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  Niskanen Center




  • As long as Trump continues to view trading relationships as a zero-sum game and a politically popular target, the United States is likely to become less secure as a result of a weaker...
  • Congress can amend the Constitution, or (arguably) the statute alone, the Supreme Court can re-interpret the Fourteenth Amendment in a different light, but President Trump cannot...

    • Court decisions have opened the floodgates to more unlimited & anonymous contributions through new funding vehicles. How much is that changing our politics? The post How Campaign...


  • View Full Document as PDF Antitrust has long represented one of the federal government’s most substantial and, in some cases, problematic interventions into the free market...
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow John Berlau expressed CEI’s support for President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection: “The...

    • The Environmental Protection Agency today released a proposed replacement for the Obama Administration’s “Clean Power Plan,” which was finalized in August of 2015. CEI...


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      Opinion | The Guardian




  • Squeezed between Brexiteer and Corbynite tribes, a true national conversation seems impossible. But there is a way forwardThe autumn is coming, though it might be better to adopt...
  • The president cares little about South Africa. He is issuing a clarion call to US white supremacist votersThe best populist leaders are those who manage to appeal to stirring themes...

    • When politics most needs an antidote to absolute certainty, the Labour leader’s remarks about Zionists are the ultimate ironyAs so often, the late Christopher Hitchens put it...


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      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS




  • A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament as it was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing two people and then fatally shooting himself in a rampage that...
  • Police in Saskatchewan are asking the public for help finding a missing boy whose mother was found dead Saturday on a beach.

    • Brooke Henderson has won the CP Women's Open.


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      Tallbloke's Talkshop




  • Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: Australia’s renewable energy policy has just imploded and, with it, the set-in-stone ‘certainty’ craved by renewable energy rent...
  • These are extracts from an ESA article. In 1954 British science-fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke wrote to Wexler promoting satellite ideas. In 1960 after years of work and lobbying...

    • The author paints a bleak picture: ‘Hundreds of new car models chasing only five percent of the market is a recipe for financial debacle.’ High prices don’t help either. H/T...
    • Auto makers are in a tough position. Demand for electric cars is small, but governments intend to force auto firms to convert their car lines to electrics.
    • Look for big auto company electric car losses and a growing resale market for traditional gasoline and diesel vehicles.
    • "UBS analysts estimate that General Motors loses $7,000 on every one of its new Bolt battery electric cars. The Bolt battery pack costs about $10,000‒$12,000, or up to one-third of the Bolt price tag. Daimler, Peugeot, Honda, and other auto makers warn of looming electric car losses."


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  • Australia has a new Prime Minister and a new Treasurer.  Perhaps it is wishful on Spartacus’ part, but can we please have a new fiscal mindset. Beyond a doubt the thing that sh*ts...
  • This is the agenda for the new government. 1) Balanced Budgets, Easing of Business Regulations and a Sharp Reduction in Public Spending Modern macro, that teaches that spending...

    • Lost in the noise of Prime Ministerial “succession” matters in Canberra last week, there was another “succession” event that occurred; the unexpected and early departure...


  • The Pakistanis simply laid a bait, and Sidhu accepted it.
  • If she manages to play the Rani of Jhansi, she would have succeeded where others like Vyjanthimala, Hema Malini, Raakhee Gulzar and Sushmita Sen could only dream of...

    • Successive Pakistani prime ministers have failed or have been too afraid to take on the military-ISI establishment.


  • Over the past few months, fake messages circulating on WhatsApp have incited incidents of mob fury across parts of India.
  • The 10.or D2 comes with a 5.45 inch HD+ screen and an 18:9 display.

    • Google on Monday dedicated a doodle to Australian cricketer Don Bradman on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary.


  • Moderate cycling for four or more hours per week cut risk for recurrent heart attack by 31 per cent.
  • An analysis revealed that in Armenia, Indonesia, Jordan, Bangladesh and Nepal more than 50% of pregnant women reported exposure to household secondhand smoke...

    • CT scans are sometimes used to identify conditions associated with an increased tumour risk.


  • Construction works, legal and illegal mining, as well as the unregulated cutting of hills, caused most of the human-induced landslides.
  • Called the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), the mission is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on September 15...

    • The summer monsoon is a regular feature this time of year in India, and it can bring heavy rains to the region. However, periodically areas of low pressure can form within the general...


  • In his maiden speech after taking over as Pakistan's PM, the PTI chief said they want to improve ties with all their neighbours, on their foreign policy...
  • Imran Khan's speech is likely to focus on tackling rampant corruption and the current economic crisis.

    • Sidhu, who had claimed that he will visit Pakistan as a 'goodwill ambassador', was in Pakistan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of PTI chief Imran Khan...


  • Hilarious theories went viral following Trump's glaring goof-up.
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping has accrued more power than any of his immediate predecessors and has intensified efforts to ensure cadres are loyal, disciplined, upright and honest...

    • The talks will be the first official engagement between India and Pakistan since Imran Khan became Prime Minister on August 18.


  • Major Gogoi was detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police from a hotel with a woman on May 23 this year.
  • The highest number of vacancies have been announced for the Nursing Office.

    • Apart from Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Assam too have suffered significantly.


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      Channel NewsAsia World News




  • The daughter of an anaesthetist accused of gassing his wife and another daughter to death using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide described her dead sister as her "soulmate"...
  • KABUL: A Tajik or Russian aircraft bombed a northeastern Afghan border district during a clash between gunmen and Tajik border guards, and six of the gunmen were killed after they...

    • SYDNEY: Dozens of foreigners were believed to be on the run on Monday (Aug 27) in an Australian mangrove rainforest after their suspected illegal fishing boat ran aground in crocodile-infested...


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      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News




  • GENEVA: Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted...
  • The daughter of an anaesthetist accused of gassing his wife and another daughter to death using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide described her dead sister as her "soulmate"...

    • Australia's new prime minister toured drought-hit farms on Monday to show voters after a week of turmoil the government was back to work, but a leading opinion poll showed it now faces...


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      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News




  • VIENNA: Vienna Zoo is luring visitors with a new attraction: a painting panda. Yang Yang, a female that gave birth to twins two years ago, has learned to use a brush to paint small pictures...
  • GENEVA: Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted...

    • The daughter of an anaesthetist accused of gassing his wife and another daughter to death using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide described her dead sister as her "soulmate"...

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