A news sampling of this week

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Studies show that an empire survives, on average, a mere 250 years...In 2026, the United States of America, founded in 1776, will celebrate its 250th anniversary. We're rapidly nearing the 250th anniversary of the fall of most previous civilizations. With ongoing internal turmoil ranging from race to financial disparity to political tribalism, and other countries gradually pulling away from the orbit of U.S.-led supremacy, it appears that the tides are turning against us.

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What remains of it anyway.

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you will @gjohnsit , rip the bandage off and get it over with
in other words
Let It Burn

people are gonna get hurt either way
the quicker the better the lesser of hurt
to me anyway

on a lighter not, this guy sells some
Hard Truths

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bItcoUb5xsw

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
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@gjohnsit

...listed in your essay?

"No Political Party that represents the Left in the US."

Never has been one.

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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
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...right within in the same time limit that the five trading currencies that came before us lost their reserve status.

There's no reason for the US to have a psychotic episode over it.

Let's move on with the rest of the world.

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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato

George Carlin and Richard Pryor are weeping.

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