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Dire Warnings, Part II: Democrats invent crises to buck for bigger government, 2014-2020 Berlin Wall

Dire Warnings, Part II: Democrats invent crises to buck for bigger government, 2014-2020

Democrats have been at "crazy" for a long time, issuing dire warnings of doomsday in order to come up with a rationale for expanding government.  With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, that's been their rationale, since socialism doesn't exactly sell with the broader U.S. public — just ask…
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March 10, 2020
‘You’re a monster’: Colbert goes to town on Trump’s weekend of woeful coronavirus leadership Ukraine

‘You’re a monster’: Colbert goes to town on Trump’s weekend of woeful coronavirus leadership

By Caitlin Welsh2020-03-10 04:47:11 UTC "This is the first crisis of Trump’s presidency that he did not cause himself, and he is shankin’ it,” declared Stephen Colbert in Monday night’s Late Show monologue. The host was summing up a truly dire few days of presidential mishandling, “hunches,” and health misinformation…
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March 10, 2020
This Day In History — March 10 Dalai Lama

This Day In History — March 10

Today is the 70th day of 2020. There are 296 days left in the year.Today's Highlight1959: The Dalai Lama leads a rebellion against Chinese rule. The revolt fails and the Dalai Lama flees to India.Other Events1496: Christopher Columbus concludes his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he leaves Hispaniola…
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March 10, 2020
China’s President Xi Jinping Makes First Visit to Coronavirus-Ravaged Wuhan Xi Jinping

China’s President Xi Jinping Makes First Visit to Coronavirus-Ravaged Wuhan

(BEIJING) — President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to the central Chinese city hit hardest by the new virus epidemic since the first cases of a then-unidentified respiratory illness emerged in December. The disease’s spread in China cast scrutiny on Xi’s leadership, as he was conspicuously absent…
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March 10, 2020
HKU paleontologists discover solid evidence of formerly elusive abrupt sea-level jump Earth‘s Climate

HKU paleontologists discover solid evidence of formerly elusive abrupt sea-level jump

IMAGE: Scanning Electron Microscopy image of typical deep-sea (bathyal) ostracod species from the study sites. view more  Credit: @The University of Hong Kong Meltwater pulses (MWPs) known as abrupt sea-level rise due to injection of melt water are of particular interests to scientists to investigate the interactions between climatic, oceanic and…
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March 10, 2020
Champions League: Atletico Madrid are out to spoil Liverpool’s victory march at Anfield, Tottenham travel to Leipzig trailing Little Red Riding Hood

Champions League: Atletico Madrid are out to spoil Liverpool’s victory march at Anfield, Tottenham travel to Leipzig trailing

Tottenham are about to face Europe’s snazzy outfit again. The stage is Leipzig’s Red Bull Stadium. A venue that has an almost spotless record for the home team PSG vs Dortmund is poised to be a fascinating encounter with the look of goals about it Liverpool trail Atletico Madrid by…
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March 10, 2020