UNBELIEVABLE: 4 | History Defined

This obsession with a ‘new elite’ hides the real roots of power

The picture that Matthew Goodwin paints of modern Britain’s ‘ruling class’ shows a weak understanding of how and where influence works

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023

2023 Acura TLX Type S PMC Edition Looks Menacing With Matte Gray Paint

The shade is called Gotham Gray, and only 50 will be built.

Motor1 · Mar 14, 2023

‘Brutal, bloody battles’: Russia’s ‘insane’ fight for Soledar

Ukraine has been crying out for more heavy armour, longer range weapons and air defence systems to end the war.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023

Pig-Sticker, a Song of the PMC Wagner Mercenaries

Readers of the blog know what side I support in the Russia-Ukraine war, so unsurprisingly most of the songs of the war that I've blogged have been pro-Ukrainian, since they're the ones that most struck me. (Here's an exception.) Still, my point in these posts is to pass along things…

Reason · Sep 30, 2022

Scott Morrison’s secretive cabinet committee of one had hundreds of meetings, FOI documents suggest

Exclusive: Transparency advocate Rex Patrick says body established by former PM with only one permanent member – Morrison – was ‘an abuse of process’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022

Appreciation: Barbara Ehrenreich showed us how much it cost to be broke

Somebody has to grow and harvest the food in the fields. Somebody has to clean the carcasses, drive the trucks and unload the haul. Somebody has to process the food, prepare it, cook it, serve it. There's always somebody minding the register, stocking the shelves, wiping the counters, mopping the…

Los Angeles Times · Sep 7, 2022

Modi chief architect’s Pune riverfront project faces scrutiny

In 2015, the Pune Municipal Corporation, then run by Nationalist Congress Party, invited bids to clean up and “rejuvenate” the polluted Mula and Mutha rivers. The riverfront development project, the PMC said, would cut the risk of flooding in the rivers and beautify stretches of their banks totalling 44 km.…

Newslaundry · Aug 29, 2022

Plastic to be used for laying roads in Pune after 3 years

PUNE: The civic body will resume using plastic for road construction, nearly three years after it was last used.

The Times of India · Aug 24, 2022

Panvel Municipal Corporation offers 50% discount on penalty for delayed property tax payment till September 30

NAVI MUMBAI: Property tax defaulters in Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) area are being offered with yet another opportunity to clear the dues till September 30. PMC has allowed the taxpayers to pay outstanding amounts with a rebate of 50% on the penalty for delayed payment. This would mean, those who…

The Times of India · Aug 6, 2022

World Bank picks Pune Municipal Corporation for pilot on food supply chain

PUNE: The Work Bank has selected the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for a pilot project to improve urban food supply chain, wherein the civic body would get Rs 9 crore for standardizing weekly markets and modernizing a slaughterhouse.

The Times of India · Jul 26, 2022