. Einer der grundlegendsten Denkfehler in der heutigen Diskussion über Staatsschulden und Haushaltsdefizite ist, dass nicht zwischen verschiedenen Formen von Schulden unterschieden wird. Auch wenn es auf makroökonomischer Ebene notwendig ist, dass Schulden und Vermögenswerte einander ausgleichen, ist es keineswegs unerheblich, wer die Vermögenswerte und wer die Schulden besitzt. Lange Zeit war man zögerlich, die […]
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In 1855, scientist Michael Faraday dashed off a letter to The Times in London about the "feculence" emanating from the River Thames.
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Statements by John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, have made it nearly impossible for the media to avoid Hitler comparisons.
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That;s all well and good. But here’s a CNN piece from last month: “She’s a Marxist, communist, fascist, socialist,” Trump said at an Arizona rally on Thursday. “This is a radical-left, Marxist, communist, fascist,” Trump said while attacking Harris at a news conference on Friday. This wasn’t new rhetoric. “We have a fascist person running who’s incompetent,” Trump told Virginia residents during a campaign stop in August; at an Arizona rally in August, Trump said the true divide in American politics is between patriots with traditional values and “these far-left fascists led by Harris and her group.” And Trump has gone beyond saying that electing Harris would mean an end to American democracy. He has said this summer that electing Harris would mean “you’re not going to have a country anymore” and that “we’re not going to have a country left.” Not to mention him calling his political enemies vermin and saying they’re poisoning the blood of the country as well as a thousand other demeaning insults.
Trump’s Senate ally is blocking the appointment of the government’s top ethics chief, which could let Trump pick his own crony — and deliver huge gifts to Elon Musk and others.
“Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.” That is from the Facebook page of the deputy commander of Israel’s 749 Combat Engineering Battalion (the 749) Lieutenant Colonel Adi Bekore. Did Continue reading »
The failure of last year’s referendum still troubles the country. The focus on the Voice to Parliament took attention away from the far more consequential question of truth telling, while paradoxically displaying how much it is still needed. The intense and prolonged debate displayed how historical interpretation still divides the country rather than providing the Continue reading »
“The events since October 7 have been absolutely overwhelming. And that means they are overwhelming for everybody, but particularly for the people who are experiencing them, those who are suffering. The victims. It’s regularly said that October 7 represented the greatest killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust. And that’s correct. What’s said less frequently Continue reading »
A lot has been written in the past few days about Senator Lidia Thorpe and her courageous act of speaking truth to power when she confronted coloniser, King Charles, in the colonial halls of Parliament. Yet amidst the commentary, one voice remains absent: the voice of the criminalised community. As a formerly incarcerated woman, I Continue reading »
The world’s biodiversity crisis gathers pace and any effective action depends on the reduction of economic growth. High-level leadership is needed to explain the fundamental conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation which threatens humanity possibly sooner than the ravages of climate change. COP16 on biodiversity commenced on October 21 with the role to explain Continue reading »
Why you should pay attention to Arizona's Proposition 314 this election.
I would really like to see some follow-through on this if Harris wins. (Needless to say, Trump will make sure it never happens if he does.) Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-M.D.) called today on Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by Jared Kushner, son-in-law and former senior White House advisor to ex-President Donald Trump. As part of investigations launched last Congress by House and Senate Democrats, Senate investigators have uncovered that since the end of the Trump administration through mid-2024, Kushner’s firm Affinity Partners has received as much as $157 million in fees from foreign clients—including $87 million from the Saudi government—while generating no return on investment, paying zero earnings to investors, and investing only a small fraction of funds it has received from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
A new exposé reveals how Britain’s military and political elites aid Israeli attacks on Gaza. Matt Kennard’s investigation with Lowkey uncovers covert U.K. military operations, arms supplies, and intelligence sharing that facilitate Israeli aggression.
The post How the UK Powers Israel’s War on Gaza: Matt Kennard Reveals Hidden Connections appeared first on MintPress News.
Halloween
Michael Myers breaks through your front door. He informs you that your son volunteered you to bring a “homemade sweet treat” to the kindergarten holiday parade, which is in two hours.
Psycho
You hit it off with a cute guy and agree to move in with him. He neglects to tell you he lives with his Mother.
Rosemary’s Baby
You’re pregnant with the devil’s baby. Your husband won’t stop saying, “We’re pregnant with the devil’s baby.”
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You meet your exact double—almost. She’s slightly taller and prettier than you. She just got engaged to a more handsome version of your boyfriend. The rock on her finger is enormous.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Leatherface careens toward you with his rusty chainsaw. He gives you lopsided microbangs.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Against your will, you fall asleep. Freddy Krueger makes you dream about the time you dinged the car mirror and your dad yelled at you.
The voting system for Mayoral and PCC elections could return to a more proportional system, reversing changes allegedly designed to benefit the Conservative Party
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee sent out a statement this week drawing attention to the fact that the Trump campaign is dragging its feet with respect to the presidential transition process in which both candidates are expected to participate in anticipation of a possible win in November. Generally they start months ahead of time to get a head start on vetting people for staffing the large number of political appointee jobs throughout the administration and coordinating with the current staff to ensure a smooth transition to the new presidency. So far, the Trump team has missed two important deadlines to sign agreements to get it started. Trump, you may recall, doesn’t respect this process very much, having fired his first transition team right after the election in 2016. And he prevented the Biden team from accessing the process in 2020 while he contested the election dangerously delaying them from getting started. However, one might think it’s a bit odd for them to do that this time since once you sign the papers you have access to money and services that make the whole thing easier.
Cruz’s opponent, Rep. Colin Allred, is no crypto foe, but the industry heavily favors Republicans.
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