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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 CuriousPressley Leads Call for Biden to Declare Public Health Emergency as Roe Ruling LoomsPatients in Trigger-Ban States Immediately Denied

Superb Signings

Peter Anderson ⚽ With another weekend light on sport content, I watched another documentary.This time it was Drink it in: The Rise of Man City. I had seen it before, but watched it again to remind me of our glorious rise! The interesting thing about it was that City's rise was based largely on superb signings. In the beginning they made a few missteps, like the signings of Robinho, who thought he

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Greenwashed Silvertown Tunnel Pollutes, Trashes The Climate, And Steamrollers Democracy

People And Nature ☭ London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, is pushing ahead with the Silvertown tunnel project despite evidence that it will worsen already chronic air pollution problems and undermine chances of meeting climate targets.13-June-2022Campaigners opposed to the £2 billion-plus project, to build a new tunnel under the Thames between Newham and Greenwich in east London, gathered on

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Fifty

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 CuriousThe Fractured Russian OppositionUN food chief says 'Hell on Earth' looms from hunger crisis triggered by Ukraine war15,000 Russian

Is BoJo Set To Become The New Macron?

Dr John Coulter ✒ With French President Emmanuel Macron taking a ‘right pasting’ in the National Assembly elections, could British PM Boris Johnson take advantage of this ‘slap in the teeth’ to become the new power broker in Ukraine?If we thought the Northern Ireland Assembly had deep divisions over the Protocol, spare a thought for politically battered French President Emmanuel Macron whose

A Morning Thought @ 1471

Pre-Born, You're Fine ✑ Preschool, You're Fucked

Anthony McIntyre ✒ “Just look at the faces of the great Christians! They are the faces of great haters" - Friedrich Nietzsche.SCROTUS - shower of six ball bagsReligion in general and the the religious right in particular has long harboured a hatred of women’s rights, relentlessly seeking to push back all advances made in the field. Institutionally and instinctively adverse to recognising women as

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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 CuriousBrett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch are destroying Anthony Kennedy's legacy'We Won't Go Back!': Rapid-Response Protests Across US After Roe

The Religious Right And The Abortion Myth

Randall Balmer ✒ White evangelicals in the 1970s didn’t initially care about abortion. They organized to defend racial segregation in evangelical institutions — and only seized on banning abortion because it was more palatable than their real goal.10-May-2022On the face of it, Samuel Alito’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, published by Politico last week,