#GOVERNMENT

Last week, I voted for the coronavirus relief bill, which the President has *finally* signed into law after a week of delay. I know the legislation isn’t perfect, so I
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The Year in Review: Victoria's Very Normal Timber Industry. January 2020Horrendous fires ripped through eastern Victoria. This led to the logging industry opportunistically asking for government money (its second favourite
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I was thinking about this yesterday, and what we saw was cult behavior in assaulting the capitol. What causes cultists to do terrible things?It's all complicated, but a large element
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I have come to realise that what many of us class as non-essential in the midst of this #pandemic is very much based on #ableist assumptions. There's too much for
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More thoughts on Millar, Emperor in the Roman World (1977). THREAD Hopkins' review (rehashed in a recent essay in the TLS) wished for another book, of "new" social history. Millar's
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There has been a lot of (understandable) talk about why the Capitol invasion is worse than the BLM/antifa riots over the spring/summer. And there is HUGE hypocrisy from the media
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A gentle reminder that those who benefitted from the transatlantic slave trade in Britain once described abolitionism as an endeavour "to oppress the country." (1793)https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1360722119978549248 T
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Catching my breath after the attack on the Capitol, I’m reflecting on all that we have to do. First, everyone involved in the insurrection, from the President to Josh Hawley
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5 Aug 2019 will mark the end of "Kashmiriyat". I am living in Sydney and I am very happy where I am.Being a Kashmiri Pandit I have a say in
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There's a research paper called "The Perfect Colonizer".It explores how the early settlers to the USA used to always include alcohol (as a "gift") to the native Americans every time
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Dicke Luft bei der Volkspartei – Berner SVP fordert Richtungswechsel https://www.tagblatt.ch/schweiz/parteien-dicke-luft-bei-der-volkspartei-berner-svp-fordert-richtungswechsel-ld.2089415?mktcid=smsh&mktcval=Twitter via @tagblatt_ch B
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Previously I have written a couple of threads about UsForThem, this one is not so much about them, but more about the linked groups and in a way a continuation
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Vaccines Are Evil Thread The number of aluminum-containing vaccines children receive today has quadrupled over the past 30 years. In the 1970s, children got only four aluminum-containing
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1. Italian anti-mafia police wiretaps published by ORA News indicate that the Italian mob is involved in #Tirana's massive construction wave currently taking place. They also indicate the people who
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1) May I start by stating that I am a German living in Asia? So I am looking at things unraveling in Europe as well as in the US from
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One year ago, ICE raided our communities and arrested 680 people in the largest workplace ICE raid in US history. This was a blatant act of violence in retaliation to
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