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Correct, when the 50 years are done, the Chinese government can assume direct control of Hong Kong. And you are correct that their goal is to...
Freedoms are harder to reverse if they stick around. Additionally, the biggest issue isn't what Beijing is implementing (although the text of...
Just my personal opinion, but I suspect China is nearing the point where they are ready to be done with Hong Kong. Perhaps there is some delusion...
That was never going to be sustainable. The New Territories contains most of the shipping ports, power generation facilities, etc... Also all of...
It seems like an awful dog whistle. Obama's approval rating is quite a bit higher than either Trump or Biden. And turning the election into a...
As a general statement that's probably true. The Twin Cities is still very progressive and open but that part of St Paul is a working class area...
The Twin Cities light rail has been dealing with crime for the last year. I'm not sure what happened starting in 2019 we started hearing all kinds...
Yup. Contrast that with other states where the governors just stepped up early, declared statewide shelter in place orders and left the counties...
The thing that really stands out to me, more than anything else is the Putin/Russia tweets. She goes from posting the typical anti-Putin...
Ugh... Gatherings at churches enable the rapid spread of Covid-19 among congregants. Protests (another gathering with a large number of...
Prepaying pensions isn't even the biggest problem. The 2006 bill that mandated prefunding pensions also regulated stamp prices. The USPS lost the...
1988 (and if the Supreme Court rules differently, 2000).
So this is the what if the Supreme Court didn't prevent a full recount of Florida in 2000 hypothetical? There would be a lot more differences...
There are other ways but the wet markets are a real problem. They are the perfect breeding ground as they enable some bizarre jumps across...
That's not true. They've reserved tests here for health care workers. In much of the state (really everywhere except Mayo Clinic hospitals), tests...
Hospitals wont even be able to treat Covid 19 patients if people tried this (let alone non Covid-19 patients). Its scary how close some places are...
Our governor, here in Minnesota, did a fantastic presentation on Covid-19 scenarios (including explaining the value of shelter in place and the...
This is being run through state unemployment programs. People get UE benefits cut off routinely. This is a normal thing. The infrastructure to...
From what I understand in your scenario you would get $1200 per adult and $500 per child. If you make $150000 in combined income, you get the full...
We have a model for this. The feds gained equity in GM in exchange for aid. At one point, the government controlled 61% of GM (with much of the...
