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Spreading My Ashes in the Twisting River
You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for – Billy Joel, “You May Be Right” They say a stitch in time saves nine. They say it is always good to be prepared. They say Preparation-H is good for hemorrhoids. They say that Benjamin Franklin said, […]
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“90% of Nicaraguans Feel Spied Upon” – True, or Fake News?
The “spied upon” headline from El Pais is unequivocal. The story, in the newspaper’s English-language edition, says that Nicaraguans live in “a climate of permanent surveillance” in which they distrust even their neighbors. Further, apparently harmless community meetings are really “a mechanism of social control” where they “feel watched.” El Pais sources a survey carried […]
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Suspending Courses, Washing Delicates, and Baking: A University Justifies Harming Staff and Students
These people are a charming, lynch worthy bunch. In claiming they are short of cash, the managerial dunderheads at the University of Technology Sydney thought it prudent to throw A$4.8 million at the tax consultants KPMG to design what it calls the Operational Sustainability Initiative (OSI). The linking of these three words alone suggests that […]
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Undeniable Proof: How 1945 Taiwan Surrender Ceremony Smashes “Independence” Myths
This year marks the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and #WWII. Eighty years ago, Japan’s surrender ceremony took place in Taipei. Behind it, a few telling details completely shatter the narrative of “historical nihilism”… all pointing to one undeniable fact: #Taiwan has always been part of […]



