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Bruno Macaes On Putin And The World Order

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 09:20
Bruno Macaes On Putin And The World Order

Macaes was a Portuguese minister and is now a member of the European Council of Foreign relations. He’s written a few books and at least two of them, on the Belt and Road and on Eurasia in general are insightful, though Bruno is definitely a Eurocrat who sometimes struggles to see the world without Eurocrat lenses. This is particularly true when it comes to Russia (remembering that these books were written before Ukraine, which he did not predict) but there are some points where Macaes “gets it.”

This is primarily when it comes to Putin’s views of the international order:

Lordy there are tapes

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 08:30
This one seems bad CNN reports: Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything. The recording indicates Trump understood he retained classified material after leaving the White House, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. On the recording, Trump’s comments suggest he would like to share the information but he’s aware of limitations on his ability post-presidency to declassify records, two of the sources said. CNN has not listened to the recording, but multiple sources described it. One source said the relevant portion on the Iran document is about two minutes long, and another source said the discussion is a small part of a much longer meeting.

104.1 CHYFM offer school holiday radio workshops

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 08:00

YOUNGSTERS in school years 7 to 12 can dip their toes into the world of broadcasting through 104.1 CHYFM Coffs Harbour Youth Community Radio’s July holiday workshops. Station Manager Angie Vaughan has curated two, five-day On-Air Presenter Workshops taking place at the CHYFM studio in July. The workshops are industry-based and delivered by industry professionals...

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Community Drug Action Team launch free training on alcohol and drug issues

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 07:57

COFFS Harbour Neighbourhood Centre, in conjunction with Coffs Harbour Community Drug Action Team (CDAT), is hosting free training for community workers and others who are seeking to upskill themselves across alcohol and drug issues. The training will take place on Tuesday 13 June, from 9:30am – 4:30pm, in the TAFE D block theatre at Coffs...

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Did Kev fall on his sword?

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 07:00
More to the point, if he did, did he know it? The problem is that it only takes one to raise the motion. And it will only take five to vote him out. So this remains a very live possibility. On the other hand, Jim “Beavis” Jordan told the Freedom Caucus to pipe down and stop threatening the speaker and at least a couple of them seem to have gone quiet on the motion to vacate. So, who knows? The big question that’s probably hanging over their decision to do this is, who could they get to replace him? There is no blue-eyed dream boat like Paul Ryan waiting in the wings as there was last time the winguts pushed out a speaker. Stay tuned. This could still get interesting. Update: Lol. I don’t think this is going to cut it.

Drupal Association hires Alex Moreno

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 05:32

The Drupal Association is pleased to announce that Alex Moreno joined the team as of May 2023! We are thrilled to bring Alex’s talent and experience in the Drupal Community to the team.

Bringing Alex on continues the Drupal Association’s effort to become more global in our hiring.

Already very well known for his work in Drupal, Alex’s background includes a degree in Software Engineering with a major in Artificial Intelligence. For the past decade, he lived in London, working for big enterprise companies as a consultant and Technical Architect representing Acquia, Pantheon, The BBC, and Capgemini.

House of Representatives passes Voice referendum legislation

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 04:58
After a marathon debate, the House of Representatives on Wednesday morning passed the bill for the referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament to be inserted into the Constitution. The bill now goes to the Senate where it is assured of passage in June. The final vote was 121 in favour and 25 against. Most Continue reading »

After Erdogan’s greatest triumph, the ‘West’ watches, and calculates

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 04:56
In Turkiye, deep polarisation and the long struggle between the Atlanticists and the Eurasianists over Turkiye’s soul seems to be ending in victory for the latter. The EU has little appeal for Turks now. It lives in vassalage to the US, which itself seems to be thrashing around in the last days of empire. The Continue reading »

Have we turned a corner on growth in asylum applications?

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 04:55
Since international borders re-opened, asylum applications at the primary stage steadily grew from a low of around 618 in February 2022 to 1,786 in March 2023. While this was well below the peak in 2017-18 of around 2,500 per month, it would have been worrying the Albanese Government given the entry of the Coalition and Continue reading »

No amount of money will fix the current health system

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 04:54
It has been obvious for many years that our health system needs a radical, evidence based, redesign if it is ever to meet the oft spoken goals of equality and cost-effectiveness, with a focus on prevention and timely availability of care based on need, not financial wellbeing. Ours is a country where, despite politicians’ pre-election Continue reading »

Aboriginal housing: Australia’s biggest policy failure?

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 04:53
The inadequate if not negligent response of governments around Australia to the critical issue of Aboriginal housing—perhaps the country’s biggest policy failure—puts into sharp focus why a Voice to Parliament may help elevate the case for urgent action. Governments have moved away from specific programs to address the acute housing needs of First Peoples, even Continue reading »

It all comes from the same patriarchal compost pile

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Thu, 01/06/2023 - 04:00
This piece in the Guardian by Moira Donegal nails it: On Monday, Jim Pillen, the Republican governor of Nebraska, signed a law that bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming care for anyone under 19. The ban on trans medical care takes effect in October and the abortion ban goes into effect immediately. And so Nebraska has become the latest state to determine through law what might have once been determined by the more pliable tools of custom or imagination: the way that the sexed body a person is born with shapes the kind of life they can live. Be it through forced pregnancy or prohibited transition, the state of Nebraska now claims the right to determine what its citizens will do with their sexed bodies – what those bodies will look like, how they will function and what they will mean. It is a part of the right’s ongoing project to roll back the victories of the feminist and gay rights movements, to re-establish the dominance of men in public life, to narrow possibilities for difference and expression and to inscribe in law a firm definition and hierarchy of gender: that people are either men or women and that men are better.