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Serah Bosley – Labour pledges to break patents and offer latest drugs on NHS

Jeremy Corbyn says party will create company to make cheap versions of drugs like Orkambi The British people will be told Labour can't work, and millions will vote Tory to remain being exploited and living in misery. They think the Tory Party is the party of the noble establishment, the Lords, the civility, the people who defend Britain to keep us safe and bring law and order, but nothing could be further from the truth. All they protect is their privileges and aquired wealth, even if it...

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21st Century Wire – Saudi vs the Houthis: Why U.S. Patriot Missiles Are Useless

The Patriots failed again, it seems. Missile strikes that shut down a half of Saudi oil production not only marked a new round of escalation in the Persian Gulf, but also revealed the limitations of the Kingdom’s air defense. Over the past years, Saudi Arabia, the state with the third largest military budget in the world ($82.9bn), has spent billions of dollars building up six battalions of US-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles and associated radars. However, these seemingly sophisticated...

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Nathan Tankus – The Green New Deal will be tremendously expensive. Every penny should go on the government’s tab.

Only the government can afford to fund the New Green Deal, say the above authors. They add, forget about PPI  because just won't cut it. Some things are too important to be left to the market where the competition between companies would hinder progress.We contend that decarbonization technology is too important to humanity to hide it behind US patents and trade secrets. To confront the crisis equitably and efficiently, we should publicly fund  development and share the research with the...

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China pollution

Bad China!!! China has NO place to criticize the US. They continue to be the biggest polluter in the world. China produces 25% of the world’s carbon, and over 2/3 more carbon than us. Last year their carbon emissions grew at the fastest rate in the past seven years. https://t.co/ZT1IfKSvzY— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) September 23, 2019

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Trump Troll

Can it get any better? I don't see how...She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see! https://t.co/1tQG6QcVKO— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2019

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