The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 5 will mean unseemly celebration on the right and unending debate on the left. Both reflect the towering legacy of Chavismo and how it challenged the global free market orthodoxy of the Washington consensus.
Less discussed will be that the passing of Chavez will also provoke unbridled joy in the corridors of power of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Former US National Intelligence Council chairperson Thomas Fingar received the 2013 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence on January 23 for his role overseeing the .
The NIE finding鈥檚 that all 16 US intelligence agencies judged 鈥渨ith high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program鈥 removed the immediate threat of a US-Israeli military attack on Iran.
Venezuela鈥檚 socialist president, Hugo Chavez, died on March 5, and if there is one thing we can take away from coverage in the Western mainstream media is there is now one less dictator threatening the free world.
Sure, on the surface, Chavez didn鈥檛 really seem like much of a dictator, what with the whole coming to power through free elections and encouraging unprecedented political participation by ordinary citizens thing. But it is just like those serial killers whose neighbours always say seemed so nice until the horrible truth came out.
Socialist Alliance WA co-convener Alex Bainbridge has hit out at legal threats issued by lawyers acting on behalf of Recall management. Recall is a document storage company whose workers have entered their fourth week on strike for an agreement that recognises union rights.
鈥淵esterday we received a letter indicating that Recall's lawyers are seeking to subpoena documents from the Socialist Alliance regarding the dispute,鈥 Bainbridge told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
released the statement below on March 15.
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This week, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke announced that coal seam gas (CSG) projects that could affect water resources will now trigger federal approval.
The bill 鈥 detailing the proposed changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) 鈥 was tabled [last] week.
Stop CSG spokesperson Jess Moore said: "This trigger does not live up to the hype from Burke.
Our eldest child just started secondary school. Not long ago the school didn鈥檛 have a uniform, but nowadays you can鈥檛 attract the 鈥渁spiring鈥 families if you鈥檙e not serious about modelling the corporate world.
Parents seeking 鈥済ood鈥 careers for their children are increasingly aware of the importance of correct procedures and work ethic. 鈥淕ood schools鈥 encourage hours of homework every night and are driven by 鈥渄isciplined structures鈥 and 鈥渆xcellence鈥.
Campaigners against the planned Woodside gas hub at James Price Point in the Kimberley believe the Greens鈥 opposition to the proposal was the reason for their .
They say it has proven the Broome community does not want the Western Australian Liberals and Woodside's gas hub at James Price Point.
A 72-year-old man overly fond of a cold shandy on a hot day and a cigarette or two, was found dead in the room he rented in a pub in Waterloo, Sydney on February 23.
There was nothing particularly unusual about it except that the man, Eddie Trigg, was the last person to see Juanita Nielsen alive.
Nielsen was a society heiress, a member of the family that owned the iconic Sydney retailer Mark Foy鈥檚. In the 1970s she was living in Victoria Street, Kings Cross, running a local paper called Now.
91自拍论坛 Weekly's 2013 Fighting Fund appeal for $250,000 was launched in January. Since then volunteers and supporters around the country have been busy raising funds and generously sending in donations to keep the project afloat.
It's relentless work, but vital in order to keep an independent media voice alive in Australia; a voice that puts the truth and journalistic integrity before sensationalism and profit.
Former Coalition government treasurer Peter Costello envisions Queensland as a privatised, 鈥渟mall government鈥 state in the final report he has written for the state government.
A huge sell-off of remaining public assets was recommended in the 32-page executive summary released on March 1. The full report in excess of 1000 pages has been withheld until after the May budget.
There's a lot of unease in progressive circles in Western Australia in the wake of Liberal Premier Colin Barnett's landslide reelection win in the March 9 WA state election. The expectation is that many things will get worse before they get better.
The minority Liberal government, dependent on National Party support and buoyed by mining royalties, has been restrained compared to the slash-and-burn of public services rammed through by its counterparts in Queensland and Victoria.
I have always found tests and exams, whether the NAPLAN or Victorian Certificate of Education, very problematic.
For one thing, it only tests English and numeracy, as if other subjects are not important and do not contribute to numeracy and literacy skills.
For several years, educators have known that there are different learning styles and techniques. Some people have one dominant learning style, others use different styles in different situations, and styles are not fixed.
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