Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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  • Government shutdowns and debt ceiling debacles reveal the need for smarter budget rules. The post There Will Be No End to Fiscal Chaos Without Better Budget Rules appeared first on...
  • Let’s talk about history, and about how the Framers responded to that history by establishing a careful constitutional structure that is totally at odds with the events of the day...

    • Expect more heated discussions, but no impending civil war. The post Political Tribalism Is Overstated appeared first on Niskanen Center.

  • In Frank v. Gaos, a class action-related case initiated by former CEI attorneys, the U.S. Supreme Court today decided to send the case back to the lower courts to address the plaintiffs’...
  • View Full Document as PDF Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) review of its carbon dioxide (CO2) performance standards for...

    • View Full Document as PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) hereby file these comments in this proceeding in connection...

  • We’re begging for an extension and seeking trade deals with the mighty Liechtenstein. Everything is fineAsk any country “what are you doing in nine days’ time?” and it would...
  • The PM’s insistence on a short Brexit extension confirms her as a broken reed and a prisoner of the hardline ERGNo matter how bad you think Theresa May is, she always manages to get...

    • Forget the parent protests. Children need to be taught that their identities are valid – and Andrea Leadsom needs to apologiseOne of the most dangerous and destructive things in...

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  • MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has just quit the Liberal caucus.
  • Spring arrives today with most of the county experiencing warmer weather but Environment Canada’s senior climatologist said we’re not out of the woods yet as snowfall could...

    • Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau kicked off his post-budget sales effort Wednesday, defending his Liberal government's strategy of investing in consumer confidence and...

  • Originally posted on The Next Grand Minimum: I am still studying this paper but wanted to share and get your feedback Executive Summary Over the last twenty years there has been good...
  • How does this work? The two massive stars in question are orbiting each other at a distance of 180 AU (astronomical units), six times greater than that of Neptune to the Sun. Each orbit...

    • As usual with these types of experiment, nothing can be assumed unless or until the tests of economic and industrial viability have been passed. They say the electrode ‘is able to...

  • The two of Saif Ali Khan's kids love the camera.
  • Naive idealism of the Independence movement and the Emergency era are now a thing of the past.

    • Modern psychology suffers from gaps, which the teachings of Vedanta address at a fundamental level.

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  • The new AirPods will be available to order through Apple authorised resellers later this spring, the company said.
  • The urban subscription increased from 666.28 million at the end of December 2018 to 672.91 million at the end of January 2019.

    • After the price cut the Poco F1 6 GB+ 128 GB will come at Rs 20,999, down from Rs 22,999.

  • While NASA did not identify a specific person, it confirmed that women are at the forefront of the US space agency's upcoming plans.
  • Up until the last decade, scientists thought the Moon was arid, with any water existing mainly as pockets of ice in permanently shaded craters near the poles...

    • The patient became the second man in the world to be cleared of AIDS virus.

  • The dialogue is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Pakistan in 2005.
  • The former army chief left for Dubai for medical treatment and has not returned since, citing security and health reasons.

    • The encroached lands were donated to the Kartarpur Sahib by devouts like late Maharaja Ranjeet Singh and others.

  • Without providing any evidence or details, Netanyahu said Iran had gleaned "sensitive information".
  • It ranked 156 countries according to things such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption...

    • The blast in Samjhauta Express occurred near Panipat in Haryana on February 18, 2007, when the train was on its way to Attari in Amritsar, the last railway station on the Indian side...

  • It is to be noted that Priyanka visited Varanasi on Wednesday during her three-day tour of Uttar Pradesh.
  • The incident occurred at Battal Balia area of Udhampur district.

    • "Government of India continues to actively follow up this matter with the authorities concerned in the UK, with a view to have Nirav Modi extradited to India at the earliest," said...

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  • ROME: Italy's Senate voted on Wednesday (Mar 20) to block the trial of far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly illegally confining migrants rescued at sea by an...
  • WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defence is proposing to pay for President Donald Trump's much-debated border wall by shifting funds away from projects that include US$1.2 billion...

    • SAINT-DENIS-DE-LA-REUNION, France: The highest ranking official on the French island of Reunion filed a legal suit against former film star and animal rights activist Brigitte...

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  • SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday (Mar 20) condemned "reckless" and "highly offensive" comments made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the wake...
  • WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Mar 20) that US tariffs on Chinese imports could remain in place for a "substantial period," dampening hopes that a new trade...

    • ALOR SETAR, Kedah: Despite a heatwave alert, rice farmers in Kedah are not fretting. Padi farmers like Shukri Osman, 36 and Sharun Mat Isa, 30, of Kampong Tepi Laut in Kedah, took...

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  • ROME: Italy's Senate voted on Wednesday (Mar 20) to block the trial of far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly illegally confining migrants rescued at sea by an...
  • WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defence is proposing to pay for President Donald Trump's much-debated border wall by shifting funds away from projects that include US$1.2 billion...

    • A Lithuanian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to defraud Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google out of more than US$100 million...

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