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Jimmy Carter, the United States’ longest-lived president, was never afraid of speaking his mind. Forthright and fearless, the Nobel Prize winner took pot-shots at former prime minister Tony Blair and ex-US president George W Bush among others. His death came after repeated bouts of illness in which images of the increasingly frail former president failed to erase memories of his fierce spirit. Democrat James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr swept to power in 1977 with his Trust Me campaign helping to beat Republican president Gerald Ford. Serving as 39th US president from 1977 to 1981, he sought to make government “competent and compassionate” but was ousted by the unstoppable Hollywood appeal of a certain Ronald Reagan. A skilled sportsman, Mr Carter left his home of Plains, Georgia, to join the US Navy, returning later to run his family’s peanut business. A stint in the Georgia senate lit the touchpaper on his political career and he rose to the top of the Democratic movement. But he will also be remembered for a bizarre encounter with a deeply disgruntled opponent. The president was enjoying a relaxing fishing trip near his home town in 1979 when his craft was attacked by a furious swamp rabbit which reportedly swam up to the boat hissing wildly. The press had a field day, with one paper bearing the headline President Attacked By Rabbit. Away from encounters with belligerent bunnies, Mr Carter’s willingness to address politically uncomfortable topics did not diminish with age. He recently said that he would be willing to travel to North Korea for peace talks on behalf of US President Donald Trump. He also famously mounted a ferocious and personal attack on Tony Blair over the Iraq war, weeks before the prime minister left office in June 2007. Mr Carter, who had already denounced George W Bush’s presidency as “the worst in history”, used an interview on BBC radio to condemn Mr Blair for his tight relations with Mr Bush, particularly concerning the Iraq War. Asked how he would characterise Mr Blair’s relationship with Mr Bush, Mr Carter replied: “Abominable. Loyal, blind, apparently subservient. “I think that the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.” Mr Carter was also voluble over the Rhodesia crisis, which was about to end during his presidency. His support for Robert Mugabe at the time generated widespread criticism. He was said to have ignored the warnings of many prominent Zimbabweans, black and white, about what sort of leader Mugabe would be. This was seen by Mr Carter’s critics as “deserving a prominent place among the outrages of the Carter years”. Mr Carter has since said he and his administration had spent more effort and worry on Rhodesia than on the Middle East. He admitted he had supported two revolutionaries in Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, and with hindsight said later that Mugabe had been “a good leader gone bad”, having at first been “a very enlightened president”. One US commentator wrote: “History will not look kindly on those in the West who insisted on bringing the avowed Marxist Mugabe into the government. “In particular, the Jimmy Carter foreign policy... bears some responsibility for the fate of a small African country with scant connection to American national interests.” In recent years Mr Carter developed a reputation as an international peace negotiator. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his commitment to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, his work with human rights and democracy initiatives, and his promotion of economic and social programmes. Mr Carter was dispatched to North Korea in August 2008 to secure the release of US citizen Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who had been sentenced to eight years of hard labour after being found guilty of illegally entering North Korea. He successfully secured the release of Mr Gomes. In 2010 he returned to the White House to greet President Barack Obama and discuss international affairs amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Proving politics runs in the family, in 2013 his grandson Jason, a state senator, announced his bid to become governor in Georgia, where his famous grandfather governed before becoming president. He eventually lost to incumbent Republican Nathan Deal. Fears that Mr Carter’s health was deteriorating were sparked in 2015 when he cut short an election observation visit in Guyana because he was “not feeling well”. It would have been Mr Carter’s 39th trip to personally observe an international election. Three months later, on August 12, he revealed he had cancer which had been diagnosed after he underwent surgery to remove a small mass in his liver. Mr Obama was among the well-wishers hoping for Mr Carter’s full recovery after it was confirmed the cancer had spread widely. Melanoma had been found in his brain and liver, and Mr Carter underwent immunotherapy and radiation therapy, before announcing in March the following year that he no longer needed any treatment. In 2017, Mr Carter was taken to hospital as a precaution, after he became dehydrated at a home-building project in Canada. He was admitted to hospital on multiple occasions in 2019 having had a series of falls, suffering a brain bleed and a broken pelvis, as well as a stint to be treated for a urinary tract infection. Mr Carter spent much of the coronavirus pandemic largely at his home in Georgia, and did not attend Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in 2021, but extended his “best wishes”. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Mr Carter during his term as US president, died in November 2023. She had been living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Mr Carter said in a statement following her death. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”
For leftist SYRIZA, the real challenge now lies ahead. We don’t mean the likelihood of more MPs defecting from its parliamentary group or the fact that the ill-mannered Pavlos Polakis came second in Sunday’s party leadership race with a stunning 43% that established him as the de facto voice of the opposition within the party. The challenges that lie ahead go a long way back. What’s left of SYRIZA will have to confront the past of a party that had its moment in the sun – in whichever way that was – and the fundamental questions that challenge the left globally. Who are they? Where are they headed? What is their message? How do they address the core contradictions that led the movement to disrepute and the party to such fragmentation? Self-criticism is the first thing that is required, for both tactical and essential reasons. Any initiative to bring the country’s “progressive forces” together, as SYRIZA has been touting for years, demands that it first heal the wounds it inflicted. There are many in center-left PASOK who will not soon forget how they were slandered and attacked – literally, too – by the clamorous hordes of SYRIZA when the leftists finally got their turn at the helm of government. The essential reasons are more important. There are many in SYRIZA who pine for those times of sheer audacity that led to the party’s pyrrhic victory in 2015 – hence Polakis’ 43%. But hooligan tactics do not build solid foundations or formulate propositions that can stand the test of time. Political parties need to develop deep roots in society instead of tapping into its most base and fickle instincts. Beyond the challenges it faces in Greece, the left is also in very poor shape globally. It is almost impressive how badly it’s doing, given that capitalism is coming under such serious fire. Workers everywhere are expressing their opposition to the system that is making them poorer by voting for the far-right. The left’s decline is bolstering its rivals, like Donald Trump, and empowering the representatives of big capital, like Elon Musk. Worldwide, the left is starting to look outdated or at least disconnected from society’s concerns and hopes, and, above all, from the social classes it seeks to represent. We obviously don’t expect Sokratis Famellos, as SYRIZA’s new leader, to solve the global problems of the left – we hardly expect him to solve the domestic ones. But we do hope that he initiates a bold dialogue about the problems besetting the left, a dialogue with something more meaningful to propose rather than “out with the Mitsotakis government.” Let’s not forget that it was this kind of thinking which took SYRIZA into what was one of the worst periods of its history – when Stefanos Kasselakis thought he had what it takes to bring down Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Southwest Notes: Pippen, Huff, Wembanyama, Vassell - hoopsrumors.comVice President Kamala Harris took to social media to urge supporters to remain resilient despite her Election Day loss to President-elect Donald Trump. “I just have to remind you, don’t you ever let anybody take your power from you. You have the same power that you did before November 5, and you have the same purpose that you did, and you have the same ability to engage and inspire,” Harris said. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, discussed the election during a conference call with the Democratic Party’s financial committee. It was the first time Harris spoke about the election loss since delivering her concession speech at Howard University three weeks ago. On the call, Harris highlighted the campaign’s fundraising efforts. According to Harris, her campaign raised nearly $1.5 billion during the three-month campaign, with almost 8 million donors contributing an average of $56. “The work that you all did is going to have [a] lasting effect,” she said. “Again, I’ll say you know that the election didn’t turn out like we wanted it to, certainly not as we planned for it to, but understand that the work we put into it was about empowering people. That’s the spirit with [which] we did our work.” In her address, Harris emphasized the importance of building a diverse coalition. “Hard work is good work. Hard work can be joyful work, and in doing our work, we will remain committed and intentional about building community, building coalitions, reminding people that we all have so much more in common than what separates us. We will be armed with the faith and the fuel that tells us what is possible and then drives us to achieve it,” she added. She also thanked top donors for their support. “The outcome of this election, obviously, is not what we wanted. It is not what we worked so hard for, but I am proud of the race we ran, and your role in this was critical,” Harris said. “What we did in 107 days was unprecedented. Think about the coalition that we built.” Leaders of Harris’ campaign have insisted they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy. Speaking on the “Pod Save America” podcast that aired Tuesday, Harris’ leadership team defended strategic decisions made in the campaign’s closing days, some of which have faced scrutiny in the weeks since Trump’s decisive victory. Specifically, they defended Harris’ outreach to Republican voters, her unwillingness to distance herself from President Biden, her silence on Trump’s attacks on her transgender policies, and her inability to schedule an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan. “In a 107-day race, it is very difficult to do all the things you would normally do in a year and a half, two years,” said Harris campaign senior adviser Jen O’Malley Dillon. David Plouffe, another senior adviser, added, “There was a price to be paid for the short campaign.”
Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Savannah Zirbel’s highly-decorated high school swimming career has come to an end. Zirbel went out in style, making a fourth-straight trip to the IHSA Girls Swimming and Diving Finals in Westmont last weekend. She earned four more medals, one of them gold, and broke her own state record for the 100-yard breaststroke in the Athletes with Disabilities division. She finished her career with 16 career state medals, including 11 golds. While she still managed to find success at state to wrap up her career, Zirbel said that the meet was more challenging that in season’s past. This is partially because of the other swimmers and partially because of the high standard Zirbel has set for herself. “This year was a lot harder than years before,” she said. “There was a lot of competition there, and I feel like I knew a lot more people as well. Prior to the state meet, I hadn’t dropped a lot of time, so it was more nerves this time if I was going to be able to make the last records for the school.” Despite this, Zirbel was still able to add another gold medal now added to her collection and prove her prowess in the pool. But with her senior season now over and her full high school career in scope, she said that there were more things she’s proud of than her medals and records. One of Zirbel’s goals was to serve as an inspiration to athletes in similar situations as hers, something that she said was very important to her. “It means a lot to be able to be out there and know that somebody else wants to change something in their lives or go out of their comfort zone, just because they saw that someone else could,” she said. Also, Zirbel said she cherished the time with her teammates over the years and is grateful she was able to grow into a teammate that others could look up to. “I got to bond with my team a lot more and be someone my team could rely on,” she said. “I definitely enjoyed being able to have a connection to what we call a little sister in swim. I loved being able to be somebody that was able to guide someone else into how to be a better athlete and trust themselves a lot more.” The little sister she mentioned, sophomore Mia Ecker, got paired with Zirbel as a part of a program of sorts the team has instrumented where upperclassmen serve as mentors to their younger teammates. Boilermaker girls swimming coach Ashley Porter has coached Zirbel for just the last two seasons. But during that time, Porter said Zerbel has really come into her own as a leader, whether helping out her little sister or just being there for the entire team. “Even just since her junior year she has really grown as a leader,” Porter said. “Not just a leader that is vocal, but a leader who leads by example and supports and encourages alongside her teammates. She encourages and motivates and cheers for her peers. She’s there for them when they’re feeling down. “Even this year it was a little harder for her to get down to those times because she dropped so much time last year. So even when she was having a hard time and was feeling a little bit discouraged, she was there to support her teammates who were going through something similar.” Looking into the future, Zirbel said she hopes swimming continues to play a major part in her life. As she finishes up her senior year of school and looks ahead to college and beyond, being able to compete at the collegiate level and the paralympic adult levels are in her sight. “I really hope to be able to swim on a college team as well as be able to travel around to a lot of the adult events for para swimming,” she said. “Mostly just to get more connections and have a team that’s able to support a different kind of swimmer. It’s difficult to find para teams instead of club teams at the college level.” As Zirbel embarks on the next stages of her life and swimming career, her outstanding high school career will always be something she can look back on with pride.Smart Digital Group Files for 1.5M Share IPO at $4-$6/sh
Bass 2-8 0-0 6, Okon 0-1 0-0 0, Hines 6-13 4-6 19, Knox 3-9 0-3 8, Madlock 7-14 2-4 17, Mack 6-9 0-0 18, Walker 2-7 2-2 8, Simpsom 0-2 0-0 0, Andrews 0-1 0-0 0, Fulcher 1-2 0-0 2, Kaego 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 8-15 78. Harris 2-8 0-0 5, Lyles 1-3 1-2 3, Gray 4-7 2-2 11, T.Johnson 3-10 0-0 8, N.Johnson 7-12 8-8 25, Scott 3-8 0-0 8, Hardman 6-7 1-2 19, Okonkwo 3-5 2-5 8, Young 3-8 4-4 10, Musiime-Kamali 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-69 18-23 97. Halftime_Akron 50-41. 3-Point Goals_Alabama St. 16-33 (Mack 6-9, Hines 3-5, Knox 2-4, Walker 2-4, Bass 2-7, Madlock 1-3, Simpsom 0-1), Akron 15-35 (Hardman 6-7, N.Johnson 3-5, Scott 2-5, T.Johnson 2-6, Gray 1-1, Harris 1-5, Lyles 0-2, Young 0-4). Rebounds_Alabama St. 25 (Madlock 5), Akron 49 (Harris, Okonkwo 10). Assists_Alabama St. 13 (Knox 4), Akron 21 (Harris, Gray, T.Johnson 4). Total Fouls_Alabama St. 19, Akron 15.Kelly Ripa Eviscerates Online Critics Live On-Air
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