d6 items of interest week of july 9

The short of the matter is that the justices handed down a terrible decision, and, I suspect, miscalculated the reaction. There’s nothing to be done now, because Ray has been put to death. But the issue is bound to come up again. (signs in the Atlanta airport last week told me so). A passport renewal is $110. So are legislators ready to explain action to constituents? I would think the Chamber of Commerce and tourism industry would be screaming, it done! If there is not bipartisan and swift agreement on this, well, I give up hope on anything significant getting done with this Legislature..

The biggest difficulty with this move, is that if France really cared about economic stability in Northern Africa it open their borders to economic migrants. There is plenty of demand for unskilled labor, remittances back to Tunisia would go a long way towards stabilizing the country small business sector and alleviating the most desperate poverty, and it provides jobs for those who just recently took to the street to protest lack of jobs. After the French government early defense of the former Tunisian president it seems like this would be a good way to show that Europe is on the side of the people of North Africa, rather than simply trying to keep the Carthaginians on their side of the Mediterranean..

Were all kinds of changes through the evolution of PPP to the rules, like what was considered taxable and not taxable, Langlois said. Most PPP applicants are most likely not going to have an increased tax liability for federal. Langois said that for the state, Oregon may pass a bill that places a surcharge on PPP loans..

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Former President Donald Trump was, by all accounts, furious at his impeachment trial defense team, especially lead lawyer Bruce Castor, panned across the board for his odd, rambling opening statement. “Cocooned at his Mar a Lago estate, Trump watched as his defense attorneys responded to an emotional presentation by House impeachment managers with a series of dry, technical, and at times meandering arguments about due process and the constitutionality of the proceedings,” Politico reports. “As they droned on, he grew increasingly frustrated with the sharp contrast between their muted response and the prosecution opening salvo.” But Trump, watching the trial on Newsmax, wasn just dismayed at Castor low energy performance and the bad reviews from allies and senator jurors, Politico reports.