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Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty. And we accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King’s sword. Yet many refuse to accept that the government creates money in exactly the same way: by tapping a few keys on a keyboard. youtu.be/Nt-_qzKRI2Y?...
The magic money sword: Why money works like honours
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty. And we accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King’s sword. Yet many refuse to accept that the government creates money in exactly the same way: by tapping a few keys on a keyboard. youtu.be/Nt-_qzKRI2Y?...
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(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
apnews.com/article/fann...
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Remember:
Tesla is included in the MAG7 when it comes to stock valuations but excluded when it comes to earnings 🧐 🧐 🧐
Tesla is included in the MAG7 when it comes to stock valuations but excluded when it comes to earnings 🧐 🧐 🧐
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Remember:
Tesla is included in the MAG7 when it comes to stock valuations but excluded when it comes to earnings 🧐 🧐 🧐
Tesla is included in the MAG7 when it comes to stock valuations but excluded when it comes to earnings 🧐 🧐 🧐
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This is why you should not eat nuts on a plane. A friends child went into anaphylaxis because of it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is why you should not eat nuts on a plane. A friends child went into anaphylaxis because of it.
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Do please join me on World Soil Day, 5 December, 2pm GMT, for the global launch of the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with:
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Do please join me on World Soil Day, 5 December, 2pm GMT, for the global launch of the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with:
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Garda Commissioner has said that there has been an increase in violent political extremism and gardaí were monitoring the activities of a small number of activists who were seeking the capacity for and wanted to take violent action
Rise in violent political extremism - Garda Commissioner
The Garda Commissioner has said that there has been an increase in violent political extremism and gardaí were monitoring the activities of a small number of activists who were seeking the capacity fo...
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Garda Commissioner has said that there has been an increase in violent political extremism and gardaí were monitoring the activities of a small number of activists who were seeking the capacity for and wanted to take violent action
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That’s oddly specific. And completely hilarious.
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That’s oddly specific. And completely hilarious.
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Met Éireann have now issued weather warnings for tomorrow with yellow wind warnings. Wind warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford and Wicklow. I’d expect rainfall warnings also.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Met Éireann have now issued weather warnings for tomorrow with yellow wind warnings. Wind warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford and Wicklow. I’d expect rainfall warnings also.
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"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
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𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐚𝐱.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐚𝐱.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... You cannot deliver a credible Budget from a government that has already lost its coherence, as this one would appear to have done
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing?
According to The Guardian and many other media sources, based on briefings from 10 Downing Street, senior members of the Labour Party have already been manoeuvring for position in anticipation of Keir...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... You cannot deliver a credible Budget from a government that has already lost its coherence, as this one would appear to have done
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Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
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Another band themed daily music challenge for your hump day - 10 favorites from Dropkick Murphys.
Tagging anybody interested.
Day 7: The Dirty Glass
youtu.be/VklPLAA0zxQ?...
Tagging anybody interested.
Day 7: The Dirty Glass
youtu.be/VklPLAA0zxQ?...
Dropkick Murphys - The Dirty Glass (live in Boston, MA 3/14/25)
YouTube video by Smash Machine!
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November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Another band themed daily music challenge for your hump day - 10 favorites from Dropkick Murphys.
Tagging anybody interested.
Day 7: The Dirty Glass
youtu.be/VklPLAA0zxQ?...
Tagging anybody interested.
Day 7: The Dirty Glass
youtu.be/VklPLAA0zxQ?...
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Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
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About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
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You realize his guilt when the most litigious guy on the planet isn’t making lawsuit threats.
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
You realize his guilt when the most litigious guy on the planet isn’t making lawsuit threats.
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EU launches Google probe over news site suppression claim
EU launches Google probe over news site suppression claim – DW – 11/13/2025
US tech giant Google is once again under fire in the EU over allegations that it is suppressing news sites in its search results.
www.dw.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
EU launches Google probe over news site suppression claim
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Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since. n.pr/3JwxVAp
This oil-producing country is moving away from oil. Here's how it's going
Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since. n.pr/3JwxVAp
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I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.
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Former NYT reporter Landon Thomas, Jr.: Its getting scary. The stories you could tell...
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Former NYT reporter Landon Thomas, Jr.: Its getting scary. The stories you could tell...
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
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NYT: “.. Through that structure, Mr. Bessent avoided paying roughly $910,000 in Medicare taxes on money he made running his hedge fund in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ..”
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November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NYT: “.. Through that structure, Mr. Bessent avoided paying roughly $910,000 in Medicare taxes on money he made running his hedge fund in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ..”
@nytimes.com
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