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Only the bestest people
There are days when I have a flash thought: a cabal within the current US administration is secretly promulgating actual facts to be compiled after the End Day into a brilliant political satire, like The Death of Stalin. Then I … Continue reading
Posted in MAGA, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged FEMA, FEMA Office of Response and Recovery, Harper's, The Death of Stalin, Trump administration, Waffle House
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Animal news: A deeper meaning to “playing possum”
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [A] possum was found burrowed among stuffed animals in an Australian airport gift shop. “It wanted to blend in,” said the airport’s retail manager.
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged Harper's, possums
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So what happened after that?
The British sailed into what was re-named New York Harbor and took Manhattan, that’s what happened. But what happened after that happened? In Taking Manhattan, Russell Shorto tells us what happened: Scholars of American history once chose to set the … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Politics, Racism, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", American revolution, capitalism, George III, Native Americans, New Amsterdam, New England, Puritans, Russell Shorto, slave trade, slavery, the bible, Wall Street
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