‘Passaram 2 anos falando bobagem’, diz Lula sobre ‘caixa-preta’ do BNDES
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On Mid-20th-century Manufacturing Jobs
Tweet I’m sick of the nostalgia for the manufacturing jobs of the past. This nostalgia is borne, not of actual memories of that past, but of utter ignorance of it. Nearly every adult male in my family when I was growing up worked in a job classified as manufacturing or construction – and the lifetime experience wasn’t especially elevating. These men worked with their hands. They wore thick denim, along with steel-toed boots, even in the blistering gulf-coast […]
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May Pope Francis Rest in Peace. And May Peace Return to Mother Church.
Not even months into his new pontificate, Pope Francis declared, to a group of young people in Paraguay, “Go out and make a mess.” A puzzling remark from the Successor of St. Peter. As the years of his papacy went on, we witnessed what he meant. Year after year, he kept his promise. And the Church descended into an unprecedented chaos. Recall St. Augustine’s classic definition of peace: the tranquillitas ordinis (the tranquility of order). During Pope Francis’ reign, there was […]
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Trump Administration To Restart Collections on Defaulted Student Loans
On April 21, the Department of Education announced that it would resume collections on defaulted federal student loans, making a clear break from student loan policy under President Joe Biden, who consistently worked to forgive or pause federal student loan payments even as he faced legal defeat. “American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a press release. “The Biden Administration misled borrowers: […]
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250 Years Ago, on April 19, 1775, the American Revolution Began
The Road from Runnymede This exceptional film traces the development of Anglo-American Political Institutions, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, from Magna Carta through the American Constitution. The American Revolution, by Charles Burris Modern Historians Confront the American Revolution, by Murray N. Rothbard The Origins of American Politics, by Bernard Bailyn The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, by Bernard Bailyn The Central Themes of the American Revolution: An Interpretation, by Bernard Bailyn Conceived in Liberty […]
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Tiger attacked a dog
An Amur tiger attacked a domestic pet in the Ussuri district, in the village of Kuguki. CCTV cameras recorded how the predator persistently tried to get the dog out of the kennel. In the end, everything ended sadly, and the dog was dragged into the forest. An Amur tiger attacked a domestic pet in the Ussuri district, in the village of Kuguki. CCTV cameras recorded how the predator persistently tried to get the dog out of the kennel. […]
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