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Lagniappe Sunday

Heh. (h/t Laughing Squid) I’m an optimist for the most part, not a doom-and-gloomer, but I also read history for fun. Hard to ignore the parallels between 1929 and 2026. (Heather Cox Richardson’s 250 to 250.) Quote: “Dishearteningly, but perhaps inevitably, [the priest] began to speak of the Great Replacement Theory. ‘There are places where…

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“You know Iʼm still kind of sorry about the sewage,” said Perry. “I hadnʼt really thought it through.”

McKibben calls this a fable, but I donʼt know. What if people like Vern in states like Vermont all over the nation became accidental, nonviolent secessionists? What if they inspired their states’ equivalents of town halls to talk about and even vote on leaving the nation to be their own independent countries? If enough of…

Read more “You know Iʼm still kind of sorry about the sewage,” said Perry. “I hadnʼt really thought it through.”

Lagniappe Sunday

“These private equity firms have mastered the art of the coverup.” (US Senator Elizabeth Warren) The “How to” begins about halfway through the video. (h/t Laughing Squid) Quote: “One reason we missed some of that revolution is that so much of it is taking place in China. By some measures, as Bloomberg’s David Fickling worked…

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‘Not noticing’ may not be the first thing you’d look for in a police chief, but in the Bruce administration it’s an essential skill.

McKibben calls this a fable, but I don’t know. What if people like Vern in states like Vermont all over the nation became accidental, nonviolent secessionists? What if they inspired their states’ equivalents of town halls to talk about and even vote on leaving the nation to be their own independent countries? If enough of…

Read more ‘Not noticing’ may not be the first thing you’d look for in a police chief, but in the Bruce administration it’s an essential skill.