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UK PM APOLOGY
The Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer MPPrime Minister of the United Kingdom10 Downing StreetLondon SW1A 2AAUnited Kingdom Dear Prime Minister, I write to you as an American embarrassed and apologetic for the boorish, ungrateful, and uncouth behavior of our president. The remarks he made that sullied the heroic and honorable service of British forces in…
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Prime Minister Carney @ DAVOS – WEF
January 21, 2026 The Right Honorable Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Canada VIA Email: pm@pm.gc.ca Dear Prime Minister: Listening to your speech at the Davos World Economic Forum, and our president’s rambling, distorted, disingenuous speech, it is clear that you are a…
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TAPA # 157 NUREMBERG TWO
• 1984: The government rewrites reality, invents enemies, and uses propaganda to justify torture, disappearance, and execution.• The Trial: A man is arrested and prosecuted by a faceless legal system in which guilt is assumed.• Darkness at Noon: Based on Stalin’s purges, where victims are coerced into confessing to invented crimes.• Fahrenheit 451: The state suppresses dissent by destroying…
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TAPA # 156 TANTRUM
A tantrum is an episode of emotional dysregulation characterized by an intense, poorly controlled expression of anger, frustration, or distress that exceeds what the situation typically warrants and reflects a temporary failure of self-regulation. Common features include emotional loss of control and a disproportionate reaction to a trigger. Tantrums often occur when an individual feels overwhelmed, thwarted,…
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TAPA # 155 ” GOOD AND PROPER “
When I first read this, I thought it was a comedy skit spoofing Donald Trump’s long-standing obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. But no, it is real. Written by the President of the United States. It reads like a note from a first grader to a classmate who wouldn’t share a Mounds bar. Text message…
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TAPA # 154 FEAR OR FAVOR???
Four senior career prosecutors from the Department Justice Civil Rights Division resigned protesting the refusal of the DOJ to investigate the shooting of Renee Good. The former head of the Civil Rights Division, Kristen Clarke, said that “the officer-involved shooting of Renee Good is precisely the kind of case that the Civil Rights Division would…
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TAPA # 153 I HATE THOSE BRIDGES TOO FAR!!!
A friend recently sent me an essay about how to hold fast to one’s values while engaging pragmatically with people who hold deeply opposed views. My takeaway was a reminder to try to remove the “edge” from my writing and from how I engage others. That is easier said than done. It is difficult not…
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TAPA # 152 TRUTH WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES
Today I watched the compilation of videos assembled by The New York Times. Their frame-by-frame analysis, slowed and synchronized across multiple angles, makes one thing unmistakably clear: this incident demands a serious, independent investigation. What the videos reveal explains precisely why President Trump, Secretary Noem, and Attorney General Bondi have worked to block any comprehensive inquiry.…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 