Marijuana prohibition is racist and criminal, harms kids, and ruins lives | Johann Hari @nzdrug
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in comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of crime, health economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: marijuana decrimilization, unintended consequences
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
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in economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, health economics, income redistribution, international economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: 2020 presidential election
Enlightenment started as blasphemy
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness
Why do Chinese British women earn more than white British men? White privilege?
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination
Why the positive discrimination in favour of Indian and Chinese British?
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination
Guardian publishes pro-Corbyn letter whose signatories include anti-Semites
09 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
The Guardian published a letter yesterday signed by 100 Jews objecting to a previous letter by more than 100 Labour MPs protesting the Labour Party’s decision to readmit Derby North MP Chris Williamson, an ardent Corbyn ally, back into the party after he was temporarily suspended for suggesting Labour was “too apologetic” about antisemitism.
The letter (Jewish support for Chris Williamson, July 8) repeats the familiar smear that the real aim of Jews and others who accuse Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters of antisemitism is to undermine the Labour party’s leadership and “all pro-Palestinian members” – a version of what’s known as the Livingstone Formulation. This term, coined by Professor David Hirsh, refers to a line of argument insisting that Jews raise the issue of antisemitism cynically and dishonestly in order to silence criticism of Israel.
The full list of signatories to the letter includes extreme (non-British) anti-Israel, pro-terrorist…
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The Very Real Climate Crisis Of 1936
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Unlike the current manufactured climate crisis, Tony Heller states, in 1936 the US and much of the rest of the world were having a very real climate crisis. The week of July 7-14, 1936 was the hottest week on record in the US – and that was just a small portion of the climate troubles that year. Atmospheric CO2 levels were very low at the time.
PHOTO CREDIT: – 1936 Atlantic hurricane season – Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2504597
Never Fear, Common Sense Is Here!
09 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
KOMO-TV reported last Wednesday that “a climate study has estimated that Seattle’s costs associated sea level rise could be more than $23.8 billion by 2040.”They said that the “Center for Climate Integrity conducted the evaluation of potential costs of constructing seawalls in 22 coastal states and the District of Columbia.”
Well, not so fast. Junk Science.com pointed out that while high water and/or flooding may be a future problem for Seattle, it won’t be because of sea level rise so much as subsidence.
The NOAA tidal gauge data shows that for the past 120 years or so the rise has been about 8 to9 inches–nothing unusual.
What is happening is that manmade activity (land use, groundwater withdrawal) is making Seattle subside. A 2016 study showed that “Fast subsidence in downtown of Seattle was observed with satellite radar.
Religious groups and employment of staff
09 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
Can a Christian secondary school require that its teachers not openly advocate a sexual lifestyle that is contrary to the Bible’s teaching? Can an Orthodox Jewish preschool ask its teachers to live in accordance with Orthodox moral principles? Can a Protestant church refuse to hire someone to act on its behalf in political advocacy when that person does not share their religious beliefs?
These are all issues that have come up in recent months. Two of them are dealt with in decisions in connection with judicial proceedings, one in the UK and one from the European Court of Justice. One has been raised by media reports in Australia. In this post I want to flag these three cases briefly and to comment on the issues they raise for religious freedom, and how they should be resolved.
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BBC chooses not to report Hamas abuse of medical permits yet again
09 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
Readers may recall that just over a month ago listeners to BBC domestic radio’s news and current affairs station, Radio 4, were told by a presenter of the ‘Today’ show (which reaches 6.8 million listeners a week) that:
“The fact remains that healthcare restrictions are being used to dehumanise the Palestinian people…”
BBC R4’s ‘Today’ listeners get a distorted view of medical permits – part one
BBC R4’s ‘Today’ listeners get distorted view of medical permits – part two
As was noted here at the time, the BBC has a history of ignoring stories (see ‘related articles’ below) which explain the need for security checks before permits are given to residents of the Gaza Strip to travel to or through Israel for the purpose of medical treatment.
Last week another such story emerged when the Israel Security Agency announced the arrest of a Hamas explosives expert who had entered Israel with a humanitarian permit for medical treatment…
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