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Coronavirus could be used by authoritarian leaders as excuse to undermine democracy, experts warn Catalonia

Coronavirus could be used by authoritarian leaders as excuse to undermine democracy, experts warn

In the United States, a White House staffed by xenophobes is using the coronavirus to strengthen border controls it has long wanted to embrace. In Israel and Singapore, governments are invoking the crisis over Covid-19 to track movements of people on cell phones. In Iran, a government obsessed with control…
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March 17, 2020
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/2020 Be Evil

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/2020

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Key dates…
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March 17, 2020
NFL players will no longer be suspended for positive marijuana tests under new policy Colin Kaepernick

NFL players will no longer be suspended for positive marijuana tests under new policy

Thanks to the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement, players will no longer be suspended for positive marijuana tests. However, insiders warn that still doesn’t absolve them from being punished in other ways. According to Sporting News, Sunday, the players’ union, the National Football League Players Association, ratified a new CBA.…
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March 17, 2020
NATO Responds To Exhibition Shutdown, While Defending Theatrical Window: “People Will Return To Theaters” NATO

NATO Responds To Exhibition Shutdown, While Defending Theatrical Window: “People Will Return To Theaters”

The National Association of Theaters has officially responded to the current shutdown of U.S. exhibition amid the coronavirus climate, and also had something to say about the window-busting that’s currently going on with titles, without mentioning Universal by name. In sum, NATO doesn’t expect other major studios to follow Uni’s…
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March 17, 2020
The UK has offered businesses £330 billion worth of loans to stop them from going bankrupt during the coronavirus outbreak Boris Johnson

The UK has offered businesses £330 billion worth of loans to stop them from going bankrupt during the coronavirus outbreak

The UK government will guarantee £330 billion of bank loans to firms to stop them from going bankrupt during the coronavirus outbreak, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.The amount is equivalent to 15% of the UK's GDP.'Any business who needs access to cash to pay their rent, their salaries, suppliers, or…
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March 17, 2020
U.N. refugee agency to suspend resettlements because of coronavirus Unwelcome Refugees

U.N. refugee agency to suspend resettlements because of coronavirus

By Emma Farge and Anna Mehler PapernyLAUSANNE, Switzerland/TORONTO (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration will temporarily suspend sending refugees on to resettle in new permanent homes abroad because of travel disruptions caused by the coronavirus, the agency said Tuesday.The agency said the suspension would…
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March 17, 2020