Monday, February 11, 2019

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  Niskanen Center



  • A carbon tax can be as powerful a tool as Green New Dealers are willing to make it. In fact, it should be the centerpiece of a GND package. The post A Carbon Tax Should Be the Centerpiece...
  • American government is failing because it preempts the active intelligence and moral judgments of people on the ground. The post How Distrust Breeds Dysfunction appeared first...

    • For all those whose interest in the work of the Niskanen Center has been piqued in recent months, I hope this essay helps to dispel understandable confusion over what we’re up to...

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • As the partial government shutdown began in late December, the Department of Transportation published a request for comments on how DOT should approach vehicle-to-everything...
  • The Competitive Enterprise Institute advocates abolishing antitrust laws. Antitrust restricts the rights of individuals to determine with whom and under what circumstances...

    • Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released a legislative outline of the so-called “Green New Deal.” Director of CEI’s Center for Energy...

  • To a conservative mind, socialism is getting something for nothing. Yet this is what the president promotes for the wealthy“America will never be a socialist country,” Donald...
  • The prime minister has given Labour an ultimatum. Now Jeremy Corbyn must respond by demanding a people’s voteIn a strange new twist, Theresa May has replied to Labour’s suggestions...

    • In an age when speed is everything, watching Joanna Lumley tell plodding jokes on a two-hour delay is no one’s idea of funDeja vu is a common complaint during awards season. The same...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner is launching an investigation into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or anyone in his office tried to have former justice minister...
  • Toronto police are investigating a video of a woman throwing a chair off a downtown balcony after it was shared thousands of times on social media.

    • The RCMP say they've dismantled an international money laundering operation with a series of arrests in Quebec and Ontario today.

  • The Sun continues to pose questions for scientists, such as the way solar cycle variability works and the surprisingly intense heat of its corona, compared to its surface. A team of...
  • Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: The Lords sleaze watchdog has launched a formal investigation into claims that John Selwyn Gummer failed to declaremore...

    • Yes it’s winter, but this is way beyond normal weather for this region as CBS News reports. Some areas around Seattle received more than 10 inches of snow Saturday, the most in 70 years...

  • Sonam's self-awareness has helped her take more risks than Deepika Padukone or Anushka Sharma.
  • It is a new and sexually liberated India, say those bringing lesbian stories to the screen.

    • Anand Sharma's threat to investigating agencies is selective amnesia on all the ways the Congress has abused them.

  • The company showed this upcoming AR feature at its annual developer conference Google I/O in 2018.
  • Nearly 80 per cent of the launches with latest OS version had Android 8.1 (Oreo) pre-loaded when shipped for sale.

    • The phone comes with a 6.26-inch Notch FullView Display with a 19:9 screen ratio.

  • The storm appeared during the planet's southern summer, the fourth and latest mysterious dark vortex captured by Hubble since 1993.
  • The experts have chosen Himalayan Griffon or Himalayan vulture, a surrogate species for this soft release.

    • The team is not exactly sure why the satellites have gone silent.

  • The suspects will be produced before the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate's Court today.
  • Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, is the elder sister of Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

    • Kazakhstan is scheduled to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections next year.

  • Theresa May will make a statement to parliament on Tuesday setting out what progress she has made in talks with Brussels.
  • Negotiations broke down during the weekend over funding for immigrant detention beds and physical barriers that would be funded along the US-Mexico border...

    • On Feb 11, 1979, Iran`s army declared its neutrality, paving the way for the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the United States` closest ally in the Middle East. ...

  • The Indian Air Force's (IAF) MiG-27 will showcase its ground attack capabilities at the Vayushakti 2019 exercise on February 16.
  • The CAG report will be tabled on Tuesday, a day before the end of the present Lok Sabha session.

    • The MiG-27 upgrade is a very potent air to ground strike aircraft, which is capable of carrying a variety of armament loads comprising of bombs, rockets & front guns...

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • Hungary, Russia's closest friend within the European Union, agreed with Pompeo to seek closer defence ties and cast itself as a natural ally for President Donald Trump's brand of...
  • "Yellow vest" protesters are more likely to believe conspiracy theories than other French people, according to a survey published on Monday (Feb 11).

    • The EU's chief Brexit negotiator said on Monday (Feb 11) British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's plan to revive European divorce talks was "interesting", but he was awaiting new...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • BANGKOK: Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi left Thailand on Tuesday (Feb 12) after Bangkok dropped extradition proceedings against him at Bahrain's request, ending a two-month...
  • PENANG: Two handguns, a grenade and 349 live bullets were found by Malaysian authorities on Monday (Feb 11) during a second raid of a house believed to be a drug laboratory.  The...

    • KUALA LUMPUR: The wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will apply to suspend the proceedings of a lawsuit filed against her by Lebanese jewellery company Global...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Paris St Germain coach Thomas Tuchel confirmed that the club's record scorer Edinson Cavani will miss Tuesday's Champions League match away to Manchester United...
  • Hungary, Russia's closest friend within the European Union, agreed with Pompeo to seek closer defence ties and cast itself as a natural ally for President Donald Trump's brand of...

  • BUDAPEST: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned U.S. allies on Monday against deploying equipment from Chinese telecoms gear manufacturer Huawei on their soil, saying it would...

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