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The Headscarf Debate Is Not About Headscarves
France's Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has reopened the heated debate on the headscarf. Since 2004, it is unlawful in France to wear "conspicuously" religious signs... -
5 minutes simple guide about China development. Helps in understanding US-China relations.
1978 Deng Xiaoping reforms start. China is agriculture based economy, not much changed since 1952 1979-2000 Rebalancing from agriculture to industry and services. Employment in...- Marcin Replied
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Promoting Volcanism to Fight Global Warming and European Emission Standards
First, some facts: 1. The gases and dust particles thrown into the atmosphere during volcanic eruptions have influences on climate. Most of the particles spewed...- Douglas Buckland Replied
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Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer
https://www.yahoo.com/news/census-inequality-grew-including-heartland-040616890.html I am NOT surprised.- Zhong Lu Replied
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Central Bankers Aren’t Sure What To Believe Anymore
As the world's central banks and economic policymakers convened in Washington over the weekend for the annual meetings of the IMF, IIF and World...- negative interest rates
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Back-of-the-envelope calculation I just made. Trump economic advisors also should do them before trade war with China was started. (And show this calculation to Trump!).
China GDP 2017 about 12000 billion USD Manufacturing as % of Chinese GDP in 2017 was 29%, make it 30% so 12000 * 0.3 =...- Marcin Replied
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Canada Election Deadlock?
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/21/canada-election-deadlock-after-trudeau-blackface-scandal/ Canada Election a Deadlock After Trudeau Blackface Scandal Canada Stories https://docs.google.com/document/d/1txhJec4FnHyC3O2zDgfL_z9Ds20w1onDcPGkbLA9nRM/edit# Updated frequently during elections and for other important stories. 21- ronwagn Replied
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China, Uighurs and the NBA
Last week the National Basketball Association was brought to heel by China over a tweet by Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, supporting...- morals
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Diplomatic immunity
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/harry-dunn-family-white-house-meeting-trump-intl-gbr/index.html thougths? I understand the reason for diplomatic immunity, but it does not really seem applicable here?- Rasmus Jorgensen Replied
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Global economy is markedly slowing. Today's print of September 2019 Global steel output shows.
Steel production is a relatively good forward indicator of economic activity. Today's data from World Steel Association show continuing downward trend that already started a...- Marcin Replied
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China Increases Dog Meat Consumption Amid Pork Shortage
Things are getting ruff over there ... Due to the skyrocketing price of pork amid an ongoing shortage, rural Chinese are dusting off traditional dog... -
ABC of Brexit, economy wise, where to find sites, links to articles ?
ABC of Brexit, economy wise, where to find sites, links to articles ? There is a lot of buzz in the media about Brexit, I...- Marcin Replied
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Peaceful demonstration in Hong Kong again thwarted by brutality of police
Another day, another peaceful demonstration, another horrible police brutality. It is a miracle that nobody was killed yet. Answer yourself 1 question: What would be the reaction...- Marcin Replied
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Trump Will Win In 2020 #DT2020
Hi All, I would like to clarify something. In various posts recently I have read statements to the effect of ''Trump will not be... -
Devaluing the Yuan
As I have stated before, I am not a 'financial guy', so this is directed towards those out there that are. As we can all...- Douglas Buckland Replied
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Fareed Zakaria: Canary in the Coal Mine (U.S. Dollar Hegemony)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3s5EPEMBmk CNN's Fareed Zakaria explains why some of America's closest allies are looking to undermine the country's economic strength.- Okie Replied
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Clampdown on Chinese capital flight is shutting down their commercial construction in US
It turns out that the Chinese authorities are upset about the amount of capital now fleeing China, and seeking safe havens around the globe. ...- china
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Civil Unrest Is Erupting All Over The World, But Just Wait Until America Joins The Party...
All over the globe, the mood is turning sour. Anger and frustration are bubbling over, and protests are becoming violent in major cities all across... -
Abadan refinery hit in a long tit for tat between KSA and Iran
Now was the turn for Abadan refinery to be hit by what was alleged was a cyber attack... after recently ARAMCO was hit in...- geopolitics
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American Troops Out of Syria is a Big Surprise?
Recently, in the so called news, Trump is being crucified for pulling the US troops out of Syria. My question is, why? First, let’s get...- Douglas Buckland Replied
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5 Tweets That Change The World?
There have been signs of change coming since Trump rightly refused to go to war with Iran over their shooting down an unmanned U.S.... -
The REAL Climate Debate
The real climate debate is not between "believers" and "deniers". And not between Republicans and Democrats. The real debate is certainly not over whether global warming, spurred...- trading is not journalism
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The Problem Is The Economy, Not The Climate
The Earth is about to get much cooler and so too is the Earth’s economy. DISCLAIMER - DT IS NOT A JOURNALIST. HE TRADES AND... -
Yesterday Angela Merkel stopped Trump technology war on China – the moral of the story is do not eavesdrop on ladies with high ethical standards
Of course we cannot be sure about ultimate outcome but probability of Huawei building 5G network in Germany just skyrocketed. No backdoors policy Angela Merkel is...- Marcin Replied
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Idiotic Environmental Predictions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has published a new paper, "Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions." Keep in mind that many of the grossly...- we are all going to die
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One Big Reason Why America Is Driving Itself Bat$hit Crazy
Here’s one big reason that America is driving itself batshit crazy: the explosion of computerized records, emails, inter-office memos, Twitter trails, Facebook memorabilia, iPhone... -
National Geographic Warns Billions Face Shortages Of Food And Clean Water Over Next 30 Years
So I can't be accused of bias ... here's an article from the other side ... A lot of people out there don’t like when...- environment
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Impeachment Poker - Trump v Pelosi
Trump and Pelosi play poker in the swamp ... but who holds what? It’s all about the bluff – or so it appears – as... -
Why don't the other GOP candidates get mention?
The GOP used to be the party of the more educated. It started changing when GW Bush got elected. Oil prices are sinking and...- Steve Fischer Replied
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EU Leaders ... United Over Brexit, Divided Over Much Else
BRUSSELS (Reuters) Summits are usually a chance for European Union leaders to discuss problems and try to strengthen their union. But after two days...- bye clowns
- leave means leave
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