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The eternal liberal wisdom of PlantyPall
I wasn’t thinking about politics when recently I re-read Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels. I was considering the emotional risk in revisiting favorite fiction. To wit: I was in turbulent adolescence when I first read Wuthering Heights, so naturally Heathcliff became … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Culture, Government, Politics, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, War
Tagged "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", "The Prime Minister", Anthony Trollope, Congress, conservatism, Duke of Omnium, Eric Bogle, Gallipoli, Heathcliff, June Tabor, liberalism, Parliament, Plantagenet Palliser, PlantyPall, The Duke's Children, The Palliser Novels, World War I, Wuthering Heights
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Are you still addicted to using Amazon?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: It was reported that Amazon plans to replace more than half a million employees with a robot workforce; and a leaked document revealed that the company, the largest owner of data centers in the world, conspired … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Consumer boycott, Fascism, Human rights, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers
Tagged "Pod" smart beds, Amazon, Amazon robot workforce, Amazon Web Services, Harper's, Jeff Bezos, SNAP, Trump ballroom, Walmart
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It’s happened before: “The Battle of Anacostia Flats”
I’m tempted to say everything has happened before, but I don’t know everything so I will refrain. However, when I read what follows about the “Battle of Anacostia Flats,” immediately I thought of Trump’s D.C. stormtroopers assigned to remove a … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, Human rights, Journalism, MAGA, police violence, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The War On Workers, Trumpism
Tagged "Battle of Anacostia Flats", Bonus Expeditionary Force, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Eric Larrabee, Father Coughlin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Huey Long, World War I veterans
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