Sentences with phrase «on over politicians»

Vince Cable has hit out at Conservative immigration policy at the Liberal Democrats spring conference as a row rumbles on over politicians» use of migrant workers.

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If, say, you have children and you want regulation to protect them from the rising sea levels predicted to submerge billions of homes, wars over resources, and so on, you have to realize that however much we call politicians leaders, in democracies they follow the people.

The stand - off also comes amid a growing campaign by politicians, regulators and courts across Europe to rein in Google's power over the Internet search market and the impact it has on deeply ingrained social norms around personal privacy.

Its NRA card was also highlighted in a New York Times opinion piece that called on the financial industry to exert its «leverage over the gun industry,» seeing as politicians — many of whom are funded by the NRA — continue to refrain from doing so.

«I grow weary over the fact we have too many politicians who continually shoot from the hip and point fingers on economic matters without having a solid understanding of economics,» wrote one.

As one exec put it: «Thankfully, the election is over, and maybe now the politicians can get focused on running the country.»

But it was the debate over BHP Billiton's ill - fated attempt to acquire Potash Corp. that took «strategic asset» from an occasional buzzword to a full - on verbal tic for some politicians.

Boehner, now retired and living in Ohio, unloaded on conservative politicians and media personalities in a lengthy Politico Magazine profile published over the weekend.

U.S. politicians on both sides of the aisle have cautioned Ottawa against turning over natural resources to a Chinese state - owned company.

The efforts of Martin Schulz and other senior SPD politicians to gain an advantage over their political competitors by leading a hardline anti-Trump campaign do not appear to have had any significant effect on the SPD's standing in the polls.

Maybe our wise and patriotic politicians will start selling off our military assets just like they did with our manufacturing base so they can pay the tsunami of interest on our debt and China will take over as the world's police?

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

The inchoate, messy anger of the film mirrors the free - floating frustration of our cultural moment, and I'm stunned to see activists all over the world latch onto the film's central concept by erecting billboards meant to shame politicians into action on a variety of societal issues.

And they are a generation that's so over inaction and willing to challenge authority, from entering governor races to building squads to take on corrupt politicians and companies.

Debt however, based on over 100 years of central bank and politician foolishness, only goes up — until a great deflationary crash that may not happen.

There are not a few people who rely on cryptocurrencies, we have seen that over time they have added to the growing faith of the cryptoactive, empresarios, artistas, filántropos, gurús, entrepreneurs, artists, philanthropists, gurus, investors, politicians, economists, and many influential and recognized people around the world who consider that currencies like bitcoin and others have tremendous potential and many practical uses.

I think the only defense against such an unprincipled politician who will say or do anything to get power, is to point out as loudly and publicly as possible the many untruths and contradictions he is trying to pull over on the Alberta public.

A Canadian subsidiary of Equifax Inc. is lobbying Ontario politicians to pump the brakes on a government bill — proposed after the massive data breach at the Atlanta - based company last year — that could provide consumers stronger controls over information held by it and other credit - reporting agencies.

Wow.Mr.Limbaugh's belated «apology «aside, I find myself stunned at the level of vitriol, rudeness, and sheer hatred we seem determined to spew at each across the web nowadays; its advent has obviously unleashed some deeply - buried, long - simmering resevoirs of hate, scorn, and opprobium that has finally boiled over among many of us.If we spent even a third of that energy seeking solutions to righting the badly - listing ship - of - state called America... Well.The politicians aren't going to do it, fellow citizens.As clever as we think we are venting over folly and nonsense on these websites, we had better get busy getting our nation's affairs in order, or we'll become the laughingstock of the world, with tiny,no - name third world countries thumbing their noses at us and telling us to «Get lost, America, you silly, Hollywood has - been.

Theocracy is based on studies of an old book or two written by philosophers and politicians in addition to stories handed down over generations with no real physical evidence to analyze.

Obama's been the only politicians on either side of the aisle that hasn't made me want to puke over the last few years.

Even our politicians would rather get elected on arguements over these issues rather than proving themselves to be compassionate human beings concerned about their fellow humans.

According to the Telegraph, Mr Mann, who has spent months sifting evidence from members of the public, met Scotland Yard and handed over evidence on 22 politicians, including three serving MPs and three members of the House of Lords.

James Davison Hunter and Alan Wolfe disagreed fiercely over the reach and power of the culture wars, but they agreed on one thing: These wars are fought by politicians and pundits far more than by ordinary Americans.

This compendium brings together reviews and essays written over many years on a comprehensive range of writers (many of them Catholic), politicians, actors, painters, historical figures, and so on.

Far - right Dutch politician Geert Wilders went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, charged with inciting discrimination and hatred over a controversial film he made about Islam.

It's easy to focus on people in the news, be they mega church pastors or politicians and see where they have gone astray and at the same time gloss over where we are abusing and misusing the talents, whatever they may be, that God has given us.

In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really emerges in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of change.

Without God, we are torn in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but all our news programs are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations of everything, and equally obsessed with sentimental love in every pop song; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonize over our local sports team; we own many things, and still feel like we don't have enough; we believe in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» on the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.

Reduced to essentials, Shaw's contention is that Hecker and those of his «Americanist» cast of mind did represent an assimilationist current in U.S. Catholic thought — a tendency to bend over backwards to «fit into» American culture — that eventually made possible Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden: cradle - Catholic politicians who support public policies that flatly contradict basic moral truths taught by the Church on the basis of reason and revelation, justify their votes in the name of «democracy» and «pluralism,» and are supported by a lot of fellow - Catholics in doing so.

And then you follow it up with keeping these «jokes» of politicians accountable, I was watching the Rome Eprix over the weekend and there was so much fascist architecture still on display I had to watch a doco on sunday night.

So in today's Motherlode piece I ask Confessore what, if anything, parents can do to be heard on this issue over the powerful voices of lobbyists and politicians.

The fact that most of these cases were pending and / or unresolved over a long time should have alerted politicians on their complexity, instead current political debate has being focusing obsessively on the date for the completion of the review.

Military contracting companies spend over $ 100 Million per year on lobbying politicians.

Perhaps he knows how ridiculous it looks when politicians fawn over sporting stars and hope that some of their glamour rubs off on them, particularly before an election is due.

Not a quick - fix change that papers over the cracks and protects the status quo; not a change that says «our cuts are better than yours», but change that leads to politicians being judged on how they treat people.

Instead of focusing on what an individual politician says, we can assess millions of speeches over hundreds of years to show how political language changes over time, or how a specific kind of contentious issue develops.

But as it becomes normal rather than exceptional for campaigns to have a presence on Facebook and other social media channels, politicians will have to endure many more attempts by activists to take over their pages to get attention for their issues or their demands.

Bear in mind 1974 was only one generation on from the Second World War and only a few years on from politicians averting a nuclear war over Cuba.

There's no insinuation that it's all about power for its own sake and politicians lining their own pockets, the sort of tropes repeated on the doorsteps of Stoke and Copeland over the last few weeks.

By contrast, small donors are the gift that keeps on giving, quite literally — Obama and other politicians who've assembled large online lists can go back to the same supporters over and over again.

When retired politicians look backgloomily on forty years of thankless struggle over long - forgotten...

This just came in over the proverbial transom: basic social media numbers on several politicians being mentioned as potential Romney Vice Presidential picks.

When retired politicians look backgloomily on forty years of thankless struggle over long - forgotten policies andan eternity of pounding pavements to engage constituents who can hardly bebothered to vote, they are often overcome with a sense of futility.

With help from high - profile Queens politicians, Adams has raised over $ 100,000 during the campaign and has $ 40,921 on hand, compared to Sanders» $ 33,862, according to pre-primary filings with the state Board of Elections.

This is based on interviews with over 100 Libyans between politicians, activists, civil society leaders, and individuals over the past three years in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Italy and the UK.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York's most prominent Italian - American politician, is steering clear of the debate over Christopher Columbus — or, at the very least, isn't answering the NY Post's questions on the issue.

As controversy grew over the increase on VAT on pasties, and George Osborne admitted that he wasn't a fan of Greggs, politicians went out of their way to show how down to earth they were:

People should be able to hold politicians and public bodies to account over how their hard earned cash is being spent and decisions made on their behalf.

Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at dueling rallies on education at the State Capitol that highlighted the two politicians» differences over education issues.