".. Geoff Mulgan looks at the Spectator’s grip on the Conservative Party ...
Their power derives from a lock on two key institutions: the Conservative Party itself and the print media, ..media barons, Murdoch, the Barclay brothers and Rothermere. "
Since I'm looking at the Rothermere family I'll use this moment to mention the Rothermere American Institute (RAI) at University of Oxford .. for later ..
Lew Grade , member of the Founding Council of the RAI archive.md/G7lHg
The Jerusalem Post, 2024
"Fontainebleau Miami Beach sues Rabbi Shmuley Boteach over antisemitism allegations" jpost.com/diaspora/artic…
"The hotel alleges that Boteach used social media to falsely accuse it of antisemitism and supporting Nazi-like policies, including fabricating statements and creating artificial intelligence-generated videos to misrepresent the actions of its staff."
Jim Nesmith was a state senator for Jasper County living in Kellogg, Iowa, in the 1940s. In the middle of his state senate term, Jim took a job as a salesman with A.Y. McDonald, a wholesale distributor based out of Des Moines..
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"Iowa City was a location on Jim's route and he saw an opportunity to establish a wholesale plumbing distributorship in the community with a growing university and hospital. Plumbers Supply Company opened for business on May 1, 1951.".. 🎶 pscia.com/about_us_1121
Tip : don't rely on the legacy media for your info on this.
New York Post
"Exactly what mental ailments Balmer suffers from remains unclear, but his mother said she went to four different police departments for help to get her son “picked up” before the firebombing – but was rebuffed each time."🤔 nypost.com/2025/04/14/us-…
Grok:
"Allegations and rumors, such as those linking Malema to controversial businessman Adriano Mazzotti or billionaire Nathan Kirsh, have circulated, but these are unproven and based on speculation"
"Nathan "Natie" Kirsh is a Swazi and South African billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He heads the Kirsh Group, which holds a majority stake in New York state cash and carry operation Jetro Holdings, owner of Restaurant Depot and Jetro Cash & Carry"
Mother Jones:
"On a list of American companies the country was eager to do business with, one name stood out. Musk’s satellite telecommunications company, Starlink, has been trying to break into the market in Lesotho for a while"🤔
"The memo also played up Lesotho’s willingness to help out on military matters. .. “an advisor close to PM Matekane” told the chargé that his government would consider sending troops to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo"🤔 motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Johannesburg , 2006 -
Mike Schultz, a possible witness in the Brett Kebble murder case, had nothing to do with the killing of Johannesburg socialite Hazel Crane, said his lawyer, Ian Small-Smith...
"Schultz and Nigel McGurk, who are both bouncers, were taken into police custody last week for questioning in the Kebble murder case." archive.is/LRsMo
"The Scorpions arrested one of Kebble's business associates, Glenn Agliotti, and charged him with Kebble's murder.
Crane, a diamond dealer, was killed near her home in Abbotsford, Johannesburg, in November 2004." dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…