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WORDS MATTER


'If the cost of imported products is lower because of less stringent air pollution controls in the regions where they are produced, then the consumer savings may come at the expense of lives lost elsewhere'  -- from Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade
"We were forced to leave. We left our land, our parents, our memories, our childhood — everything." --  a man identified as Hossam who left Madaya, Syria

“Indeed,” Kashkari [Minneapolis Fed president] writes, “the most recent crisis showed that even some debt holders who had been explicitly told that they would take losses during a crisis got bailed out.”

“We can say that the level of trust [of the U.S.] is at the working level, especially the military level, has not become better, but rather has degraded,” Putin said in an interview with Mir TV.

 ‘At what point, when a White House [official] or a member of Congress refuses to accept reality, do you say, 'You're not allowed to come on [our show] anymore'?’ asks George Stephanopoulos … 







NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.







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