ReadViewThink – January 17, 2020

By now, you may have noticed my news reading interests span a range of subjects. When a child and young teenager, news didn’t interest me, so pleasure reading of fiction books was a favorite pastime. The only non-fiction read was related to school assignments. When I was eligible to cast a vote in a Presidential election, television broadcast news aided me in choosing a candidate. Soon after becoming a parent, current events became important, especially those reported in local news outlets, since some news covered the area where I resided and could affect my family. In my 20s, I subscribed to a printed newspaper and read more than cartoons and horoscopes. From then on, I had a hankering to read more non-fiction than fiction. Once the Internet became a haven for all types of publishers, online became this reader’s main source for fiction and non-fiction reading material; and eventually, news became the main content read, especially after the horrific events of 9/11.

Okay, now you know a little bit about my journey to becoming an avid news reader. Further below, you’ll see what articles attracted my most attention over the past day or two.

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ANTI-CHRISTIAN:

Watch List: 260 million Christians Face ‘High Levels of Persecution’

ARRESTS:

Canadian ‘neo-Nazi’…arrested with two other suspected members ahead of…Virginia pro-gun rally…

BUSINESS:

Bose Will Close All Retail Stores in America

New York Cabbies Drafted for Transgender Pronoun Wars

Barclays To Eliminate 100 Senior Investment Bankers

CENSORSHIP:

Mailchimp Bans Stefan Molyneux After One Tweet From Leftist Activist

Michelle Malkin: Event at U. of Maine Shut Down with ‘Assist’ from School

Instagram REVERSES decision to censor artistically-edited image of California’s Death Valley after fact-checkers labeled it as ‘fake’

CONSPIRACY THEORY OR…NOT?:

…Jeffrey Epstein had burst capillaries in his eyeballs…pathologist tells Dr. Oz suggests he…did not hang himself

CRIME:

Drug dealers shipped kilos of cocaine to Milwaukee from Puerto Rico using a simple means. They mailed it, federal authorities say.

Brussels Police Bust ‘Immigrant Gang’ For Sex Trafficking Underage Girls

ICE Acting Director: ‘Recycled’ Children Part of Human Trafficking on U.S. Southern Border

CYBERSECURITY:

Report: Massive Porn Site Breach Exposes Personal Information of Cam Models

EDUCATION:

Houston parents outraged over high school teacher assigning homework with a question about rape

EMIGRATION:

Hundreds of Thousands of Germans Have Left Home Since Migrant Crisis

HEALTH:

Sepsis kills nearly five times as many Americans as breast cancer each year and is responsible for a fifth of worldwide deaths, study finds

HOT SPOT:

Pentagon Confirms ISIS Resurgent In Libya At Moment Turkey Transfers 2,000 Syrian Fighters

IMMIGRATION:

Green Card Numbers Drop from 2016 to 2018

INVESTIGATION:

Finally. The Feds — including ICE — appear to be investigating Ilhan Omar

JOURNALISM:

…Starting March 1, BLS Will Ban Lockup Computers, Hitting HFT Revenues

JUDICIAL:

Indictment: Kansas Researcher Secretly Worked for China

Company that produces Crystal Geyser bottled water pleads guilty to dumping ARSENIC in California’s water system

MIGRATION:

Italy Reopens Ports to Migrants, Looks at Increasing Migrant Programme Funding

Mexican Government Says It Will Not Give Passage to New Migrant Caravan

MILITARY:

…US military lost contact with drones overhead during Iranian ballistic missile strike on Iraqi bases…

US Admits 11 Troops Injured By Iranian Retaliatory Missile Strike

OUTRAGEOUS:

Pelosi Signed Articles of Impeachment With Pens That Looked Like Bullets

A transgender doll featuring male genitalia under women’s clothing appears in Russian toy store, sparking outrage

Minnesota ‘teacher of the year’ decided to kneel in protest at LSU Clemson game when she found out Trump was attending

California university encourages dorm students to become ‘sexperts’ and teach fellow students about ‘kink, BDSM, and sex toys’

POLITICS:

Federal Watchdog Finds Trump Admin Illegally Withheld Assistance From Ukraine

Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Trump’s USMCA Agreement

Donald Trump Proclaims Religious Freedom Day 2020

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Families of deployed paratroopers received ‘menacing’ messages, warned to double-check social media settings

UNUSUAL:

French Bishops Approve Removal of Parents’ Sex on Baptism Forms

German shepherd…gives birth to a bright GREEN puppy…

VETERANS:

East Texan killed in Korean War in 1950 to be honored