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Brilliant Performance by Classical Guitarist Stephanie Jones: Distilling The Spirit Of Classical Guitar

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus6/09/2024 5:46:42 pm PDT

In other doomerish news:

Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz

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Sensing a threat from the far right, the Christian Democrats of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had already shifted further to the right on migration and climate ahead of the elections — and were rewarded by remaining by far the biggest group in the 720-seat European Parliament and de-facto brokers of the ever expanding powers of the legislature.

Undoubtedly however, the star on a stunning electoral night was the National Rally party of Marine Le Pen, dominated the French polls to such an extent that Macron immediately dissolved the national parliament and called for new elections. It was a massive political risk since his party could suffer more losses, hobbling the rest of his presidential term that ends in 2027.

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The rise of nationalism will lead to another world war.

I’m thinking by… 2038… oddly enough.