A state-run Chinese tabloid says Donald Trump is “pandering to ‘irresponsible’ attitudes” after the U.S. president-elect accused China of not stepping in to curtail the North Korean nuclear program. The Global Times newspaper says Pyongyang’s nuclear program “stokes the anxieties of some Americans” who blame China rather than looking inward.
Month: January 2017
Federal Hold Up For Gold Card Gun Permits Ina
Issues with the federal government are affecting a new gun permit that went into effect New Year’s Day. It’s called the gold card and it allows South Dakotans who carry it to buy a gun, without having to go through the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS.
The Birmingham channel: Chaos is a friend of mine
Sunday jazz brunch in December at Five in Lakeview, featuring Tom Jambor on harmonica, Glen Butts on guitar and Scott Housey on bass. From Tom Jambor.
US Sen. Warren seeks to pull pot shops out of banking limbo
As marijuana shops sprout in states that have legalized the drug, they face a critical stumbling block – lack of access to the kind of routine banking services other businesses take for granted. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, is leading an effort to make sure vendors working with legal marijuana businesses, from chemists who test marijuana for harmful substances to firms that provide security, don’t have their banking services taken away.
US states re-examine cybersecurity
Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility’s laptop was found to contain malware U.S. officials say is linked to Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department, one of Vermont’s two largest electric utilities, confirmed Friday it had found on one of its laptops the malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name the U.S. government has given to malicious cyber activity by Russian civilian and military intelligence services.
Former budget director Perusse returning to post for Cooper
New North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday named four state government veterans to take key positions in his administration, including the former state budget director under the two most recent Democratic governors. Charlie Perusse – Cooper’s choice as budget director – served about two years as Gov. Beverly Perdue’s budget director until early 2011.
Christmas wish granted: Fresno homeless mana s dog, Baby, adopted
Baby, the beloved dog of Clifford Herbert, a Fresno homeless man with cancer, has found a new home with Stephanie Walker and her family in Squaw Valley. It was Herbert’s Christmas wish to find his dog a home before he died.
Letter writer argues politicians cause excessive pensions
There are some very good points in the Dec. 22 editorial, “CalPERS keeps loading taxpayers with pension debt,” but editorial writers missed why CalPERS cannot get the high income rates that they have used before. This is mostly because of our lagging economy in the last few years.
Zero Self-Awareness: Chuck Todd WhacksTrump s Concierge Media Friends
On NBCA s Meet the Press on Sunday, Chuck Todd devoted a whole hour to analyzing Trump vs. the Press, but he worked energetically to avoid the notion the media lost trust because itA s seen as part of the Democratic National Machine. There were no questions about whether they failed in being too soft on Hillary Clinton, because they never think theyA ve been too soft on Democrats.
Fish seek cooler waters, leaving some fishermen’s nets empty
Dean West, a deckhand aboard the boat Proud Mary, gets ready to trawl for sea bass and fluke off the coast of Point Judith, R.I., Aug. 9, 2016. The fishing industry faces antiquated regulations that have been overtaken by climate change, as warming seas are causing species to move out of their historical ranges to cooler and deeper waters.
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BrazilA s two biggest cities on Sunday inaugurated mayors who are political outsiders and whose victories underscored deep frustration with the political class and public corruption. Joao Doria, a millionaire businessman who once hosted “The Apprentice Brazil,” took the oath of office in the countryA s financial capital of Sao Paulo.
Alabama band to march at inauguration, igniting controversy
The marching band of Alabama’s oldest private, historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, organizers said. Talladega College’s band will march at Trump’s inauguration as other historically black schools such as Howard University, which performed at President Barack Obama’s first inaugural parade, said they won’t be marching in the Jan. 20 event.
BRIEF-Australia And New Zealand Banking agrees to sell stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank
NEW YORK, Jan 2 Twitter Inc executive Kathy Chen, who courted potential Chinese advertisers for the social media platform, announced her departure from the company in a tweet on Saturday.
ANZ bank sells 20pct stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank for $1.3 bln
Jan 3 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said on Tuesday it will sell its stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd to China COSCO Shipping Corp and Shanghai Sino-Poland Enterprise Management Development Corp for A$1.8 billion . The sale price represents a price-to-book ratio of approximately 1.1 times Shanghai Rural’s net assets as of December 2015, ANZ said in a statement.
BRIEF-Emerchants signs agreement with McMillan Shakespeare Ltd
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 A new, Republican-controlled U.S. Congress convenes on Tuesday eager to repeal major portions of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law and roll back environmental and financial industry regulations, but could quickly become embroiled in fights over President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices.
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Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute. Speaking to reporters Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says the GOP will begin its “assault” on the law when the 115th Congress convenes Tuesday.
Footage shows woman flung to ground after being struck by LIGHTNING in Brazil
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured at a marijuana dispensary on Christmas Eve – as it’s revealed she DID do a soundcheck before ‘sabotaged’ New Year lip-sync disaster Tearful Colorado mother pleads for help finding her six-year-old boy after he ‘wandered away’ from their home on New Year’s Eve and vanished Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames a fault in helium canister for massive Falcon 9 rocket explosion that destroyed Facebook’s $200m internet satellite Will President Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions tomorrow to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Can sugar really give you CANCER? Diet author reveals how the smallest amount can trigger health problems such … (more)
Homeless Lucas Werner ‘banned from Starbucks’ lies about age on dating websites
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured at a marijuana dispensary on Christmas Eve – as it’s revealed she DID do a soundcheck before ‘sabotaged’ New Year lip-sync disaster Tearful Colorado mother pleads for help finding her six-year-old boy after he ‘wandered away’ from their home on New Year’s Eve and vanished Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames a fault in helium canister for massive Falcon 9 rocket explosion that destroyed Facebook’s $200m internet satellite Will President Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions tomorrow to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Can sugar really give you CANCER? Diet author reveals how the smallest amount can trigger health problems such … (more)
Rebuilding foreign policy consensus
Last week, President Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the United States by citing the US intelligence assessment that Russia had used cyber attacks to intervene in the elections last November. Watching Barack Obama and Donald Trump battle it out on Russia and Israel over the year end, one is reminded of the increasingly contentious Indian discourse on external relations.
Bundy friends, family protest federal monument decision
Supporters of cattleman and anti-federal government figure Cliven Bundy are protesting a presidential decision to give national monument protection to public land where Bundy grazes cows near his southern Nevada ranch. With Bundy and four sons in federal custody awaiting trial on conspiracy and other charges, a small group of other family members and friends staged a peaceful weekend rally Saturday near the Bundy home and the Gold Butte area outside Bunkerville, a small town near Arizona.
Democrats target eight Cabinet nominees, threaten to drag out process
Senate Democrats are vowing to stall action on eight of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees tasked with carrying out his economic, law enforcement and regulatory agenda, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Monday. Those targeted include secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson, attorney general pick Jeff Sessions and health and human services secretary hopeful Tom Price.
State of the Statehouse: Pence’s turnaround led Indiana political stories in 2016
Gov. Mike Pence started the year of 2016 as politically vulnerable, with sinking approval ratings and a looming rematch against a well-funded opponent who almost beat him four years ago. He is ending the year as vice president-elect, having helped Donald Trump surprisingly claim the presidency and power through a 20-point victory in Indiana, a margin far higher than any polls predicted.
Teva: Good Value, Questionable Management?
One of the few sectors that has the potential to offer returns, in our opinion, is the pharmaceutical sector. Political claims sent pharma stocks into tailspin.
Will a Republican Congress place REINS on a President Trump?
President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in the speaker’s office on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 10. Last July, the House of Representatives passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act , a measure to limit the ability of executive-branch agencies to adopt major regulatory initiatives without congressional approval. Specifically, the REINS Act prevents new major rules from taking effect unless and until they are approved by a joint resolution in Congress, and creates an expedited procedure for the consideration of such rules.
The media’s hypocrisy and hyperventilating in the age of Trump
President-elect Donald Trump, with his wife, Melania Trump, talks to reporters during a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago. Facts are stubborn things.
a Message to President-Elect Trump
I do not propose to attack you, nor do I propose to support everything that you say and do. In truth, I cannot say that I voted for you, because I imagined myself standing in front of the pearly gates of heaven and found myself at a loss to defend selecting either you or Mrs. Clinton for president, so I made an alternative choice.
Donald Trump: Chicago Mayor Should Ask Feds to Help Combat Homicides
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should seek federal assistance to combat homicides in the nation’s third-largest city. “Chicago murder rate is record setting – 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016.
CCC wind turbine source of energy, education
A wind turbine was built south of the Central Community College-Hastings campus as a partnership with Bluestem Energy Solutions, Hastings Utilities and CCC.
Happy New Year! 2017 is the year to punch back against PC nonsense
Well, somehow we’re back . There’s still a problem being chased down, but for the time being, we’re up! Oh, and we’ve also been under a brute force attack for some reason – probably just DHS trying out their new hacking skills.
Will Trump administration be better for the future of NASA in Alabama?
But his campaign suggestions – more deep space exploration, less Earth science – seem to bode well for Alabama and for Marshall Space Flight Center. The center’s 6,000-person workforce is a key part of Huntsville’s economy.
Democrats extol health care law in bid to derail GOP repeal
Senior House Democrats on Monday extolled the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute and over time replace it. In a conference call with reporters, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the GOP will begin its “assault” on the health care law when the 115th Congress convenes Tuesday.
The Media’s Dishonest Reporting on Firearms
If you ever have had any dealings with the Associated Press, you know it to be a placid, slow-moving bureaucracy. But it can spur itself into action, as when it revises its style book which it often does along ideological lines, e.g., barring the phrase “illegal immigrants” to describe illegal immigrants, or its recent insistence that services such as Uber and Lyft cannot be described as “ride-sharing” arrangements.
Looking back at Obama’s connections with MI over the past 8 years
Barack Obama’s presidency is coming to an end soon with Donald Trump taking office in less than 20 days. President Obama’s two terms have left a mark all over the country – and here in state.
Back in Washington, Obama looks ahead to final days in office
President Barack Obama is back at the White House after his last presidential vacation. He returned to Washington today from Hawaii with less than three weeks left.
Bag that washed ashore is from missing plane with 6 aboard
A bag that washed ashore near a private harbour has been confirmed as coming from a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland, authorities said Monday as they resumed a search for the missing aircraft. The city said there have been multiple reports of debris washing ashore east of Burke Lakefront Airport, where the plane carrying a family of four and their two neighbours departed late Thursday.
Convenience store Sign in New Mexico: “Obama & Other Muslims Not Welcome Here.”
A New Mexico convenience store has offended the entire left wing of America when they put up a sign that insinuated that President Obama is a Muslim. While some may think that this is funny, this store has a history of posting racist and controversial signs.
Chicago Paper: Make All Universities – Sanctuary Campuses’
The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board is now asking that every college and university in the state be transformed into ‘sanctuary campuses’ for shielding illegal immigrants from federal law. In a piece , “Make colleges a sanctuary from deportation threat,” asks that every college and university in Illinois risk losing federal funding for the cause: Universities have an obligation to stand up for their students – all of them.
Was Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve Performance Sabotaged?
And Nicole Perna, a rep for Carey, says the award-winning singer “was not ‘winging’ this moment and took it very seriously. A shame that production set her up to fail.”
YouTube’s Tanya Burr shows off complexion and curves during holiday in the Maldives
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured heading into a marijuana dispensary in Aspen on Christmas Eve – just one week before her Times Square lip-sync meltdown The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Texas homeowner shoots and kills drunk guest who refused to leave his son’s New Year’s Eve party at exclusive airport town where every resident has their own plane Are YOU smart enough to ace this school exam? Simple test designed for 10-year-old’s leaves the internet baffled with its trick questions Will Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions on Tuesday to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? ‘Putin behaves like the only adult in the room’: Former CIA agent claims Obama went too far in expelling … (more)
Trump takes dig at Rahm Emanuel over Chicago homicides
President-elect Donald Trump is taking a dig at Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s mayor and President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, about the city’s rising homicide tally. The nation’s third-largest city had 762 homicides in 2016 – the most in two decades and more than the largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, combined.