During MagicCon: Barcelona, Wizards of the Coast game us more previews to the Doctor Who set coming for Magic: The Gathering.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Some people are wising up and removing this bawdy board book from impressionable kindergarten classrooms. The title alone is filthy. It encourages kids to join orgies, which is obviously how all those letters got injured up there in the so-called “coconut tree.”
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Normalizes binge eating and obesity. All this does is teach little kids—even girls!—that it’s okay to consume food when you’re hungry. To make matters worse, the caterpillar doesn’t go on a diet, doesn’t hate itself, and doesn’t even get properly shunned by society for its gross and destructive dietary choices. Instead, it turns into a literal butterfly. Not only is this the opposite message we should be sending children, but it’s completely unrealistic.
The Giving Tree
A story of handouts. Flat-out socialism. Not to mention the climate-thumper extremism of giving the tree feelings. “Oh no, a tree is sad. It turns into a pathetic little stump. Whatever will we do?” Ridiculous.
The genome sequencing company also administers China’s National Gene Bank, which is part of the state surveillance of minorities that facilitates the mass detention of Uyghurs
Twenty-five years ago today, the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was passed, receiving Royal Assent to go on the statute book. The resultant national minimum wage was introduced on 1 April 1999 following the establishment of the Low Pay Commission, which is charged with making recommendations to the government on the rates. It was not […]
David Sirota speaks with economic geographer Brett Christophers about his new book on the current masters of capitalism.
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She said two FBI informants “groomed” her son. They waited until the day after his 18th birthday to spring their trap.
The post After His Mother Asked for Help, FBI Terrorism Sting Targets Mentally Ill Teen appeared first on The Intercept.
She said two FBI informants “groomed” her son. They waited until the day after his 18th birthday to spring their trap.
The post After His Mother Asked for Help, FBI Terrorism Sting Targets Mentally Ill Teen appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Larry S McGrath
- by Nina Siegal
If Barack Obama and David Axelrod are really concerned about the climate crisis, they can fess up to their culpability — and demand change from Joe Biden.
Standard financial conditions indexes use financial variables, which don’t necessarily capture how easy or hard it is for households and firms to access credit. How does a new index that doesn’t rely on such variables compare?
The MVC team unpacks the inescapable cultural phenomenon of the Barbie movie.
Mother, may we get our portraits painted?
It might seem like a black box, but computing has always relied on the labor of people.
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On Friday (July 29, 2023), the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Retail Trade, Australia – data, which showed that total retail turnover fell by 0.8 per cent in June 2023 and was up 2.3 per cent on June 2022. In May 2023, it was up 4.1 per cent. So things have slowed.…
The scholar who famously warned in 2014 that NATO was provoking Russia in Ukraine on the state of the war and the troubles ahead. John Mearsheimer, the eminent political scientist who has warned for years that NATO’s Ukraine policy would lead to disaster, joins Aaron Maté to assess the state of the Ukraine proxy war and the dangers ahead. Guest: John Mearsheimer. R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. Read “The Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine […] The post John Mearsheimer: Ukraine war is a long-term danger first appeared on The Grayzone. The post John Mearsheimer: Ukraine war is a long-term danger appeared first on The Grayzone. Floridians prefer Trump: The warning signs were there even before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped onto the stageat a luxury hotel near Miami. Ticket sales for the local Republican Party’s biggest annual fundraiser were down by two-thirds. One group of reliable supporters skipped the event entirely. The ballroom at the JW Marriott Turnberry Resort & Spa was far too big for the 380 people who showed up. Staff hustled to arrange paneled “air walls” around the room to make the space look smaller. When DeSantis arrived at the gathering in early July, he gave what two people who attended described as a familiar and lackluster speech. “It kind of came off like a bar mitzvah speech,” said a party member who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal from Miami-Dade GOP leaders. “The only time people really applauded was when he was introduced, and when he was done.
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