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Sat, 18/11/2023 - 02:30
Who needs consultants? When opponents write your campaign ads for you? Vanity Fair: On Wednesday, Representative Chip Roy took to House floor to tear into his fellow Republicans, accusing them of doing literally nothing useful with their time in Washington—definitely not anything he could actually tell voters about in an effort to get reelected. “You know, we have had a tumultuous year of sorts, but in the eyes of the American people, they’ve been watching from afar wondering when this body, the people’s House, will stand up in defense of the people who send us here,” Roy said. “When are we going to do what we said we would do?” Taking aim expressly at his GOP colleagues, Roy added: “For the life of me, I do not understand how you can go to the trouble of campaigning, raising money, going to events, talking to people, coming to this town as a member of a party who allegedly stands for something…and then do nothing about it. One thing: I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing—one—that I can go campaign on and say we did.
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Sat, 18/11/2023 - 01:22

Kit Klarenberg reveals how starting in the 1970s, the Israeli government and CIA shaped how we see terrorism, using the fear of communism to serve their own foreign policy agendas.

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Sat, 18/11/2023 - 01:00

To help celebrate our twenty-fifth year of being on the information superhighway, we have reached out to some of our current and former columnists for check-ins and updates. Today’s columnist, Suzanne Yeagley, has written Interviews with People Who Have Interesting or Unusual Jobs for our site since 2002. It’s one of our oldest running columns. Suzanne returns today for the first new installment in a few years.

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Q: What is your job title?
A: The official title is “Guinness World Records Adjudicator.” I’m part of a team of adjudicators who are sent in person for certain events. I am the person who decides, normally in real time, unless it’s a very intense record, whether or not the record attempt was successful.

We go to the event in our fancy uniform. Every time I’m in it, I feel very official.

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Sat, 18/11/2023 - 01:00
You think Trump doesn’t mean you? What Sinclair Lewis did say in It Can’t Happen Here: “But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word ‘Fascism’ and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty.” The more familiar quote misattributed to Lewis was just years ahead of its time. Whatever. The truth of it seems increasingly evident. Wrapped in the flag? ☑ Carrying a cross? ☑
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Sat, 18/11/2023 - 00:00

1. When the mega-mansion developer said, “Build,” he willed the entire life of a neighborhood into despair.

2. This despair cannot be understood as referring to anything other than the complete loss or absence of hope, that is, the hope of ever knowing a quiet day again.

3. The preservationist canons were imposed, but only on the height and façade, and the architects, being very clever, found ways around these according to the canons themselves, proposing a “library tower” because it is part of the “Village vernacular, water towers and all.”

4. It is easier for a herd of camels to pass through the eye of a needle than for one man with a library tower of books shelved by color to get into the kingdom of heaven.

5. It takes no less than five years to build a mega-mansion. And wherever two or more are built, others will follow. Therefore, it is certain that the hell of construction noise will be never-ending.

6. For the souls in the vicinity, absolutely no care or recompense is given.

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Fri, 17/11/2023 - 21:19

Luke Kelly was born in Sheriff Street, one of the best-known thoroughfares of Dublin’s north inner city, in November 1940. For decades the area’s workers had laboured on the nearby docks — providing the backbone, thirty years before, for much of Jim Larkin’s organising efforts. But by the mid-twentieth century, those employment opportunities had begun […]

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Fri, 17/11/2023 - 18:50

TAFE NSW has been announced as a finalist in the 2023 National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) for Most Outstanding Travel Industry Training Institution. This nomination follows years of work by TAFE NSW to realign course delivery to offer more flexible training solutions, to prepare students for success in a constantly evolving sector. Advertise with News...

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Fri, 17/11/2023 - 18:47

“PLEASE let us back into our pool.” That is the urgent message from a group of elderly members of the Coffs Harbour Education and Recreation Program (CHERP). Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au With the closure...

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Fri, 17/11/2023 - 18:44

A DONATION of $5,000 has been made by Pink Silks Trust (PST) to the local CanDo Cancer Trust. This donation unites two local charity organisations that share a common mission: to provide vital support to those affected by cancer. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone...

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Fri, 17/11/2023 - 18:35

COMING home, the Australian Decorative Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) final presentation for 2023 is set in Australia. On Monday 20 November, at The National Cartoon Gallery, guest lecturer Dr June Ross will be talking about the Kimberley rock art in north-western Australia. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

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