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Congress clears temporary spending bill to avert shutdown (Swamp preserved & expanded)
Post Date: 2017-12-22 14:13:55 by Hondo68
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill Thursday to avert a government shutdown, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punting disputes on immigration, health care and the budget to next year.The measure passed the House on a 231-188 vote over Democratic opposition and then cleared the Senate, 66-32, with Democrats from Republican-leaning states providing many of the key votes. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure.The stopgap legislation would keep the government from closing down at midnight Friday. It has traversed a tortured path, encountering resistance from the GOP's most ardent allies of the ...
UN Jerusalem vote: General Assembly rules against US, declaring recognition of Israel capital 'null and void'
Post Date: 2017-12-22 12:23:05 by IbJensen
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Several Latin American and African nations abstain from vote after America threatened to cut aid programmes In a humiliating blow for Donald Trump on the world stage, the United Nations General Assembly has voted by 128 to nine to declare his controversial decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”. Just days after the US used its veto power at the UN Security Council to block a similar measure, the General Assembly resoundingly condemned the America’s unilateral action, which most observers said would hamper efforts to secure peace in the Middle East. While the vote has little practical impact – it is not legally binding – it is a ...
Steve Bannon calls George H.W. Bush a "pervert"
Post Date: 2017-12-22 08:38:23 by Willie Green
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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon unloaded on the Bush presidents in an interview with Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman, calling George H.W. Bush "a pervert.""The Bush presidency is the most destructive presidency in history. James Buchanan included. It's not even close ... And by the way, I haven't even gotten to 9/11. I mean, 9/11! Think about if 9/11 had happened on Trump's watch. We would have gotten 100 percent of the blame by the Bush guys. And they said, 'Well, we just got here.' What do you mean you just got here? That's what gets me about them coming after Trump. I really detest them. I mean, the old man is a pervert. He's ...
The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2017: You Sweet, Misguided Fools
Post Date: 2017-12-22 08:38:11 by Deckard
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Photo: GettyEvery year, SplashData compiles a list of the most popular passwords based on millions of stolen logins made public in the last year. And each time, we own ourselves. Hard. 2017 is no exception.You probably already know the top two choices: Based on more than five million leaked passwords, they are “123456” and “password.” There are also some new additions this year, including “starwars,” “monkey,” “iloveyou,” “whatever,” and “freedom,” to name a few. Most aptly, perhaps, is the new addition “letmein,” and most ironically includes “trustno1.” A password is marked as new by SplashData if it ...
Conspiracy Theorists Really Do See The World Differently, New Study Shows
Post Date: 2017-12-22 04:05:55 by Gatlin
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To a conspiracy theorist, the world is not what it seems. Invisible threads link seemingly unrelated concepts, and there's no such thing as a random coincidence. Researchers have been scratching their heads for years over what makes some people more conspiratorially inclined. Now a recent study has finally tracked down one of the faulty thinking patterns. As it turns out, we all use it - but these people use it too much. A team of psychologists from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the University of Kent in the UK has determined that conspiracy theorists are hooked on something called 'illusory pattern perception'. "People often hold irrational ...
President Trump (young jeezy rap parody) by Mr. Bond
Post Date: 2017-12-21 18:54:00 by thetasArk
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https://youtu.be/ufFbShvYXHA
Ivanka Trump told Steve Bannon he was a 'f------ liar'
Post Date: 2017-12-21 17:54:38 by Willie Green
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White House adviser Ivanka Trump lashed out at former chief strategist Steve Bannon after he accused her of leaking information to the media, according to a new report.The meeting came after months of escalating tensions between two competing factions in President Donald Trump's administration.Until his resignation in August, Bannon had often butted heads with Ivanka and her husband, senior adviser Jared Kushner. White House adviser Ivanka Trump reportedly told the former chief strategist Steve Bannon that he was a "f------ liar" at a meeting last spring that was aimed at diffusing tensions between the main factions in the administration, according to a new report from ...
The Republican Party Has Bowed, Completely, to the Mad King
Post Date: 2017-12-21 13:35:36 by Willie Green
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They're now running interference in the Russia probe and kissing the Trumpian ring. After Wednesday’s extended carnival of sycophancy, in which the leaders of the institutions of American government did everything except toss a virgin into a volcano in tribute to the president*, it seems almost too obvious a thing to point out that the Republican Party has handed itself over to this president* as his personal chew-toy. They have figured out that flattering this walking ego is the way for them to get what they want, and he can’t live outside a constant bubble of counterfeit affection. It’s a marriage made several levels lower than heaven. But there’s more to it than ...
Trump commutes sentence of kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin
Post Date: 2017-12-21 13:34:29 by Hondo68
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the sentence of an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive who had been sentenced to 27 years in prison for money laundering, marking the first time he's used the presidential power. The decision to intervene on behalf of Sholom Rubashkin, who ran the Iowa headquarters of a family business that was the country's largest kosher meat-processing company, came at the urging of numerous members of Congress and a long list of high-ranking law enforcement officials, who argued the sentence was far too harsh for a first-time, non-violent offender. Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin smiles at the Black Hawk County ...
Putin’s Puppet in the White House?
Post Date: 2017-12-21 11:39:55 by Willie Green
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Real Trump Russia Scandal is Not Mere Collusion, U.S. Counterspies Say Last May, a top White House national security official met in Washington with senior Russian officials and handed over details of a secret operation Israel had shared with its U.S. counterparts. The meeting shocked veteran U.S. counterspies. The American official was not arrested, and he continues to work in the White House today, albeit under close scrutiny.That official, of course, was Donald Trump. The president’s Oval Office meeting with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and its then-ambassador to Washington, Sergey Kislyak—which only Russian photographers were permitted to record—sparked ...
Christmas Lessons From California
Post Date: 2017-12-21 11:16:30 by tpaine
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Christmas Lessons From California Victor Davis Hanson 12/21/2017 12:01:00 AM - Victor Davis Hanson Rarely has such a naturally rich and scenic region become so mismanaged by so many creative and well-intentioned people. In California, Yuletide rush hours are apparently the perfect time for state workers to shut down major freeways to make long-overdue repairs to the ancient pavement. Last week, I saw thousands of cars stuck in a road construction zone that was juxtaposed with a huge concrete (but only quarter-built) high-speed- rail overpass nearby. The multibillion-dollar high-speed-rail project, stalled and way over budget, eventually may be completed in a decade or two. But for ...
Trump’s National Security Speech
Post Date: 2017-12-21 10:33:06 by Deckard
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What do we make of Trump’s national security speech? First of all, it is the military/security complex’s speech, and it is inconsistent with Trump’s intention of normalizing relations with Russia. The military/security complex, using Trump’s position as President, has defined Russia and China as “revisionist powers,” Washington’s rivals who seek to put their own national interests ahead of Washington’s unilateralism. Russia and China are “revisionist powers” because their assertion of their national interests limits Washington’s hegemony. In other words, Washington does not accept the validity of other countries’ interests if ...
The Spy Coalition In Congress Rushes Through Plan To Keep The NSA Spying On Americans
Post Date: 2017-12-21 08:25:03 by Deckard
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from the because-of-course dept This is, unfortunately, no surprise at all. It happens every time that a key surveillance provision is set to sunset. Rather than have any real public debate about it, the "surveillance hawks" in Congress refuse to do anything until there are just weeks left until the provision would expire... and then try to ram through a renewal. And, indeed, that's exactly what's happening. While people who are concerned about these surveillance powers have been urging debate on possible reform for basically two years, Congress has mostly ignored all such requests. Instead, they pushed for a very weak "reform" bill... and then did nothing about ...
Sweden child migrant tests 'reveal many adults'
Post Date: 2017-12-21 07:13:18 by 3-Dee
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Sweden child migrant tests 'reveal many adults' A Swedish investigation into migrants claiming asylum as children suggests that three-quarters of those tested were over the age of 18. Sweden's national forensic medicine agency checked the age of nearly 8,000 people and found that some 6,600 were 18 or over. The checks were only carried out in cases where there were doubts as to the person's age. Child migrants are less likely to be sent back to their country of origin. Between mid-March and late October, the agency (Rättsmedicinalverket) carried out a total of 7,858 age assessments. Of those, examinations suggested 6,628 were 18 or older (84%), and 112 ...
Facebook Handing Over More Info To US Government: ‘This Is What Facebook Was Designed To Do’
Post Date: 2017-12-21 07:07:28 by Deckard
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Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide, including search warrants, subpoenas, or calls to restrict certain kinds of content. And, according to a new report, those requests are increasing at an alarming rate. According to QZ.com, in the United States, the requests rose by 26% from the last six months of 2016 to the first six months of 2017, while globally, requests increased by about 21%. Since 2013, when the company first started providing data on government requests, the US number has been steadily rising—it has roughly tripled in a period of four years. This is alarming many and causing a concern about privacy. Joe ...
Radio station jammed after it was reported U.N. vehicles have entered the city of Chicago, say operator
Post Date: 2017-12-21 06:53:53 by Deckard
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‘U.N. vehicles are already in Chicago, and they cut the station feed’CHICAGO (INTELLIHUB) — WCKG 1530 AM radio station operator Matt Dubiel claims that The Alex Jones Show radio feed was cut off, “faded,” as Jones started speaking about the U.N. vehicles which have already entered Chicago. The vehicles were originally reported by Intellihub’s founder and editor-in-chief Shepard Ambellas on Dec. 18 in a piece titled “Heavily armored company of U.N. vehicles and equipment staged behind Maryland warehouse and are ready for rapid domestic deployment” after the bombshell footage was uploaded to YouTube. Additionally, Ambellas reported back on Dec. 16 ...
Nine Million American Men Pushed Out of Workforce by Cheap-Labor Policies, Says Obama Economist
Post Date: 2017-12-21 06:52:35 by 3-Dee
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Nine Million American Men Pushed Out of Workforce by Cheap-Labor Policies, Says Obama Economist immigration by Neil Munro 19 Dec 2017 Nine million working-age men have been pushed out of the workforce by the federal government’s salary-cutting economic strategy, says a former economist for former President Barack Obama. The admission comes as some legislators in Congress renew their push for a huge ‘dreamer’ amnesty that would increase the number of low-wage foreign workers who can take U.S. jobs. The nine million number comes from a new op-ed by Jason Furman, a top economic advisor to Obama. Without mentioning cheap-labor labor, Furman writes in the Wall Street ...
Top Ten Conspiracy Theories That Became FACT in 2017
Post Date: 2017-12-21 06:43:42 by Deckard
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In 2013, Professor Lance Dehaven-Smith—in a peer-reviewed book published by the University of Texas Press—showed that the term “conspiracy theory” was developed by the CIA as a means of undercutting critics of the Warren Commission’s report that President Kennedy was killed by Oswald. The use of this term was heavily promoted in the media by the CIA. And—up until recently—it has served its purpose. Now, however, in 2017, those who were once called “conspiracy theorists” are being vindicated as they watched instance after instance get exposed all year long. To be clear, we are not talking about outlandish, unprovable, and off the wall ...
Celebrities Urge Congress to Keep ‘Promise’ to Protect Dreamers, Pass DACA Amnesty
Post Date: 2017-12-21 06:39:30 by 3-Dee
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Celebrities Urge Congress to Keep ‘Promise’ to Protect Dreamers, Pass DACA Amnesty by Jerome Hudson 20 Dec 2017 Dozens of Hollywood biggest stars sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging the top Democratic lawmakers to provide legal protection for the illegal immigrants (or DREAMers) benefiting from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty program. “We respectfully urge you to listen to members of senior party leadership, who have insisted that there must be no final spending bill that does not ensure that the Dreamers have a secure future here in the United States,” ...
Five Years of Chain Migration Adds More People to U.S. than One Year of American Births
Post Date: 2017-12-21 06:31:04 by 3-Dee
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Five Years of Chain Migration Adds More People to U.S. than One Year of American Births Foreigners brought more children to America from 2005 to 2015 than American parents delivered in any two years of the decade. Extended-family immigration, known as “chain migration,” allows newly naturalized foreign-born citizens the right to send or bring foreign relatives to the U.S., including grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, adult siblings, and their children. In general, each new immigrant brings in three additional chain-migrants. Since 2005, 9.3 million foreign nationals have been able to resettle in the U.S. for no other reason than they had extended family members already ...
The Decline and Fall of American Nationhood
Post Date: 2017-12-21 05:39:28 by 3-Dee
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The Decline and Fall of American Nationhood It’s a sad fact of man’s nature that we tend to operate based on emotion more than reason. This comes to mind when considering how illegal migration, a.k.a. invasion, has now again surged back to almost Obama-era levels. Some are theorizing why this is so, looking at the micro, but an important factor is minimized: not enough people care. Oh, they care about some things: sports, entertainment, money, sex, bread and circuses. But the familial passion that should characterize a nation is largely absent. Passion is the actuator. You don’t become a concert pianist because of a cold intellectual calculation that you may have some ...
(Warning: Language..Dang!)Now Even Trees Are Racist! When Will It Stop?
Post Date: 2017-12-21 05:33:44 by 3-Dee
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Damn, Now Even Trees Are Racist! When Will It Stop? December 19, 2017| by Brian Anderson Racism is so insidious that it literally invades every aspect of life. This scourge has found it’s way into nature and now even trees are racist. You are probably thinking this has something to do with lynching because, in the democratic South, black people were sometimes hung to death from trees in extrajudicial killings, but that’s not even close. Apparently it’s just he trees being trees that makes them racist. Yup, those damn trees are haters and bigots. Here’s a very real story from The Atlanta Journal Constitution about a row of trees that separate a public golf course from ...
No jail time for cop who took pills from drug take-backs
Post Date: 2017-12-21 05:30:50 by Deckard
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FLINT, MI -- Former Burton police Detective Shawn Duncanson will have charges dropped and avoid jail if he follows the conditions of probation after pleading guilty to taking pills from prescription drug take-back boxes at local departments. Genesee District Judge Mark W. Latchana sentenced Duncanson Tuesday, Dec. 19, to one year of non-reporting probation, which requires Duncanson to abstain from alcohol or drug use, attend weekly support group meetings, individual counseling, random drug tests and review hearings with the court. "The court is familiar with Detective Duncanson and his work at the police department, as well as his personal situation," said Latchana. ...
84-Year-Old Doctor Says She's Losing License for Not Using Computer
Post Date: 2017-12-21 05:24:34 by 3-Dee
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84-Year-Old Doctor Says She's Losing License for Not Using Computer A New Hampshire doctor in practice for 55 years says she has had her medical license suspended because she does not use a computer. Dr. Anna Konopka runs a small doctor's office in New London, where she not only sees patients, but also takes her own phone calls and does her own paperwork. She says she's had a spotless record for five and a half decades, but last year, when a patient logged a complaint with the New Hampshire Board of Medicine, she says it sparked a full-on investigation, resulting in her medical license being pulled. The board told Konopka if she didn't sign a voluntary surrender of her ...
Consciousness and Intelligence
Post Date: 2017-12-21 04:13:50 by A Pole
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Because of our experience we tend to associate consciousness with intelligence, and sometimes confuse the two. However the concepts are not necessarily one and the same. Consider for example that intelligence seems to come in a spectrum, with humans ranking as the most intelligent (so far) and the other animals falling somewhere lower on the scale. Consciousness however seems to be very much a “you have it or you don’t” kind of thing. Unlike intelligence it doesn’t make any sense to talk about someone being “less conscious”. Perhaps you might argue that you are “less conscious” when you have just woken up, but this is to confuse awareness, and clear ...
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