Новости за 23.09.2019

The First Day Of Fall Edition. Hope you enjoyed the equinox.

Big hand for infidel753, who's been rounding 'em up here for two wks. straight! Now let's start branding those strays.

Allison Hantschel looks at some contortions: "Everything is Racism & Sexism and Nobody Will Say It".

Nothing new under the sun: digby at Hullabaloo goes back to 1973.

Continuing along Memory Lane, Will Bunch takes us to 1974.

Worst Person In The World? Tough call, but Bleeding Heartland makes a case for Sen. Читать дальше...

Bernie Sanders has pledged to eliminate the $81b in outstanding US medical debt if he is elected president in 2020. Sanders says that this debt forgiveness will benefit 79 million Americans who are currently laboring under medical debt (this debt being the leading kind of debt reported to credit bureaux) and eliminate the leading cause of bankruptcies in the USA.

Andrs Caizlez, Global Americans
Bolton is out, but Nicolas Maduro's dictatorship is not. The United States must rethink its strategy urgently. This is not your garden variety authoritarian government that responds to the usual incentives.

CSIS
In conjunction with China's emergence as an economic superpower, Chinese companies have climbed the ranks to become key actors in the global economy.

Gremio reportedly place a £40m price-tag on Brazil international Everton Soares, who has previously been linked with Arsenal and AC Milan.

Diane Francis, The American Interest
Washington has put Moscow and Beijing on notice: The Arctic doesn't belong to you.

Ananth Krishnan, SCMP
India's continued opposition to China's Belt and Road Initiative could complicate President Xi Jinping's visit next month.

Ulises Granados, Worldcrunch
China is setting up a naval base in Djibouti. Could it do the same in Latin America? Depends on the scope and scale of its growing economic interests in the region.

Daniel Wagner, National Interest
It's a soft-power arms race.

Minxin Pei, Project Syndicate
In 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised that the Communist Party would deliver great successes in advance of two upcoming centennials, in 2021 and 2049. But no amount of nationalist posturing can change the fact that the fall of the CPC appears closer than at any time since the end of the Mao era.

Gun safety reforms. Election security. Net Neutrality. Voting rights.

The House has passed all sorts of bills that the American people overwhelmingly support, yet they’re dead on arrival when they get to the Senate. As awful as Donald Trump is, he’s not solely responsible for our terrible state of politics today, and getting rid of him won’t alone fix what ails America.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has broken the Senate and he’s breaking America. He needs to be fired. Читать дальше...

OBOŽAVATELJI U ŠOKU - Aron Eisenberg, najpoznatiji po ulozi Ferengija Noga u seriji 'Star Trek: Deep Space 9', preminuo je u 51. godini, javlja CNN.

The Big Ten Conference has announced that Nebraska's Oct. 5 game against Northwestern will kick off at 3 p.m. CT and will be televised by FOX.

The fantasy series picked up the night’s big award—a trophy for Outstanding Drama Series—but lost in most of the other major categories.

1. Pumpkin spice version of Spam?! Hormel Foods introduces limited-edition Spam  USA TODAY
2. Pumpkin Spice is invading our breakfast food  WCNC
3. Spam introduces limited-edition pumpkin spice flavor  CBS 17
4. Pumpkin Spice flavored Coast 93.1's Blake and Eva  NEWS CENTER Maine
5. View full coverage on Google News

The biggest night in television has come and gone, folks! Let’s get into this blackity blackness...where we can find it, that is.

The fantasy series picked up the night’s big award—a trophy for Outstanding Drama Series—but lost in most of the other major categories.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will make the announcement at the UN Climate Summit later.

Man irritates snake, it latches on to his head. Watch scary video

West Coast’s high-flying superstar forward Liam Ryan showed off his aerial prowess throughout the 2019 season and it ended with him claiming the Mark of the Year award.

Those wishing to make the most of Sydney’s public transport are no longer required to have an Opal card to access all of the network’s services.

I believe there should be a rematch for Otto vs Tyson,
Who's your pick to win and how ?

1. Iran: New US sanctions show Trump administration's 'desperation' | TheHill  The Hill
2. US says it wants to avoid war with Iran after oil attacks  Al Jazeera English
3. Britian's Johnson blames Iran for attack on Saudi oil facilities, could join US military effort  Fox News
4. The US needs international partners to control Iran's aggression | TheHill  The Hill
5. Saudi Arabia won’t attack Iran. But it may pay someone else to  The Guardian
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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell announced the effective four-day week in a bombshell pledge that goes even further than he was recommended.