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It’s actually funny to me and not something that makes me mad that your office returned my business license application with the cartoonishly large word DENIED stamped right across the first page (in red ink) and several needlessly specific and not hurtful comments about why I am not allowed to open a meat store named and “creepily modeled after” (your words) Taylor Swift (the very famous musician).

It’s really too bad (for you, not for me; I am laughing a lot) that your office is unable to appreciate the artistry and commercial appeal of the Taylor Swift likeness I have carved into a side of beef (marbling makes this difficult) and promotional photos from the Eras Tour that I have screen-printed onto a country ham (they do this with cakes all the time; it is not weird simply because it is a country ham). People keep suggesting that it bothers me (it does not) that I so far have been unable to secure a small business loan (job creator) for my proposed meat concern, when that very dumb and wrong idea could not be further from the truth (I have unfortunately already purchased all of the meat and it is in the trunk of my car).

Electoral Commission's £280k bid to boost electoral roll offers a hint of Labour's reform plans

Thousands of Labour activists travelled to Liverpool this week, their numbers swelled by the excitement of Labour being in government. This army of those who, at the very least, want to improve society somewhat — the councillors, campaigners, trade unionists and the like — were joined by another battalion group: a legion of corporate lobbyists. […]

How did scientists figure out, after a century of study, that we’re all the product of humans interbreeding with Neanderthals?

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The gesticulations that accompany your speech are so much more than mere hand-waving – they contain and convey meaning

- by Susan Goldin-Meadow

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Even the Russian state's propagandists are asking, ”What was the point of even starting this whole thing?"

Calling south Beirut a militant “stronghold” makes it sound like a giant military base, rather than a dense and vibrant urban area.

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Neha Bora, Sarah Burkinshaw, Alice Crundwell and Tuli Saha Private equity (PE) has rapidly become an important source of financing for UK businesses. Funds use pools of capital, largely from institutional investors, to primarily invest in non-publicly traded companies. We shed light on this growing sector with a new and novel data set of around … Continue reading Shining a light on private equity backed corporates in four findings →

15th Annual Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Workshop

Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025

I was going to write this super cool music thread with more songs in there than an Erik Loomis “I took time off writing my 1600th American grave post and 547th this day in labor history series to write a 27-part ‘I chance to have been listening to these songs,'” post where I talked about […]

It has been quite the week in central banking terms in Australia. We had the Federal Greens economic justice spokesperson demanding that the Federal Treasurer use the powers he has under the Reserve Bank of Australia Act 1959 and order the RBA to lower interest rates. Then we had the Treasurer playing the ‘RBA is…

The selection committee for the Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize is pleased to announce the articles nominated by AIPEN members for the longlist for the 2023 prize, now celebrating its 10th year.

The prize will be awarded to the best article published in 2023 (online early or in print) in international political economy (IPE) by an Australia-based scholar.

The prize defines IPE in a pluralist sense to include the political economy of security, geography, literature, sociology, anthropology, post-coloniality, gender, finance, trade, regional studies, development, and economic theory, in ways that can span concerns for in/security, poverty, inequality, sustainability, exploitation, deprivation and discrimination.

The overall prize winner will be decided by the selection committee, comprised of AIPEN members. Before that decision can be made, we now require AIPEN members to vote on the longlist to establish the final shortlist of four articles for delibera

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Trump has a new chant at his rallies: “Send Them Back!” Isn’t that great? Former president Donald Trump continued attacking the immigrant population in an Ohio town during a campaign rally Monday in Pennsylvania, saying, “You have to get them the hell out.” As Trump spoke in Indiana, Pa., the crowd chanted, “Send them back!” For weeks now, Trump has singled out Springfield, Ohio, over its Haitian population, echoing baseless claims that immigrants are eating pets and calling the immigrants illegal, despite their legal status. His attacks have upended life in the small town, where the Republican mayor has pleaded for civility amid bomb threats and event cancellations for security reasons.

Oh right. She’s a woman. How could I forget? You just can’t underestimate misogyny. And, by the way, a lot of people wearing these degenerate t-shirts and carrying these signs happen to be MAGA women. As depressing as this is, the subtext of this election is that Donald Trump is a real man and Kamala Harris is a dumb whore.

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Ben Wikler, the head of the Wisconsin Democratic Party tweeted this this morning: Vice President Harris joined Wisconsin Public Radio and talked about what she’d do as president: * affordable housing* water quality* reproductive rights … and more. Everyone should know what she said:  Okay, let’s dig into the Harris interview with Kate Archer Kent of “Wisconsin Today” on @WPR. (above) The first question in the @KamalaHarris interview on Wisconsin Public Radio was on a topic on *many* voters’ minds: Wisconsin’s shortage of affordable housing.  Wisconsin Today (WT) to VP Harris: “The medium home price in our state has jumped by 41% since September of 2020. You proposed up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for first time homebuyers. What would it take to be eligible for that type of assistance?”  Harris answered directly: to qualify for the $25,000 in down payment assistance, you just have to be a first-time homebuyer.Again. Buying your first home? $25,000 in down payment assistance.This will change a lot of lives. This will help more folks buy homes—which, naturally, will increase demand.

Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has tasked his shadow Treasurer, Angus Taylor (yep, really), to set up a Go Fund Me account with the hopes of raising 140 billion in order to pay for the nuclear power plants that they plan... Read More ›

The source of the quote corrected Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, but they kept accusing the Palestinian House representative of antisemitism anyway.

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