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I AM HOME!!
I am covered with dog hair and cat hair and goat hair and snow and everything is good. I am so grateful to everyone who made it possible for me to go on this trip (especially the farm sitter! He did an amazing job!)
And I'm so happy to be home!
Man shot by ICE in California is not gang member, attorney says | The Independent
Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread
When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics.
The recent release of the Epstein files by the US Department of Justice has so far led to little accountability in the US for the many sordid crimes revealed there, but it has caused the swift and decisive downfall of Peter Mandelson. On Monday he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, having been under investigation due to allegations he shared market-sensitive government information with Epstein when he was a minister in Gordon Brownâs government (itâs been reported he does not think heâs committed an offence). A scion of New Labour who rode to power with the Blair government, he famously declared in 1998 that he was âintensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich as long as they pay their taxesâ. True to his word, he frequently relaxed in the company of billionaires. In 2008, this led to the affair known as âYachtgateâ, which seemed shocking at the time, but in the light of the revelations in the Epstein files looks like a pretty quaint idea of a scandal.
Yachtgate was about political figures rubbing shoulders with shady Russian oligarchs. It hinted at possible financial improprieties. The superyacht, moored off the coast of Corfu, belonged to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminium magnate who had his US visa revoked in 2006 because of suspected ties to organised crime. In Europe, Deripaska was benefiting from the lifting of EU tariffs on aluminium in 2007, so when Mandelson, Britainâs EU commissioner in charge of trade, showed up on his boat, questions were raised about a possible conflict of interest.
When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics, writes Tamsin Shaw
Book 13 of 2026.
This is an outstanding book. It resonates with my functionalist view of cognition. Shared roots. Friends in common. Highly recommended.
I listened to this one AND read it carefully with a red pen.
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How To Negotiate Like A President
TRUMP: Surprise! I have murdered your leader and also 160 schoolgirls.
IRAN: Cool cool cool hey go fuck yourself. The Strait of Hormuz is closed now.
TRUMP: You have one day to open the Strait of Hormuz or else.
IRAN: Go fuck yourself.
TRUMP: You have three days to open the Strait of Hormuz or else.
IRAN: Go fuck yourself.
TRUMP: You have two more days to open the Strait of Hormuz or else.
IRAN: Go fuck yourself.
TRUMP: You have one week to open the Strait of Hormuz or else.
IRAN: Go fuck yourself.
TRUMP: You have 24 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz or else.
IRAN: Go fuck yourself.
TRUMP: You have two weeks to open the Strait of Hormuz or else.
IRAN: Go fuck yourself. Also, here is a list of 10 demands where you give us everything we want and the Strait stays closed.
TRUMP: Deal!
TRUMP: I am the smartest and best negotiator that ever negotiatinged.
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