Thursday, August 08, 2019

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  Niskanen Center



  • The GOP’s long-term future likely depends on its ability to reinvent itself as a big-tent party. The post When will Republicans face demographic reality? appeared first on Niskanen...
  • But an administration that is less interested in governing than in punishing, detaining, deporting, and above all getting away with things doesn’t seem to much care about signs...

    • The University of Alaska is facing a staggering 41% cut to its budget, despite the role research universities play in regional economic development. The post Alaska’s University...

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • President Trump’s campaign has raised nearly half a million dollars in a matter of weeks selling plastic straws with “Trump” emblazed on each one. They fetch $15 for a package...
  • According to a new Politico report, the White House is considering an executive order to “address allegations of anti-conservative bias by social media companies.” CEI research...

    • Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, thinks it’s fine that your new dishwasher takes more than 2 hours to complete a cycle — we think consumers should decide. Thanks to federal efficiency...

  • The threat of a no-deal Brexit has sent the pound plummeting. The British people must be given a chance to halt itAs our currency plummeted last week, politicians were remarkably quiet...
  • In its crucial land and climate report, the IPCC irresponsibly understates the true carbon cost of our meat and dairy habitsIt’s a tragic missed opportunity. The new report on land...

    • A lot of young men seem to be lost and disenfranchised, but only the likes of Jordan Peterson are engaging with themA horrific act of violence takes several innocent lives, a frantic...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • Following the RCMP’s announcement that they believe they have found the bodies of the two young murder suspects from British Columbia, many questions remain about the case that...
  • Canada's ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton is resigning at the end of August, sources tell CTV News.

    • Jesse Thistle has overcome personal trauma, homelessness and addiction to become a published author and rising Indigenous scholar.

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • More of the usual propaganda about ‘human-induced climate change’. Not mentioned is the fact that most of their so-called ‘greenhouse gas’ is water vapour, which has little...
  • It had to happen, didn’t it? ‘Project Fear’ merchants love to cite climate change and Brexit, so for them combining the two into yet another disaster rant is better still. Cue...

    • H/T Climate Change Dispatch In which a scientific project gets dropped, or ignored, when it fails to produce the expected or hoped-for incriminating ‘climate change’ related...
    • The two of Saif Ali Khan's kids love the camera.

    Zee News :Technology News



  • The recent research by IIT-M and NIOT, is being funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, and focuses on improving the devices and machines used for wave energy harvesting...
  • According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the aim was to empower people when it comes to multi-device productivity and "Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Book S are such devices of the future"...

    • Early this week, Japan promulgated a revised Bill to remove South Korea from its 'whitelist' of trusted trading partners, following the July 4 export control measures on three materials...

  • Pointing to measures to curb the pollution, Jaipur Mayor Vishnu Lata said, "We have decided to plant 50,000 trees and run electric buses in the city to arrest the rising level of pollution...
  • "Governments challenged the IPCC to take the first ever comprehensive look at the whole land-climate system. We did this through many contributions from experts and governments...

    • Scientists and engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are developing a way to make use of the mass on board the Orion spacecraft to protect the crew who venture into deep space...

  • Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claiming that abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir violated the UNSC...
  • Pakistan has suspended Samjhauta Express services - one more jittery move in response to India revoking Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

    • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged lawmakers to support an October 31 Brexit, saying they had promised to honour the result of the country`s 2016 decision to leave the European...

  • Operations at the Kerala's Cochin International Airport have been suspended till August 11 due to incessant rains in Kerala which have caused severe waterlogging and flood-like...
  • The move comes days after the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370, Article 35A and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs)...

    • "There was a time when Kashmir was the favourite destination of Bollywood filmmakers, I am confident that in future even international films will be shot there."...

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • It may not sound like the best way to go incognito, but some species of shark that lurk on the ocean floor glow a bright green hue visible to others of their kind...
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will meet with senior South Korean leaders on Friday, amid a series of regional challenges ranging from tensions between Seoul and Tokyo to how much...

    • SAO PAULO: Prosecutors in Brazil said on Thursday (Aug 8) they agree with a police finding that there is not enough evidence to prove rape allegations against Neymar and have asked...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • SHANGHAI: China's weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday (Aug 9) as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast. The National Meteorological...
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will meet with senior South Korean leaders on Friday, amid a series of regional challenges ranging from tensions between Seoul and Tokyo to how much...

    • Tourist activities and land reclamation projects have made it hard for the endangered hawksbill turtle to nest along the coastline facing the Straits of Malacca...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Howard Webb has more experience than most of officiating top flight football matches and his stint in North America's Major League Soccer has convinced him that Video Assistant Referees...
  • The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday proposed changing the rules governing how publicly-traded companies disclose business, legal, and risk factors in regulatory...



  • SHANGHAI: China's weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday (Aug 9) as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast. The National Meteorological...

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