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Tue, 21/01/2025 - 02:49

Βδομάδα προς βδομάδα τα γεγονότα μιας συγκλονιστικής Ελληνικής Άνοιξης Στις 25 Γενάρη 2025 συμπληρώνονται 10 χρόνια από την συγκλονιστική εκλογική ήττα της Διεθνούς Ολιγαρχίας που στην Ελλάδα εκπροσωπείτο επάξια από το Μνημονιακό μπλοκ. Έξι μήνες μετά, το ίδιο βράδυ που ο λαός τίμησε εκείνη την πρωτοφανή ρήξη με ποσοστό 62% στο Δημοψήφισμα της 5ης Ιουλίου […]

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Tue, 21/01/2025 - 02:30
It couldn’t hurt Andy Borowitz: Inauguration Forecast Shows Temperature and IQ in the Twenties Here with the wind chill, it’s like 2 deg outside. And still I think I’ll attend our local MLK peace march and rally (if it’s still on) rather than throw shit at my TV. I need a stiff shot of not-crazy. I just need to remember to leave the TV on tuned to Animal Planet. He’ll lie about his inauguration’s ratings anyway, but what the hell. Make the “blackout” meme trend. It’s like chicken soup…. I know several couples of means who’ve already fled the country. But for the rest of us, Brian Klaas (okay, from England) offers suggestions for surviving the next four years now that tweets about “shooting shoplifters without a trial and executing America’s top general” barely register, and the Saudis can now bribe Trump without needing “to pretend to stay at a Trump hotel.” Klaas, with a Ph.D. earned in studying authoritarian regimes, knows whereof he speaks. He offers a few suggestions: Never Doomscroll: Smarter Engagement, Real “Self Care” Stay informed, but not constantly.
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Mon, 20/01/2025 - 22:11
Has Israel Lost?

There’s a lot of celebrating of the Gaza ceasefire. Hamas troops are openly on the streets, hostages from both sides are being returned (that only Israeli captives are called hostages is ludicrous) and it’s clear that Israel came nowhere close to destroying Hamas. This is an impressive accomplishment, Gaza is only 25×5 miles: Gaza is tiny. Hamas’s tunnel strategy clearly worked.

That said, Gaza is a wreck.

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Mon, 20/01/2025 - 19:20
Trump’s presidency is a reversion to autocratic tyranny. Only concerted resistance can stop it from spreading.   By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  19th January 2025 Seldom in recent history has class war been waged so blatantly. Generally, billionaires and hectomillionaires employ concierges to attack the poor on their behalf. But now, freed from […]
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Mon, 20/01/2025 - 12:05
I have been arguing throughout this latest inflationary episode that the central bank rate hikes were actually introducing inflationary pressures through a number of channels, the most notable one in the Australian context being the rental component in the Consumer Price Index. The RBA has categorically denied this perversity in their policy approach, and, instead,…