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Last night I revisited a previous world of lies. Still has an impact
If you want to experience the contrast between two GOP administrations who have lied, watch the 2010 thriller, Fair Game. It’s the true story of how George W. Bush and his cohorts, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, et al. … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crime & Punishment, DOJ, Government, News media, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged 'Fair Game', CIA, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney, DOJ, George W. Bush, GOP, Joe Wilson, New York Times, Saddam Hussein, Scooter Libby, Trump, Valerie Plame, White House
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The Cancel Culture War: Stalin v. Trump.
Last week I was at Lincoln Center for a superb all-Shostakovich chamber music program. Whenever I listen to Shosti (my nickname, regrets, easier to type), I check to see when he composed each work. Was it BS or AS? Or, … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, "Socialist Realism", Bad Bunny, cancel culture, Formalism, GOP, Heinrich Himmler, Hitler, Kennedy Center, Kristi Noem, Lavrentiy Beria, Lincoln Center, Lord of the Rings, NKVD, Pravda, Shostakovichm, Soviet Union, Stalin, Tom Homan, Trump, Trump's cabinet
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What’s wrong with the GOP in one sentence
“Our whole business system would break down in a day if there was not a high sense of moral responsibility in our business world.” Spoken by Herbert Hoover on the campaign trail in 1928, and quoted by Jill Lepore in … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Government, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "These Truths", American history, GOP, Herbert Hoover, Jill Lepore
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