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It’s not just pandemic recovery. Job creation under Biden has outstripped Trump’s (and every president in the last 60 years) in every way. Unfortunately, Trump has convinced Americans that his economy was the best the world has ever seen by lying about it constantly and it’s permeated the minds of even those who can’t stand him.
This dissertation [will not have been? is never going to be?] would not have been possible without the unending guidance and oversight of my [wise? erudite? stern? loving?] brilliant advisor. Your [gnomic wisdom? elliptical questions?] comments have been a source of [confusion? betrayal?] help for many years, and I can’t [wait for?] imagine what life after the defense will be like. I [forgive you? absolve you?] don’t blame you for the three {confirm?} additional years I spent developing conference papers on topics unrelated to my research in order to “build my CV” and “professionalize” {sounds grumpy—remove?}. I do [thank you for? forgive you for? acknowledge your role in?] blame you for getting me tied up with that unpaid research assistantship inexplicably working with ancient papyri that ended [in flames? in tears?] so regretfully, further delaying my defense by eighteen months.
South Africa laid out a meticulous case detailing Israel’s genocidal intent. The U.S. supported it all.
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“How many more alarm bells have to ring and how many more civilians must unlawfully suffer or be killed before governments take action?” asked one human rights expert. Human rights advocates are ramping up pressure on nations to formally back South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice after a panel of Continue reading »
Kinetic responses are a symptom of policy failures, not an answer to them. Australia ultimately refused America’s request for a support vessel for its naval moves into the Red Sea. The decision took a week. The Australian government denies it’s due to a reality of force limitations but is, instead, a reflection of strategic / Continue reading »
It is possible now that peace could come to Ukraine rather faster than most Western analysts are predicting, but this will only be only on terms acceptable to Russia. Last month in Pearls and Irritations, I reviewed the stage reached in the Ukraine military conflict. I suggested that the conflict would continue until Russia was Continue reading »
Proponents for a nuclear energy industry in Australia increased their media activity following the announcement of the AUKUS agreement. Their campaign has been taken up by the Coalition. The international campaign reached a crescendo during the COP28 climate meeting. The pro-nuclear campaign is based on incorrect claims that opposition to nuclear energy is based on irrational fears, Continue reading »
The current Aged Care Act, dating from the Howard Government era and infused with its neo-liberal ideology, is set to be repealed and replaced by a new one, purportedly incorporating a ‘rights basis’ as recommended by the Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety which reported in 2021. The government released a draft of Continue reading »
We need to return to being Citizens with Power to ensure fair forms of governance and reduce levels of political distrust. Our futures will require that we decide to elect those who commit to include public support for social needs-of citizens. We are NOT just customers who purchase, but citizen members of democratic societies, with Continue reading »
If the countries in the East Asian region allied to the United States think that the US has their back and therefore they are safe, think again. While the naive take the promise by the US to have their back as an inviolate commitment, the reality of such a relationship is reflected in President Biden’s Continue reading »
I’m not going to recap that runner-up debate last night because it’s completely irrelevant and you missed nothing. (I did watch it and that’s two hours I’ll never get back.) The only thing of note that happened in this primary yesterday was Chris Christie’s speech dropping out of the race which is only worth mentioning because he said a lot of things that Republicans need to hear (not that Fox carried them, needless to say.) But it is important to hear what Trump is saying because he is going to be the GOP nominee and he is a danger to all of us. He had a competing town hall last night. A few highlights: Well, actually, he’s answered it many times: Trump has said the town hall was wonderful and congratulated the Fox moderators for being very professional. In other words it was a love fest where he felt very safe and cozy. Nonetheless, he did say the quiet part out loud a number of times.
The National Health Service is under threat unless the Government starts properly paying its workforce, reports Michaela Makusha
You will already be familiar with the fact that broad swathes of social science research are given over to establishing, analysing, generalising, theorising about and using statistical associations that are manipulated with the assumptions of probability theory. This makes sense if probabilities can be attached to broad swathes of the phenomena that social science is […]
Has been brilliantly presented by the South African lawyers, with some assists.
I don’t want to waste your time, though. Israel is committing genocide. Everyone knows it and yes, it meets the legal definition.
But the case is a thing of beauty, because whatever the ICJ decides way the outcome is almost the same:
If the ICJ orders an end to the genocide America, Israel and most of Europe will ignore the order. This will discredit the post-war “rules based international order”. It will be seen as a joke.
2024 REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY DEBATE
DES MOINES, IOWA
JANUARY 10, 2024
8:00 PM: CNN’s debate opens in Des Moines, where the Republican Iowa Caucus is less than a week away. Moderator Jake Tapper tells the two candidates participating, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, “You know the rules, and so do I. A commitment to respectability is what I’m thinking of. You wouldn’t get this from any other guy. I’d like to remind both candidates that I’m never gonna give you up, nor will I let you down.” Co-moderator Dana Bash interrupts him to say she never agreed to let him leave if he Rickrolled the debate and that he was stuck here for the next two hours just like she was.
Museums across the country are being forced to close as the reality of austerity-struck Brexit Britain hits home