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Josh Gottheimer Tried to Derail the Democratic Agenda. The Press Rewarded Him.

For 10 days, nine opportunistic House Democrats puffed out their chests and tried to derail not only their party’s agenda, but its best chance of passing a transformative budget in decades. They claimed, again and again, to be driven by conviction. New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer told The Washington Post that he and his confederates…

The Disasters in Afghanistan and Haiti Share the Same Twisted Root

Last week, the world shook twice. The first shock hit Haiti, when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake erupted beneath the island’s southern peninsula. Homes, churches, and hotels crumbled in the cities of Les Cayes and Jérémie and in nearby villages. More than 2,189 people have perished; that toll is expected to rise.The next disaster struck a…

CCMGT (9982.HK) Announces 2021 Interim Results, Revenue Increased 32%, Dividend Payout Ratio Reached 65%

HONG KONG, Aug 16, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - CENTRAL CHINA MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED ("CCMGT" or the "Company", stock code: 9982.HK), a leading property project management company in China, today announces its unaudited interim results ended 30 June 2021("Review Period"). During the Review Period, benefited from the PRC domestic property sector continued to recover and…

India to list LIC by current fiscal year end, says govt official

An exterior view of Life Insurance Corporation of India's (LIC) headquarters is seen in Mumbai September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File PhotoNEW DELHI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The Indian government expects to list state-owned Life Insurance Corp (LIC) by the end of the current fiscal year, and collect 500 billion rupees ($6.72 billion) as dividends from…

Carbon Dividends: A Win-Win for People and for the Climate

Win-win solutions that bring tangible benefits in the present generation while safeguarding the planet for future generations can broaden public support for policies to fight climate change. This is the political intuition behind the Green New Deal, which reframes climate policy as an opportunity to reboot the economy and create millions of jobs. The same…

Cincinnati’s mayor enters Democratic race for governor of Ohio, pitching legal weed

CLEVELAND — Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley launched a long-expected campaign for governor of Ohio on Tuesday, setting up a potentially discordant and expensive primary for Democrats in a state they have led for only four of the last 30 years.Cranley is pitching his candidacy around a push to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, either…

UFC commentary on scoring is not good — here’s an easy fix

There were problems with the scoring at UFC Vegas 32, especially in the main event bout between Cory Sandhagen and T.J. Dillashaw. With the judges taking most of the heat, the UFC’s commentary team of Daniel Cormier, Dominick Cruz and Brendan Fitzgerald escaped criticism. They shouldn’t have. The commentary spoke little about the scoring of…

Maybe Mitch McConnell Is Just an Evil Mediocrity

Finally, no joke, it’s Infrastructure Week. At least, that was last week’s scuttlebutt—senators from both parties dismissed last Wednesday’s failed procedural vote as nothing to worry about and talked as if a deal was imminent, perhaps by midweek. The Sunday papers were oddly quiet on the matter, which was really weird, considering what a big…