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☆ The UK is gripped by an economic crisis of its own making
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Mark Thompson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“While this is welcome, the fact that it needed to be done in the first place shows that the UK markets are in a perilous position,” said Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, commenting on the bank’s intervention. “It wouldn’t be a huge surprise if another problem in the financial markets popped up before long,” Dales added. The UK government should also postpone its tax cuts, El-Erian said. We look like reckless gamblers who only care about the people who can afford to lose the gamble,” one former Conservative minister told CNN. “Truss and Kwarteng are now facing a severe economic crisis as the world’s financial markets wait for them to make policy changes that they and the Conservative party will find unpalatable,” the Eurasia analysts wrote.

The Democratic-led Senate confirmed four new circuit court judges in the last two weeks, most recently U.S. District Judge Florence Pan to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. By contrast, Trump had installed 69 judges at this point in his tenure. The most recent two-term presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, each secured 325 Senate-confirmed judges for district courts, circuit courts and the Supreme Court over eight years. McConnell's allies say a GOP-run Senate would force Biden to pick judges who are acceptable to conservatives in order to get floor votes. Republicans ended the tradition for circuit judges in the Trump era and some liberals want to end it for district judges so that GOP senators in red states cannot block Biden’s nominees for vacancies.

☆ How the Minions Became Hollywood’s Mightiest Franchise
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Erich Schwartzel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How the Minions Became Hollywood’s Mightiest Franchise Animation studio Illumination decided to allow fans to become informal advocates for the thumb-shaped, gibberish-speaking klutzes‘If we create stuff and it’s lame, it will be held against us,’ says Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri, the man behind the Minions. ‘But when it’s just DIY, there’s great freedom to it.’Photo Illustration by Eleanor Shakespeare for The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo on the Jan. 6 committee is rolling out legislation aimed at preventing future attempts to overturn elections, and House leaders are eyeing a vote as early as this week. In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday evening, Cheney and Lofgren said the bill would include four components. Last week, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., notified members that the full House might consider the bill this week. For instance, the Senate bill would require one-fifth of each chamber to force a vote to object to electors. But in bringing the Cheney-Lofgren bill to the floor this week, House Democratic leaders are sending a clear signal about where their caucus stands on the issue.

☆ The Cure? Cut Taxes and Spending
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Andy Kessler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

A 45-day period will forever be known as a “Truss” for Liz Truss ’s tenure before resigning as British prime minister, much as 11 days is a “Mooch” for Anthony Scaramucci ’s short stint in the Trump administration. Come to think of it, a “Biden” is 208 days, the time from Inauguration Day until the fall of Kabul after the Afghanistan scram in August 2021. President Biden has been a bit of a lame duck ever since, and if polls are right, even more so after Tuesday’s elections. Unknown to many, U.K. pension funds had been hedging against interest rate increases, using derivatives with six or seven times leverage. As inflation hit 10.1%, interest rates were going up no matter what, which caused funds to dump gilts, or bonds, to pay their margin calls, crushing the currency.

☆ North Carolina's GOP lawmakers shouldn't tax Biden's student-loan forgiveness, the state's governor says — and he calls on them to treat the relief like PPP loan forgiveness
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Roy Cooper asked GOP state legislators to waive taxes on student-loan forgiveness. Some GOP-led states have confirmed they will impose state taxes on Biden's relief. After Biden announced up to $20,000 in federal debt relief at the end of August, confusion emerged regarding how taxes would be applied to that loan forgiveness. According to the Tax Foundation, a number of GOP-led states like Indiana and Mississippi are on track to impose state taxes on Biden's debt relief. While the White House said "we absolutely think it's a fair comparison" between PPP and student-loan forgiveness, Rubio argued otherwise.

☆ Nyege Nyege festival: Uganda dance music festival cleared to go ahead
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Nyege Nyege festival will now take place next week but under “strict guidelines,” according to Ugandan Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja, quoted in local media reports. “The event (Nyege Nyege) will go on but under strict guidelines. Though ‘nyege nyege’ can be loosely translated to urge in Luganda, the country’s official language, it also means horny in Swahili, which is commonly spoken in the region. But outside the house, she doubled down on her opposition to Nyege Nyege taking place. The charge of “promoting” homosexuality has been leveled against Nyege Nyege before and led to a short-lived cancelation of its last event in 2019.

☆ Meta's problem is that the metaverse is supremely uncool
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The biggest problem: It just doesn’t look cool. To get into the metaverse in the first place, you first have to strap on a bulky headset like Meta’s $400 Quest device. VR avatars also need to respond in real time to the ways we move our faces and bodies, which requires powerful computing and graphics processing. Still, FedEx Ground is refusing to offer the kind of across-the-board financial relief to its contractors that Patton and others are seeking. “We recognize that current economic conditions are posing new challenges,” FedEx Ground said in a statement.

☆ I-a ȘOCAT chiar și pe șefi! O femeie gardian s-a iubit cu un pușcăriaș în fața altor deținuți
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Ba chiar, la un moment dat, a făcut sex cu acesta în timp ce alți 11 deținuți se uitau la ei, scrie sport.ro. „Am văzut lucruri dezgustătoare în cei 26 de ani de serviciu, dar nu am auzit de un astfel de comportament deviant. A depus un jurământ pe care l-a trădat și a pus în pericol viața colegilor săi”, a spus Steve McComas, fostul șef al tinerei, care a numit-o pe aceasta „depravată”. În urma procesului, tânăra a primit 7 luni de închisoare cu executare, plus doi ani perioadă de supraveghere. Inițial s-a cerut pedeapsa maximă pentru ea (trei ani și opt luni de închisoare cu executare, dar pentru că și-a recunoscut faptele și nu avea antecedente penale, judecătorii au fost mai blânzi.

Persons: inculpatei, pușcăriașul, Steve McComas Locations: Fresno, California

Victima, originar din Uzbekistan, în vârstă de 42 de ani, a fost adusă la spital cu mai multe arsuri și urechea parțial ruptă, de un prieten. Acesta a mărturisit că a fost bătut, apoi stropit cu benzină, iar ulterior agresorii i-au dat foc. Oamenii legii au stabilit că victima a fost incendiată în satul Aleksandrovskoye, pe șoseaua Volkonskoye. În timpul inspecției la fața locului au fost luate amprente, urme de la încălțăminte, haine care aveau urme de ceva cu o culoarea maro și niște lame. Aceștia s-au dovedit a fi un moldovean în vârstă de 27 de ani și un bărbat originar din Tadjikistan.

Persons: Aceștia Locations: Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan

☆ Marte: Mini-elicopterul Ingenuity a reușit primul zbor controlat pe o altă planetă
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: NASAMarte: Mini-elicopterul Ingenuity a reușit primul zbor controlat pe o altă planetăMini-elicopterul Ingenuity a reușit primul zbor controlat pe o altă planetă. NASA confirmă faptul că acesta a decolat, a transmis imagini, iar apoi a asolizat cu succes. Aceasta este prima imagine transmisă de Ingenuity (în stânga) dar și de roverul Perseverance, care l-a filmat pe Ingenuity în zbor (dreapta)elicopterIngenuity este un elicopter mic, care cântărește doar 1,8 kg. A călătorit în interiorul rover-ului Perseverance, care a aterizat pe Marte în februarie 2021. Nu are niciun instrument științific încorporat, deoarece scopul său principal este de a demonstra zborul cu un aparat cu rotor.

Persons: Marte Organizations: NASA Locations: Ingenuity

☆ I moved my family from California to Austin, Texas, and regretted it. Here are 10 things to consider before making an expensive mistake.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Brett Alder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Brett Alder moved to Austin, Texas, for work and regrets the choice. A lot of people, including myself, move from California to Austin because of the hype and the perception that California and Austin are reasonably comparable in lifestyle. Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.

Persons: Brett Alder, Alder, Austin, Austin it's, you've, We've, I've, It's, We're, Yelp, Matthew McConaughey, Travis, There's, …, Monoculture, California we've, Uber, I'd, Austinites Organizations: Energy, Soaring Sierra, Yosemite, Texans Locations: Austin , Texas, California, Austin, Texas, San Diego, Travis County, Lake, Jose, San Jose, Portland , Oregon, Nevada, Utah, West Coast, West, Montana, Tennessee, crosswalks, Belterra, Bay, San Jose , CA

☆ Administrația de Stat a Drumurilor spune că este pregătită de ninsori. Ce măsuri s-au întreprins
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) agora.md time to read: +3 min

Administrația de Stat a Drumurilor a început deja pregătirile pentru sezonul de iarnă. A fost achiziționat material antiderapant și s-a făcut bilanțul tehnicii din dotare. Pentru întreținerea și administrarea rețelei drumurilor publice naționale,au fost încheiate contracte de antrepriză cu S.A. ,,Drumuri’’ din teritoriu. Pentru utilizarea suplimentară a tehnicii de deszăpezire și sporirea eficienţei lucrărilor de întreținere a drumurilor publice, S.A. „Drumuri” va încheia contracte directe cu agenţii economici din teritoriu. Dodon se lăuda, anterior, cu o implementare în 30% din localități Chișinăul se va înnoi cu cinci mijloace de transport pentru deszăpezirea drumurilor

Persons: Dodon Locations: S.A ., AGORA, Moldova

☆ Legal problems galore await Trump now that he's lost reelection — and, soon, his presidential immunity
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-06 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"What the Biden Justice Department will do is let the Justice Department be the Department of Justice," Biden said during an ABC News forum when asked what he'd do about the evidence accumulated during the Mueller investigation. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAccusations of campaign-finance violationsThe most notable Trump campaign money drama of the moment is a doozy. It involves a complaint filed this summer by the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center that alleges the Trump campaign "disguised" nearly $170 million worth of campaign spending "by laundering the funds" through companies led by Brad Parscale, his former campaign manager, or created by Trump campaign lawyers. The Trump campaign has denied wrongdoing. They include accusations of illegal solicitation of a foreign national by Donald Trump Jr. and failure to publicly disclose campaign debts stemming from municipal police bills the Trump campaign refuses to pay.

☆ (foto, video) Trucuri de iarnă: lame de ras pentru pulovere, mingi de tenis pentru geci și oțet pentru parbriz
▼ + stars: | 2016-01-09 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Angelina Aduce Cititorilor | Diez Informații Utile Din Sfera Educației Și Doza De Relaxare Din Lifestyle. Îi Place Jurnalismul | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Iarna nu este chiar cel mai plăcut sezon, temperaturile scăzute, vântul și zăpada punându-ne deseori în situații mai complicate. #diez îți prezintă o serie de trucuri care îți vor fi de ajutor atunci când iarna te va pune la încercare. Cum deschizi o încuietoare înghețatăEste bine sa ştiţi că cel mai rău lucru pe care puteți să-l faceţi este să forţaţi încuietoarea. O metodă de a debloca roțile mașinilor din zăpadă este de a dezumfa un pic cauciucurile, iar asta pentru a căpăta mai multă aderență și tracțiune. Dacă le pui în fața roților, un pic sub ele chiar, acestea nu vor mai aluneca și vor putea străbate acea distanță anevoioasă.

Persons: Puneţi

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