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Monday, 25 February 2019

Jordan Peterson join the live Q&A Panel with Alex Hawke, Terri Butler, Cathryn McGregor and Van Badham.

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Not only does Dwayne The Rock Johnson have a new ownership stake in the Portland-based Salt & Straw ice cream chain, it turns out the pro wrestler-turned-TV-and-movie star has even more Northwest connections. On Johnsons Twitter page, hes been busy posting about his new hit movie, Jumanji: The Next Level, Salt & Straws Dwanta Claus Holiday Pack ice cream flavors, and the fact that Johnson has ties to such local icons as Tom Peterson and Portland wrestling.

Responding to another Twitter post, Johnson wrote, I lived in Vancouver, WA when my old man wrestled for Portland based wrestling promoter, Don Owens. I practically lived in the old Portland sports arena when I was a kid. Lots of ties to Oregon & Portland in particular.

As if that wasnt enough, Johnson added, in another Twitter post, Haha and another crazy connection to Portland..my uncle, Siva married Tom Petersons (famous local Portland appliance and electronics store owner) daughter, Kathy. Back in the 80s I believe.

Johnsons posts have drawn plenty of responses, including invitations for Johnson to attend a Portland Timbers match, along with a Twitter poster who wrote, Thats some serious old Portland credibility. The only other way you could top it is having been on the Ramblin Rod show as a kid.

As The Oregonian/OregonLive recently reported, Johnson became an investor in Salt & Straw via the Garcia Companies, an investment firm operated by Johnsons ex-wife, Dany Garcia.

Along with his many other talents, Johnson seems to be a gifted salesman, because according to the Salt & Straw website, the $65 Dwanta Claus Holiday Pack, is, at the moment, sold out.

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Dwayne The Rock Johnson has ties to Tom Peterson, Portland wrestling and, of course, Salt & Straw - OregonLive

In that time, the EU was forced to pay less attention to other problems among its member states. Problems that present a far greater long-term threat to the European project than Brexit ever could.

For the EU is being undermined by nations within its ranks ignoring the rule of EU law, deviating from Europe's high standards on human rights and laughing in the face of freedom of expression.

The court's words might be a little dramatic. The proposed reforms, which would allow the government to punish judges for engaging in political activity, ignore the EU's requirement that courts act independently of government. But that doesn't mean Poland is going to get kicked out of the EU.

First, you cannot officially expel an EU member state. It's possible to suspend a nation's voting rights under Article 7 of the treaty of the European Union, designed to punish nations that disobey the EU's founding principles. But they are officially still a member state. It would require unanimous agreement among the other member states to even have a vote on doing so. And no one who understands EU politics thinks there is any chance of this happening.

"Article 7 was never designed to deal with a situation where there was more than one delinquent state," says Ronan McCrea, professor of European Law at University College London.

Right now, there are several delinquent states causing havoc in Brussels. About 340 miles south of Warsaw, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has spent the past decade presiding over assaults on his nation's courts, academic institutions, central bank and press.

These are merely the most egregious examples of member states undermining the EU's core principles.

Croatia's government is under pressure for failing to reform existing laws enough to protect journalists from facing legal suits for doing their job. There are similar criticisms of tight press control in Greece and Bulgaria. Bluntly, the old continent is hurtling towards a crisis in mutual trust on values and law. And trust is arguably the central pillar of European unity and stability.

Agata Gostyska-Jakubowska, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, explains that the "backtracking on the rule of law in any member states" creates "a challenge to the whole mutual trust. That is a founding principle for crucial projects such as the single market or justice."

The problem is that members of the EU are overseen by the European Court of Justice. National courts are expected to respect European law. McCrea explains that "the web of rules under which members states automatically recognize each others' decisions is threatened by undermining the rule of law. The EU is a very small bureaucracy. It largely depends on national judges and national civil servants to implement the law."

With so many European nations terrified at the prospect of the EU juggernaut taking a closer look at their alleged indiscretions, there is no way that as a bloc, the member states would give a green light to Brussels singling out one member. So Article 7 is a non-starter.

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Brexit was a distraction. Now Europe is facing a hellish 2020 - CNN

On 11 November 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/1893[1] concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela.

The Council has decided that the restrictive measures should be renewed for a further period of 12 months, until 14 November 2020. The Council also decided to amend the statement of reasons for eight persons listed in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074.

The Candidate Countries Republic of North Macedonia* and Albania*, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Liechtenstein, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia align themselves with this decision.

They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.

The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it.

[1] Published on 12.11.2019 in the Official Journal of the European Union L 291/42.

*Republic of North Macedonia and Albania continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.

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Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries with Council Decision concerning restrictive measures...

The Conservative Party secured an incredible victory in Thursdays general election, capturing 364 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons. It was one of the biggest shifts in British political allegiances for decades and it marked a personal triumph for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is now the most successful Tory leader since Margaret Thatcher. The win means Britain will almost certainly leave the EU in January 2020 as, just like the Prime Minister said, "no one can now refute" his "stonking mandate" to deliver Brexit.

The era of uncertainty has therefore ended as the general election result broke the Brexit deadlock created by Theresa Mays disastrous 2017 campaign.

As MPs prepare to vote on the withdrawal agreement on Friday, unearthed reports reveal how remarkably similar Greenland's exit from the EEC the precursor to the EU is to the UKs Brexit saga.

Greenland became the first and only country to leave the bloc after a referendum was held in 1982.

As part of the Danish Kingdom, Greenland joined the bloc in 1973 but, not long after its entry, the country started fighting for independence.

Soon after the 2016 Brexit referendum, former Greenland Prime Minister Lars-Emil Johansen, recalled that quitting the forerunner to today's EU in 1985 had provoked a political storm in his country and that the process took three lengthy years.

However, the storm was soon followed by economic growth once Greenland was free of Brussels.

Mr Johansen said: It was a huge deal for domestic politics in Greenland.

The doomsday prophets said that Greenland could never get an exit deal that would be as beneficial as the conditions under EEC membership.

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"We had to do a lot of waiting."

The politician added that a massive political row erupted after two years of exit negotiations, as his government's deal came under attack "by a broad part of the population who thought we sold ourselves too cheaply on our fishing rights.

As a result, Greenland's government was toppled as a no-confidence vote triggered an election in 1984.

However, similarly to Mr Johnson's triumph, Mr Johansens Siumut party was re-elected with a big majority and the island successfully left the EU in 1985.

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Mr Johansen noted that it was only after Greenland had left the bloc that the economy expanded and opponents were proved wrong.

Since then, Greenland's leaders have consistently said that they are satisfied with the decision to leave.

In a 2013 interview with the BBC, former Prime Minister of Greenland Kuupik Kleist said life outside the EU was good and that, after a successful negotiation with the bloc, the country was left significantly better off.

He claimed Greenland had free access to the European markets for his exports but, when asked about other exported goods, he answered with a laugh.

He said: "We don't export anything else but the fish.

"We have regular meetings with the [European] Parliament, and the European Union is one of our international partners an important partner, and important for trade.

"But at the moment, there's no serious consideration for rejoining the European Union."

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Incredible link between UK's Brexit saga and Greenland's withdrawal from bloc exposed - Express