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I think this is worth listening to. I’ve put notes below. It’s not in essay format, just what I found significant as I was listening.

Whatever you think of Putin, at least he’s educated and speak in complete sentences and has a historical understanding (whether you agree with it or not.) He makes Trump and Biden look like the idiots they are.

In fact, Putin makes almost every Western leader look like an ill-educated moron. Orban is an exception. This isn’t a political judgment. I don’t much like Putin, but I can respect him. I can’t respect Biden, Trump, Sunak, Scholz, Macron, Von Der Leyen or my own PM, Trudeau.

“Against the kingdom of the Beast, we witnesses shall rise!” Addressing the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s October 1981 London demonstration, Edward Palmer Thompson reached back into the mists of radical history, welcoming the crowd of 250,000 to Trafalgar Square with the revolutionary-millenarian marching call of seventeenth-century England’s New Model Army.  A socialist historian, poet, peace […]

Ex-Fox hack humiliated by world-class propagandist Guess Tucker Carlson forgot to tan his balls before interviewing Vladimir Putin. The Russian dictator chewed him up and spit him out. It was “a consummation Devoutly to be wished” for the perpetually puzzled former Fox News host. Tucker, was it good for you? Putin couldn’t care less. Digby has long said of the American far right, “shamelessness is their superpower.” But how much of their behavior is shamelessness and how much is lack of self-respect? MAGAs less well-heeled than Carlson compensate for their deficits with large-capacity magazines and family-impoverishing personal arsenals. Carlson had his self-respect (in a phrase the right loves to use) “shoved down his throat” by the Russian strong man. CNN‘s headline seems to summarize the event: Putin walks away with propaganda victory after Tucker Carlson’s softball interview Politico: Few expected anything ground-breaking to emerge from Tucker Carlson’s sit-down with Vladimir Putin, conducted in Moscow on Tuesday and published on the conservative pundit’s website Thursday.

In this column, Kristen Mulrooney writes letters to famous mothers from literature, TV, and film whom she finds herself relating to on a different level now that she’s a mom herself.

Dear Lorelai,

I come to you today on my hands and knees, begging for advice. I will give you anything in exchange for a couple of morsels of wisdom. What do you want in return? A skinny scarf? A cherry Danish? Coffee? Do you want a coffee? I can get you some coffee.

I’m writing to you, Lorelai Gilmore, because you and I have something in common. No, I wasn’t a teen mom, and my parents weren’t rich, and this might make you choke on your Jujubes, but I don’t even like to talk that much.

What I am is a woman who doesn’t have a relationship with my mother, and I am raising daughters. I am an under-mothered mother raising daughters, and I need you to tell me how to do that.

Substantial evidence of criminal behaviour and cover-up at Mirror Group Newspapers emerged last summer at trial

In his much-vaunted interview with the Russian leader, Tucker Carlson simply allowed Putin to repeat well-worn propaganda points. But who is Putin actually talking to?

Cook a seductive homemade third-century Roman meal of millet and turnips lightly drizzled in your finest vinegar

Enjoy the thrill of a full-day beekeeping course

Delight in the magic of a 5 a.m. Latin mass

Titillate your mind and learn about an amorous topic such as epilepsy or the plague

Relish a night of passionate role-play and re-enact Saint Valentine healing his jailor’s blind daughter

Whisper scripture to each other

Luxuriate with a physical and spiritual health treatment through three days of fasting and prayer

Bask in the sensuality of full immersion baptism

Enchant each other with a heart-to-heart about how to proselytize a violent pagan emperor

Revel in the playful mystery of an escape room where the room is a coliseum, and you need to escape malnourished lions

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When Sir Keir Starmer began ditching the pledges he’d made during his leadership campaign one by one, he made another pledge to deliver £28 billion worth of green investment per year. Unsurprisingly, this pledge has now been consigned to the towering trash heap of promises made by the current Labour leadership. On the same day […]

Katherine O'Donnell delivers a powerful rebuke to the media and politicians for the 'irrational, obsessional' hatred and misrepresentation that Brianna Ghey and her family faced every day

How the remarkable discovery of a beautiful pendant connects a modern-day metal detectorist and a Bronze Age pregnant woman

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When scents are used to intensify a narrative, they heighten young readers’ emotions and enrich their memory banks

- by Natalia Kucirkova

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As Israel targets educators in its war, the vice president of a major, now-destroyed Gaza university speaks out.

The post No University Left Standing in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

‘We are all equal, so they should treat us like equals,’ says Maria, an NHS domestic worker who has worked at Whipps Cross Hospital in London for the past 18 years. Like the majority of her fellow NHS workers, Maria, who works in a patient-facing role, was on the frontline of the pandemic — a […]

Conservatives are launching a new battle to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act.

By Jeffrey Sterling: ProgressiveHub.net Much like prison visiting rules, use of the Espionage Act is arbitrary and punitive. Justice or security have nothing to do with it.

A GROUNDBREAKING collaboration between Coffs Harbour multidisciplinary artist YT DINGO and Gumbaynggirr language keeper Clark Webb has produced a powerful new single called ‘Ngarraanga Wajaarr’. It’s an exceptional partnership that showcases the fusion of artistry while serving a philanthropic purpose. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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THE YARRAWARRA Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Corindi Beach – home of the Wadjar Regional Indigenous Gallery – will benefit from $121,500 of ClubGrants funding, allowing them to make necessary improvements to key amenities. The Gurehlgam Corporation, who own and manage the Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre, successfully applied to the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants Program. Advertise...

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OFFICIALLY opening next week, the completed and well-equipped treatment room at Ulong’s Health Hub is a major boon for the mountain community. The dedicated treatment room complements the consultation room within the village’s expanding Health Hub, which opened on 14 April 2021. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

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A SAWTELL resident’s plea for flood warning signs to be erected along a road her car got badly water damaged on, has led to a commitment by the City of Coffs Harbour (CoCH) to do just that. Kristine Gillon, who lives near Toormina Gardens Shopping Centre, parked her car on Wirrabilla Drive on Monday 15...

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FRUSTRATED by failed promises, Red Rock residents are voicing their displeasure regarding a lack of timely action by Reflections Holiday Park to repair and maintain the Crown Land Reserve infrastructure and facilities of the idyllic beachside hamlet. According to the Red Rock Preservation Association (RRPA), despite over two years of communication with Reflections Holiday Parks,...

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URGING City of Coffs Harbour (CoCH) to reinstate Harmony Day was the first initiative taken by members of the Coffs Coast Multicultural Society (CCMS) at their inaugural meeting on Wednesday 31 January 2024. The newly formed group consists of 28 representatives, most of whom received their Australian citizenship in Coffs Harbour, with local businessman and...

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ON Sunday 18 February at 2pm at an outdoor service on the grounds of Gleniffer Church, the Uniting Church Mid North Coast Presbytery will induct Reverend Dr Jason John into the unique role of ‘Forest Chaplain’. Although Jason has performed the role since November last year, next Sunday will provide an opportunity for the community...

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“WHERE are our pathways?” This is the question on the lips of residents who live in and around Beryl Street, Mackays Road and Frances Street in Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Over the...

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