Global debt hasn’t been this bad since the Napoleonic Wars, says World Economic Forum president "We haven't seen this kind of debt since the Napoleonic Wars ... isn't bad, but it's also below the 4% trend growth the world had seen for decades, he said earlier in the interview. That risks a ... 04/28/2024 - 7:03 am | View Link
WEF president: 'We haven't seen this kind of debt since the Napoleonic Wars' Speaking Sunday at WEF's "Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development" in Saudi Arabia, he warned that global debt ratios are close to levels not seen since the 1820s ... 04/27/2024 - 9:37 pm | View Link
Can you still access voluntary assisted dying laws if you've been living elsewhere for a decade or more? Could you, for example, still be a resident of Western Australia if you've spent more than a decade mostly living ... the country since the laws were passed. In February, the SAT allowed a ... 04/23/2024 - 9:05 pm | View Link
The Biden administration recruits 15 states to help enforce airline consumer laws The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power that by law is limited to the federal government. 04/16/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Weirdest laws passed in every state No 'lewd and lascivious' behavior before marriage In 1931, West Virginia passed a law banning "lewd and lascivious cohabitation and conduct before marriage." The law was finally repealed in 2010. 01/5/2021 - 7:57 pm | View Link
A new Lincoln Project spot takes aim at what’s allegedly inside Donald Trump’s pants. Via Florida Politics:
“We know Donald ‘Von ShitzInPants’ Trump will hate that this commercial is going to be seen by all his top donors this weekend as they do Apprentice-style tryouts with potential Vice Presidential picks,” said Rick Wilson, Lincoln Project co-founder.
There's a bill on Ron DeSantis’ desk that, if he signs it, would end the state’s support of renewable and clean energy and keep Florida reliant on fossil fuels. Via the Sun-Sentinel:
If signed, the law would reverse 16 years of state policy, finishing the work started by former Gov. Rick Scott and undoing Gov.
“Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday,” NBC News reports.
“Brandishing internal surveys, pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita delivered a set of presentations that focused on finances, messaging and the political map… Fabrizio’s numbers, posted on a slide shared with NBC News, showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden by small margins in the key swing states from 2020 — including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.”
Peter Baker: “It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?”
“Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.”
“They’re joking.
Narcissists always see boundaries as a challenge, and former President Donald Trump went there in front of a private Republican National Committee donor event at Mar-a-Lago, likening the Biden administration to the Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany. Trump also called Jack Smith a "fucking asshole" and lobbed insults at prosecutors.
Things got a little awkward when Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem about the false claim in her book where she said she met with North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong Un. She told of her meeting that never took place that Kim underestimated her, "having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I'd been a children's pastor, after all)." That lie falls in line with her claim of being an "alpha-female" compared to Nikki Haley.