On June 20, 2015, the International Economic Forum took place in St. Petersburg. It was announced at the forum that 29 new Russian-Chinese projects worth over $20 billion are already approved, and the total number of joint projects has increased to 58. Currently signed agreements between Russia and China signed agreements amount to over $1 trillion.
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This time the Lancaster City Alliance and others got it right
NewsLanc commends the authors and sponsors of “Prosperity Indicator, 2014 Report for Lancaster County”. Every person interested in their community and the county would benefit from reviewing it.
The Supreme Court just agreed with what we told federal authorities
Several years ago federal authorities demanded that we make available every evening the names and addresses of all of our guests at our hotel at the Newark Airport. (Now Holiday Inn – Newark Airport.)
How much should our nation’s health care system spend on a 93 year old?
We are not suggesting that the USA follow the ancient course of some Native American tribes of expelling elderly widows to cope for themselves, but there has got to be a point in life whereby when extraordinary medical expenditures will not be provided at the expense of tax payers.
Study offers glimmer of hope to restore state’s public education
According to the Washington Post, this state has the worst school-funding inequalities in the nation. “Per pupil spending in Pennsylvania’s poorest school districts is 33 percent lower than in wealthiest ones.”
Inquirer at it again with unsubstantiated attacks on Kathleen Kane
Having been the subject of much malicious rumors, not allowed to respond, and never charged with anything, there is little wonder that Kane is wary of speaking with holdover staff and running the risk of whatever she may say being reported by the Inquirer in the worse possible light.
MADONNA: 87% of Pennsylvania voters back medical pot in Franklin & Marshall poll
A survey from the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster showed 87 percent of registered voters favor allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes on a doctor’s recommendation.
KEISLING: Gov. Wolf and Republicans clash over solution to pension problem
So, the thinking goes, if this were a normal political year, the governor would cut a deal with the senate leadership and agree to these pension changes, in return for a broader budget package. Trouble is, this isn’t a normal political year.
LETTER: Asks if PSP has applied for a CRIZ loan
Do you know if PSP has put in their CRIZ application? The only way I know to find out is by calling Randy Patterson.
While Washington dithers, China rebuilds Asia in its own image
China’s initiative — the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — has been structured as a counterweight to the TPP, but also to the Asian Development Bank and even the International Monetary Fund, both of which Beijing sees as dominated by the United States…
Does the future of Russia’s Far East depend on China?
How would it be possible in forty-nine years to move Chinese farmers’ families with children, grand children and great grand children who grew up on their family farms back to their historical motherland of China?
Pope Francis Calls for Climate Action in Draft of Encyclical
NEW YORK TIMES: In the leaked document, Francis often writes eloquently, citing scientific evidence about the human role in global warming. He repeats some of his familiar themes in calling on people to move away from a consumerist model that he says is depleting resources, to the detriment of the poor, and live simpler lives. He also calls on governments to work together for solutions at the global, national and local level — while at times focusing on specifics, like his opposition to carbon credits.
Capitolwire: Medical cannabis debate still raging despite General Assembly’s budget fever.
Medical cannabis advocates welcomed a heavyweight into their corner Thursday when talk show host Montel Williams appeared at a state Capitol rally for Senate Bill 3… “It wasn’t until I started using medical cannabis on a daily basis and getting my system really saturated with cannabinoids that I started getting relief,” he said.
Elders pay heavy price to keep United States in world dominance
Our Republican friends support this plundering of the elderly because their officeholders oppose abortion and support packing guns in churches and libraries.