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• Hannity asked Trump to guarantee he would not abuse his power or seek retribution if he was reelected in 2024.
• But evidence suggests that Trump may, in fact, abuse power and seek retribution if he regains the presidency.
• For example, Trump hinted that he will use the Department of Justice to persecute his political adversaries.
• So Trump’s jokey response may tell the truth, or at least a distorted version of the truth.
• But what’s different is the type of humour that Trump and the politicians that follow him indulge in.
• Telling an offensive joke serves up prejudice and hatred with a side order of irony.
• Delivered with a nod and a wink, humour reassures us that it’s all just “a bit of fun”.

Joking aside

• In his 1905 book The Joke and its Relation to the Unconscious, Freud argued that jokes – especially offensive ones – reveal our inner urges.
• We are trained from an early age to be kind and polite to other people.
• But offensive jokes let us temporarily pause social prohibitions and flirt with our innermost fantasies.
• After all, Trump was only joking about being a dictator.

Nick Butler does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Relation Insurance Services, (“Relation”) acquired the assets of Kane Insurance Agency (“Kane”).
• “We joined Relation knowing that this partnership would enable us to better serve our customers,” said Tom Kane, Principal of Kane Insurance.
• Tom Kane will continue running the day-to-day operations at Kane as part of the Relation acquisition.
• Relation Insurance Services is an insurance brokerage that offers superior risk-management and benefits consulting services across the United States.

• Relation Insurance Services (“Relation”) announced today the hiring of Paul Tanner as Senior Vice President, Risk Advisor.
• “Paul brings proven experience and expertise to the team,” said Timothy J.
• “We’re excited to put his considerable talent and skill to use for the benefit of our clients.”
  Tanner, a 15-year industry veteran, joins Relation from Hylant, where he served as Vice President and Family Office Practice Leader.
• Tanner will be based in Relation’s Walnut Creek office serving a client base throughout California and around the world.

• Rio Tinto Exploration Canada has signed “two (2) Option to Joint Venture Agreements” with Azimut Exploration Inc. for its Kaanaayaa and Corvet lithium properties which border Victory’s Lac Block and Riviere Block directly to the east and south respectively (Figure 1)
  Overall, Victory’s Stingray array of properties includes 347 claims, totalling 17,792 hectares on ground adjacent to Patriot Battery Metals, (TSXV: PMET), Corvette Property – Declared “The Largest Lithium Pegmatite Resource in the Americas on 30 July 20232
  Victory Battery Metals Corp. (CSE: VR) (FWB: VR61) (OTC: VRCFF) (“Victory” or the “Company”) is excited to outline its phase one work program for its Stingray array, which will focus on its Lac Block and Riviere Block, directly to the east and south of Azimut Exploration Inc.’s Kaanaayaa and Corvet lithium properties, for which Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. has just signed “two (2) Option to Joint Venture Agreements” with Azimut Exploration.
• The company is pleased to announce that its exploration team has outlined a comprehensive work program highlights include:
  Helicopter access for a full team of up to four Geologists and four technicians to conduct comprehensive program.
• In deploying a large team, the program can be conducted with the most efficient and cost-effective use of helicopter support
  It must be noted that the crew and equipment have been selected, however, timing is dependent on the resolution of extensive forest fires in the area
  Figure 1: Victory’s Stingray Property Blocks in Relation to Azimut’s Corvet and Kaanaayaa Properties Option to Joint Venture with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc.
  Work Program Area of Interest:
  Covers multiple extensions of a prospective metavolcanic unit which parallels the metavolcanic unit hosting PMET's pegmatites.
• The Lac Block surrounds and covers unexplored extension from Infinity Stone Ventures (CSE: GEMS) Hellcat Project where they have identified 5 pegmatites within the greenstones3
  42 claims, 2,159-hectare block directly North of Azimut’s Corvet Property, located ~8km southwest of PMET’s Corvette Lithium Property