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Dow poised for best year since 2013

December 25, 2017

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Capping off a terrific year: For many investors, the best gift would be if 2017 didn’t end.

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UN adopts tough new sanctions on North Korea

December 22, 2017

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The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new set of draconian US-drafted sanctions on North Korea that will further strangle its energy supplies and tighten restrictions on smuggling and the use of North Korean workers overseas.

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, claimed that the new sanctions, levied in response to Pyongyang’s November 29 ballistic missile test, went even further than sanctions passed in September that, at the time, were called the toughest yet.

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“Today, we cut deeper,” Haley said. She said the UN had repeatedly offered Pyongyang a choice and repeatedly, in its continued missile tests, the regime had “chosen the path of isolation.”

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How Kim Jong Un bested Donald Trump in the slugfest that was 2017

December 22, 2017

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One of 2017’s defining geopolitical slugfests was between heavyweight personalities President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

It was an international standoff that descended into personal name-calling, with Trump labeling Kim “little rocket man” and the U.S. president being described as an “old lunatic” and a “dotard” in return.

If the past year were one round in a boxing match, most analysts say there’s only one winner.

“No question, Kim Jong Un won 2017,” according to Jeffrey Lewis at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

In January, Trump used his Twitter pulpit to vow he would never let North Korea develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States.

Image: How Kim Jong Un bested Donald Trump in the slugfest that was 2017

Nicolas Ortega / for NBC News

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SUV rams pedestrians in Melbourne, injuring 19; police find no terrorist link

December 21, 2017

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A sport utility vehicle driven by an Australian man of Afghan descent with a history of mental illness plowed into pedestrians in Melbourne on Thursday, injuring at least 19 people, four of them critically, officials said.

While the incident bore similarities to recent terrorist attacks in Europe and the United States, and police described the ramming as a “deliberate act,” authorities said there was no evidence of terrorist links.

“We don’t have any intelligence or evidence to indicate there is a connection to terrorism,” said Shane Patton, the acting police commissioner of Victoria state, of which Melbourne is the capital. “Having said that, we continue to support this investigation with the Counter Terrorism Command to ensure there isn’t that connection and there is no ongoing threat.”

A car plowed into pedestrians at a crowded intersection on Dec. 21 in Melbourne, Australia, injuring at least 19 people. (The Washington Post)

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Millions Of Kids Might Lose Health Care Because Congress Dropped The Ball

December 21, 2017

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Congress’ failure to renew a program that provides health care to low-income children by year’s end could cause almost 2 million kids to lose their coverage as soon as next month.

That’s according to a report published Wednesday by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is jointly run and financed by the federal government and the states, expired nearly two months ago. The program covers about 9 million children in the U.S.

But the GOP-controlled Congress, which made time to pass a sweeping tax bill that largely benefits corporations and the rich, didn’t get around to reauthorizing CHIP ― and now millions of children are in jeopardy.

States are rapidly running out of money to pay these children’s medical bills, and several have started notifying parents that their kids’ health care is poised to disappear. At least 14 states plan to terminate CHIP by the end of January, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Audrey, Katrina and Scarlett Montoya of Longmont, Colorado, could lose their health care next month because Congress failed to pass legislation renewing the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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U.N. passes measure implicitly condemning Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital

December 21, 2017

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The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a measure rejecting the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which was repeatedly criticized as undermining the prospects for peace.

Despite blunt warnings of U.S. funding cuts, 128 countries voted in favor of the nonbinding resolution and only nine voted against it. Another 35 countries abstained.

“The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out in this assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation,” said Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. “We will remember it when, once again, we are called up to make the world’s largest contribution to the U.N., and we will remember it when many countries come calling on us to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit.”

On Dec. 21, the United Nations voted 128-9 in favor of rejecting President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. (Reuters)

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Obama Warns About the Rise of Fascism

December 20, 2017

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‘What are we doing to defend our best selves?’ ‘What are we doing to defend our best selves and those timeless values that should transcend party?’ — Obama warning us that the rise of someone like Hitler could happen here.

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Fox Business Host Slams GOP Tax Plan

December 20, 2017

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She pulled out all the receipts. Even this Fox Business host knows the GOP tax plan is a scam.

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Cardinal Bernard Law to be honored Thursday with Vatican funeral

December 20, 2017

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Cardinal Bernard Law, who has died 15 years after he resigned as Boston’s archbishop amid allegations that he covered up for pedophile priests, will receive a full cardinal’s funeral Thursday at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

The funeral plans appear to follow the Catholic Church’s protocol for cardinals who die in Rome, even as a network of survivors of sex abuse by priests has publicly called on the Vatican to keep survivors in mind when planning the event.

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the dean of the College of Cardinals, will celebrate the funeral Mass, scheduled for 3:30 p.m., the Vatican said. Pope Francis then will give a “final commendation,” or blessing, as he has previously for cardinals’ funerals.

Before the funeral plans were announced, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests had urged against a “celebratory focus” on Law.

Cardinal Bernard Law, seen here in Novemember 2012 at the Vatican, died after a long illness, the Vatican said Wednesday.

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Cardinal Bernard Law, Boston archbishop at center of church sex-abuse scandal, dies at 86

December 20, 2017

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Cardinal Bernard F. Law, the Boston archbishop who became one of the most influential Catholic leaders in the United States before resigning in 2002 amid revelations that he and other prelates had known for years of rampant child molestation by parish priests, a scandal that has been called the church’s darkest crisis of the modern era, has died at 86.

The Vatican announced in a statement that Cardinal Law died “after a long illness,” without offering further details. He had been recently hospitalized in Rome.

For more than half a century, Cardinal Law dedicated himself to the church, an institution that became his home after his itinerant upbringing as the son of a commercial and military aviator. As he rose from parish priest to Boston archbishop — the steward of one of the most Catholic American cities — he promoted traditional Catholic doctrine and envisioned the church as a guarantor of social justice in the 20th century.

Cardinal Bernard Law, a key figure in the church abuse scandal, passed away at the age of 86 on Dec. 20. He resigned as Boston’s archbishop in 2002. (Reuters)

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James' World 2

Dow poised for best year since 2013

Capping off a terrific year: For many investors, the best gift would be if 2017 didn’t end.

UN adopts tough new sanctions on North Korea

How Kim Jong Un bested Donald Trump in the slugfest that was 2017

SUV rams pedestrians in Melbourne, injuring 19; police find no terrorist link

Millions Of Kids Might Lose Health Care Because Congress Dropped The Ball

U.N. passes measure implicitly condemning Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital

Obama Warns About the Rise of Fascism

‘What are we doing to defend our best selves?’ ‘What are we doing to defend our best selves and those timeless values that should transcend party?’ — Obama warning us that the rise of someone like Hitler could happen here.

Fox Business Host Slams GOP Tax Plan

She pulled out all the receipts. Even this Fox Business host knows the GOP tax plan is a scam.

Cardinal Bernard Law to be honored Thursday with Vatican funeral

Cardinal Bernard Law, Boston archbishop at center of church sex-abuse scandal, dies at 86

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