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In 2003, the Macedonian police arrested Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen vacationing in their country. They handed the unfortunate man over to the CIA, who shipped him off to one of their “black sites.” For those too young to remember (or who have quite understandably chosen to forget), “black sites” was the name given to clandestine CIA detention centers around the world, where that agency held incommunicado and tortured men captured in what was then known as the Global War on Terror. The black site in this case was the notorious Salt Pit in Afghanistan. There el-Masri was, among other things, beaten, anally raped, and threatened with a gun held to his head. After four months he was dumped on... Read more
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 20, 2025
by Tony Wikrent
Trump not violating any law
‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’
‘We’re Not Stopping’: Trump Border Czar Vows to Ignore Judges
[The Daily Beast, via MSN 03-18-2025]
A refreshing dip into what we’ve learned about web typography over the past 20+ years.
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Canadians will vote in a general election on April 28. Here’s my ‘top 7’ overview of the Liberal Housing Plan: https://nickfalvo.ca/the-liberal-housing-plan/.
Trade war trickery, a tax-day scandal, the lost revolutionary, and more from The Lever this week.
Doctor Who has had a major message running this season and throughout the series' history: gods are evil and must be fought and defeated.
Paranoid about losing their majority status and the power it confers, white Americans keep backing Trump’s racist anti-immigrant policies.
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Up at the French-Spanish border in Catalonia
This week's Doctor Who: Unleashed details how the second season's second episode, "Lux," melded old-school animation with live action.
Emboldened by the new administration’s regulatory reprieve, “price optimization” consultants are showing corporations how to weaponize import levies to fleece consumers.
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Here's an early look at what's ahead with Showrunner Russell T. Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E03: "The Well."
Here's our deep dive into the Disney+/BBC Era-defining Doctor Who S02E02: "Lux," with all the crazy meta themes that fold in on themselves.
Critics on the right and left say the bitcoin reserve is a pointless industry handout — and using tariff revenue is even dumber.
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Critics on the right and left say the bitcoin reserve is a pointless industry handout — and using tariff revenue is even dumber.
The post The Galaxy Brains of the Trump White House Want to Use Tariffs to Buy Bitcoin appeared first on The Intercept.
It’s a long shot for Billy Long, the Google-opoly comes crumbling down, Chicago teachers ace a big test, attorneys stand up against Trump’s legal bullying, and immigrants score a reprieve.
FOR the third consecutive year, the Armidale School’s (TAS) Isabella Henderson was her team’s highest-placed competitor in the Coffs Coast Ocean Swims. She was among the more than 140 swimmers from TAS who once again made up almost half of the 341 finishers in the two-kilometre men’s and women’s races on 6 April. Advertise with...
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COFFS Coast Legacy residents Ron and Robin Tracey celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on Monday 14 of April. Robin said the secret to their long-lasting relationship is to “always follow your heart, never sweat the small stuff and always make up before the day is done.” Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...
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