Democrats seize on Iowa results to campaign on threats posed by Trump | US elections 2024

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  935 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

US elections 2024Democrats seize on Iowa results to campaign on threats posed by TrumpKamala Harris reminds voters of Trump’s role in overturning Roe v Wade as unstated core of campaign is Biden can beat him again Iowa reactions – follow live Top Democrats did not react to Donald Trump’s crushing win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with the dismay that might have been expected. Instead, the victory of the twice-impeached, 91-times criminally charged former president was heralded as an early beginning to the battle for the White House itself. [Read More]

Geraldine McEwan obituary | Theatre

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1345 words  |  Aldo Pusey

TheatreObituaryGeraldine McEwan obituaryA brilliant and fascinating exponent of high comedy and darkest drama Geraldine McEwan, who has died aged 82, could purr like a kitten, snap like a viper and, like Shakespeare’s Bottom, roar you as gently as any sucking dove. She was a brilliant, distinctive and decisive performer whose career incorporated high comedy on the West End stage, Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon, Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre, and a cult television following in EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia (1985-86). [Read More]

Is Henry VIII in hell? | Andrew Brown

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  697 words  |  Valentine Belue

Andrew Brown's blogReligionIs Henry VIII in hell?Rowan Williams wonders whether Henry VIII is in hell now, and talks about the Christian reaction to the triumphs of tyrannyRowan Williams gave a lovely sermon last week, on the Carthusian martyrs, fourteen Catholic monks tortured to death under Henry VIII for their refusal to submit to him after his breach with Rome. He suggested in the course of it that Henry might be in hell now, an unusual proposition for an Archbishop of Canterbury, but one which no fair-minded person will dismiss out of hand. [Read More]

New Orders 30 greatest tracks ranked! | New Order

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1956 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Finding their feet ... Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Gillian Gilbert circa 1982. Photograph: Pictorial Press/AlamyWith the 40th anniversary of their debut single approaching, we rate the band who blend dance and rock like no other by Alexis Petridis30. The Him (1981)You can see why Movement is viewed less as New Order’s debut album than a footnote to Joy Division’s career – that is really what it is – but that doesn’t mean it is not good. [Read More]

Nicolas Cage as The Joker could be a masterstroke or a major mistake | Movies

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  771 words  |  Kary Bruening

Week in geekMoviesNicolas Cage as The Joker could be a masterstroke – or a major mistakeThe very good, or very bad actor, depending on your tastes, has said that he would like to play Batman’s nemesis. Will the studios take the bait? If there were ever a Marmite actor, dividing opinion equally between those who believe he is a maverick genius and those who see him as a giant ham, it is Nicolas Cage. [Read More]

Reprehensible: fury as Oklahoma governor backs cockfighting group | Republicans

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  579 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Republicans This article is more than 2 months old‘Reprehensible’: fury as Oklahoma governor backs cockfighting groupThis article is more than 2 months oldRepublican Kevin Stitt denounced as an ‘embarrassment’ for recording video in support of Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission The Oklahoma governor, Kevin Stitt, has been soundly denounced by animal rights activists after making a video in support of a cockfighting organization. Stitt made a video in support of the annual meeting for the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, a group that has been working to reduce penalties for cockfighting in the state. [Read More]

Yes, banning no-fault evictions is a good start. But renters are still at the mercy of rogue landlor

 Posted on June 9, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  835 words  |  Valentine Belue

OpinionRenting property This article is more than 8 months oldYes, banning no-fault evictions is a good start. But renters are still at the mercy of rogue landlordsThis article is more than 8 months oldDan Wilson CrawThe renters reform bill is long overdue – but until the rules are enforceable the odds remain stacked against renters Dan Wilson Craw is the acting director of Generation RentAnyone who has been looking for a new home to rent knows the market is brutal. [Read More]

Bloomingdales apologizes for apparent date rape joke in holiday catalog ad | Advertising

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  339 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Advertising This article is more than 8 years oldBloomingdale’s apologizes for apparent date rape joke in holiday catalog adThis article is more than 8 years oldAn advertisement which read ‘Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking’ sparked outrage online, prompting the department store chain’s apology Bloomingdale’s has apologized for an advertisement in its recent holiday catalog that appears to make light of date rape. “Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking,” reads the ad copy, which surfaced on Imgur this week. [Read More]

Far right, misogynist, humourless? Why Nietzsche is misunderstood

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1690 words  |  Kary Bruening

Philosophy booksThe German philosopher has been adopted by the alt-right, but he hated antisemitism. He has been misappropriated and misread, argues his biographer Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin are the great triumvirate of 19th-century thinkers whose ideas still have huge impact today. Nietzsche was philosophy’s supreme iconoclast; his sayings include “God is dead” and “There are no facts, only interpretations”. Highly relevant, yet his association with concepts such as the Übermensch, master morality, slave morality and, possibly most dangerous, the will to power, have also contributed to him being widely misinterpreted. [Read More]

The 10 best movie manhunts | Film

 Posted on June 8, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1136 words  |  Kary Bruening

The 10 best movie manhunts Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As the Osama bin Laden pursuit movie Zero Dark Thirty joins the chase for Oscars, we recall other runaway successes, from the 1935 version of Les Misérables to North by Northwest Philip French Sat 19 Jan 2013 11.00 EST First published on Sat 19 Jan 2013 11.00 EST The Great Train RobberyEdwin S Porter, 1903Set in the wild west, filmed across the Hudson river from New York, this landmark in narrative cinema begins in a railroad station with robbers overpowering the wireless operator, followed by the violent and bloody hijacking of a train. [Read More]