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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 17:52

CITY of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams has shared what her first 100 days in the role have looked like and outlined her priorities for the years ahead. “Every day I want to work to make you proud of me,” she told a packed room at the Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast, held...

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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 13:05
Concerns across social media for Palestinian medical doctor Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, held captive by Israel. Australian media’s role in legitimising the Palestinian genocide and the war of words regarding safety/unsafety of students. Peter Dutton’s claims of the growth of the Canberra-based public servants not backed by data. Concerns for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, detained Continue reading »
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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 11:30
He’s not drunk, but still “bulletproof” Some people still in federal employ will have no part of Donald Trump corrupting the functions of American justice (The New York Times): Manhattan’s U.S. attorney on Thursday resigned rather than obey an order from a top Justice Department official to drop the corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams. To review, the BBC recounts, “Adams is alleged to have accepted gifts totalling more than $100,000 (£75,000) from Turkish citizens in exchange for favours, such as waiving safety regulations at the Turkish consulate in the city. He denies the charges.” Back to the Times: Then, when Justice Department officials transferred the case to the public integrity section in Washington, which oversees corruption prosecutions, the two men who led that unit also resigned, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. Several hours later, three other lawyers in the unit also resigned, according to people familiar with the developments.
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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 11:25

“The Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles, according to a new State Department document detailing procurement for fiscal year 2025”— NPR

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How lucky are we ordinary Americans to be living in the Age of Trump? Our president is sticking it to the globalist elites by giving the world’s wealthiest man a huge government contract. What a far cry from the days of Democrat corruption. It’s like we were living in darkness, only to emerge into this bright and blinding light where we literally refuse to see what’s in front of our eyes.

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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 09:41
Today (February 13, 2025), MMTed releases Episode 11 in the Second Season of our Manga series – The Smith Family and their Adventures with Money. Have a bit of fun with it while learning Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and circulate it to those who you think will benefit. The Smith Family is a middle-class family…
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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 08:30
Seeing Pete Hegseth running around in Europe like he’s a serious person is hard to take but we have to put up with him. His pronouncements about NATO and Ukraine are pretty shocking but they come directly from Trump so you can’t really blame him. Reporter Josh Rogin had a good analysis on CNN of Trump’s “deal making” yesterday that I think is interesting: The problem is that that creates a series of events that‘s now going to unfold that could have drastic and negative consequences for both Ukraine and the U.S., not to mention Europe. And what I mean by that is that the way that they‘re setting up this negotiation by dealing with Putin first and Zelenskyy second, and trying to negotiate away Ukrainian territory and Ukrainian aspirations without talking to the Ukrainians, in my view, is destined to fail.
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Fri, 14/02/2025 - 08:13
1 dressed muskrat, 1 to 1½ lbs1 tbsp salt1 qt water¼ cup flour2 tsp salt¼ tsp pepper⅛ tsp red pepper¼ cup shorteningPaprika1 large onion, sliced, 1 cup¾ cup water Wipe muskrat with damp cloth, pick off any hair. Separate hind from fore quarters by cutting across back and just below ribs. Fit into a glass […]