from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
The veto counts among the storied contributions the ancient Roman Republic gave the world 25 centuries ago. Here are ten of the best examples of it.
#10: George Washington and the first Apportionment Act of 1792
#9: Franklin Roosevelt and the Bonus Bill
#8: Andrew Johnson on Removal of Appointees
#7: Calvin Coolidge and Farm Subsidies
#6: Ulysses S. Grant and the Inflation Bill
#5: James Madison and Separation of Church and State
#4: James Buchanan’s “Originalism” in 1860
#3: Franklin Pierce and the Insane
#2: Andrew Jackson and the Fed of the Day
#1: Grover Cleveland and the Texas Seed Bill
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from The Hill
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Appeals court rules Constitution protects right to openly carry gun in public
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Constitution's Second Amendment grants people the right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling while rejecting a claim from Hawaii officials that the right should only apply to guns kept at home. The ruling was issued by a three-judge panel on the court and came about a year after the Supreme Court decided not to rule on the case.
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Great strides have been made on many fronts when it comes to global education. In 2000 the average child went to school for 7 years. By 2010 it was over 8 years. Literacy rates have gone up from 76 percent to 81 percent over the same period. Millions of children are in school and learning. But, clearly, more progress is needed. Over 617 million children and adolescents are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics. Globally, 330 million children are in school, but they are not learning. Some 263 million children are not in school at all. Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly deficient when it comes to provision of quality education. But innovative policies are spreading throughout the continent, with dramatic effect. Liberia, for example, is the fourth poorest country in the world and has a literacy rate of less than 50 percent. The majority of children are out of school, with a 43 percent net attendance ratio according to UNICEF, indicating the percentage of those eligible to attend primary school, and who actually do so within that group. So, rather than settle for incremental improvements, the country is trying to leapfrog forward. A few years ago, a public private partnership between the Ministry of Education and non state operators saw the establishment of seven independent school providers, who are running a small number of state elementary schools. These partners are a mix of non-profit and for-profit outfits.
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from Redoubt News
CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE, MIXED, right wing militia movement blog
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that all Americans have the right to carry firearms, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The case stemmed from a Hawaii resident being denied twice in 2011 as he sought to carry a handgun. Hawaii gun control laws have held that the Constitution only protects that right at home. Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain wrote in his opinion that “for better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.” However, this is in direct contradiction to the prosecution’s arguments throughout the US v. Cliven Bundy et al case. During the first Bunkerville trial, Judge Gloria Navarro said that anytime a person is open-carrying a weapon and a law enforcement officer happens to see that weapon, then that is evidence of a threat to the officer and is considered assault. This is inconsistent to the US Constitution’s Second Amendment, and the State laws of Nevada, as well as numerous other states, which allow for the open carry of firearms.
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from The Seattle Times
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, Newspaper in Seattle, WA
Seattle’s new streetcars may be too big to fit tracks, maintenance barn, mayor’s office says
The new streetcars that Seattle ordered to expand the downtown streetcar system are heavier and longer than the ones the city now operates, and it’s unclear if they’ll work on the current track and fit in the maintenance barn, Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office said Tuesday. The Seattle Department of Transportation ordered 10 new streetcars in the fall, at a cost of $52 million, as it planned to link the two existing streetcar lines with a new line along First Avenue through downtown.
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