Israel suspends family visits for Gaza prisoners, says Hamas

Turkey: Cyprus talks last chance, no troop pullout

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UN agrees to reduce peacekeeping force in Darfur

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Boys State is an annual one-week summer assembly of high school seniors held in every state in the union except Hawaii. It is sponsored by the American Legion. The boys for one week organize themselves into rival political parties. Then they conduct mock civil government. I attended in 1958 in California. It had a profound effect on me. I gained my self-confidence that week. I was elected to state office. In my day, the two parties were Tories and Whigs. The head of the Whig party was Stacy Keach. The head of the Tory party was Dwight Chapin. Chapin later … Continue reading →

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Uh-oh. Chairman Yellen assured us today that she does not believe that there will be another financial crisis “in our lifetimes.” You may recall another perfectly timed assurance by a high-powered economist: The stability of the economy is greater than it has ever been in our history.  We really are in remarkable shape. . . .The United States is at the peak of its performance in its history.  There has never been a time in the United States when we have had the state of prosperity, its level and its spread, that we have had in the last ten or fifteen years. . . .  It’s … Continue reading →

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When recalling notorious Mexican politicians, a string of populists, socialists, and fame-seeking warlords come to mind; each one elevated to worshipful status because of how they addressed a manufactured crisis. You know, because people of the plundering ilk write the official history books. It’s the same reason that people list the biggest thieves and warmongers as the “best” U.S. presidents.  Consequently, many have heard names like Benito Juarez, Pancho Villa, and Miguel Hidalgo. But, few have heard of Lucas Alamán. Benito Juarez is revered for ending the widespread church practice in Mexico of settling disputes amongst its members in private … Continue reading →

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Here is the proof. The skinny on fake news. By Saint John Hunt Basically, I’m typing this for myself. I can’t imagine anyone with half a brain who is ignorant of the collusion between the mainstream (fake) news media and their masters. The purpose of said collusion is to discredit the Trump administration by the non-stop reporting of fabricated “news” aimed at creating doubt in the public’s mind, with regard to their president. The masters I speak of are in our own government, as well as foreign governments such as Bahrain. Back in 2013, CNN reporter Amber Lyon became a … Continue reading →

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Minor slip ups in memory as we age are normal, but they can still be troublesome. You forget a birthday, you can’t recall an acquaintance’s name, these little lapses in memory can make day-to-day living a challenge. Of course, if forgetfulness is a regular part of your day, that could signal mild cognitive impairment, which is a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease. But if you only have the occasional forgetfulness, it is merely age-related. The good news is that you can very well maintain your precious memories by taking the necessary steps. Below you will find the top 10 tips in … Continue reading →

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Car ownership will soon be a thing of the past, some say. Some wish. Instead of buying a car every so often and driving that car for a period of years – and owning the car – people will simply tap an app and rent a car by the hour or day; whatever their need at the moment happens to be. It sounds breezy – and oh-so-easy! This may indeed be our metrosexualized future  . . . god help us. But not for those reasons. There are always other reasons. The real reasons. There is money to be made, naturally. … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time, the Great and Learned People of our society believed that we could have our own form of communism without all of the starvation, mass executions, and imprisonment that marked the establishment of communism abroad. When Leonard Silk, economics editor of the New York Times, wrote The Economists in 1978, he named his chapter on John Kenneth Galbraith, “Socialism Without Tears.” Yes, “American Exceptionalism” also extended to the imposition of socialism that would bypass the death and chaos that marked the communist “experiments” in the USSR, China, and Southeast Asia. Galbraith believed that the Soviet economy would … Continue reading →

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Even if you rent instead of own, property tax still is an important component of your housing cost. Your landlord will take the tax on his house – your home – into account to calculate your rent. So either way, the real-estate tax is a factor in your cost of living well worth considering. How high or low your effective real-estate tax is, varies by state. New Jersey has the highest rate, at 2.35%. Hawaii the lowest, at 0.27%. Time to buy old US gold coins Click to enlarge Originally published by HowMuch.net.

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In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.  There, I underwent a life-changing experience. Ten years later, I returned to Normandy for the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion, and by then I had come to understand what this generation of Americans means to history.  It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. –        The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw … Continue reading →

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The sun is heading into a period known as solar minimum, during which activity at the surface will ‘change form.’ In this time, certain types of activity, such as sunspots and solar flares will drop – but, it’s also expected to bring the development of long-lived phenomena including coronal holes. According to NASA, solar minimum could also enhance the effects of space weather, potentially disrupting communications and navigation systems, and even causing space junk to ‘hang around.’ The sun follows roughly an 11-year cycle. While sunspots were relatively high back in 2014, they’re now heading toward a low point expected … Continue reading →

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