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Women’s March organizers call for ‘A Day Without a Woman’

March 8, 2017 admin Leave a comment

ERRIN HAINES WHACK
PHILADELPHIA — The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2017

Organizers of January’s Women’s March have called for women to take the day off and encouraged them not to spend money to show their economic strength and impact on American society.

“A Day Without a Woman” on Wednesday is the first major action by organizers since the nationwide marches held the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration that drew millions of women into the streets in protest against misogyny, inequality and oppression. Though it is unclear how many women could participate, thousands across the country have signalled their support and interest online and to employers.

The event coincides with the U.N.-designated International Women’s Day, and organizers say they want to “stand with women around the globe” who supported their efforts Jan. 21 with similar protests in cities around the world.

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OPEC says there is room for the oilsands in world market

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A year ago, high-cost producers were told by OPEC to ‘get out’ of the market, but the message has changed

By Tracy Johnson, CBC News Posted: Mar 08, 2017

Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, secretary general of OPEC, says he sees a significant role for the oilsands in coming years, particularly if producers innovate.

Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, secretary general of OPEC, says he sees a significant role for the oilsands in coming years, particularly if producers innovate. (Tracy Johnson/CBC)

In an about-face from a year earlier, OPEC says there is room in the oil market for U.S. shale producers, the Canadian oilsands and other higher-cost production.

Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, the secretary general of OPEC, said that he met with U.S. shale producers this week in Houston, ahead of the annual CERAWeek energy conference that is organized by the research and consulting firm IHS Markit.

Those shale producers along with hedge funds met with Barkindo to talk about the state of the oil market, how to rebalance supply with demand and draw down the vast amount of oil still in storage around the world. It’s another sign that the cartel has capitulated on a price war that it has never quite admitted to.

Barkindo said that because demand is growing and supply is expected to tighten in the coming years, he sees a significant role for the oilsands, particularly if producers continue to innovate.

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Bernie Sanders Responds to Criticism from WaPo Over Him Calling Trump a Liar

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by Josh Feldman | 9:44 pm, March 7th, 2017

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Senator Bernie Sanders responded earlier today to the criticism inThe Washington Post he got for calling President Trump a liar.

The piece yesterday was headlined “The sorry state of political discourse right now, in five Bernie Sanders tweets.” It featured this tweet, followed by others in a thread:

The piece reaches this conclusion:

This is the state of our political discourse right now. Political norms — like, don’t accuse the president of the United States of lying without evidence, or don’t accuse the former president of the United States of wiretapping your phones without evidence — have been eviscerated. There are no rules right now in politics about what you can/can’t or should/shouldn’t say.

Amber Phillips lists the reasons why the media is being careful not to call Trump a liar, adding, “Top Democrats like Sanders feel no such hesitation. In their mind, the president has become so unhinged that they have no choice but to accuse him of lying ‘shamelessly,’ corrosive effects on political discourse be damned. If you’re a Democrat, they were already up in smoke anyway.”

Sanders responded tonight with a series of questions:

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Canadians infected with Zika show more severe symptoms than expected: study

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CHARLIE FIDELMAN, MONTREAL GAZETTE
Published on: March 6, 2017

An aedes albopictus mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host. Health officials are telling pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin America and Caribbean countries with outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects. The Zika virus is spread through mosquito bite. — The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes in the Caribbean, South America, Central America and some U.S. states JAMES GATHANY /CDC

Canadian tourists infected with Zika virus are showing more severe symptoms than expected, according to a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes in the Caribbean, South America, Central America and some U.S. states. A common perception is that Zika is an infrequent infection that’s associated with mild, flu-like symptoms and rash.

While most of the infections resulted in mild symptoms, the Canadian study noted Zika infections were as common as dengue fever and symptoms were more severe — including two cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can lead to temporary paralysis.

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Now or never on ObamaCare repeal? Despite pressure, GOP divided on bill

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By Chad Pergram

Published March 08, 2017

FoxNews.com

Congressional Republicans may find inspiration from the King of Rock and Roll when comes to passing their replacement bill for ObamaCare.

Imagine Elvis Presley crooning his 1960 number one single, “It’s Now or Never.”

“We have a choice,” proffered House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, one of the authors of the health care blueprint. “We can act now or we can keep fiddling around and squander this opportunity to repeal ObamaCare.”

In 2009 and 2010, Republicans railed against Democrats as they relied almost exclusively on their own members to approve ObamaCare. Now Republicans are going it alone to repeal ObamaCare and adopt their own health care package. But some conservative lawmakers and interest groups alike are upbraiding the GOP legislation. It only takes a few renegades in both the House and Senate to incinerate the plan.

“It’s ObamaCare-lite,” argued Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. “We have to admit we are divided on replacement.”

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Sensing U.S. weakness, China casts itself as fixer of global problems

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NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
BEIJING — The Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2017

China has no ambition to take over the mantle of leadership from the United States, its Foreign Minister says.

But Beijing is boldly positioning itself as mediator and problem-solver to the world’s most insoluble problems, abandoning the decades it spent protesting its lack of desire to intervene in the quagmires outside its gates.

Sensing weakness in the U.S.-led liberal democratic order, China is stepping forward with detailed plans to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula, bring wealth to Africa, create new pathways to peace in the Middle East and rekindle international trade. It has cast itself as an honest broker and reliable partner, with better ideas for achieving results than Washington.

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Revealed: 2,600-year-old palace is found buried under the ruins of a shrine blown up by ISIS in Mosul Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4289696/600BC-palace-buried-tomb-destroyed-ISIS.html#ixzz4akGQirtg Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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ISIS destroyed the historic tomb of the prophet of Jonah in 2014
The terror group believe that worshipping shrines is against Islam
But the tomb was retaken by Iraqi army forces earlier this year
Archaeologists sent in to assess the damage found a palace buried underneath

By Harry Pettit For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 10:22 GMT, 8 March 2017

Archaeologists assessing the damage caused by Islamic State militants to the tomb of the prophet of Jonah have made a surprise discovery.

Experts found a previously untouched palace dating back to 600BC buried under the ruins of Jonah’s desecrated resting place.

The Nebi Yunus shrine – containing what Muslims and Christians believe to be the tomb of Jonah or ‘Yunnus’ as he is known in the Koran – was destroyed by ISIS militants in July 2014.

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Archaeologists assessing the damage caused by Islamic State militants to the tomb of the prophet of Jonah have found an undiscovered palace. Here, a member of the Iraqi army stands next to Assyrian stone sculptures of demi-goddesses, pictured spreading the ‘water of life’

Weeks after overrunning Mosul and much of Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartland, ISIS militants rigged the shrine and blew it up, sparking global outrage.

ISIS militants believe giving special veneration to tombs and relics is against the teachings of Islam.

The shrine holding Jonah’s tomb is located on top of a hill in eastern Mosul, a city in northern Iraq with a population of around 660,000 that was retaken from ISIS control by Iraqi army forces last month.

Archaeologists have been picking through ancient rubble left behind by the terror group as they attempt to salvage surviving artefacts.

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