Bad news from the New York Times yesterday: Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers have made a “clarification” to the rules on how the new Iraqi constitution will be passed: Under the new rules, the constitution will fail only if two-thirds of all registered voters – rather than two-thirds of all those actually casting ballots – reject …
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Big news today from the CBC… on the Eve of the start of the NHL season, the CBC and its’ workers have reached an agreement in principal. The best information on what the final contract looks like seems to be coming from the Media Guild union website: It’s a 4 year deal.. with an average …
Recent polls have shown a sort of National Depression in Germany of late. (hattip: Reader JaneM) The article blames in part Germans societal reliance on Government to provide oppurtunity and advancement while also blaming a simple and historical German malaise that is handed down from generation to generation. Apparently things have gotten bad enough that …
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