In the news, Tuesday, December 25, 2018

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Monday, December 24, 2018

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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)

TRACK SANTA with NORAD and/or Google!
For many years, Santa went undetected while delivering his presents to the boys and girls of the world, but all of that changed  60 years ago with a single typo in a Sears ad. Now we know where Santa is all the time.

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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)

Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.

Reagan’s Son Urges Trump to Stand Firm on Wall Funding: It’s ‘Now Or Never’
Michael Reagan, a son of former President Ronald Reagan, urged President Donald Trump to stand firm on pushing for border security wall funding the day before the government shut down because Democrats refused to fund the wall — warning that it’s “now or never. With less than two weeks to go until House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) presumably becomes House speaker as a new Democratic majority takes over, Trump is fighting hard to pass border wall funding while the GOP still controls Congress.

Trump Prepared to Weather Shutdown, Says Florida Republican
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said on Sunday he is confident President Donald Trump will endure the political hardships of a government shutdown in order to get the border wall funding needed to protect America’s security. Trump has fought to secure $5.7 billion to fund a security wall along the southern border.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, Is ‘Up and Working’ from Hospital
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is up and working from her hospital bed following her surgery on Friday to remove two cancerous growths from her left lung, as multiple media outlets, including The Hill, reported on Monday morning. Court spokeswoman Kathleen L. Arberg noted that the 85-year-old justice remains at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, according to the Associated Press. The projected date of Ginsburg’s discharge from the hospital and her return to the court are unknown at this time. The court is slated to resume its work on Jan. 7.

Melania’s Media-Panned Red Trees a Hit with White House Guests
White House guests this holiday season have been loving first lady Melania Trump’s red Christmas trees — and they’ve enthusiastically lined up for photos with the trees. That’s despite the numerous putdowns of the decor by mainstream media members and liberals — who widely mocked the first lady for her bold and beautiful aesthetic choices ever since they were revealed.

Migrants and Others Blame Pueblo Sin Fronteras for Encouraging Risky Trek to U.S.
Pueblo Sin Fronteras, a group of activists escorting the migrant caravan of thousands of Central Americans traveling to the U.S., is being blamed by many — including the migrants themselves — for encouraging such a risky trek. The group, which is comprised of about 40 U.S. and Mexican activists, gave the caravan an option in October. The migrants were asked whether they wanted to continue to the U.S. southern border or stop in Mexico, where the government offered to let them stay. Pueblo Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, warned the migrants the offer might be too good to be true and called on a voice vote — to which the crowd yelled to keep moving toward the U.S. Since then, former allies and some migrants have said the group downplayed the risks involved, particularly for those with families and small children.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from The Washington Post

Newspaper in Washington, D.C.

Earthrise: The stunning photo that changed how we see our planet
On Christmas Eve in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts captured an image that symbolized hope and inspired environmentalism.

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In the news, Sunday, December 23, 2018

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

Zhores Medvedev's Life: A Chilling Reminder of How the Soviets Weaponized Psychiatry against Dissidents
The New York Times obituary opened with a simple recitation of facts: “Zhores A. Medvedev, the Soviet biologist, writer and dissident who was declared insane, confined to a mental institution and stripped of his citizenship in the 1970s after attacking a Stalinist pseudoscience, died … in London.” Zhores Medvedev, his twin brother Roy (still alive at 93), the physicist Andrei Sakharov, and the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn were leading dissidents. They courageously put their lives on the line to smuggle manuscripts out of the Soviet Union. They wanted the wider world to learn the truth about the “the workers’ paradise” that so many Western intellectuals (some deluded, others having gone over to the dark side) praised. A generation of Americans has been born since the Soviet Union, the USSR that President Ronald Reagan boldly labeled “the evil empire,” ceased to exist. They have little to no concept of how ferociously the USSR’s communist tyranny suppressed dissent. As the Times obituary of Dr. Medvedev illustrates, one Soviet technique of oppression was to declare that political dissidents were insane. They were then incarcerated in psychiatric hospitals where they were tormented and tortured.

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" Shows Why Central Planning Goes Awry
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton's stop-motion musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Few movies—and even fewer holiday movies—teach so well how even well-intentioned meddling can derail. It’s fundamentally a film about the dispersed nature of knowledge and the dangers of centralization.

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from Idaho Press

Newspaper in Nampa, Idaho

A look at Christmas past in Idaho

Rick Just: What do you look forward to at Christmas? Do you celebrate with friends and family, exchange gifts, attend parties? In Idaho Territory, it was much the same, though the details were a bit different.

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from KXLY 4 News (ABC Spokane)

Cassano's set to close Christmas Eve, Family Promise will use space for new shelter
Monday will mark the end of an era for one historic Spokane business. Cassano's Grocery will close its doors on Mission on Christmas Eve to make way for homeless families to move in. Cassano's has been serving families in Spokane for nearly 100 years. For the last ten, owner Carl Naccarato has welcomed them to his relatively new store on Mission. But for the last three years, he's been looking to sell. That search came to an end this year, when Family Promise executive director Steve Allen stopped by.

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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)

Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.

‘Very Possible Shutdown Will Go Beyond the 28th, into the New Congress’
The partial government shutdown that officially began at midnight on Friday could carry on into the New Year, Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the current acting White House chief of staff, told host Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday.” “It’s very possible this shutdown will go beyond the 28th [of December] and into the new Congress,” said Mulvaney on Sunday morning.

Referee Charged with Racism After Forcing a Student Athlete to Have His Hair Cut
A New Jersey high school referee has been suspended after a video recently went viral that appears to show him ordering a student to cut his hair in order to participate in a wrestling match. After the orders, the student, a young black man named Andrew Johnson, had his dreadlock-style hair cut by a school official — and then proceeded to win the wrestling match.

Paul Gives Spirited Defense of Trump’s Decision to Pull Troops Out of Syria, Afghanistan
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) strongly backed President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this week to pull U.S. troops out of Syria and Afghanistan, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning’s “State of the Union” that American policing of Muslim lands “engenders more terrorism.” “I’m very proud of the president. This is exactly what he promised, and I think the people agree with him,” said Paul. “I think the people actually are with [President Trump]. Washington’s against him, but this wouldn’t be the first time Washington doesn’t represent the people very well.”

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Saturday, December 22, 2018

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from E Hacking News (EHN)

IT Security News portal

Hackers Expose Document Related to FSB's Neural Network for Monitoring Social Networks
Hackers from the Digital Revolution group reported about hacking the server of the research institute "Kvant" owned by the FSB. In the server, they found a document containing a description of a system for analyzing publications in social networks.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

New World Bank Study Shows the Economic Damage High Income Tax Rates Cause
The new analysis notes that higher tax rates are the wrong way to address fiscal shortfalls.

As Independent Bookstores Make A Comeback, E-Book Sales Take A Dive
With everything in our lives going digital, the simple joy of reading a physical book has become a novelty once again.

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from The Inlander
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA

Government Shuts Down as Talks Fail to Break Impasse
The federal government shut down early Saturday after congressional and White House officials failed to find a compromise on a spending bill that hinged on President Donald Trump’s demands for $5.7 billion for a border wall. It is the third shutdown in two years of unified Republican rule in Washington,. Any hope of a compromise ended about 8:30 p.m. Friday, when both the House and the Senate had adjourned with no solution in sight. Talks were expected to begin again Saturday. While the president has been unwilling to consider dropping his demand to fund his signature campaign promise, Pence and other White House officials were discussing a number of potential compromises that would force him to do just that, omitting spending on a wall and instead adding money for other security measures at the border, according to several officials with knowledge of the talks.

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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)

Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Two Cancerous Growths Removed
The 85-year-old underwent surgery on her left lung at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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