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Fri, 15/09/2023 - 23:00
Sabotuers of Democracy unite A friend with roots in the theater once told a Netroots audience about his journey from the closet to being authentically himself. When finally he came out to actress Bea Arthur, she replied, “Joel, are you the last to know?” Joel died of pancreatic cancer several years ago. “Are you the last to know?” comes to mind because spread across the internet today is a quote from retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney that may wind up on his tombstone: “A very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the Constitution.” Commenting on Romney’s remarks to The Atlantic‘s McKay Coppins, Jamelle Bouie writes, “Faced with a conflict between partisan loyalty and ideological ambition on one hand and basic principles of self-government and political equality on the other, much of the Republican Party has jettisoned any commitment to America’s democratic values in favor of narrow self-interest.” Republican commitment to the Constitution is highly situational.
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Fri, 15/09/2023 - 22:00

1. Agravain!

2. Aglovale!

3. Bagdemagus!

4. Chuffachoo!

5. Lancelot!

6. Galahad!

7. Sagramore!

8. Oompazaz!

9. Dinadan!

10. Esclabor!

11. Caradoc!

12. Ungtchypow!

13. Lamorak!

14. Huggadog!

15. Gingalain!

16. Segwarides!

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Knight: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
Noise: 4, 8, 12
Both: 16

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Fri, 15/09/2023 - 20:20

The fiftieth anniversary of the military coup in Chile this past 11 September occasioned a chain of commemorative events throughout the UK. Chilean political exiles, Chile Solidarity Campaign veterans, and other supporters came together to reflect on the violent counterrevolution against Salvador Allende’s democratic-socialist Popular Unity government in 1973, and its legacies — painful and […]

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Fri, 15/09/2023 - 18:26
The field of economics has long been hailed as a bastion of rationality and objectivity, offering insights into the workings of present-day complex economic systems. However, questions about the foundations of economics and its prevailing methodological approach have to be raised. My own critique challenges traditional assumptions and argues for a more pluralistic and realistic […]
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Fri, 15/09/2023 - 17:00
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