Just a few News and Headlines from the last couple of day’s and today, followed by some Commentary/Opinion.

House of Representatives approves tax overhaul, shifts fight to Senate

Global stocks, dollar rise as U.S. House OKs tax overhaul

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose and the dollar edged higher against a basket of major currencies on Thursday after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a tax overhaul bill.

Mother killed herself after ‘serious failure’ by mental health unit

When child sex isn’t rape: French to set age of consent

PARIS –  Is a 13-year-old girl old enough to agree to sex with an adult? That’s a question France is asking itself as the government prepares to set a legal age for sexual consent for the first time.

Twice in recent weeks, French courts refused to prosecute grown men for rape after they had sex with 11-year-olds because authorities couldn’t prove coercion. Amid public horror, the government is drafting a bill to say sex with children under a certain age is by definition coercive.

Church of England: Kids should be able to explore gender identity

A part of the new directive states that: “Children should be afforded freedom from the expectation of permanence. They are in a ‘trying on’ stage of life, and not yet adult and so no labels need to be fixed. This should inform the language teachers use when they comment, praise or give instructions. It may be best to avoid labels and assumptions which deem children’s behaviour irregular, abnormal or problematic just because it does not conform to gender stereotypes or today’s play preferences.”

These guidelines were endorsed by Rev. Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the world’s 80 million Anglicans.

U.S. regulator votes to loosen media ownership rules

Raping student costs teacher $50M

A former high school sophomore in Florida who was raped by her geometry teacher has won a nearly $50 million judgment against him.

Roy Moore speaks amid sexual misconduct allegations

Leeann Tweeden: Senator Al Franken kissed and groped me without my consent

Former staffer speaks out about Congress’ sexual misconduct

Media Matters Executive Wrote Racist, Anti-Semitic, Anti-‘Tranny’ Blog Posts

President Trump:

President Trump Makes a Statement after the 12th East Asia Summit Plenary Session

Trump to pitch tax-overhaul plan to lawmakers after Asia trip

President Trump, who is winding down his 12-day Asia trip, took to Twitter early Tuesday to express excitement about heading back to the U.S. to work on his tax overhaul legislation Republicans claim benefit the middle class.

Hume on the ‘inescapable trap’ proponents of tax reform face

Immigration:

Illegal Immigrants Get Billions In Tax Breaks – Tucker Carlson

Published on Sep 28, 2017: $135 Billion Of U.S Tax Payers Money Is Spent On Illegal Immigrants – Tucker Carlson

Commentary / Opinion:

ROY MOORE’S ACCUSERS have LESS CREDIBILITY than Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate

Laura Ingraham: Roy Moore is a convenient GOP scapegoat

One hundred years later, the Soviet Union is gone. However, communism still persists.

Unfortunately, so do the puff pieces written on tyrannies that emerge wherever communism spread.  The New York Times alone has published pieces praising Vladimir Lenin as a conservationist, East Germany as a sexual paradise, and Mao’s China as a place of women’s advancement.