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Just to Confirm, We’re All Still Wearing Shorts Tonight, Right?

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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 22:00

Hey, bud. I’m just checking in to see if everyone’s still wearing shorts to dinner later. I distinctly remember us all agreeing tonight would be way too hot for pants. So in case you were wondering, I’m still 100 percent committed to that pact.

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The forecast is holding firm at ninety-three degrees between 7 and 8 p.m. Definitely shorts weather. It does get a little chilly in Tampa around 11 p.m. Not sure if that alters things with you guys in the pants realm? I know Darryl likes to think ahead. As long as more than one of us is still wearing shorts, I suppose it’s cool if he turns up in jeans. A pants contingency plan might be something to consider, though.

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A few goosebumps appearing on the ol’ calf muscles now. Has Greg said anything about the shorts sitch? He mentioned something about the sea breeze making conditions quite cool in the evenings. I don’t know him that well. Is he the sort of guy to bail on wearing shorts even though everyone was in agreement?

A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy

https://theintercept.com/2023/09/27/ukraine-russia-war-crimes-sexual-violence-c…
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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 20:00

At once a victim of Russian war crimes and a suspected collaborator, Anna is caught between Ukraine’s overlapping quests for justice.

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Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists – Project Syndicate

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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 18:46

Since taking over as president of the European Central Bank in late 2019, Christine Lagarde has committed three major errors that play right into the hands of right-wing populists. Now, one can only hope that these parties’ own incompetence will sink them before next year’s European Parliament elections. ATHENS – Christine Lagarde’s three blunders as president […]

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Can data science capture key insights in news articles?

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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 18:00
Itua Etiobhio, Riyad Khan and Steve Blaxland The volume of information available to supervisors from public sources has grown enormously over the past few years, including unstructured text data from traditional news outlets, news aggregators, and social media. This presents an opportunity to leverage the power of data science techniques to gain valuable insights. By … Continue reading Can data science capture key insights in news articles? →

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Canada’s honoring of Nazi vet exposes Ottawa’s longstanding Ukraine policy

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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 12:07

By celebrating a Waffen-SS volunteer as a “hero,” Canada’s Liberal Party highlighted a longstanding policy that has seen Ottawa train fascist militants in Ukraine while welcoming in thousands of post-war Nazi SS veterans. Canada’s second most powerful official, Chrystia Freeland, is the granddaughter of one of Nazi Germany’s top Ukrainian propagandists. In the Spring of 1943, Yaroslav Hunka was a fresh-faced soldier in the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS Galicia when his division received a visit from the architect […]

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Why aren’t the Republicans alarmed about addled Trump?

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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 09:00
The President says the “1917 pandemic” ended the Second World War pic.twitter.com/jSltuSYim2 — Acyn (@Acyn) August 10, 2020 JV Last at the Bulwark notes that while the Democrats are wringing their hands so violently over Joe Biden’s age that they’re rubbing the skin off of their palms, the Republicans don’t really seem to care all that much about the fact that their presumptive nominee is an addled criminal. … Some Biden supporters are frustrated with this increasingly public agita and they often state that this frustration is premised on the fact that the media doesn’t mention Trump’s advanced age with the same urgency or concern as Biden’s. I don’t know if that stated critique gets at the heart of the frustration, though. Yes, Trump is also old, and sure, it would be nice for The Media to mention that from time to time. But the real exasperation simmering underneath goes something like this:  SURE BIDEN IS OLD BUT THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS A FELONIOUS MANIAC WHO ATTEMPTED A COUP AND HAS SAID HE WANTS TO END THE CONSTITUTION AND ASSASSINATE HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES.

The beginning of the end of the Trump Org as we’ve known it?

https://digbysblog.net/2023/09/26/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-trump-org-as-…
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Wed, 27/09/2023 - 07:30
Correct, @AndrewFeinberg. The judge has ordered cancellation of all [NYS] business certs of "any entity controlled or beneficially owned by Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Jr, Eric Trump, Alan Weisselberg, & Jeffrey McConney. An independent receiver will manage the dissolutions. https://t.co/mK0vkzQXon — Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) September 26, 2023 Maybe they can reconstitute themselves in Russia.