Tag Archives: Harper’s Weekly Review

Did you hear the one about Bill Gates?

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Surveys found that only 50 percent of Americans intend to get a future vaccine and 44 percent of Republicans believe that “Bill Gates wants to use a national mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 to implant microchips … Continue reading →

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There is hope for our democracy

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The Aldabra rail, a flightless bird native to an island in the Indian Ocean, was found to have re-evolved itself back into existence.

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Trump’s armed boys: malevolence tempered by incompetence. Again and always

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Naomi

Early on, my cousin, Ben Wittes, came up with “malevolence tempered by incompetence,” to describe the Trump administration, and Trump himself. As we view videos and news coverage of overweight masked white men garbed in “uniforms” which apparently have some … Continue reading →

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