I heard about this on the radio and now I'm earwormed by Ultravox!
"Entire Scottish village invited to Austrian capital by tourist board."
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Patrick Hadfield
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This just seems nasty.This just seems nasty. It brings to mind that the Nazis confiscated the property of Jews and others fleeing their regime.
Where's the compassion gone?
"Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/refugees-jewellery-asylum-home-office?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
This obituary pulls no punches.This obituary pulls no punches.
"Trump now walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy, and bloodshed woven by Cheney. An uncharismatic Nixon functionary—someone who might never have risen to power had Texas Senator John Tower not drunk himself out of a Pentagon appointment —decisively shaped the destruction of constitutional governance in 21st-century America."
"His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies."
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-war-on-terror-executive-power/