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Thu, 05/03/2026 - 22:47

At the Right To Food Commission’s conference in Knowsley, the effects of nearly five decades of neoliberal capitalism were demonstrated by a conveyor belt of academics, community representatives, medical professionals, and one of the tiny number of politicians prepared to be honest about the situation Britain finds itself in. Earlier this year, Ian Byrne MP […]

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Thu, 05/03/2026 - 20:00

Ever since the Cold War, we’ve been living in a world dominated by one superpower: the United States. The US is home to the world’s most formidable military, serves as the headquarters of finance, and writes the rules of international trade — all premised upon its control over our most critical technologies. But this unipolar […]

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Thu, 05/03/2026 - 16:26
I finally arrived back home late last night, so I am catching up today. Part 2 of the series I started on Monday will appear next Monday. Yesterday (March 4, 2026), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, December 2025. The data shows that…
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Thu, 05/03/2026 - 09:52
Cook ¼ cup chopped onion and 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper in 2 tablespoons butter or margarine till tender; blend in 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour. Add: one 16-ounce can tomatoes, cut up; 1 teaspoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt and dash pepper. Cook and stir till bubbly. Pour into 4 individual casseroles. Arrange 3 Deviled Egg […]
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Thu, 05/03/2026 - 04:30

“More people moved out of the U.S. last year than moved in for the first time since the Great Depression as a record number of citizens moved abroad following Donald Trump’s return.” — The Daily Beast

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Ever since Trump returned to office, I have been outraged by everything he is doing to this country. I can no longer stand idly by while he enriches billionaires, ruins the environment, and treads on human rights. That is why I have decided to fight the good fight by moving to Portugal.

While I could call my reps or sign a petition, it feels too hard to take five minutes out of my day. So instead, I am putting my house on the market, carefully wrapping up all my delicate possessions for shipment, setting up mail forwarding, saying goodbye to everyone I know, and doing the paperwork to close on a property in a village just outside Lisbon.

I considered going to a protest downtown. But that seemed a little far, so I am crossing the ocean to Europe.

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Thu, 05/03/2026 - 00:00

The Synergistic Synergies Subsidiaries family is devastated to announce the loss of our Chief Happiness Architect, Wayne Tillerson, an invaluable member of our corporate family whose vacant position is already accepting applications through our HR portal.

Wayne will be remembered for his attention to detail, time management, and intermediate Microsoft Word skills, as well as his ability to scale cross-functional employee morale improvements and non-monetary workplace incentive packages aligned with corporate KPIs. He can never be replaced, but we need someone just like him, or preferably better, by next week’s shareholder meeting.

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Wed, 04/03/2026 - 21:16

What a difference a week makes. Last Wednesday, I was out pounding the pavements in Gorton and Denton, knocking on doors and chatting with people about their ​lives​​ — now, I’m in parliament. I never dreamed that someone like me could end up in Westminster because I’ve never really seen anyone like me here. The […]