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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 07:30
After the Supremes released their decision overturning the Colorado Ballot Case ruling, Trump gave a speech and the cable nets were beside themselves in anticipation. If you have a spare 15 minutes to watch it all, I urge you to do it. I wish everyone would see it because they need to be reminded of what he is. This wasn’t a rally where you can possibly chalk up his lunacy to the fever of the crowd. This was him speaking extemporaneously before a camera, just riffing on what he cares about. If you don’t have time (or can’t bring yourself to watch him) here are just a few of the highlights. He says this will bring out country together. Because the country will only come together if Trump wins everything, That’s how this works. Aaaaand…. I think that gives you the gist. And I would hope it will be on the evening news and in prime time so that people who are working can see it too.
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 06:00

Becoming attentive to the material and the structural has linked me much more to the kinds of themes Barry Buzan raises in Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras. Though in reading it I also became conscious that my inner cultural historian still has, and wants, a voice. Let me explain.

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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 05:30
One of the moldiest political tropes around is the one that says a presidential candidate needs to run to the base during the primaries and then pivot to the center once he or she locks down the nomination. It makes some strategic sense, for sure, and we’ve seen it in action many times although it doesn’t always work. But Donald Trump is not one for standard campaign strategy so despite the fact that he’s the defacto nominee of the Republican Party for president, he’s not making any kind of pivot to the center. If anything he’s embracing the MAGA base ever more tightly, despite the fact that there is a substantial minority of his party that’s rejecting him in these primaries. Over the weekend Trump bagged some more wins in caucuses in Michigan, Idaho and Missouri, all three of which were the result of amateur hour mistakes by local and party officials that messed up the usual primary system. Even so, from what we can gather there still exists an anti-Trump vote among Republicans and GOP leaning Independents.
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 05:14

At Chanel’s recent fashion show in Manchester, a lone protestor angrily noted the contrast between ‘celebrity-spotting’ glitz and a growing homelessness crisis. Interviewed in a TikTok video, she demanded of the council: ‘Get your bleedin’ priorities right’. The moral case against gentrification seems clear. But for many of us, it’s often difficult to grasp the […]

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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:59
John Menadue, Editor-in-Chief of Pearls and Irritations, interviews Dr Mike Gilligan on the challenge of building a self-reliant Australian defence force, dealing with a rapacious America intent on its own interests, avoiding a US-proxy war with China, and the loss of Australian sovereignty under the 2014 Force Posture Agreement (FPA). Intro and outro music is Continue reading »
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:57
Australia is hosting its second home-based summit with ASEAN leaders, aiming to strengthen its strategic economic strategy with Southeast Asia and underscore the association’s role in maintaining stability and growth in the region. The concept of ASEAN centrality, encompassing core economic and non-military security objectives, can be strengthened by elevating it into a strategic approach Continue reading »
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:55
At the height of the argument about western conviction that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction in 2002, Tony Blair’s minder, Alastair Campbell was accused of asking intelligence agencies to “sex up” what passed for evidence. The satirical magazine Private Eye published a cover with Alastair Campbell’s child asking, “What did you do in Continue reading »
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:54
Receiving the Jerusalem Peace Prize is a great honour and I am overwhelmed and humbled indeed. It is particularly poignant at this time as Palestinians in both Occupied Gaza and West Bank are suffering unbelievable, horrific hardship and brutal violations of their basic human rights, for life, for shelter, water and food. Dr Helen McCue Continue reading »
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:50

Thank you for shopping at MayBe. We often hear that our sizing and fit guide is complex, upsetting, and nonsensical. To mitigate any confusion, we’ve answered some of the most common questions from our customers.

Q. What sizes do you offer?

A. MayBe offers a large swath of sizes that might fit all bodies. Our shirt sizes range from XS to M, our pant sizes range from 00 to 6, and our dresses and rompers are some weird combination of both. Plus sizes are available, but you must sign up for our daily newsletter to determine when they’re added to our biennial sale section. Generally, our sizes are based on US measurements, but we aspire to be UK measurements.

Q. Do you have models that show a wide range of sizes?

A. Of course. We live our inclusive beliefs. Every item of clothing is photographed with a thin, white model who’s 5′10″, wears a size XS, and has idealized, boyish measurements. We also include a single image of a plus-size Black model wearing clothing from a different brand.

Q. How do you determine your sizes for dresses and rompers?

A. Honestly? We have no idea.

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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:17
Like Arvo Pärt’s music, Ola Gjeilo’s gives a sense of connecting with a world beyond the world. O Magnum Mysterium, with its choral textures shifting between unison singing, polyphony, and homophony, manages to convey the profound serene beauty and mystery of our human existence. Gjeilo’s masterpiece has been recorded dozens of times. This is the […]
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Tue, 05/03/2024 - 04:00
No Labels is going to go after Biden hard, using Trump talking points Lieberman will never stop trying to destroy the Democratic party out of pique that they rejected him that one time. Here’s the latest on No Labels’ attempt to help Donald Trump win the election: With days to go before its previously announced mid-March deadline of finalizing plans for a third party presidential ticket, No Labels still doesn’t have a candidate or a clear plan — even as it looks to take swings at President Joe Biden that its own officials acknowledge are more potent than accurate. And major potential recruits are still holding out: a person familiar with the conversations told CNN that No Labels officials have talked with advisers to Chris Christie, but that the former New Jersey governor has declined to meet with them himself.