Day: December 22, 2016

Hugo Lloris commits future to Tottenham as goalkeeper signs new…

Bayern Munich take pop at Red Bull and RB Leipzig after 3-0 win confirms them as ‘Winter Champions’ of the Bundesliga Griezmann is one of top three players in the world and the perfect signing to help United get best out of Pogba Who would you pick in team from OUTSIDE of the top six? From Payet to Mahrez, our reporters reveal their Premier League XI Manchester City to launch A 50m move for Van Dijk as Guardiola looks to shore up his shaky defence in January ‘I don’t get on with my dad… but I’m proud of the name’: Nigel Benn’s estranged son Harley making his own way in boxing Ex-Chelsea player Gary Johnson on his torment: Telling my kids I was abused is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do Man United are still keen on A 38m man Lindelof despite FIFA looking into cash row between Benfica and his old club Rise of the super bosses: Big six have pulled clear for Christmas… but which of … (more)

Israeli leader urges US to veto UN settlement resolution

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. on Thursday to veto a draft United Nations resolution demanding a halt to Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank. The vote, expected Thursday, provides one of the last opportunities for President Barack Obama to take a stand against Israeli settlement building after years of failed peace efforts, but doing so could re-ignite a dispute with a close ally in the waning days of his tenure.

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Steven Mnuchin, left, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, walks through the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 7. President-elect Donald Trump’s Achilles heel : “You’re seeing members like John McCain and Lindsey Graham kind of coming out guns blazing, even threatening the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, saying that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is a butcher and a thug, and we can’t do business with him. The concern is that Trump has this kind of personal admiration for Putin that may blind him to Russia’s real goals and to what America’s strategic stake is in doing business with Russia.

First Nations Development Institute Receives $200,000 USDA-NRCS Grant for Ag and Food Training

First Nations Development Institute has received a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service grant of $200,000 for a broad effort to increase the capacity of Native American farmers, ranchers and tribal communities so they can advance their farming or ranching businesses, or so tribal communities can work more effectively to improve local control of community food systems. Under the grant, First Nations will conduct various in-person trainings and workshops, plus online webinars, for Native farmers, ranchers, tribal departments, nonprofit organizations, food entrepreneurs and others that will focus on business-management systems and techniques.

The Fed: Here’s who Trump may tap for two open posts at the Fed

Donald Trump is not expected to offer Janet Yellen a second four-year term at the helm of the central bank when her term expires in early February 2018 With two nominations made by President Obama stalled, Trump will get a chance to add a pair of officials to the Federal Open Market Committee. The positions will be of particular importance given that Trump will have a chance to nominate a replacement for Janet Yellen when her term as chair expires in Feb. 2018.

A shameful delay

With the end of 2016 just days away, victims of North Carolina’s forced sterilization program have yet to receive their last payment – or the simply courtesy of a written update from the state. The lack of an update is shameful.

Why people believe fake news, explained

Why do so many Americans have trouble telling truth from fiction online? As humans, we’re wired to believe the worst. The controversy around “fake news” took on a new pall this month when a North Carolina man chose to investigate, gun in hand, a false online conspiracy theory that a Washington.

U.S. says Arkansas schools’ ouster of 3 over HIV tests illegal

The Pea Ridge School District violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2013 by excluding some students until they were tested for the human immunodeficiency virus, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice. The district removed three students, all foster children, from its schools on the basis of documents it had received about the HIV status of a family member of those students, according to the letter dated Dec. 13 from Rebecca Bond, chief of the disability rights section of the department’s civil-rights division.

Repeal of N.C.’s – bathroom bill’ stumbles

A sign protesting a recent North Carolina law restricting transgender bathroom access is seen in the bathroom stalls at the 21C Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C., on May 3, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File photo A deal has fallen apart to undo the North Carolina law known as the “bathroom bill” in a sign of the state’s bitter political divide.

10 books on leadership to read in 2017

After an utterly dark and divisive year of political leadership, people will surely be looking for fresh professional inspiration in 2017: books that help us stick to our resolutions at work, that offer surprising and uplifting stories from other leaders, that provide lessons from history about consequential leaders, and books that simply give us ideas for working smarter, faster or better. To compile this year’s list of leadership books to watch for in the year ahead, we combed through publishers’ lists and picked a few that we believe will make an impact.

Trump picks China hawk to lead new White House trade council

In another sign that he intends to shake up relations with China, President-elect Donald Trump named economist Peter Navarro to lead a newly created White House council on trade. The University of California-Irvine professor, who advised Trump during the campaign, has sharply criticized China’s economic and military policies in books and videos.

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North Carolina’s legisl… . Opponents of HB2 hold signs outside the North Carolina House chambers gallery as the North Carolina General Assembly convenes for a special session at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday… .

Interview: Why greener politics could create a recipe for victory

As the former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett swaps London for Sheffield in her bid to unseat Labour’s Paul Blomfield at the next election, she discusses her belief that change is on the cards. Outside Sheffield Magistrates’ Court, when two men appeared there last month charged with obstructing tree-felling engineers in Nether Edge, a new political contender in the city was among the headline speakers keen to address the gathered campaigners.

Trump and Churchill

For all his pre-election talk about restoring America’s standing in the world, international respect is an area in which Barack Obama has failed. It’s clear enemies think he’s a powderpuff , and our allies – let’s just say they aren’t bubbling over with respect for the man.

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President Obama sat down with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates for a series of interviews for Coates’ ‘My President Was Black’ feature, and the president had a lot to say about race and the media in the past eight years. The Atlantic yesterday and today posted the first and second of those interviews, and in both he invoked Fox News and Rush Limbaugh in talking about public perceptions of himself.

Liberal Wishes and Dreams Pinned to Dubious Demographic Prognostication

While we’ve yet to see any semblance of a deep, personal reflection on why the Democratic Party was soundly defeated this year, we do have some idea as to what they think the future holds for them, and it’s about as predictable as them playing the victim is a loss of this calibur. Via Wired : The country is currently in the midst of what Taylor calls a “racial makeover.”

Trump denounces attack, vows tough immigration plan

Denouncing the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his vow to stop radical terror groups and appeared to suggest a willingness to move ahead with his campaign pledge to ban temporarily Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States. Trump proposed the Muslim ban during the Republican primary campaign, drawing sharp criticism from both parties.

Bithell Law PLLC Celebrates 1st Anniversary

Attorney Walter Bithell announces the one-year anniversary of practicing law as Bithell Law PLLC as he continues his lifelong fight for clients that have lost money from business or professional arrangements gone bad. Attorney Walter Bithell is marking his first year practicing law as Bithell Law PLLC .

Butt Hurt Loser Michael Moore Has DRAMATIC Meltdown- HILARITY Ensues

Now that the Electoral College has made Donald Trump one step closer to becoming the 45th president of the United States, liberal author and filmmaker Michael Moore says the centuries-old system designed by America’s Founding Fathers is “racist.” On Tuesday morning, a day after Trump officially received the electoral votes needed to become president, Moore tweeted a message to the “rest of the world” in an attempt to “explain what happened yesterday.”

FBI: Michigan gymnastics doctor had thousands of child porn images, videos on computer

The Federal Bureau of Investigation found tens of thousands of images and video of child pornography on hard drives belonging to a former doctor for Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, prosecutors revealed in court on Wednesday. Dr. Larry Nassar was arraigned in federal court Wednesday, where he entered guilty pleas to charges connected to thousands of images and videos of child pornography.

Lest We Forget, Clinton Wanted to Privatize Social Security

The collapse of the liberal media into a miasma of identity politics and guilt trips is fascinating to watch. After having been laid for a killer trip for how my support for Jill Stein is going to bring about the return of back-alley abortion, I think I have a bit of a right to just point out yet again that Hillary Clinton, if elected, wanted to put my parents in the poorhouse by privatizing their Social Security.

GSE Favorability Increases With Each Passing Day

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac equity securities trade like call options on the event that the companies are allowed to rebuild capital at some point. Obama’s presidency has been defined by the government taking all of Fannie’s and Freddie’s money for itself, whereas Trump’s team intends to get them out of government ownership and control.

McCrory Blames Left-Wing Groups For No Repeal Of North Carolina…

Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory blamed left-wing groups for scuttling an agreement that would have repealed an anti-LGBT law. The Republican called the special session Wednesday, but it ended without approved legislation to get rid of House Bill 2. Gay rights groups and others who pushed for repeal blamed Republican lawmakers for failing to keep its promise to act after the Charlotte City Council repealed its ordinance.

In Ukraine, more evidence of a hacking group’s Kremlin ties

A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations,… A supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law collapsed when both sides balked and started blaming each other, likely meaning the state will remain a pariah shunned by corporations, entertainers… The closing of an illegal Los Angeles music club highlights growing friction between underground venues and authorities who see them as disasters-in-waiting. California has put the brakes on Uber’s weeklong experiment with using self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco.

Plane hijacking in Malta ends peacefully; 2 men surrender

The nation’s largest freight railroad has agreed to more thorough inspections and maintenance improvements after a fiery oil train derailment in Oregon and the discovery of more than 800 potential safety… The nation’s largest freight railroad has agreed to more thorough inspections and maintenance improvements after a fiery oil train derailment in Oregon and the discovery of more than 800 potential safety violations… Residents of Alaska’s largest city grapple with icy streets up to seven months a year. Fortunately, there are a number of footwear options for staying upright.