Friday, October 19, 2018

In the news, Thursday, September 27, 2018


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from AP  Associated Press - Media/News Company

From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices. Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker, said Wednesday that Trump’s taxes on imported steel and aluminum will cost Ford $1 billion through 2019. Likewise, Walmart, America’s largest retailer, has told the administration that Trump’s latest round of taxes — on $200 billion of Chinese imports — could increase prices for its shoppers. Walmart specifically mentioned items ranging from car seats, cribs and backpacks to hats, pet products and bicycles. Procter & Gamble, the consumer products giant, has warned of both potential price increases and job losses as a result of the tariffs. In the meantime, drinking Coca-Cola is costing more because of Trump’s tariffs. Macy’s, too, has warned of likely price increases. So has Gap.

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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS

CEI Commends House for Passage of GOOD Act to Rein in Regulatory Overreach
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) commends the U.S. House of Representatives and Congressman Mark Walker for passage of the Guidance Out Of Darkness (GOOD) Act, which will help rein in overreach by federal regulatory agencies, increase transparency, and improve accountability.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the "Stupidity" That Led to Hitler’s Third Reich
Although he was in power for only a handful of years, Hitler and his Nazi government slaughtered millions. One of the more well-known victims of that slaughter was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on April 8th, 1945, a few short weeks before Hitler’s own death. Unlike many of Hitler’s victims, Bonhoeffer was not a Jew, but a Lutheran minister, scholar, and theologian who boldly spoke against Hitler’s policies. Bonhoeffer landed a position in the German government during WWII and subsequently used that position as a cover for assassination attempts against Hitler. While awaiting execution, Bonhoeffer recorded a number of his thoughts in a work we now know as Letters and Papers from Prison. One of these essays, entitled On Stupidity, records some of the problems which Bonhoeffer likely saw at work in Hitler’s rise to power.

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, think tank in Washington, D.C

A Kosovar Army? Now Is the Time for U.S. Leadership
NATO has kept a peacekeeping force in Kosovo, the Kosovo Force (KFOR), since 1999. Today, more than a decade after declaring independence, many leaders in Kosovo want to transform KFOR’s Kosovo Security Force, which is mostly responsible for crisis response, into the Kosovo Army, a move strongly opposed by Serbia. The U.S. has invested much blood and treasure in the Balkans since the end of the Cold War, and the region continues to be an area of potential instability; it is therefore in America’s interest to take a clear position on the issue of a potential national army in Kosovo. The U.S. should firmly state that, as an independent, sovereign nation state, Kosovo has the right to develop a professional army. Any future Kosovo Army must be developed in consultation with NATO, should adhere to NATO standards, and aim for interoperability with Alliance nations.

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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California

The Bloodiest Battle In American History
One hundred years ago this week doughboys of the American Expeditionary Forces went over the top in the Meuse River–Argonne Forest region of France, marking the beginning of what would become the bloodiest battle in American history. More than 1.2 million American soldiers took part in the six-week battle, part of a larger Allied effort known as the Hundred Days Offensive. By the time the battle concluded with an armistice on November 11, 1918, more than 26,000 U.S. soldiers—half of American combat fatalities in the Great War—would lie dead on the blood-soaked fields of France, with another 100,000 wounded-in-action.

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from Reason Magazine
Magazine in Los Angeles, California

The 3 Biggest Lies Trump Told About Tariffs at His Crazy Press Conference
Trump says tariffs aren't hurting the economy, new steel plants are opening up, and some stuff about Canada. It's all wrong.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

Nez Perce cowboy to be added to Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame
Jackson Sundown is remembered fondly for his horsemanship, and his prestige is being posthumously honored with his induction into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame. Sundown, a Nez Perce man famous for his 1916 saddle bronc win at the Pendleton Round-Up, will join the ranks of many other famous cowboys in the hall of fame during a ceremony Oct. 20 in Twin Falls.

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