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Just picked up a new acronym that’s gotta be good for something
I mean, something other than its official use involving my coop’s status vis-à-vis New York City’s local laws, laid out in a coop report. Which is where I found this marveous new acronym, currently applicable to the inspection and classification … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Government, MAGA, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "SWARMP, MAGA, NYC Local Law 11, Trump, Trump corruption, Trump's gold ballroom, White House, White House East Wing
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It’s so wearying, isn’t it?
Each morning as I wake up, I wonder how close we have gotten to the finality of this slow-motion collapse — not of our civilization but of the small, uncivilized cluster of lunatics who have gnawed their way into our … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Culture, Government, MAGA, News media, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged Mordor, Reconstruction, Trump, Trump administration, Trump cabal
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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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