Jacques Riverain
@jacquesriverain.bsky.social
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Film poliziotteschi. J'aime les chats. Heterodox econ.
Film poliziotteschi. J'aime les chats. Heterodox econ.
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1. This platform is full ofposts (primarily from U.S. citizens) about wanting 'healthcare paid for with taxes'. The desire is good and just, but the claimed mechanism is false. It simply plays into neoliberal narratives. How so? See below:
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Anti-war, peace prize-chasing president strikes again. Maybe Iran should intervene in the U.S's anti-social activities.
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Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters
The US president says
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January 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Anti-war, peace prize-chasing president strikes again. Maybe Iran should intervene in the U.S's anti-social activities.
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BBC's John Simpson, a veteran reporter of conflicts:
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
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"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
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John Simpson on wars: ‘Why I've never seen a year like 2025'
It has been a year of multiple major conflicts - and there are geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance
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December 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
BBC's John Simpson, a veteran reporter of conflicts:
"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
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"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the current conflict in his country could escalate into a world war. After nearly 60 years of observing conflict, I've got a nasty feeling he's right."
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Can you imagine some ordinary person demanding an 'immediate release' just because they felt they ought to have less punishment? No, because it wouldn't be taken seriously! And most don't have the means for it.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs files appeal asking for his immediate release
Combs argues his sentence was improperly decided and asked that his conviction also be thrown out.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Can you imagine some ordinary person demanding an 'immediate release' just because they felt they ought to have less punishment? No, because it wouldn't be taken seriously! And most don't have the means for it.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I haven't bought a new pair of jeans since 1994. My last 25 pairs of jeans were 2nd-hand.
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I haven't bought a new pair of jeans since 1994. My last 25 pairs of jeans were 2nd-hand.
December 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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It's just satire....Would it be???
December 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's just satire....Would it be???
The only thing he has ever made is a nuisance of himself.
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The only thing he has ever made is a nuisance of himself.
Mark Rutte: "Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies," ... "We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured."
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We must prepare for war with Russia, says Nato chief in stark new warning
Russian could attack Nato within five years, Mark Rutte said, warning allies to start ramping up preparations
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December 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Mark Rutte: "Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies," ... "We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured."
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Baa haa haa! 😆
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Baa haa haa! 😆
Needs state-funded security for protection to feel 'safe' visiting the UK, but somehow lives perfectly well in California without it (or at his own cost). Get lost you freeloader.
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Prince Harry's security in UK under government review
It comes after he lost a legal case to have his police protection reinstated when visiting the UK.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Needs state-funded security for protection to feel 'safe' visiting the UK, but somehow lives perfectly well in California without it (or at his own cost). Get lost you freeloader.
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Very Trump-like.
"The president ...promised to increase tariffs in the "very near future," unless Beijing takes steps to reduce the widening trade deficit between Europe and China. The French president also called on Chinese companies to establish themselves in Europe."
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"The president ...promised to increase tariffs in the "very near future," unless Beijing takes steps to reduce the widening trade deficit between Europe and China. The French president also called on Chinese companies to establish themselves in Europe."
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Emmanuel Macron menace la Chine de droits de douane sur ses produits
Tout juste rentré de Chine, Emmanuel Macron menace Pékin de droits de douane. Dans une interview aux Échos ce dimanche 7 décembre, le président hausse le ton et promet d'augmenter les tarifs douaniers...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Very Trump-like.
"The president ...promised to increase tariffs in the "very near future," unless Beijing takes steps to reduce the widening trade deficit between Europe and China. The French president also called on Chinese companies to establish themselves in Europe."
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"The president ...promised to increase tariffs in the "very near future," unless Beijing takes steps to reduce the widening trade deficit between Europe and China. The French president also called on Chinese companies to establish themselves in Europe."
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Why has Bluesky recently become flooded with disturbed sex fetishists?
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Why has Bluesky recently become flooded with disturbed sex fetishists?
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“Gough Whitlam once feared Australia would become a nation of “toadies and bludgers” trading sovereignty for illusion. That future arrives quietly. It arrives not with invasion, but with permission slips.”
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The Moral Hazard of Being US Deputy-Sheriff
In a secure room in Washington last week, Australian officials watched what the world would soon see. A small Venezuelan fisherman’s tinnie drifts, already incinerated by a first missile. Two survivor...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Gough Whitlam once feared Australia would become a nation of “toadies and bludgers” trading sovereignty for illusion. That future arrives quietly. It arrives not with invasion, but with permission slips.”
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France and now Germany has voted to introduce 'voluntary' military service for 18-19 year-olds. The Dutch governmment has mass-mailed us all a booklet telling people to prepare for possible 'disruptions' citing possibility of 'war' and sabotage. They're winding up to something.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
France and now Germany has voted to introduce 'voluntary' military service for 18-19 year-olds. The Dutch governmment has mass-mailed us all a booklet telling people to prepare for possible 'disruptions' citing possibility of 'war' and sabotage. They're winding up to something.
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Epstein email to Michael Wolff on Trump's 'business model:
"He has no money. when he buys the house. His biz model is putting his name on a real estate development and gets a fee for using his name. The hotel biz is just that. someone else buys the hotel. hoping to make a profit from its operation..
"He has no money. when he buys the house. His biz model is putting his name on a real estate development and gets a fee for using his name. The hotel biz is just that. someone else buys the hotel. hoping to make a profit from its operation..
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Epstein email to Michael Wolff on Trump's 'business model:
"He has no money. when he buys the house. His biz model is putting his name on a real estate development and gets a fee for using his name. The hotel biz is just that. someone else buys the hotel. hoping to make a profit from its operation..
"He has no money. when he buys the house. His biz model is putting his name on a real estate development and gets a fee for using his name. The hotel biz is just that. someone else buys the hotel. hoping to make a profit from its operation..
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If you can, please show up & let your voice be heard tomorrow!✊🏻🌹
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Events for December 2025
Item No. 35 on Tuesday December 2 is a Council vote on the amendment proposed by Councilmember Lee on allowing a 1% additional rent increase for small landlords who own rent-stabilized units. Show up ...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you can, please show up & let your voice be heard tomorrow!✊🏻🌹
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When you understand monetary operations these guys lose all credibility with regard to public finance:
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When you understand monetary operations these guys lose all credibility with regard to public finance:
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“You can almost chart the moral decline of a country in the way its leaders talk.”
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American Madness
By James Moore “America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.” (Frederick Douglass). She died at only age 20, picking up trash for [...]
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December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“You can almost chart the moral decline of a country in the way its leaders talk.”
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"I clearly could not deliver a budget with just £4.2bn of headroom," she said, as that would have been "the lowest surplus any chancellor ever delivered"...
She has no clue, Kuenssberg has no clue, Badenoch has no clue.
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She has no clue, Kuenssberg has no clue, Badenoch has no clue.
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Chancellor says she can be trusted with the UK's finances despite claims she misled the public
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she's not satisfied with the chancellor's denial of lying and called on her to resign.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"I clearly could not deliver a budget with just £4.2bn of headroom," she said, as that would have been "the lowest surplus any chancellor ever delivered"...
She has no clue, Kuenssberg has no clue, Badenoch has no clue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She has no clue, Kuenssberg has no clue, Badenoch has no clue.
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The article itself is bad enough (Badenoch's: 'Chancellor is hiking taxes to 'pay for' welfare..' etc. But the 3,000-odd comments show that a large cross-section fo the public is economically ignorant and has no real clue what is going on.
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Budget 2025 summary: Key points from Rachel Reeves’s speech
Rachel Reeves is delivering her second Budget since Labour’s return to power – here’s what you need to know.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The article itself is bad enough (Badenoch's: 'Chancellor is hiking taxes to 'pay for' welfare..' etc. But the 3,000-odd comments show that a large cross-section fo the public is economically ignorant and has no real clue what is going on.
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.