Saturday, June 27, 2020

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Competitive Enterprise Institute

  • The Senate Judiciary Committee today will mark up S. 3398, the EARN IT Act, a bill that would condition Section 230 protections for tech companies on yet-to-be written regulations...
  • Proponents of net neutrality regulations promised dire consequences for Internet user experience if the Obama-era rules were repealed, but time has shown their predictions to...
    • View Full Document as PDF Congress should eliminate the looming threat of net neutrality regulations to Internet service providers (ISPs). Regulation deters investment and the...
  • Under better circumstances, statements as glib, incoherent, and divisive as those put out by the Claremont Institute would not need to take up anyone’s time. The post A Reply to...
  • As the November elections near, Rachel Bitecofer, Kristie De Peña, and Geoff Kabaservice discuss changes to election processes, predictions in contested states and districts...
    • The low admissions totals can’t just be considered a result of COVID-19 suspensions. President Trump limited resettlement to just 18,000 slots this year — the lowest ever. And...
  • The crushing impact of Covid-19 means the chancellor must act quickly and imaginatively to create jobs and encourage growthWhen a crisis hits, effective governments do two things...
  • The ‘gobocracy’ that surrounds the PM is capable of doing Russia’s work for itAs Boris Johnson is leading Britain’s first government of pundits, “a gobocracy”, if you...
    • Daria Morgendorffer’s buddy Jodie grows up, thanks to the Black-ish starIt has been quite the week for 90s nostalgia. An acoustic guitar belonging to Kurt Cobain, used for Nirvana’s...

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  • European Union envoys are close to finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe again, possibly from late next week, EU diplomats confirmed Saturday...
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that Canada will contribute $300 million towards the international effort to battle COVID-19.
    • Ontario has extended the emergency orders put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 for another 10 days.

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  • The title of the study cited in this report gives us the clue: ‘Meridional flow in the Sun’s convection zone is a single cell in each hemisphere’. The full cycle takes about 22...
  • June 25, 2020 By Robin Horsley DAVOS, is the small town, nestled high in the Swiss Alps, widely known for hosting the annual conference of global business-people, world leaders, activists...
    • Utterly misguided and spineless UK Govt. decision.
  • Notably, the new restrictions apply only to advertisements and will not affect posts without paid promotion.
  • Global cyber security firm Symantec has uncovered attacks against 31 organizations to date, all of which were located in the US.
    • Sony has partnered leading security platform HackerOne to help run this bug bounty programme.
  • NASA said that the astronauts exploring on the Moon will need a smaller, lighter, simpler toilet inside their lunar lander, because every ounce of mass on the lander is carefully allocated...
  • "These new multi-wavelength Hubble observations provide the most comprehensive view to date of both of these spectacular nebulas. As I was downloading the resulting images, I felt...
    • Today (June 8) is celebrated as World Oceans Day across the world to remind the people about the importance of the role played by oceans in the lives of human beings...
  • Sri Lanka is also set to open its airports on August 1 for foreign tourists with strict health guidelines in place.
  • The UN experts have also communicated about the alleged sexual harassment and assault of women protesters in police stations and the alleged harassment of health care workers...

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