People who sleep according to their culture’s norms are healthier overall
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There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports Denis Mikhailov
According to Guy Routh, econometrics is nothing but “mock empiricism, with statistics subjected to econometric torture until they admit to effects of which they are innocent.” Similarly, Mark Blaug in his The Methodology of Economics argued that econometric testing is like “playing tennis with the net down.” Although these are rather harsh judgments, I believe […]
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports David Hencke
The High Court has dismissed the legal challenge to Labor’s Administration of the CFMEU. But the decision only confirms what CFMEU members already knew—bad laws need to be broken.
The post High Court backs Labor’s CFMEU takeover but it’s not too late to fight: Strike out Administration first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Stoke-on-Trent — or the Potteries as it is popularly known — is celebrating a century of city status this year. But over the years, it has not been a popular place; indeed, it has tended to have a pretty bad press. On visiting the area in the 1930s, J.B. Priestley opined that the human race […]
“Cuomo holds his lead one week before primary day, as voters express unease with city’s direction.” — The Manhattan Institute
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In case you haven’t heard: I’m running for mayor. I have a vision for our city that focuses on improving the lives of working people. However, recently, it has come to my attention that something is missing from my candidacy. What can I do to demonstrate that I’m serious about holding a higher office?
I need to start sexually harassing women.
A War Powers Resolution would prohibit the “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
The post Congress Has One Way to Stop Trump From Going to War With Iran appeared first on The Intercept.
Givet de omfattande behoven är det inte underligt att allt fler röster höjs för en mer expansiv finanspolitik. Det tidigare överskottsmålet, vars syfte var att skapa en buffert för kommande ekonomiska kriser, har nyligen slopats vilket frigör 20–25 miljarder kronor. Likaså har en ökad statlig upplåning redan aviserats, till exempel vad gäller kärnkraft och försvar. Risken […]
President Trump has spent his flight home from the G7 trying to figure out what Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, meant when he called the President a soft c*ck for leaving the summit early. ”President Trump has a lot of... Read More ›
As the bombs fall, Tehran isn’t collapsing—it’s galvanizing. Marandi reveals how Israel’s war effort is failing on every front.
The post Mohammad Marandi: This War Was Supposed to Break Iran. It’s Breaking Israel Instead appeared first on MintPress News.
10th of June 2025 Europe is committed to rearmament. Commission President van der Leyden unveiled her ‘ReArm Europe Plan’ which aims to boost EU defence spending by euros 800bn over four years. On 5 June NATO defence ministers agreed to double their members’ annual defence spending from an average of roughly 2.5% of GDP to … Continue reading Should Europe Rearm?
8th of May 2025 It is right to be suspicious of Putin’s intentions without falling for the idea that he will never stop. In 1836 the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill claimed that Lord Melbourne’s government was smitten with the “epidemic disease of Russophobia,” an irrational panic that had triggered an unnecessary increase in defense … Continue reading The Nation: Russophobia—an Epidemic Disease?
13th of May 2025 As the Ukrainian war enters its third year, there has been renewed, if rather limp, talk of a ceasefire followed by negotiations. The premise is that since neither side can ‘win’, it makes sense to start making peace. Few now remember that the war almost ended before it got going. On … Continue reading The Lost Peace?
15th of May 2025 As John Lanchester recently remarked (LRB 27 April 2025) ‘However little money there is for anything else, there’s always enough money for a war’. The failures of neoliberal economics threaten all kinds of political backlashes, some of which have already been seen in the nationalist turn of international relations. ‘Military Keynesianism’ … Continue reading Military Keynesianism?
27th of May 2025 I. Some of you may know the famous scene at the start of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, when one of our fur-covered ancestors picks up a bone from a skeleton lying on the ground and realises that it can be used to fight off enemies. Having killed the leader of … Continue reading Robots as Weapons of War
5th of June 2025 In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother’s state of Oceania is perpetually at war. This never-ending conflict is not a conventional war to be won, but rather a tool of control. The paradoxical party slogan “War is Peace” is the key idea. Continuous war justifies continuous surveillance. Orwell’s novel vividly illustrates how … Continue reading 1984 Revisited – Robert Skidelsky and Attila Mesterházy Jr.
Fri 13 Jun 2025 Fiona Hill’s assessment of the Russian threat to Britain is a classic example of how a seemingly rational argument based on a false premise and scanty evidence can lead to a mad conclusion (Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says, 6 … Continue reading Letter in The Guardian: Russia adviser Fiona Hill’s alarming conclusion
14th of June 2025 Link: https://www.rt.com/shows/worlds-apart-oksana-boyko/619279-london-moscow-enemy-benefits/
The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.
The post U.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway. appeared first on The Intercept.