Elon Musk has announced that common pro-Palestine phrases like “from the river to the sea” and “decolonisation” are now banned on Twitter and will result in suspension, falsely claiming that they “necessarily imply genocide”. This move is likely an attempt to appease key advertisers who have been pulling out of the platform in response to Continue reading »
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Amid campus tensions over the Gaza war, the university declined to explain why the vandalism of posters warrants FBI involvement.
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One thing for which I’m personally grateful is that I can get away with writing articles like this.
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The majority in most nations don’t support Israel’s genocidal bombing in Gaza but politicians by huge majorities do, and those who support Palestinians find themselves under constant attack.
Explanations for this tend to concentrate on how much money politicians receive from Israel supporters.
“What people don’t know is that every room in every one of those homes had cameras.
Details buried in the Chancellor's statement show we are heading for years more of tax rises, low growth and public sector cuts thanks to his Government, reports Adam Bienkov
The bill would also mandate the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism in Israeli courts. The families of hostages call it political theater.
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Just ask this religious scholar who took 73 high-dose LSD trips.
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Hold fast We’ve reached “the end justifies the means” chapter of our American experiment. Peter Wehner runs down in The Atlantic a by-now familiar accounting of the fascistic things Donald Trump says and his MAGA audience applauds. Trump’s rise to the presidency began with, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best.” (The Republican Party took that as candidate recruiting advice.) He’s gone from declaring Mexicans drug dealers, rapists and criminals in 2015 to telling crowds today that immigrants from south of the border are terrorists and escapees from mental institutions who are “poisoning the blood of our country.” Wehner pointedly begins by sketching out the dehumanizing rhetoric that prededed the Rwandan genocide in 1994. I still remember just where I was when I heard that news on the radio.
A look at Doctor Who & David Tennant's ties to 2005's live broadcast of Nigel Kneale's classic Sci-Fi thriller, The Quatermass Experiment.
“Unrelenting, top-to-bottom negativity” Philosopher Linus van Pelt famously lamented, “There’s no heavier burden than a great potential!” It’s a burden Democrats carry too. Supporters and leaners are easily upset. Not so with Republicans. They anger us, sure, but because we expect so lttle of them they cannot disappoint us the way our friends can. It is a dynamic David Roberts, a.k.a. Dr. Volts, wrote about in a thread on Sunday. A Washington Post profile of voters in Door County, Wisconsin (pop. 30k) finally pegged his P.K.E. meter. Roberts writes (bolding mine): This article is worth examining closely. It’s a classic “visit a swing county to hear about politics” piece, so it forces itself to be even-handed & “pox on both houses,” but if you read closely you can glimpse something else. washingtonpost.com/nation/interac… Why are they upset?
Originally published November 26, 2003.
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Q: A caller just said she forgot to baste every 10 minutes. I advised her to serve the turkey anyway. Was I correct?
A: Not at all. The turkey is merely the vehicle for the basting. In a recent poll, nine out of ten people would rather sit down at the table and suck on the end of a baster full of buttery juices than gnaw at some dry old wing. Bad call.
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Q: I just overheard my coworker advising a home cook to truss the bird. I arrived late at the “Talk Turkey” seminar last week and missed the trussing segment. Can you advise?
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The Government has made it even easier for dark money, foreign influence, and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
Israel’s war on Gaza unites Hezbollah, Hamas, the Syrian government, the Houthis in Yemen, and armed groups in Iraq and Syria.
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There are over 1,000 loopholes and exemptions in the tax system - often designed and secured by big firms and lobbyists.
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