Diaries

Tough Guys (fiction)

I got an idea for a short story or novel about the real lives of gangsters and mob bosses. You know how in the movies there are all these henchmen who are willing to risk their lives for the boss? And most of them die? I kind of wonder how that really plays out.

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So it was nice knowing everybody. . . .

It is 10:15am on the west coast and NBC and ABC are covering the escalation of violence between Israel and its enemies. In a titanic wave of irony, both networks are referring to Iran's "retaliatory" missile attack, even as they cheerlead for Israel and the Pentagon's defense against it.

If Iran is "retaliating," that means that Israel started the ruckus. That blows up the propaganda about Israel just defending itself from "terrorists."

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