tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48072388971889279672024-03-18T23:04:58.857+00:00TPQCensor OffenderAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger14567125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81242159067539196692024-03-18T21:30:00.001+00:002024-03-18T21:30:00.241+00:00A Note On American Military Bases In SwedenJan Guillon ✒ with a piece that featured in two Swedish newspapers. Recommended by Eva Sennesvik.Sweden signed a defence deal. It looks like Sweden has been at war with the US and lost, writes Jan Guillon in this note that was printed in Aftonbladet 25th of February -23 and printed in Norwegian translation in Klassekampen 9th of March - 23. It looks like Sweden has been at war with the US AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3314660305699415192024-03-18T20:30:00.001+00:002024-03-18T20:36:36.320+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And Twenty ThreeTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousGaza - ‘We scream, starve, and die alone’: Life in the ruins of Shuja’iyaThe Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78478307165791623822024-03-18T10:00:00.006+00:002024-03-18T21:04:52.967+00:00Wokery Has Gone Ultra Woke Over Royal Snap!Dr John Coulter ✍ Today is my 35th wedding anniversary and a chance to reminisce once more over our marriage photos from 1989.There were relations and friends who could not come to the wedding even though they were invited, so I wonder what would have happened if we’d asked our wedding photographer to photoshop them into the family photos? Former UUP leader, the late Jim Molyneaux, AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2688848268411258442024-03-18T09:00:00.000+00:002024-03-18T09:00:00.131+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And Twenty TwoTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousGOP candidate for governor outed as KKK member after cross burning photo emerges'Another one bites the dust': How a 'monstrous' AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7005207668831479982024-03-18T08:30:00.000+00:002024-03-18T08:30:00.132+00:00A Morning Thought @ 2093 AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31066922792954283032024-03-17T21:00:00.000+00:002024-03-17T21:00:00.134+00:00BlunderpoolAnthony McIntyre ⚽Which defeat to write about was the only decision to be made on tonight's piece.Initially, I felt I'd blog the usual post-match summary of the Drogheda game up in Sligo which I attended with my friend Alfie. The Drogs put up a spirited fight but went down 3-1 to a much rejuvenated Sligo who have had quite the success against Louth opposition in recent weeks. On the AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74630001555351800782024-03-17T20:00:00.005+00:002024-03-17T20:00:00.457+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And Twenty OneTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be Curious25 Groups Demand Biden 'Urgently Comply With US Law' and End Israel Arms SalesNew Report on Sexual Violence During October 7th&AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88075300231514648272024-03-17T17:00:00.000+00:002024-03-17T17:00:00.144+00:00Bigots And BlasphemyNational Secular Society ✒ Counter-Extremism Report recommends review of religious charities linked to anti-blasphemy activism.A new report has warned UK 'anti-blasphemy activism' is becoming "increasingly radicalised" and being promoted by charities.The report, published by the Commission for Countering Extremism, says responses to perceived acts of 'blasphemy' in the UK are "more organised thanAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-56763109698391933862024-03-17T14:00:00.001+00:002024-03-17T14:00:00.283+00:00The New Atheism At 20 - How An Intellectual Movement Exploited Rationalism To Promote WarCounterpunch ✒ As Western bombs rain on Gaza’s starving civilians, the New Atheism turns 20. T.J. ColesThe philosophical genre, which argues for secularism over organized religion, was kick-started by Sam Harris. His 2004 book, The End of Faith, promoted neuroscience-based spirituality in place of irrational groupthink. The philosopher, Daniel Dennett, soon followed with Breaking AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-32420882283281654642024-03-17T10:00:00.001+00:002024-03-17T10:00:00.135+00:00Christian Nationalist MAGA Cultists Launch ‘The Courage Tour’ To Put Trump Back In OfficeRight Wing Watch 👀 In 2023, self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and unabashed Trump cultist Lance Wallnau announced his intention to travel the country ahead of the 2024 elections in order to break the “demonic strongholds” in swing states that are supposedly preventing Republicans from winning elections. Kyle Mantyla That idea eventually AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13211093596318924362024-03-17T09:00:00.002+00:002024-03-18T07:33:46.362+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And TwentyTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be Curious'Put it between your knees': Republican suggests aspirin is all the contraception women needFFRF: Wisconsin Supreme Court is rightAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66813309818183661712024-03-17T08:30:00.001+00:002024-03-17T08:30:00.141+00:00A Morning Thought @ 2092 AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16557802940525967122024-03-16T21:00:00.001+00:002024-03-16T21:00:00.170+00:00St Patrick’s Day Subservience Tommy McKearney ☭ It is hardly surprising that many progressive people have become increasingly uneasy about the Sinn Féin leadership’s relationship with the British establishment. Party vice president and Stormont First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, was recently pictured in a close embrace with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, while only last May, along with her colleague Alex MaskeyAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69433848418646774572024-03-16T20:00:00.001+00:002024-03-18T07:33:36.126+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And NineteenTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousHamas proposal: Female soldiers to be freed in 1st stage in exchange for 100 life prisonersThousands protest for hostages release,AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86532608609192655482024-03-16T13:00:00.022+00:002024-03-16T15:41:12.068+00:00Junket For GenocideAnthony McIntyre ☠ One of the more unpalatable aspects of Sinn Fein's decision to bestow shamrock on US president Joe Biden on Patrick's Day is former republican prisoners including hunger strikers trying to justify it.All the H-Block fist waving against the malevolence of US imperialism has become nothing more than hot air. Much of this is the outworking of the successAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45738685816510379902024-03-16T10:00:00.001+00:002024-03-16T10:00:00.146+00:00Why Is Sinn Féin In Love With The Palestinian Authority?David Cronin ✒ writing in Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. I am old enough to remember a time when Sinn Féin was kept off the airwaves.A broadcasting ban targeting its representatives was introduced by the Dublin government in 1976 and not lifted until 1994. Britain imposed a similar one in 1988.The bans encouraged ignorance about the conflict in Ireland and its root cause – the brutality AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37011156530077468012024-03-16T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-16T09:00:00.135+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And EighteenTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousMichael Edwards and Richard Hughes face huge Liverpool calls after 'contentious' contract surprised Jamie CarragherJurgen Klopp's AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-54932118385559611732024-03-16T08:30:00.001+00:002024-03-16T08:30:00.132+00:00A Morning Thought @ 2091 AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53972228078701414052024-03-15T20:00:00.002+00:002024-03-15T20:00:00.145+00:00Erasing Murals And Erasing GazaGearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Socialist Democracy discusses the obliteration of a wall mural in West Belfast in support of the victims of Israeli genocide in Gaza. Once upon a time, Belfast was famed for its murals, so much so that even now a part of the tourist industry depends on a plastic paddy tour of the current murals on display in nationalist areas of AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18717834914437388042024-03-15T19:00:00.000+00:002024-03-15T19:00:00.131+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And SeventeenTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousChuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, says Netanyahu has 'lost his way'Cinema : Politics at the Oscars‘Operation AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67476762896326291142024-03-15T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-15T09:02:13.550+00:00Teddy BoysChristopher Owens 🔖 treads with the Teds.You weren't here when the Teddy Boys arrived on the scene in the Fifties…London doesn't remember them with any fondness...Those crepe-soled shoes they wear, they had razor blades sunk in the toes. No, London doesn't remember the Teds with any fondness.This quote, attributed to a friend of Jerry Hopkins (author of the infamous No One Here Gets Out AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76696293978446496982024-03-15T08:30:00.001+00:002024-03-15T08:30:00.134+00:00A Morning Thought @ 2090 AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-41422821201233755282024-03-14T21:00:00.001+00:002024-03-14T21:00:00.147+00:00Decarbonising Heating And CoolingPeople And Nature ☭ Part 10 of Decarbonising the Built Environment: a Global Overview, by Tom Ackers.The importance of only building those buildings that are really needed was explained in part 8. Making sure that buildings keep out winter cold and summer heat – that is, improving their thermal performance – was dealt with in part 9.Nevertheless, supplemental heating and cooling, hot AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44249504494094883452024-03-14T20:00:00.002+00:002024-03-14T20:00:00.352+00:00Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Nine Hundred And SixteenTen links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousHere’s what Pramila Patten’s UN report on Oct 7 sexual violence actually saidProgressive coalition to counter AIPACOpinion | AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87780975862966336142024-03-14T10:00:00.003+00:002024-03-14T10:00:00.246+00:00Nationalise The Energy Companies In IrelandCaoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Energy prices in Ireland are slowly coming down again at long last. They are still well above their pre-covid prices but a small reduction has been noticed. The Covid 19 pandemic was blamed by the ever-profiteering energy companies for the first round of price hikes, why? What the fuck does a deadly pandemic have to do with putting up the price of energy? The only AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com0