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28 October 2024 |
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Latest Commentary: Why the Polls are Probably Wrong -- The Lord Mayor of London, not the same as the elected mayor of Londisseport that says Brexit has cost the financial sector, the City of London or just the City in the vernacular, some 40,000 jobs. Some 10,000 of those jobs are now in Dublin. Milan, Paris and Amsterdam also picked up extra positions. This was entirely predictable and predicted by those, including this journal, who believe leaving the EU was the biggest mistake any British government could have taken this millennium. Included in that noble group are 70% of the people who worked in the City at the time of the referendum. It is the result of bad policy badly done. [17 October] Court Orders Giuliani to Surrender Assets -- When a lawyer takes a case for a multi-millionaire, win or lose, that lawyer is going to make some money. That is true unless the rich man in question is Donald Trump. He has a habit of impoverishing everyone he taps for legal services. In the case of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, he pressed the lies of the former president about two election workers in Georgia to such a degree that a federal court found him liable for defaming them. He claimed they had committed electoral fraud, and he was not only wrong but he was wrong loudly and publicly. And he knew it. So, yesterday a federal court gave him 7 days to hand over his valuable assets, including his Manhattan penthouse apartment. [23 October] UK Releases Prisoners Early, No More Room -- Prime Minister Keir Starmer is taking some heat for his decision to release some convicted prisoners early because there is not enough room in the prisons in Britain. A spokesman for Number 10 Downing Street noted that the PM is as angry as the public about this. The problem is not unique to the UK. Many countries, including the US, have too many people in prison. Either there are too few prison or too many people sentenced to prison, or a combination of both. Any solution requires an examination of the entire criminal court and penal systems done without an ideological ax that would need grinding. That almost certainly will not happen.[22 October] Cuban Electrical Grid Fails, Hurricane Approaches -- The Cuban electrical grid failed on Firday, and the government has struggled to get it up and running again. Indeed, they have seen the grid collapse four times in as many days. As of this morning, Havana was about half restored, while the rest of the country did not have enough power to report on the situation with any accuracy. Not even the government of Texas is this inept (but it is close). A tropical island that is not run on solar, wind and tidal is the result of poor policy. The Cuban government has, yet again, failed the people for whom it allegedly fought the revolution (long enough ago that the revolution qualifies for a pension). Marxism always ends like this, in failure and suffering due to bad planning and poor execution. [21 October] IDF Kills Hamas Boss -- Yahya Sinwar was the head of Hamas. The Israeli Defense Forces killed him in combat on Wednesday in a small gun fight. The members of the 828th Bislamach Brigade who were on patrol and fired the killing shots did not realize they had killed the enemy's top dog until dental and DNA records were checked. The Israelis had this because Mr. Sinwar had been in Israeli prison for 22 years. With his passing, some see an opportunity to deliver a cease-fire, free the hostages and start building a new relationship between Gaza and Israel. While this journal sheds no tears for the late terrorist, one should not believe his removal from the chess board changes the overall picture. Iran will pick a new leader, and on the fighting shall go. [18 October] © Copyright 2024 by The Kensington Review, Jeff Myhre, PhD, Editor. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent. Produced using Ubuntu Linux.
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