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A juxtaposition of science and life, in the editor’s note from Print Issue 47.
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This is the highest rated show on cable news and the most influential right wing media figure in America. Just a sample of his latest because I think you need to know what the right is seeing and believing so I’ll post excerpts from time to time. Don’t look away. This is what’s frying the brains of Fox “News” voters and they are one election away from running the country: As I said the other day, I think he might be losing his mind. Those short barks of inappropriate laughter are just weird. But interspersed with his crazy little segments about M&Ms and Don Lemon’s hoodie are ideas that are penetrating into the collective lizard brains of the right. And those ideas are straight up patriarchal, white, nationalism.
Sad news has reached us today. Only two weeks after Victoria Chick’s death, another giant among Post Keynesian economists, Luigi Pasinetti, passed away yesterday at the age of 92. R.I.P.
City comes out in solidarity with workers resisting continued Tory attack on their class, wages, rights and living standards As striking workers around the country – including teachers, nurses, rail workers, civil servants, posties and more – enjoyed high levels of public support today despite the spin and slant of the ‘mainstream’ media, thousands turned […]
The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP) has announced the creation of a new book prize to recognize “the most original philosophical research that transcends academic disciplines”. The prize comes with a monetary award of £20,000 (≈ $24,600). The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy will aim to reward the authors of books that, according to a press release from the RIP, demonstrate rigorous original and high-quality transdisciplinary research are accessible and engaging to read are original, innovative, and impactful intend to advance and contribute to the understanding of human behaviors. They add: We welcome philosophical work that transcends academic boundaries, and furthers our understanding of the key challenges facing the world today, and that may face us in the future. The work may be from philosophers, neuroscientists, social scientists, or from other disciplines. Among other work we welcome submissions from those researching disruptive technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, from those concerned with climate change, and from those concerned with the future of democracy.
Advocacy journalism is a euphemism for propaganda.
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"Objectivity Has Got To Go": News Leaders Call For End Of Objective Journalism
Jonathan Turley | Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University
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"Objectivity Has Got To Go": News Leaders Call For End Of Objective Journalism
Jonathan Turley | Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University
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The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies. On Twitter, you will find the hashtags #latecapitalism (English), #tardocapitalismo (Italian), #capitalismotardio (Spanish), and #spätkapitalismus (German), among others. Typically, they satirise notions such as the idea of endless growth. The term also pops up in a wide range of academic articles and books. There are, for instance, discussions around the populist rise in late capitalism, the increase in financial-related investments in late capitalism, migration conditions in late capitalism, and so on. But what are the origins of this term? And what, exactly, does it mean?
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And he took John Durham down with him One of the most mysterious chapters of former Attorney General Bill Barr’s tenure at the Department of Justice got a little sunlight last week when the New York Times published a deeply reported piece on the Durham Investigation, Donald Trump’s “investigation of the Mueller investigation.” We knew that Special Counsel John Durham, a man whose reputation was one of seriousness and rectitude, had only brought two prosecutions but failed to win convictions in both. And we knew that there had been turmoil in his office with several people resigning at what seemed to be pivotal moments in the case. But, until now, we didn’t know the details — and they are explosive. The Times story, reported by Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman and Katie Benner, essentially reveals that the investigation which was supposed to blow the lid off of the Russia investigation by proving that it was a “partisan witch hunt,” was itself a witch hunt — only on behalf of Trump.
“Marie Kondo admits she has ‘kind of given up’ on extreme tidiness, [and] says her house ‘is messy’ … The organization guru, who popularized decluttering as a means to ‘spark joy,’ has changed her ways after welcoming her third child.” — People.com
To my mind, issuing consols as JP Koning suggests is the simple solution and to be preferred over the coin, which has no precedent and appears gimmicky. In addition, he points out that consols fir with existing Fed policy and operations whereas the coin does not.
However, my preferred solution would be for the president to order the treasury secretary to ignore the debt ceiling as contradicting previous legislation without repealing it. Then there is also the Fourteenth Amendment.
Short and worth a read in full.
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Many of the accounts we hear of the current Russia-NATO conflict are deeply flawed. and risk degenerating into pure farce – a crude melodrama, in which an upright, democratic Ukrainian government headed by hero Zelensky is pitted against a corrupt and brutal autocracy led by the deluded ogre, Putin. What is really in question, is Continue reading »
The actions of Israeli Defence Force troops last Wednesday — entering the Jenin refugee camp and killing nine Palestinians — seemed inexplicable from the brief reports I heard on the ABC and SBS. The major Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported: “Three and a half months ago … a terrorist from the Shoafat refugee camp named Uday Continue reading »
But truth can set them free. George Pell’s funeral presents a problem for Australia’s Catholic bishops. They will be comfortable gathering to give their colleague his rightful requiem and final dismissal, according to the rights of the church. They will know, however, that as the Catholic community looks on it will be preoccupied by one Continue reading »
The Justice Secretary’s long and “dangerous” campaign to scrap the Human Rights Act was “pushed forward by parts of the media” smarting from privacy laws
So Laura Tingle, the ABC’s 7.30 political editor, has nominated for the staff-elected director position on the ABC board. Interesting. Outgoing SED (staff-elected director) is Dr Jane Connors, a social historian, broadcaster and editorial policies executive. Notably, within months of joining the board in 2018 for her statutory five year term, Connors found herself with other Continue reading »
In Ukraine and in other parts of the world, Western violence and supremacy has been abetted by its educated more than any other group. This has been clear for the history of the British Empire, one of the most violent to traverse the globe along with its offspring; even the warmongering and provocations of the Continue reading »
Scientific research shows that the environmental impacts of human civilisation have exceeded several planetary boundaries. To avoid societal collapse and to assist the transition to an ecologically sustainable civilisation, we must transition to a steady-state economy. Like Roger Beale, Michael Keating is reluctant to accept the scientific assessments of the threat to civilisation. Keating restates Continue reading »
Italian investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi reveals thousands of pages withheld and an unknown number destroyed The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) under Keir Starmer and the Swedish Prosecution Authority (SPA) destroyed or hid thousands of pages of evidence showing their correspondence in pursuit of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, an author and investigative journalist has found after […]