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Included in Fringe World’s artists’ registration pack, the contract also states: “If you have an objection to a Fringe World sponsor, we ask that you consider whether participation in the festival is the right platform for your presentation.” Performers who spoke to Guardian Australia said the clause effectively amounted to a gag order, curtailing comment on anything from climate change to local politics. Comedian Tom Ballard told the Guardian the clause was “disappointing and concern...

Relying on his gut, Biden shrugs off criticism to form a Cabinet of firsts Matt Viser, The Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail President- elect Joe Biden introduces his health team at the Queen in Wilmington, Del. on December 8, 2020.Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman Thick packets have been delivered regularly to President-elect Joe Bidens Wilmington, Del., home, providing meticulous details on each potential Cabinet members strengths, weaknesses and possible areas of c...

Bob Iger As Ambassador To China? Hollywood Names Are Floating For Joe Biden Picks, But Rumors May Clash With Reality Deadline 12/18/2020 With a newly elected Democratic president, this is the season of speculation, where names are being floated as potential ambassador picks. And this time around, Disney’s executive chairman Bob Iger is getting attention as a prospect for one of the highest profile foreign posts, China. But while there is a lot of talk of Iger and others (including Comcast�...

Political Junkie Too I am reposting a repost of my "manifesto," which is pieced together from a series of posts from February 2009. I think it explains the behaviors of "principled" conservatives vs. Donald Trump, and why each needs the other to survive and thrive. As I have posted frequently over the past decade, I believe it is axiomatic that conservatives are not activists, but conservatism needs fighters to defend its cause. I am reposting a post of mine from 2/26/2009 from the oddly n...

[written in 2010] I certainly understand the collective whine coming from us progressives over the "loss" of Senators Dodd and Dorgen. But look, both of them have birthdays in May: Dodd will be 66 and Dorgan 68. When are these guys supposed to retire? Weve got the oldest US Senate in the history of forever. Forty-eight US Senators are over sixty-five, and twenty-seven of those are over seventy. [The current number shows 31 Senators over 70.] I dont want anyone to think Im being ageist h...

MFA appoints Head of Global Policy Submitted 10/12/2020 - 5:04pm The Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the hedge fund and global alternative investment industry, has appointed Andrew Lowenthal as Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Head of Global Policy.  Lowenthal comes to MFA from the office of Rep Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-12), where he served as chief of staff. He begins his new role in early January and will be based in Washington, DC.   “Andrew is a se...

Andrew Stiles • December 10, 2020 1:00 pm SHARE Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D., N.Y.), who recently won an Emmy award for doing his job, received the 2020 Edward M. Kennedy Institute Award for Inspired Leadership in a virtual ceremony on Wednesday. "I learned so much from Senator Kennedy," Cuomo said. "The humanity, the substance, the results, and the touch, the touch, the charisma." It is perhaps fitting that Cuomo—aka "The Butcher of Albany"—whose decision to send elderly COVID-19 patients back...

Affordability, education afford act. the affordability of groceries, and because talk about those things they dont believe the economy is going well and people do pay more attention i think to college tuition costs than the nasdaq nkt nasdaq. >> out of time. quickly, doing the job? >> back to the access. when i was at cigna we had people come, members of congress to our idea of a wine cave. chris dodd, rick santorum. did it because they knew, it gave us access. corruption and a big part of the d...

Resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for america. [ cheers and applause ] >> its been just five days since democrats took control of both houses of congress, but already the focus is shifting to the next big political prize, the white house. >> when the election season begins in 2007, the climate is not very good if you were a republican. the war in iraq is very unpopular, and many democrats think they can win the presidency. >> senator biden now joining a growing list...

Bottom half of all tcandidates fits. >> apparently she was joking on capitol hill about how shes moving to iowa. that was to me another key data point to watch in this poll. >> somebody will surprise us in iowa, whether its democrat or republican, you always get a surprise in iowa. to your point, chris dodd did this in the race and he picked up and moved his family to iowa. the people at top of the pack, you dont even see them in the polls. sestak, former congressman, bull lock has the potential...