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[ad_1] August 7 will be a dark day, for it is when Colombia’s presidential turnover is set to take place. On this day, which marks the anniversary of the Battle of Boyacá – the decisive 1819 battle in which Simón Bolívar’s army defeated Spanish troops to secure Colombia’s independence – outgoing president Gustavo Petro will hand over power to Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombia’s new president-elect. However, it is dubious whether “elect” is an adequate word to describe the far-right de la Espriella or his triumph in the election runoff on June 21. It was a process that, if not…

[ad_1] A former high school baseball player, with a successful businessman as a father and, a promising young man with a ‘bright future’ ahead of him avoided prison for the rape, strangulation, and violent assault of two teenage girls. He was facing up to 78 years in prison, and was instead granted a youthful offender status. Where he must attend community service and counselling. Butler pleaded ‘no contest” to the charges. And the district attorney claimed that Butler had suffered more than his victims by being subjected to the process of trial and harm to his credibility as a young…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: US Government – Public Domain Last month, the Social Security Administration released a report finding that by 2032 the Social Security Trust Fund will be able to cover just 78 percent of the benefits of more than 70 million Americans who have earned them. In other words, if Congress does not act within the next six years, Social Security benefits will be cut by 22 percent. We have an obligation to the American people to ensure that never happens. Just as importantly, we have a responsibility to tell the American people exactly where we stand. Americans deserve…

[ad_1] New York Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas (D–Brooklyn) has proposed a bill that would require supermarkets and other retailers to give customers who use self-checkout a 10-percent discount. Lucas argues that shoppers are doing work once performed by cashiers, such as scanning and bagging, which saves the stores money on labor. Her proposal would give customers part of those savings in the form of a discount. The post Brickbat: Cash Back appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Photograph Source: Mario Sánchez Bueno from Ceuta, España – CC BY-SA 2.0 The political reaction to the Ceuta migration crisis showed just how quickly border events become vehicles for much broader themes. At a time when some Europeans have grown weary of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and JD Vance dismissing or belittling Europe, it was easy to interpret the episode as another attempt to portray European governments as weak and divided on migration. That made the response from parts of Europe particularly striking. Italy, Denmark and Greece were surprisingly quick to criticise Spain during what increasingly appeared to be…

[ad_1] Some excerpts from Thursday’s long decision in Zafar v. Saghier, by Texas Court of Appeals Justice Wade Birdwell, joined by Justices Mike Wallach and Brian Walker:In what we construe as three overarching issues, Zafar asserts that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the compensatory damages awarded for Saghier’s criminal attorney’s fees and mental anguish; (2) the award of exemplary damages was premised on a defective jury charge and, regardless, must be adjusted in accordance with the statutory cap if this court reverses any of the compensatory-damage awards; and (3) the trial court abused its discretion by allowing Saghier’s…

[ad_1] Six years after the COVID pandemic and nearly two years after he was pardoned for any and all crimes he may have committed since 2014 relating to his role at Health and Human Services (HHS), Anthony Fauci was back in the news last week. The former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was called to testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, where he made news for pleading the Fifth Amendment 111 times. But the real headlines came from the over one thousand pages of Fauci’s “diary” entries released by Senator Rand Paul…

[ad_1] According to Doctors Without Borders’ “The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law,” a blockade is an act of war that seeks to isolate an adversary, disrupt economic activity, and prevent the movement of vital supplies. Under an embargo, a country prohibits its own companies or subsidiaries from engaging in business with another country, rather than interfering with third parties. Through what is essentially a broader economic blockade, the United States has intermittently prevented Cuba from commerce with other nations. As President Donald Trump has become even more strident, the United Nations has criticized his administration’s policy of imposing tariffs on…

[ad_1] 8/5/1974: Shortly after the Supreme Court decided United States v. Nixon, President Nixon released the “smoking gun” tape recorded in the Oval office. President Richard NixonThe post Today in Supreme Court History: August 5, 1974 appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Hope this set of news helps you enjoy the rest of your summer. Highest resolution view of the sun yet reveals magnetic mysteries. SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon after drifting off course. The UFO Chronicles posts an obit to researcher Wendy Ann Connors. The USSR built an automated doomsday device during the Cold War that could still kill us all. Didn’t the Russkies get pirate copies of Dr. Strangelove? During WWII, England poisoned sheep with anthrax on an idyllic Scottish island. ‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’…