Month: May 2024

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Up First from NPR - Iran’s President Dies, Israel’s Political Turmoil, Michael Cohen Resumes Testimony

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named an acting president following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials in a helicopter crash. Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanyahu is facing accusations from his own war cabinet that he doesn't have a strategy for replacing Hamas in Gaza. Michael Cohen will return to the stand in what will likely be the final day of testimony in the New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. And a London court is expected to deliver a final decision on whether or not Julian Assange can appeal extradition to the U.S.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Succession unplanned: Iran’s president killed

The death of Ebrahim Raisi will spark succession battles both for the presidency and for supreme leader-in-waiting. What kind of Iran will result? Accusations and evidence of Chinese espionage are stacking up in and raising tensions with Britain (9:57). And how the careers advisers of TikTok are shaping the future of job-hunting (18:54).


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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Iran Helicopter Crash

Has history been altered by the helicopter crash that has apparently killed the president and foreign minister of Iran? Will Israel be blamed? Did Israel do it? Won't Israel be blamed even if it didn't do it? And what blame attaches to American policy for Israel's increasingly parlous political and military confusion? Give a listen.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 5.20.24

Alabama

  • AL Supreme Court declines to take up appeal from Prichard Water Works
  • Lt. Gov. Ainsworth speaks in Huntsville on state of state and nation ahead of 2024
  • Vote for unionization fails by a 56% no vote at Mercedes Benz plant in Vance
  • State senator says AL House to blame for pushing envelope on gambling bill
  • Austal USA christens the USS Pierre- its final LCS built for US Navy

National

  • Biden speaks at Morehouse College in GA in attempt to shore up black vote
  • Israel calls on US to not support calls from EU members for Palestinian state
  • Vivek Ramaswamy has interesting analysis on why Biden agreed to debates
  • Sean Combs suddenly feels sorry for beating girlfriend after video released
  • Beef industry CEO says  cattle raising at 7 decade low due to inflation/feed cost
  • Iran President dead in helicopter crash that occurred on Sunday


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Start the Week - Art: market, money and malfeasance

The National Gallery in London is displaying Caravaggio’s last painting, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (until 21 July 2024), an extraordinary work depicting the violence and intense naturalism of the scene, and the painter’s revolutionary use of dramatic lighting. The curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper says Caravaggio changed the art world in the 17th century. But the painter was as famous for his personal life as his art: he left murder and mayhem in his wake as he attempted to evade the law.

For most of its existence The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula languished in private collections and was sold for just £3,500 in the 1970s, with few believing it was by Caravaggio. Now it’s been identified as an original it’s worth millions. The fortunes to be made and lost in the art market, the risks, the greed and the deals are the subject of Orlando Whitfield’s book All That Glitters. He details his friendship with the contemporary art dealer Inigo Philbrick, a young man whose spectacular rise is matched only by his dramatic fall, convicted and imprisoned for fraud owing $86.7 million.

The art market is often shrouded in secrecy and is one of the very few unregulated markets left in the global economy. Angelina Giovani-Agha is an art historian who has specialised in provenance research. She understands that each painting has a story to tell and a unique record of acquisition. Her work involves investigating ownership history and highlighting any murky inconsistencies, as well as specialising in looted artworks.

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Opening Arguments - Why Is Alito Like This

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With the recent news that a sitting Supreme Court justice was publicly displaying support for Trump’s attempted coup in the days between January 6, 2021 and Joe Biden’s inauguration, it’s time to ask: Is Samuel Alito actually worse than our very low opinion of him? Also who could have possibly known that a hard-right Reagan/Buckley conservative who has been publicly advocating for ending abortion rights since 1985 would turn out to be the ultra-right Trump/Scalia conservative who ended abortion rights in 2022? We take these questions on after a quick look at the latest low point in Rudy Guiliani’s long, steep, and often hilarious fall from grace. (N.B.: there’s so much more to talk about here than we could possibly fit into an hour, we didn’t even get to his awful decisions on the death penalty, among many other things.)

Finally, we learn the answer to last week’s T3BE question and consider the multifarious liabilities of stocking a private lake full of piranhas.

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NBN Book of the Day - Joseph E. Stiglitz, “The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society” (Norton, 2024)

In his latest book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (W. W. Norton, 2024), Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz rethinks the nature of freedom and its relationship to capitalism. 

While many agree that freedom is good and we want more of it, we don’t agree about what it is, whose freedom we’re talking about, or what outcomes we desire.

Stiglitz asks the question: whose freedom are we talking about, and what happens when one person’s freedom means a loss of freedom for someone else?

Narratives of neoliberalism have been accepted as gospel despite decades of research showing that less regulation and more trust in the 'hidden hand' of free market economics do not produce greater prosperity or freedom for most individuals. 

Stiglitz examines how unregulated markets reduce economic opportunities for majorities by prioritizing the freedom of corporations and wealthy individuals over that of individuals, resulting in the siphoning wealth from the many to ensure the freedom of the few, from property and intellectual rights to education and opportunity. 

The Road to Freedom re-evaluates of what constitutes a good society and provides a roadmap to achieve it.

Recommended reading:  The Groves of Academe by Mary McCarthy

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Everything Everywhere Daily - All About Viruses

Inside you right now are most probably millions of, possibly even trillions of viruses. 

Some viruses are extremely deadly, but the vast majority are completely benign. They can be found in almost every type of life, including plants, animals, and bacteria. 

Yet viruses are completely different from any other type of life form. In fact, it is debatable whether they are even life forms at all. 

Learn more about viruses, what they are and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Iran’s President Killed, Chaotic House Hearing & Diddy’s Apology- Monday, May 20, 2024

The news to know for Monday, May 20, 2024!

We're telling you about a helicopter crash that might mean a major power shift in the Middle East, what's being called a new low for lawmakers in the U.S. Congress, and where severe storms are in the forecast today.

Plus, Sean 'Diddy' Combs responded to a shocking surveillance video; America's first Black astronaut candidate hit a milestone, and who came out on top in three big sporting events over the weekend? 

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