The Ostende Raid – Peace of Bucharest I THE GREAT WAR Week 198
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
The Tiny Nation of Sealand
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Flak Towers – Flaktürme
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
The Sopranos – Certain people wonder where Paulie’s heart is
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Safe at last
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: political correctness
The World’s Most Politically Illiterate Statement
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Exactly one month ago, I declared that Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley deserved an award for the “world’s most economically illiterate statement” because of her claim that “poverty is not naturally occurring.”
In reality, poverty has been the norm throughout history. As documented by Professors Deirdre McCloskey and Don Boudreaux, it was only the development of capitalism (starting a few hundred years ago in Europe) that enabled humanity to enjoy amazing and unprecedented increases in living standards.
Moreover, Ms. Pressely was trying to argue that redistribution was the proper way to address poverty, and I concluded my column by noting “that part of her statement also is wrong, according to both U.S. data and global data.”
Today, I want to debunk another preposterous assertion.
David Smith of the U.K.-based Guardian wrote a column yesterday claiming that Biden’s so-called stimulus should be celebrated since it marks an end to forty years…
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Democracy or Partnership – what do we want?
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The departure of Donald Trump from the White House was a victory for the US democratic system, which only just succeeded.If then Vice President Mike Pence had wavered under enormous pressure from President Trump and his cult-like supporters, Joe Biden might not be in the White House and there would have been serious civil disorder.The Republicans haven’t given up, they are now trying to make voting more difficult in several states.Democracy is a model under threat from many quarters, and losing around the world.
It is easy to forget how recently democracy has become mainstream.In Britain women over the age of 21 only got the vote in 1928 and in the US, universal suffrage only became accessible to all Afro-Americans in the last 55 years, because, prior to the 1960s voting reforms, there was serious voter suppression in parts of the country.Some former East European countries like Hungary have retreated…
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.@MBIEgovtnz gave @RMarchNZ special handling. @jamespeshaw should have put the phone down as soon as he knew
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How did Apollo deal with the Van Allen radiation belts?
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in economics of media and culture Tags: moon landings
The Sopranos – Carmine Lupertazzi Sr and Johnny Sack put hits on each other in the same year
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Henry VIII’s FORGOTTEN ILLEGITIMATE Son – Henry Fitzroy
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Know they customer
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in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship Tags: consumer fraud
Chloe Swabrick helps scuttle medicinal cannabis bill because it embraces a “pharmaceuticalised commercial model”
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The National Party’s deputy leader and health spokesperson, Shane Reti, popped into the news yesterday because he was promoting a bill before Parliament which aimed to make medicinal cannabis more affordable and accessible.
The Greens Chloe Swabrick was among the MPs who voted against the bill, among other reasons because …
“It represents a highly pharmaceuticalised, commercial model…”
Does this mean she wants amateur growers to get a slice of the medicinal action? Or gang members?
Reti told RNZ the bill had three key points: cannabis with low THC could be obtained over the counter; it improved the MedSafe consenting process; and the prescribing regime would be pharmacy dispensing, such as in the US.
Moreover, the bill addressed some issues under the current regime, such as tightening up the eligibility of who can manufacture medicinal cannabis.
A key consideration was that two years after the medicinal cannabis law took effect
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