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76% of Republicans agree with Trump: Make friends with Russia

Anatoly Karlin
Russia Insider
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:01 UTC
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin
© Steffen Kugler / Global Look PressUS President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin
"In a sharp turnaround from the Cold War years, 79% of conservatives agree that it's better to be friends with Russia, but just 27% of liberals share that view."

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you get when some badly out-of-touch Democratic operatives (Podesta and co., cough, cough) invent a bogus Russiagate hoax, and try to foist it on the American people.

It's the best thing that ever happened to Russia.

Recent Rasmussen poll:
... 52% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with the president's statement last Sunday that "... having Russia in a friendly posture, as opposed to always fighting with them, is an asset to the world, and an asset to our country, not a liability." Just 27% disagree, but another 21% are undecided.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Republicans and 51% of voters not affiliated with either major party agree with the statement. Among Democrats, 29% agree; 41% disagree, and 29% are undecided. ...

In a sharp turnaround from the Cold War years, 79% of conservatives agree that it's better to be friends with Russia, but just 27% of liberals share that view.

Comment: Considering the amount of aggressive and hysterical anti-Russian propaganda in the US, it is encouraging that 52% of likely US voters agree that it is a good idea to be friendly towards Russia. Of course, in a normal world, this should be a no-brainer - why would you want to confront another nuclear-armed and increasingly influential global superpower? - but we do not live in normal times.

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Florida Democratic Party chair resigns over allegations of sexual harassment

Katherine Rodriguez
Breitbart
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:33 UTC
Stephen Bittel
Stephen Bittel
Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel tendered his resignation Friday after a report alleged that he sexually harassed women and created a hostile work environment.

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Attention

Flashback SOTT Focus: John F. Kennedy, Oil, and the War on Terror

Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Sott.net
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00 UTC
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On November 20th, 1963, between 11:30 - 11:40 a.m., President John F. Kennedy met with Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, DNC chairman John M. Bailey, and others.

Later that day, he issued a statement on the Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference to Allocate Frequency Bands for Space Radio Communication Purposes, held in Geneva, Switzerland from October 7 to November 8, 1963. He invited other nations to participate in setting up a global communication satellite system. He spoke of "a peace system worldwide in scope."

Following that, John Kennedy sent to the Congress the 17th annual report on U.S. participation in the United Nations, and then he signed into law bill (HR2073) to allow the conveyance of submerged and tidal lands to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa if they are needed for economic development or other compelling reason. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Archives

At the end of the day, he had less than two days left...
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Life Preserver

Emergency rooms see a large spike in self-harming among tweens & early teen girls


RT
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:32 UTC
girls in US
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Attempted suicides and other types of self-harm have increased dramatically among girls in America since 2001, according to a 15-year study of emergency room visits. The increase was particularly sharp after the financial crisis in 2008.

The study, by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers analyzed data on non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries of those treated in 60 emergency rooms, among ages 10 to 24.

Nearly 29,000 girls and about 14,000 boys with self-inflicted injuries were treated in emergency rooms during the study years, 2001-2015.

Comment: These authorities have left out the increased availability and use of severely detrimental smartphones, which would also coincide with the time periods discussed.

Don't miss: Brain drain: More bad news about smartphones

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Postmodern crusade going mad: Schools around Western empire now banning best-friends

Chris Weller
Business Insider
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:43 UTC
best friends ban
© The Sun"Don't let the teachers see us, they said we are banned"
Members of the royal family aren't often told what they can and can't do. But just a few days into his first year of school, 4-year-old Prince George already faces a mandate: No best friends allowed.

Thomas's Battersea, the school George attends, bans kids from having best friends, Marie Claire reports. Instead, teachers encourage all students to form bonds with one another to avoid creating feelings of exclusions among those without best friends.

Jane Moore, a parent whose child attends the school, explained the idea on a recent episode of the British talk show "Loose Women." "There's a policy," she said, "that if your child is having a party - unless every child is invited - you don't give out the invites in class."

Comment: How is it that these fools so consistently manage to twist good intentions into such horrible ideas? Everything currently being done in the name of "progressivism" and "inclusivity" will one day give the opposite result.

See also:
2-year-olds to be brainwashed with "transgender lessons" in UK

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English government scraps EU legislation that sees animals as sentient beings, says they can't feel pain


Sott.net
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:00 UTC
Cute Fox
Proving the rule that you should never trust an English politician, a majority of members of Theresa May's Tory Government have voted that all animals have no emotions or feelings, including the ability to feel pain.

As part of the process of shaping the EU Withdrawal Bill, the English government has decided to scrap EU legislation that sees animals as sentient beings, opening the way for a return to the favorite sport of the quintessential Englishman and woman: torturing and killing innocent creatures.

Once the English leave the EU in 2019 (and the rest of Europe heaves a collective sigh of relief), it will not only be badgers and foxes - the traditional quarry of brain-damaged English toffs - that will be threatened by this change in law, but all animals that aren't pets (although pets across England should be very worried).

The vote comes in contrast to extensive scientific evidence that shows that animals do have feelings and emotions, some even stronger than ours. Then again, the English elite never did let facts get in the way of a nice bit of brutalization of the defenseless.

The staggering arrogance and cruelty that informs this decision exposes the fact that most English MPs have significantly less conscience and compassion than the average alligator.
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UK cigarette prices could jump for the second time in a year

Rachel Roberts
Independent
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:02 UTC
smoking
© Getty ImagesAround ten million adults in the UK are smokers - in spite of the ever increasing cost.
Speculation has mounted about whether the cost of cigarettes is set to increase for a second time in a year in Wednesday's Budget.

Since the Chancellor already announced an increase in the price of cigarettes in March, the UK's 10 million smokers are hoping to be spared another hike, which could push the cost of the average pack to over £10.

This week's Budget is unusual in that it will be the second one this year - which normally only happens when there is a change of government. Philip Hammond effectively gets a second bite of the cherry with the nation's finances, because last year he announced the 2017 Autumn Statement would become an Autumn Budget, with a much smaller "Spring Statement" next year.

Tobacco is subject to an automatic, annual increase in duty of two per cent above the rate of inflation, with the average cost of 20 cigarettes standing at £9.91 in March after the spring budget slapped an extra 35p on a pack.
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Gov. Cuomo turned blind eye to pervert under his nose according to sex-harass accuser

Dean Balsamini
New York Post
Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:42 UTC
Cuomo,Lisa Marie Cater
© Getty
An upstate woman has stepped forward to reveal she is the sex-harass accuser who prompted the resignation last month of a high-ranking Gov. Cuomo appointee - and to accuse the governor of repeatedly ignoring his pal's "horrific acts."

In a shocking Manhattan federal court lawsuit filed Saturday, Lisa Marie Cater alleges former Empire State Development Corp. regional president William "Sam" Hoyt got her a job at the DMV and then leveraged it to "manipulate, sexually harass and sexually assault" her.

The bombshell complaint - which names Cuomo and Hoyt as defendants - says Cater contacted Cuomo's office no less than six times but met "deliberate indifference."
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More layoffs planned for ESPN as they slash $80 million in salaries

Brett Bodner
NY Daily News
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:43 UTC
ESPN logo
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ESPN is expected to cut millions of dollars in salaries when layoffs happen in the near future.

Sporting News is reporting ESPN will slash about $80 million in salaries and other costs when the third round of layoffs in two years come down after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. The network reportedly plans to part ways with over 100 staffers.

The latest round of layoffs is expected to impact positions on the television side, producers, executives and those in digital and technology, according to Sports Illustrated. SportsCenter is expected to be "hit hard" by the cuts and current on-air talent could soon be unemployed.

This past April, ESPN laid off over 100 reporters and personalities, including big-name talents such as Trent Dilfer, Ed Werder and Danny Kanell.

Comment: NFL ratings and ticket sales crashed following the anthem protests. It only makes sense that ESPN would follow suit.

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Propaganda

Small news outlets can have large effects - Harvard study finds

Jason Alcorn
Media Shift
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:00 UTC
Examples of stories published during an experiment by researchers at Harvard University. Harvard Experiment Finds Large Effects From Small News Outlets
Examples of stories published during an experiment by researchers at Harvard University.
Even small publishers have a large effect on the national discourse, according to a new paper published in Science on the effects of news.

"Exposure to the news media," the study states, "causes Americans to take public stands on specific issues, join national policy conversations, and express themselves publicly."


Comment: With this in mind, this must be why the bigger outlets publish nonsense like: Propaganda: Newsweek smears Donald Trump with Charles Manson comparison


The research aims to quantify the effect of news media. Put in terms that are increasingly common when talking about journalism: What is the impact of news organizations?

The act of publishing news is influential in still-surprising and robust ways.

The study by Harvard professor Gary King and collaborators found that a few, mostly small news outlets publishing simultaneously in a broad area of public policy concern increased the volume of conversation on social media by 19 percent the day after publication. Over a full week, the volume was increased 63 percent relative to the average day's volume. The number of unique authors increased as well, and the composition of opinion changed in the direction of the published articles.
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