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I’ve mentioned this podcast with Steve Patterson and Bret Weinstein before, but I wanted to mention a few more points that come up. Fortunately, they spend barely a minute on Ivermectin. Weinstein says that clinicians who are saving patients using Ivermectin should not have their evidence over-ruled by randomized controlled trials. I do not find him persuasive on that point. But don’t give up just because he said one thing that you or I think is wrong.

Delegates to the Bretton Woods Conference, 1944. Source: History Today. Zoltan Poszar’s recent research note on the emergence of “Bretton Woods III” has attracted a considerbale amount of attention for a short, technical research note, but the fuss is understandable: Poszar, Credit Suisse’s head of short-term interest rate strategy, is an authority, and his argument, which he makes succinctly, is eye-catching – and particularly appealing to anyone with a commitment to cryptocurrency, for which Poszar predicts a potentially bright future.

Earlier this week two 16-year olds were found guilty of the ‘senseless’ murder of Brianna Ghey – a teenage transgender girl who was stabbed 28 times in broad daylight in a park in Warrington.   Everything about the case is shocking. Including the fact that one of the killers – ‘Girl X’ – watched torture videos on the dark net. It’s rumoured she accessed so-called ‘red rooms’, which are live streams of people being tortured or murdered.

Joseph Zieler was sentenced to death earlier this year under Florida’s 2023 capital sentencing statute following the jury’s non-unanimous recommendation for death by a vote of 10-2. His case is the first to reach the Florida Supreme Court on direct appeal from a sentence of death imposed under the new statute. (The other petitions pending at the Court that TFDP has discussed in depth have been filed in a different procedural posture—before a sentence of death has been imposed.

“A big part of Black America died when Soul Train went off the air.” Diamond-Michael Scott Do you remember Soul Train, a badass American television show from back in the day that showcased incredible Black musicians and dancers. It aired nationwide from 1971 to 2006 and holds the record for being one of the longest-running syndicated programs in U.S. television history. Soul Train was the brainchild of Don Cornelius, a former DJ from the Chicago area.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is generally pretty good advice when it comes to cocktails. Once you figure out a great recipe for a drink, you can usually stick with it, making the same excellent cocktail over and over again. But sometimes the drink will change anyway, even if you’re not doing anything different. Which brings us to the Corpse Reviver… ncG1vNJzZmibn5i4ta3IpaqwoaSdwLawxKukmqZeqMKjv9OamqRmk6S6cLyOm6mippeeu6h506GcZpufp720sYyrnK%2Bhppq%2FbrrOZmk%3D

Jim Morrison. Marilyn Monroe. John Lennon. Jimi Hendrix. Whitney Houston. Elvis Presley. Brittany Murphy. Kurt Cobain. Michael Jackson. There have been plenty of entertainment icons who led puzzling lives that ended with mysterious deaths; in some cases, a small number of obsessives claimed the celebrities were still alive. Dead or alive, those celebrities were shuffled off the stage and out of the limelight, leaving the public to linger on their former images and artistic output.

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.I was not aware that August 19th was the 20-year anniversary of the seminal Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning buddy comedy Uptown Girls (2003) until Vogue posted this photo on Instagram.  So rapt was I by this image, I watched the entire film on television with ads!  I was watching it in a bit of a morbid haze. W… ncG1vNJzZmibnJa%2FrLnOqKmeZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe8GroK2skaPGbrnUq6ehsQ%3D%3D

One of the topics I receive the most queries about is ‘brocanting’ in Paris. Brocante is an all encompassing word for flea market, junk store, jumble sale or antiques dealer, and Paris has them all. Below is a roundup on what they are, where to find them, my top tips and how to get it all home. First things first, you need to know the lingo: Vide-grenier literally translates to ‘empty the attic’ and refers to a temporary open-air sale, a mix of total junk with some hidden gems.