9 October - iG Tab - 9

 

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Fiscal sentiment and the Great Recession

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• Glenn C. Loury – Preserving the American Project: The Bias Narrative vs. the Development Narrative

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• Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the wake of COVID: Eric Leeper

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TARPLEY.net

• Trump forces seen preparing creeping coup against US Constitution!

  Biden calls for patience to pass bipartisan infrastructure bill; Reconciliation bill likely to shrink below $3.5tr target; Neocons scare liberals with defeatist putsch scenarios, but forget Trump lacks magical powers; Government shutdown...

  7 days ago

• Arizona election fraudit by cyber-nimrods ends in humiliating fiasco

  Arizona election fraudit by cyber-nimrods ends in humiliating fiasco for MAGAts, confirming Biden win; On orders from Trump, Texas launches own fraudit; Pennsylvania GOP wants to intimidate all voters; Trump sponsors puppet secretaries...

  14 days ago

• California shows US future once again!

  Newsom’s landslide win in California recall marks failure for GOP‘s anti-social ”health freedom” demagogy: Silent Majority of Vaccinated emerges despite media focus on loudmouth rejection front; Time for Dems to take gloves...

  21 days ago

Sustainable Pulse

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  Switzerland Extends its GMO Ban Explicitly Covering Gene-Editing

  The Swiss National Council (lower house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the parliament of Switzerland) has extended the moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified plants in agriculture by another four years until the end of...

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  Don’t Call Mother Nature a Sink!

  Guilty! Many of us in the regenerative agriculture movement describe the world’s soils as a “sink” into which excess atmospheric carbon can be stored, and we’ve been wrong. That mistake has diminished the appeal of our concepts and...

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  Protests Around the World Target Global Corporate Food Empire

  Street and online people’s protests against the ‘global corporate food empire’ greeted the opening of the UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS), as the Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems launched a Global Day of Action on the third...

  16 days ago

sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 279 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 269 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 267 – 2021

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• A Striking Paradox: The U.S. Engages Taliban But Isolates Myanmar

  Naypyitaw’s generals treated as bigger threat than the terrorists controlling Kabul Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia No sooner had the Taliban completed their lightning-quick conquest of Afghanistan than U.S. Secretary of State Antony...

  8 days ago

• Biden rewards Xi’s hostage diplomacy

  BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Globe and Mail There is an old Chinese idiom: “Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.” And in the political crossfire between Washington and Beijing over the 2018 Canadian arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on...

  9 days ago

• A Crippling Blow to the Global War on Terror

  The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the greatest jihadist victory in modern times, will give rise to a terrorist super-state that serves as a magnet for violent Islamists from around the world. The US-led global war on terror, which...

  18 days ago

• Anybody remember the putative justification for U.S. forces in Vietnam ? 'Global war of terror'

• seems to have generated its own 'Domino Theory'

Ramani's blog

• Shiva Temple Arizona US 10,000 Years Old Study By NATURE

  Now I have come across a research article in Nature and I am reproducing except from the expedition undertaken. The Shiva temple is dated at least 10,000 ago.

  7 days ago

• Navantika Ancient Indian Medical Text On Drugs In Oxford

  One important point is to find out where the ancient texts are now . One must remember that most of Indian philosophy,nay nearly all of it, has been transmitted orally since five thousand years ago.We should thank our ancestors for their foresight...

  7 days ago

• Best Probiotic For Gut , Immunity Recepie Saar Theertham, Nutritionists

  This water is called Saar Theertham, Essence of Rice and Water.This used to be consumed daily in Our homes daily.We eat the rice, which we have kept aside from the water with Pickles preferably,Tender mango,மாவடு. This is called...

  a month ago

Diane Ravitch's blog

• FBI Will Investigate Violent Threats Against Educators and School Boards

  James Harvey, leader of the National Superintendents Roundtable, reported that federal authorities will investigate violent threats made against school personnel and school boards in response to mask mandates. Stories in the Washington...

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• New Hampshire: Rabid Protestors Attack Democracy

  It’s happening across the nation: Angry anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are undermining democracy, science, and civil society. They are disrupting school board meetings, town council meetings, any gathering where a loud minority can...

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• Texas: The District Needed Funding for More Schools. Instead, the Commissioner Opened More Charter Schools

  Enrollments in the Cleveland Independent School District in Texas was growing rapidly. Voters passed bond issues, but it wasn’t enough. The superindent turned to the state for help. Sadly, Governor Gregg Abbott and his hand-picked State...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• Drax’s renewable energy plant is UK’s biggest CO2 emitter, analysis claims

  By Paul Homewood . h/t Robin Guenier . A government-subsidised renewable energy plant run by Drax is the biggest single source of carbon dioxide in the UK, according to new analysis shared exclusively with Sky News. Drax’s Yorkshire power...

  19 hours ago

• Met Office Forecast Wetter/Drier & Colder/Warmer Winters

  By Paul Homewood TAKE 2! . . . THEN: . . . . . AND NOW: . Has anybody at the Met Office got a clue what they are doing?

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• Shell’s Jackdaw Gas Field Refused Permission

  By Paul Homewood This really is insanity with skates on! According to media reports, the UK government’s Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) had refused permission for Royal Dutch Shell to further...

  20 hours ago

NoTricksZone

• Leading German Legal Scholar: Freedom In Exchange For Vaccination “Unconstitutional…Violates Fundamental Rights”

  Legal opinion: “Unconstitutionality of indirect COVID-19 vaccination requirements“. Rules indirectly mandating vaccinations in exchange for freedom violates Germany’s Fundamental Constitutional Law, expert legal scholar...

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• Antarctic Temperatures Were ‘Up To 5°C Above Modern’ From 12,000–2,000 Years BP

  A new study indicates that from 4,000 years ago until as recently as 1,500 years ago, or when CO2 levels ranged between 255 and 270 ppm, lake levels in Antarctica were as high as 60 meters above today’s levels. This coincided with “warmer-than-modern...

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• Have Scientists Ignored 11.7 TRILLION Tons Of Sequestered Carbon? (45 Times Man’s Addition)

  CO2 and climate change – some fundamental contradictions By Fred F. Mueller Politicians, scientists of all disciplines, the media and big money tell us CO2 acts as a “greenhouse gas” trapping heat inside the atmosphere and that the...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Answer Sheet: Florida Says It’s Ending Year-End, High-Stakes Standardized Testing. Here’s What It’s Really Doing.

  Answer Sheet: Florida Says It’s Ending Year-End, High-Stakes Standardized Testing. Here’s What It’s Really Doing. Strange things happen routinely in Florida — but nobody saw this one coming: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced...

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  The Conversation: Why Charter Schools Are Not as ‘Public’ as They Claim To Be

  The Conversation: Why Charter Schools Are Not as ‘Public’ as They Claim To Be Proponents of charter schools insist that they are public schools “open to all students.” But the truth is more nuanced. As an education policy researcher –...

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  Code Acts in Education: Nudging Assets

  Code Acts in Education: Nudging Assets The acquisition of learning management system Blackboard has opened up opportunities for the new company to generate value from integrating data and nudging student behaviour. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Conceived in Liberty: Season 2, Episode 1 – Victor Davis Hanson

  Conceived in Liberty: Season 2, Episode 1 – Victor Davis Hanson from Ben Hannemann on Vimeo.

  2 months ago

• American Armageddon

  Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Americans are growing angrier by the day in a way different from prior sagebrush revolts such as the 1960s Silent Majority or Tea Party furor of over a decade ago. The rage at the current status quo this...

  2 months ago

• The Great Leftist Bully Boy Hope

  By any empirical measure, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proven utterly disingenuous, and far more so than average politicians. Unlike other political mediocrities, his inanities have led to roughly 13,000 unnecessary deaths or more...

  2 months ago

The Moderate Voice

• McConnell says Republicans will not again aid Democrats in raising debt limit

  Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One day after the Senate approved a temporary lift to the U.S. debt ceiling, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden that he would not aid Democrats again...

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• WHO announces historic first vaccine against malaria, a potential boon for African children

  A historic advance has occurred in the centuries-long fight against malaria, a mosquito-borne life-threatening disease that kills nearly 300,000 children under 5 years of age and is a health risk for almost half the world’s population...

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• Congress set to consider deal extending debt ceiling until December

  Published by NJ.com WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders edged back Wednesday from a perilous standoff over lifting the nation’s borrowing cap, with Democratic senators signaling they were receptive to an offer from Senate...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Is the revolving door a moderating force on politicians?

  Board appointments represent highly lucrative career trajectories for former politicians. We investigate which types of legislators are more likely to gain board service. Leveraging comprehensive data on the board service of former...

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• Servers are masked, the elites are unmasked

  That is the main topic of my latest Bloomberg column.  Here is one bit: Even if the attendees are wearing masks at the beginning, the masks come off once they start wining and dining — and they usually don’t go back on. Isn’t this a sign that...

  7 hours ago

• ChessCoach

  ChessCoach is a neural network-based chess engine capable of natural-language commentary. Via Zach Valenta. The post ChessCoach appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• Denis Smith: If We Lose Public Schools, We Lose Our Democracy

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Denis Smith worked for many years in the Ohio State Department of Education, finishing his career in the Office of Charter Schools. He writes in the Ohio Capital Journal about the existential threat…...

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• The End of the Forever War, leaving Afghanistan in 2021

  I’m a former U.S. Marine and was sent to Vietnam in late 1965. I returned home to the states in December 1966. At the end of the Vietnam War, according to History.com, about 7,000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various … Continue...

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• George Washington Was First to Mandate Vaccinations

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: To all those patriots out there who are “resisting” mandates for vaccines and masks, please read this. George Washington was not only “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts…...

  a month ago

MintPress News

• Academic David Miller Speaks Out Following Firing & Israel Lobby Smear Campaign

  Ironically, Miller’s book, “Bad News for Labour: Anti-Semitism, the Party and Public Belief,” detailed how bogus charges of anti-Semitism were weaponized against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in order to defame and destroy...

  18 hours ago

• Watch Trailer For Another Vision: Inside Haiti’s Uprising

  Another Vision: Inside Haiti’s Uprising portrays a revolution brewing in the slums of Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Filmed throughout multiple visits to the island nation, the documentary tells the story of the “Revolutionary...

  19 hours ago

• Chris Hedges: The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State

  Imprisoning the David to Chevron's Goliath is the latest outrage by a US judiciary now engineered to always favor the interests of capital. The post Chris Hedges: The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State appeared first on MintPress...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 09-10-2021

  Lateral flow tests: Health chiefs probe 'high number' of positive rapid Covid tests followed by negative PCRs(tags:pandemic weird )Edinburgh's former Royal High school: Lease granted for music school trust(tags:edinburgh school history...

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  Interesting Links for 08-10-2021

  World's largest floating wind farm planned off Dounreay in Scotland(tags:windpower scotland sea )When art is drawn from life, who owns it, and who can write about it?(tags:art organdonor viaSwampers writing intellectual_property )Worst...

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  Interesting Links for 07-10-2021

  JCVI facing calls from within for greater transparency over decision-making(tags:vaccination children UK )Boris Johnson's social care plan will require big council tax rises(tags:tax care uk )PM's 'high wage' vision blasted as economically...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• The Social Dilemma

  I watched “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix the other day. It was a very compelling show, semi-documentary style, that is, it was mostly documentary but they did have sort of a story woven through it, a sort of a dramatic … Continue reading...

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• Two Events

  We got to the Daniela Šafránková’s vernissage right on time, which is a very un-Prague thing to do, for most scheduled events it is standard to arrive about a half hour late and you’re still the first one there. Well, … Continue reading...

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• First Blog of the Day

  I didn’t write a blog last night, because I was binge watching Voyager, including the unimatrix zero episodes, which I definitely consider a highlight, perhaps the highlight of the series, and then I sat down at the computer and got … Continue...

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9 October - iG Tab - 8

 

Have You Heard

• A Mind at Work: Remembering Mike Rose

  Tweet#122 A Mind at Work: Remembering Mike Rose In this special episode, Have You Heard remembers the extraordinary Mike Rose. Special guests Erika Kitzmiller, Janelle Scott, Chris Buttimer, Michael Moses and Rema Reynolds help us recall...

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• History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing

  Tweet#121 History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing The claim that standardized testing has racist – even eugenicist – roots is oft repeated these days. But is it true? In an episode guaranteed to please no one, friend of...

  15 days ago

• How Pronouns Became Landmines: The Conservative War on Trans Youth

  TweetThe culture wars found a new target in 2021: trans youth. More than 100 laws were proposed to restrict the rights of trans individuals, especially kids. In this episode of Have You Heard, we’re joined by teacher, trans activist and co-host...

  a month ago

Chicago Boyz

• Recent Reading

  Four mini-reviews in this batch: —Splendid Solution, by Jeffrey Kluger —Red Plenty, Francis Spufford —Instruments of Darkness, Alfred Price —The Scarlet Thread, Mandy Rice-Davies Splendid Solution is about the development...

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• The “Green Agenda” is already killing the energy industry.

  Recently, we have read of energy shortfalls in Germany, the UK and even China. The Chinese energy problems may be contributing to the supply chain issues. What all these stories have in common, with the possible exception of China, is the “Green...

  2 days ago

• Industrial Distribution Update

  For those not familiar, I own an HVAC distributor, and HVAC distribution is a subset of industrial distribution. Every few months or so during covid I have been putting up a post describing what is going on in my little slice of the world. Time...

  4 days ago

Centinel2012

• THE REAL EVENT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN – MAX IGAN

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• The Real Con

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Conspiracy Re-Posted Oct 8, 2021 by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Hi Mr. Armstrong, Been reading you for a very long time. You are very insightful. One thing I have to admit is that the Powers That Be (WEF, etc.) did...

  18 hours ago

• The Immigration Crisis is Intended to Change Politics Terminating Republican Opposition

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Immigration Re-Posted Oct 8, 2021 by Martin Armstrong The Biden Administration is deliberately trying to allow illegal aliens in and it is intended to grant them residency and then voting rights before the Nov 2022...

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The BRAD BLOG

• U.S. Media Still Downplaying Trump, GOP's Clear and Present Threat to American Democracy:  'BradCast' 10/8/2021

  After five years of underestimating Donald Trump, and nearly a full year since he tried to steal the 2020 election, you'd think the media would "get it" by now. But, according to our guest on today's BradCast, the national press is still under-appreciating...

  11 hours ago

• Trump Didn't Try to 'Subvert Results', He Tried to STEAL the 2020 Election!: 'BradCast' 10/7/2021

  Way back in January, we reported on "How Trump Attempted to Use DoJ to Steal the Election". Why do our nation's corporate media outlets, all these months later, still have so much difficulty reporting it as such, despite the growing mountain...

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• 'Green News Report' - October 7, 2021

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Ship's anchor appears to have caused devastating Southern California oil spill; Fossil fuel industry receives $11 million in government subsidies every minute, new report finds; PLUS: Pennsylvania Attorney General...

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bluebird of bitterness

• Friday chuckles — zoological edition

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• Friday happy dance

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• Find the acorn!

  An acorn lurks among the fallen leaves. See if you can find it. The solution will be posted in the comment section later today.

  2 days ago

BlackListed News

• Tokyo jolted by strongest earthquake since 2011 disaster

  Tokyo and surrounding prefectures were jolted by a strong earthquake on Thursday night, leaving more than 20 people injured and bringing the strongest shaking to the capital’s central wards since the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster...

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• Pfizer Whistleblower Leaks Execs Emails: ‘We Want to Avoid Having Info on Fetal Cells Out There'

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• Arlington School Shooter Released On Bail, Parties At Home As Victims Remain Hospitalized

  The teenage gunman who opened fire in an Arlington, Texas, school on Wednesday celebrated at home after being released on a $75,000 bond while his victims, a 15-year-old boy and a 25-year-old teacher, remained in the hospital, one of them clinging...

  a day ago

Research Digest

• Only Children Are No More Selfish Than Those With Siblings

  By Emma Young. But study also finds no evidence that only children are any more altruistic.

  2 days ago

• Language Proficiency Can Determine How Similarly First And Second Languages Are Represented In The Brain

  By Emma L. Barratt. Study shows that individual differences can dictate language representations within the brains of bilinguals.

  3 days ago

• “Zoom Fatigue” Disproportionately Affects Women And New Hires

  By Emily Reynolds. A one-size-fits-all approach to combatting video call burnout may not work for everyone.

  4 days ago

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Is This the End of Switzerland’s Chimney Sweep 'Mafia'?

  Imagine opening your front door, still in your pajamas, on a frosty Swiss morning, only to find a man dressed entirely in black staring back at you. Charcoal trousers, top hat, and boots, a little broom and dustpan peeking out of his bag. He waves...

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  New to Gastro Obscura? Start Here!

  So you've heard about Gastro Obscura—maybe thanks to our new book—and you're wondering what it's all about. Well, you're in the right place. Gastro Obscura is run by a team within Atlas Obscura of food-obsessed writers, editors, trip...

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  Ungurmuiža Manor in Ungurmuiža, Latvia

  Initially, this estate was owned by Baron von Ungern, hence the name Ungurmuiža. Later property rights were bought by Landrat Johann Baltazar von Kampenhausen who ordered to rearrange and built the mansion house that we know today. Works...

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Accidental Deliberations

• Musical interlude

  Raye & Rudimental - Regardless

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• Friday Morning Links

  Assorted content to end your week.- Thomas Saunders discusses how COVID-19 transmission through schools is resulting in effectively a separate epidemic among children and parents. Kathy Eagar offers a reminder of the dangers of recklessly...

  20 hours ago

• Thursday Morning Links

  This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carrie Tait reports on the spate of readmissions of COVID-19 patients to Alberta hospitals, while Zak Vescera points out the large number of Saskatchewan diagnoses happening only in hospital as...

  2 days ago

9 October - iG Tab - 7 - MSM

WIRED

• What Far Cry 6 Gets Wrong About Cuba

  The devs tried to engage with the complex politics of revolution. But the game falls into the same, tired traps.

  an hour ago

• How to Build Your Online Support System

  Whether you need mental health resources or just new friends, these tips can help you find your people.

  an hour ago

• The 15 Best Weekend Deals on Games, Storage, and an Escooter

  Whether you want to save time on grocery runs or need a new phone, there’s a discount here for you.

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NYT > Home Page

• U.S. and China Enter Dangerous Territory Over Taiwan

  The self-ruled island has moved to the heart of deepening discord and rivalry between the two superpowers, with the potential to ignite military conflagration and reshape the regional order.

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• Benefits for All or Just the Needy? Manchin’s Demand Focuses Debate

  As Democrats ponder cutting a $3.5 trillion social safety net bill down to perhaps $2 trillion, a proposal to limit programs to the poor has rekindled a debate on the meaning of government itself.

  13 hours ago

• Kyrsten Sinema Wants to Cut $100 Billion in Proposed Climate Funds, Sources Say

  The Arizona senator, who started in politics as an environmentalist, is one of two centrist Democrats who could make or break a spending bill at the center of President Biden’s legislative agenda.

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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

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  SC imposes cost of Rs 5,000 on woman for plea against demolition of 'Corona Mata' temple

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  Amit Shah to visit Uttarakhand on Oct 16, 17 to discuss upcoming assembly polls: Sources

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• Centre failed to protect people in J&K, alleges Congress leader

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BBC News - UK

• Aberporth Village Hall: Memories from 90 years of events

  Set for demolition, the old building housed 90 years of plays, eisteddfodau, fairs and films.

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• James Bond actor Daniel Craig gives £10k to 'Three Dads Walking'

  Three fathers doing a charity walk receive a donation from film star Daniel Craig as they set out.

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• Sarah Everard: BT 888 phone service floated to protect lone women

  The service would track users and trigger an alert if they did not reach their destination.

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