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Why can’t anybody stand us?
(We all know the one-word explanation for why nobody can stand us Americans right now.) The “us” I’m referring to are New Yorkers. Oh, we knew what you were thinking about us, even before social media. We see you every … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Religious fundamentalism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", "The Island at the Center of the World", British taking Manhattan, capitalism, democracy, Dutch New Amsterdam, freedom from religion, fundamentalist Christianity, Manhattan Island, multiculturism, multiethnicity, New England, New York, Puritanism, Russell Shorto, Wall Street
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Think Trump is crazy and stupid? Well, yeah, he is…but these guys are catching up!
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he Taliban imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, cutting off the nation’s nearly 43 million inhabitants’ access to internet and telephone services for two days. “This measure was taken to prevent vice,” wrote Balkh province’s … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, News media, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged Afghanistan, Harper's, the Taliban, Trump
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Mysteries of life: As promised, mass psychosis
Well, I didn’t actually promise mass psychosis. At some point, though when coming up with the theory I still hold — about how many Americans are suffering from PTSD due to the large-scale traumas which have pummeled us over the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, MAGA, Mysteries of Life, News media, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, The god problem, War
Tagged "War of the Worlds" Radio Panic, Blackburn faintings, COVID, Dancing Plague of 1518, Mad Gasser of Mattoon, mass psychosis, Salem witch trials, Tanganyika laughter epidemic, The Great Fear, The Irish Fright, West Bank fainting epidemic
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