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The cost of living crisis has highlighted the central role that our privatised energy system plays in organising society, acting as an engine of inequality. During 2022, BP and Shell made over £24 billion and £31 billion in profits, respectively, while millions were pushed into fuel poverty. In the same year that British Gas were […]
Michelle Gomez, Georgia Tennant, and many more have joined Big Finish Productions' 60th Anniversary event, Doctor Who – Once and Future.
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Last week’s posting was light due to some minor but rather unpleasant illness. Should return to normal next week.
There are a lot of unhoused pet owners in LA and I always worry about the health of both the people and the animals. This is a nice story about someone doing a good deed that no doubt makes all concerned breathe just a little bit easier: There aren’t many willing to voluntarily go out to spend the day on Skid Row, and even fewer with the goal of giving away free stuff, but Dr. Kwane Stewart, also known as “The Street Vet” is nearly famous because of it. Kwane runs the 501(c)3 non-profit Project Street Vet, that takes donations and volunteers out onto the streets and to homeless encampments to provide free medical care for their pets, and last year they were able to help nearly 600 animals receive medical care. It’s estimated that 10-25% of the homeless population of America own pets, for companionship, and occasionally for security. It goes without saying that many don’t have the means to take proper care of these animals, whom they often love more than anything else in the world. In 1997 Stewart was buried in student loan debt when he graduated from the University of Colorado, before bouncing from one miserable rescue shelter to the next.
Megan Jane de Paulo shares a recipe for a mouth-watering dish that is guaranteed to delight the palate and impress your dinner guests. read now...
Labour MP and councillor deny claims they were pair named in Kennedy Report Union figures have alleged that Ilford North MP Sam Tarry and Croydon Councillor Chris Clark are the pair of TSSA employees criticised by Baroness Kennedy’s scathing report on sexual harassment in the union. Page thirteen of the report describes a conversation in […]
Here is DeSantis’ asshole move o’ the day. (It’s like he has a schedule…) As news zipped across Florida that the governor had threatened to eliminate Advanced Placement classes, some parents discussed moving out of the state to protect their children’s chances at a good education. And high school students, some of them enrolled in AP classes, tried to fathom what was happening. Prisha Sherdiwala, a 17-year-old junior in Palm Harbor, Fla., is taking three AP classes this year to boost her GPA and to make her more attractive to college admissions officers, a strategy drummed into her by her school counselor. But Sherdiwala has also grown to love the strenuous environment of her AP English Literature, Chemistry and Calculus courses, despite the hours of homework each week. “In the APs, I am surrounded by other people who enjoy the rigor,” Sherdiwala said. “And I tend to have teachers that are really well-versed in what they are teaching.” What will happen, she wants to know, if all of that goes away her senior year? Florida Gov.
An interview with Gary Null on the longstanding Progressive Commentary Hour, where he asks me to give my State of the Economy briefing.
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This first sitting fortnight for 2023 has been a roller-coaster ride for the Albanese Government, a few wins, a few losses and a by-election on the horizon, writes Belinda Jones. read now...Yes, a coup attempt took place — and Fox News operated as Trump state media to help him. Emptywheel on how these stunning Dominion lawsuit emails may help Jack Smith’s case: As you read through Dominion’s motion for summary judgment against Fox News — and trust me, you should read it! — keep in mind not just how it proves Fox to be nothing but a propaganda platform aiming to help the Republican Party, but also the evidence it makes available to Jack Smith as he considers charges against those who used false claims about voting fraud to gin up a coup attempt. Just as one example, Sean Hannity has played a role in every Trump legal scandal — serving as a back channel to Trump for Paul Manafort, participating in Rudy Giuliani’s attempts to gin up dirt on Hunter Biden as the first impeachment unfolded, and helping White House officials stave off the resignations of Trump’s White House Counsels in advance of January 6.
Far-right agitator Nick Fuentes was responsible for tanking the congressional campaign of Trump-endorsed candidate Joe Kent, a former U.S. Green Beret and Gold Star Spouse. Kent ran in a swing district in Washington State. After tarnishing Kent’s reputation from the perspective of liberal voters by slapping him with his toxic endorsement, Fuentes worked to undermine MAGA support for the candidate by labeling him a CIA plant. Fuentes launched a website dedicated to smearing Kent that was even boosted by The […]
The post How Nick Fuentes dashed Joe Kent’s congressional hopes, delighting Democrats appeared first on The Grayzone.
Nearly five centuries later, the social and political considerations of Shakespeare's oeuvre continue to offer insights pertinent to our times.
The post Shakespeare and the Politics of the 21st Century | The Chris Hedges Report appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Organizations demand the Transportation Secretary revisit a repealed brake safety rule, or else they “will consider taking legal action.”