NHS staff are professionals, not supernatural entities, says Nathan O’Hagan. They have the right to strike. But we also have the right to ask if our health services could be run more efficiently As millions stepped out of their homes to applaud the efforts of healthcare workers at the height of the pandemic, few would […]
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A recently-passed law is designed to help servicemembers who suffered toxic chemical exposure at Camp Lejune finally get compensation.
The rioters had the aspect of barbarians ready to sack the Capitol. So who was manning the gates?
The post How Jan. 6 Brought Frontier Violence to the Heart of U.S. Power appeared first on The Intercept.
Some interesting news in the semiconductor wars:
BREAKING: Netherlands firm ASML's stocks have been falling since China's Huawei unveiled a new patent in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, confirming the worst fears of the firm's executives who have opposed US restrictions (Motley Fool).
— SGM World News (@SGMWorldnews) December 31, 2022
Now, ASML had indeed opposed US restrictions. They said explicitly that in the case of sanctions, China would learn how to make the machines themselves.
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Paul Niland looks at how even Russia's minimal war aims in Ukraine are vague and impossible, eroded by the attrition of the Ukrainian armed forces and a failing mobilisation
Preparing to wreck the constitution to save it What is the difference between armed “patriots” and armed Taliban? Choice of personal weapon, perhaps? Laura Jedeed attended the Patriot Academy’s “Constitutional Defense” training camp last summer in New Mexico and writes about it for The New Republic. “The handgun course is a loss leader,” she came to see. “The ideology is the product.” Founder Rick Green’s trainees are not preparing so much for armed insurrection as for getting 34 state legislatures to petition for an Article V convention of the states to rewrite the Constitution to better align with biblical principles. Many familiar conservative names and organizations back the efforts of Convention of States Action (COSA): the Mercer family, former Senator Jim DeMint, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), David Barton, and more. In 2016, COSA organized a mock convention of the states in Virginia.
Samir Jeraj reports on how funding cuts, increasing costs, ageing facilities and climate change are all playing a role in rising numbers of deaths by drowning
You have to wonder if job applicants at the New York Times are tested on their mind-reading ability.
The post More Mind Reading at the NYT: Tells Readers U.K. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s Real Concern Is the Working Class appeared first on Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Emma De Souza reports on how countries are tackling the rise in misinformation through the legal and education systems
Mexico's economy was one of the best performers of 2022, despite (or perhaps because of) a whole raft of worker-friendly policies from the AMLO government.
Is Ukraine's spin getting threadbare?
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Travel day for me, so bad blogging ahead!
Currency swap exposures have gotten to be uncomfortably large......