Rational Review News Digest, 02/08 -- France: Regime recalls ambassador from Rome after Italy's deputy PM meets Yellow Vest leaders; How much will the Green New Deal cost?
RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
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Volume XVII, Issue #4,172
Steemit Headlines -- Friday, February 8th, 2019
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TODAY'S NEWS
France: Regime recalls ambassador from Rome after Italy's deputy PM meets Yellow Vest leaders
Ocasio-Cortez, Markey release "Green New Deal" outline
Germany: Regime orders Facebook to change the way it gathers data
Barr nomination for US AG clears Senate Judiciary Committee
US regime court sentences Chinese student to one year in prison for taking photos of naval base
Woody Allen sues Amazon studios for $68 million for breach of film deal
SunTrust, BB&T to merge in $66 billion stock deal
New Emoji include "tiny penis" and "period blood," according to the Internet
WV: Homeowners, including one armed with an AR-15, fight back against burglars in three Mercer County cases
Taliban claims US regime agreed to major Afghan withdrawal in two months
US House committee approves tentative subpoena for Whitaker, despite his agreement to testify
Brazil: Lula convicted in second corruption case
US regime cuts aid to Cameroon over human rights abuse allegations
VA: Cop suspended after being linked to white nationalism by Antifa group
SpaceX postpones first Crew Dragon flight until March 2
Trump nominates US Treasury's Malpass to lead World Bank
CFPB to roll back Obama-era restrictions on poor people being able to borrow money
ID: Road pirates steal 7,000 pounds of hemp
Pols are "deeply troubled" that software sometimes has bugs (they're obviously not programmers)
May heads to Brussels as Brexit breakthrough remains elusive
US, German regimes' tensions spike over terror suspect dispute
NASA lost contact with two mini Mars spacecraft and they don't know exactly why
US DoJ opens probe into Jeffrey Epstein plea deal
AZ: Nogales city council wants razor wire removed from wall: It's "only found in a war, prison or battle setting"
Google probably won't pull DWI checkpoints from Waze despite NYPD demand
TODAY'S COMMENTARY
How much will the Green New Deal cost?
A preference for peace: Not the same thing as support for the bogeyman of the week
Trump's biggest BS? No "government coercion" in America
Immigration and redistribution: The research to trust
Why the left isn't convinced by your economics arguments
The untold story of the greatest crypto project ever, part 4
Three reasons why being a woman must be frustrating, part 1
How distrust breeds dysfunction
Dark Store silliness
The Export-Import Bank: A government subsidy "free traders" love
The war against tobacco flavors will fail
The government shutdown was expected to damage the economy. It didn't.
Ego is making a mess of American politics
Advice & conceit
America's political center is up for grabs. Trump just made a real play for it
Bitcoin's deflation problem -- deaths reduce the number in circulation
The president's power to suspend and terminate treaties
Beijing: Making America great!
For Trump's regime changers, Venezuela is just the first step
A millennial and crypto love story: How this generation is ghosting banks
Book review: Defending the Undefendable by Walter Block
The pleasant illusions of the Medicare For All debate
The importance of Quentin Meillassoux for radicals
No complex society can be socialist
Tulsi Gabbard is driving the MSM batshit crazy
Denied compensation for wrongful imprisonment, one exonerated former convict is selling his prison art
Trump's speech offers Democrats sugar and vinegar
Trump pivots from health insurance to health itself
Russia in Venezuela: Good for the US; bad for Russia
Trump not an isolationist; just listen to his SOTU
Another way to universal health care
Call to action: Tell the Patent Office not to reopen the software patent floodgates
Elizabeth Warren's last stand
North Korea and America's second summit
America's public debt: crisis or the cost of civilization?
TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO
So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, 02/07/19
We Are Libertarians Daily, episode 55
Cato Daily Podcast, 02/07/19
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 02/07/19
Scott Adams Says, 02/07/19
Building Tomorrow Podcast, episode 33
Radio Atlantic, 02/06/19
Deconstructed with Mehdi Hasan, 02/07/19
Free Talk Live, 02/06/19
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 02/16/19
Political Theater with Jason Dick, episode 55
Blockchain 2025, 02/06/19
Ordered Liberty, episode 116
The Tom Woods Show, episode 1336
Bloggingheads.tv, 02/06/19
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