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battle never done

John Lukacs once made the rather pessimistic observation that had Hitler succeeded in subduing England and conquering the Island, the English would have acted with the same dynamic of complicity and collaboration with the victors that the French had exhibited. … Continue reading

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beg, borrow, steal and deal: but it’s holy

Corruption, racism, violence,m excessiveness. When its in Israel it’s always holy. It may be crap. But its holy shit form a holy cow that is some vague descendent from the immortal red heifer of Solomon’s day. Sanctified, blessed and stressed … Continue reading

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human oh too human

A funny and peculiar war it was. Especially in wartime Vichy Paris which stretched the lexicon of all the imaginative permutations that plumbed the bottom of French culture. The complexities of that particular context were splendidly shrewd and also quite … Continue reading

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