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Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,

Celebrity chef and host of CNN’s Parts Unknown Anthony Bourdain is no fan of Trump, and he made as much clear in today's interview with Reason. When asked what concerns him about Trump, he responded: "what I am not concerned about with Trump? Wherever one lives in the world right now I wouldn't feel too comfortable about the rise of authoritarianism. I think it's a global trend, and one that should be of concern to everyone."

Upon his death in 1799, George Washington's will set aside 50 shares of the Potowmack Company in his estate to fund the creation of a national university in the nation's capital.  Just over 20 years later, an Act of Congress created the Columbian College in the District of Columbia which subsequently changed its name to George Washington University in 1904 in honor of Washington. Per WikiPedia:

Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,

I recently penned a post discussing various data points which were hitting record levels. To wit:

Billionaire elitist George Soros has issued a scathing attack against Donald Trump who he says is thwarting his plans to advance the New World Order.  In a vicious online blog, Soros accuses the President-elect of being a “would be dictator” who threatens his globalist New World Order plans for the world.