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Less than two years later, Fed Chair Jerome Powell cited systemic risk as justification to protect Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors.

International whistleblower law expert Stephen Kohn shares tips and tricks from his new handbook.

New Polling from Quinnipiac: In an early look at the 2024 Republican presidential primary, 46 percent of Republican and Republican leaning voters support former President Donald Trump, who has declared his candidacy, and 32 percent support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seen as a potential candidate, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea- ack) University national poll released today. Former United Nations Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley receives 5 percent. Of the remaining 12 listed declared or potential candidates, no one tops 3 percent of the vote. Trump has widened his lead over DeSantis. In Quinnipiac University’s February poll, Trump led DeSantis 42 – 36 percent. In a head-to-head Republican primary matchup between the two leading Republican candidates, Trump receives 51 percent support and DeSantis receives 40 percent support. Too many people seem to think that Trump is a totally spent force. But the truth is that he’s weakened for sure. But he’s far from being out of the game. This has happened since Trump came on the scene in 2015.

We explore the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its impact on the U.S. financial system.

Advocacy groups and human rights organisations have written to the Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, and the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, Stephen Watson, to ask them to investigate discriminatory police practices in the wake of the conviction of ten young Black men, known as the Manchester 10. In a recent interview with the Voice, Burnham […]

The SMH’s pompous blowhard at large Peter Fitzsimons has rushed to the Herald’s office to soothe and calm the paper’s journalists following their encounter with former Prime Minister Paul Keating. ”Was good of Pete to come in as Bevan really... Read More ›

Curious wingnut real estate investments I don’t know what this is about but it’s interesting: At first glance, the flurry of real estate sales two blocks east of the U.S. Capitol appeared unremarkable in a city where such sales are common. In the span of a year, a seemingly unrelated gaggle ofrecently formedcompanies bought nine properties, all within steps of one another. But the sales were not coincidental. Unbeknown to most of the sellers, the limited liability companies making the purchases — a shopping spree that added up to $41 million — are connected to a conservative nonprofit led by Mark Meadows, who was chief of staff to President Donald Trump.The organization has promoted MAGA stars like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). The Conservative Partnership Institute, as the nonprofit is known, now controls four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley.

Some may be fooled into thinking New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet is progressive, but the proof is in the unpalatable paleo-conservative pudding. read now...

“I think that we need to see what has actually transpired.”

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They’re all doing great, thanks for asking.

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Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War

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Without some downtime, artificial neural networks become catastrophically forgetful.

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2 pounds beef tenderloinButter or margarine1 tablespoon flour1 cup beef stock or bouillon½ pint sour cream3 tablespoons tomato paste¼ cup grated onion1 teaspoon salt⅛ teaspoon pepper Cut the beef in ¼ inch slices with a sharp knife. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan. Add and stir in the flour. Cook and stir, over […]

Some more jurors in the Atlanta election case speak out The Atlanta Journal Constitution interviewed five members anonymously and got an inside look at what went on at the Special Grand Jury. They don’t appear to be quite as weird and cryptic as the jury foreperson who came forward earlier. But it’s truly fascinating. The jurors discussed details surrounding their eight months on the panel but declined to talk about their internal deliberations or share their indictment recommendations… “One of the most important things we’ll be a part of in our life was this eight month process that we did,” one juror told the AJC. It was “incredibly important to get it right.” […] The jurors who spoke to the AJC declined to talk about portions of the document which remain under seal, including who they recommended Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indict. They also remained mum on their internal deliberations. In a previous interview with the AJC, jury foreperson Emily Kohrs said “it’s not a short list” when asked how many people the special grand jury suggested be indicted.

Jeremy Hunt opened his budget speech today by arguing that the state of the UK economy was ‘proving the doubters wrong’. The country will, he argued, avoid a technical recession in 2023. Hunt’s budget—which he termed the ‘budget for growth’—centres on building on this apparent success. While Sir Keir Starmer delivered some typically ‘forensic’ responses […]

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Speaking out strongly against AUKUS at the Press Club yesterday, Paul Keating’s concern is that Australia’s security has been laid limp upon the altar of small target politics by the two key Ministers – Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles. Australians have been denied knowledge and debate on existential matters, by Labor Continue reading »

Whilst much has been made of the extremely intemperate attempt by the Channel Nine newspapers to stir up fear against China, and their lauding of the AUKUS agreements and the massive amounts to be spent on nuclear submarines, little has been said about how this has been a distraction from fundamental issues the country is Continue reading »

Iraq’s trauma is regarded in some quarters as an ill-gotten remnant of the past: something to be air-brushed from history. But not so for those experiencing the ravages of imperial power. On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq – March, 20, 2023 – the people of Iraq await a historical reckoning. How Continue reading »

Regular readers of this journal will be dismayed at the breakneck speed at which Australia is party to the goading of a potentially catastrophic war in our region. With Western mainstream media in anti-China mad dog mode, both sides of the aisle in Canberra sleepwalking, and with nothing at all to win and everything to Continue reading »

Before the election I wrote our leaders were dancing on the edge of calamity shutting their eyes to the obvious gap between the Commonwealth’s revenue stream and its growing spending commitments. Decades of giving long term tax reductions funded by short term spurts of revenue, usually from mining, had come home to roost. Albanese, spooked Continue reading »