Arguing With Myself

Christopher Pyne opposes donations ban but says Sam Dastyari broke 'ethical rule'

Edit The Guardian 05 Sep 2016

Speaking on Radio National on Monday, Pyne said Chinese business interests had paid a $40,000 legal bill for Dastyari, a $1,600 travel bill and provided him with two bottles of Grange wine. “After all these blandishments, Dastyari was prepared to say the South China Sea was China’s business and that Australia should remain neutral, a position that is at odds with Labor’s policy and the national interest,” Pyne said....

Ganesh Utsav 2016: Arjun Bijlani, Mouni Roy, Rithvik Dhanjani and Rashami Desai talk about what they want from the Lord

Edit Bollywood Life 05 Sep 2016

It is the time of the year when the atmosphere reverberates with the chant of Ganpati Bappa Morya ... TV celebs share with BL what they want from the Lord this festive season… ... The one thing I wish Lord Ganesha blesses me with this year, is the strength to work even harder and give in more than 100% in whatever I do! To strive for the best and achieve all my goals and dreams! ... For myself I want health and wealth, as that covers it all....

Tommy Sheppard: SNP depute contest is decidedly dignified

Edit Scotsman 05 Sep 2016

Now that Brexit has turned the world upside down he argues that our emerging relations with other EU countries are of paramount importance – and no-one has better experience than he at cementing them ... The point, though, is that with a focus on internal reorganisation, it's again a different pitch ... The SNP, too, is a broad church, a coalition of many with differing views....

NSO Has Been Selling a Smartphone-Surveilling Malware For Six Years

Edit Slashdot 05 Sep 2016

Slashdot reader turkeydance quotes their article. That will cost you $650,000, plus a $500,000 setup fee with an Israeli outfit called the NSO Group ... The industry argues that this spying is necessary to track terrorists, kidnappers and drug lords ... One critic argues "They can say they're trying to make the world a safer place, but they are also making the world a more surveilled place.". Read more of this story at Slashdot. ....

Can Democrats ride an anti-Trump wave to retake the House and Senate?

Edit Baltimore Sun 05 Sep 2016

Sen. Ron Johnson runs down a litany of the United States' ills. a rising debt and deficit, unsecured borders, threats from the Islamic State. And he knows just what to blame. an overreaching federal government stepping on the throats of American entrepreneurs. "Sometimes I refer to myself as Mr.... ....

Leaders: Sturgeon faces tough choices over referendum

Edit Scotsman 05 Sep 2016

FIRST Minister must listen to what Scotland says in her ‘conversation’, even if it is at odds with her desire for a second independence vote ... It was hardly likely she would have answered with a straight “No” ... Is modern life killing our children? Analysis by the charity Children with Cancer suggests that in just 20 years the number of cancer cases in children has leapt by 40 per cent due to pollution, pesticides and gadgets....

How gender discrimination law has businesses scrambling

Edit Daily Breeze 05 Sep 2016

"Raise your hand if you are for equal pay for equal jobs; no one would argue with that," employment attorney Christopher Olmsted told a crowd of human resources executives at a Long Beach conference last week. Hands flew up in the audience. But Olmsted quickly warned, "The devil is in the details ... ....

Joseph Stiglitz: 'Monetary union was the big mistake'

Edit Canberra Times 05 Sep 2016

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that after the unhappy marriage of the euro, the EU must either commit fully or agree to divorce ... ....

Jackson: Union leaders say ignore Trump's promises

Edit North Jersey 05 Sep 2016

For years, labor unions have been arguing that working families were left behind by Washington economic policymakers. Though Donald Trump has been singing from the labor songbook, unions in New Jersey and nationally are going all out to stop Trump for a simple reason. They think he’s a fraud who’s just trying to capitalize on workers who feel shortchanged ... ....

Kingston stung in Appeal Court over lawyer's silence

Edit Scoop 05 Sep 2016

Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Kingston Developments Group will miss out on a $7 million profit from an Albany project after the Official Assignee (OA) successfully argued in the Court of Appeal that the developer's lawyer failed to reveal plans to discharge ... ....

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