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Predominance 17

Christopher Owens 🎵 “This is my chance, this is my life/And my opening hour/This is my choice, this is my voice/There may be no tomorrow/This is my plea, this is my need/This is my time for standing free/This is my step, this is my depth/In a world demanding of me.”🎸 Dead Moon.Horns UpNew Horizons Heriot – Profound Morality Having recently been nominated for a Kerrang award, toured with Pupil

A Morning Thought @ 1440

President Higgins On Why Social Media Billionaires And Dictatorship Is Bold

Matt Treacy ✒ President Michael D. Higgins is very much against any concentration of power that might lead to “an absurd form of dictatorship.” Oh, and that “you don’t have to be a mad left wing person to believe that.”Where would you even start?Perhaps Higgins was engaging in the sort of “playful” irony beloved of the likes of the now much lesser quoted Michel Foucault – to whom he has referred

In Quillversation ✑ Neutrality In The Russia-Ukraine War

Caoimhin O’Muraile and Anthony McIntyre discuss the issue of Left neutrality in Russia's war on Ukraine. AM: Much has been written and said about the war on Ukraine. You and I have had a few sharp exchanges about it and no doubt will have a few more – we had a good discussion about it over our pint last week. Most on the Left seem to take the standard anti-Imperialist approach to the Russian

A Morning Thought @ 1439

White Or Black Power? The Choice Before Extinction Rebellion

People And Nature ☭ This article by Rob Callender of Jubilee Climate has been discussed widely among Extinction Rebellion (XR) members.It starts with a message responding to a facebook post by Roger Hallam, one of the founders of XR. It is published here with Rob’s permission. Answers to the question at the end – “what do you think?” – are welcome.Dear Roger, Just stop using white power

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Twenty 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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousMass Shootings Can Be ContagiousTroubles legacy bill: Johnson and Tories accused of treating families like 'daft Paddies'SF election worker who robbed

A Letter To God

Noel Byrne ✒ When I started out over thirty years ago, on my journey to try and find ultimate answers, about God, the universe, the meaning of life etc., I read the Bible twice from cover to cover. I also studied the Scriptures and over the years have read hundreds of books dealing with biblical criticism, Exegesis, Hermeneutics and Apologetics. However that is a story for another day. Below is

A Morning Thought @ 1438

The Northman

Dixie Elliot 🎥 Two hours, which I'll never get back, was spent watching the massively overhyped film, The Northman.The Northman - Bing imagesWith a cast of leading Hollywood actors the last thing you'd expect was acting which was as wooden as the longships. You notice this from the very beginning of the film when Ethan Hawke arrives back home from the wars. The exchange between himself, his wife