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The Internet Is All Hilariously Thinking The Same Thing About The Possible Sabrina Carpenter And Barry Keoghan Breakup - BuzzFeedBut alongside his stark warning of the threats facing Britain and its allies, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said there would be only a “remote chance” Russia would directly attack or invade the UK if the two countries were at war. The Chief of the Defence Staff laid out the landscape of British defence in a wide-ranging speech, after a minister warned the Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict. The admiral cast doubt on the possibility as he gave a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) defence think tank in London. He told the audience Britain needed to be “clear-eyed in our assessment” of the threats it faces, adding: “That includes recognising that there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the United Kingdom, and that’s the same for the whole of Nato.” Moscow “knows the response will be overwhelming”, he added, but warned the nuclear deterrent needed to be “kept strong and strengthened”. Sir Tony added: “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age, which is altogether more complex. It is defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.” He listed the “wild threats of tactical nuclear use” by Russia, China building up its weapon stocks, Iran’s failure to co-operate with a nuclear deal, and North Korea’s “erratic behaviour” among the threats faced by the West. But Sir Tony said the UK’s nuclear arsenal is “the one part of our inventory of which Russia is most aware and has more impact on (President Vladimir) Putin than anything else”. Successive British governments had invested “substantial sums of money” in renewing nuclear submarines and warheads because of this, he added. The admiral described the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers on Ukraine’s border alongside Russian forces as the year’s “most extraordinary development”. He also signalled further deployments were possible, speaking of “tens of thousands more to follow as part of a new security pact with Russia”. Defence minister Alistair Carns earlier said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months. He said it illustrated the need to “generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis”. In comments reported by Sky News, Mr Carns, a former Royal Marines colonel, said Russia was suffering losses of around 1,500 soldiers killed or injured a day. “In a war of scale – not a limited intervention, but one similar to Ukraine – our Army for example, on the current casualty rates, would be expended – as part of a broader multinational coalition – in six months to a year,” Mr Carns said in a speech at Rusi. He added: “That doesn’t mean we need a bigger Army, but it does mean you need to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis.” Official figures show the Army had 109,245 personnel on October 1, including 25,814 volunteer reservists. Mr Carns, the minister for veterans and people, said the UK needed to “catch up with Nato allies” to place greater emphasis on the reserves. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Defence Secretary John Healey had previously spoken about “the state of the armed forces that were inherited from the previous government”. The spokesman said: “It’s why the Budget invested billions of pounds into defence, it’s why we’re undertaking a strategic defence review to ensure that we have the capabilities and the investment needed to defend this country.”
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Red Bluff beats Foothill 21-10, will play for first section title in 25 yearsDec. 6 Thanks to Catherine McKenna, Canada’s former minister of the environment and climate change, for speaking the truth about disinformation spread by the oil and gas sector, and for the Star in making us aware of their attempts to deceive the public. The onus is now on us to hold them accountable. Finally, Catherine McKenna realizes her naivety in thinking the government could manage the Alberta tarsands and work effectively towards clean energy. Her naive faith in the oil industry is one big tragedy for Canada as carbon emissions increase and wildfires, floods and extreme weather continue to escalate. What will it take for governments in Canada and across the globe to come to the same realization before it’s too late? And “later” is already too late. I think environmentalists should have used a more direct route to cutting off oil supply rather than simply encouraging the fossil fuel industry to reduce production. The way to force change is the same one used by the shipping industry when they made a transition from wooden sailing ships to iron-hulled crafts powered by steam engines. You have to more than “suggest” a switch to renewables like wind and solar power, even hydrogen. The public must get behind the technology investment showing leadership for this technology. This carbon emergency is too critical for life itself to be substituted. These renewables are cleaner and can be cheaper, too. Some parties for clean change could include the environmental groups, renewable companies and the general public all led by a government initiative selling marketable investment funds. The fossil fuel capitalists can’t be depended on for anything but self-interest. The world needs to invest in clean energy as a global community. Kudos to Catherine McKenna for laying bare the lies that the Canadian fossil fuel industry has been telling us for years, in their advertising on TV, radio, newspapers, social media, billboards, and on TTC vehicles. Their goal: to make billions in profits for their shareholders and CEO’s, before they no longer can. The result: “a deadly and unsustainable future” for our children; polluted tailing ponds, and leaking, abandoned and orphaned oil wells that the public will have to pay billions to clean up; and a lost opportunity to transition Canada sooner to a cheaper, cleaner renewable energy economy. Canadians, open your eyes to what is really going on, and tell your elected representatives to take urgent and drastic climate action now. Later is too late.WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Many little girls venture to New York City around the holidays and get wide-eyed when they walk up to Radio City Music Hall. Some dream of being in the kickline alongside the dozens of Rockettes in sparkling and festive costumes. It only becomes a reality for very few talented, lucky dancers. Gracie Epperson saw the show as a young girl and, having taken dance classes starting at the age of 3, felt called to perform in the show someday. "I just fell in love with it, like I want to do that, I need to do that," Epperson said. "I want the sparkly costumes; I need to kick." She worked diligently through her teen years, participating in competition dance through In Motion Dance Studio in Winston-Salem. "You just wanted to watch her dance," studio owner Michelle Nicholson said. "You knew she was going to be something special." At the age of 18, Epperson moved to New York City with her sights set on Radio City Music Hall. It took six years of auditions and workshops before she finally got the call that she was going to be a Rockette. 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She also highlighted new technology being used this year. Her family and some friends have already gone to see her perform. "It was a lot of tears," she said. "I think we were all kind of just speechless, just happy for me. It was just so magical to know they were getting to see all the hard work finally pay off at that level at Radio City Music Hall. They were just proud of me." Nicholson said it has been fun to tell her youngest dancers about Epperson's roots in their Winston-Salem dance studio. Some of them have gone to New York City this year just to see her perform and come back giddy and hopeful to be like her someday. The last time Nicholson saw the Christmas Spectacular show was with Epperson when she was still in high school and aspiring to become a Rockette herself. This week, Nicholson will be back in the crowd, watching Epperson on stage this time. "I've known many other Rockettes but never have trained one before," Nicholson said. 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Koh's names a new chief executive; stalled Ga. EV plant scores an 11th-hour gov't loanPublished 6:07 pm Saturday, December 14, 2024 By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.V. (AP) — Marshall has withdrawn from the Independence Bowl after a coaching change resulted in much of its roster jumping into the transfer portal. The Thundering Herd were slated to play Army on Dec. 28 in Shreveport, Louisiana. But the Independence Bowl and Louisiana Tech announced on Saturday that the Bulldogs will take on the 19th-ranked Black Knights instead. Marshall said it pulled out “after falling below the roster minimum that was deemed medically safe.” The Herd (10-3) beat Louisiana-Lafayette 31-3 last weekend to win the Sun Belt Conference Championship for the first time. The program has won seven games in a row in the same season for the first time since 2020. “We apologize for the nature and timing of this announcement and for the turmoil it has brought to bowl season preparations for Army, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, the American Athletic Conference and ESPN,” Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill said in a statement. Coach Charles Huff left Marshall for Southern Miss last Sunday, and Tony Gibson, the defensive coordinator at North Carolina State, was announced as his replacement less than an hour later. By Thursday, at least 25 Marshall players had entered the transfer portal. Gibson held a meeting shortly after arriving on campus in Huntington to introduce himself to the team. He followed that up with phone calls, text messages and more meetings Friday and Saturday. “Any time coaches leave to take other jobs, it is emotional,” Gibson said at a news conference Thursday. “And kids that are 18-to-22 years old are going to make emotional decisions instead of just breathing for a day or two.” It’s the first bowl for Louisiana Tech (5-7) since 2020. The Bulldogs have won two of their last three games, but they haven’t played since a 33-0 victory over Kennesaw State on Nov. 30. “We are excited to accept the opportunity to play in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl against a fantastic and storied program as Army,” Louisiana Tech athletic director Ryan Ivey said in a release. “I believe our football program is moving toward positive structure and the opportunity to play in this bowl adds to that momentum. We are looking forward to being in Shreveport for this matchup.”
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Jonah Goldberg Among elites across the ideological spectrum, there's one point of unifying agreement: Americans are bitterly divided. What if that's wrong? What if elites are the ones who are bitterly divided while most Americans are fairly unified? History rarely lines up perfectly with the calendar (the "sixties" didn't really start until the decade was almost over). But politically, the 21st century neatly began in 2000, when the election ended in a tie and the color coding of electoral maps became enshrined as a kind of permanent tribal color war of "red vs. blue." Elite understanding of politics has been stuck in this framework ever since. Politicians and voters have leaned into this alleged political reality, making it seem all the more real in the process. I loathe the phrase "perception is reality," but in politics it has the reifying power of self-fulfilling prophecy. Like rival noble families in medieval Europe, elites have been vying for power and dominance on the arrogant assumption that their subjects share their concern for who rules rather than what the rulers can deliver. Political cartoonists from across country draw up something special for the holiday In 2018, the group More in Common published a massive report on the "hidden tribes" of American politics. The wealthiest and whitest groups were "devoted conservatives" (6%) and "progressive activists" (8%). These tribes dominate the media, the parties and higher education, and they dictate the competing narratives of red vs. blue, particularly on cable news and social media. Meanwhile, the overwhelming majority of Americans resided in, or were adjacent to, the "exhausted majority." These people, however, "have no narrative," as David Brooks wrote at the time. "They have no coherent philosophic worldview to organize their thinking and compel action." Lacking a narrative might seem like a very postmodern problem, but in a postmodern elite culture, postmodern problems are real problems. It's worth noting that red vs. blue America didn't emerge ex nihilo. The 1990s were a time when the economy and government seemed to be working, at home and abroad. As a result, elites leaned into the narcissism of small differences to gain political and cultural advantage. They remain obsessed with competing, often apocalyptic, narratives. That leaves out most Americans. The gladiatorial combatants of cable news, editorial pages and academia, and their superfan spectators, can afford these fights. Members of the exhausted majority are more interested in mere competence. I think that's the hidden unity elites are missing. This is why we keep throwing incumbent parties out of power: They get elected promising competence but get derailed -- or seduced -- by fan service to, or trolling of, the elites who dominate the national conversation. There's a difference between competence and expertise. One of the most profound political changes in recent years has been the separation of notions of credentialed expertise from real-world competence. This isn't a new theme in American life, but the pandemic and the lurch toward identity politics amplified distrust of experts in unprecedented ways. This is a particular problem for the left because it is far more invested in credentialism than the right. Indeed, some progressives are suddenly realizing they invested too much in the authority of experts and too little in the ability of experts to provide what people want from government, such as affordable housing, decent education and low crime. The New York Times' Ezra Klein says he's tired of defending the authority of government institutions. Rather, "I want them to work." One of the reasons progressives find Trump so offensive is his absolute inability to speak the language of expertise -- which is full of coded elite shibboleths. But Trump veritably shouts the language of competence. I don't mean he is actually competent at governing. But he is effectively blunt about calling leaders, experts and elites -- of both parties -- stupid, ineffective, weak and incompetent. He lost in 2020 because voters didn't believe he was actually good at governing. He won in 2024 because the exhausted majority concluded the Biden administration was bad at it. Nostalgia for the low-inflation pre-pandemic economy was enough to convince voters that Trumpian drama is the tolerable price to pay for a good economy. About 3 out of 4 Americans who experienced "severe hardship" because of inflation voted for Trump. 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Steve Lynch, who was appointed as Cayuga County manager on Feb. 29, is retiring after nine months in that role and 18 years with the county. Cayuga County Legislature Chairwoman Aileen McNabb-Coleman told The Citizen Tuesday that Lynch announced his retirement Thursday, Nov. 21. It is effective Dec. 27. Citing a personnel matter, McNabb-Coleman could not provide further comment on Lynch's decision to retire. Lynch did not respond to The Citizen's request for comment. Lynch was the longtime director of the county's Department of Planning and Economic Development prior to being elevated to county manager in March. His salary was $140,000. McNabb-Coleman announced in February that Lynch would be appointed county manager. The county did not have an administrator for five years — J. Justin Woods was the last to hold that position — but McNabb-Coleman believed it was necessary to have someone else focus on day-to-day operations. Until Lynch's appointment, the county Legislature chair oversaw operations. McNabb-Coleman handled those responsibilities during her first stint as chair in 2020-21. Former Chairman David Gould served as acting administrator from 2022 through 2023. When McNabb-Coleman returned as chair, she wanted to focus on policy. She believes it's important to have a full-time administrator who oversees county operations. Although Lynch will remain on the payroll for the next month, he won't be working. McNabb-Coleman said she and the county operations officer, Shereen Androsko, will take on the manager's duties. "We'll do the best we can until the Legislature can come together and make a decision about next steps," McNabb-Coleman added. Lynch's retirement was announced during the annual county budget process . McNabb-Coleman proposed a $192 million budget for 2025 that includes nearly two dozen job cuts and a 4% property tax levy increase. The tentative budget contains $555,832 for the county manager's office, up from $279,855 in this year's budget. Most of that increase is for salary and benefits. McNabb-Coleman encouraged the county Legislature to keep the funding in the budget. "We are in the middle of a crisis," she said. "If we have ever needed a county manager, it is now. There are a lot of moving parts and a lot of things to keep track of. We definitely need somebody to come in and direct the response to this crisis." For the county, that crisis has multiple parts. It began the year with a damaged roof on the county office building. Four months later, the building was closed after asbestos-containing vermiculite was found throughout the interior of the structure. It will remain closed for up to two years. Amid the building closure and departments being relocated, the county has been dealing with a budget crunch that's required the Legislature to use millions from its fund balance. The proposed job cuts are part of the response to the ongoing fiscal situation. Government reporter Robert Harding can be reached at (315) 282-2220 or robert.harding@lee.net . Follow him on Twitter @robertharding. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Online producer/politics reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.
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Britain’s economy is stagnating, new figures have shown amid warnings that tax rises in Rachel Reeves’s budget are damaging business confidence. A major survey of businesses found that private sector activity fell to a 13-month low in November as companies cut back on hiring and investment. Economists said that businesses had given a “thumbs down” to Reeves’s budget, particularly her decision to increase employers’ national insurance to raise £25 billion to balance the books and fund public spending. Some of Britain’s biggest retailers have warned that the increase in national insurance will lead to job cuts, price rises and shop closures . Official forecasts suggest that the tax rises will stymie economic growth over the next five years. After the release of the new economic data the pound dropped to its lowest level against the dollar since May and banking stocks also fell.
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