Sextortion: The U.S. military’s dirty little secret is a growing national security concern

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/sextortion-philippines-american-military-ncis

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The concept of binary gender is a Western, colonialist construct, and its perceived ubiquity is a tool of oppression and limitation.

http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/12/kids-outside-gender-binary/

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John Piper on if Children should sit through “big church”

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Facebook and Fake News

https://soundcloud.com/ctrl-walt-delete/walt-and-nilay-tell-facebook

This gets into what is truth and how can we know it. Also the rise in ad money going from print vendors to Facebook and Google.

Mossberg’s column

The Verge: Facebook and Google Makes Lies as Pretty as Truth

Facebook and Google swallowing print and online advertising 

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Writer of the Gilmore Girls reboot is a “terrible person” on the Vergecast

Vergecast about minute 45 and 2016 a terrible year

http://www.theverge.com/podcasts

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Canadian Law Erasing Moms, Dads From Docs Makes Children Chattel

http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/07/canadian-law-erasing-moms-dads-state-documents-reduces-children-chattel/

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My Addiction found me

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/december/just-say-no-to-shame.html

That’s when my doctor told me.

“Tim, you need to know you are addicted to pain medicine.”

I felt my stomach drop and defenses rise as he said these words. All the stereotypes of addicts I didn’t think I held crept into my mind. Because I was legitimately in pain, I thought I couldn’t be an addict.

My doctor continued, “That isn’t a judgment on you. I’m not saying you’ve done anything wrong or that you aren’t still in pain. But we’ve been giving you this pain medicine for so long, your body is now dependent on it. It has gone from helping you to hurting you.”

I relaxed. I let my defenses down and loosened my grip on my justifications.

“I’m not going to just take the pain medicine away from you when you need it. But if I make that commitment to you, I want you to make a commitment to me. Will you take less whenever you can? For a while you couldn’t have made it without the pain medicine. Now to fully heal, you need to eventually stop taking it.”

I took a deep breath of relief. I wasn’t “bad.” I hadn’t done anything “wrong.” I had a new disease, a complication from my medication, and I had a doctor who was there and ready to help.

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“Christian” vs. “Follower of Jesus”

http://www.newsweek.com/christian-versus-follower-jesus-76343?rx=us

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Commercial where a father fakes his death to get his family together for Christmas

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Ruined

Story of a home invasion and rape of some Calvin College women

https://www.amazon.com/Ruined-Ruth-Everhart-ebook/dp/B0198UUFQG

 

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