The conclusion of a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” by two states leads few observers to experience frissons of excitement. However, the Partnership agreed yesterday between Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Minh Chinh is more than an announceable wrought by officials to garner a headline or two for their principals. For many countries -including Vietnam- Continue reading »
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I see in the persecution of Julian Assange, a parallel with a technique put together by the United States in the destruction of Iraq that they called shock and awe, wherein all of the institutions of state were destroyed and plundered, with the exception of the department concerning itself with the production of oil. Now Continue reading »
Sen. Tom Cotton demands the Pentagon root out leftist extremism.
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BOOKFEST is back. The annual bookie bonanza run by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour opens on Saturday 9 March, running daily until Saturday 16 March 2024 at the Norm Jordan Pavilion at Coffs Harbour Showground. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)...
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With almost no options for escape, people in Gaza are increasingly paying thousands of dollars to fixers connected to the Egyptian government.
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MINISTER for the North Coast Rose Jackson visited Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 5 March to attend meetings with key community and stakeholder representatives. Ms Jackson holds a diverse portfolio of ministerial responsibilities, also serving as the Minister for Water, Housing, Homelessness, Mental Health and Youth. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...
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ONE hundred basketballs have been donated to eight local schools through the Rotary Club of Sawtell’s Youth Program. The bag-fulls of basketballs have been distributed between Boambee Primary, Sawtell Primary, Bonville Primary, Bayldon Primary, Toormina Primary, Toormina High, Coffs Harbour Christian Community School as well as the Coffs Harbour PCYC. Advertise with News of The...
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In the mid-80s, the UK was witnessing a surge in anti-apartheid sentiment. The cultural boycott had broad support from The Rolling Stones to Dusty Springfield, and the Specials’ 1983 anthem ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ was a rallying cry from UK marches to South African townships. Simultaneous political shifts were taking place within British councils, as several […]
There are calls for the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan to resign after she falsely accused two academics of promoting extremism. In response to Donelan’s allegations, one of the academics, Professor Kate Sang, launched a libel action and this week the minister issued an apology and deleted her original tweet. […]
While Biden reminds Americans tonight what he’s accomplished Seth Meyers walks us through a not-quite-exhaustive list of Donald “91 Counts” Trump’s greatest hits. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● For The Win, 5th Edition is ready for download. Request a copy of my free countywide GOTV planning guide at ForTheWin.us.
War, what is it good for? Well, the media for starters. Shortly after the Biden administration responded to the killing of three American soldiers in a drone attack on a base in Jordan by bombing 85 Iran-connected targets in Iraq and Syria, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) asked in a headline: “Is the press dragging America to war again?” Again? I thought. Shouldn’t that be “still”? That headline was on a recent Media Today newsletter by Jon Allsop who regularly covers what could be considered the favorite topic of journalists: themselves. He was mulling over media criticism of how the government had (or hadn’t) disclosed information about that just-launched bombing campaign, as well as its goals, while considering the accusation that... Read more
by Daniel Wortel-London
The daily news regularly features commentary about the outrageous and growing income inequality in the USA. The data support the outrage:
- In 1965, the CEO-to-worker salary ratio at the average U.S. company was 21-to-1. Today that ratio is 344-to-1.
- In 2022, CEO pay at 100 S&P 500 companies averaged $15.3 million, while median worker pay averaged only $31, 672, according to an Institute of Policy Studies analysis.
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Will it be this guy? President Joe Biden won’t mention a certain multiply indicted someone during tonight’s State of the Union address, but TFG will be the the elephant in the room. Dan Pfeiffer notes: Tonight, you will likely hear President Biden run through his impressive list of accomplishments — the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and so forth. If you read this newsletter, you have heard Biden talk about these things countless times. You know all about it. Well good for you, but you are in the minority. Biden will use tonight’s address to accomplish multiple things. One of his main goals will be to replay for Americans his greatest hits: wage gains, low unemployment, and factory construction generated, in part, by onshoring industry that had left the U.S. As Pfeiffer suggests, it’s lengthy, and most Americans have no idea what Biden’s accomplished since beating Trump in 2020. Because the GOP message machine is working overtime to make sure Americans don’t. More on that later. As important, Biden needs to make no mistakes.
Doctor Who fans are loving Gemma Redgrave's Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - but the new UNIT is still suffering from the old UNIT's biggest problem.
Do as thou will, so long as your activities increase biodiversity and biomass, reduce pollution and heat, and replace any resources used.
Want to live in the howling wilderness? OK. But only if you can increase the number and amount of lifeforms, and reduce pollution by being there. If you can’t do all three, you don’t get to live in the wilderness.
Freedom today is based on money. If you have enough money, you can do what you want, if you obey the law. The more money you have, the fewer laws apply to you: either they are laws which if violated are punished with fines, which you don’t care about, or they are laws which are effectively not enforced against the rich.
The New Green Age, instead of having a zero tolerance policy for minor infractions, will have no tolerance for people who damage the ecosphere or the climate.
Defne Sheridan is a producer. She lives in New York and Los Angeles.
No, you read her bio correctly. It goes like this: Defne Sheridan is a producer. She lives in New York and Los Angeles. You might be wondering how that works logistically. But if you have to ask how someone can live in both New York and Los Angeles, then you are not ready to live in New York and Los Angeles. Shhh.
Again: Defne Sheridan is a producer. She lives in New York and Los Angeles. Sometimes Defne says she lives in Los Angeles and New York to switch things up. No matter which order the cities are in, Defne and her long-tailed chinchilla inhabit both in an equally spiritual way.
Defne transcends time and space and has a presence in New York and Los Angeles. Sometimes her art needs sun, so she goes to LA. Sometimes her art needs rain, so she goes to New York. Sun and rain, rain and sun, back and forth, for meaning-making.
Migrants risking their lives to cross the US border is a huge political issue but also a quiet, devastating human tragedy
Despite initially denying it held the data, the Met confirm 2,400 anonymous reports of corrupt or abusive staff