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Posts by Barry Stephenson

Maybe Magyar is a sign that a decent form of conservatism is a possibility. Among the things he said the other night on M1: Hungary will renationalize those public assets that the Orban years handed over to private interests.

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John Prine - Some Humans Ain't Human - Fair & Square
John Prine - Some Humans Ain't Human - Fair & Square YouTube video by John Prine

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Unlike his days central banking and offshoring $, he was actually elected, by us, if in a fit of desperation. That means he can be unelected. And not soon enough.

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No tall and handsome one time dark knight coming to our rescue.

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LETTER: Fund the Freedom to Learn | The Muse

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Trump Struggled to Discuss Books in This 1987 Interview | NowThis
Trump Struggled to Discuss Books in This 1987 Interview | NowThis YouTube video by NowThis Impact

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And those would be the rates applied to income over such and such and amount.

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I hear they are keeping it closed as punishment for Trump refusing to accept their offer to be Supreme Leader.

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I there may be a problem down south, with ripple effects here, as we, as PM said, set aside the rules based irder and ride the ‘great’ hegemon’s wave.

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I don’t disagree. Also the case that responsibility is diffused throughout society.

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Women experiencing sexual violence on canadian campuses is something like 20-25%. The MeToo moment and the work around institutional coverups has gone some distance to raise awareness. The sad truth is that sexual abuse is pervasive.

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In canada, some 20% of national team level athletes have experienced sexual abuse, maltreatment or assault

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Data in Germany shows the scale of abuse in the Lutheran Church is of the same order as the catholic, a fact that is virtually unknown in Germany, and little discussed.

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Sexual abuse and misconduct in schools is pervasive, and seems comparable to or exceeds clergy abuse. Don’t misunderstand me: I’m not defending or being an apologist for the catholic church.

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Boy Scouts America (BAA) went bankrupt this year. The scale of abuse and cover-up is comparable, or exceeds the catholic church. Abuse in scouts in Canada has likely been severely underreported, or better covered up.

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And what do we do about the police and civil authorities that covered it up, looked the other way, ignored complaints, hid evidence, etc?

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“Canada held steady at 0.89, though there are two warning signs. Since 2019, Institutional Autonomy has fallen more than a full point: from 3.74 to 2.63, largely because [of] weakened shared governance…, Freedom to Research and Teach has declined from 3.46 in 2021 to 3.23 today.”

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What Are Universities For? | The Tyee They’ve reached a breaking point. Meet the educators charting their future.

The first published review to my knowledge:

“The academics in Knowledge Under Siege have made a powerful case for universities in the service of an egalitarian and inclusive state. It will be up to Canadians…”

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For some reason, my mind this morning drifted to the act that led to Gandhi’s murder: he opened his prayer services in Hindu temples with a verse from The Koran.

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The (New Deal) Revenue Act of 1935 raised the top rate to 79% on incomes over $5 million (roughly $100 million+ in today's dollars).
A lot of problems solved right there.

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On top of that, what’s the last war they won? Maybe the war in Pacific.

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You called it.

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To say nothing if our pension plans, which love war, apartheid, and genocide.

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We need tools like this. The university is indeed under siege. Without action, soon, we’ll have no public institutions and goods left.

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Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...

“These crimes were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, extreme misogyny, and the commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls from different parts of the world,” the experts said." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Corb Lund’s Drive to Block Coal Mines Gets the Green Light | The Tyee Elections Alberta approves a citizen initiative petition drive.

Country music artist Corb Lund is preparing to launch a provincewide signature campaign aimed at halting new coal mining along Alberta’s eastern #RockyMountain slopes. Somia Lohia reports. #abpoli

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Bad Bunny “together we are America”

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