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Open Thread - Thurs 27 Jun 2024 - Assange, Animal Heroes

Submitted by Sima on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 5:31am

It's Thursday and here's an open, Open Thread!
I'm very tired. Puppies can do that! So here's a short open thread with a bit about Assange and a bit about the Dickin Medal. The what? Read below Smile

Assange:
Julian Assange's release really made me happy. Very happy. His release was written about in stories that appeared on news websites (a couple local examples: Assange returns to Australia a free man, Mike Pence is upset at the plea deal, and some examples from around the country: New York Times on Australia's view of Assange and an article from NBC). But happy or not, I'm suspicious that his release is going to be used to try to gin up support for some political entity (or entities) or another. And the fact that he was held in prison for so long, for nothing really, is insane. Nothing was right about this prosecution. The only right thing now is that he's been released.


From https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/julian-assange-reach...

Troubling Economic Indicators

Submitted by bondibox on Mon, 06/24/2024 - 12:00am

I don't want to be a chicken little, but there are a few economic indicators which should be very concerning to everyone.

Interest on the debt is greater than our military budget. This has signaled the end of every empire in world history.

Unemployment recently ticked up .3% above its cyclical average. This has preceded the last 12 recessions and as an indicator of recessions it has only been wrong once.

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