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For Mark Carney, this was a week to remember. Wining and dining the big players in big money, then flying over to France to be wined and dined by the EU. What will all this deliver, and how will Donald Trump react? And no matter what he says, should Canada care? Chantal and Bruce are here with their thoughts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luis Herrero analiza las últimas informaciones sobre la crisis de Ceuta.

Editorial."Joseph Overton estadounidense nacido en 1960, durante los años noventa, crea  un concepto interesante relacionado, para explicarlo de forma sencilla, con el comportamiento de las creencias y los valores de una sociedad, imaginando para ello el marco de una ventana..."#larevistacr" @larevistacr www.larevista.cr

Munich's 2026 security conference adopted "Under Destruction" as its theme, reflecting anxiety about a fraying international order and uncertain transatlantic relations. The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, meanwhile, was dominated by concerns about strategic competition, alliances and regional defense commitments.慕尼黑2026年安全会议以“毁灭之下”（Under Destruction）为主题，反映出国际秩序日益脆弱以及跨大西洋关系不确定性加剧所带来的焦虑。与此同时，在新加坡举行的香格里拉对话会，则充斥着对战略竞争、联盟关系以及地区防务承诺的担忧。Much of modern Western security thinking was forged in a world of rival European powers, colonial frontiers, industrial warfare and limited economic interdependence. It treats international anarchy and power competition as enduring facts, with alliances among like-minded states the bulwark to protect privileges.现代西方安全理念，很大程度上形成于一个充满欧洲列强竞争、殖民边界争夺、工业化战争以及有限经济相互依赖的时代。这一理念将国际无政府状态和大国竞争视为长期存在的现实，并认为志同道合国家之间的联盟，是维护自身利益和优势的支柱。NATO remains the clearest expression of this. But collective protection for alliance members is not the same as security for everyone. A system designed for the strategic anxieties of the Cold War cannot automatically answer the needs of a world in which threats and interests cross almost every border.北约仍是这一理念最鲜明的体现。然而，联盟成员之间的集体防护，并不等同于所有国家都能获得安全。一个为冷战时期战略焦虑而设计的体系，无法自动回应这样一个世界的需求——在今天，威胁和利益几乎跨越所有国界相互交织。Today's dangers do not respect cozy club membership. Climate change, pandemics, cyberattacks, supply-chain disruptions, terrorism and the risks associated with artificial intelligence are shared hazards. Economic globalization has made national prosperity dependent on distant markets, energy routes and production networks. A disruption in one region can quickly become inflation, unemployment or political instability in another.当今世界面临的风险，并不会因为某些国家不属于特定“俱乐部”而避开它们。气候变化、疫情、网络攻击、供应链中断、恐怖主义，以及人工智能带来的风险，都是全人类共同面对的挑战。经济全球化使各国繁荣越来越依赖遥远的市场、能源通道和生产网络。一个地区的危机，很快可能演变为另一个地区的通货膨胀、失业或政治不稳定。The 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, as illustrated by its theme — "Build Consensus on Stability, Advance Security Governance Together" — is less downbeat and more constructive than the Munich and Singapore security gatherings. Its agenda places the inclusion of developing countries in global rule-making, as well as AI governance and the security of maritime corridors and of cyber and outer space, alongside conventional questions of strategic stability.第十三届北京香山论坛的主题是“以共识谋稳定，以合作促治理”，相比慕尼黑安全会议和新加坡香格里拉对话，其基调更为积极，也更具建设性。论坛议题不仅涵盖传统战略稳定问题，还包括发展中国家参与全球规则制定、人工智能治理，以及海上通道、网络空间和外层空间安全等议题。At the opening of the forum on Wednesday, China's Defense Minister Dong Jun noted that stability should be defended through true multilateralism, with the United Nations at the center and international law as the rule book. The lessons of two world wars and today's conflicts, he said, point to the importance of preventing crises before they erupt. He also urged vigilance against hegemonism, militarism and historical revisionism.中国国防部长董军在论坛开幕式上表示，应通过真正的多边主义维护稳定，以联合国为核心，以国际法为准则。他指出，两次世界大战的教训以及当前发生的冲突表明，防止危机发生在先，比危机爆发后再应对更为重要。他同时呼吁警惕霸权主义、军国主义和历史修正主义。Yet the security policy of some developed countries often reaches first for the old instruments: alliances and exclusive partnerships, higher military spending and forward deployments. In this way the security dilemma becomes self-perpetuating. Measures presented as defensive by one side are interpreted as offensive by another, producing countermeasures that prompt further actions from the other side, leaving everyone less secure. The history of NATO's post-Cold War enlargement and the subsequent conflict in Ukraine illustrates how incompatible security narratives can become mutually reinforcing. In Asia, Japan's importing of similarly exclusive strategic logic risks turning a region of extraordinary economic interdependence into a theater of bloc rivalry.然而，一些发达国家的安全政策往往首先选择传统工具：联盟体系、排他性伙伴关系、更高军费投入以及前沿军事部署。由此，安全困境不断自我强化。一方认为是防御措施的行动，另一方可能将其解读为进攻行为，并采取反制措施，从而促使对方进一步行动，最终导致所有方面临更低的安全水平。北约冷战后的扩张历史以及随后乌克兰冲突的发展，说明了相互冲突的安全叙事如何可能彼此强化。在亚洲，日本引入类似排他性的战略逻辑，也可能使一个经济高度相互依存的地区逐渐成为集团竞争的舞台。China's Global Security Initiative offers a different framework. Its principles of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security place dialogue above confrontation, partnership above alliance and shared security above zero-sum games. It stresses sovereignty, the UN Charter, attention to the legitimate security concerns of all countries and the integration of traditional and nontraditional security. Development, in this conception, is not separate from security, but one of its foundations.中国提出的全球安全倡议提供了另一种框架。该倡议强调共同安全、综合安全、合作安全和可持续安全，其核心理念是以对话取代对抗，以伙伴关系取代联盟，以共同安全取代零和博弈。该倡议强调维护主权、遵守《联合国宪章》、关注所有国家的合理安全关切，并推动传统安全与非传统安全相结合。在这一理念中，发展并非安全之外的因素，而是安全的重要基础。The appeal of this approach is particularly evident to the Global South, where economic development, political stability, food and energy security often outrank military threats. The wide support for the approach suggests a demand for security arrangements that are less exclusive and more responsive to countries outside established strategic clubs.这一理念在全球南方国家中的吸引力尤为明显。在这些国家，经济发展、政治稳定、粮食和能源安全往往比军事威胁更加紧迫。相关理念获得的广泛支持表明，国际社会需要更加开放、更能回应非传统战略集团之外国家需求的安全安排。Hegemonism — whether justified in the language of intervention or an allegedly exclusive "rules-based order" — remains dangerous. So does the new militarism and historical revisionism of Japan's Sanae Takaichi government, which risks reviving anxieties about that country's aggression in the Asia-Pacific.无论是以“干涉”为名义，还是以所谓排他的“基于规则的秩序”为理由，霸权主义依然具有危险性。同样值得警惕的，还有日本高市政府所表现出的新军国主义倾向和历史修正主义倾向，这可能重新激起国际社会对日本在亚太地区侵略历史的担忧。The questions are unavoidable. In an age of globalization, why persist with zero-sum security? If the UN system, forged in the crucible of two world wars, is treated as optional, has humanity forgotten the price of its past follies? And why allow AI, outer space and cyberspace to become new battlegrounds for old strategic habits? These domains should be arenas for cooperation, collective rule-making and common security, not the next frontiers of an arms race.一些问题无法回避：在全球化时代，为何仍要坚持零和式安全理念？如果在两次世界大战惨痛教训中建立起来的联合国体系被视为可有可无，人类是否已经忘记过去错误所付出的代价？为什么要让人工智能、外层空间和网络空间成为旧有战略竞争模式的新战场？这些领域应该成为合作、共同制定规则和实现共同安全的平台，而不应成为军备竞赛的新前沿。The future will not echo the voice broadcasting the loudest warnings, but will instead belong to whoever recognizes that true security never mistakes the world of yesterday for the world of today.未来并不会属于那些发出最响亮警告的声音，而属于那些认识到真正安全从不应以昨天的世界来衡量今天世界的人。【词汇提炼】fray /freɪ/ v.磨损；削弱；逐渐恶化anarchy /ˈænəki/ n.无政府状态；混乱rival /ˈraɪvl/ n./v.竞争者；竞争bulwark /ˈbʊlwɜːrk/ n.支柱；屏障；防御力量interdependence /ˌɪntərdɪˈpendəns/ n.相互依赖disruption /dɪsˈrʌpʃn/ n.中断；扰乱；冲击hegemonism /hɪˈɡemənɪzəm/ n.霸权主义zero-sum /ˌzɪərəʊ ˈsʌm/ adj.零和的

Editorial: A reação dos brasileiros ao horror no Supremo

Editorial de Diego Genoud (@otro_periodista) en Fuera de Tiempo. Todos los miércoles de 20 a 21 hs. por FM 89.9 Radio Con Vos.

Editorial: Fachin precisa tirar da pauta pedido de investigação contra Mendonça

An update of the 2015 WHO estimates of foodborne disease shows that in 2021 alone, transmission of 42 different hazards in food caused 866 million illnesses and 1.52 million deaths. So what can be done about this huge burden of illness? How is data like this collated? And what don't we know? Yuki Minato and Rob Lake, two authors of the papers, join Gavin Cleaver, senior editor at The Lancet Global Health, to discuss. Click here to read the full series: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00156-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00143-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00144-0/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00159-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00148-8/fulltext   The Lancet global Health in conversation with...  is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering.  Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Zoë Mullan, acting deputy editor Pingyue Jin, senior editors Shangrong Han, and Gavin Cleaver. Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more.  Find the best science for better lives at thelancet.com Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Juan Pablo Polvorinos analiza el último ataque a nuestros militares en Ceuta, mientras la sensación es que que no se avanza nada hacia la normalidad.

En el Editorial, Federico Quevedo habla sobre la acogida de los menores migrantes que hay en Ceuta

Brian Stewart is a veteran of The Bridge but we've missed him the last few years as he was off writing, and then selling, his highly successful book -- On The Ground. Today he returns to talk about current times and how they fit in history. I've done 1520 episodes of The Bridge, this may be in the top ten! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luis Herrero analiza las palabras del presidente del Gobierno.

Editorial: Supremos intocáveis e chicaneiros

Juan Pablo Polvorinos analiza el ataque de Sánchez al presidente de Ceuta al que señala como único responsable de la acogida de los menores.

Luis Herrero analiza la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros.

Editorial | Nos falta la Universidad del Deporte

Editorial: No STF, uma batalha pela alma do Brasil

Juan Pablo Polvorinos analiza el día a día de los ceutíes cuyos servicios sanitarios están al límite y anuncian ya la convocatoria de huelgas

Luis Herrero analiza el ataque del Gobierno al poder judicial.

ဧရာဝတီရဲ့ ဒီတပတ် အယ်ဒီတာ့ စကားဝိုင်း အစီအစဉ်မှာတော့ "ဒရုန်းစစ်ဆင်ရေးနဲ့ ချေမှုန်းခံနေရတဲ့ စစ်တပ်" ဆိုတဲ့ ခေါင်းစဉ်နဲ့ ဧရာဝတီ အယ်ဒီတာချုပ် အောင်ဇော်၊မြန်မာပိုင်း အယ်ဒီတာ ကျော်ခ တို့က ဆွေးနွေးထားပါတယ်။

With Juerg Schwitter, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne - Switzerland, Panagiotis Antiochos,University Hospital Centre Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne - Switzerland and Ambra Masi, University Hospital Centre Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial

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Juan Pablo Polvorinos analiza cómo la portavoz del PSOE asegura una cosa y la contraria para referirse a la situación que vive Ceuta 45 días después.

Manuel Llamas analiza y alaba la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de paralizar el derecho de voto que otorgaba la polémica Ley de Nietos

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Editorial: A hora da verdade: STF precisa afastar e investigar Moraes

Manuel Llamas repasa los datos del último Informe PISA que demuestra el bajo nivel de la educación en España

Prime Minister Carney is in Banff, Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre is in New York, and for this moment at least, they're towing somewhat the same line. The latest on where we are on this story, and a lot more, with Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luis Herrero analiza las últimas informaciones sobre la crisis en Ceuta.

With only week until the release of STAR WARS: EDGE OF THE ABYSS (Reign of the Empire), we're joined by Tom Hoeler, Editorial Director at Random House Worlds, to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the book came together, working with author Rebecca Roanhorse, weaving in elements from ANDOR, and much more! With Edge of the Abyss releasing on September 15, this conversation is completely spoiler-free.Follow us on Twitter/X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@FriendsofForce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@FriendsOfTheForce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@friendsoftheforce.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and gain access to exclusive bonus episodes.Visit our website: http://www.friendsoftheforcepod.comLinktree: https://linktr.ee/friendsoftheforceThank you to all of our Patrons, including our Luminous Beings: Chris, Emma, Jennifer, SoulCatcher, and Travis.#StarWars #StarWarsBooks #ReignOfTheEmpire

Luis Herrero analiza el auto del Tribunal Supremo sobre la Ley de Nietos.

Editorial."Los recientes desastres naturales a causa de los terremotos, pero también relacionados con eventos meteorológicos extremos, deberían llamarnos a la reflexión..."#larevistacr @larevistacr www.larevista.cr

Editorial: O começo do fim do inquérito das “fake news”

Editorial: Anulação de liminares não basta para frear os maus ministros do STF

Editorial de Diego Genoud (@otro_periodista) en Fuera de Tiempo. Todos los miércoles de 20 a 21 hs. por FM 89.9 Radio Con Vos.

What if the story we tell ourselves about progress is wrong?In Part 4 of our six-part summer series, Finding Crazy Town, producer Alex Leff continues his investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Jason Bradford, Rob Dietz, and Asher Miller. Following clues from the Crazy Town archives, Alex begins questioning one of the most deeply held assumptions of modern society: that history is a story of continual progress.From rising life expectancy and GDP to expanding material wealth and technological innovation, there are plenty of reasons to believe things are getting better. But where did this idea of progress come from? And what happens when the energy and resources required to keep progressing begin to run up against the limits of the natural world?Along the way, Alex follows the trail from the Enlightenment and fossil fuels to techno-optimism, Jeff Bezos, cargo cults, and the dangerous belief that technology will always come to the rescue. Maybe the problem isn't that we're failing to make progress. Maybe it's that we're asking the wrong question altogether.And if Jason, Rob, and Asher aren't looking for a ladder to the future, where exactly could they have gone?The search continues.Originally recorded on 8/19/26 with archival episodes.Related EpisodesEpisode 9, “They'll Think of Somethingisms”Episode 39, “The Myth of Progress and Limits to Growth, or… the Story of the World's Largest Shovel”CreditsProduction and editing by Alex Leff. Editorial assistance and transcripts by Taylor Antal.Theme music is “Way Huge” and “Don't Give Up” by Midnight Shipwrecks, used with permission.Thanks to all the Crazy Townies, our listeners who are trying to understand humanity's overshoot predicament and do something about it.

For the past two years, we have relied on the very experienced foreign and domestic correspondent, Keith Boag, to give us his take on Donald Trump. Keith covered him in Washington during Trump's first term, 2016-2020, and has been watching him from afar during his second, 2024 to the present. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luis Herrero analiza la sesión de control al Gobierno en el Congreso.

Editorial | Luces y sombras en PISA

Luis Herrero analiza la decisión del Tribunal Supremo.

OpenAI calls GPT-6 Astra a generational leap, with company president Greg Brockman declaring, "Welcome to the AGI era." But OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki is sounding a very different note. In his essay "An Alien Mind," Pachocki warns that no one is prepared for the consequences of rapidly rising machine intelligence. Jim Love examines Astra's critical cybersecurity capabilities, reduced chain-of-thought monitorability, potential to evade safety monitors during adversarial testing, AI-assisted training and staged rollout to paying ChatGPT subscribers. He also considers how AI helping to train its successors echoes a warning in Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares's bestseller, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies." Next, a Gamers Nexus investigation alleges that LG smart TVs catalog devices on their networks, monitor screen content and transcribe or retain conversations. The findings raise serious questions about advertising data, cybersecurity and whether television data could become evidence in a lawsuit. LG previously said its televisions do not record ambient conversations. Finally, physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder says organizations on both sides of the AI debate are paying influencers to promote their messages—sometimes supplying the wording and sources themselves. The episode closes with a clear statement about Hashtag Trending's editorial independence. 00:00 Headlines and introduction 00:50 GPT-6 Astra and the AGI debate 02:01 Jakub Pachocki's "An Alien Mind" warning 03:26 Hidden reasoning and weaker monitoring 05:30 Safety slowdowns and Astra rollout 06:15 AI training its successors 07:38 LG TV data-collection investigation 09:42 Advertising value and security risks 11:22 Paid influencers in the AI debate 13:23 Editorial independence and closing

Editorial | ¿Para que sirve la ley de tránsito?

5.05 Measles in PA, Nature's editorial, and more by Plenary Session

All summer I was getting mail... lots of it. Most of it starting with "Where's Janice?" Well, today the Munk Schools' founding director kicks off a new season with her views on two issues that affect us a lot. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luis Herrero analiza las últimas informaciones sobre la invasión de Ceuta.

ဧရာဝတီရဲ့ ဒီတပတ် အယ်ဒီတာ့ စကားဝိုင်း အစီအစဉ်မှာတော့ "တပ်ပျက်နေတဲ့မြန်မာ့စတန်းဒတ်အာမီ " ဆိုတဲ့ ခေါင်းစဉ်နဲ့ ဧရာဝတီ အယ်ဒီတာချုပ် အောင်ဇော်၊အမှုဆောင် အယ်ဒီတာ ရဲနည် တို့က ဆွေးနွေးထားပါတယ်။

What changes when pastors stop asking what “the church” should do and start considering what “my church” can do? Discover how the local church can embody God's love and become “love with skin on it.”

Mountain Murders is back with a roundup of some of the biggest crime stories making headlines. This week, we break down the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict, the shocking arrest of former America's Got Talent contestant Deshundre Vinson on charges connected to the drowning death of his 4-year-old nephew, and the latest developments in the tragic Saylor Hayes case, including the arrest of her parents and new details surrounding her deathBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mountain-murders--3281847/support.

ESC recaps on the SINGLE-AF trial, CMR Guide trial, two ATTR studies, PVI-SHAM-AF, STAREE, and an observational study of ICD benefit over the past decades are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I SINGLE-AF Trial To Anticoagulate or Not in Intermediate-Risk AF: The SINGLE-AF Trial https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/anticoagulate-or-not-intermediate-risk-af-single-af-trial-2026a1000uko SINGLE-AF https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2607978 II Scar as an ICD risk stratifier Is Scar on CMR an Indication for ICD? CMR Guide Leaves Doubts https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/scar-cmr-indication-icd-cmr-guide-leaves-doubts-2026a1000ukq CMTR GUIDE Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2853395 MADIT II Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013474 III Single vs Dual Therapy in ATTR-CM HELIOS-B Trial Sub-analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109726072086 HELIOS-B Sub-analysis Editorial https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109726073766#bib8 HELIOS-B main trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2409134 CARDIO-TTRansform Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2608510 IV A Stunning Result of another Sham-controlled AF ablation trial Does AF Ablation Work? That's in Question After PVI-SHAM-AF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/does-af-ablation-work-s-question-after-sham-pvi-af-2026a1000uli PVI-SHAM-AF Trial 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01558-8 External Link SHAM-PVI Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2823283 PFA-Sham Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.126.079484 V Should Older Adults Take Statins: The STAREE trial. STAREE Strengthens Case for Over-the-Counter Statins https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/staree-strengthens-case-over-counter-statins-2026a1000vrw STAREE Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2607314 VII Declining ICD Benefit After MI   Mortality Reduction with ICD for Prevention of SCD Post-MI  https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag706/8768943  CONTEMP-ICD Trial https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06543446  PROFID-EHRA Trial https://profid-project.eu/profid-ehra-trial/  The Bob Harrington Show with the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Democratic Socialists are, in their own words, dedicated to establishing the USA as communist state. DSA members and adherents are soldiers of the Cold War on the Soviet side, they are traitors to our country. More are noticing that James Talarico has long expressed DSA values even agreeing that our free capitalist system needs replacing with communism. No wonder the Chinese Commies love him. Another story: Talarico's ‘proud capitalist' about-face collides with resurfaced call to ‘dismantle' capitalism.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Texas A&M submits bid to run JPL for NASA.Highest tax rate in 20 years? Harris County commissioners have some explaining to do. | Editorial – great but this is rich coming from an editorial board that has supported great growth in government spending!Corpus Christi's desalination battle is headed for the ballot box.Midland County appoints acting judge; Jay Marquez sworn in after Terry Johnson's suspension.Lubbock Co. commissioners approve salary grievance but reject pay raises for elected officials.Lubbock council approves police, fire association agreements, funded by property tax increase. – this is insane, abusive, and immoral. Firefighters 25 on, 72 off is, without even factoring any vacation or sick time, only working about 91 days per year!Altria Sues FDA Over Tobacco Product Review System in Federal Court in Lubbock.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com