Last week in London, the High Court rejected a challenge brought by the Campaign Against The Arms Trade (CAAT). The court ruled that the British government had broken no law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia that are being used in a war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Court makes the valuable – and oft-ignored – point that the mere existence of civilian casualties does not mean that a violation of IHL has occurred. NGOse, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, take the side of the rebels, Iran, and the other terrorist groups in Yemen, and they’re trying to use the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to control Britain’s arms export policy. They’d like to do the same thing to the United States.
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from The Hill
House passes Russia sanctions deal
The GOP-controlled House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to limit the Trump administration’s ability to lift sanctions on Russia. Three Republicans — Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), John Duncan Jr. (Tenn.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.) — voted against the bill, which passed 419-3. Tuesday’s vote amounted to a rebuke of President Trump, whose administration had pushed to water down the bill’s provisions giving Congress the power to veto the lifting of sanctions.
Wasserman Schultz staffer arrested trying to leave the country
A House IT aide working for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, was arrested Tuesday on bank fraud charges while trying to leave the country. Fox News reported that Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles International Airport.
McCain urges senators to work together on healthcare in fiery speech
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) returned to the Senate on Tuesday, urging his colleagues to work together and "trust each other" during his first floor speech since being diagnosed with brain cancer. In a scathing speech on the Senate floor, Sen. John McCain said he would vote against the GOP healthcare bill in its current form, and urged his Republican colleagues to work with Democrats to craft a bipartisan bill.
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from KING 5 (NBC Seattle)
Resorts in Mexico suspected of drugging tourists
The scene at the swim-up bar at the Mexican resort where Abbey Conner was pulled listless from the pool in January was full of young tourists last month when an attorney hired by Conner's family showed up. A 2015 report from Mexico’s Tax Administration Service found that 43% of all the alcohol consumed in the nation is illegal, produced under unregulated circumstances resulting in potentially dangerous concoctions.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Early data showed the Seattle minimum wage experiment is hurting those its supposed to help. So, the city fudged the data.
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from The New American Magazine
RIGHT BIAS: John Birch SocietyClimate “Scientists” in Panic: Real Debate and Fact Checking Will Expose “Consensus” Fraud
Scott Pruitt and Steven Koonin have climate scientist-activists and their media promoters ranting and sputtering in an epic meltdown. Pruitt is, of course, President Trump’s outspoken administrator in charge of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Koonin, a physicist and professor at New York University, was undersecretary of the Energy Department in the Obama administration. Pruitt and Koonin, along with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and an impressive lineup of distinguished scientists have stirred the proverbial hornets’ nest by proposing (of all things!) — a scientific debate.
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from New York Times
Barbara Sinatra, Philanthropist and Singer’s Widow, Dies at 90
Barbara Sinatra, Frank Sinatra’s fourth wife and a prominent advocate and philanthropist who raised millions of dollars to help abused children, died on Tuesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 90.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Metropolitan Ambrose of Kalavryta has published an open letter on his blog in which he decries the Greek ruling authorities’ animosity towards and attempts to destroy Orthodoxy. “While we are silent as fish,” he begins, echoing the Akathist to the Theotokos, “everything is vanishing and dying. We are persecuting Christ! The Greeks are being de-Christianized!” the bishop exclaims. According to the metropolitan, “the people from the ruling SYRIZA party are aiming to overthrow all that is sacred, Christian, and national. They are seeking to uproot the Orthodox and national self-consciousness of the Greeks.” He also stressed that “Day by day, Greece is gradually changing its face and character.”
A majority of family members of Dr. Walter Martin, the founder of the Christian Research Institute and original Bible Answer Man, have written and signed a statement asking current Answer Man and recent convert from Evangelicalism to Orthodox Christianity to step down from his position, reports The Christian Post.
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from Reason Magazine
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
San Francisco Demands That Landlord Dismantle Veterans' Housing
The unintended consequences of over-regulating: "San Francisco officials are in a bind: Either kick poor tenants out of their homes or don't enforce laws that officials insist are there to ensure those tenants have adequate living standards."
In Major Win for 2nd Amendment Advocates, Federal Court Blocks D.C. from Enforcing Conceal-Carry Restriction
"The Second Amendment erects some absolute barriers that no gun law may breach."
Trump Attacks on Washington Post Illustrate Importance of Citizens United
Liberals and free speech advocates should see the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United as a good thing that makes it harder for President Trump to use the power of the federal government to silence media outlets like the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post.
With Rand Paul's Support (For Now), Republican Health Care Bill Survives First Senate Vote
They had to pass the motion to proceed to the bill to find out what's in the bill. "I will vote for any all measures that are clean repeal," Sen. Rand Paul said today.
Teachers Union President Thinks You’re a Racist if You Yank Your Kids from Their Crappy Schools
Tell it to all the minority children in charter schools across the country.
Food Fearmongering Should Not Thwart US-UK Trade Deal
Listening to some of the news coverage, you would have thought that American health and safety standards are non-existent, and Americans are being poisoned en masse by the unscrupulous U.S. food industry.
San Francisco Demands That Landlord Dismantle Veterans' Housing
The unintended consequences of over-regulating: "San Francisco officials are in a bind: Either kick poor tenants out of their homes or don't enforce laws that officials insist are there to ensure those tenants have adequate living standards."
In Major Win for 2nd Amendment Advocates, Federal Court Blocks D.C. from Enforcing Conceal-Carry Restriction
"The Second Amendment erects some absolute barriers that no gun law may breach."
Trump Attacks on Washington Post Illustrate Importance of Citizens United
Liberals and free speech advocates should see the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United as a good thing that makes it harder for President Trump to use the power of the federal government to silence media outlets like the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post.
With Rand Paul's Support (For Now), Republican Health Care Bill Survives First Senate Vote
They had to pass the motion to proceed to the bill to find out what's in the bill. "I will vote for any all measures that are clean repeal," Sen. Rand Paul said today.
Teachers Union President Thinks You’re a Racist if You Yank Your Kids from Their Crappy Schools
Tell it to all the minority children in charter schools across the country.
Food Fearmongering Should Not Thwart US-UK Trade Deal
Listening to some of the news coverage, you would have thought that American health and safety standards are non-existent, and Americans are being poisoned en masse by the unscrupulous U.S. food industry.
from The Spokesman-Review
Crews cleaning up train derailment near Spangle
Crews are working to clean up the site where a train carrying grain derailed between Spangle and Plaza on July 21. At about 7 p.m. Friday, the Washington and Idaho Railway-owned train was traveling north when it derailed near Spangle Waverly Road, said Bob Westby, Palouse River and Coulee City Railway manager. Palouse and Coulee City Railway is part of the Washington State Department of Transportation and owns the line. Four of about 110 cars were derailed. The first car tipped completely on its side, and the rest of the cars tilted at an angle. At this time, it is believed that a broken rail caused the train to derail, however, Westby said the transportation department still is investigating the incident.
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
Commenting on two NATO warships calling at the Ukrainian port of Odessa, independent naval expert Alexander Mozgovoy told Sputnik that it could be seen as part of the alliance's effort to put pressure on Russia. On Monday, the press service of the Ukrainian Navy said that warships of a permanent NATO naval group, the UK destroyer Duncan and the Turkish frigate Yildirim, arrived in the port of Odessa. Speaking to Sputnik, independent naval expert Alexander Mozgovoy said that the buildup of NATO forces in the region is connected with the alliance's attempts to exert pressure on Russia. "NATO is trying to put pressure on Russia, mainly in Crimea, which is why they are flexing their military muscles in the region. But I would describe these drills as useless because any NATO warship in the Black Sea is doomed to perish in the event of a military conflict,” Mozgovoy said.
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from uCatholic
The True Story Behind the Role Of Devil’s Advocate In The Catholic Church
Today, when someone talks about a devil’s advocate, they probably think of someone taking an alternative position from the norm, or one they don’t personally agree with, for the sake of the argument. Or, they think of the hit 1997 movie “The Devil’s Advocate”starringg Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. Most don’t know the real history of the phrase and how it had its beginnings in the Catholic Church.
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to toughen sanctions on Iran, North Korea and Russia in legislation expected also to be backed by the Senate. The House voted 419-3 to pass the bill, a version of which had previously been approved by the Senate. The Senate bill -- which only sanctioned Russia -- was nullified under the constitutional provision that legislation raising revenue must originate in the House. When House leadership took up the bill, they added additional sanctions on Iran and North Korea.
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it won't give grant money to cities unless they allow immigration officials access to jails and alert the federal government when someone facing deportation is released from custody.
Washington state troopers responded to a semi truck on the interstate that started to lose its load of bread dough when the heat caused the yeast to rise. Trooper Brooke Bova, the Public Information Officer for District 1 in Thurston and Pierce counties, tweeted a photo Monday showing the back of the truck with the rising dough spilling out through the top and back of the trailer. The truck was on northbound Interstate 5 near the 56th st. ramp in the Tacoma area.
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