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Day-O : cut him some slack?

There was a great deal of controversy over jazz and swing music in Nazi Germany, with a public antipathy towards it, yet for the higher ups the debate was more nuanced. To even conceive of Goebbels as a jazz afficionnado … Continue reading

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free goods* ( some restrictions do apply )

The garbage pickers reaching into the container hoping to scour a few empties, the pan handlers outside the fitness club, the little rogue businessmen washing windows, the petty thieves, minor hustlers, cheezy salesman that are part of the pulse of … Continue reading

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kicking the can down the road: again

There is no doubt that poverty is degrading, and through force, legislation, moral suasion,manipulation, blackmail,  soft euthanasia, and “gaming” democracy and elementary social responsibility we have gloriously succeeded in creating the scenario for economic collapse and social and political insurrection. … Continue reading

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