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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Thirty Eight

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 Curious"Unforgivable": Israelis angry at their government's handling of hostage crisis flooded the streets on SundayMass Israeli Protests

E Factor Could Be Solution To UK’s Economic Woes

Dr John Coulter 🔖 Keir Starmer, the latest Labour PM, has warned of brutally economic days ahead, so is there really any workable solution to rebuilding the UK economy?All sounded doom and gloom until I was handed a new book written by one of my old school chums from Ballymena Academy - Professor David Gibson OBE, affectionately known to me as Gibby and I known as Budgie to him. His

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Thirty Seven

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 CuriousReport Exposes 'Systemic Abuse' at For-Profit Migrant Detention Centers in LouisianaThe Rising Democratic Threat of "Hopeful

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The Scope Of Child Rape By Religious Orders

Anthony McIntyre ☠ For the detractors of Ireland's religious orders it is the gift that keeps on giving. For the victims of those orders, it is the nightmare that keeps recurring.Almost twenty years after the Ferns Report, Irish society finds itself facing yet another rape scandal involving religious orders. We have come to expect it. Catholic clerics and child rape just seems so commonplace

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Thirty Six

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 CuriousGrief and fury on Israel’s streets, as hostage killings pile pressure on Netanyahu to secure ceasefire dealNorthwestern Suspends

Voice

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.VoiceHe had a voice onceHe could shoutAnd he asked why?♞♜♝But they couldn’t answerHis questions.♞♜♝So they came and tookHis voice away.♞♜♝They locked it in a bareTomb, called H♞♜♝But a lark carried his voiceOut over the high wallsAnd he became an MP.♞♜♝Now his voice is as loudAs the million voicesHe died to free.⏩ Frankie Quinn&

Kandiss Taylor, Who Ran for Governor, Doesn’t Want Women In Government

Right Wing Watch 👀 It’s a good thing that Kandiss Taylor finished a distant third when she ran for governor of Georgia in 2022, since she doesn’t believe that women should be in charge of the government.Kyle MantylaWhy did she run for governor, then? Because “the Lord told me to,” she claimed during the most recent episode of her “Jesus, Guns, and Babies” program, which airs

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Thirty Five

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 CuriousBritish ex-Muslims, already unfree, face perils of worsening censorshipRabbi arrested over illegal circumcision remains in prison

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