Howard Kurtz is in a pickle: Fox News’s top media anchor wants to cover the bombshell messages released in the ongoing lawsuit between the network and Dominion Voting Systems over the 2o20 election—but the network won’t let him. “Some of you have been asking why I’m not covering the Dominion Voting Machines lawsuit against Fox involving the unproven claims of election fraud in 2020, and it’s absolutely a fair question,” he said on Sunday’s MediaBuzz. “I believe I should be covering it. It’s a major media story, given my role here at Fox. But the company has decided that as part of the organization being sued, I can’t talk about it or write about it, at least for now. I strongly disagree with that decision, but as an employee, I have to abide by it.” He could quit. But that would require a lot more integrity from Howard Kurtz than we’ve ever seen in the past. Remember, these are the people railing daily about cancel culture and censorship.And they are keeping their own audience completely in the dark about this important story. They’re just not covering it at all.
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No matter what one's opinion is of Senator Lidia Thorpe, the public condemnation of her Mardi Gras protest is unjustified and out of control. read now...1½ to 2 lbs. pork sausage links1 onion, finely chopped1 tsp. caraway seeds1 qt. sauerkraut½ cup apple juice or water Pan fry sausage until lightly browned. Remove sausage from skilled, drain off all but 2 tbsp. drippings. Sauce onion in sausage dripping. In 2 qt. casserole place half the sauerkraut, then half the onion and […]
Ministra Maria Elizabeth Rocha defende punição exemplar aos envolvidos nos atos golpistas de 8 de janeiro.
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For centuries, we’ve been assisting African Americans, Native Americans, Vietnamese people, and Iraqis and have never been thanked once.
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Putting on my yellow waders for the Cochrane study,
MOSS, the first large-scale conversational language model in China, will be made open source by the end of March, said the research and developing team on Sunday.
Named after the artificial intelligence featured in the Chinese Sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth II, MOSS became the first ChatGPT-like software unveiled in China when it was made available to the public for testing on Feb 21....
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China's first ChatGPT-like software to be made open source
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Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of...
Opposition leader the Dark Lord Peter Dutton has called upon Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to show some respect and think of the negative gearers before making any changes to superannuation. ”This Government needs to start listening to those who have... Read More ›
This debate in itself is not particularly significant (other than possibly showing up in internet MMT arguments), but it does provide another vantage point on the problematic nature of “money” in economic theory.…Bond Economics
Government Bonds As Money
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~ Today's Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
In August 2017 I travelled to Dayuma, a small town on the Ecuadorian oil frontier. I was conducting research for my recent book on fantastical materialism and post-neoliberal state utopias, which was the focus of my previous post on literary techniques for the critique of political economy. But as I entered the town, I could see a demonstration taking place outside the production facilities of a multinational oil company. And within hours of my arrival I was caught up in a labour dispute, which quickly escalated into a more serious and generalized conflict, involving the detention of the strike organizers, the kidnapping of the company manager, the blockading of the production complex, the launch of a military operation to break the blockade, and the unleashing of a rapidly evolving battle against seemingly impossible odds that was destined to achieve a remarkable victory [...]
Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Santos said that he had “no idea” how the Wuhan job wound up on his C.V.
Good luck with that Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign over three months ago. The lackluster announcement kick-off event was held at his Mar-a-Lago beach club in front of a small crowd of people, many of whom were reportedly trying to get out of the room halfway through his speech, but security refused to allow it. Some of his most loyal insiders didn’t attend at all, notably, including offspring Don Jr. and Ivanka while the networks, including Fox News, cut away part way through his rambling “low-energy” spiel. Everyone agreed that this announcement didn’t come close to the bedazzled golden escalator pageant of 2016. So was that the best the great political impresario could do these days? At the very least it seemed quite clear that he was out of practice. The two years he’d spent ruminating over the Big Lie and attempting to play kingmaker from afar had left him rusty. People were blaming the defeat of the midterms on his endorsements of election denier MAGA candidates and the whispers of “loser, loser, loser” were getting louder.
These bananas are perfect for making banana bread, so I will toss them in the freezer for a few months until I’m ready to pull them out and throw them straight into the trash can. In the meantime, they’ll take up a bunch of space, and I’ll look at them and think, These stupid bananas. I’d like to make a banana loaf because, man, are those delicious warmed up with butter, but I have never made one in my life, will never make one before my dying breath, and don’t even own a loaf pan.
Banana muffins seem like a great little snack for someone who’s a better person than me. I bet someone who comes home at the end of their workday and places their dirty clothes into the hamper rather than piling them on the chair in the corner of the bedroom for the next three weeks would whip up some mean banana muffins. Those little babies would be so soft and fluffy with whatever ingredients make them that way, including these rock-hard, freezer-burned bananas that I will never touch again.
An evolutionary biologist on the harm still being done by unsubstantiated beliefs.
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As the war drags on, sympathy is growing for Russia as the underdog fighting the behemoth North American and EU economies. The West would get more support for its cause in Ukraine if it is seen to be pushing for either a peace proposal or a fair compromise on Ukraine. Why hasn’t 85 per cent Continue reading »
It’s clear that Australian sovereignty is being seriously, perhaps fatally, imperilled by the policies of successive Australian governments populated by Austral-Americans. Defence Minister Richard Marles’ address to parliament on February 9, entitled ‘Securing Our Sovereignty’, deserves a close reading. It was delivered at a time when, in the minister’s own words, “it has never been Continue reading »
The Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O’Neil, has declared Australia’s migration system is “broken. It is unstrategic. It is complex, expensive and slow. It is not delivering for business, for migrants, or for our population”. While no one is to be held accountable for this, not even the guy who has been in charge for Continue reading »
The Director General of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Mike Burgess, is an intelligence professional whose views about threats to national security should be considered carefully, and on their merits. But I am not sure that he deserves the benefit of every doubt. Sarah Kendall, a PhD candidate from the University of Queensland, Continue reading »
The epidemic of silicosis amongst tradespeople working with manufactured stone was predictable, preventable, and an illustration of a broken OHS system across NSW and the rest of Australia. Until 2011, NSW had a workplace health and safety regulator whose statutory role was to “promote the prevention of injuries and diseases at the workplace and the Continue reading »
Now that China is opening up, it’s a good time to reflect on their pandemic response. The first-ever COVID-19 strain detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019 was the L strain. From the pandemic beginning to the end of last November the Chinese reported that only 6000 Chinese had died of Covid. This is reasonable Continue reading »