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 The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 in the United States   Introduction   Often compared to the Great Depression of 1929, the Great Recession or Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007 to 2009 permeated global financial markets. The subprime mortgage market in the USA is viewed as the catalyst, resulting in widespread credit defaults and unemployment. The banking sector,

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Well, well. This vies for the mantle of most cringe interview ever. Strap in for a wild ride. Teen Vogue, the aptly chosen repository of knowledge. As with Greta Thunberg - appeal to female teen sensibility as the world standard is a cunning and malicious choice. The world could be a wonderful place. If only we abdicated the earth to them. Emma Watson - EW Valerie Hudson - VH VH: When I went

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"Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean. The theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the

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Elizabeth Fortunato offers a clear glimpse of conservative feminism. The transgender issue is dragging them out of the woodwork. Sex is Not an Opinion, showcases boilerplate feminism alongside selective conservative logic. Senator Elizabeth Warren has apologized, yet again, for identifying herself as a Native American. This time, the Massachusetts Democrat’s apology came in front of a

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Sexuality may be the most important guidance system for political strategies. At its simplest : men seek to move up the hierarchy, women seek to optimize choice. Status for men, youth & fertility for women. This graph is a beauty. Why do men, at the present time, support socialism more than women do? The answer also appears to be basic. Though it requires a framework that the

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The most concise answer is the World Cup is meant to be a Cup competition. Not a league. The Cup component will be heightened. The league part is by far the most boring & monotonous. The World 'Cup' has always involved league matches, however. Taking the competition to 48 teams will involve exactly the same amount of matches as the present 32 team system. Sixteen groups of three will put

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3rd Update : Alen Stajcic has finally made a media appearance. Video too. A longer write-up of the torrid affair. If FFA had some balls and stated what it was about in the beginning. Rather than hiding behind catch-all nasty takedowns like 'toxic culture' - Stajcic may have been spared alot of innuendo. I hope he sues and wins. David Gallop, a 'champion' of his time at the NRL is an

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From the wise heads of The Age newspaper, in hard left Melbourne. "West Australian Liberal senator Linda Reynolds, an assistant minister in the Morrison government, and Sarah Henderson, also an assistant minister, denied that the Liberal Party is anti-women. They also defended the Coalition’s merit-based system of choosing candidates." These two women have sinned irredeemably. Pro-woman is

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Nikki Gemmell does it again. (paywall) Do they hate us that much? It's arguably Germaine Greer's most famous line: "Women have very little idea of how much men hate them." Straight into it she goes. Arguing from a position of sanity is below our dear Ms Gemmell. A brief list of Greer's other lines (not in the article): When a profession becomes female dominated - it turns to shit. Journalism

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An Adam Piggott post, on game in marriage, with touching humility. I found this quite inspiring, as there are many ideas I need to revisit. … as an adult I reserve the right to alter or change the following positions based on new and relevant information as it comes to hand. Contrary to what many of you may think, it is not a sign of weakness to act in this way. When I first read the

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Science ain't what it used to be. Following the mould of the James Damore/Google shenanigans comes this bombshell from Quillette. In the highly controversial area of human intelligence, the ‘Greater Male Variability Hypothesis’ (GMVH) asserts that there are more idiots and more geniuses among men than among women. Quite simple, really. A backlash is to be expected. It certainly didn't

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America Bombs, Europe gets the Refugees. That's Evil by Eric Zuesse Research and links to blow your mind. Dive deep, my friend. Science is the Belief in the Ignorance of Experts An excerpt from Financial Times on Chinese perceptions of Donald Trump. The Butler Did It : 'Gender Trouble' and the Academic Roots of the Trans-Cult by Robert Stacy McCain The end result of the plague

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This was conceived as a way to challenge my family, very gently, on ideas many hold. To demonstrate that much thinking is in fact reactive. Non-intellectual. To achieve this is the entirety of the goal. Transmitting information is secondary. The impetus must come from within. Much like the desire to explore a rabbit hole. In this spirit, the links provided are only partial answers. They may

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I had the displeasure of reading this today. The title was an obvious misnomer. "Google is being sued for discriminating against men & women. Both can't be true." In a pre-feminist world, I would agree. That ain't the world we live in now. Also of amusement was the sub header, "Thought experiment". A rigorous gedankenexperiment was beyond the pale. This was surely to be trash dressed up as

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Let's start with Judith Butler. A shining light of academia. "Butler argued in her defense that radical ideas are often best expressed in writing that challenges conventional standards of lucidity, grammar, and common sense." The distinction between gender & sex is necessary to draw. From this base, the idea of sex can be degraded. And here, she does it. Read as much, or as little, as

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This person will never be an adult. In January 2016 a German liberal was attacked by three migrants. She initially lied about the identity of the three. This is the letter she wrote to a fictional version of them, apologising..   'I wanted an Open Europe, a friendly one.' - I am brainwashed. With little understanding of human behaviour. 'One that I can gladly live in and one in

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Bob Dylan - Top 10 Lyrics 1) My Back Pages 1964 "Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school “Equality,” I spoke the word As if a wedding vow Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now" Here is Dylan, aged 23. Turning his back on the movement that shot him to fame. Undergoing a painful political conversion in public. As a song, it is not great. As lyrics, it is

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I am hanging for the summer. Ah, the beach. Ah, less clothes. What? These things go together? Tourist Town puts up its heels for the tourists. This place is like anywhere else in the city during winter. Just colder. Have you seen the smiles per hour signs? A volunteer supposedly counts the amount of smiles that pass them in the street. My local is one smile per hour. That does not surprise me.

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Are there good reasons to admit Ireland to Test status? Heck, are there good reasons not to? Each major tournament, the Irish provide us with upsets or close finishes. Ireland has a long history of playing cricket. They are currently ranked 9th for T20 and 11th for ODIs (pre-World Cup). Given time & minimal assistance, the Irish can be a competitive Test outfit too. Zimbabwe and

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There is something inherently weird about Twenty20 internationals. It's not a format that lends itself to being the 'pinnacle' of competition. This is not a bashing of T20. It is very watchable. Fast, easy to understand and constant action. So many other T20 competitions exist around the world. It works best in the club environment. A number 5 or 6 club batsmen will get opportunities to bat &amp

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Welcome to the cosy world of AFL politics. Where various parasites & hangers-on compete for relevance. Enter Gil McLachlan, the anointed son of this grubby world. More important than Gary Ablett or Buddy Franklin? You be the judge. What is a lad/lass to do to stand out amongst the muck? Do something. It's pretty simple, but these corporate types often have little grasp. Copping a hefty

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The benevolent dictator has announced his retirement. Andrew 'Vlad' Demetriou has presided over much financial success in his long AFL reign. Crowd numbers, TV deals & expansion teams are but a few of the ticks on his report card. Not much interesting to reflect on there. So, to the entertaining part : What has Vlad royally stuffed up? Demetriou is, and always has been, a terrible media

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Can the Winter Games be described as the undesirable half of the Olympic family? In many ways, the answer is yes. Weird & wacky events that never rate a mention outside the Olympic schedule. Being played on snow or ice rules out the sports from many countries. Or, relegates them to the preserve of the well-to-do. Scratch the surface and there is much to like about the Winter Games. The most

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Pigeons. The very word fills me with dread. It wasn’t always like this. Avian scum. Rats of the sky. Flying trashcans. Show ‘em a little bit of hospitality and they will stay forever. Apparently like a Queenslander. When I first moved in, I made a discovery. Two scrawny, ugly pigeon chicks lived on my balcony - in an excrement coated bucket. It was 30cm or so deep with shit. I guess this is a

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The snooze button came off when sacked Melbourne coach, Dean Bailey, held a press conference on Monday. "I had no hesitation at all in the first two years of ensuring this club was well placed for draft picks," Bailey said. "I was asked to do the best thing by the Melbourne Football Club, and I did it." To the majority of AFL fans, this came as a sensible comment. An admission of a

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