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Opioid epidemic, not banking system, to blame for falling US labour participation – Fed chief Yellen

Living the American Dream in a Trailer Park

Former President of Brazil Lula’s Conviction Aimed at Preventing His 2018 Presidential Run

Some two million displaced, 83 dead in India floods

Michigan official refuses to apologize for Islamophobic call

CrossTalk: Remembering USS Liberty

Milan bans cans, selfie-sticks & food trucks in clampdown on rowdy behavior

Two arrested in connection with five acid attacks in London

Ankara sacks over 7,000 for suspected links to last year failed coup

Five Canadian spies sue bosses over abusive behavior

US should help prove Gulen coup role: Turkey

1. A Private City in Norway Has Broken Ground! Liberstad is being built. So many of these projects never get off the ground. This one is happening. There is a long way to go, but the initial hurdle has been passed. The land was purchased in June and is currently in development creating a private “anarchist” community. It is being funded by presale of cabins and building sites. 2. By 2020 There Will Be a Floating City Off the Coast of French Polynesia. The Seasteading Institute is working with the government of French Polynesia for a mutually beneficial Floating City Project. The city … Continue reading →

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As a former soldier and war correspondent, I abhor demonstrations of flag-waving, militarism and nationalism. That great American, Benjamin Franklin, put it perfectly:  ‘no good war, no bad peace.’ But I must admit that my heart does beat faster when I hear the rousing strains of France’s glorious national anthem, ‘La Marseillaise.’  One must be almost dead not to respond to the hymn, first known in 1775 as ‘the war song of the army of the Rhine’ and then the marching song of volunteers from Marseille. Allons! Enfants de la Patrie!      Forward! Sons of France, Le jour de gloire est … Continue reading →

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GRIFFIN INTERNET SYNDICATE, OCTOBER 25, 2001 – Back in the 1930s, when white men were preparing for another round of mutual slaughter, few of them paid any attention to the Muslim world. They assumed it to be a backward region that history had long since passed by. One man saw it differently. The great Catholic polemicist Hilaire Belloc, an Englishman of French ancestry, remembered Islam’s past and predicted, in his book The Great Heresies, that it would one day challenge the West again. As late as 1683 its armies had threatened to conquer Europe, penetrating all the way to Vienna; Belloc believed that … Continue reading →

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Auto thefts are on the rise for a second year according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau and many owners have only themselves to blame. They’re practically handing thieves the keys by leaving them in their unlocked car. Here’s the NICB’s list of which cars were the hottest snatches for crooks for 2016. Tips for how to avoid being the next victim of auto theft are also below. The top two “Hot Wheels” stolen last year are both older generation model year Hondas – ones without today’s anti-theft technology. The Accord comes in first with 50,427 and the Civic second with 49,547 stolen, … Continue reading →

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