It was the moon landing, in reverse. 1979: An American Icharus.
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It was the moon landing, in reverse. 1979: An American Icharus.
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OH wait that's in Reaganland. Lost track.
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Too many acopyses to keep track of. Back in 1979, Skylab falling to earth ("Win a chunk of Skylab!" ran a radio station promotion I indelibly recall) seemed like the biggest news of my youth.
Hit "The Invisible Bridge" to learn about this!
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That's a good thing. We shouldn't look away.
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I got mad.
Possibly so.
How about number of recalls?
Did a very rewarding interview with a University of Wisconsin undergrad who asked really smart, historically informed questions about the political consequences of changing economic expectations of young people.
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Random crowdsourcing request: anyone know of any experts to consult about whether the rate of food-borne illness has gone up with Trump-era deregulation?
Pleikus are like streetcars.
Look it up.
Many people hated him very much.
No book yet! Will hopefully be out by the end of the year. Called "The Infernal Triangle."
Don't know, I'm looking for a new publisher.
Maybe!
I have a lot of pity for them. Many of course are loved ones of mine.
Also, I looked up Whitney Webb, and their work appears ridiculous to me.
I know it's meant respectfully. That's what I politely put my objection out there publicly, and try to model a better way. The best idea the Founders of the country had was the "republic of letters," where all arguments are considered equally (why they wrote under pseudonyms like "publius.") My war.
I know. That's what I politely put this out there, and try to model a better way. I'm very serious about my small-d democratic values. The best idea the Founders of the country had was the "republic of letters," where all arguments are considered equally (why they wrote under pseudonyms.)
So, then, only in the sense that all states are basically the formal legalization of organized crime. How do you think the original French or Chinese or whoever got their sovereignty?
All I ask for is Israel to be treated as a normal state that you can criticize the same as every other.
That fucking pisses me off. Israel so obviously makes both Jews there and Jews here more unsafe, because they've been screaming "JEWS = ISRAEL" ever since 1967, allowing zero ideological debate. A colossal moral and political error. It was, intellectually, imperialist.
A choice. Organized Jewry chose to stake its entire political capital on the notion that Israel and Judaism were coextensive. Like the camp I went to run by the Milwaukee JCC, for "all" Jews (they even kept a kosher kitchen for like zero frum people!) having us salute the Israeli flag each day.
What "organized crime syndicate"?
Respect. No harm. I love all my interlocutors. Equally!
Think about this: Israel uses American Christers as mercenaries. Israel fucking loves mercenary. Loved keeping their hands clean. Eg, Phalangists in Sabra&Shatila massacre. A morally grotesque MO!
Going through my book manuscript before writing the conclusion, realizing I have to pare the conspicuous use of the word "conspicuous." It's clearly one of my favorites: perfect for signaling to the reader to be sophisticated about the layers built into political speech. Conspicuous silences, etc.
It's a pet peeve, hearing from someone criticizing an argument of mine that, Oh, but I love your books. I'm incredible grateful for my readers. But I think no less of your arguments, or more of them, depending on your opinion of something else. Argue with the argument: a sacred principle of mine.
