Monday, September 17, 2018

Links For Constitution Day

On today's date in 1787, a group of Americans in Philadelphia produced a Constitution for the United States, which was intended to replace the Articles of Confederation.  Today, there's a controversy surrounding a nominee to our Supreme Court, whose appointment by our president is subject to confirmation by our Senate.  All of these offices were created by the Constitution.  Starting with that controversy, here are some things going on:






From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini tells the European Commission's Vice President to shut up.  (Salvini was elected to the Italian legislature, while the E.C.V.P. is unelected.  The story comes via Voice Of Europe.)






From Radio Poland, Poland observers the 79th anniversary of the Soviet invasion just after the beginning of World War II.  (Germany had invaded on September 1st, 1939.)









From Dutch News, a Dutch inventor's device for removing plastic from the ocean is tested 240 nautical miles west of San Francisco.  (I had previously linked a story about the launching of the device, but did not know that its inventor was Dutch.)

From France24, Russia and Turkey agree to a demilitarized zone in the Syrian region of Idlib.  (Whether anyone fighting in that area agrees to cooperate may well be another matter.)




From BBC News, according to the IMF, a no-deal Brexit could damage the U.K. economy.  (Wasn't that supposed to happen after the original Brexit vote?)


From ABC News (where "A" means "Australian"), a woman in Adelaide, Australia is found guilty of being a member of ISIS.

From ABC News (where "A" means "American") police in Brussels shoot a man wielding a knife.








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