The U.S., having no need of or gift for statecraft, has long practiced what I’ve taken to calling the diplomacy of no diplomacy. You can’t expect much from bimbos such as Antony Blinken or Wendy Sherman, Blinken’s No. 2 at the State Department. All they can do is roar, even if they are mice next Continue reading »
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Say hallelujah: Chuck Todd and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) have had some heated confrontations before. But the pair’s latest clash might be their most contentious yet. In a fiery interview on Meet the Press Sunday, the NBC News political director clashed with the Wisconsin Senator about Hunter Biden — a collision which kicked off in earnest when Todd put a crucial question to Johnson point-blank. “Senator, do you have a crime that you think Hunter Biden committed?” Todd asked. “Because I’ve yet to see anybody explain. It is not a crime to make money off of your last name.” “Chuck, you ought to read the Marco Polo report, where they detail all kinds of potential crimes,” Johnson replied — referring to a 634 page report on the controversy surrounding the president’s son, which was published by a right wing group called Marco Polo. Todd immediately cut Johnson off when he heard the word “potential.” “Let me stop you there,” Todd said. He added, “Potential is innuendo.
Damning words as Professor Philip Banfield says Labour has no clue how GPs or their referrals to specialists work – and aren’t willing to listen or learn Professor Philip Banfield, the chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) has publicly condemned not just the stupidity of Wes Streeting – and by extension his boss Keir […]
DHSC has sick and elderly in its sights – asking public to comment on two options, but option of retaining current system of free prescriptions from age 60 is not on table The government has the sick and frail in their sights. The Tories are getting ready to make sick elderly people – who, like […]
Punished for resisting Russia launched another attack against Ukrainian civilians on Saturday. A missile attack in Dnipro, fomerly thought a safe haven from the violence, brought down an apartment complex, killing dozens, injuring more, and trapping an unknown number in the rubble. A child is among the dead (Washington Post): Russia’s blatant attack on civilians here — the worst to strike this city since Russia invaded Ukraine last February — came just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed his most senior military officer, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, as the new overseer of his relentless war in Ukraine. The strike, which coincided with the Orthodox New Year, served as a grim message that Putin’s close confidant is likely to continue the violent missile strikes on civilian targets that have become a hallmark of Russia’s assault. The bombing, one of a wave of attacks Saturday across Ukraine, may have destroyed as many as 30 apartments in the sprawling complex, said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who shared a video of the destruction.
Beltway news outlets and consultants think it’s weird to scrutinize the Transportation Secretary, simply because he could run for office again one day.
Trump still telling GOP to negotiate hard using threat of zero increase of debt ceiling…
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Every Sunday evening I blog about the geek-friendly radio shows the BBC are putting out in the forthcoming week! All of the following can be either listened to live or downloaded afterwards on the BBC Sounds app, no matter where you are in the world. Here we go! Monday 16th January 9.45am: Book of the ... Read More
The Third Doctor and Jo head to ancient Greece and encounter monsters and myths in a new novel from BBC Books The latest in the BBC Books strand of novels crossing Doctor Who with classic stories continues as the Third Doctor and Jo encounter the ancient heroes of Greece. Josephine and the Argonauts is written […]
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Which doth love America most? Our red, white, and blue-wrapped neighbors recall King Lear’s daughters, Goneril and Regan. Eager to profess in florid terms just how much they love their fatherland while quick to abandon it for a larger inheritance than their co-citizens. So it is with the core American institution of public education. I’ve written repeatedly about efforts to undermine public education that the founders valued as essential to their newly minted democratic republic. These days private capital feels entitled to pillage the public good for private profit. Public education being required by 48 state constitutions, it is the largest annual budget item in all 50 states: If you think the conservative furor over critical race theory and grooming and book bans is about culture war issues, you probably think George W. Bush’s push to privatize Social Security was about getting you, Average Taxpayer, a better long-term return on your paycheck witholdings. It’s about the money.
THE Coffs Harbour & District Eisteddfod Society, with the help of volunteers and committee, is well on its way to the 51st Eisteddfod in Coffs Harbour. The Coffs Harbour Eisteddfod provides opportunities for local students to perform, be acknowledged for their commitment to the performing arts, and receive feedback from esteemed industry professionals. Advertise with...
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Liberal Art Bannon (Georgetown/Harvard) and Liberal Art Brat (Princeton/American U) with MAGA’s antithesis to MMT:
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THE famous pizza oven was fired into duty for the New Year celebrations of members and friends of the Coffs Regional Community Gardens on Saturday 7 January. Welcoming in the New Year, the party was organised by Natasha and Digby, new members who joined in 2022 after moving to Coffs from Sydney. Advertise with News...
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FOR the three weeks leading up to Christmas, all Jodie Nancarrow could hear from 7am-3pm, five days a week, was heavy machinery operating and trees crashing down within metres of her property boundary. Jodie lives adjacent to Bagawa State Forest, west of the Orara Way beyond Coramba, where Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) began logging...
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People are already criticised for turning up at GPs and A&E when they may not need to – a false accusation in many cases, used by politicians to excuse the interminable waits caused by intentional fragmentation, privatisation and underfunding. Now Keir Starmer wants to open the floodgates by allowing people to refer themselves to specialists […]
THREE interchanges on the plans for the Coffs Harbour bypass have been refined after plans went out to the community for feedback. “The community feedback was pretty clear,” NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway told media in Coffs Harbour on Monday 9 January. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...
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Eizember spent his final days fighting the state over his right to have a spiritual adviser present in the death chamber.
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In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Supernatural/Smallville, The Flash, Doctor Who, Yellowjackets, The Rookie, Justified, Night Court, and more!
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Before Russian intelligence cribbed his handle, Marcel Lehel Lazar hacked celebrities and Sidney Blumenthal. Now he's back home in Transylvania.
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