The principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.
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Is there evidence that competition between hospitals creates better quality and lower cost healthcare?
There is a debate in England, as the government is changing the way the NHS works, to introduce more competition.
The NHS will still operate as a single payer, covering the whole population: but ...
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Can satellite jamming by Iranian authorities cause medical side effects on the Iranians health?
According to the article satellite jamming in Iran, a war over airwaves:
Satellite jamming is a form of censorship akin to Internet censorship, whereby the Iranian government prohibits access to ...
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Did the National Rifle Association (NRA) block research into statistics related to gun control?
About 30,000 americans die every year from gun-related deaths (a number likely to exceed those dying from automobile-related accidents very soon if trends continue). This totals more than 300,000 ...
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Did Gorbachev ever admit that his intention was to destroy Communism? [closed]
As I remember the 1980s and the Perestroika epoch, the reforms were advertised to the people as "return to Leninist principles", even deeper implementation of Socialism. The posters claimed it was ...
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Do casinos have a negative economic and social impact on the neighborhoods they are located in?
In a recent article of the Toronto Sun that discusses a proposed waterfront casino for the city of Toronto, the author Christopher Hume makes the following statement:
Experience around the world ...
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List comparing countries attacked by Iran and the USA accurate?
Is the following infographic's comparison of Iran and the USA accurate?
I'm not skeptical of the claim that the USA has attacked a lot of countries, but I am skeptical of the claim that, based on ...
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Are “black-box” data recorders to be installed in all new US cars?
Occupy Corporatism reports:
With complete disregard for driver privacy, the Obama administration gave their consent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to mandate black ...
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Is participating in competitive sport harmful to young children?
There is a proposal for all primary school children (ages 4 to 11) in England to play competitive team sports:
Competitive team sports will be made compulsory for all primary age children, David ...
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Are voter ID laws effective tools at *suppressing* voter fraud?
Recent bickering over who should require what to vote where have suggested that requiring a person bring some form of ID to the poll might help alleviate fraud. This makes important assumptions:
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Do countries deliberately avoid winning Eurovision?
Spanish singer told to lose Eurovision? claims that countries deliberately avoid winning the Eurovision Song Contest because of the expense of hosting it. It claims that:
Montenegro, Andora and ...
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Do police officers have monthly quotas of traffic tickets to write?
I always wondered about this. When times are tough, the officers seem to start getting stricter, writing tickets in cases where they may otherwise give a warning or not bother to pull you over. No, I ...
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Does the US ban high-gas-mileage cars?
A recent YouTube video features a claim that the VW Passat TDI 1.6 and similar cars have been banned by the US government, specifically because their gas mileage is too high. The purported reasoning ...
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Is there any evidence of a One World Order in the works? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do secret societies that wish to bring about a new world order still exist?
First, I like mention some very right biases used in the video I am providing as an example. ...
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Are there members of Congress who have tried to seize 401k plans?
In February, the White House released its “Annual Report on the Middle
Class” containing new regulations favored by Big Labor including a
bailout of critically underfunded union pension plans ...
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Do (US) Birth Certificate Bonds exist?
This is a slightly unusual request; I look forward to finding out whether it is considered on-topic or not.
I was recently directed to a YouTube video to help value your "Birth Certificate Bond" (or ...
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Does Audrey Tomason's apocalypse equation thesis exist?
Recently it has been claimed that Audrey Tomason, the US government's Director for Counter-Terrorism has written a master's thesis about an "apocalypse equation":
[Audrey Tomason] wrote a master ...
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Did anti-discrimination efforts lead to the sub-prime mortgage bubble?
In this article on Bloomberg, it seems clear that the goverment is forcing banks to issue risky loans.
Is the government really being this stupid, or is there more to it that this article does not ...
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Is China buying up the worlds arable land
Is there any reliable evidence to suggest that China is buying large quantities of farming land in other countries?
Furthermore is there any evidence if the above is true that the quantities they are ...
