Managing the new parliament: some challenges for Theresa May’s minority government
10 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
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The unexpected election result leaves the Conservatives seeking to establish a minority government, with support from the Democratic Unionist Party’s ten MPs. With fewer than half the seats in the House of Commons, and barely more than half when adding the DUP, Theresa May’s new government will face many additional challenges in parliament. Meg Russell explores some of the clearest examples.
Following weeks of speculation about the general election result, few were contemplating the prospect of a minority government led by Theresa May. The Prime Minister proposed the election in the clear expectation of an increased House of Commons majority, citing (in a rather exaggerated manner) difficulties in parliament. Instead she now doesn’t have a majority at all. With one seat still to declare, the Conservatives are on 318 in a 650-number House. Combined others (excluding seven Sinn Féin, who do not take their seats), have 324. May’s government…
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The History of South Asia: Every Year
10 Jun 2017 1 Comment
in economic history, International law Tags: economics of borders, maps
How ‘Green’ is Wind Power: Offshore Wind Farms Killing Whales
10 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
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One her way to be ‘saved’ by the wind industry…
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Energy generation systems of all descriptions take their toll, but only one of them claims moral superiority over all others. That increasingly tenuous claim rests on the ‘we’re saving the planet’ mantra – chanted by the wind cult around the Globe.
Not for the first time, and not for the last time, wind turbine noise and vibration has clocked up Cetacean fatalities, messing with whale’s sonar guidance and communication systems: Wind Turbine Noise Terrorising Whales
Here’s how offshore wind farms in Britain are doing their bit for the environment.
Three whales wash up dead on UK coast and two are injured ‘after becoming distressed by offshore windfarm’
The Mirror
Chris Kitching and Katie Ridley
21 May 2017
The first dead whale – a calf – was spotted on a mudbank before the carcasses of two adults were found later.
Three…
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The Outlaw Jose Wales (1976): the film that spawned two bad things for Client Eastwood: Sandra Locke and the Director’s Guild’s new legislation, known as “the Clint Eastwood Rule.”
10 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
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I don’t like westerns that much. There are exceptions of course—Eastwood’s the Man With No Name series, the Wild Bunch and a couple of others but that is really about it. Then there is the Outlaw Josey Wales, a western that is near the top of that genre’s food chain in my book. Eastwood directed part of the film (the initial director Phillip Kaufman was fired) and starred as the Outlaw Josey Wales (as well as his son playing a small role) along with soon to be longtime lover Sandra Locke (a big mistake there)—but more on that later.
The Outlaw Josey Wales was an adaptation of Forrest Carter’s 1973 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished, as shown in the movie’s opening credits, as Gone to Texas).
The story is about Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, who is driven to revenge for the murder of his wife and son…
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JPFmovies final look at the Sci-Fi Series Star Trek Voyager (1995-2001). The first female Captain in the Star Trek franchise—while acted well we think the series was a bit of a bust.
10 Jun 2017 1 Comment
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I like Voyager, watching for first time now but there is a case for the persecution.
Again, thanks to Netflix, JPFmovies has been able to “binge” on various T.V. series that, for whatever reason, were not watched over the years. Without giving away our age, the JPFmovies’ crew had just started law school when the Voyager series began its run and our T.V. watching was at a minimum. So, reviewing series that are twenty something years old will hopefully give a fresh perspective on the eve of the next Star Trek franchise move “Discovery.”
Voyager had a lot of potential but just seemed to leave it in the Alpha quadrant so to speak. Running when Star Trek was at the height of its popularity, Voyager managed to sink whatever gains TNG and DS9 made for the Star Trek fans/franchise. Many blame producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga for letting a potentially great story-line turn into milk-toast—which is what Voyager was at best—milk-toast.
Reading many many other…
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Early temperance movements were a public health setback
10 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of prohibition, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Watching a history of prohibition. Started in 1850s, at least half a century before safe drinking water was freely available such as through tap water.
Beer was much safer than drinking water until a good way into the 20th century. Initial temperance movement was against hard liquor but quickly was about abstinence.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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