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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Despite Majority Of Americans In Favor Of Trump Immigration Policy, 900 State Department Staff Dissent

Despite Majority Of Americans In Favor Of Trump Immigration Policy, 900 State Department Staff Dissent



http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/despite-majority-americans-favor-trump-immigratiuon-policy-900-state-department-staf

Meet America's Newest Supreme Court Justice: Judge Neil Gorsuch


Meet America's Newest Supreme Court Justice: Judge Neil Gorsuch


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/meet-americas-newest-supreme-court-justice-judge-neil-gorsuch

How to Keep a Spiritual Journal like the Saints Did



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How to Keep a Spiritual Journal like the Saints Did


http://pauline.org/Pauline-Books-Media-Blog/ArticleID/2960/How-to-Keep-a-Spiritual-Journal-like-the-Saints-Did

Famous Spiritual Journals
He and I   When The Lord Speaks To Your Heart   Story of a Soul   Interior Castle   Divine Mercy In My Soul

Dershowitz: Acting AG 'Made a Political Decision, Rather Than a Legal One' on Trump EO, 'Serious Mistake' - Breitbart

Dershowitz: Acting AG 'Made a Political Decision, Rather Than a Legal One' on Trump EO, 'Serious Mistake' - Breitbart

Leaked Executive Order Reveals Trump Crackdown On Immigrant Welfare | Zero Hedge

Leaked Executive Order Reveals Trump Crackdown On Immigrant Welfare | Zero Hedge

Leaked Executive Order Reveals Trump Crackdown On Immigrant Welfare | Zero Hedge

Leaked Executive Order Reveals Trump Crackdown On Immigrant Welfare | Zero Hedge

Trump Impeachment Campaign Begins

Trump Impeachment Campaign Begins

Mattis to reaffirm ties in visit to a wary Japan - CNNPolitics.com

Mattis to reaffirm ties in visit to a wary Japan - CNNPolitics.com

Donald Trump's administration: It's not as good as it looks | afr.com

Donald Trump's administration: It's not as good as it looks | afr.com

Football Is Trumpball Lite Can Kaepernick Save Us?

Football Is Trumpball Lite
Can Kaepernick Save Us?
By Robert Lipsyte
The Super Bowl is superfluous this year. Who needs a reality show about violence, domination, and sexism, not to mention brain damage, now that we have Trumpball, actual reality that not only authenticates football’s authoritarianism but transforms us from bystanders into victims? Before this game is over, the players may swarm the grandstands and beat the hell out of us.
Pro football actually helped prepare us for the new president’s upset victory by normalizing a basic tenet of jock culture: anyone not on the team is an enemy, the Other. And it’s open season on opponents, the fans of opponents, critics, and women (unless they’re cheerleaders or moms). Trash talking is the lingua franca of this Trumpian moment, bullying the default tactic.
Yet pro football has also provided us with the single most vivid image of current American resistance to racism. Last summer, before a pre-season game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the playing of the national anthem as a symbol of his refusal “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” As the season progressed, he started going down on his right knee when the anthem began, revealing that he was wearing black socks decorated with pigs in police hats.  These, he said, represented “rogue cops that are allowed to hold positions in police departments.” He would eventually stop wearing them, convinced that the socks were a tactical mistake.
Kaepernick’s non-violent gestures, done initially without fanfare, were the most powerful message from SportsWorld since that other hard year of despair and determination, 1968, when two American Olympic medalists, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, raised their black-gloved fists in Mexico City.
Click here to read more of this dispatch.

What every member of Congress from California said — or hasn’t said — about Trump’s immigration order

What every member of Congress from California said — or hasn’t said — about Trump’s immigration order


http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/where-california-congressmembers-stand-trump-order/

Schoolyard Bullies: The US vs Mexico | Stimson Center

Schoolyard Bullies: The US vs Mexico | Stimson Center

Europe’s Fatal Attraction to Trumpism and Putinism - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Europe’s Fatal Attraction to Trumpism and Putinism - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

GOP governor backs challenge to Trump executive order | TheHill

GOP governor backs challenge to Trump executive order | TheHill

My parents were welcomed as refugees. That was the America of 1968, not today. - The Washington Post

My parents were welcomed as refugees. That was the America of 1968, not today. - The Washington Post

GOP House chair: Maybe we should cut off part of D.C. and send it back to Md.


GOP House chair: Maybe we should cut off part of D.C. and send it back to Md.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/gop-house-chair-maybe-we-should-cut-off-part-of-dc-and-send-it-back-to-md/2017/01/31/40d288a6-e7d9-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.8670129e00dc

How Donald Trump Could Build an Autocracy in the U.S. - The Atlantic

How Donald Trump Could Build an Autocracy in the U.S. - The Atlantic

Divest from War, Invest in People

Divest from War, Invest in People

5 Surprising Facts About Near-Death Experiences | Alternet

5 Surprising Facts About Near-Death Experiences | Alternet

War News Updates: Is The U.S. On The Precipice Of Widespread Civil Unrest?

War News Updates: Is The U.S. On The Precipice Of Widespread Civil Unrest?

Catholic groups' letter calls on President Trump to uphold dignity of life | National Catholic Reporter

Catholic groups' letter calls on President Trump to uphold dignity of life | National Catholic Reporter

California judge levies maximum fine on PG&E for San Bruno explosion | Utility Dive

California judge levies maximum fine on PG&E for San Bruno explosion | Utility Dive

Articles: President Obama’s Genocide

Articles: President Obama’s Genocide

Steve Bannon on Trump's NSC Should Concern US Allies and Partners in Asia


Steve Bannon on Trump's NSC Should Concern US Allies and Partners in Asia


http://thediplomat.com/2017/01/steve-bannon-on-trumps-nsc-should-concern-us-allies-and-partners-in-asia/

Jews across America are rising up against Trump's refugee ban: 'We haven't forgotten our history' - U.S. News - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com

Jews across America are rising up against Trump's refugee ban: 'We haven't forgotten our history' - U.S. News - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com

Tech companies to meet on legal challenge to Trump immigration order | Reuters

Tech companies to meet on legal challenge to Trump immigration order | Reuters

The Robotic Grocery Store of the Future Is Here

The Robotic Grocery Store of the Future Is Here

Lessons for “The Resistance” from the Bush Resistance | Ian Welsh

Lessons for “The Resistance” from the Bush Resistance | Ian Welsh

Why Hollywood as We Know It Is Already Over | Vanity Fair

Why Hollywood as We Know It Is Already Over | Vanity Fair

Steve Bannon brings his special point of view to the Trump administration - The Washington Post

Steve Bannon brings his special point of view to the Trump administration - The Washington Post

Under Armour debuts ‘made in the U.S.’ gear — and tests what we think we know about manufacturing in America - The Washington Post

Under Armour debuts ‘made in the U.S.’ gear — and tests what we think we know about manufacturing in America - The Washington Post

Democrats escalate their attacks on Trump, while Republicans accuse him of leaving them in the dark - The Washington Post

Democrats escalate their attacks on Trump, while Republicans accuse him of leaving them in the dark - The Washington Post

Republicans are alarmed to discover Trump is doing exactly what he said he would - The Washington Post

Republicans are alarmed to discover Trump is doing exactly what he said he would - The Washington Post

Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president’s travel ban


Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president’s travel ban


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/acting-attorney-general-an-obama-administration-holdover-wont-defend-trump-immigration-order/2017/01/30/a9846f02-e727-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.1ca256be8eea&wpisrc=nl_heads-draw6&wpmm=1

Bishop Barron's Daily Gospel Reflection January 31, 2017

Your daily Gospel reflection...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Saint John Bosco, Year I
Mark 5:21-43
Friends, the centerpiece of today’s Gospel is Jesus healing the hemorrhaging woman. Having a flow of blood for twelve years meant that anyone with whom she came in contact would be considered unclean. She couldn’t, in any meaningful sense, participate in the ordinary life of her society.

The woman touches Jesus—and how radical and dangerous an act this was, since it should have rendered Jesus unclean. But so great is her faith, that her touch, instead, renders her clean. Jesus effectively restores her to full participation in her community.

But what is perhaps most important is this: Jesus implicitly puts an end to the ritual code of the book of Leviticus. What he implies is that the identity of the new Israel, the Church, would not be through ritual behaviors but through imitation of him. Notice, please, how central this is in the New Testament. We hear elsewhere in the Gospels that Jesus declares all foods clean,and throughout the letters of Paul we hear a steady polemic against the Law. All of this is meant to show that Jesus is at the center of the new community.

The First Firestorm | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

The First Firestorm | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

Weapons, Warriors, and Fear as the New Order in America

http://lobelog.com/weapons-warriors-and-fear-as-the-new-order-in-america/#more-37758

Weapons, Warriors, and Fear as the New Order in America

by William Astore
I came of age during America’s Cold War with the Soviet Union, witnessing its denouement while serving in the U.S. military. In those days, the USSR led the world’s weapons trade, providing arms to the Warsaw Pact (the military alliance it dominated) as well as to client states like Cuba, Egypt, and Syria.  The United States usually came in second in arms dealing, a dubious silver medal that could, at least, be rationalized as a justifiable response to Soviet aggression, part of the necessary price for a longstanding policy of “containment.” In 1983, President Ronald Reagan had dubbed the Soviet Union an “evil empire” in part because of its militarism and aggressive push to sell weaponry around the globe, often accompanied by Soviet troops, ostensibly as trainers and advisers.
After the USSR imploded in 1991, dominating the world’s arms trade somehow came to seem so much less evil. In fact, faced with large trade deficits, a powerful military-industrial complex looking for markets, and ever more global military commitments, Washington actively sought to promote and sell American-made weaponry on a remarkable scale. And in that it succeeded admirably.
Today, when it comes to building and exporting murderous weaponry, no other country, not even that evil-empire-substitute, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, comes faintly close.  The U.S. doth bestride the world of arms production and dealing like a colossus. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, U.S. arms contractors sold $209.7 billion in weaponry in 2015, representing 56% of the world’s production.  Of that, $40 billion was exported to an array of countries, representing “half of all agreements in the worldwide arms bazaar,” as the New York Times put it.  France ($15 billion) was a distant second, with Putin’s Russia ($11 billion) earning a weak third.  Judged by the sheer amount of weapons it produces for itself, as well as for others, the U.S., notes Forbes, is “still comfortably the world’s superpower — or warmonger, depending on how you look at it.” Indeed, under President Obama, in the five-year period beginning in 2010, American arms exports outpaced the figures for the previous Bush-Cheney years by 23%. http://lobelog.com/weapons-warriors-and-fear-as-the-new-order-in-america/#more-37758

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down | Motherboard

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down | Motherboard

Welcome to the Jewish American Dissonance

http://lobelog.com/welcome-to-the-jewish-american-dissonance/#more-37752

Welcome to the Jewish American Dissonance

by Edo Konrad
In early December, just a month after the election of Donald Trump, American alt-right leader Richard Spencer sat down for an interview with Al Jazeera. Speaking to Kristen Saloomey, Spencer, who brought his white supremacist views along as he was catapulted into spotlight over the past year, railed against the “great erasure” of the “white world,” diversity, and the underrepresentation of American whites in corporate America, among other things.
Spencer has made a career out of adroitly tapping into the teeming rage of a white America after eight years of President Obama. He has successfully suffused public discourse with anti-Muslim, anti-black, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic sentiments that at least felt like they were in check under Obama. For years Spencer has been promoting a view of the world undergirded by the belief in both white, European supremacy and its negative: that people of color are not only inferior, they are dependent on the greatness of the master race for any success they may have found. And all this under the cloak of a genteel smile, an affable personality, and a hipster haircut.
The most interesting part of Spencer’s interview, however, focuses on his ideas regarding immigration. While he unsurprisingly opposes illegal immigration and supports Trump’s plan to build a wall on the Mexican border, Spencer is actually far more interested in how “legal immigration” shapes the demographic makeup of the United States. http://lobelog.com/welcome-to-the-jewish-american-dissonance/#more-37752

Monday, January 30, 2017

The Holy Family: Resilience, Perseverance, and Grace

The Holy Family: Resilience, Perseverance, and Grace

Belief, Faith, and the Church Sex Scandal (Bishop Barron Interview Pt. 1)

Belief, Faith, and the Church Sex Scandal (Bishop Barron Interview Pt. 1)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bphyucResSY



Watch part 2 on abortion, gay marriage, and porn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYWBN...

Pope’s Morning Homily: Nowadays Many Persecuted for a Little Crucifix – ZENIT – English

Pope’s Morning Homily: Nowadays Many Persecuted for a Little Crucifix – ZENIT – English

Joshua Busby: Water and U.S. National Security - Council on Foreign Relations

Joshua Busby: Water and U.S. National Security - Council on Foreign Relations

Donald Trump and the Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorists - Council on Foreign Relations

Donald Trump and the Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorists - Council on Foreign Relations

The Jacksonian Revolt

The Jacksonian Revolt

American Populism and the Liberal Order

By

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2017-01-20/jacksonian-revolt?cid=%3Fcid%3Demc-paywall_free-the_jacksonian_revolt-013017&sp_mid=53313799&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2&spMailingID=53313799&spUserID=MjEwNDg3NjAxODc2S0&spJobID=1085849983&spReportId=MTA4NTg0OTk4MwS2&t=1485812178

Trump’s Muslim Ban: Another Symptom of the War on Terror

Trump’s Muslim Ban: Another Symptom of the War on Terror

A funny thing happened on the way to the March for Life | Catholic World Report - Global Church news and views

A funny thing happened on the way to the March for Life | Catholic World Report - Global Church news and views

Former NSA lawyer says US border plans to demand tourists' browser history, phone data would be unlawful | ZDNet

Former NSA lawyer says US border plans to demand tourists' browser history, phone data would be unlawful | ZDNet

The Goldman Sachs Effect - The Unz Review

The Goldman Sachs Effect - The Unz Review

The Goldman Sachs Effect: How a Bank Conquered Washington

The Goldman Sachs Effect: How a Bank Conquered Washington

The Limits of Liberal Open-Mindedness | The National Interest

The Limits of Liberal Open-Mindedness | The National Interest

Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.

Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.



https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-old-american-in-yemen-trump-just-killed-his-8-year-old-sister/

NOAA Technical Report NOS CO -OPS 083 noaa National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U . S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Ocean Service Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS FOR THE UNITED STATES


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SEA
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UNITED STATES

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/techrpt83_Global_and_Regional_SLR_Scenarios_for_the_US_final.pdf

Outrage About Trump Exposes "Librul" Hypocrisy


Outrage About Trump Exposes "Librul" Hypocrisy


http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/01/outrage-about-trump-exposes-librul-hypocrisy.html#more

Spare Us the Theatrics Trump’s Fortress America is rooted in the Obama years

Spare Us the Theatrics
Trump’s Fortress America is rooted in the Obama years


http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2017/01/29/spare-us-the-theatrics/

Those ‘Resignations’: What Really Happened at the State Department

Those ‘Resignations’: What Really Happened at the State Department


https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2017/01/27/those-resignations-what-really-happened-at-the-state-department/

3-D-Printed Skin Leads the Way Toward Artificial Organs


3-D-Printed Skin Leads the Way Toward Artificial Organs

Researchers claim that additive manufacturing can now produce functional skin, and the first internal organs may be ready within six years.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603511/3-d-printed-skin-leads-the-way-toward-artificial-organs/?set=603514

Nomi Prins: Trump Hearts Goldman as the Bank Continues Its Washington Conquest




http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/01/nomi-prins-trump-hearts-goldman-bank-continues-washington-conquest.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29

Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas

Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas



https://www.lawfareblog.com/malevolence-tempered-incompetence-trumps-horrifying-executive-order-refugees-and-visas

Scholars: Many more legal challenges likely for Trump’s executive order on immigration

Scholars: Many more legal challenges likely for Trump’s executive order on immigration



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/scholars-many-more-legal-challenges-likely-for-trumps-executive-order-on-immigration/2017/01/29/2801ffee-e64b-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html?utm_term=.fb7f789c7737&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

How Ray Kroc Became an American Villain

How Ray Kroc Became an American Villain

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Is Soros On The Ropes?

Is Soros On The Ropes?


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-29/soros-ropes

Trump Adds Bannon to National Security Council, Removes Intelligence Officials - Truthdig

Trump Adds Bannon to National Security Council, Removes Intelligence Officials - Truthdig

Merkel 'explained' convention to Trump in phone call | World news | The Guardian

Merkel 'explained' convention to Trump in phone call | World news | The Guardian

1,700 years ago, the mismanagement of a migrant crisis cost Rome its empire — Quartz

1,700 years ago, the mismanagement of a migrant crisis cost Rome its empire — Quartz

Meet the rookie federal judge who halted Trump’s refugee deportations — to save a Syrian - The Washington Post

Meet the rookie federal judge who halted Trump’s refugee deportations — to save a Syrian - The Washington Post

Looking for actual (non-alternative) facts on refugees?

Looking for actual (non-alternative) facts on refugees?

The Anti-Abortion Supermajority: Beyond the Abortion Wars

The Anti-Abortion Supermajority: Beyond the Abortion Wars

Tomgram: Nomi Prins, Goldmanizing Donald Trump | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Nomi Prins, Goldmanizing Donald Trump | TomDispatch

Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas - Lawfare

Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump’s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas - Lawfare

An Order That Will Increase Terrorism « LobeLog

An Order That Will Increase Terrorism « LobeLog

Eliot A. Cohen Responds to Donald Trump's First Week - The Atlantic

Eliot A. Cohen Responds to Donald Trump's First Week - The Atlantic

Donald Trump signaled to the world that American friendship comes with an asterisk.

Donald Trump signaled to the world that American friendship comes with an asterisk.

Christian Leaders Denounce Trump’s Plan to Favor Christian Refugees - The New York Times

Christian Leaders Denounce Trump’s Plan to Favor Christian Refugees - The New York Times

Global backlash grows against Donald Trump's immigration order


  • Global backlash grows against Donald Trump's immigration order

Baghdad/Cairo: A global backlash against US President Donald Trump's immigration curbs gathered strength on Sunday as several countries including long-standing American allies criticised the measures as discriminatory and divisive. Meanwhile, a White House official appeared to soften the ban, adding to the confusion. http://www.smh.com.au/world/global-backlash-grows-against-donald-trumps-immigration-order-20170129-gu12f9.html

Trump Needs a Strong NSC. It Doesn’t Look Like He Wants One.


Trump Needs a Strong NSC. It Doesn’t Look Like He Wants One.

This weekend’s least-noted presidential directive may be the most consequential … in a bad way.
By David Rothkopf
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/29/trump-needs-a-strong-nsc-it-doesnt-look-like-he-wants-one-immigration-muslim-ban/ 

Whip Count: Here’s where Republicans stand on Trump’s controversial travel ban


Whip Count: Here’s where Republicans stand on Trump’s controversial travel ban



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/heres-where-republicans-stand-on-president-trumps-controversial-travel-ban/?utm_term=.3f182da7bf65

Gov’t declares “disaster” for fisheries on US West Coast — “Sudden and unexpected large decreases in fish” — Scientists “mystified… stumped” — Officials: “Devastating… Environmental disaster… Alarmingly low levels… Dire situation” (VIDEO) « ENENews.com – Energy News

Gov’t declares “disaster” for fisheries on US West Coast — “Sudden and unexpected large decreases in fish” — Scientists “mystified… stumped” — Officials: “Devastating… Environmental disaster… Alarmingly low levels… Dire situation” (VIDEO) « ENENews.com – Energy News

CEOs of Google, Twitter, Facebook, Apple Condemn President Trump's Immigration Order, Refugee Ban : NPR

CEOs of Google, Twitter, Facebook, Apple Condemn President Trump's Immigration Order, Refugee Ban : NPR

"I'm A Woman Who Went To The Women's March And The March For Life. The Differences Were Stunning" | Zero Hedge

"I'm A Woman Who Went To The Women's March And The March For Life. The Differences Were Stunning" | Zero Hedge

Meet the scientists affected by Trump’s immigration ban : Nature News & Comment

Meet the scientists affected by Trump’s immigration ban : Nature News & Comment

Here Are The Latest Updates On Trump's Refugee Ban | Zero Hedge

Here Are The Latest Updates On Trump's Refugee Ban | Zero Hedge

White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts - CNNPolitics.com

White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts - CNNPolitics.com

Challenging the U.S., Moscow Pushes Into Afghanistan - WSJ

Challenging the U.S., Moscow Pushes Into Afghanistan - WSJ

Military Brass Fill Donald Trump’s National Security Council



Military Brass Fill Donald Trump’s National Security Council

President’s appointments reflect his campaign pledge to target Islamic militants


http://www.wsj.com/articles/military-brass-fill-national-security-council-1485478127

In face of Donald Trump's Muslim ban, Canada's Trudeau welcomes refugees


In face of Donald Trump's Muslim ban, Canada's Trudeau welcomes refugees


http://www.smh.com.au/world/in-face-of-donald-trumps-muslim-ban-canadas-trudeau-welcomes-refugees-20170128-gu0q04.html

Congress Addresses Israel, Iran, and Nikki Haley

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Congress Addresses Israel, Iran, and Nikki Haley


http://lobelog.com/congress-addresses-israel-iran-and-nikki-haley/#more-37737

National Security Presidential Memorandum 2—President Trump's NSC and HSC


National Security Presidential Memorandum 2—President Trump's NSC and HSC

https://www.lawfareblog.com/national-security-presidential-memorandum-2%E2%80%94president-trumps-nsc-and-hsc

Will The Campaign For California To Secede From The U.S. Succeed?


Will The Campaign For California To Secede From The U.S. Succeed?

https://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2017/01/will-campaign-for-california-to-secede.html

Recently Released CIA Documents Claim China Did Not Only Give A Nuclear Weapon Design To Pakistan, But Also Gave Them Enriched Uranium

Recently Released CIA Documents Claim China Did Not Only Give A Nuclear Weapon Design To Pakistan, But Also Gave Them Enriched Uranium


https://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2017/01/recently-released-cia-documents-claim.html

Al Qaeda Funded by Royal Sauds, U.S. Gov’t. Documents

Al Qaeda Funded by Royal Sauds, U.S. Gov’t. Documents


http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/01/al-qaeda-funded-royal-sauds-u-s-govt-documents.html

Mikhail Gorbachev: It Appears ‘the World Is Preparing for War’


Mikhail Gorbachev: It Appears ‘the World Is Preparing for War’

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/mikhail_gorbachev_it_appears_the_world_is_preparing_for_war_20170128

“Home” by Warsan Shire

“Home” by Warsan Shire


http://seekershub.org/blog/2015/09/home-warsan-shire/

Why Iran, but not Saudi Arabia? - TTG

Why Iran, but not Saudi Arabia? - TTG


http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2017/01/why-iran-but-not-saudi-arabia-ttg.html

The Lawyers Showed Up


The Lawyers Showed Up

And because we still live in a country where the law matters, they won.


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/01/lawyers_take_on_donald_trump_s_muslim_ban.html

Trump Justifies Executive Orders with Exaggerations Grounded in Bias



Trump Justifies Executive Orders with Exaggerations Grounded in Bias

by James J. Zogby
By now, Donald Trump’s penchant for exaggeration and self-promotion has become well-established. Whether born of a form of pathological narcissism or just plain hucksterism, his need to claim that everything he does is the biggest and best is unsettling and, at times, embarrassing.
Most troubling is the concern that Mr. Trump may actually believe his non-factual boasts –that because his ego is so needy he cannot accept reality. This is clearly not a comforting quality for a Commander-in- Chief. http://lobelog.com/trump-justifies-executive-orders-with-exaggerations-grounded-in-bias/#more-37728

Read: Full text of the new stay halting deportations under Trump’s immigration order

Read: Full text of the new stay halting deportations under Trump’s immigration order


http://www.vox.com/2017/1/28/14427846/trump-muslim-ban-order

Judge halts deportations as refugee ban causes worldwide furor

Judge halts deportations as refugee ban causes worldwide furor



https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-challenge-trumps-executive-order/2017/01/28/e69501a2-e562-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.82bd59389e54&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Is Immigration a Pro-Life Issue?


Is Immigration a Pro-Life Issue?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2017/01/immigration-pro-life-issue.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=FBCP-CAT&utm_content=standingonmyhead

George Soros-Financed Groups Scheme to Stop Trump’s Temporary Refugee Halt Order - Breitbart

George Soros-Financed Groups Scheme to Stop Trump’s Temporary Refugee Halt Order - Breitbart

Want To Bring Back Jobs? It's Impossible Unless We Fix These Four Things | Zero Hedge

Want To Bring Back Jobs? It's Impossible Unless We Fix These Four Things | Zero Hedge

California Threatens To Cut Off Funds To Washington | Zero Hedge

California Threatens To Cut Off Funds To Washington | Zero Hedge

Barack Obama Is Now The Only President In History To Never Have A Year Of 3% GDP Growth | Zero Hedge

Barack Obama Is Now The Only President In History To Never Have A Year Of 3% GDP Growth | Zero Hedge

Assessing the Risks of Accepting a Job in the Trump Administration - The Atlantic

Assessing the Risks of Accepting a Job in the Trump Administration - The Atlantic

On sanctuary, Mr. President, speed fueled by Jacksonian fury is vital | Non-Intervention.com

On sanctuary, Mr. President, speed fueled by Jacksonian fury is vital | Non-Intervention.com

Double Standards: Where Were the Liberal Protesters During Obama's Wars?

Double Standards: Where Were the Liberal Protesters During Obama's Wars?

Banning Refugees From Countries America Destroyed Is Wrong by -- Antiwar.com

Banning Refugees From Countries America Destroyed Is Wrong by -- Antiwar.com

Trump Visa Denials Target Same Countries Bush Vowed to Overthrow - Juan Cole - Truthdig

Trump Visa Denials Target Same Countries Bush Vowed to Overthrow - Juan Cole - Truthdig

Chris Hedges: Revolt Is the Only Barrier to a Fascist America - Chris Hedges - Truthdig

Chris Hedges: Revolt Is the Only Barrier to a Fascist America - Chris Hedges - Truthdig

BREAKING NEWS: MAJOR BIBLICAL DISCOVERY ROCKS THE WORLD – MUSLIMS ARE LIVID – God's Got It Israel

BREAKING NEWS: MAJOR BIBLICAL DISCOVERY ROCKS THE WORLD – MUSLIMS ARE LIVID – God's Got It Israel

Trump Administration Releases Map Of Proposed Border Wall

  Trump Administration Releases Map Of Proposed Border Wall
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-27/trump-administration-releases-map-proposed-border-wall

Trump's Islamophobic 'Extreme Vetting' Could Strand Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Residents


Trump's Islamophobic 'Extreme Vetting' Could Strand Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Residents

The president's new executive order is already hurting lives and dividing families.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trumps-islamophobic-extreme-vetting-could-strand-hundreds-thousands-us-residents

Amazon Enters Trillion Dollar Ocean Freight Business: How Many Jobs Will Vanish?


Amazon Enters Trillion Dollar Ocean Freight Business: How Many Jobs Will Vanish?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-28/amazon-enters-trillion-dollar-ocean-freight-business-how-many-jobs-will-vanish

Soon There Could Be Only 49 States In America

Soon There Could Be Only 49 States In America
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-28/soon-there-could-be-only-49-states-america

'We Weren't Looking For A Better Life, We Were Just Looking For Life'


'We Weren't Looking For A Better Life, We Were Just Looking For Life'

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/28/512005140/we-werent-looking-for-a-better-life-we-were-just-looking-for-life

What If Muslim Immigrants Don't Want to Be "Like Us"?


What If Muslim Immigrants Don't Want to Be "Like Us"?

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/what-if-muslim-immigrants-dont-want-be-us-17824

Game Over for Democrats? by Mike Whitney

Game Over for Democrats?


http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/27/game-over-for-democrats/

Liberalism as Class Warfare

 

Liberalism as Class Warfare

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/27/liberalism-as-class-warfare/

March for Life in the Trump era: A collection of photos from the day


March for Life in the Trump era: A collection of photos from the day


http://www.politico.com/gallery/2017/01/2017-march-for-life-washington-photos-002400?slide=0

Who supplies the news?



writes for the Independent. His latest book, published last year, is The Age of Jihad.
Vol. 39 No. 3 · 2 February 2017
pages 7-9 | 2902 words

Who supplies the news?

Patrick Cockburn on misreporting in Syria and Iraq

The nadir of Western media coverage of the wars in Iraq and Syria has been the reporting of the siege of East Aleppo, which began in earnest in July and ended in December, when Syrian government forces took control of the last rebel-held areas and more than 100,000 civilians were evacuated. During the bombardment, TV networks and many newspapers appeared to lose interest in whether any given report was true or false and instead competed with one another to publicise the most eye-catching atrocity story even when there was little evidence that it had taken place. NBC news reported that more than forty civilians had been burned alive by government troops, vaguely sourcing the story to ‘the Arab media’. Another widely publicised story – it made headlines everywhere from the Daily Express to the New York Times – was that twenty women had committed suicide on the same morning to avoid being raped by the arriving soldiers, the source in this case being a well-known insurgent, Abdullah Othman, in a one-sentence quote given to the Daily Beast.

Printed human body parts could be available for human transplants within a few years

Printed human body parts could be available for human transplants within a few years


http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/01/printed-human-body-parts-could-be.html

Arrivals To U.S. Blocked And Detained As Trump's Immigration Freeze Sets In

Arrivals To U.S. Blocked And Detained As Trump's Immigration Freeze Sets In


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/28/512158238/arrivals-to-u-s-blocked-and-detained-as-trumps-immigration-freeze-sets-in

From Neocon to Realist


From Neocon to Realist

Why I became a lapsed neoconservative and joined The American Conservative


Editor’s Note: Pratik Chougule has been recruited by TAC, effective February 6, as one of our two executive editors. He comes to us from The National Interest, where he was managing editor. Knowing of Pratik’s former commitment to the neoconservative creed, we asked him to share with us, and our readers, a bit about his intellectual journey from neocon to foreign-policy realist. This is what he sent.
An explanation is probably in order. I was, until recently, a neoconservative—a true-believing one at that. Now I’m about to join The American Conservative, a magazine founded in defiance of my erstwhile colleagues.

America business is the master, not victim, of globalisation

America business is the master, not victim, of globalisation


https://newsblock.io/s/588c381b7a07bb0400810180

Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order


Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-28/google-recalls-some-staff-to-u-s-after-trump-immigration-order

Pro-Life Feminists' Broader Message Is Nonviolence


Pro-Life Feminists' Broader Message Is Nonviolence

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/28/pro-life_feminists_broader_message_is_nonviolence.html

Poll Finds Most Women Back Abortion Restrictions

Poll Finds Most Women Back Abortion Restrictions


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/01/27/poll_finds_most_women_back_abortion_restrictions_132913.html

How Obama Framed Trump with Faux Mortgage Insurance Rate Decrease


How Obama Framed Trump with Faux Mortgage Insurance Rate Decrease


http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/01/how-obama-framed-trump-with-faux-mortgage-insurance-rate-decrease.html

Illegal Aliens Really Do Vote – a Lot


Illegal Aliens Really Do Vote – a Lot



http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/illegal_aliens_really_do_vote_a_lot.html

Bishop Barron's Daily Gospel Reflection January 28, 2017

Your daily Gospel reflection...
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Year I
Mark 4:35-41
Friends, today we celebrate the feast of the great St. Thomas Aquinas. As a young student, Thomas famously asked of his theology teacher, "But Master, what is God?" The story of this question has always struck me as plausible, for the question sounds so much like Thomas: clear, simple, spiritually searching.

Thomas asked questions because the natural curiosity of his mind was hooked onto the most fascinating of mysteries. He loved God with his whole mind. It led him to interrogate with critical respect pagan scientists, Jewish rabbis, Muslim scholars, and the greatest masters of our own Christian tradition. Thomas's friend and confessor, Reginald of Piperno, commented that the saint owed his great wisdom much more to prayer than to study. He would spend hours late at night resting his head on the tabernacle, begging for knowledge of the sacred mysteries.

We all know Thomas's title as the Doctor angelicus, the Angelic Doctor, but perhaps we should reflect more today on his title Doctor communis, the Common Doctor. In his relentless love of God with his whole mind, in his consistent analogical imagination rooted in creation and the Incarnation, in his Christocentrism—Thomas is the touchstone!

Friday, January 27, 2017


Climate Policy in the Age of Trump

A Plausible Path Forward

By , , and https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-america/2017-01-24/climate-policy-age-trump?cid=nlc-twofa-20170126&sp_mid=53289520&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2&spMailingID=53289520&spUserID=MjEwNDg3NjAxODc2S0&spJobID=1085086710&spReportId=MTA4NTA4NjcxMAS2

Trump and U.S. Alliances


Trump and U.S. Alliances

From Burden-Sharing to Burden-Shedding


https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2017-01-25/trump-and-us-alliances?cid=nlc-twofa-20170126&sp_mid=53289520&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2&spMailingID=53289520&spUserID=MjEwNDg3NjAxODc2S0&spJobID=1085086710&spReportId=MTA4NTA4NjcxMAS2

James F on Hatred in Our Divided Nation: Anger at Flyover Country | naked capitalism

James F on Hatred in Our Divided Nation: Anger at Flyover Country | naked capitalism

Made in China or the USA? It won't matter: These jobs are going to robots | ZDNet

Made in China or the USA? It won't matter: These jobs are going to robots | ZDNet

What We Saw in Washington, D.C. : Longreads

What We Saw in Washington, D.C. : Longreads

Becoming an American in the Age of Trump

Becoming an American in the Age of Trump

Drinking Chai to Savannah: Reflections on Identity, Inclusion and Power in the South : Longreads

Drinking Chai to Savannah: Reflections on Identity, Inclusion and Power in the South : Longreads

Geography Made America Great. Has Globalization Undone Its Influence? - The New York Times

Geography Made America Great. Has Globalization Undone Its Influence? - The New York Times

How to gamble on a Trump stand-off

How to gamble on a Trump stand-off

What Trump's Wall Says to the World | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

What Trump's Wall Says to the World | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

Trump Takes Washington in a Storm, but Why the Hurry?

Trump Takes Washington in a Storm, but Why the Hurry?


https://whchronicle.com/trump-takes-washington-in-a-storm-but-why-the-hurry/

WPR Articles Jan. 20 — Jan. 27


WPR Articles Jan. 20 — Jan. 27

India’s Unique Brand of Populism Does Little to Tackle Inequality

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
A study by Oxfam found that inequality is on the rise in India, and that the richest 1 percent of Indians control 58 percent of the country’s total wealth. In an email interview, Vamsi Vakulabharanam, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, discusses income inequality in India.

Why Poland’s Authoritarian Drift Puts the EU Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By: Andrew MacDowall | Briefing
The Polish opposition’s month-long occupation of parliament may have ended earlier this month, but the deep political divisions behind Poland’s latest political crisis remain. Critics fear that Poland could plunge deeper into authoritarian nationalism or even worse, undermining the EU at a crucial time.

With an Eye on China—and Trump—Japan Enhances Security Ties With Southeast Asia

By: J. Berkshire Miller | Briefing
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s weeklong tour of Southeast Asia and Australia earlier this month was an opportunity to stress the importance of defending international norms and laws, especially in the South China Sea. The trip was planned in relative haste after Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president.

Was ECOWAS’ Intervention in Gambia a Sign of Things to Come in West Africa?

By: Alex Thurston | Briefing
Gambia’s new president, Adama Barrow, finally returned to the country yesterday, his arrival formally marking the end of a six-week political crisis. Do ECOWAS’ actions to intervene in Gambia show a growing willingness by the West African bloc to use force against leaders who overstay their welcome?

Brazil Needs to Pay More Than Just Lip Service to Women’s Rights

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
On New Year’s Eve, a man in southeastern Brazil shot and killed his ex-wife, their son and 10 other people, before taking his own life. The incident was the latest example of the rampant violence against women in Brazil. In an email interview, Sueann Caulfield discusses women’s rights in Brazil.

Despite a Robust Women’s Movement, Turkey Sees Gender Equality Lag

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
Last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called women who work “half persons,” sparking outrage among many liberal Turks, though his statement resonated with the country’s conservative majority. In an email interview, Melinda Negrón-Gonzales discusses women’s rights and gender equality in Turkey.

In Life and Death, Rafsanjani Will Leave a Lasting Imprint on Iran’s Politics

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda. For the Report, Mohsen Milani talks about former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s lasting influence on Iranian politics.

Is Sudan Coming In From the Cold?

By: Andrew Green | Briefing
One of the more unexpected decisions to emerge in the waning days of Barack Obama’s presidency was his move last week to ease U.S. sanctions against Sudan that have been in place for nearly two decades. The move to open up Sudan’s economy might encourage the reforms that 20 years of sanctions have not.

Under Hollande, Old Ills Plague French Policy in Africa

By: Karina Piser | Trend Lines
Security has defined France’s Africa policy under President Francois Hollande, who was in Mali last week for the final Africa-France Summit of his presidency. But critics argue that Hollande’s militaristic approach distracted from the institution-building necessary for long-term African stability.

Which of America’s Adversaries Will Test Trump First?

By: Steven Metz | Column
America’s adversaries are almost certain to challenge President Donald Trump early on to test his inexperience in national security affairs. How he and his team respond will determine whether other adversaries mount challenges of their own. What is unclear is which of America’s adversaries will move first.

How a Conflict Economy Limits the Prospects for Peace in Central African Republic

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
According to Human Rights Watch, a new rebel group in the Central African Republic—known as Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation—has killed at least 50 people and displaced over 17,000 in the northwest of the country since late 2015. In an email interview, Igor Acko discusses the security situation in CAR.

Temer Has Few Easy Choices to Solve Brazil’s Prison Crisis

By: Christopher Looft | Briefing
Brazil’s president is having a kind of homecoming, but not the one he wanted. Michel Temer served in the 1980s as the top security official for the state of Sao Paulo, overseeing its prison system. He is now struggling to contain an unprecedented nationwide crisis in Brazil’s jails.

Will International Peacemaking Be the First Casualty of the Trump Era?

By: Richard Gowan | Column
What will international peacemaking look like in the Trump era? Five tentative but credible predictions paint a bleak picture. Though the U.S. has been edging back from its global peacemaker role for years, Donald Trump’s agenda will further damage institutions the U.S. built after 1945, starting with the U.N.

Globalization Was Already on the Ropes. It’s Only Going to Get Worse

By: Daniel McDowell | Feature
Since 2008, the world economy has been caught in a vicious cycle that it can’t seem to break. With Trump’s election and China’s economic slowdown, global economic interconnectedness continues to unravel. A trade war now looks more likely than ever, with disastrous implications for the world economy.

The Bureaucracy and the Trump Administration Are Already Off to a Rough Start

By: Ellen Laipson | Column
Presidential transitions are always a time of apprehension and uncertainty for the career civil servants who keep the big machine of government running. President Donald Trump’s plans make this particular transition scarier than most. His performance at the CIA on Saturday, in particular, is an ominous sign.

‘America First’ Might Not Be Dangerous. Trump’s Version of It Is

By: Judah Grunstein | Column
With his inauguration address last Friday, President Donald Trump announced to Americans and the world that the “America First” era had arrived. But is this iconoclastic challenge to the U.S. foreign policy orthodoxy as alarming as it seems? How much does global stability still depend on the United States?

China’s Complicated Relationship With Workers’ Rights

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
Labor organizations in China expect worker protests to spike in the coming weeks, in large part because workers from the “new economy,” which includes e-commerce, are experiencing problems with overdue payments for the first time. In an email interview, Cynthia Estlund discusses labor rights in China.

How the Israel Defense Forces Got Dragged Into Israel’s Culture Wars

By: Chuck Freilich | Briefing
Public support for the Israel Defense Forces has not prevented it from becoming an important locus of Israel’s domestic culture wars. The contending forces in Israeli society—right, left, religious and secular—seek to make use of the IDF’s unique role and prestige to promote their respective agendas.

Could Trump’s Hard-Line Support End Up Backfiring for Israel’s Far Right?

By: Frida Ghitis | Column
Most Middle East observers believe that Donald Trump’s presidency will boost the Israeli right, dealing a blow to the center and left, and worsening relations with Palestinians. While that consensus scenario remains highly probable, a sharply different possible turn of events should not be discounted.

A Strategic Surprise for the Trump Administration Is a Question of When, Not If

By: Steven Metz | Column
If history holds, the U.S. will be drawn into conflict somewhere that was never mentioned during the 2016 presidential campaign. In strategy, unexpected threats are the norm, and there is no reason to believe this will not continue to be the case. Looking ahead, two types of security challenges stand out.

For Better Civil-Military Ties, Indonesia Needs to Prioritize Defense Reform

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
Earlier this month, Indonesia’s military chief unilaterally suspended defense ties with Australia, forcing President Joko Widodo to quickly walk back the move and raising questions about the amount of power the military has. In an interview, Fabio Scarpello discusses civil-military relations in Indonesia.

The Slow and Steady Decline of Globalism

By: The Editors | Trend Lines
In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the global reactions to U.S. President Donald Trump’s first week in office. For the Report, Daniel McDowell talks with Peter Dörrie about the growing problems facing globalism.

Why India and the United Arab Emirates Are Moving Closer Together

By: Saurav Jha | Briefing
Afghan authorities blamed a bombing this month in Kandahar that killed five Emirati diplomats on the Haqqani network, which many suspect of having ties to Pakistani intelligence. That triggered speculation that the attack was a message to the UAE about its growing counterterrorism ties with India.