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from Asia Times Online
News & Media Website
The Turkish economic crisis is having a domino effect on the more than 2.5 million Syrians in the country as workshops shut down and families find themselves unable to support dependents and sustain remittances. Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who once found stability and a source of remittances in Turkey, now face unemployment and deepening poverty.
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from The Babylon Bee [Satire]
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
RIGHT BIAS
Knife Violence in Knife-Banned London Is So Bad, Kids Are Wearing 'Knife-Proof Vests'
One need not be cynical to sneer at the high profile politicians who control London and tell people that their fanciful statutory “bans” on guns and knives will do anything save put innocent people at increased risk of violent crime. In fact, a new story by Selwyn Duke, of The New American reveals that loving parents in London are responding to the shocking rise in knife crime, not by applauding the useless and rights-infringing so-called “knife ban” put in place by feckless London Mayor Sadiq Kahn in April, but by buying their kids “knife-proof vests”.
NBC Fears: Kavanaugh Hearing ‘Dramatic Display of How Little Things Have Changed’
During Friday’s Today show, co-host Savannah Guthrie pointed out that the hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was “playing out in the context of the #MeToo movement” and asked: “...how are people, you know, folks out there watching what’s happening on Capitol Hill?” Instead of simply talking to “folks,” in the report that followed, correspondent Stephanie Gosk lined up a series of left-wing activists to condemn Kavanaugh.
Knife Violence in Knife-Banned London Is So Bad, Kids Are Wearing 'Knife-Proof Vests'
One need not be cynical to sneer at the high profile politicians who control London and tell people that their fanciful statutory “bans” on guns and knives will do anything save put innocent people at increased risk of violent crime. In fact, a new story by Selwyn Duke, of The New American reveals that loving parents in London are responding to the shocking rise in knife crime, not by applauding the useless and rights-infringing so-called “knife ban” put in place by feckless London Mayor Sadiq Kahn in April, but by buying their kids “knife-proof vests”.
NBC Fears: Kavanaugh Hearing ‘Dramatic Display of How Little Things Have Changed’
During Friday’s Today show, co-host Savannah Guthrie pointed out that the hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was “playing out in the context of the #MeToo movement” and asked: “...how are people, you know, folks out there watching what’s happening on Capitol Hill?” Instead of simply talking to “folks,” in the report that followed, correspondent Stephanie Gosk lined up a series of left-wing activists to condemn Kavanaugh.
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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, think tank in Washington, D.C
Why Another FBI Investigation of Kavanaugh Would be Pointless
Campaigns of whatever sort often adopt a mantra, a phrase or even a single word that’s repeated over and over to advance the campaign’s goals. The campaign against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is no different, and their latest mantra is “FBI investigation.” Let’s look at this mantra’s objectives and its validity.
America’s First "Robot Sex Brothel" Is Bad News for Our Culture
Sex robots are coming to America, and Houston is the first battleground. The first “robot sex brothel” in America is set to open in Houston, Texas, this November. The mayor is currently investigating how to restrict or regulate it. This disturbing development is sure to have a negative impact on society. Concerned citizens in Houston are right to point out that sex robots are unsafe, unsanitary, and likely to increase demand for sex trafficking. Psychologists have warned that sex robots could increase sex addiction.
Trump and Congress Just Gave the Military a Big Boost
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the appropriations package that provides funding for the 2019 defense budget, giving the military a much-needed boost. The non-defense elements of the bill are less welcome, however, and will not serve our country’s overall economic health. The totality of the bill will contribute to our increasing debt and deficit, while not reforming the unsustainable trajectory of federal spending.
President Trump at the UN: An Unapologetic Defense of "Principled Realism"
Addressing the United Nations for the second time in his presidency, Donald Trump spoke first to the American people, using the opportunity to tout his domestic policies and successes. “The United States is stronger, safer and a richer country than it was when I assumed office less than two years ago,” he proclaimed. However, the bulk of the speech outlined and defended his foreign policy and international priorities—exactly what you’d expect in a speech before the world’s leaders. Overall, the speech was quintessential Trump. It was an unapologetic defense of his “principled realism” approach to foreign policy—one that elevates the interests of the United States and protection of the American people above all and explicitly rejects the more idealized global leadership role favored by the foreign-policy establishment—with significant divergence in means and goals—on the left and the right. This approach wins few plaudits in Turtle Bay and Washington, but appeals strongly to those who most concern Trump: non-coastal Americans who have grown increasingly concerned that their circumstances and welfare are irrelevant to the decisionmakers in Washington.
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Why Another FBI Investigation of Kavanaugh Would be Pointless
Campaigns of whatever sort often adopt a mantra, a phrase or even a single word that’s repeated over and over to advance the campaign’s goals. The campaign against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is no different, and their latest mantra is “FBI investigation.” Let’s look at this mantra’s objectives and its validity.
America’s First "Robot Sex Brothel" Is Bad News for Our Culture
Sex robots are coming to America, and Houston is the first battleground. The first “robot sex brothel” in America is set to open in Houston, Texas, this November. The mayor is currently investigating how to restrict or regulate it. This disturbing development is sure to have a negative impact on society. Concerned citizens in Houston are right to point out that sex robots are unsafe, unsanitary, and likely to increase demand for sex trafficking. Psychologists have warned that sex robots could increase sex addiction.
Trump and Congress Just Gave the Military a Big Boost
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the appropriations package that provides funding for the 2019 defense budget, giving the military a much-needed boost. The non-defense elements of the bill are less welcome, however, and will not serve our country’s overall economic health. The totality of the bill will contribute to our increasing debt and deficit, while not reforming the unsustainable trajectory of federal spending.
President Trump at the UN: An Unapologetic Defense of "Principled Realism"
Addressing the United Nations for the second time in his presidency, Donald Trump spoke first to the American people, using the opportunity to tout his domestic policies and successes. “The United States is stronger, safer and a richer country than it was when I assumed office less than two years ago,” he proclaimed. However, the bulk of the speech outlined and defended his foreign policy and international priorities—exactly what you’d expect in a speech before the world’s leaders. Overall, the speech was quintessential Trump. It was an unapologetic defense of his “principled realism” approach to foreign policy—one that elevates the interests of the United States and protection of the American people above all and explicitly rejects the more idealized global leadership role favored by the foreign-policy establishment—with significant divergence in means and goals—on the left and the right. This approach wins few plaudits in Turtle Bay and Washington, but appeals strongly to those who most concern Trump: non-coastal Americans who have grown increasingly concerned that their circumstances and welfare are irrelevant to the decisionmakers in Washington.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Heroes of Progress, Pt. 2: Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch
Our second Heroes of Progress installment features two German Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch. The two have created the “Haber-Bosch process,” which efficiently converts nitrogen from the air into ammonia (i.e., a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen). Ammonia is then used as a fertilizer to dramatically increase crop yields. The impact of Haber and Bosch’s work on global food production transformed the world forever. Throughout the 19th century, farmers used guano (i.e., the accumulated excrement of seabirds and bats) as highly effective fertilizer due to its exceptionally high content of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium - nutrients that are essential for plant growth. But by the beginning of the 20th century, guano deposits started to run out, and the price of the fertilizer began to increase. If a solution to the depletion of guano hadn’t come soon, famine would have followed.
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from Miami Herald
Give the Republicans credit: They worked hard to create the appearance of enlightened compassion. Meaning, of course, Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into claims by psychology professor Dr. Christine Blasey Ford that, 36 years ago, when she was 15 and he 17, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh drunkenly tried to rape her. With the ghost of Anita Hill staring over their shoulders, GOP lawmakers were desperate to stage-manage the optics.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Organization in Moscow, Russia
Constantinople hierarchs and Ukrainian media have misrepresented Patriarch Theodoros' stance on the Ukrainian autocephaly issue.
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from Quora
If he meant that the Democrats have been in a long-running tantrum ever since Hillary lost the election, and this is just their latest attempt to get a little petty revenge, I think he's got a point.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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