Новости за 16.12.2019

All-Star Games, like the 1987 affair, used to matter. Then they counted. Now they neither matter nor count.

Chuck Schumer Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) whined that McConnell is ignoring his demands for rules for a possible Senate impeachment trial on Monday during a presser. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday evening sent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) his opening pitch and listed four White House witnesses he wants […]

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Debate all you want whether or not Watchmen‘s Angela walked on water after Sunday’s season finale cut to black: The far more miraculous event would be for everyone involved in HBO’s intricate, expertly deployed superhero series to take their lead from showrunner Damon Lindelof and resist the pull of a potential Season 2. At the […]

Ties between Ankara and Washington soured after Turkey signed an agreement with Russia on the S-400 air defence system purchase, but the real cause of the rift is more complex.

As you'll recall, earlier this month we wrote about this bizarre situation in North Carolina, in which the University of North Carolina agreed to give a bunch of racists $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit before the lawsuit had even been filed. The details of the story came out due to some inquisitive digging by North Carolina lawyer Greg Doucette. And, in response to him publishing the details, including a "victory" letter sent by the head of the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans (in... Читать дальше...

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

George Orwell is relevant again, in a new way, and his most famous book remains as suffocating as ever.

New Delhi (Sputnik): The Narendra Modi government has sharpened its attack against ongoing unrest, claiming that the anti-citizenship law protests are fueled by an unnamed ‘vested interest’ inside and outside the country. Many scholars and analysts, however, note that the protests are about staying alive and will cause social chaos for years.

Economist

Don't expect the Labour Party to move back to the centre quickly

George Eaton, New Statesman

As they awaited the exit poll at 10pm on election night, neither Boris Johnson, nor Jeremy Corbyn, foresaw the scale of the Conservatives' triumph. Until the last moment, Corbyn and his team continued to hold out hope of a hung parliament. Johnson, meanwhile, reportedly expected a majority close to 10 seats. He ultimately secured one of 80, the Conservatives' largest victory since 1987, as Labour endured its worst defeat since 1935. And yet as surprising as this result may appear... Читать дальше...

On the heels of a stirring win over one of the title favorites in the Asean Basketball League, San Miguel Alab Pilipinas aims to exact revenge on Mono Vampire of Thailand Tuesday as they square off for the second time in Season 10 at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan. The game at 4 […]

1. 'Watchmen' Season 2 Renewal: Why the HBO Series Shouldn't Be Renewed  TVLine
2. The Incredible, Indelible ‘Watchmen’  The New York Times
3. Watchmen: Episode 9 Review / Recap  IGN
4. If HBO makes a second season of ‘Watchmen,’ it should be about Vietnam  The Washington Post
5. Do we even want a second season of Watchmen?  Polygon
6. View full coverage on Google News

Stephen Pollard with Foreign Policy

How allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party became a central issue in Britain's election campaign.

Reason

What does President Donald Trump's latest tariff lunacies vis-à-vis Brazil and Argentina tell us about the current and previous administrations, as well as the broader currents in global opinion about trade, immigration, and multilateral institutions? Reason Roundtable editors Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch weigh in.

(Part 1) The typical story goes like this: A person who’s sleeping finds himself floating out of his physical body. Thinking he might be dead, he panics, shouts for help and struggles to get back to his body. But nobody hears him, although his spouse or companion is lying asleep beside him on the bed. The more he struggles, the more difficult it is for him to get back. Then he prays and tries to move his toes. He suddenly […]

‘A task to accommodate Ashok, Prithviraj Chavan in Cabinet; BJP profited from Home, Urban Development departments’

OPINION: The former president could rally black voters to defeat Trump next year.

‘Several properties lying vacant, occupied ones not giving going rates of rent’

11 Migrants Have Qualified For Asylum Under Remain In Mexico Program: Report

A. Hazarika,  ES

I knew things were going to be bad, but nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the Tory victory and the scale of Labour's defeat . The result was a bloodbath. The worst result since 1935.

New Yorker

Dexter Filkins talks to the embattled Indian journalist about their time reporting together in Kashmir and the Indian ruling party's violent suppression of Muslims.

This Bottega Veneta clutch is like a spongy little toy.

David Davis, Conservative Home

Roberto Saviano, New York Review of Books

A frequent part of mafia rituals is the kiss. After a Youth of Honor has been baptized, he makes the rounds of the other associates, kissing each twice on the cheeks, except for the capo società (the highest-ranking associate), whom he kisses three times. Kissing the cheeks of the other associates symbolizes the relationship among equals that from that point forward the Youth of Honor will have with the other members of the clan. The kiss, then, becomes... Читать дальше...