january 2003 it was time for the state of the union address. republican president george w. bush was in office and he was about to launch the disastrous war in iraq. that was the state of the union address where he said that made-up thing about saddam hussein getting uranium from africa, which was total horse hockey. but he said it. that s what that speech is remembered for. but this also happened that same night in that same speech. today on the continent of africa, nearly 30 million people have the aids virus, including 3 million children under the age of 15. there are whole countries in africa where more than 1/3 of the adult population carries the infection. more than 4 million require immediate drug treatment. yet across that continent, only 50,000 aids victims, only 50,000 are receiving the medicine they
million children under the age of 15. there are whole countries in africa where more than 1/3 of the adult population carries the infection. more than 4 million require immediate drug treatment. yet across that continent only 50,000 aids victims. only 50,000 are receiving the medicine they need. tonight i propose the emergency plan for aids relief. a work of mercy beyond all current international efforts to help the people of africa. president george w. bush, state of the union 2003. he s remembered for the iraq war he set in motion in that same speech. he s remembered for a lot of other really terrible things about his administration. but that other thing he announced, that is something different, something it is worth learning about now and reminding ourselves about now, given of course the new pandemic that we re in. journalist emily bass has written about this in her new book to end a plague. she says this with a scant handful of sentences bush
The style lessons we can all learn from the Duchess of Cambridge
She may be a future queen, but we can all take notes from Kate s fashion evolution over the past decade
28 April 2021 • 5:00am
10 years of the Duchess of Cambridge s style
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Yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in County Durham in two variations of a style of dressing - Glossy Rural - that she’s made her own. The latest picture shows the Duchess at the Cheesy Waffles Project, a charity working with young people with special needs, in Barbour’s Longshore Quilted jacket (a rewear of course) and a pair of See by Chloe combat ankle boots (ditto).
this is thick. it s quite a thick report. what do you make of the fact that we re now finding out how extensive the tax dodging was? can you hear me, snerk. ye eric? i was going to say, this would have been helpful in 2016. there was aggressive reporting on the trump fraud of his charities and business but it seemed for every tough story about trump the press had to do an equally tough story on clinton, pretending that her speeches were dubious, the clinton that were sending inexpensive drugs to aids victims in africa was a fraud. the press was committed to showing them both as frauds. if he couldn t tell the truth, neither could she. well, it turns out we know that isn t true and trump, you know, the foundation was basically a ponzi scheme and we know that he
will be in love with night. aretha had the power to make the film directors cry. it was deep and profound. she got sick. we talked more and more. she called late at night. are you coming? yes. you bringing bread? i m not bringing bread. not going to bother. inside joke. we went to four or five hospitals. to cap off singing and service, she went to new york knowing she had cancer. she was there in the bus to help aids victims. that is a signature moment in her life, all the times she was seen in her own situation, yet