Author: nick

[ad_1] The self-liquidating nature of the mercantilist model cannot be reversed, it can only be managed as stagnation. Everyone is an expert now on China. Which to say, everyone has an opinion about China, and the majority of those opinions fall into simplistic Bull or Bear camps. As someone who has been a student of China for over 50 years, my sense is every claim of expertise has its limits. The more substantial the expertise, the greater the willingness of the expert to confirm the limits of their expertise. The more you know, the sharper your awareness of what you don’t…

[ad_1] Minnesota wasn’t always a fixture in the national news cycle. Now, it seems every month there is a new headline about Minnesota. This time, it involves a mob of protestors assaulting a conservative journalist. If Minnesotans want to end the trend of political violence plaguing their state, they must take a stand against incidents like these. Last month, Savanah Hernandez, a journalist with TPUSA, was mobbed and assaulted while filming an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis. Hernandez makes a living covering controversial events, so documenting this protest is nothing new for her. Things took a turn, however, when protestors assaulted…

[ad_1] California spent nearly half a billion dollars on an emergency response system that confused dispatchers and reportedly delayed medical care. Now, lawmakers are pushing for renewed scrutiny of the program after local journalists exposed the system’s life-endangering failures.  The debacle began in 2019, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to overhaul the state’s “antiquated” emergency calling system. The state wanted to replace the analog system with Next Generation 911, a modernized system that could transmit more information, including voice, text, and video.  California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) estimated that the project would be completed by 2021.…

[ad_1] Lawyer Rajiv Menon faces contempt  charges for reminding a jury of its independence in the Palestine Action case, prompting alarm that if “lawyers begin to self-censor … the right to a fair trial is placed at risk.” Dania Akkad reports. Defend Our Juries at Trafalgar Square in London on April 11. (Steve Eason, Flickr, CC BY-NC 4.0) By Dania AkkadDeclassified UK Contempt of court proceedings against a top human rights barrister are having a “chilling effect” across the British bar, leading lawyers tell Declassified.  Rajiv Menon KC is accused of violating the judge’s orders in the trial of six…

[ad_1] Eliot Glacier in retreat, from Cooper’s Spur on the eastern flank of Mt. Hood. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Instrument records and long-term observations show that Alpine glaciers have been retreating and thinning significantly since the end of the Little Ice Age from approximately 1300 to 1850. Hold that thought. Now imagine someone bringing sandwiches. Not metaphorical ones—actual ones, wrapped in that lovely wax paper, tucked into a backpack beside crampons and thermos flasks. Someone will have packed strawberries. Someone else, a small bottle of wine for those who drink, and mountain water for those who don’t, in a bottle…

[ad_1] The media have been covering Donald J. Trump, the politician, for nearly 11 years now – since he came down the golden escalator in June 2015 – and they still don’t quite get it. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In a Truth Social post announcing his next surgeon general nominee, President Donald Trump praised Dr. Nicole Saphier as “an INCREDIBLE communicator” who breaks down complex health issues for Americans.  Saphier, a radiologist and director of breast imaging at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth cancer center in New Jersey, has built her own social media following over the years.   She’s been a contributing opinion writer and guest on Fox News shows since 2018. She has authored three books, including 2020’s “Make America Healthy Again,” a title that later became the Trump administration’s health policy slogan. She has more than…

[ad_1] Much of the strategic buzz over the strangely low-profile yet high-stakes California gubernatorial race has revolved around two issues. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] If angelenos have any survival instinct left, they’ll elect the only candidate capable of restoring our belief in reality [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Louisiana has filed its response to Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro’s applications for a stay of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit order barring the prescription of mifepristone to terminate pregnancies via telemedicine. As one would expect, Louisiana defends its aggressive standing theory and the Fifth Circuit’s order. In case the justices did not have enough to consider before the administrative stay entered by Justice Alito expires on Monday, there are nearly three-dozen amicus briefs filed on behalf of various individuals and organizations who care about the outcome . Few of these briefs are likely to affect…