TimesTalks: Michael Caine: Five Favorite Films | The New York Times
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Why we say “OK”
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages
BBC’s Hardtalk presenter claims Israel ‘slaughters civilian protesters’
15 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
The September 5th edition of the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk‘ was devoted to an interview with Israel’s ambassador at the UN, Danny Danon.
“In the turbulent recent history of the Middle East, has there ever been a time when Israel has seemed more powerful – militarily, diplomatically and economically? Israel has the fulsome support of the Trump Administration and also has common strategic interests with Saudi Arabia and Arab nations preoccupied with perceived threats from Iran. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. Is Israel making wise choices from its position of strength?”
The interview – which was aired on the BBC World News channel, the BBC News channel and on BBC World Service radio, with a clip also posted on the BBC News website – followed the usual format employed by presenter Stephen Sackur in which he lays out pre-prepared lists…
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Trying to find data on violence in women’s prisons
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
After feuding with a stranger about transgender rapists been housed in women’s prisons, it occurred to me to check if there is any violence in women’s prisons. The great advantage of feuding with people who are completely disagree with you, and happen to be completely wrong too, is it pushes you to test your position and check your facts better.
Posh feminists and the Brahmin Left trivialise the threat to women by saying its part pf the general problem of violence in prison so putting transgender rapists in women’s prisons is no special thing.
Hard to work out what the situation was on assaults in women’s prisons as too many of the links on the first page of Google were clips or other things that are softcore porn set in women’s prisons. Statistics do not seem to be published on the issue. I have put in an OIA.
My initial suspicions may be correct as the screen snapshot below suggests which is there is hardly any violence in women’s prisons worth worrying about. Men as usual are far more violent which is why men and women are in different prisons.
See https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/what-life-is-really-like-inside-a-womens-prison-9104
News from New Zealand
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
Spartacus does not know who Jim Rose is, but this is what he wrote for the New Zealand Herald. And don’t expect this to be published in the mainstream media on the big island:
Read the whole thing, but here are the bookends – emphases are Spartacus’:
Asylum seekers in the Australian camps on Manus Island in PNG and on Nauru are said to be living in chambers of horrors. In fact they are not just safe from the persecution they fled back home, they have gone from being just another asylum seeker in a UN refugee camp in Southeast Asia or the Middle East, to having the entire resources of the Australian Government seeking to place them in a third nation.
Nauru and Manus Island asylum seekers receive free room and board, healthcare and an army of activist lawyers…
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UPDATED Sheree’s support: Press council complaint against @radionz; @GraemeEdgeler @keith_ng
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, welfare reform
The Battle of Saint-Mihiel I THE GREAT WAR – Week 216
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Poland is pushing the EU into crisis
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: EU, Poland
Poland is pushing the EU into crisis
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: EU, Poland
If true, prices would be tumbling now as some sell in anticipation of no-deal Brexit housing price crash of 1/3rd?
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, international economics
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