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The sun rises over a picturesque tropical island. We hear birds in the distance and see images of the island’s iconic landscape: A volcano. The beach. And, most importantly, the coconut tree. The camera slowly pans down from the top, and we see our hero, a, at its trunk. He chuckles softly to himself while gazing up.

a: Hello, old friend.

CUT TO a and his best friend, b, strolling along the beach.

a: Today, b. It’s gotta be today.

b: You sure?

a: The weather is perfect. The troops are available. And I swear, b, I just can’t wait any longer.

a grabs b by the shoulders and turns him so that they’re facing each other.

a: It happens today. We are going to find out what’s at the top of that coconut tree.

Narrator (V.O.): This summer…

CUT TO a rallying the rest of the alphabet inside his clubhouse.

As the final rites are played out, Chris Painter assesses the procession of Conservative Premierships since 2010 and their failure to articulate any coherent political project

In 1955, delegations from just over 30 newly independent countries met in the Indonesian city of Bandung for a conference on peaceful coexistence and international cooperation outside of the ‘two camps’ framework of the Cold War. Bandung was a symbolic location: the city had been abandoned and burnt to the ground by the local population […]

If we do not fully explain by adding more variables, how do we explain? Mechanisms explain because they embody an invariant property. The first mechanism, linking the gas pedal to the rotating drivetrain, is combustion: The second mechanism, linking the rotating drivetrain to acceleration, is the relationship of torque to force. Combustion is a high […]

Mexico's government already faces the threat of international dispute settlements over its energy reforms and proposed ban of GM corn. It now wants to radically change the rules of the game for its huge mining sector.

Despite promising a new era of 'accountability' and integrity, Sunak has failed to fully declare his extensive personal and familial financial interests, reports Adam Bienkov

New data show the wealthiest Americans have stashed $2 trillion in offshore tax havens, as the government relaxes efforts to combat tax evasion.

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Domestic uses of robotic dogs are fundamentally dehumanizing and would further suggest that they contribute strongly to the militarization of culture and strengthening the power of the surveillance state.

The post Here Come the Militarized Robots (But There Go Our Civil Liberties) appeared first on scheerpost.com.

A polling firm found that Peru’s coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. Unelected leader Dina Boluarte has 15% approval and 78% disapproval. But they have the full support of the US, Canada, and foreign mining corporations.

The post Peru’s Coup-Plotting Congress Has 6% Approval, 91% Disapproval (But Full US Backing) appeared first on scheerpost.com.

On this week’s MVC, Rivka and Frank take a deep dive into the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats.

"These companies fueling the housing affordability crisis are among many corporations across industries that have shamelessly profiteered."

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By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been – and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing […]

The post Why the Republi-Fascists Can’t Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats ‘Marxists’ appeared first on scheerpost.com.

The Pentagon Girds for Mid-Century Wars.

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From flowers to teapots to amphibians, hundreds of 19th-century engravings form a dizzying contemplation of consciousness

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They bring contrasting perspectives, but a literary scholar and a physicist agree on the wisdom of embracing uncertainty

- by Richard C Sha & Nathan Harshman

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France’s president has proven himself to be a well-oiled weathervane. What he says on Monday may not match what he says or does on Wednesday. But his remarks while visiting China are interesting in several ways.

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The iconoclastic French historian Paul Veyne illuminated the past by showing how deeply alien it is to the present

- by Carlos Noreña

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In 2022, the labor force participation rate for mothers with young children exceeded its 2019 level. The rate for fathers with young children hasn’t fully recovered.

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Many countries of the Global South are now seeing more value in creating structures that take their interests into account — not just as pawns of the U.S. read now...