Tag: politics
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TAPA (THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE) #115 REALLY???
Friedman’s missive, at first blush, may seem shocking — even prompting the thought, “Has he lost his mind?” But read closely, his message is revelatory. What he’s really saying is that the “yes” so far is only the first step. We’ll need far more than a headline. The release of the hostages is the critical beginning, and…
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TAPA # 117 ‘CLASS ACT vs. aSS ACT’
The release of the remaining hostages itself was a reason to cheer. trump secured the freedom of the final twenty living hostages. A profound victory for their families and friends. It was also a good day for many Palestinians who benefited from the deal. Many were not combatants, but civilians caught in the “fog of…
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TAPA # 104 A BETRAYAL OF TRUST
. The New York Times article “How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein” is a disheartening exposé of money’s dehumanizing and corrosive power. The story is not just about one man’s crimes, but about how a powerful financial institution chose profit over principle, blind eye over accountability. For centuries, thinkers have warned us about money’s dangerous…
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TAPA #101 INCOMPETENCE ON DISPLAY
Anyone who has ever managed a large institution can see plainly that Kennedy is out of his depth. His erratic and disjointed views on health and healthcare were bad enough, but yesterday’s Senate hearing exposed a far deeper problem: a lack of even the most basic skills or comprehension required to lead a complex organization.…
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TAPA # 102 WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN, WHEN…?
Reading Heather Cox Richardson this morning—a scholar who rigorously documents every claim—while scanning the headlines and catching a few news clips, I felt myself slipping into a fog. It was as if I were listening to a 1933 radio broadcast from Berlin or a 1947 propaganda report out of Moscow. The echoes are chilling. In…
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THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE. TAPA #1
This is the first post after trump was elected. I will be posting the subsequent posts to the site as well as new ones. Well, the “Slide” is complete, similar to pulling the plug on a loved one’s ventilator. We are now officially on The American Poseidon Adventure (TAPA) where up is truly down and…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 