Tag: Blame

Adam Kinzinger: Kevin McCarthy Is the Man to Blame

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Adam Kinzinger, the former Republican congressman from Illinois, is best known for his service on the congressional committee that investigated the January 6 insurrection. He and Liz Cheney were the only two Republicans on that committee, and completely noncoincidentally, neither one is in Congress today. The new speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is more typical of the House Republican caucus: He was a leader of the election deniers.

In his new book, Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our

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Why is there a housing shortage in the UK? Builders blame planning but have dished out £16bn to shareholders

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Britain’s woeful undersupply of housing at an affordable price can be partially blamed on shareholder handouts paid by the country’s biggest housebuilders, a new report claims.

Research published by Sheffield Hallam University found the eight largest UK housebuilders have paid £16billion in dividends over the last 18 years, with investors handed the equivalent of £22,000 per new home built in 2022 alone.

The researchers say dividends paid between 2016 and 2021 alone exceed the £8.8billion the Government spent on its

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Hamas leaders claim Israel’s proof over who is to blame for Gaza hospital bombing is an ‘outrageous lie’ – despite IDF producing wiretapped call, video of ‘misfiring’ rocket and satellite photos to prove they didn’t launch missile

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Hamas has claimed that Israel’s ‘proof’ over who is to blame for the deadly Gaza hospital bombing is an ‘outrageous lie’ – despite the IDF producing a wiretapped call and video showing a ‘misfiring’ rocket to prove they didn’t cause the blast.

The terror group made the claim hours after Israel shared an audio clip in which two alleged Hamas terrorists can be heard discussing the explosion and confirming the rocket came from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) – an independent

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Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves

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August 24, 2023

This has been a violent American century—but even less recognized is how our War on Terror helped us to turn on one another.

A police armored vehicle patrols an intersection on August 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis.

(Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

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Blame Donald Trump and all too many of his

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The 30-something women who have NEVER had a boyfriend – and they all blame modern dating culture

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At the age of 34, Sarah Brill has ticked off many of life’s aspirational milestones. 

Her 20s were spent building her career as a successful social media editor in fun and fast-paced Dubai, where she lived in a chic studio flat. 

Then came a further year in Thailand, immersing herself in South-East Asian culture.

Having returned to the UK five years ago, she now runs a successful business as a financial coach and owns her two-bedroom apartment in Hertfordshire.

When

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Bad hair day? Blame your genes: These four newly-discovered mutations influence the direction follicles grow

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You’ve blamed sleeping on your head funny, the heat, the humidity, and your new shampoo — but bad hair days all come down to our genes, according to a new study.

The flow and shape that your hair takes are dictated by ‘whorls,’ a patch growing in a circular pattern typically near the crown of your head. And scientists have now discovered four genetic variants that alter the whorls’ direction and appearance.

The whorl’s point is dictated by the orientation

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Used car prices tumble with ‘pressure on households’ to blame

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Used car prices have considerably declined but costs are still higher than just two years ago, according to new data.

Second-hand prices, including petrol and diesel machines, dropped by 1.9 percent in July, an estimated drop of around £350 in just a month.

The decline is larger than the average July slump of around 1.2 percent seen pre-pandemic.

However, used car prices still stand around 30 percent more expensive than they were back in 2021, according to Cap HPI.

Models

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Iranians Blame Power Grid and Gas Shortage for Shutdown Amid Heat

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When the government in Iran ordered the nation to shut down for two days starting on Wednesday to conserve energy and protect public health because of “unprecedented” broiling summer heat, Iranians and experts alike quickly discerned another, unspoken reason for the enforced holiday.

Iran simply does not have enough natural gas, or a strong enough power grid, to keep all the lights on despite sitting on the second-largest reserves of natural gas in the world.

And, as skeptical residents pointed

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King’s ‘lack of sparkle’ to blame for Australian Commonwealth Games withdrawal, says local | Royal | News

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King Charles’s “lack of sparkle” could be to blame for Australia ditching the Commonwealth Games, according to a columnist based Down Under.

The state of Victoria in the southeast of the country recently announced that it would no longer host the sporting event in 2026 due to greater domestic financial needs.

However, as Australia is reportedly reconsidering the monarchy – with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promising a referendum on becoming a republic if he wins another term in office –

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