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An Obitituary for Lady Klinton Kissinger Sachs
An Obituary for Lady Klinton Kissinger Sachs We are grieved to announce on November 8th the passing of Lady Klinton Kissinger Sachs, the standard bearer for the Democratic Neoliberal Party. She worked tirelessly for many decades for the interests of … Continue reading
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Hot Spots
About the “two party presidential nominee debate” on 10/19/2016: Fitting that the debate should start with the second amendment- Americans do love their guns! Suggesting that guns should be regulated is like suggesting to men that their pricks be monitored: … Continue reading
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Why You Must Vote For Hillary
The Democrats have moved into the vacuum left by the atomized Republicans. Hillary is the new socially liberal but otherwise conservative standard bearer. She is fully identified with the corporate and military classes. In true Clinton form, she has managed … Continue reading
Neoliberalism meets floating ice.
Bernie was never prepared to carry his revolution all the way to the presidency. He was never prepared to critique the corporate/ military establishment as the other half of neoliberalism. Our corporatocracy depends on the War Machine to keep humming. … Continue reading
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The Transvaluation of American Political Life
What I find fascinating is the transvaluation of American political and social values. There is a huge shift going on that is much more than the rise of a Republican demagogue. America is cracking apart, and perhaps this is a … Continue reading
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Gun Control and Arms Control are Siamese Twins
How often does one hear in the discussion of gun control reference to the Siamese twin, arms control? The US does not only make and sell guns galore here in America, but makes and sells abroad guns, bombs, bullets, tanks, … Continue reading
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My chasmic mind…
I took a moment to look inside my chasmic mind, and I found this thought: why is it so extraordinarily difficult to fathom the fact that Nature always sets the limits? Never has man so willfully ignored common sense as … Continue reading
The utter exhaustion of the metaphor “jihad”…
The Prophet defined jihad as preeminently the struggle against the “nafs”- the ego; it is only secondarily (but importantly) a reference to the struggle of the early Muslim community to secure itself against militant opposition. Now, 1,400 years after the … Continue reading
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Wikidpedia: an encyclopedia of Babadumb. Eternal marble clad Petrol Domes
The new Sufism re-Reoriented marble clad Petrol Domes of $40,000,000 schmaltz are emerging from their tremendous excavation in Walmart Creek. It is in these subterranean halls of power that the future spirituality of America will be contrived with a … Continue reading
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Speculative Thoughts About Meherabad Machinations
Erico Nadel was murdered while engaged in the investigation of shonky Meherabad land transactions and other issues. Perhaps this was no coincidence. Who are the players involved? We know for certain that Erico was highly displeased with Mehernath Kalchuri’s behavior … Continue reading
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