Tuesday, September 11, 2018

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  Niskanen Center



  • Lawmakers have a unique opportunity to use evidence and pragmatism to communicate that immigrants assimilate into American culture, help protect the United States from terrorists...
  • If optogenetic therapies can step into the limelight, numerous diseases and disorders could soon be exiting stage right. The post Lighting a Path to Precision Medicine appeared...

    • RSVP now! The post Upcoming Event: Exploring Refugee Policy for the 21st Century appeared first on Niskanen Center.

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission denied the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) petition for reconsideration of the conditions the agency imposed when...
  • View Full Document as PDF September 6, 2018 The Honorable Andrew Wheeler Acting Administrator Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460...

    • The State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and the 60 Plus Association on September 6 petitioned the United States Supreme Court to...

  • The main challenge isn’t to win over Brexiters, it’s to get people to re-engage with an issue they just want to go awayThere is no rule that says people have to be interested in the...
  • Unless comics creators adopt a zero tolerance approach to racism and misogyny, this abuse of power by ‘fans’ will never endFor those who haven’t been following the latest front...

    • Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg have revealed their fantasy visions of massive unfunded tax cuts and a free market free-for-all. It’s Trumponomics writ largeIt can’t be true?...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • With mandatory evacuations already issued for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans are preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes...
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford is invoking the rarely used notwithstanding clause to push ahead with his plan to slash the size of Toronto's city council. Plus, a Georgia school is seeking...

    • Russia's largest war games in recent history have kicked off in the Far East and will involve about 36,000 tanks and 300,000 troops at sea and on the ground...

  • Once it was flower power, now the alarmists of global warming religion hit San Francisco. Meanwhile world consumption of oil, coal and gas is rising as populations increase and more...
  • That’s the plan anyway, as utilities want to recommend electric cars to their customers so as to sell more electricity and make more money. But there’s much more to it than that...

    • It looks as if the UK government has got cold feet about the small modular reactor concept, possibly under pressure from the ‘green’ lobby. Meanwhile subsidies for unreliable...

    Catallaxy Files



  • Nice try.  Good attempt at sleight of hand.  But Democracy and Government are 2 different things.  Very different things. Writing in the Conversation, Dr Mark Triffitt from the...
  • Quota me this

    9 hours ago
  • Quotas, quotas, quotas.  The theme du jour.  Identity politics in action. Throwing away any opportunity to give the next Federal election a red hot go, the Liberal has collapsed...
  • Idiot at large

    9 hours ago

    • Professor Gillian Triggs.  What a piece of work she is. Writing for some obscure internet publication called InnovationAus.com, Professor Triggs writes: I (Triggs) believe we...

  • There is more to Akshay Kumar's success than meets the eye. He is a super-canny entrepreneur with a penchant for tapping the nation's hankering for heroes...
  • When 'international developments' were favourable, the NDA government took credit for something it didn't do. Now that situation is unfavourable, it doesn't want to take the blame...

    • It is a cultural thing with Indians, and it takes a while for culture to change.

  • To get started, JioPhone users only need to verify their phone number and then they can begin chatting with other WhatsApp users, one-on-one or in groups...
  • JioPhone users can record and send voice messages on Whatsapp.

    • Redmi 6 Pro 3GB RAM + 32GB storage is priced at Rs 10,999 while 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant is priced at Rs 12,999.

    Zee News :Zee News - Health


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  • As per the report, the scaled-down “elevator” which will be used in the test is a box of not more than six centimeters (2.4 inches) long and three centimeters (1.1 inches) high...
  • In October 2015, scientists recorded the highest tsunamis ever – a wave of 193 metres.

    • The Indian Space Research Organisation's mission is significant as it would make India one of the four countries in the world after Russia, US and China to launch a manned space flight...

  • Pakistan is currently reeling from a huge financial crisis.
  • The 5.9-magnitude quake jolted China's southwest Yunnan province on Saturday

    • Defence Day was traditionally observed on September 6 to commemorate the steadfast defence of the country in the 1965 war with India.

  • Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz died at the age of 68 in London on Tuesday.
  • Researchers are in the process of discovering the factors responsible for the production of antibodies that do not just fight one virus strain, but neutralises almost all known virus...

    • In a bid to make an organised effort to overcome the obstacles that lie before a human journey to Mars, NASA has decoded some hazards that astronauts can encounter on a continual basis...

  • At least 52 people died while more than 20 others got injured as a bus met with an accident near Kondagattu in Telangana.
  • Local BJP leaders had held a protest in front of the police against the incident of blackening of Modi's poster.

    • The fact-finding committee, constituted to probe the Bhima Koregaon violence, has submitted its report.

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • Italy sharply criticised new U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday after she announced she would send investigators to the country to check reports of racism and violence...
  • The leader of the Greek ruling coalition's junior partner said on Tuesday he would not back the government if a deal over Macedonia's name would come to parliament for a vote...

    • ANKARA: The head of Iran's armed forces demanded on Tuesday authorities in neighbouring Iraq hand over separatist Kurdish dissidents stationed there and close their bases, according...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • The cancer-stricken wife of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has died in London, her brother-in-law said on Tuesday.
  • A Thai-based film company has joined the scramble to retell the dramatic story of the 12 young footballers and their coach who were freed from a flooded cave, one of the producers said...

    • HONG KONG: Haidilao International Holding, one of China's most popular hotpot chains, is seeking to raise up to US$963 million in its Hong Kong initial public offering to fund its...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday Europe could face an existential crisis over nationalism unless it owned up to its failure to handle a fiscal crisis and deal with...
  • SINGAPORE: Most Southeast Asian stock markets ended lower on Tuesday, with Singapore hitting a one-and-a-half year low and Philippines extending losses to a fifth session amid...

    • Having found an ally in the south and an admirer in the east, Donald Trump's former political strategist Steve Bannon is now looking north for recruits in his crusade to undermine the...

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