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from The Babylon Bee [Satire]
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Matt Walsh: I didn’t fall in love with my wife
"[Love] isn't something you "fall into," and therefore it isn't something you can "fall out of." Love is an act and a choice. It's something you decide to do, and if you ever stop, it's because you decided to stop. There's nothing accidental about it. There's no falling. These are willful and purposeful steps you take. There are emotions that accompany these steps. Sometimes the emotions will be more or less intense, sometimes they'll be more or less pleasurable, but the feeling itself is not love. And if we get married because of how the other person makes us feel, and if we confuse that feeling with love, then we're already on the path to divorce."
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from Business Insider
IBM revenue has fallen for 20 quarters — but it used to run its business very differently
For decades, IBM never laid off a worker for lack of work, but starting in the 1970s attitudes of corporate America changed, and so did the nature of work.
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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
Louise Mensch Has A List Of Suspected Russian Agents
The former British MP leads an outraged online investigation into Trump’s connection to Russia. Is it pulling in innocent people?
Louise Mensch Has A List Of Suspected Russian Agents
The former British MP leads an outraged online investigation into Trump’s connection to Russia. Is it pulling in innocent people?
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Dutch Members of Parliament Want to Mandate 'Inclusiveness' Education
Just when you thought there might be a dearth of stories about people claiming to favor diversity while ironically using their political clout to crush choice, another comes along. This time, the tale of one-size-fits-all political control comes from Holland, where, on Tuesday, April 11, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of penalizing schools that do not teach “Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans Awareness.” Whatever happened to freedom of thought?
TOM RICHARDS JR.: HAVING A BALL AT HIS SNAKE PIT
“I love it. I love being there. I love the history,” he said. “I get a kick out of being up there on weekends when it’s busy and talking to customers and dazzling them with nonsense about the history of the building or whatever.”
It Is Time to End Official Time
Federal Employees Conducting Union Business on the Clock Is a Misuse of Tax Dollars
Dutch Members of Parliament Want to Mandate 'Inclusiveness' Education
Just when you thought there might be a dearth of stories about people claiming to favor diversity while ironically using their political clout to crush choice, another comes along. This time, the tale of one-size-fits-all political control comes from Holland, where, on Tuesday, April 11, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of penalizing schools that do not teach “Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans Awareness.” Whatever happened to freedom of thought?
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
TOM RICHARDS JR.: HAVING A BALL AT HIS SNAKE PIT
“I love it. I love being there. I love the history,” he said. “I get a kick out of being up there on weekends when it’s busy and talking to customers and dazzling them with nonsense about the history of the building or whatever.”
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Federal Employees Conducting Union Business on the Clock Is a Misuse of Tax Dollars
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from EUobserver
Top Turkey MEP urges talks with Erdogan on accession
Dutch MEP Kati Piri called on Turkey's pre-accession funds to be redirected to Turkish civil society, journalists, and those who share the EU's values. "EU and Turkish relations are at their lowest point ever, it would have been timely for EU leaders to call for a meeting with the Turkish government, and ask them where do they want to go with the accession," Kati Piri told EUobserver on Wednesday.
Italy's Five Star Movement presents 'sovereignist' agenda
Beppe Grillo's party, which is leading opinion polls, says it would consider leaving Nato and the eurozone, lift sanctions on Russia and boycott on EU free-trade deals.
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Top Turkey MEP urges talks with Erdogan on accession
Dutch MEP Kati Piri called on Turkey's pre-accession funds to be redirected to Turkish civil society, journalists, and those who share the EU's values. "EU and Turkish relations are at their lowest point ever, it would have been timely for EU leaders to call for a meeting with the Turkish government, and ask them where do they want to go with the accession," Kati Piri told EUobserver on Wednesday.
Italy's Five Star Movement presents 'sovereignist' agenda
Beppe Grillo's party, which is leading opinion polls, says it would consider leaving Nato and the eurozone, lift sanctions on Russia and boycott on EU free-trade deals.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Why Liberty and the Nanny State Are Incompatible
State paternalism operates under the guise of protecting people from themselves using government power; but it always ends in the destruction of liberty, responsibility, and solidarity.
USAID Forced Sweatshops on Haiti
US policy in Haiti is developmentally unsound and morally repugnant. Until a sound institutional framework is established in Haiti, there is no quantity of aid dollars that can achieve meaningful economic development.
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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
The Second World War in Colour – in pictures
An extraordinary collection of rare colour images by official photographers, news agencies, freelancers and air crews, feature in a new book, The Second World War in Colour, by the Imperial War Museum . Many are being published for the first time and shed fresh light behind the scenes of the conflict
The Second World War in Colour – in pictures
An extraordinary collection of rare colour images by official photographers, news agencies, freelancers and air crews, feature in a new book, The Second World War in Colour, by the Imperial War Museum . Many are being published for the first time and shed fresh light behind the scenes of the conflict
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from The Heritage Foundation
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Brexit Britain Heads for a General Election
British Prime Minister Theresa May stunned her nation today by announcing an early general election, to be held on June 8, 2017. In her first 10 months in office, Theresa May has offered exemplary leadership and a firm commitment to ensuring that Brexit is a success.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Religious Liberty Case
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran Church’s case against the state of Missouri. Trinity Lutheran Church argues that using state funds to ensure its playground is safe for kids is a completely secular purpose and the state’s actions demonstrate a hostility to religion. The state claims that its constitution required it to reject the church’s request because of a “no aid” provision that prevents public money from going to churches. More than three dozen states have similar laws (known as Blaine Amendments), which were enacted during the 19th century to single out Catholic immigrants for disfavored treatment.
Trump May Have given North Korea a Warning. Did Pyongyang Hear It?
Trump’s vow to act unilaterally to “solve” North Korea—“if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will”—could portend abandoning Obama’s timid incrementalism.
Give Women the Freedom to Fix Poverty
Even today, there remain 18 countries where husbands can deny their wife the right to work.
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Brexit Britain Heads for a General Election
British Prime Minister Theresa May stunned her nation today by announcing an early general election, to be held on June 8, 2017. In her first 10 months in office, Theresa May has offered exemplary leadership and a firm commitment to ensuring that Brexit is a success.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Religious Liberty Case
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran Church’s case against the state of Missouri. Trinity Lutheran Church argues that using state funds to ensure its playground is safe for kids is a completely secular purpose and the state’s actions demonstrate a hostility to religion. The state claims that its constitution required it to reject the church’s request because of a “no aid” provision that prevents public money from going to churches. More than three dozen states have similar laws (known as Blaine Amendments), which were enacted during the 19th century to single out Catholic immigrants for disfavored treatment.
Trump’s vow to act unilaterally to “solve” North Korea—“if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will”—could portend abandoning Obama’s timid incrementalism.
Give Women the Freedom to Fix Poverty
Even today, there remain 18 countries where husbands can deny their wife the right to work.
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Old Hollywood Portraits Capture Stars In Candid Moments Between Takes
You can practically smell the hair spray and cologne.
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Give Women the Freedom to Fix Poverty
Even today, there remain 18 countries where husbands can deny their wife the right to work.
Old Hollywood Portraits Capture Stars In Candid Moments Between Takes
You can practically smell the hair spray and cologne.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Give Women the Freedom to Fix Poverty
Even today, there remain 18 countries where husbands can deny their wife the right to work.
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from The Independent (Chewelah, WA)
errors include: Kim (Rob) Kjolseth -- should read Kim (Bob) Kjolseth; life companion Sam P. -- should read husband Sam Taschereau.
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from The Library of Congress (& Medium)
The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building is bordered by a number of impressive trees. One of them, a Japanese elm at the southwest corner of the building, was planted on Dec. 17, 1921, in memory of four Library of Congress staff members killed while serving in World War I.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Hostile: 89 Percent of Network Trump Coverage is Negative
Study finds ABC, CBS, NBC overwhelmingly biased against president in first 80 days
Mark Zuckerberg’s Distorted Reality
Zuck would rather live in a fantasy world (and make billions from it) than fix the one we live in — look who's off the rails now
Excuses Fly After Democrats Fail to #FliptheSixth
Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff’s failure to clinch victory outright in Georgia’s traditionally red 6th Congressional District Tuesday evening sparked a scramble for excuses from liberals and the media — many who had predicted Ossoff’s sure victory would be a sign voters were rejecting the Trump agenda.
Theresa May Takes Smart Gamble with Snap Election
British prime minister asks UK voters for expanded majority to finalize Brexit, restore sovereignty
Trump Sparks Worry of Paris Agreement Reversal
Despite campaign pledge, president weighs keeping Obama's legacy climate change deal
Mission Creep: U.S. Has 1,000 Troops on the Ground in Syria
Pentagon boosts presence in and around troubled nation despite rejections of escalation
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from Military Times
and Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times
On the 45th anniversary of the action that earned them the military's third-highest award for valor, four Vietnam veterans gathered in Arkansas on Tuesday to receive the Silver Star, according to a release from an Arkansas congressman who helped get their medals approved.
Honor Flight veterans gathered at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the daring Doolittle Raid.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
If this was indeed a warning from the electorate, Erdogan is unlikely to go quiet and soothe the feelings of the losers.
devastating famine has hit the Horn of Africa. El Nino has taken a terrible toll on the people across the region and Eritrea is no exception. An appeal by the UK’s Disaster Emergency Appeal has raised over £54m four weeks after it was launched. But unlike the victims in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, the people of Eritrea are unable to benefit from this generosity. Nurses have been banned from using cellphones, but have smuggled out images.
from The Spokesman-Review
Landmarks: Remnants of historic flour mill now part of Camp Dart-Lo
The old flour mill in Dartford was a popular site for artists in the 1930s and early 1940s. It was torn down in 1943 to make room for the expanding Kiwanis Health Center. The flour mill was built in 1883 along the Little Spokane River, near Wandermere, by brothers L.S. Dart and Herbert W. Dart. Remnants of the Dartford flour mill’s foundation and a portion of the stone wall are all that remain along the north bank of the Little Spokane River. The grounds are on the site of Camp Fire’s Camp Dart-Lo, a half-mile downstream from the Wandemere Golf Course.
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
Recent estimates indicate that North Korea has expanded its nuclear arsenal to 30 warheads, and may control enough weapons-grade fissile material to double that number in about three years.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) fact-checking mission investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhun in Syria's Idlib province has found traces of Sarin in attack victims' bodies, OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu said Wednesday.
The Chinese navy has tested a host of weapons on one of its new destroyers in the Yellow Sea, which forms North Korea’s western border.
An article in the German newspaper Die Welt comparing Erdogan-supporting Turks in Germany with Hitler's supporters in the Sudetenland has drawn a mixed reaction from readers.
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from The Stranger (Seattle)
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about the Korean peninsula and its historical relationship to China has sparked a diplomatic storm in Seoul. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week, Trump said, "Korea actually used to be a part of China."
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from The Washington Post
Trump’s claim that Korea ‘actually used to be a part of China’
Korea has been long intertwined culturally and historically with China but was not under direct and official territorial control by China, despite repeated Chinese invasions.
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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Harvard 'Shock' Study: Each $1 Minimum Wage Hike Causes 4-10% Increase In Restaurant Failures
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