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His private jet “crashed.” I must say it’s a nice change from falling out of a window, though still a standard (people who have reason to believe powerful people want them dead should not fly in private planes.)

There were other people in the plane and they may not have “had it coming” (I don’t know) but Prigozhin was a piece of human garbage whose prison sentence was, for among things, choking awoman so he could rob her.

I won a bet with a friend on this, who thought that Prigozhin couldn’t be taken out without causing a clash with his troops.

This is classic: what Putin did was separate Prigozhin from his loyal troops so he wouldn’t have to fight them all, then take him out. The delay was to let those Wagner members who were still loyal to Prigozhin realize the loss. (The remains of Wagner will now mostly be integrated into the military.)

The reported death of 'Putin's chef' following his attempted mutiny against the Kremlin shows how fragile the Russian President's grip on power now is

Yesterday, the – Flash Germany PMI – was released, which shows that “German business activity” has fallen “at fastest rate since May 2020”. Also released was the – Flash Eurozone PMI – which revealed that “Eurozone business activity contracted at an accelerating pace in August as the region’s downturn spread further from manufacturing to services”,…

The claim that the PM's failure to declare his wife’s investment in a childcare company subsidised by his Government was ‘inadvertent’ is open to question

Hela Mrabet and Jack Page The rise in commodity prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a direct and noticeable impact on consumers’ bills for energy and food. But firms also felt the brunt of higher costs. How did firms pass on these cost shocks through the supply chain and all the way onto consumer … Continue reading How do firms pass energy and food costs through the supply chain →

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey tells Byline Times he backs 'minimum service' requirement on Lib Dem MPs after Nadine Dorries fails to speak in Parliament for over a year

How do we move forward "living with COVID"?

AS logging protests continue in earnest across the Mid North Coast, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole moved a notice of motion in NSW Parliament last week to protect the livelihoods of timber workers and the industry’s contribution to the economy. Concerns are held for the future of native forestry in NSW as Labor considers following...

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DETECTIVES have released CCTV images and are appealing for information following a robbery at Coffs Harbour last month. About 6.25pm on Wednesday 5 July 2023, police were called to a liquor store on Park Avenue, following reports of a robbery. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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THE team at John Logan Entertainment have been burning the midnight oil to put everything in place for this year’s Buskers Festival. This year’s event will be held from 5-7 October, in the second week of the school holidays. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone...

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This new talking point is just plain weird. It’s all over Fox News that Biden doesn’t care about the Maui fire victims: Okaaaay: For some weird reason, the fact that Biden stopped to talk to a dog handler and pat the dog is being portrayed as more evidence of his cold indifference to suffering. Whatever. This is clearly an official talking point that’s coming out of Republican circles following the old Karl Rove strategy of “attack your enemy’s strength” as they did with John Kerry. But that was attacking him for something he’d done long in the past that couldn’t be verified. This is something that’s happening in real time. Not that it will stop them. They have realized that they can say anything — up is down and black is white — and their audience will believe them because they see nothing else. And if they do happen to see something that refutes the MAGA media, they just think it’s fake news. And honestly, the right is so performative now that it’s really all just a big game show to them. It doesn’t matter if it’s true. All that matters is if it owns the libs.

Political Economy Seminar

The uncertain foundations of sustainable investing and the politics of risk

Speaker: Dr Claire Parfitt, University of Sydney

Date and time: Tuesday 12 September at 12 noon

Location: Social Sciences Building (A02), Room 650, The University of Sydney

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The last time Trump skipped a debate was January 28, 2016. Remember this? Those were the days. I’m going to guess that won’t happen this time. Ron DeSantis has been admonished not to go after Trump and instead take on Vivek Ramaswamy and he’s already sinking like a rock in the polls. Chris Christie will likely be the lone Trump critic and he’ll probably be pretty harsh. But what difference does it make? This debate is basically a death watch pageant to determine who will be in position to step in if Trump is unable to run? Nothing will ever beat this moment, however. He’s so dignified. The good news for Trump lovers is that he’ll be with Tucker Carlson on his Xitter show: The interview between Carlson and Trumpalmost didn’t happen, according to two people familiar with its planning.The men had been talking informally for two months about possibly setting up an event to draw attention away from the Fox-hosted debate.

When those lefty freaks at The (un)Australian tweeted me to ask if I would write for them you could have knocked me over with a feather as I swore I’d blocked them. But then I got to thinking, you know Mark, the... Read More ›

Violence is written in their genes.

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Republicans trust their doctors to make health recommendations. That’s good… But nearly 75% of Republicans trust Donald Trump to make health recommendations. They trust him over the CDC. Here’s where we are. Trump pushed Operation Warp Speed and took the vaccine but he isn’t allowed to take credit for it because his people have been brainwashed against them: America’s growing anti-vaxx crisis has been laid bare in a national poll that shows huge chunks of the country believe in conspiracy theories about safe shots.  One-quarter of adults said they believe the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism – a widely studied and discredited claim that emerged in the 1990s. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll also found that a third of adults believe that the Covid shots caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people. The vaccine-skeptical movement across the country intensified after the Covid pandemic, linked to pushback against Covid vaccine mandates and increased misinformation as people spent more time online.

How a composer is working with NASA scientists to shift our thinking about obsolescence.

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Former president Donald Trump won’t be appearing at tonight’s GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He says he has no need to participate because he’s so far ahead in the polls. And he’s right. He’s also very busy. He needs to get ready to be arrested on Thursday when he turns himself in for booking at the Fulton County jail. He’s got a lot on his plate. It will be interesting to see if any of the challengers will summon up the nerve to attack Trump for failing to show up or go after him for his legal problems. I’m sure we’ll hear something about Hunter Biden since this will be broadcast on Fox and they apparently have some sort of contractual obligation to discuss the “Biden Crime Family” every ten minutes or so. I expect the candidates will all be eager to participate. The question really is whether any of the challengers will take the opportunity to tell the audience about the “Trump Crime Family’s” global pay-to-play operation.

The sexual connotation of support for AUKUS should be obvious. An apparent fascination with phallic symbols as large as nuclear submarines, plus language describing how to dominate and penetrate enemies shows notions of security which reflect a top down, masculine interpretation of power. The AUKUS fanning of an us and them idea of opposing forces, Continue reading »

The morning of the ALP National Conference on 18 August, ABC online news led with two ‘Bad China’ stories. One about whether China is building an airstrip on a contested island, the other likely to cause great discomfort and anxiety to Australians because it showed the level of China’s spying on Australia via hundreds of Continue reading »