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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Forty Four

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousSpain cancels purchase of police ammunition from Israeli firmIsraeli forces arrest all but 1 doctor at last operational North Gaza

Blur Drummer Calls UK Assisted Dying Law ‘Psychopathic’ After Ex-Wife Went To Switzerland To Die Alone

Independent  ✏ Written by Ellie Harrison.31-October-2024Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has launched an attack on the UK law on assisted dying, after his terminally ill ex-wife was forced to travel to Dignitas in Switzerland, where she died alone.Rowntree, 60, was married to Paola Marra in the Nineties. Before her death aged 53, which took place in Zurich in March, Marra had been

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Forty Three

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousLeague Preview: Drogheda United -v- DundalkErik ten Hag sacked by Man Utd: Where did it go wrong for him at Old Trafford?

A Morning Thought @ 2321

Being A Woman Is In And Of Itself An Act Of Blasphemy

Maryam Namazie✊ Blasphemy – and of course apostasy, heresy, enmity against god – are portrayed negatively and always from the perspective of the religious. The religious view is the default view. Blasphemy is therefore, seen to be at best offensive and hurtful. At worst it is seen to be a danger to national security, morality, stability of the state and by extension society, to be

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Forty Two

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousGaza strikes continue; Lebanon’s Baalbek faces evacuation ordersIsrael commits largest massacre yet in northern GazaIsraeli strike

Graham Linehan 📝 From Being Right To Now Being On The Right

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 8-October-2024.Graham Linehan, has undergone quite a transformation, or perhaps he hasn’t, maybe I just didn’t notice. He started out as a comedy writer, famous for Father Ted and then got cancelled, had his show Father Ted the Musical basically sequestered and work dried up. The reason was his stance on the issue of men’s

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Forty One

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousSnatched from their beds, taken on the streets - the young men in Myanmar forced to fight the junta’s losing warIMF and BRICS: no

A Morning Thought @ 2320

Absolute Power 🪶 Act Ⅰ

Muiris Ó Súilleabháin ✍ It would be easy to sit back and enjoy the apparent implosion of New Sinn Fein ( NSF) with a certain amount of justifiable schadenfreude. The furore surrounding the provision of job references for paedophiles and sexters by the party that provided a public reference for the misunderstood family man Freddie Scappaticci, while justified, has somewhat taken the heat