"[AIDS] is not being caused by a virus. It's not a virus... These people are dying because of 'poppers'... they were people who were part of a gay lifestyle... "
"This is not a viral disease, but it's a disease that is environmental."
- HHS Secretary Nominee RFK Jr
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Worth watching this clip just to see Tim Stanley's expression at 34 seconds #BBCQT
Greg Jackson, "The irony of Tesla is it's success was heavily dependent on government subsidies, state subsidies, government mandates, and government loans"
"On the one hand you've got a bunch of people politically who don't seem to like subsidies, but have built enormous businesses out of it"
"So we can talk about how innovation and governments work together to drive the change that enables them to become successful"
So to summarise, the Prime Minister, who wants to force young people to spend an entire year of their lives serving their country, wouldn't even devote a full afternoon to it himself
https://t.co/yCS4zFG8PQ
Starmer might not be a natural debater but fuck me, he’s a good lawyer.
He laid the 2,000 trap for Sunak again and again.
Now Sunak has been called out by his Chief Secretary at the treasury.
Devastating stuff for Sunak and another breaking of the ministerial code.
There is a new, highly profitable asset class in England, traded between corporations, whose units are each worth £100,000 on the books. What are these units? Children in care.
An almost unbelievable story. But all too real.
This week's column.
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From today's Times. Drama in schools - not just reading Shakespeare - improves pupils' literacy and emotional development. That must be why this Government has fought to protect the arts in schools - oh wait
Masters of the Air: The Brothers of the Bloody 100th
For our latest cover story, @lizlet chats with the cast and crew of Masters of the Air, the ambitious follow-up series to Band of Brothers which follows the 100th Bomb Group's heroics in WW2. https://t.co/MYR27DOtx1
Capt. Robert C. Becker, played by Tom Joyner. Becker was assigned to the 349th Bomb Sqdn and served as a weather officer for the 100th Bomb Group. As part of his duties, Becker gathered and analyzed meteorological data in preparation for bombing missions.