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Why are Amex fees allowed in the European Union?
As I was reading this answer on Travel SE, and more specifically this part:
In one hotel in London I had to pay 3% extra for using Amex instead of Visa/MC.
I started reading some more about this regulation, as it was my thinking that within the EU…
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Did the Mueller report find that Trump committed any felonies?
In an answer to this question, @Peter said that:
...the Mueller Report ... would have resulted in multiple felony charges for any American other than the president.
Is this a true statement? If so, why are the referenced felonies not a…
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Germany's Ladenschlussgesetz in comparison to Israel's business laws about the Sabbath
Currently in Israel, a big political question that stands is whether grocery stores or other businesses should be open on Saturday (Shabbat, holy day for a large portion of business owners). Currently, the law stands that businesses that are open on…
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What are the reasons for people to oppose Basic Income Guarantee?
The people of Switzerland will probably vote on implementing a citizen's income.
The idea does not, of course, have universal 100% support.
For some people (e.g. high income earners) there seem to be intuitively clear reasons to oppose it, as it…
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Is it usual for a US president to make specific comments about a UK Prime Minister's suitability during a general election?
According to a BBC ariticle, Trump has made comments like:
Jeremy Corbyn would be "so bad" as prime minister
Of Boris Johnson:
"[He's] the exact right guy for the times"
Is it usual for a US President to specifically endorse a UK Prime Minister…
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Why did UK NHS pay for homeopathic treatments?
This Business Insider article argues about homeopathic treatment being virtually banned from using NHS funding:
Britain's government health system (NHS) had continued to pay for
thousands of patients to receive homeopathic treatment. But on July
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Can the UK veto its own extension request?
Every member of the EU has to agree any extension to article 50.
Does this mean the UK PM could (technically) use his vote in the European Council to veto his own request for an extension?
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Why is "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation" necessary?
In the US constitutional amendments, it is frequently stated that
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Why are these clauses necessary? Are there, for example, times when Congress does not have the power to…
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Ban on all campaign finance?
There is a lot of rhetoric surrounding how politicians in the US obtain money for their campaigns. I am wondering why it is necessary for politicians to have any money for their campaigns, small money, big money, their own money, etc etc. It seems…
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What if nobody wants the job as leader of the UK Conservative Party?
This question as quite hypothetical as I don't believe it will come to pass, but…
There is an ongoing situation in which Theresa May, Leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…
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Isn't the question of partisanship of US supreme court judges contradictory to the separation of powers?
Being German I find it rather strange to witness the discussion in the US regarding placing Kavanaugh as the 9th judge in the supreme court.
In the news it always sounds as if it is a matter of the partisanship of the candidate whether he/she should…
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Do POWs typically get paid for their prison time?
The recent release of Craig Bergdahl has me wondering about the status of prisoners of war from a strictly economic standpoint. When a soldier is POW, he is clearly not in a position to be able to change his "employment" but is he also left without…
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Is there bias against Israel at the UN?
According to UN Watch:
UN committees, annual UN resolutions, an entire UN bureaucratic division, permanent UN exhibits in New York and Geneva headquarters -- all dedicated to a relentless and virulent propaganda war against the Jewish state.…
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What were Trump's specific accusations justifying imposing tariffs against China?
President Trump repeatedly talked about China's unfair trade practices. What were those?
Do other countries like China install unfair trade guidelines? Or, is China being targeted "unfairly"?
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Why did the Tunceli province, in the center of Turkey, vote so much against Erdoğan in the presidential elections?
I was checking the official results of the Turkish presidential election, 2018 in the section Seçim 2018 of the news agency AA. In there, we see how Erdogan managed to win in almost all the regions:
The orange color marks where Erdoğan won, red…
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