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How the Salvation Army is trying to change its ‘anti-LGBTQ’ reputation

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(CNN)Salvation Army bell ringers, the folks you see jingling bells by red kettles at Christmastime, will be carrying a new prop this year: A card explaining the Christian church and charity’s approach to LGBTQ people. But to some in the LGBTQ community, the Salvation Army has another reputation. For decades, they’ve accused Salvationsts of denying some services to same-sex couples, advocating against gay rights and adhering to a traditional theology that considers gay sex sinful. At times, LGBTQ activists have dropped fake dollar bills or vouchers protesting the Salvation Army…

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Meghan McCain Dismisses Mayor Pete as Sparkly, Shiny Object

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg seems like the kind of reasonable Democratic candidate that Meghan McCain, who has made her surged to the top of a very reputable poll in Iowa, The View co-host dismissed him as little more than a sparkly, shiny object. After Joy Behar accurately characterized Buttigieg as a moderate, McCain said, He wasn't, and now he is. He was both campaigning extremely left sort of in the Beto [ORourke] lane, kind of saw the tea leafs on that, and now he's moderate. Behar tried to make the case…

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‘Amazing deal’ or ‘capitulation’? Why the US-China trade truce may not last

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Donald Trump hailed the agreement, but others think it masks a process of deglobalisation as the two superpowers struggle for hegemony The trade war between the US and China may never be settled, experts fear, even after the two sides agreed on an outline phase one deal. Economists and investors have been poring over agreement would also require China to make structural reforms and other changes to its economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange. In exchange,…

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30 Hilarious Palindromes For Literary Nerds

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By Thought Catalog Ask Reddit has put together the best palindromes, which are sentences that can be read the same forwards and backwards. By Thought Catalog 1. No parts? STRAP-ON! 2. Do geese see God? 3. A Santa Lived As a Devil At NASA. 4. Tulsa night life: filth, gin, a slut. 5. Step on no pets. 6. Dammit I’m mad. 7. Do not tell E.T. to nod. 8. Pooping is a sign I poop. 9. A nut for a jar of tuna. 10. Never odd or even. 11. Neil,…

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You Can Now Purchase Some Of The Most Famous Original Images Of Alleged UFO Sightings

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One of the most notorious groupings of alleged UFO images can be yours for the cool price tag of just a few thousand dollars. The images were captured by self-proclaimed prophet and UFO religion founder “Billy” Eduard Albert Meier in the spring of 1975 in Switzerland. Born in 1937, Meier is one of the most well-known “believers” in modern history and claims that he was contacted by extraterrestrials in childhood and on-and-off throughout the decades. He also claims to be the seventh reincarnation after six prophets that feature in Judaism,…

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Qantas Sydney to Perth flight evacuated via slides after smoke fills cabin

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Terrifying ordeal forced plane to return to Sydney airport shortly after takeoff Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth evacuated via slides after the Airbus A330 was forced to return as the cabin filled with smoke. Qantas said flight 575 returned to Sydney shortly after takeoff on Sunday morning due to a hydraulic issue. Once back at the gate, the captain made the decision to evacuate the aircraft as a precaution and three emergency slides were deployed, the airline said in a statement. Passengers were evacuated through both…

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Modern Apes May Be Smarter Than Our Australopithecus Ancestors

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Four million years ago our ancestors had brains larger than modern apes, but they were probably less intelligent than gorillas or chimpanzees new research indicates. When attempting to estimate the intelligence of extinct species anthropologists have relied on measuring brain case size. Bigger brains are assumed to mean greater thinking power, a theory that generally holds up today after some allowance for body size, at least among mammals. However, Professor Roger Seymour of the University of Adelaide has called that into question. He argues energy consumption, not size, is what…

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Uniform Teeth raises $10 million for its teeth-straightening operations

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Uniform Teeth, the teeth straightening startup that helped me figure out I needed a root canal, has just raised a $10 million round of funding led by Canaan Partners. This brings Uniform Teeth’s total funding to $14 million. With the new funding, Uniform Teeth plans to open two more locations, one in Seattle and one in Chicago, early next year. Uniform Teeth currently operates two locations in San Francisco. By the end of next year, Uniform Teeth plans to open more locations throughout the U.S. The startup takes a One…

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Analysis: Trump has weathered impeachment better than Clinton

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(CNN)First things first: The theme song of the week is the closing credits from Growing Pains. In these, Trump usually comes out looking poorly compared to Bill Clinton, the last president to be impeached. Clinton’s job approval rating stayed higher and the percentage who wanted him impeached and removed from office stayed lower. I’ll make the argument, though, that these figures aren’t telling the whole story. A look at the net favorability rating changes for Clinton and Trump during their impeachment sagas indicates that Clinton was hurt by impeachment in…

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Debate so white: candidates of color miss out as Democratic field narrows

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Despite an increasingly diverse party, Andrew Yang will be the only non-white face on the stage in Los Angeles When the Democratic presidential candidates gather in Los Angeles next Thursday to debate for the sixth time, the stage will look rather different than it did when the contenders first faced off back in June. A field that was initially celebrated for its diversity has been whittled down to seven debate participants: the former vice-president Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Amy Klobuchar, billionaire activist…

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