TWO Melbourne comedians who have worked together for over 30 years performed to a very happy Coffs audience at the Jetty Theatre. “We are so well looked after at this theatre,” Brad Oakes told the News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone...
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PAUL Amos has officially announced his candidacy for a second term as Coffs Harbour’s mayor, launching the ‘Moose for Mayor’ campaign on Sunday at the Harbourside Markets. Mr Amos is supported by a host of familiar faces on the campaign trail, with incumbent councillors Scott Wolgamot, Julie Sechi and Sally Townley joining the incumbent mayor’s...
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Exploring psychedelic experiences that seem wider than the brain.
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Our friends at The Believer sent a trio of novelists, poets, and critics to the Windy City to report from inside and around the Democratic National Convention. Daily installments of this limited series, which is inspired by Esquire’s 1968 coverage, will run on The Believer’s website for the rest of the week. Today, we’re catching you up on recent events with a new installment by Suzanne Scanlon, who chronicles her second day on the convention floor.
Breaking this cynical cycle requires getting honest about Biden and Harris’s roles in this blood-soaked charade.
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Chuck D has made a full transition from “Fight the Power” to “work with the power.” MintPress News explores this new venture that fuses together YouTube, popular musicians, and the U.S. national security state.
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A Missouri prosecutor was set to argue that Marcellus Williams had been wrongly convicted. New evidence that prosecutors had mishandled the murder weapon got in the way.
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“With great power comes zero responsibility.”
“I’d rather endure a radioactive spider bite than a mediocre writer’s diatribe.”
“I’m not a hero. I’m a high-functioning alcoholic with a typewriter.”
“Never trust a person wearing green. Green is the color of goblins, envy, and the well-manicured lawns of people who never shut up about their goddamn flowerbeds.”
“I’m your friendly neighborhood despiser.”
“It’s not about the pen. It’s what you do with the pen that defines you, a dullard with ink.”
“We all wear masks. Some are figurative, others are made of cheap cosmetics and smudge in the heat.”
“I’ve stopped reading what the newspapers have to say about me. None of it is true. Except for the parts that are.”
“Everyone also has a part of themselves they would hide if they had an ounce of dignity.”
“One thing people love more than a writer is to see a writer fail so miserably that after they compose, they decompose.”