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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 02:00

Post-election America finds itself in a panic. Voices from across a wide political spectrum warn that the country stands on the precipice of a potentially unprecedented and chaotic disregard for the laws, norms, and policies upon which its stability and security have traditionally relied. Some fear that the “new” president, Donald Trump, is likely to declare a national emergency and invoke the Insurrection Act, unleashing the U.S. military for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and for “retribution against” the “enemy from within” as well as “radical left lunatics.” As the New Republic‘s editor Michael Tomasky notes, writing about the nomination of Kash Patel for the post of director of the FBI, “We’re entering a world where the rule of law is... Read more

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 02:00

DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 is coming up, and you’re excited to attend. But there’s one small challenge—convincing your boss to approve the trip. Don’t worry, this guide will help you build a solid case. Let’s get started!

Why You Should Attend DrupalCon Atlanta 2025

Your boss may ask if sending you to DrupalCon is a smart investment. But first, ask yourself: are you convinced? Here’s why attending DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 is an excellent idea for both you and your organization: 

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 01:00
Before Bank Underground goes off on its Christmas holidays, it’s time for the Annual Bank Underground Christmas Quiz! We hope you enjoy testing your knowledge on our festive themed questions on economics, finance and all things central banking… If you want to get in touch, please email us at bankunderground@bankofengland.co.uk or leave a comment below. Comments will only … Continue reading The Bank Underground Christmas Quiz 2024
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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 00:37
Batshit Delusional Canadian Conservatives

I want to highlight some tweets, because they’re representational of a lot of what modern Canadian conservatives think:

Trump’s 51st state rhetoric regards Canada is serving a number of different functions, but beneath it all Trump understands the threat posed to the United States by the Laurentian Elite who run Canada, and their disgraced and soon to be replaced poster boy, Justin Trudeau.

Trump and his people are well aware of a number of growing threats to US interests happening with the neighbors. His talk of tariffs is merely a negotiating tool to force the Canadian government to start governing like adults.

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Fri, 20/12/2024 - 00:00

It was Christmas in Whoville, time for roast beast and cake.
As the sole home insurer, I earned this long break.

Finally, a day without contracts or quotes—
just presents, and wreaths, and big winter coats.

So imagine my shock when my phone started ringing,
with claims pouring in and not holiday singing.

At the first call, I thought, oh my gosh—what a mess.
The Who family was robbed, and on Christmas, no less!

Then the second came in, from the Whos (no relation).
They’d also been robbed and were seeking salvation.

By the third claim, I knew something must be afoot,
if the whole town was hit, my firm was kaput.

There was simply no way I could pay all these Whos,
I’d go bankrupt for sure; I’d just have to refuse.

I pulled out each policy for a loophole, I searched—
any excuse to leave Whos in the lurch.

Does a dwelling contract really cover a robbing?
Apparently so, which left me there sobbing.

This business was built on making me wealthy.
Could that all be undone by a burglar so stealthy?

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Thu, 19/12/2024 - 22:52

Western power is as strong as ever. What has changed is that the combination of socialism for financiers, collapsing prospects for the bottom 50%, and the surrender of our minds to Big Tech has given rise to overweening Western elites with little use for the last century’s value system. ATHENS – A motley crew of […]

The post The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It – Project Syndicate op-ed appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

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Thu, 19/12/2024 - 18:31
Yesterday (December 19, 2024), the Australian government published their so-called – Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2024-25 (MYEFO) – which basically provides an updated set of projections and statuses of the fiscal position six months after the major fiscal statement was released in May. One would have thought the sky was falling in given the…
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Thu, 19/12/2024 - 15:19
Now that the U.S. faces the return of a fascist President to power, we must consider the connections among plutocracy, misogyny, and fascism. In 2016, many pundits attributed Trump’s election to the rightward shift of white working-class voters in response to economic anxieties inflicted by neoliberal globalization. Political scientists quickly refuted this theory, pointing to […]
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Thu, 19/12/2024 - 11:30
The House is scrapping Mike Johnson’s year-end spending plan after Republicans had a shit-fit led by chief cheerleader the Real President of the United States, Elon Musk. They are back to the drawing board with the government set to shut down on Friday night. At the end of the day he told his puppet and vice-puppet to bless his efforts publicly and it was done: Musk spent Wednesday stirring Republicans into a frenzy over the stopgap spending bill filed by Johnson — one loaded up with $100 billion in disaster aid funding, billions more in farm assistance and dozens of other side deals that pushed the final product past 1,500 pages. His daylong flurry of dozens of postings on his X account appears to have succeeded: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance came out against the bill this evening, calling instead for a pared-back measure coupled with a debt-limit increase. Not even disaster funding? Man, that’s cold. Musk knows nothing about policy, budgets or politics.