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Jean Todt Succeeds Max Mosley As FIA President

October 25th, 2009

Jean Todt has won the election to be the next President of the FIA following a vote of the General Assembly held on Friday in Paris. Todt, the former Ferrari sporting director - and outgoing president Max Mosley’s preferred candidate - defeated former rally champion Ari Vatanen by 135 votes to 49. The Frenchman now holds a four-year mandate at the head of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile. Also elected were Todt’s list of candidates: among the major nominations, Nick Craw (Autom

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In a war for democracy, why worry about public opinion?

October 15th, 2009

Escalation in Afghanistan is aimed at rescuing the credibility of western power, whatever Afghans or westerners might want Seumas Milne guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 October 2009 20.30 BST Whoever is in charge, it seems, the war on terror has truly become a war without end. Eight years after George Bush and Tony Blair launched it, with an attack on Afghanistan under the preposterous title of “operation enduring freedom” and without any explicit UN mandate, Gordo

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Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of October 2, 2009

October 2nd, 2009

America, Are You Listening? - brownpelicanla.com 10/02/2009 The Democrats’ Secret Plan to Pass the Public Option by Next Thursday ….Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, told the liberal “Bill Press Radio Show” yesterday that Democrats “comfortably” have the remaining votes to reach 51 and pass a public plan once the debate moves to the House floor . . . Mad Max’s Mandate: The Baucus health bill will break 5

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Are Health Insurance Mandates Constitutional ?

September 18th, 2009

After a piece last month in the Washington Post, which I wrote about here, lawyers David Rivkin and Lee Casey are back with a piece in the Wall Street Journal expanding on their argument that a requirement that every American buy health insurance would be unconstitutional. This time, they argue that, even under current commerce clause precedent, there is no Constitutional authority for a Federal health insurance mandate: The Supreme Court construes the commerce power broadly. In the mos

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Challenges ahead for Japan’s new ruling party

August 31st, 2009

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) — Now comes the hard part. Handed a sweeping mandate for change, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) begins the formidable task of delivering on a laundry list of promises intended to lift the country after its worst recession since World War II. Voters — skeptical, pessimistic and impatient — are unlikely to give the party, which has never held office, much time to make good. Japan is witnessing historic highs in unemployment and experiencing ramifications like hom

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