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by Bjinse on Tue Mar 26th, 2019 at 08:48:06 PM EST
EU tells China to rebalance relation as no longer developing nation
Evidently, the criteria of "developing nation" is no longer high standard of living. Then again the Mighty White of You Millenium Challenge threshold for "lower middle income" per capita income is $3,895 p.a.

RMB:EUR, 1:0.1347
China, Average Wage by sector, 2017 (latest year for which data is available)

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by Cat on Wed Mar 27th, 2019 at 03:37:10 AM EST
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EU Citizens Push for Better Wages for Gig* Economy Workers
The European Commission [!] gave the green light Tuesday to a citizen's petition seeking a minimum wage for gig* economy workers, allowing petition organizers to begin collecting signatures of support.
Some know well that struggles for social benefits and standardized contracts and against wage discrimination of disabled workers in various EU member states, for example, is a long story.
Initiative organizers have a year to collect at least 1 million signatures from no fewer than seven EU states to move their petition to the next step: commission action. The commission will have three months to decide whether or not to implement the actions sought by the initiative, and must explain its decision either way in writing.

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* 21st cen. US-Eng. colloquial  self-employed person; syn  contractor, conditional employee, contingent worker, freelancer, day laborer; arch. jobber

archived "unorganized labor"
Employee activism in this sphere is a direct result of defects in Art. 153.

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by Cat on Wed Mar 27th, 2019 at 04:54:46 PM EST
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Have mercy. WoS is beside themselves.

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by Cat on Wed Mar 27th, 2019 at 08:07:40 PM EST
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Finnish police uncover sprawling child sex abuse ring
a pedophile ring with links to 17 Western countries. Chief Investigator Sanna Springare did not say what other countries were involved, only that several were European. She also cited the need to protect victims' privacy as she declined to give details as to where the crimes took place. Though she did not name the perpetrators, she said that the ringleader held "a prominent position in society."

Springare did, however, outline the abuses, saying that the five men arrested had filmed the violent, repeated rape of six male victims, aged six to 15, over the course of 14 years.

Police suspect Finns of role in violent international child porn ring
"Parents trusted suspects with their kids", details

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by Cat on Thu Mar 28th, 2019 at 02:47:26 AM EST
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Grindr Suit Quashed but Big Tech Controversy Endures
An attorney for Matthew Herrick, whose ex-boyfriend used the hook-up app to send about 1,100 ["]suitors["] Herrick's way, had choice words Wednesday after the Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of their case.
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As it did in District Court, Grindr persuaded the Second Circuit today that it is immune from liability under the Communications Decency Act. The law is more than 20 years old, but the Second Circuit rejected arguments from Ekeland that it needs an update.
For what is government?
"Congress needs to step in to fix this because the courts are failing in their duty to protect the public," said Ekeland, whose New York-based firm specializes in cases related to computers and the digital age.
"Protect the public" from the public?

archived
the Dolly Levy standard of consideration
Liability of Match.com turns on prior "knowledge" of the perp's criminal conduct.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Mar 28th, 2019 at 05:32:44 PM EST
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o. look. Here is the answer, again malformed.
If the first duty of every government, is to protect the people then it's kinda obvious they agree that in the current Brexit circumstances they can't protect us because Brexit will be harmful in any form

So what are the political chancers doing, well they're protecting themselves by doing nothing so none of them has to take the hit later at the ballot box for what they did ...

"Protect the people" from what?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Mar 29th, 2019 at 09:24:39 AM EST
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well, well, well
Six arrested in operation targeting crime linked to [UVF] paramilitary organisation
Do ya think they speak IRA?

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by Cat on Fri Mar 29th, 2019 at 07:13:43 PM EST
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For what is government?
From low trust in institutions to the rise of 'critical citizenship'?
Eurofound's recent report, "Societal change and trust in institutions" aims to "broaden the understanding of trends in trust in institutions". The study is based on data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) and Eurobarometer, and compares trust in institutions before, during, and after the great recession.
m'k. Define terms in the survey instrument.
[1]political institutions, defined "as trust in national parliament and trust in national government". ... [2] non-political state institutions (police, legal system) and [3] non-state institutions (media) ... [4] "political participation is based on four items [...]: 'attended a meeting of a trade union, political party or political action group'; 'attended a protest or demonstration'; 'contacted a politician or public official'; and 'signed a petition, including online petition'
Where is the franchise: periodic ballot instrument that elects one's  "representative" to a public office?

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by Cat on Sat Mar 30th, 2019 at 04:14:01 PM EST
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Where is citizen status in this survey of "trust" in political institutions? (NB. possessive declensions)

πολῑ́της (polī́tēs) m (genitive πολῑ́του); first declension (Attic, Koine)
cīvitās f (genitive cīvitātis); third declension

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by Cat on Sat Mar 30th, 2019 at 05:08:37 PM EST
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BTW, gender, grammatical or semantic classes, is a fuck all determinative of the "identity" of any subject or any object, as demonstrated, for example, by its assignments by LINGUISTS of the "Indo-European" persuasion to the noun citizen
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Little known secret: I'm just about to revolt against customary requests for "my pronouns", when I introduce myself by MY NAME, before every PPC meeting with members who, inexplicably, are unwilling or unable to address their grievances to any "political institution". It goes like this: ADDRESS ME BY MY NAME goddamit or don't call me at all.

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by Cat on Sat Mar 30th, 2019 at 05:37:58 PM EST
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Dominique Libault: «il faut augmenter de 25% les effectifs dans les EHPAD»
Bon chance!

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by Cat on Sun Mar 31st, 2019 at 02:43:38 AM EST
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How about having one of these in the UK, once Brexit is over?
Alþingi ályktar að fela ríkisstjórninni að efna til þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslu um aðild Íslands að Atlantshafsbandalaginu.

Eftirfarandi spurning verði borin upp í þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslunni:

,,Vilt þú að Ísland gangi úr Atlantshafsbandalaginu (NATO)?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Mon Apr 1st, 2019 at 07:36:28 PM EST
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