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Contradictions can both be true
“At every moment, at every opportunity, the truth comes to light, the truth of life and death, of my solitude and my bond with the world, of my freedom and my servitude, of the insignificance and the sovereign importance of each man and all men. There was Stalingrad and there was Buchenwald, and neither of Continue reading
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Happy now?
The nation formerly known as the United States now has a dictator-in-ascendance who is above the law, military occupation of cities, a vast and growing secret police/gestapo, blatant bribery of government officials, and concentration camps. To add to this, the new book The Fort Bragg Cartel documents the now long-standing operation of death squads. They Continue reading
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They really think we’re that stupid
The orange baby held an impromptu press conference last week when Stephen Moore, supposedly an economist, arrived with a big chart purporting to refute the official Bureau of Labor Statistics report. His big chart was labeled “Medium Income.” Assuming the mooron meant “median income,” the numbers on the chart were fact checked. And those weren’t Continue reading
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Now we are all expatriates
In The French Dispatch, all of the stories are from Ennui-sur-Blasé, France. One of them is by Roebuck Wright. “The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner” relates Wright’s dinner at the Police Station, prepared by the legendary police chef Lt. Nescaffier. The journalists in The French Dispatch are part of their stories, although they Continue reading
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symiliptic report Aigust 9
The sixth republic is quite young still, and many things are still settling out. How to keep the scum happy and engaged, and on a path out of their scummy swamp is a major topic of concern and debate among the real world people. After they managed, almost accidentally, to dissolve the fourth republic, and Continue reading
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The fire next time
Eighty years ago today, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. More than most events in recent history, this must be remembered. One of the things that’s always said about terrible events is “it must never happen again.” But of course this did happen again, just three days later when the US dropped Continue reading
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Symiliptic report Aigust 4
The scum rely, or sometimes seem to, on the real world people. This is because the scum exist, as do the rest of us, in the real world. But the scum do not, of course, acknowledge very much of the real world. If it were worth our time and attention, we might investigate whether it’s Continue reading
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The symiliptic report Aigust 3
The back yard was active today, so I had to leave Cypher in the house where it was safe. I ventured out with a jug of tea and some earthenware cups for whoever (or whatever) might be waiting. It’s always a good idea to bring some sort of offering when the chimes are tinkling on Continue reading
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Zero-based reporting
Here’s an idea. The bulk of “news reporting” in the US these days is telling you what the orange baby just said. Without any historical context to how often it has repeated the same exact thing with different details. Here’s one list, and this one is only focused on “the biggest scandal.” Continue reading
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The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions
“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” – Abraham Lincoln Lincoln’s words come from the Lyceum Address, more formally titledThe Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions:Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, IllinoisJanuary 27, Continue reading
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I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
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