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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 04:53
The government’s new migration strategy is a commendable attempt to restore some shape to immigration policy and to deal with pressing short, medium and long-term policy problems. A massive implementation effort is needed to make it work. It comes at a time of a pathetic level of public discourse on immigration issues. Institutional change is Continue reading »
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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 04:50
Talks in public forums of saving Australia from China are disappointingly unrealistic. It is quite understandable that a world hitherto dominated by Western hegemony feels insecure in the light of China’s meteoric economic rise. However, such insecurity if not checked can lead to fear that compromises a person’s ability to make rational judgements. Fear arises Continue reading »
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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 04:30
He’s a natural Donald Trump believes in eugenics. He really does. Of course his understanding of it is purely based upon his own belief in his superior genes and good “German blood.” He’s said it many times in public: When he said during his first term that he didn’t understand why the US allowed people from “shit-hole countries” to emigrate to the US and suggested that we should encourage people from Norway to come instead, it wasn’t hard to figure out what he meant by that. His xenophobia never applied to white European immigrants. After all, he married two of them and they are the mothers of four of his five children. His problem is with people of different races. If someone of a different race expresses devotion to him then of course he likes them. Think of Kim Jong Un whom he considers to be one of his greatest allies. But it’s a very individual thing. For the most part he believes that people from the “shit-hole” countries are genetically inferior to people like him with his good German blood. Trump’s out campaigning in earnest now as the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary are just weeks away.
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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 02:30
The damned spot that won’t wash clean A Threads post from Kurt Andersen (“Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History“) points out the lingering effects of tyranny (map above): So interesting that the Germans in the part of Germany run by tyrants for most of the 20th century—Nazis for 12 years, Soviet-proxy communists for 45—are those now most supportive of the right-wing AfD party. Tragically, enduringly habituated to dislike democracy and outsiders. It got me thinking how often we see U.S. maps reflecting politics and policies that carry traces of the Confederacy that died far longer ago than the Nazi and Soviet regimes. The taint is not uniform over all issues and all states, clearly, but it persists. Happy Hollandaise, you filthy animals!
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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 01:00
“Don’t just vote. Run.” “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do,” Jesus said from the cross. American women like Allie Phillips, 28, will be less forgiving of politicians who know not what they do and those who do know and don’t care. Remember, first they come for the women. In mid-October, the Guardian reported on Phillips’ confrontation early this year with her nonviable pregnancy and Tennessee’s abortion ban. Allie Phillips thinks of herself as the ordinary neighbor nextdoor. She shops at the Walmart clearance rack. She posts TikTok videos of herself and her six-year-old daughter, Adalie, singing along to Taylor Swift and dancing the Wednesday Addams dance. Up until recently, the most political thing she’d ever done was vote, and only in presidential elections. That was then. This is now. Normally I peruse a lot of headlines before something grabs my attention, but this story via a rural organizing list did that first thing this morning. You need to see this story from Kathie C. Reilly at Elle: Allie Phillips cried into the camera.
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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 00:39

Dive into the intricate geopolitics of Northeast Asia with Tim Shorrock in today's MintCast interview, exploring the shaping of Japan and South Korea by the United States, their complex political landscapes, and the potential for regional unification amidst growing U.S.-China tensions

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Tue, 19/12/2023 - 00:00

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