Month: October 2024

By Howard Bloom This is the most abnormal election of your lifetime and mine.  At this moment, a mere eleven days before we go to the polls, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are running neck and neck.  A Wall Street Journal poll issued Wednesday night, October 23, says Trump is leading by two percent.  In England,
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By Howard Bloom Why are people so upset these days?  The answer is simple.  Politics.  The political climate in this country is more extreme than at any time since the days of demagogue Huey Long in 1936 and of segregationist George Wallace in 1968.  The Democratic side believes that if Donald Trump wins, it will mean the
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Iran and Israel are arranging their pieces on the chessboard before Israel retaliates against Iran’s October 1st attack. In that attack, you remember, Iran assaulted Israel with the biggest number of ballistic missiles in history—200 by Iran’s count, 180 by the Western media’s. On Wednesday, October 9, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had his first
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The mid-morning sun kisses your bronzed skin as you idly comb the sand with your toes. A gentle, salty breeze. Crashing waves leaving meandering trails of foam in their wake. Subtle wafts of cedar and hibiscus from the distant clifftops come, then go. Lovely. Just lovely. Now if only someone could bottle that feeling… Alright,
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E! may get a commission if you purchase something through our links. Learn more. Mayan Lopez has got a lot on her plate. The actress, producer and star of Lopez vs Lopez is currently working alongside her co-creator and father, George Lopez. The series delves into fictionalized renditions of Mayan and George, and their healing relationship
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Sue Gray has resigned from her position as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Number 10 has announced. Ms Gray has instead been appointed as the prime minister’s envoy for nations and regions. Morgan McSweeney, the party’s former campaign director who masterminded July’s election landslide, will replace her as the prime minister’s chief of staff.
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A rescue deal for the British operations of TGI Fridays which will salvage more than 2,000 jobs is on the verge of being finalised this weekend. Sky News has learnt that Breal Capital and Calveton, which jointly own the upmarket restaurants business D&D London, could agree a deal to acquire the majority of TGI Fridays
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The government is bringing in guidance around donations because the public’s expectations are “so much higher” for Labour than for the Tories, a minister has said. Peter Kyle, the science secretary, insisted that despite the continued backlash over the freebies row that has engulfed Sir Keir Starmer’s government, “none of the rules had been broken”.
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Enormous explosions and thundering claps of sound reverberated around the Lebanese capital overnight, in what was probably the most violent night yet. They continued into the early hours. It’s hard to encapsulate just how loud and frightening the Israeli bombings are in Beirut. The sound causes sheer terror. The shockwaves even some kilometres away can
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