The good cop, bad cop routine of the digital age.
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Ulysses is haunted by the story of its own composition. As Joyce famously put it, ‘I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that’s the only way of ensuring one’s immortality.’ The annotators point out, however, that it is ‘very likely that Joyce never said this’.
The letters page from London Review of Books Vol. 45 No. 17 (Friday 25 August 2023)
Henry Alfred Kissinger turned 100 on May 27th of this year. Once a teenage refugee from Nazi Germany, for many decades an adviser to presidents, and an avatar of American realpolitik, he’s managed to reach the century mark while still evidently retaining all his marbles. That those marbles remain hard and cold is no surprise. A couple of months after that hundredth birthday, he traveled to China, as he had first done secretly in 1971 when he was still President Richard Nixon’s national security adviser. There — in contrast to the tepid reception recently given to U.S. officials like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry — Kissinger was welcomed with full honors by Chinese... Read more
This ↓↓↓ And this: It may not have been Biden’s first campaign ad, but it was well-placed. “The first ad that is part of the campaign is focused on the economy and seeks to contrast Biden’s record with former President Trump and the ‘MAGA agenda.’” The Hill reported Monday. These were placed all around Milwaukee, reports People: “Dark Brandon,” President Joe Biden‘s satirical alter-ego, is making a bold appearance on the day of the first 2024 Republican debate — not only on billboards in Milwaukee, where eight GOP candidates are set to take the stage on Wednesday evening, but in a digital ad on FoxNews.com. From midnight on Wednesday until 11:59 p.m., the internet meme-turned-campaign tool will have prime placement on Fox News’ website with a pro-choice ad touting Biden’s mission to defend abortion rights, one year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “I think it fits both the president’s ethos of going everywhere and not writing off any voters,” Rob Flaherty, Biden’s 2024 deputy campaign manager, tells People.
by Gregory M. Mikkelson
Trends in human health have recently decoupled from GDP growth throughout the world. In other words, health improvement no longer tracks economic expansion. Meanwhile, environmental degradation remains firmly coupled to economic growth. As damages from economic growth mount globally, and as benefits fade, the case against further growth is stronger every day.
Within the USA, the case against economic growth is especially compelling, and not just because of the country’s massively disproportionate contribution to global ecological breakdown.
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Two thirds of Conservative voters also want the tactic currently being pushed by Rishi Sunak's party to be outlawed
I hit rock bottom earlier this year. I was sad, sick, alone, and seemingly out of options. But I’m happy to say that I’ve got a new lease on life. I’m happier, healthier, and more social for only $8,000 a month, with 6.4% APR financing.
Before, I would spend every night alone in my room. Now, I see my friends multiple times a week for only $89 down, with no additional cost due at signing, except tip.
In basic conversations, I used to have nothing to say. Now, catch me contributing movie opinions, show predictions, and $224 yearly MSRP to the manufacturers of the latest Woody Harrelson vehicle.
I’m just so grateful to be a qualified lessee. I can live my life on my terms and the terms of its indemnity clause. Each day almost feels like a gift.
I finally mustered the motivation for the gym and the capitalization for its monthly payment. Today, I’ve got abs and a loan that spans the entirety of my newly extended life.
NJ requires climate change education. How's it going?
The Lever team speaks with a former Hawaii state representative about the recent disaster in Maui and how the community aims to rebuild.
- by Aeon Video
As the Biden administration funds carbon sequestration projects, residents worry about ruptured pipelines and mass asphyxiation from leaks.
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- by Robert S Gable
- by Mario Barbatti
Tribune’s excellent article on Labour’s New Deal for Working People, Labour Turns Its Back on Workers’ Rights, highlighted the attempt by factions in the Labour Party to undermine this transformative policy document and, in particular, its commitment to a single status for workers. Since then, Labour’s Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner, has denied any watering down […]
His private jet “crashed.” I must say it’s a nice change from falling out of a window, though still a standard (people who have reason to believe powerful people want them dead should not fly in private planes.)
There were other people in the plane and they may not have “had it coming” (I don’t know) but Prigozhin was a piece of human garbage whose prison sentence was, for among things, choking awoman so he could rob her.
I won a bet with a friend on this, who thought that Prigozhin couldn’t be taken out without causing a clash with his troops.
This is classic: what Putin did was separate Prigozhin from his loyal troops so he wouldn’t have to fight them all, then take him out. The delay was to let those Wagner members who were still loyal to Prigozhin realize the loss. (The remains of Wagner will now mostly be integrated into the military.)
The reported death of 'Putin's chef' following his attempted mutiny against the Kremlin shows how fragile the Russian President's grip on power now is
Yesterday, the – Flash Germany PMI – was released, which shows that “German business activity” has fallen “at fastest rate since May 2020”. Also released was the – Flash Eurozone PMI – which revealed that “Eurozone business activity contracted at an accelerating pace in August as the region’s downturn spread further from manufacturing to services”,…
The claim that the PM's failure to declare his wife’s investment in a childcare company subsidised by his Government was ‘inadvertent’ is open to question
Hela Mrabet and Jack Page The rise in commodity prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a direct and noticeable impact on consumers’ bills for energy and food. But firms also felt the brunt of higher costs. How did firms pass on these cost shocks through the supply chain and all the way onto consumer … Continue reading How do firms pass energy and food costs through the supply chain
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey tells Byline Times he backs 'minimum service' requirement on Lib Dem MPs after Nadine Dorries fails to speak in Parliament for over a year
How do we move forward "living with COVID"?
AS logging protests continue in earnest across the Mid North Coast, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole moved a notice of motion in NSW Parliament last week to protect the livelihoods of timber workers and the industry’s contribution to the economy. Concerns are held for the future of native forestry in NSW as Labor considers following...
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DETECTIVES have released CCTV images and are appealing for information following a robbery at Coffs Harbour last month. About 6.25pm on Wednesday 5 July 2023, police were called to a liquor store on Park Avenue, following reports of a robbery. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....
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