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  • Mandates Are About Political Control, Not Health

    01/19/2022 9:47:46 AM PST · by Heartlander · 23 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | January 18, 2022 | Jenin Younes
    Mandates Are About Political Control, Not HealthFor two years, the political class’s ineptitude has been on full display. School shutdowns, business closures, and endless mask mandates have all proven relatively ineffective at stemming the spread of COVID-19 (never mind reducing hospitalizations and deaths), yet politicians continued instituting these harmful and useless measures in a desperate attempt to be perceived as doing something.But over the past month or so, it has become inescapable that sheer incompetence and ignorance can no longer be the sole explanation for two years of bungled policies. Rather, the craven mindset of many of our leaders in...
  • China asserts control over Hong Kong's political future

    04/06/2004 3:11:39 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 5 replies · 252+ views
    AFP via Yahoo! News ^ | Tue, Apr 06, 2004 | N/A
    China asserts control over Hong Kong's political future BEIJING, (AFP) - China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong's political future, dealing a blow to pro-democracy campaigners with the ruling Beijing must have the final say on any electoral reforms in the former British colony. Members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing passed a resolution stating all political reforms in Hong Kong have to be approved by China's central government. "The interpretation has been passed," lawmakers told reporters as they exited the meeting at Beijing's central Great Hall of the People. The legislation was...