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Good morrow, sir! Is this here yer ship? She’s lovely, she is. Oh cripes, but where are my manners? Matron would lock me in a dark room for a week, she would. Begging your pardon. They call me Alfred Poorboy, same as everyone in the orphanage, save for Alfred Oneleg and Alfred Watch-Out-He-Bites. Pleased to meet youse!

Say, what do you call this here place? The Port of Miami? I’ve never seen anything like it! Matron never allowed us to leave the orphanage yard, lest we get ideas or learn to read. You wouldn’t happen to have any gruel, would you? I haven’t eaten in six days, since Matron turned me out to make my own way in the world.

Nicola Sturgeon is discarded, having served her purpose for the British Establishment once she obtained the UK Supreme Court judgment that Scotland could not hold a referendum on Independence. That fight was deliberately thrown by Sturgeon’s unionist Lord Advocate. After almost nine years of leading Independence supporters into a whole series of blind alleys, with […]

The post Nicola Sturgeon – Used and Discarded appeared first on Craig Murray.

By Ben Rosenfeld / CounterPunch Some reps in Congress assert that dismantling qualified immunity (“QI”)—a police officer’s so-called good faith defense to a civil rights lawsuit—is a “non-starter” in negotiations to pass the George Floyd Civil Rights Act. In reality, meaningful police accountability is a non-starter without discarding QI. QI is a regressive framework which […]

The post Police Accountability Is a ‘Non-Starter’ Without Discarding the Qualified Immunity Doctrine appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Argentina and Brazil are striving for a common currency. Such a union could boost regional trade and lead to more independence from the US.

The post A Step Towards Greater Financial Autonomy appeared first on scheerpost.com.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Mexico will lead an international movement to end the US government’s “inhumane” blockade against Cuba. Praising Fidel Castro as a “visionary”, AMLO denounced neoliberalism and pledged support for universal public healthcare and education.

The post Mexico’s AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockage of Cuba, Denounces Neoliberalism appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress.

The post Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Rodney Reed has spent 25 years fighting Texas for the right to DNA testing that could prove his innocence. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in.

The post Dissent Episode Five: The Death Penalty, Deadlines, and DNA appeared first on The Intercept.

A Mongolian female sumo wrestler gathers her focus as she seeks to make her mark in a sport that doesn’t fully accept her

- by Psyche Film

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If the Feb. 19 rally to end the war in Ukraine fails it will not be a success for other antiwar organizations that disagree with the Libertarian Party. It will only show that internal divisions can unravel every hope.

The post Diana Johnstone: Demonstrate Together appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Forget the ideal of work/life balance – your needs and interests are much richer than that, and your life can be too

- by Jessica de Bloom & Merly Kosenkranius

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By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you’re always afraid You step out of line, the man come and take you away  Buffalo Springfield “Somethings Happening Here” (1966) Paranoia may be the major ingredient in American Exceptionalism. Where else can a kid grow up in security […]

The post Missing Links in Textbook History: Cold War Origins appeared first on scheerpost.com.

There are different ways to track labor underutilization. The unemployment rate (U-3) is the most common, though it doesn’t include discouraged or underemployed workers.

There is a kind of relentless contrarian that is very smart, has voracious reading habits, is funny, and ends up in race science and eugenics. You are familiar with the type. Luckily, analytic philosophy also generates different contrarians about its own methods and projects that try to develop more promising (new) paths than these. Contemporary classics in […]

No reasons yet given Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to resign this morning, according to breaking reports. No reason has yet been given but the SNP leader is expected to make the announcement later this morning. She has been head of the Scottish government for more than eight years, but recently associated with controversy, […]

Authors Jackson and Jensen argue that we need an acopalypse, as in a full recognition of conditions, to make radical envirnmental changes.

Inflation is still very much with us....as if you didn't know that.

The reported use of bladed weapons during sexual violence has increased over the past decade, but Government responses lag behind – Iain Overton and Sian Norris report

Music industry says it's fine to be a woman in music so long as you are well-groomed, beautiful, young, slim, good-natured, articulate, desirable, charming and possess incredible talent. If you're Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell or Debbie Harry it's ok because you used to be all those things and even after the age of 70, you can be 'looking good for your age'.

Music industry says it's fine to be a woman in music so long as you are well-groomed, beautiful, young, slim, good-natured, articulate, desirable, charming and possess incredible talent. If you're Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell or Debbie Harry it's ok because you used to be all those things and even after the age of 70, you can be 'looking good for your age'.

Cientistas políticos criaram uma fórmula para avaliar a independência dos presidentes do BC em relação ao mercado financeiro.

The post Ter formação neoliberal aumenta em até 11 vezes chances de dirigir o Banco Central, diz pesquisador appeared first on The Intercept.

A pilot study into the experiences of LGBTQ+ people held in immigration detention found incidents of homophobic bullying and abuse

The USPS is still falling apart.

Sorry about that derailment!