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Manhattan's sinking like a rock Into the filthy Hudson, what a shock They wrote a book about it Said it was like Ancient Rome The perfume burns his eyes Pulls him tightly to her thighs Something flickered for a minute Then it vanished and was gone Life in
Well, what can you say really? With another “Executive Order,” remember, the Dems love using them too, the president claims to change the name of the Defense Department back to the old “War Department.” Defense was always a sad euphemism. War was always much more accurate, but the old republic
SUBSCRIBE My politics were founded long ago on a concern for apes – orange, black, brown, or silver haired, and the largely hairless and excessively chattering ones. Conserving ecological systems untouched or least touched by man were the most radical politics of the 20th century and remain so in the 21st.
SUBSCRIBE Wandering the streets of Manhattan a couple thoughts had me wondering about civilization. Defining civilization is always difficult. For me, the key idea is civil, which Webster defines as “adequate in courtesy and politeness.” The essential word being adequate. Scratching the thin veneer of any historically recognized civilization, courtesy