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Not much in a mood for a long roundup this week, sorry

What a fucking week. Just as a reminder, last week I wrote:

No it isn’t. A bunch of genocidal white people came to a vast resource-rich continent just as the industrial revolution was about to start and brought burgeoning technology and some rule of law. Your founding fathers were rich slave owners who wanted to insult the King and gave rise to the freedom of speech Trump abuses, in the framework of a fragile constitution built for rich slave owning white men working together. The US constitution is not fit for purpose and the fact that a lunatic Russian agent Nazi is about to take power proves that in fact America is not the greatest idea.

I’m not the only one saying this

Shining hill on the city.

Fuck, its not even a full democracy with the electoral college and senate nonsense.

Even though he won the popular vote.

I posted this yesterday

Fallout election result playlist
You just needed the will to do what the other guy wouldn’t.

and in this context:

Remember, Napoleon was a hero because he fought the JEWS! The evil JEWS! THE JEW BANKERS WHO RULE THE WORLD! If you want to know why America voted for Trump, this is why

Maybe this is all just a terrible dream

I am watching this today and it is absolutely terrible

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Bren gunner you say?

Two sad pieces on the current war

Trump, Vance and Ukraine.
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Our book is still out

Phil has a new book out now!

Also on Amazon.

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