“does not maintain figures” about the level of spending by candidates, an astonishing admission given that he had just decided to increase the applicable legal limits on such spending. He need only have looked in his own backyard to find evidence that the previous spending limit was perfectly...
Special Elections Limits Sought ; Moraine Charter Review Group Looks to Cut Back on SpendingBlizzard, Nick
The country remains the ‘democratic success story’ of Latin America – it is the third ‘freest’ or most democratic country in the Americas behind Canada, Uruguay and Chile according to Freedom in the World and it has the freest press in the Americas. Famously, Costa Rica is among the...
Even today, theInstitute for the Study of Warnotes that Biden’s policy change “has reduced the size of Russia’s ground sanctuary by only 16 percent at maximum.” In other words, 84 percent of Russian sanctuaries remain off limits to the Ukrainian military. ...
And, if elected, Trump says he will tell Mexico and Canada that he wants to renegotiate his own trade agreement, the USMCA, as a way to block Chinese auto parts from being brought into the US through their borders without being subjected to tariffs....
Then the mass shootings started up again, but only in Canada, so far. I heard all that, and I was worried. Worried that this fragile peace would end soon. The propaganda machines started up. People were accusing (Democratic) Governors of violating people’s basic rights, the right to ...
It includes the plain ranked choice voting used for PB in Dieppe, Canada. It may lack the cost-awareness essential to picking the best projects. Simulation and Tally: This simulation of fair-share spending lets users play with election data and see its results all on a "neighborhood ...
One study predicted, based on Canada’s experience, that if the U.S. were to ban menthols it would help over 1.3 million people quit smoking. What pisses me off is the tobacco industry’s cynical manipulation of the political system to buy themselves some time. By delaying the ...
And in effect gave rise to a new nation of people (Canada) many of whom would have previously thought themselves US citizens by birth or close relatives. When you get down to brass tacks on who is and is not a member of society, by far the bulk of it traces back to “rabble ...
make me most angry in November 2000 would be the election of Donald Trump. Not that Pat Buchanan would be much better. But Trump's trump would mean the ultimate disgrace of the presidency, the ruination of the republic and the best reason for cashing it all in and fleeing to Canada. ...