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buying the peace: plans of action and inaction

The endless mystery of the unidentified infection. This story has always enjoyed a recurrent and chronic reprise, which, plausibly, could indicate that some form of blackmail could be at stake, a negotiation for more money so that embarrassing beans would … Continue reading

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steampunk yasser: his gabriel’s horns

Thrift shops. Goodwill stores. It’s amazing what you can find there if you dig hard enough and reach into the bottom of the bargain bin or the pay by weight baskets. Of course sensationalism. TheĀ  news report does not explain … Continue reading

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this hour has 9 minutes and 11 seconds

Part of the long and victorious march of image over substance? Arafat. still a celebrity. Still a locus for the communal lives of many. It is one of those incomprehensible and unexplainable side effects whereby a manufactured pop culture icon … Continue reading

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