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Kari Lake Urges Supporters to Arm Themselves Ahead of Election Joseph did she steal the idea from Rossini's great opera! Regards, Len [fleeing] Thanks I was actually thinking of the Lady in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King that gives the sword Excalibur to Arthur. By contrast, Kari is a Lake, but in n...

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this explains A LOT. ALL CAPS TODAY, PARODIC of the sounding brass of a tediously tinkling 🛎️. Again, no argument, no facts Yes, but composing a ma’amsplaining missive, more elongated and discombobulated than an ayatollah’s fatwa or a Pettersson symphony — That's clearly Your Highness’s forte, not ...

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Dr. Boghossian describes American schooling as rubbish and it's not 6 degrees of separation distant from Australia either. Whatever America lacks in formal education — her universities being the envy of the world and attracting thousands of students and faculty from abroad — she more than compensat...

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Thanks.

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More asinine commentary from the giant chip on the shoulder. Infantile, narcissistic comments. As I said, bitterness has a long tail and is very very resilient - especially when there are zero friendships in the real world to temper extremist views. In my experience on music boards all the trolls -...

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Kari Lake Urges Supporters to Arm Themselves Ahead of Election https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/16/multimedia/16pol-swiper-kari-lake-glock-mvbh/16pol-swiper-kari-lake-glock-mvbh-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1200 “We are going to put on the armor of God,” th...

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Cotton Urges Citizens to Forcibly Confront Pro-Palestinian Protesters https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/UK25kMR5qkdtSRMhdwjvcQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNw--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-04/21d4a4f0-fc19-11ee-bbff-2879fccf47fd On Monday on social media, Mr. Cotton, ...

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https://independentaustralia.net/_lib/slir/w750/https://independentaustralia.net/sc/tours_800px.jpg The only thing that never changes is change itself. :lol: Oh, what a tragic!! A biased left wing organization like the ABC prints something to cover its own backside when they were up to their eyebal...

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Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty …

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Thanks. These critters are one of the unfortunate byproducts of British colonialism, causing the extinction of many native species.

If they can’t be culled, they should all be caged.

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Immigrants in Maine Are Filling a Labor Gap. It May Be a Prelude for the U.S. A wave of rapid immigration is taxing local resources around the country and drawing political ire. But it might leave America’s economy better off. The New York Times By Jeanna Smialek April 12, 2024 Maine has a lot of l...

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What these tax dodgers were doing was to exploit a loophole that allowed them to effectively shelter their wealth by moving it out of state after having employed their home state as a stepping stone for accumulating that wealth. It is a ploy similar to moving one's money to an offshore tax haven. Ca...

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Just like you, we're all celebrating cultural enrichment and diversity!! And, god, it feels so good!! Exactly! Just like the U.S., you’ve clearly hit the skids, rioting in the streets of Sidney, but unlike us, you don’t even know it yet. :shock: Doah!! Hundreds of people gathered outside the Assyri...

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I would not, Lance. The modest exit tax allows Cal (1) to recoup some of its investment in businesses and individuals who have enjoyed the unique dynamic economic environment offered by the state & used it to accumulate wealth; and (2) to close a loophole that allows wealthy people to avoid paying t...

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The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $3.89 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2023. It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California were a sovereign nation (2024), it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the world's fifth larges...

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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What’s going on Down Under? Australia; beautiful one day, horrendous the next.

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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Newsweek Former President Donald Trump appeared to be "sleeping" during the first day of his criminal trial for charges of falsifying business documents, according to a report from The New York Times. Jury selection in the trial trial surrounding whether Trump falsified business documents by allege...

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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Mikko Franck & the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Sibelius Symphony Cycle, plus the Violin Concerto with Hilary Hahn, live in Paris during the week beginning April 8, 2024. https://www.radiofrance.fr/s3/cruiser-production-eu3/2024/04/53117ef0-cee5-477c-a357-af3be3fa81fa/560x315_sc_abramo...

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In a word: Delightful.

Ekaterina Derzhavina plays Haydn Variations, Pieces for Piano 2019 Profil

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADUhG6vIDQg

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Noam Chomsky, one of the towering minds of the past century, is just as impressive in politics as he was in linguistics. His critical view of Israel, for instance, was prescient, given recent events. The hard Right doesn’t cotton to him because he has cleaned their clock so many times that they’ve l...

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Lubov Timofeyeva plays Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3yCFP79P7Gg

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Health costs and the extent and amount of coverage by a social safety net will vary depending on who you are, where you live, and what choices you make. Assuming you are not on Medicare (elderly) or Medicaid (indigent), the answer to your first question is “yes”, it will cost you. If you choose to r...

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I wasn’t commenting on the cartoon per se, I was taking issue with the xenohysteric hobbyhorse Belle rides about immigration, which is that immigrants are to a large extent freeloaders that don’t pay taxes, live on the dole and are a net drain on the public purse. Her words to that effect can be fou...

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At Least 6 Dead in Mall Stabbing That Horrifies Australians The attack, Australia’s deadliest in eight years, stunned a nation where mass violence is rare. A police officer shot the attacker, preventing worse carnage. New York Times April 13, 2024, 7:26 a.m. 37 minutes ago Victoria Kim, Yan Zhuang ...

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You have one enormous chip on your shoulder. It comes across in everything you post. Bitterness is a resilient trait. How about presenting some hard evidence that shows immigrants to the USA to be freeloaders? Until you do so, your inability to tolerate contradiction is just supersized self-puffery.

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It is fascinating to hear from the pseudo-libertarian Right on this healthcare issue. They are the offspring of the very gaggle that bitterly opposed Medicare in the twentieth century and then savaged Obama/Pelosicare in the twenty-first. They now presumptively proffer a fix for the real inequities ...

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O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76 He ran to football fame on the field and made fortunes in movies. But his world was ruined after he was charged with killing his former wife and her friend. By Robert D. McFadden April 11, 2024, 10:53 a.m. ET O.J. Simpson, who ran to ...

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Associated Press Iowa governor signs bill that allows for arrest of some migrants It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:05 am
Our idiot … in Australia … NOW she want to do this????

Bigotry richly deserves a home of its own:

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Comment : The Maga space cadets were for life before they were against it. Now they’ve been caught with their pants down. A massive flip-flop. WSJ News Analysis ELECTION 2024 Why Arizona Will Be Ground Zero for the 2024 Abortion Fight By Eliza Collins April 10, 2024 Abortion is a major issue for Ar...

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OPINION THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Israel: Cease-Fire, Get Hostages, Leave Gaza, Rethink Everything April 10, 2024, 1:00 a.m. ET By Thomas L. Friedman NYT Opinion Columnist Israel today is at a strategic point in its war in Gaza, and there is every indication that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going...

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NBC NEWS Arizona Republicans distance themselves from ruling on near-total abortion ban from 1864 Apr. 9, 2024, 8:29 PM EDT Hours after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total ban on abortion is enforceable, numerous Arizona Republicans who previously celebrated the end of federal protect...

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Abortion Jumps to the Center of Arizona’s Key 2024 Races Democrats quickly aimed to capitalize on a ruling by the state’s highest court upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. The New York Times By Lisa Lerer, Nicholas Nehamas and Reid J. Epstein April 9, 2024 Updated 6:00 p.m. ET Dem...

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🙄 Of course this was done because we are in an election year. So what? Are not legislators partisan politicians first, last and always? BUT as the article states, the bill had significant bipartisan support in Congress and even among half of the Republican governors (The Nebraska governor changed hi...

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.....and the Swiss will simply turn around and say "Stick it where the sun don't shine!" … Yes, Holden You are both missing the wider significance of this decision. The contest at issue will not be an all-out dash for the finish line but a marathon. Winning this case puts in place a solid legal bas...

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Another Red-Blue Divide: Money to Feed Kids in the Summer Congress passed bipartisan legislation to provide families that rely on subsidized school meals with help buying food over the summer. Nearly half of Republican-led states have yet to sign on. The New York Times By Jason DeParle Reporting fr...

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Woman Sentenced to Month in Prison Over Theft of Ashley Biden’s Diary Aimee Harris sold the diary to Project Veritas, a right-wing group, in what prosecutors said was a brazen plot to damage Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the 2020 election. The New York Times By Adam Goldman April 9, 2024 Updated 3:21 p.m....

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https://imagedelivery.net/wKQ19LTSBT0ARz08tkssqQ/www.courthousenews.com/2023/03/echr-swiss-seniors-climate-protest.jpg/w=1880 Swiss seniors protesting outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, as the court hears two cases demanding more governme...

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Pence Attacks Trump’s Abortion Statement as a ‘Slap in the Face’ Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian who embraced abortion restrictions at the federal level shortly after Roe was overturned, called Mr. Trump’s statement a “retreat” on the matter. NYT By Anjali Huynh April 8, 2024 Former Vice Presi...

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MAHA. Make America Horny Again.

https://youtu.be/DZO1KHb10bs?si=HgYd0T3TQ5h9LwsV

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Israel is leaving most of the strip without having achieved the goals it set for itself after Hamas raided Israel on Oct. 7, NEW YORK TIMES Israel’s Troop Drawdown in South Leaves Gaza With No Active Battles Israel’s withdrawal suggests the war has entered a new phase. The Israeli military’s depart...

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Trump Says Abortion Law Should Be Left to the States After months of mixed signals, Donald Trump said that whatever states decide “must be the law of the land,” adding that he was “strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.” The New York Times By Maggie Haberman, Jonat...

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