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Look what cutting edge news I’ve picked up on the Iran War!
From Harper’s Weekly Review with my comments: “This is not a regime-change war, but the regime sure did change,” remarked the U.S. defense secretary. It did not. A source close to the American president’s national security team said “they still … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Fascism, Government, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged Blegseth, Harper's, Iran war, Iran war goals, regime change
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Strait Sex
[T]he chief executive of the world’s top condom producer detailed plans to raise prices by at least 20 percent after supply-chain disruptions caused by the Iran War. From Harper’s Weekly Review.
Posted in Capitalism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged condoms, Harper's, Iran war, Strait of Hormuz, Trump
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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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