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An Open Letter from the Other Side of the World to the 50.2 Percent of Americans Who Probably Won’t Read This and the 48.1 Percent Who Might

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Fri, 15/11/2024 - 00:00

Dear Americans,

During your country’s recent presidential campaign, President-elect Trump spoke about the threat of climate change: “So they talk all the time about how the ocean will rise in five hundred years, one-eighth of an inch, who the hell cares?”

Now, before you decide where I’m going with that quote, please allow me to give a disclaimer as to what this letter is not.

It is not meant to interfere or intermingle with your country’s affairs. It is neither an interrogation of the rise of fascists in the US (we too are teeming with them here in India, where I live) nor is this a critique of your country’s policies, whether economic or environmental, domestic or foreign.

With the arrival of stablecoins, is it time to pay farewell to traditional payment rails?

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Thu, 14/11/2024 - 20:00
Aly Soliman Stablecoins have emerged as an innovative form of money in the financial landscape. While they represent a small fraction of the global financial system, stablecoins have grown by US$30 billion in the last few months (as reported on DefiLlama). The potential effect of stablecoins on the payment industry could be substantial and merits … Continue reading With the arrival of stablecoins, is it time to pay farewell to traditional payment rails? →

Students hopeful as Greens try to outbid Labor on debt

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Thu, 14/11/2024 - 16:42

UNIVERSITY students hope calls to wipe HECS debt won’t just be used as election sweeteners, as the Greens pledge to forgive all tertiary loans. The minor party on Monday unveiled a $74 billion proposal to wipe all student debt for university students, which it said would provide cost-of-living relief, but one Labor MP described the...

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What It Means To Be Left Wing

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Thu, 14/11/2024 - 12:47
What It Means To Be Left Wing

We discussed Communism recently, which is one type of left wing belief.

I would suggest that the left’s core belief is:

Everyone should have a good life and society should work to make that happen.

What different left ideologies are arguing about his the means more than the end. A Communist believes the only way for this to be achieved is for the proletariat to control the means of production. (This makes them effectively the left oppositional image of capitalists.)

Australian labour market – weaker and may now be falling in line with the weaker spending and GDP growth

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Thu, 14/11/2024 - 12:20
Today (November 14, 2024), the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Labour Force, Australia – for October 2024, which shows that employment growth was very weak and may signal that the labour market is finally slowing in line with overall spending and GDP growth. Employment growth failed to keep pace with the underlying…

A five-minute scroll

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Thu, 14/11/2024 - 11:51
Blinken says that Israel has met their strategic goals for Gaza, while Bisan Owda captures Israeli attacks on day 404 of the genocide. President Bident meets president-elect Trump at the White House and Andrew Napolitano reveals the new US Ambassador to Israel. Nury Vittachi reveals a a US interference plan for Cambodia while AAP Factcheck Continue reading »

Don’t Ever Feel Sorry For Melania

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Thu, 14/11/2024 - 11:00
What an ungracious piece of … garbage: Melania Trump declined an offer to head to the White House Wednesday and meet with Jill Biden, citing the Biden administration’s raid on Mar-a-Lago as part of the federal government’s investigation into classified documents. “She ain’t going,” a source familiar with Melania’s decision told The Post. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting,” the source said. “Jill Biden isn’t someone Melania needs to meet,” the source added. BY the way, Trump’s anything but gracious, but we knew that. That fucker wouldn’t give Biden a transition, wouldn’t meet with him and wouldn’t come to his inauguration. I feel like throwing up. I cannot see how this is useful for anything. I can only assume that this is some kind of Christian ethic that I don’t understand.