Your daily dose of outrage Mockery is too good for them. Rex Huppke tries anyway: Greetings, fellow Americans. I am writing this column from atop a gas stove I have patriotically chained myself to in case President Joe Biden sends one of his communist stovetroopers to confiscate my beloved cooking appliance. According to the same people who warned me the government was coming for my guns, my hamburgers and my ability to say “Merry Christmas,” the nanny state is now poised to take away my gas stove. Based on what I’m seeing on Fox News and hearing from gas-loving lawmakers, it could happen at any moment! A U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report notes that gas stoves have been found to emit harmful fumes that can aggravate childhood asthma. Banning appliances that cannot be made safe is an option, say regulators. Then again, maybe they can be made safer. Team Daily Outrage was off! So was Huppke: And I listened to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who suggested the ban on gas stoves that the libs claim does not exist (on the spurious basis that it does not exist) is a “red line” Americans won’t tolerate.
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The new year gets off to a rousing start with the launch of a new bi-weekly talk show with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson.
Efforts by governments and cities to defund the public library are thankully falleing short due to essential role libraries play.
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Therese Coffey mentioned challenging times twice in the Commons debate on Thursday last. That the times are so challenging is, in large part, a result of the government itself, which, having, entirely unnecessarily, denuded the state of investment since 2010, is creating the vast majority of the ongoing and everyday challenges for its own people.... Read more
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Geopolitical Economy Hour
Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain multipolarity, decline of US hegemony
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson introduce their show Geopolitical Economy Hour discussing the rise of the multipolar world and decline of US hegemony.Geopolitical Economy
Geopolitical Economy Hour
Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain multipolarity, decline of US hegemony
Baby sloth! On Thursday, the London Zoo announced the birth of its first animal in 2023 — a two-toed sloth born on New Year’s Day. Before sixteen-year-old mom Marilyn gave birth, she was closely monitored with regular ultrasounds during her 10-11 month pregnancy, the U.K. zoo said in a press release. Because of a sloth’s long gestation, the nocturnal mammals native to South America are well-developed at birth, so they can eat food and hold on tight to their mother shortly after entering the world. “We were delighted to finally spot a tiny baby exactly where it should be, clinging onto Marilyn’s tummy, as she curled up in her favorite tree,” sloth keeper Veronica Heldt said of the first time the zoo spotted the baby animal. “We’ve nicknamed the little one Nova, which means ‘new’ in Latin, as we couldn’t have asked for a better start to the new year,” the zoo shared in its release. The London Zoo won’t know the youngster’s sex until vets confirm it through a DNA test. Male or female, the newborn is a valuable addition to its species.
Who even does what Barbara Keith did? Having made a brilliant singer-songwriter album, she relinquished the album-advance money and quit the music industry for 25 years. read now...
“I’m deeply honored by the display of grudging acceptance,” the new House Speaker said. “It’s time for a victory lap.”
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The LensWhat Every American Needs to Know About the Congressional "Pay-For" Game (Part 2)
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