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The Fortnightly Rant Every Day, In Every Way ike many Americans, we have Coué Tells Boston How been struggling. Authoritarian to Get Better and Better Lgibberish has an anesthetizing ef- fect on some, but we are not among Two Great Audiences Clench them. The pandemic has forced us to and Unclench Fists at Genial eschew newsprint. That deprivation, Frenchman’s Command to Show we have found, is less like kicking Dominance of the Imagination a drug habit than it is like having a The advice, as a whole, was such as any limb amputated—or all of them. good physician would give a patient… We will go on, of course. At our [Coué] called himself ‘a simple, ordi- age—having recently begun our nary man,’ but hundreds in those two 265th year—we can imagine no big audiences…regarded him—in spite other course. For the record, though, of his protestations—as something very these conditions are intolerable; much out of the ordinary….many had reader, forgive us, please, for kicking traveled far distances to see and hear against our stall. him—sufferers many of them—and é Perhaps we’re being predictable, these people rather expected M. Cou to but we lay the responsibility for this perform miracles. é predicament on someone we’ll call, Cou called Americans ‘very imag- for variety’s sake, The Usual Suspect. inative,’ saying they had ‘a Celtic qual- At last count more than 210,000 ity’ in that regard. Americans have been killed by the – Boston Daily Globe plague he failed to stop. His own January 31, 1923 White House has more cases now If you are suffering from any severe were, during his lifetime, more pop- dential Candidate, got definitive for has access to what may be the best than the nation of Vietnam. With pain, such as a toothache or headache, sit ular in Europe than in the United an article in Politico: “When Coue’s socialized medicine on Earth. such a record it seems impossible to down, close your eyes and assure yourself States, many Americans who ad- follower Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Or might be, if he didn’t meddle. imagine that things could get any calmly that you are going to get rid of opted his ideas and methods, such published The Power Of Positive Patient Zero of worse—and therein lies the trap. it. Now gently stroke with your hand as Maxwell Maltz, Napoleon Hill, Thinkingin October 1952, Trump’s the White House Not long ago we published a pho- the affected part and repeat at the same Norman Vincent Peale, Robert H. parents, Fred and Mary, felt an im- Cluster[cough] has to of a banner depicting the Suspect time as fast as you can, producing a con- Schuller, and W. Clement Stone, be- mediate affinity for Peale’s teach- apparently been as Captain America—a so-called tinuous stream of sound, the words, ‘It’s came famous in their own right by ings. On Sundays, they drove into channeling a cer- superhero. So he appears to the gib- going, going, going…gone!’ spreading his words.” Manhattan to worship at Marble tain stout, dap- berish junkies. It pains us to say it, – Dr. Émile Coué, quoted in the Individual 1—let’s call him what Collegiate Church where Peale was per, bowlered and but he does fit the description in one September 17, 1922 edition of the Mueller did, for the nonce—has the head pastor. Donald and both moustachioed gent limited way: he has a power we’ve Boston Sunday Globe, Editorial and often cited Peale as his “family pas- his sisters were married there, and who was not, for never seen elsewhere. News Feature Section, page one. tor”—as if that were something of funeral services for both Fred and the record, a real doctor after all. Every day, he makes things –=≈=– which to be proud. To the best of Mary took place in the main sanc- Full of steroids and a miracle cure worse—and not just any old worse, Little question for today: our knowledge, though, he has never tuary. from a company in which he holds É but a far worse worse than any worse Who was Dr. mile Coué? admitted that Peale learned his grift “‘I still remember [Peale’s] ser- stock, the Man With His Finger On you could imagine on your own. – Filler item from Coué, the O.G., the Master. mons,’ Trump told the Iowa Fami- the World’s Largest Nuclear Arse- It’s a pattern that, once noticed, is Boston Globe, June 15, 1925 That’s not surprising, though; nei- ly Leadership Summit in July. ‘You nal returned to the World’s Most impossible not to see: every day… –=≈=– ther has he acknowledged that the could listen to him all day long. And Expensive Public Housing Unit a every day, in every way…. Confirming our recollections of Dr. family fortune was founded by a when you left the church, you were couple of days ago. That event was Wait—why does that sound so Coué, we learned that the linkage draft-dodging whoremonger, his disappointed it was over. He was the filmed for campaign purposes. The familiar to us…? between him and our Usual Suspect grandfather Frederick. greatest guy.’” result appears to be an homage to Because, Dear Reader, years ago, transcended a mere shared belief Gwenda Blair was on to this BLOTUS—we trust you know Leni Reifenshtahl’s Triumph of the during our lengthy apprenticeship, in…let’s be kind and call it “woo- connection in October of 2015. A to whom we refer—has now, finally, Will. He just made an hour-long we were exposed to the mantra of woo.” teacher of journalism at Columbia, come down with a case of the dis- call to CNN. We’re afraid to lis- Dr. Émile Coué. According to our old friend Wiki- and the author of The Trumps: Three ease which he has bestowed upon ten. Election day is three and a half [Sets Wayback Machine to 1923….] pedia, “Although Coué’s teachings Generations of Builders and a Presi- millions of others. Unlike them, he weeks away. Let’s hope we make it.

The Alleged News® A Few Random Items of Potential Interest e can’t cite any specific au- ner of a closed-down lab. [Yeah, we As we noted in the Rant, we’ve the advent of the horseless carriage, turns out to be a perfect background thorities on this matter—we know—they’re all odd. Yuck, yuck. Sit been feeling just a bit ragged our- though, half our audience will have for showing off the common pest, haveW little to go on other than our down and behave, will you? – The Ed.] selves lately—not physically, we’re no idea what we’re talking about. Musca domestica. own observations—but we’ve been One strange thing about what at 98.6°, and even more robust that Readers deserve to have the news Judging from the post-debate re- getting the impression lately that some are calling the 6th Great Ex- the President himself, who is a not- presented to them in a manner that action, the audience was relieved to even people who are normally lev- tinction—well, out of many, we ed athlete. We’re just slightly flum- makes some kind of sense. When have something to think about oth- el-headed have been getting cranky suppose—is that, although a large moxed by the sheer volume of news. the news makes no sense, that be- er than the Vice President’s rude- lately. We can’t say for sure why, but percentage of the dying species are Actually, we could probably han- comes somewhat problematical. ness. Unsurprisingly, given Pence’s we have our suspicions. insects, one of the more disturbing dle that. It’s really the news-like… Rather than throw up our hands, unctuous religiosity, the incident It may have something to do with stories we’ve heard is about a new stuff that’s been gumming up the and then possibly…oh, never mind. engendered many ecclesiastical in- the 210,000 people who’ve died so species showing up here in the U.S. works. Ever since, oh, say, about June Without further ado, or don’t, or terpretations. far from the dreadfully mishandled “Murder hornets.” Who’d a thunk 14, 2015, the sheer volume of…stuff, might, here, in no particular order, An unofficial correspondent in global pandemic. Or, it may be a re- it? let’s call it stuff, has been making our are a few things that we think may the U.K. said, “After all, according action to the economy nearly dying, Could be the hurricanes, we work exponentially more difficult. have happened. to the Hebrew Bible, ‘Beelzebub,’ due to the failed attempt to stop the suppose. What’s hitting Louisiana In an earlier time we could sum –=≈=– in Hebrew, means, literally, ‘Lord of virus. today? Delta, or something. The up this problem with a folksy met- Department of Auguries and Signs the Flies,’ which is another name for On the other hand it could be meteorologists have used up all 26 of aphor. Imagine spending the first During the recent Vice Presiden- the ‘Devil,’ ‘Satan,’ or ‘Lucifer;’ and is some kind of subconscious reaction the available names. We’d get on the few hours of every work day using a tial Debate, incumbent Mike Pence also the title of William Golding’s to the mass-extinction crisis. That horn and ’splain to them that con- shovel to remove a layer of fragrant took time out from ignoring mod- novel, by that name. How appro- one’s a little harder to credit, though, sumers get angry when they have to equine effluent from atop your desk. erator Susan Page and talking over priate, therefore, that a fly should since hardly anyone is paying atten- settle for generics. They haven’t had a That’s what it’s like when you have Senator Kamala Harris to serve as a tion to it other than the odd scientist day off since hurricane season start- to screen out all the bogosity com- landing pad for a house fly. Pence’s The Alleged News® or two, quietly weeping in the cor- ed though, so…. ing from the Ruling Junta. Since noggin, with its white hair-helmet, to page two Page 2 — The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, October 9, 2020

The Alleged News® Right Wing Terrorists Plotted from page one to Murder Democratic Governor Earlier this year the President tweet- choose to settle on Pence’s head, as ed—apropos of what, no one knew it would on a dung-heap: the Devil at the time—“Liberate Michigan.” knows his own!” It now appears that two small bands To balance out this view from of Second Amendment enthusiasts an obvious heathen, we turn to knew exactly what he was talking Hank Kunneman, of Lord of about. Charges were announced Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebras- against 13 men yesterday for plot- ka. Speaking on evangelist Gene ting to kidnap and possibly murder Bailey’s program “Flash Point,” Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Kunneman went right to the top for Democrat, as part of a grander coup an answer. plot to take over the state. “I said, ‘God, what’s up with the In his inimitable fashion, the fly landing on the Vice President’s President tweeted in response to head? Why didn’t it land and buzz the news that Whitmer is a terrible right on the nose of the sneering governor, who should thank him, [Kinneman laughs at his own witti- the President, because “My Justice cism.], snickering Kamala Harris?’” Department and Federal Law En- The camera showed two gray- forcement” saved her. haired white men in suits, smiling –=≈=– and nodding as Kunneman relayed Constitution 2.0? the Word of God. Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-Calif.], “Because Ecclesiasties 10 says that Speaker of the House, spoke Friday the flies obviously go after the oil, about creating a commission to as- and it talks about the dead fly that sess the President’s ability to lead the calls to Fox News. He complained “essentially impossible” if Donald 1998. With two co-authors, Mann landed in the holy, precious annoint- country, specifically citing provisions that Attorney General Bill Barr had Trump is re-elected. demonstrated that global tempera- ed oil, and there was an annointing. in the 25th Amendment allowing not indicted Joe Biden, his opponent A professor at Penn State Uni- ture had been trending downward Vice President Pence looked Presi- for the removal of an unfit Chief in the upcoming election, or Presi- versity, Mann, 54, has published for the previous one thousand years. dential, and I’m telling you, it was a Executive. dent Obama, calling that a “sad, sad hundreds of peer-reviewed scientif- Graphed, this line was the long prophetic sight.” Her remarks came the day after situation.” He also called Kamala ic papers, testified numerous times handle of the hockey stick, which Perhaps someone should warn the President—who has been taking Harris a “monster” and “a commu- before Congress and appeared fre- surged abruptly upwards in about the President’s medical team that a the powerful steroid dexamethasone, nist.” quently in the news media. He is also 1950—represented by the blade of Higher Power may be contemplat- which he says is not a powerful ste- Despite this steaming mountain active on Twitter, where earlier this the stick—to make the 1990s the ing a personnel change. roid—made a series of telephone of fresh evidence that the President year he declared: “A second Trump warmest decade in “at least the last is deranged, Pelosi told reporters, ac- term is game over for the climate— millennium.” cording to ABC News, “This is not really!”, a statement he reaffirmed in In 1999, Mann became an assis- about President Donald Trump—he an interview with The Guardian and tant professor at the University of will face the judgment of the voters.” Covering Climate Now. Virginia, where he was targeted by Pelosi, some say, has legendary po- “If we are going to avert ever more the climate denier crowd, an expe- litical skills. We must be rubes. catastrophic climate change impacts, rience detailed in his 2012 book The –=≈=– we need to limit warming below a Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. A Second Trump Term Would Be degree and a half Celsius, a little He received death threats, he says, ‘Game Over’ for the Climate, less than three degrees Fahrenheit,” and had emails stolen. Virginia’s Says Top Scientist Mann said. “Another four years former attorney general Ken Cuc- By Mark Hertsgaard of what we’ve seen under Trump, cinelli, a hard-right Republican, [This story originally appeared in which is to outsource environmen- subpoenaed documents related to The GuardianOctober 2, 2020, and tal and energy policy to the polluters Mann’s research funding in an ef- is republished here as part of Covering and dismantle protections put in fort to prove fraud. A Washington Climate Now, a global journalism place by the previous administra- Post editorial blasted Cuccinelli for collaboration strengthening coverage of tion…would make that essentially “mis[using] state funds in his own the climate story.] impossible.” personal war against climate sci- Michael Mann, one of the most None of Mann’s 200-plus scien- ence.” In 2014, affirming a lower Four stately orange cones—that being the color of the moment, we under- eminent climate scientists in the tific papers is more famous than the court’s decision, the supreme court stand—flank the entrances of the Rockingham condominiums, lending a world, believes averting climate ca- so-called “hockey stick study,” which of Virginia ruled against Cuccinelli, classic touch of symbolic majesty to the grand old pile. tastrophe on a global scale would be Nature published on Earth Day of who now serves as a top official in

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Trump’s Department of Homeland much global carbon emissions are Security. projected to fall in 2020 due to the Mann denies that it’s a partisan Covid-19 economic lockdowns that statement to say that four more years shrank driving, flying and other car- of Trump would mean “game over” bon-intensive activities.) for the climate. The numbers get unrealistically “It is a political statement, because challenging if Trump gains another it speaks to the need to enact policies four years as president. to deal with climate change,” he says. “Four more years of relative in- “But it isn’t partisan to say that we action, of flat emissions, means that should act on this crisis.” four years from now that number It’s also a scientific statement, might be closer to 15 percent [emis- Mann adds. Two years ago this sions reductions] a year,” Mann says. month, scientists with the United “And that may be, although not Nations’ Intergovernmental Pan- physically impossible, societally im- el on Climate Change published a possible. The rate at which we shift landmark study, “Global Warming away from a fossil-fuel-driven infra- of 1.5 Degrees,” which found that structure, it just may not be econom- humanity had to cut heat-trapping ically possible or socially viable to do emissions roughly by half by 2030 it that [fast].” to avoid catastrophic climate break- “Our destiny is down. Headlines warned we had determined by our behavior” “12 years to save the planet.” Those Fortunately, there is encouraging 12 years are now 10. news about climate science as well. Except more than two years have It was long thought that Earth’s been lost, because in that time, the climate system carried a substantial Trump administration has pre- lag effect, mainly because carbon vented the world’s biggest econ- dioxide remains in the atmosphere, omy from making “the dramatic trapping heat, for many decades af- reductions that were necessary to ter being emitted. Even if all CO2 keep us on that path” of halving emissions were halted overnight, emissions by 2030, Mann says. “So global temperatures would keep ris- ernment, said in 2006. turn down the heat almost immedi- Green New Deal. This he defines now the incline is steeper. It’s no ing and heat waves, droughts, storms Mann says research over the last ately by slashing emissions promptly. as a vast government effort that longer five percent [reductions] a and other impacts would keep in- decade has overturned this interpre- “Our destiny is determined by our deploys both regulations—for ex- year for the next 10 years. It’s more tensifying “for about 25 to 30 years,” tation. behavior,” says Mann, a fact he finds ample, no more coal plants—and like seven and a half percent.” (As a Sir David King, the former chief Good News: “empowering.” market mechanisms like carbon comparison, seven percent is how science advisor to the British gov- Shorter Lag Times This reprieve will not necessarily pricing to transition away from fos- Using new, more elaborate com- spare polar ice sheets or evade tip- sil fuels as rapidly as possible. In the puter models equipped with an in- ping points that cannot be recrossed, coming weeks, he adds, there is no teractive carbon cycle, “what we now the scientist cautions, and earth is al- more important way for U.S. citizens understand is that if you stop emit- ready experiencing “much more ex- to exercise agency than to vote— ting carbon right now…the oceans treme weather…than we expected vote for candidates who support start to take up carbon more rapidly,” 10 years ago.” Greenland and Arctic such a transition, such as Joe Biden, Mann says. Such ocean storage of ice is already melting after the cur- and against Donald Trump and oth- CO2 “mostly” offsets the warming rent temperature rise of 1° C, or 2.7° er Republicans who obstruct it. effect of the CO2 that still remains F, above preindustrial levels, and it “The future of this planet is now in the atmosphere. Thus, the actual will continue melting even with- in the hands of American citizens,” lag between halting CO2 emissions out further warming. The resulting he says. “It’s up to us. The way we and halting temperature rise is not possibility of “massive sea level rise” end this national and global night- 25 to 30 years, he explains, but “more is one example of why Mann says mare is by coming out and voting for like three to five years.” that humanity is “walking out on to optimism over pessimism, for hope This is “a dramatic change in our a minefield” of tipping points: “The and justice and progress over fear understanding” of the climate sys- more we warm the planet, the more and malice and superstition. This is tem that gives humans “more agen- of those unwelcome surprises we a Tolkienesque battle between good cy,” says Mann. Rather than being might encounter.” and evil, and Sauron needs to be The challenges to our beloved local institutions are many, and great. For- locked into decades of inexorably In the face of this urgency, Mann defeated on election day here in the tunately, somehow, Caffe Kilim is still with us. “Goats, please, medium.” rising temperatures, humans can broadly supports implementing a United States.”

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This Is Far Worse Than Partisan Divide responsibility to protect democracy To the Editor: and end partisan self-identification Hyper partisanship, national po- (which enables fascism). larization, party politics bleeding into Even if you disagree with someone, areas it does not belong, and a dys- ask them to explain their opinions. If functional Congress are no longer the they are ignoring inconvenient facts, biggest threats to our democracy. The just ask them to explain their points identification drives people to bus into cult-like self-identification of Trump- so you can understand what is behind New Hampshire on a summer Friday ism is beyond political division and is their thinking. There are topics, such evening. pulling our nation into fascism. as abortion or capital punishment, For love of country, in respect of vet- ued, unfettered access to raw materials, Fascism has always been veiled that we need to agree to disagree for erans, for the chance to heal and work cheap labor, and unregulated markets— We don’t want to accuse you of profess- in patriotism, powered by insecuri- now, as we cannot come to common jointly to solve our very big problems, and it will kill you for them. It’s doing so ing white supremacist ideology, but that ties, and prioritized blind loyalty. The ground solutions until we are better at get out there and end Trumpism. Let right now. is the only term we can think of that ade- question is, will Americans step up to listening to each other and ignoring people know they don’t have to vote Crediting Trump with anything re- quately describes what you’re doing right fight this common threat, or will we biased media. Democratic, just no voting for Trump. lated to this pandemic is going too far. there. be complacent, consumed by apathy, I suppress the urge to scream at Also, refrain from voting for all those In the example you cite, his most likely The Editor and hope that someone else will save Trump flag wavers because it is not who endorse Trump, since we desper- motive was animosity towards China –=≈=– the day? effective. For those who have already ately need political leaders and prob- as a nation, and prejudice against the I Was Wrong! There is now common cause, for wrapped themselves in fascist garb, lem solvers, not followers. Chinese people as a manifestation of his To the Editor: Conservative, Liberal, Moderate and they must take the first courageous Steven Borne belief—does the man not have access to In July of 2018 I wrote a letter to the others, to jointly shut the door on step out of the fascist current. We help Rye, N.H. mirrors?—that white people are superior. Editor which stated, “What is almost Trumpism. Conservatives can still vote by listening and talking respectively Steven: The Editor 100 percent certain…is that Trump’s for Republicans, Liberals for Demo- from the shore, not pulling or pushing. Pardon us for pre-judging, but your –=≈=– businesses are kept afloat by laun- crats and Moderates can continue to Start with acknowledging that reputation for trying to reconcile our po- Don Ewing Gets De-Platformed dering money for the Russian mafia, not have acceptable options, but we all Trump has done some positive things. larized body politic precedes you. To the Editor: oligarchs and other crooks. This has must oppose Trumpism. Take Covid-19 as an example, and Whatever success you might achieve [Note: 398 words deleted. – The Ed.] been going on for years.” I added, “The To put our democracy back on the how travel between China and other would be a great public service. Don Ewing Russians are able to control Trump… tracks, Americans need to do some- hot spots was prohibited. However, We fear, though, that under the circum- Meredith, N.H. by threatening to cut off the source of thing our nation has not done in a there were hundreds of possible ac- stances you’re rowing against the Pisca- Don: funds that keep him afloat….” long time: we need to talk. We need tions. Assume Trump had 20 positive taqua while towing a barge. Pardon us, but we were forced to delete Trump’s tax returns, released against to bring back verbal dialog between Covid-19 actions, he also had at least “[P]artisan self-identification (which 93 percent of your letter. We will, howev- his will, four years after his prom- individuals. It is only through true dis- 20 negative Covid-19 actions and enables fascism)”? That sounds like both- er, quote your first two sentences, in order ise, show that he personally owes the cussion and debate that we realize if maybe another 60 things that should sides-ism. Yes, Trumpism enables fas- to explain why. banks $400 million, due in the next we are seeing multiple perspectives or have been done. So that is 20 good and cism. Hell, it is fascism. How, though, “To most of us, all lives, including all few years. No bank would loan this just regurgitating propaganda. Online 80 misses, which is much worse than a does identifying as, say, a member of the black [sic] lives, matter. However, the kind of money to Trump (six bank- chats, emails, Facebook, and any one- F- and explains why with four percent Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Black Lives Matter movement only cares ruptcies) unless there were another to-many communication may be easy, of global population we have around (which is a real thing) make one a pro- about the black [sic] lives (usually black guarantor to pay back the loan. In this but they are the wrong tool for our 23 percent of global cases and 21 per- to-fascist? [sic] deaths) that it can use for political case, Putin’s Russia. current crisis. cent of deaths globally. Also, you seem to be assuming that it’s advantage.” I was wrong because not only did If you know anyone in a swing state, During the Republican Nation- possible to have a rational discussion with We have long published your letters in Trump rely on Russian money laun- pick up the phone and call them. Send al Convention, people cloaked in a person in the full throes of Trumpism. much the same spirit that, while driving, dering funds to keep his failing busi- a text and ask for a time to speak. Have Trumpism may have believed those Would that it were so, but we believe the we listen to Rush Limbaugh; fortunate- nesses solvent, he depended on them colleagues in those states? Invite them who said Trump had fame and mon- odds are remotely small. As we used to say ly, we rarely drive. It’s important to, at for outright paying back of his loans, to a video conference lunch or coffee ey and was only serving as President before gaslights came in, “the game’s not times, subject ones self to toxic matter to keeping him in the lifestyle to which break where you can talk about the up- for love of country. Unfortunately, for worth the candle.” better understand it. In our experience, he is accustomed, allowing him to coming election. Too many people are a monstrous narcissist with a colossal You recommend “ignoring partisan Black lives have only seem to matter in parade as the great businessman. No surrounded by a homogenous mindset ego, the Presidency had to be the next media.” Is it your plan to wait until cap- your letters when you could use them wonder he does anything Putin wants! and may not have anyone they feel safe meal, and desert is establishing a fam- italism is dethroned, and the spewing when trying to make some twisted point Vote Biden before Putin totally speaking with. ily dynasty. of propaganda no longer profits Clan purporting to buttress your dubious polit- wrecks the U.S.A. through his tool. It is time for all of us to be active At the Manchester, N.H. Trump Murdoch? If Trumpism is to be defeat- ical agenda. There’s no reason to wallow Michael Frandzel patriots and choose to invest our time rally, I was watching bus after char- ed—and, we fear, not even his well-de- in toxicity, though, hence our admittedly Portsmouth, N.H. in having verbal conversations. Start tered bus unload people sans masks, served incarceration will be sufficient to radical truncation. Michael: with your personal and professional wondering where they were coming accomplish that—we must confront the You—a person of the white persuasion, We can’t vouch for the accuracy of your network and then look to do more. If from. I can’t fathom from where, in problem of right wing propaganda. we’d wager—while professing to “care” assertions, but we agree that Trump’s you have vacation time that will not very small New Hampshire, a resident Right wing propaganda promotes au- about Black people, have demonstrated finances smell like a month-old sturgeon carry over, use a few days in October would bother to take a chartered bus thoritarianism, because that’s what’s good here that you think you know—better hidden in a storage locker. to talk with others about our collective for around an hour ride? Polarized for capitalism. Capitalism wants contin- than them—what’s good for them. The Editor

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his own political benefit. He betrayed for opposing political parties to have our Kurdish allies to the Turks and policy differences. These differences Russians after they had endured over provide the basis for discussion, de- 10,000 casualties in the fight with bate and good faith bargaining but ISIS. they should always be subservient to Trump has falsely claimed credit for the promotion of civic virtue and the gy—at a loss of hundreds of jobs, and an economic expansion that was well common good. When the common millions of dollars to taxpayers, busi- underway when he took office. He good is superseded by attention to the nesses, and towns. and his Republican cronies enacted a agenda of a self-aggrandizing, narcis- illegitimacy of his three-million-mi- Our safety? He vetoed the bill pre- tax cut that they claimed was for the sistic and inept leader such as Donald Trump Would be 86ed From Kindergarten nority election. venting unauthorized people from benefit of the middle class; in reality, Trump or to the mere preservation of To the Editor: Why would the designated leader of carrying firearms into schools; he ve- it provided 80 percent of its benefits to the power of the Republican party, de- In every election I’ve voted in, be this great country kowtow toward dic- toed a suicide prevention measure. corporations and the rich. His mud- mocracy is threatened. For this reason, it local, a primary, presidential or tators, and care more about making a What of democracy itself? Sununu dled tariff policy has raised prices for both Donald Trump and his Republi- non-presidential, I always see vot- buck off his properties, than attracting vetoed bills to address gerrymander- American consumers while failing on can sycophants must be removed from ers taking their children with them worldwide allies to lead toward a more ing, and to streamline absentee voting. his promise to repatriate manufactur- office in November. as they vote. They clearly want their healthy and equitable future? We all work hard to choose the best ing capacity. Robert D. Russell, Ph.D. children to know participating in the His tax returns reveal the answer: people on our ballots, to legislate for us At a time when thousands have Harrisburg, Pa. democratic process is important. Just this self-proclaimed businessman is in Concord. taken to the streets to protest racial Robert: as my parents did, I am sure many in debt over his head, $300 million or Our efforts are pointless if we vote injustices, Trump has chosen to divide You’re absolutely right. Trump’s literal watch the Presidential debates with more, that must be paid back by 2022. for Sununu. Seventy-seven times, he the nation with inflammatory rhetoric American carnage could not have hap- their children. I wonder how they can Who does he owe? undid the courageous work of our that has incited violence rather than pened without the connivance of the Re- explain President Trump’s behavior in His son, Eric, blurted out the an- elected officials with his vetoes. healing. publican Party. Unfortunately, historical Tuesday’s debate? His constant inter- swer while golfing with journalist Please vote for Dan Feltes—he has When faced with crises of natural precedent suggests they’ll never be held rupting, his arguing with the moder- James Dodson, “We have all the fund- worked tirelessly across the aisle for origin that are beyond his ability to accountable, even if there’s a full Demo- ator, his total ignoring of the rules he ing we need out of Russia.” our health, safety, climate and econo- explain away with a conspiracy the- cratic sweep. had agreed to. His behavior would not Bruce Joffe my. Learn more at https://danfeltesnh. ory, Trump’s inadequacies have been The Editor be allowed in kindergarten and is no Piedmont, Calif. com. laid bare. Tragically, the president lied –=≈=– example of how any adult should be- –=≈=– Susan Richman about the seriousness of the Covid-19 Remembrance of Republicans Past have. “A Trump Guy Through and Through” Durham, N.H. pandemic while presiding over an Dear Editor: If you approve of Trump’s behavior, To the Editor: Susan: incompetent effort to contain the vi- Bear with me while I reminisce in then your children will see this is the In the New Hampshire primaries, Our Governor is a chip off the old rus. The result has been thousands of ancient times, “senior moments” be- way they should behave if they want more than 4,000 Democrats voted block—hence the need to de-elect him. unnecessary American deaths accom- stowed to aging citizens. Share with to be rich, powerful or a leader. That for Chris Sununu as a write-in. But The Editor panied by Depression levels of unem- me, if you will, please, and believe me, is your right, but keep them out of our Sununu is not the moderate they think –=≈=– ployment. He has largely been silent there was once a Republican Party, and public schools so the other children he is. In a Word, Unfit regarding the climate change induced a commonwealth of practicing church can become educated and civil. “I’m a Trump guy through and To the Editor: forest fires and hurricanes that have families, that would not have conceded Walter Hamilton through,” Sununu boasts. He takes Donald Trump is unfit to be pres- ravaged the American west and south. to Donald Trump the proverbial time Portsmouth N.H. money and advice from the fossil fuel ident. This is not a new nor notable Trump’s ineptitude and immoral- of day. –=≈=– industry. His 77 vetoes diminish your statement. He has amply demon- ity is beyond question. Yet he would Entire generations of Americans Small Man in a Big Job rights, take money out of your pocket, strated throughout his term that he not have been able to carry out this believed (as Gandhi surmised as gos- Dear Editor: and put you in danger from a runaway has neither the intellect nor character carnage without the sycophancy of pel), that “the outward behavior of It takes a big man to represent this climate. for the job. He is a habitual liar who Republican legislators. They have act- a man is at once the sign and proof great country. A President worthy of Many New Hampshire residents distorts facts to suit his narcissistic ed more like a cult supporting their of the inner state.” Granted, politics office must stand for the justice, -de work multiple jobs in the struggle ends while valid criticism is deflected master rather than a political party in strange bedfellows make. However, it mocracy, liberty, and diversity that to pay bills on a minimum wage of by citing crackpot conspiracy theories a democracy. Nowhere has this been is entirely incongruous that any think- have created our well-being. He must $7.25/hour. Sununu twice vetoed bills such as QAnon or the imaginary Deep more evident than in the Republi- ing American (much less citizens even set an example to the world of the ide- attempting a modest increase to $10/ State. His failures are many. can Senate’s hypocritical support for marginally inspired to practice Chris- als that all can aspire to. He must also hour. Trump has conducted a chaot- filling the Ginsburg vacancy on the tian teachings) will find compatibility show the empathy and moral charac- We are in a pandemic, with no ic foreign policy that has alienated Supreme Court prior to the election; with Donald Trump. ter we expect of our neighbors, friends, paid family and medical leave, which allies while displaying deference to in 2016, the Republican-controlled Past generations clearly understood and ourselves. Sununu vetoed twice. authoritarian leaders. In the face of senate stonewalled Obama’s nomi- mankind’s flawed human condition Instead, a very small man is our As we witness raging wildfires, overwhelming intelligence, he denies nation of Merrick Garland using the and imperfections. The purpose was to President. Petty and vindictive, he flooding, droughts, Sununu vetoes that Russia continues to influence rationale that new Supreme Court try and improve, not to strive for unat- cares only about making a transaction- bills that address climate change. “No” our election processes in his favor. He judges should not be confirmed in an al profit for himself, a bully who wor- to energy efficiency; “no” to towns was impeached for an attempt to ex- election year. Mash Notes, Hate Mail, &c. ries that any criticism underlines the generating their own renewable ener- tort the president of the Ukraine for In a healthy democracy, it is natural to page six

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Trump & the Military: Is Anyone Really Surprised? by W.D. Ehrhart Who did we think this guy was izr and Ghazala Khan, Gold Star chief of staff, John Kelly, who served claim the whole story is completely before that article appeared? parents whose U.S. Army captain as an enlisted Marine and rose to the fabricated. Nevermind that Trump’s recent article in September’s This is the man who believes he son was killed in combat in Iraq. rank of sergeant before becoming a entire life bespeaks the truth of that The Atlantic titled “Trump: “served in the military” because he This is the man who told the wid- commissioned officer and rising to article. Without this attribution, he AmericansA Who Died in War Are attended a military academy for ow of another U.S. soldier killed in the rank of general, “couldn’t handle and his minions can claim that it’s ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’” details our high school. an ambush in Niger that her hus- the pressure of the job.” all just idle rumors, malicious specu- current commander-in-chief ’s fla- This is the man who was deferred band “knew what he signed up for.” And now, all of a sudden, we’re lation, Fake News. grant disrespect for the men and from the draft during the Vietnam This is the man who pardons con- surprised to discover that Don- Indeed, one wonders if those women in our armed forces togeth- War because he was diagnosed with victed war criminals and sanctions ald Trump has no respect for the anonymous sources are actually er with the generations of American bone spurs by a doctor who rented the sacking of a commander who is military of which he is command- working for the Trump campaign. service personnel who went before office space in a building owned by trying to protest the lives of the men er-in-chief, who believes the mem- They have certainly played right into them. I need not repeat the insults Donald Trump’s father. and women he’s responsible for. bers of our military are “suckers” and Trump’s hands. Unless those anony- and ignominies he heaps upon those This is the man who claims he This is the man who accused “losers,” who looks at the graves in mous sources step forward, identify who have served their country. You knows “more about ISIS than the Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Arlington and wonders aloud what themselves, and explain how they can readily find the article online generals do.” Vindman of his own National Se- was in it for them? know what they purport to know, and read it for yourself, if you haven’t This is the man who mocked curity Council staff of being “very What upsets me is not so much the article merely seems to confirm, already done so. Navy torpedo bomber pilot George insubordinate” because Vindman what’s in that article, which is really just as Trump claims, that the lying What amazes me is not what the H. W. Bush for being shot down by testified honestly to the U.S. Con- nothing we didn’t already know or at liberal media are simply out to get article says, but the fact that so many the Japanese during World War II. gress about Trump’s dealings with least could have inferred, but rather him. people are only now expressing their This is the man who says of for- Ukraine. the moral cowardice of the anony- –=≈=– outrage over Trump’s disrespect for mer prisoner of war John McCain, This is the man who declared his mous sources the writer based his Former Marine Corps sergeant W. D. the military of which he is constitu- “I like people who weren’t captured.” own Secretary of Defense, General article on. Their refusal to identify Ehrhart never wanted to get the Pur- tionally commander-in-chief. The This is the man who proclaims, James Mattis, a 44-year veteran of themselves, whatever excuses and ple Heart, but got one anyway in Hue storm of shock and anger at Trump’s “I always wanted to get the Purple multiple wars, “the most overrated rationales they may be telling them- City, Vietnam, during Tet 1968. aspersions leaves me scratching my Heart.” general in the world.” selves to justify their anonymity, only –=≈=– head. This is the man who belittled Kh- This is the man who said his own allows Trump and his Trumpsters to from page five these issues will be affected by the current administration’s rush to ap- tainable perfection, but simply to be point Amy Coney Barrett to the Su- a better person today than you were preme Court to replace Ruth Bader yesterday and to leave the world a that Trump’s lies matter. His fabri- The New Court’s Agenda Ginsburg. And who knows how any better place than you found it. cations and untruths are echoed by to men like George H.W. Bush and To the Editor: of this will unfold now that the Pres- Normal people don’t brag about his allies and the millions of peo- John McCain (who were shot down I continue to believe that we all ident and the First Lady have tested their imperfections but are prone to ple who naively or willingly believe and/or captured) as “losers,” and deserve healthcare, racial and class positive for coronavirus? try and correct them, not cultivate them. What would America be like those of us who served our country equity, a livable earth, to live safely What’s clear is that making the them. Donald Trump is a shameless today had Trump acted responsi- in uniform, as “suckers.” Nor does without guns to resolve our disputes, world a just place for us all will take conman, a textbook narcissist. His bly when Covid-19 first arrived in this president have to concern him- and that women have the right to work! And making sure we vote! outrageous claims, misleading state- America? Had he followed the ad- self that Russia is paying the Taliban decide issues related to our own Judy Ullman ments, conspiratorial theories, inac- vice of experts who knew what to do, to target American soldiers. bodies. Portsmouth, N.H. curacies and endless lies are legend. the United States (with 4 percent of How long will Americans con- In the September 20th Boston –=≈=– He surrounds himself with dis- the world’s population) wouldn’t be tinue to excuse this misfit as simply Sunday Globe (p. A15) Cass Sun- Kybella Latuda Embrel honest, divisive, mean-spirited and mourning 22 percent of the deaths a flawed human being, pretending stein, a professor at Harvard Law To the Editor: corrupted people, firing anyone who attributed to the virus. he’s not a grave threat to the elec- School, wrote about the issues to be A Limerick for direct-to-con- isn’t. He inspires violence and when My father’s generation fought toral process, representative govern- decided soon by the U.S. Supreme sumer drug marketers: pressed to denounce groups that WWII and Korea. My generation ment and the future of our nation? Court: healthcare; climate change Tried to understand Pharma’s ad do likewise, he refuses, more likely, fought Vietnam. The courage it takes How long will Americans continue regulations; women’s reproductive Hell praising them. What is a nation to to fight and die for one’s country is to write off inconvenient truths as rights; affirmative action programs; But the rash and the wheezing do when the greatest danger to its not always easy for civilians to un- “fake news?” and the independence of a number The dribbling and sneezing national security, the greatest threat derstand. For draft-dodging, money America, right now your silence is of agencies such as the Federal Re- Neither Flomax nor Reclast could to its sovereignty, and the greatest obsessed men like Donald Trump, truly deafening. serve Board, the Nuclear Regulato- quell. menace to democracy itself, is its words like dignity, honor, heroism David L. Snell ry Commission, and others. I read Donald Venes own president? and sacrifice have no meaning at all. Franklin, NC elsewhere that gun rights cases will Undisclosed Secure Location It’s not just the endless lying, it’s That’s why Trump feels free to refer –=≈=– be decided soon as well. Obviously, –=≈=–

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Whatever happened to our sense of right and wrong? by Jean Stimmell estingly, back in the 1960s, it was the market manifesto that changed the trieved from dusty history, I came away from self towards a distant conservatives who were blaming lib- world.”1⁠ In essence, he said forget across a remedy: The Sovereignty of transcendent perfection, a source of hen I was young, success was erals in our universities for promot- about morality and ethics. In no un- the Good, by Iris Murdoch, first pub- uncontaminated energy, a source of not being rich but being a ing such decadence. certain terms, he asserted that busi- lished in 1970. new and quite undreamt-of virtue.” personW of good repute: honest, hard- However, those college profes- ness should not concern itself with Murdoch, a novelist and moral “Our ability to act well when the working, and willing to help others. sors were not advocating that facts the welfare of its workers or society philosopher who recently died at the time comes,” she says, “depends part- We were taught stories in school don’t matter. What they were say- at large; its sole responsibility is to age of 100, fought against cultural ly, perhaps largely, upon the quality about how presidents should be ing is that when you look closely at make money. His call to arms spread relativism. She looked back in time of our habitual objects of attention.” honest and of good character: sto- a text or a society, it soon becomes like a virus. to her mentor, Plato, who believed in For this reason, we should meditate, ries about how George Washington apparent that the truth people see Spurred on, in part, by his man- ultimate reality—but thought most with a “just and loving gaze,” upon confessed about cutting down the depends on where they stand in ifesto, the 1980s became known as people could only access it in low those things that appear to be good cherry tree and Abe Lincoln walk- society. A current situation that il- the “Decade of Greed,” personify- resolution, as shadows on the wall. and beautiful.5⁠ ing 3 miles at night to return 6 cents lustrates this divide is Black Life ing avarice and an anything-goes This transcendental reality, Mur- For the sake of my soul, crying he had overcharged a customer. Matters protesters versus the police: attitude, according to the National doch says, is The Good, some- out from the cauldron of incivility Also, we held religious stories in Each side makes a different claim on Review.2 Meanwhile, our society thing we are all familiar with “by in which we find ourselves, I have common, like how it is easier for what is true. continued to become more secular, instinct…[t]he ordinary person pledged to follow Iris Murdoch to- a camel to pass through the eye of Of course, 1960s hippies have al- with fewer people going to church. understands some things are better ward her vision of the good. a needle than a rich man to enter ways been blamed for pursuing an I don’t know if that is a lagging or than others.”3⁠ But to fully appreci- 1 https://www.nytimes. heaven. Yet now we have elected a “anything goes” morality. But one leading indicator. ate the good, she agreed with Plato: com/2020/09/13/business/dealbook/ rich man as our President, an invet- could make a strong case that we The contagion has now spread one must work at it, as you do with milton-friedman-essay-anniversary. erate liar and serial adulterer, who were experimenting, searching for a until it is the only game in town. Ev- any other endeavor. For example, to html even stiffed the contractors who new caring, person-centered ethics, erything has become transactional. become good at mathematics: you 2 https://www.nationalreview. built his hotels and casinos. Never- as opposed to the existing patriar- Forget the Golden Rule: if a trans- must be introduced to the principles com/2004/06/decade-greed-rich- theless, somehow, he is revered by chal model that dropped atomic action is profitable to a company or and practice them. All our religions ard-mckenzie/ much of working-class America and bombs on Japan and killed millions individual, go for it, no matter what recognize this need for practice. 3 Murdoch, Iris. The Sovereignty applauded by religious conservatives. of peasants in Vietnam. the consequences to others. Murdoch writes there is “a place of Good (Routledge Great Minds) This decline in morality is the Another signal event that helped From this brief history, it is evi- both inside and outside religion for (p. 95). Taylor and Francis. Kindle result of many factors. Two im- usher in our moral decline happened dent that Trump is not the cause of contemplating the good, not just by Edition. mediately come to mind. The first 50 years ago this month when Mil- our downfall, but a symptom of a dedicated experts but by ordinary 4 Ibid. p. 99 is moral relativism, advocating an ton Friedman, a leading economist, distressing trend. I’ve been mulling people.”4⁠ The most important thing 5 https://cburrell.wordpress. “anything goes” attitude, personified wrote a seminal essay that the New what has gone wrong and what can we must do is to get outside our com/2011/04/29/murdoch-the-sov- by Trump and his supporters. Inter- York Times Magazine called the “free be done to reverse the trend. Re- anxiety-ridden minds: “to look right ereignty-of-good/ from page six these creatures that brighten our days. (In the case of bees, pollinate Put Out Water for the Birds our garden crops and field crops.) Trump judges require that ex-felons pay to vote Dear Editor: Saint Francis can’t do his work with- by Jim Hightower the people and slam the door once more intolerable by applying it to Outdoors yesterday I saw one out our helping hands. more on the rights of discharged one class of citizens (largely people bird, then a second (sparrow, chicka- Lynn Rudmin Chong ow nasty is the Republican felons. They’re not entitled to vote, of color) specifically to disenfran- dee) land on my dog’s water dish rim Sanbornton, N.H. Party’s massive campaign to squawked these vindictive ballot chise them. and take a drink, a long one. Earlier –=≈=– Hthwart democracy? Ask the good suppressors, unless and until they’ve The court’s six-judge Republican this week a traveling-through hum- “The watchword is only one, categor- people of Florida. paid off the full amount of court majority (five appointed by Trump) mingbird came down out of the sky ical and challenging for everyone. It This was one of only three states costs and fees they were assessed. cynically defied the U.S. Constitu- and refueled at my hummingbird already flies across and lights the hearts that permanently took away the Money, asserted Republican lead- tion and the Florida electorate just feeder that I keep ready, though my from the Alps to the Indian Ocean: voting rights of felons—who’d com- ers, must trump social justice, hu- weeks before November’s presiden- regulars have migrated away. Now Winning! And we will win, in order to pleted their punishment. In 2018, man decency, and political rights for tial election, effectively incarcerat- migrating hummers might stop finally give a long period of peace with though, a whopping 65 percent of these mostly indigent people who’re ing some 774,000 potential voters briefly. justice to Italy, to Europe, to the world.” Floridians voted for a state Con- unable to pony up a thousand bucks in a partisan debtor’s prison. Yet, Makes me want to ask - if you are – Benito Mussolini stitutional amendment that finally or so. Even if ex-felons are regu- the people’s battle for justice goes able to do this, put water out for the (1883 – 1945) struck this malicious bit of legal ug- larly making payments to clear the on—to say connected, go to Florida birds. Now I’m keeping my three declaring war, June 10, 1940 liness from the books, thus restoring debt—tough luck say the Repub- Rights Restoration Coalition: Flor- dog waters high (so small birds can –=≈=– the political personhood of about a lican repressors, no vote until every idaRRC.com. perch on the rim and reach the wa- “That awful power, the public opinion million people who’d served their penny is paid. –=≈=– ter, that height of water needed). I of a nation, is created in America by a time. 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Portsmouth, arguably the first whom you choose to believe. drags about seventeen billion moves from the mouth of the Twice a day, too, the moon lets all Badger’s Island, bobbing around in and bridges work their hardest. town in this country not founded The Piscataqua’s ferocious current gallons of seawater — enough to river, up past New Castle, around that water go. All the seawater that the current. It weighs several tons, Ships coming in laden with coal, by religious extremists, is bounded is caused by the tide, which, in fill 2,125,000 tanker trucks — up the bend by the old Naval Prison, just fought its way upstream goes and it bobs and bounces in the oil, and salt do so at high tide, for on the north and east by the turn, is caused by the moon. The the river and into Great Bay. This under Memorial Bridge, past the back home to the ocean. This is current like a cork. more clearance under their keels. Piscataqua River, the second, third, other player is a vast sunken valley creates a roving hydraulic conflict, tugboats, and on into Great Bay. when the Piscataqua earns its title The river also has its placid mo- They leave empty, riding high in or fourth fastest-flowing navigable — Great Bay — about ten miles as incoming sea and the outgoing This can best be seen when the tide for xth fastest current. Look for the ments, around high and low tides. the water, at low tide, to squeeze river in the country, depending on upriver. Twice a day, the moon river collide. The skirmish line is rising. red buoy, at the upstream end of When the river rests, its tugboats under Memorial Bridge. Sunday, October 11 Monday, October 12 Tuesday, October 13 Wednesday, October 14 Thursday, October 15 Friday, October 16 Saturday, October 17

2006—Nine years after she was hit by 1972—A race riot aboard the U.S.S. 2004—Andrea Mackris sues her ex- 2018—RIP, Emilio V. Maddaloni. 2008—The Dow loses 7.8 percent of 2002—George W.[MD] Bush signs 2004—In game four of the ALCS, a lampost knocked over by a Macy’s Kitty Hawk injures 47. boss, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, for making 2011—Weeks after a U.S. drone its value in its 2nd worst day ever. the law he demanded giving him per- 9th inning, Dave Roberts steals 2nd, parade balloon, Kathleen Caronna’s 1970—Lieut. William Calley is lewd phones calls. Two weeks later smites his dad, a U.S. citizen in Ye- 2004—Jon Stewart appears on mission to start an unprovoked war. then scores on Bill Mueller’s single. Manhattan apartment burns after court-martialled for 102 murders. O’Reilly pays her $9M to shut up. men, Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awla- CNN’s “Crossfire” and begs Tucker 1973—Fred and Donald Trump 1999—Lissa Roche commits suicide being struck by Yankees pitcher Cory 1968—Active-duty Navy nurse Su- 2004—George W.[MD] Bush claims ki, also a U.S. citizen, meets the same Carlson to “stop hurting America.” are sued by the Justice Dept. for dis- after confessing she had a 19-year Lidle’s Cirrus airplane. san Schnall, in uniform, drops an- during a televised debate, “Gosh, I fate. Neither got a trial. Less than 90 days later CNN an- criminating against minority renters. affair with her father-in-law, George 2003—Red Sox pitcher Pedro Mar- ti-war leaflets from a plane onto five don’t think I ever said I’m not worried 2001—Delta Flight 458 is diverted to nounces the show is over. Their lawyer, Roy Cohn, countersues, Roche III, the president of Hillsdale tinez, 33, gives Yankee coach Don military bases in San Francisco Bay. about Osama bin Laden. That’s kind Charlotte after two praying Orthodox 1997—On Nevada’s Black Rock Des- claiming the victims are the Trumps. College, “the most conservative col- Zimmer a shove, knocking the 72- 1964—JFK’s very close friend Mary of one of those exaggerations,” direct- Jews are mistaken for terrorists. ert, RAF pilot Andy Green breaks the 1973—Henry Kissinger gets the No- lege in America.” year old Zimmer to the ground. Pinchot Meyer is murdered under the ly contradicting his own statement 1984—Having fired talk show barker sound barrier in a jet-driven, 110,000 bel Peace Prize; Tom Lehrer declares 1973—OPEC turns off the oil tap. 2002—The U.S. Senate approves the murkiest of circumstances. of March 3, 2002 that he’s “not that Morton Downey Jr., KFBK in Sac- horsepower car. political satire obsolete. 1967—Lt. Col. Terry Allen Jr. leads error made yesterday by the House. 1964—Suspected by CIA count- much concerned about him.” ramento replaces him with someone 1969—In the U.S., two million march 1972—Majority Leader Hale Boggs two companies of the 28th Infantry, 1991—Anita Hill testifies before er-intel chief James Jesus Angleton of 1991—A lie detector test suggests even worse: Rush Limbaugh. in the first Vietnam Moratorium. A [D-La.], Rep. Nick Begich [D-Alas- outnumbered 10 to 1, into a VC am- Congress that she was sexually ha- being a spy, Canadian diplomat John Anita Hill is telling the truth about 1968—The Pentagon orders 24,000 demo in Boston draws 100,000. ka], aide R. Brown, and pilot D. Jonz bush at Ong Thanh. Casualties ex- rassed by her former boss, Supreme Watkins is interrogated to death in a Clarence Thomas. troops back to Vietnam for an invol- 1966—Huey P. Newton and Bobby vanish while flying over Alaska. ceed 92 percent, 64 are KIA; the U.S. Court Justice-to-be Clarence Thomas. Montreal hotel room. 1988—Experts call the Shroud of Tu- untary second tour. Seale form the Black Panther Party 1968—Tommie Smith and John Car- Army declares it a victory. 1973—Henry Kissinger tells Brent 1961—The FBI launches a “Socialist rin a 13th century fake. 1968—At the Presidio stockade, 27 for Self-Defense. los, Mexico City Olympic winners, 1960—The sit-in movement pays off Scowcroft that President Nixon can’t Worker Disruption Program.” 1972—Seventy-five years after the soldiers are arrested for mutiny. 1965—David Miller becomes the first raise fists in the Black Power salute. big: several chain stores with locations take a call from the British Prime 1960—Otoya Yamaguchi, 17, a land for it was allocated, the Burns 1962—A U-2 over Cuba detects bal- American to publicly burn his draft 1962—At breakfast, President John F. in 10 southern states desegregate 150 Minister because he’s too “loaded.” right-winger, runs a sword through Paiute Indian reservation in Oregon listic missile sites being built. card in Vietnam War protest. Kennedy finds he’s got a Cuban Mis- lunch counters in 112 cities. 1963—NSAM 263 lays out JFK’s Inejiro Asanuma, leader of the Social- is created. 1947—Broken ribs be damned: Chuck 1963—The FBI issues a racist “report” sile Crisis on his plate. 1956—“The only way to win the next (secret) plan: get out of Vietnam. Six ists, during a televised debate. 1972—A plane carrying a Uruguayan Yeager breaks the sound barrier. claiming commies were influencing 1946—Inept Army Master Sergeant World War,” says Ike, “is to prevent it.” weeks later he and his plan are dead. 1945—Corporal Desmond Doss, rugby team crashes high in the Andes, 1943—Prisoners of Sobibor revolt, Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s all lies. John C. Woods hangs ten Nazis at 1927—Oil mogul Harry F. Sinclair 1960—At the podium, in the UN, a medic and conscientious objector, leading to culinary improvisation. killing officers and guards. Half the 1959—A nuke-laden B-52 and a Nuremberg. Heads bash the trap; two goes on trial over Teapot Dome. Two Nikita Khrushchev drives his point becomes the first non-combatant to 1967—Two Marines die and 21 are 600 prisoners escape under fire. fuel-laden KC-135 collide over Ken- choke for 14 minutes, Ribbentrop, 24. weeks later it’s revealed he’s hired de- home with a shoe. receive the Medal of Honor. wounded when a Marine pilot acci- 1919—Forbidden by their boss to tucky, but America’s luck holds. 1920—In N.Y.C., 30,000 Great War tectives to shadow each juror. 1954—The French driven out, the 1923—Thousands of Ku Klux Klans- dentally bombs them at Con Thien. discuss their pay at Vanity Fair, Rob- 1923—The Senate begins investigat- vets march, demanding a bonus. 1894—On orders from Ohio Na- Viet Minh take over North Vietnam. men hold a rally in Portland, Maine. 1925—Birth of Lenny Bruce. ert Benchley and Dorothy Parker don ing Albert Fall, the suddenly-prosper- 1859—John Brown and 18 others, tional Guard Col. Alonzo B. Coit, 1945—Mao’s Red Army goes to war 1920—Rev. J. Holmes is arrested in 1812—U.S. Gen. Van Rensselaer signs stating their salaries. ous Interior Secretary. Fall, a Repub- both Black and white, capture the fed- Guardsmen fire out, through the against Chiang Kai-Shek’s kleptocracy. Mt. Vernon, N.Y, for publicly reading sends his regulars across the Canadi- 1914—Its captain whoring ashore, its lican, leased the Navy’s Teapot Dome eral arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va. closed doors of the Fayette Coun- 1937—Physicians warn the AMA the Constitution without a permit. an border. Those who aren’t shot are crew below with girls of their own, the oilfield to a friend. 1814—Ruptured vats in a London ty Court House, at a mob intent on that Massengil’s new miracle drug 1917—Passchendaele begins: 13,000 forced to surrender. A troop of U.S. Russian cruiser Zhemchug is sunk in 1910—Melvin Vaniman, aboard the brewery release 323,346 gallons of lynching a Black man accused of rape. “Elixir Sulfanilamide” is causing their Allied casualties, no advance. militia then refuses orders to invade. Penang harbor by a German cruiser. airship America, transmits the first in- beer. Many guzzle, seven drown. Five die, 20 are wounded; the bul- patients to die in agony. 1492—A lost European begins op- 1660—Major General Thomas Har- 1912—William Schranck, who lat- flight radio message: “Roy, come and 1715—Daniel Fowle is baptized at let-riddled doors remain in place. 1809—At Grinder’s Stand, a tavern, pressing native Americans. rison goes to his hanging, drawing, er says, “any man looking for a third get this goddamn cat.” First Church in Boston. 1777—Burgoyne, undone by Bene- Meriwether Lewis cuts his wrists and 1131—A black pig darts from a Paris and quartering “looking as cheerful as term ought to be shot,” plugs Teddy 1883—The Supreme Court guts the 1660—John Cooke, King Charles I’s dict Arnold at Bemis Heights, surren- shoots himself twice—according to dung heap and trips a horse, killing any man could do in that condition,” Roosevelt in the chest. TR, though Civil Rights Act of 1875, ushering in prosecutor (treason, 1649), is drawn ders at Saratoga; the victory inspires the official version of events. the rider: King Philip of France, 15. according to diarist Samuel Pepys. bleeding, delivers his speech. the era of the Jim Crow South. and quartered under Charles II. the French to back the Americans. 6:47 7:02 7:48 8:04 8:45 9:03 9:38 9:58 10:27 10:50 11:15 11:41 12:02

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2017—U.S. President Donald Trump 2005—Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) 2011—Brotherly Leader Muammar 1975—In the 12th inning, New 1987—At Yoken’s, noted buffoon 2015—James Comey says criticism 2012—George W.[MD] Bush speaks signs a check for $35,000 to repay his wins $853,492 in the Powerball lot- Ghadaffi is rather unceremoniously Hampshire’s own Carlton Fisk waves Donald Trump speaks before a credu- of the police is responsible for the rise at a Houston fundraiser for troops lawyer for buying the silence of a porn tery. A dying woman whose real es- dispatched by Libyan rebels. the ball fair, and the Red Sox win lous Portsmouth Rotary Club. of violent crime in cities. He offers no wounded following his orders. His star with whom he had an affair. tate deposit he has refused to return 2005—Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) Game 6 of the World Series. 1979—With an OK from Jimmy Car- evidence for this assertion. fee: $100,000. 2014—Thousands of college-age cre- receives exactly none of it. nixes an increase in Federal home 1967—Yippies, Diggers, Hippies, ter, the Shah of Iran enters the U.S. for 2015—Senator Ted Cruz [R-Texas] 2008—America’s markets outper- tins, urged on by social media compa- 2005—Saddam Hussein goes on trial heating aid for the poor. &c., fail to levitate the Pentagon. medical treatment, triggering chaos. warns “one more liberal justice and form the rest of the world, having lost ny Finnarage, set fires, throw billiard in Baghdad for crimes against human- 1990—In 22 cities, Americans protest 1966—A mountain of mine waste 1968—To improve the odds of his they begin sandblasting and bulldoz- only 3.5% of their value in one day. balls, and overturn cars, putting an ity and Bushes. the impending Gulf War. collapses onto a school in Wales, kill- re-election, Richard Nixon tells H.R. ing veterans memorials.” 2001—The U.S. House passes the end to the Keene Pumpkin Festival. 2000—George W.[MD] Bush says 1983—The Feds recognize the ing 28 adults and 116 children. Haldeman to “monkey wrench” nego- 2013—Chancellor Angela Merkel PATRIOT Act without reading it. 2011—Ohioan Terry Thompson re- at the Al Smith Dinner, “This is an Mashantucket Pequots, paving the 1965—Lyndon Johnson flashes his tiations to end the Vietnam War. calls the White House to complain 1983—U.S. military aircraft, using leases his menagerie of 56 exotic an- impressive crowd, the haves and the way for a gargantuan casino. gall bladder scar for photographers. 1967—KGB agent Manfred Ram- about the NSA tapping her phone. old maps, bomb Richmond Hill In- imals, including lions, leopards, and have-mores. Some people call you the 1973—After A.G. Eliot Richardson 1957—Special Forces Capt. Harry minger steals a Sidewinder missile 2001—Rep. James Sensenbrenner sane Asylum in Grenada, killing 16. tigers, then kills himself. elite. I call you my base.” and Deputy A.G. William Ruck- Cramer becomes the 2nd American from Neuburg AFB, takes it off-base (R-Wisc.) introduces the senseless 1962—Soviet ships reach the U.S. 2004—In game four of the ALCS, 1998—Shortly before his likely elshaus refuse on principle to comply killed by hostile action in Vietnam. in a wheelbarrow, drives away with it PATRIOT Act, & Justice official quarantine line off Cuba. They don’t 12th inning, Big Papi puts the Yan- re-election, Tennessee Senator Tom- with President Nixon’s order to fire His death is falsely listed as accidental. sticking out the back of his Mercedes, James Yoo writes a memo saying the cross it, so we don’t nuke the USSR. A kees out of their misery and brings joy my Burks [D] is murdered by his Special Prosecuter Archibald Cox, 1954—Indiana’s Boxing Commission and mails it, dismantled, to Moscow. President need not obey the law. Soviet satellite explodes the same day. to the World Series. middle-name-changing opponent, Solicitor General Robert Bork, who is says boxers and wrestlers must swear 1963—Fed up with accurate report- 1998—Life being sacred, anti-abor- NORAD suspects an ICBM attack; 2003—The president of Bolivia is Byron Low Tax Looper [R]. not so encumbered, complies. an oath they’re not Commies before ing, JFK asks “Punch” Sulzberger to tion fanatic James C. Kopp murders but, again, nobody pushes The Button. driven out of office (and country) by 1987—Computers say stocks are too 1967—Roger Patterson and Robert they can fight in the Hoosier State. assign Times’ David Halberstam any- Dr. Barnett Slepian in Amherst, N.Y. 1960—One wrongly-set switch at disgruntled peasants tired of being damn high—the Dow drops 22 pct. Gimlin shoot 24 feet of film purport- 1874—Birth of Charles Ives. where but Vietnam. It doesn’t work. 1987—Robert Bork gets borked. the Baikonur Cosmodrome prema- sold out to international capitalists. 1982—Automaker J. DeLorean is ar- ing to show a Sasquatch walking along 1861—Colonel Edward D. Baker, 1962—SAC goes to DEFCON 2 as 1983—Suicide bombers kill 241 U.S. turely ignites the second stage of a 1979—“The standard of living of the rested with 59 lbs. of coke. a streambed in northern California. leading his brigade at the Battle of JFK blockades Cuba. Marines and sailors in Lebanon, on Soviet R-16 ICBM; 100 die. average American has to decline,” says 1972—Philippine police shoot and 1947—HUAC opens hearings on Ball’s Bluff, becomes the first and last 1946—Despite a confession, a white Ronald Reagan’s watch. 1947—A badly-designed heater sets well-fed Fed Chair Paul Volcker. kill Kinshichi Kozuka, Japan’s penul- commie influence in Hollywood; two U.S. Senator (R-Ore.), killed in battle. jury in Mississippi finds five white 1962—With SAC at DEFCON a DC-6 on fire near Bryce Canyon, 1898—The U.S. colonizes Puerto timate WW II holdout. big rats: R. Reagan & W. Disney. 1837—Osceola and 81 other Semi- men not guilty of beating Leon 2, JFK and aides debate whether to Utah. Passengers and crew jettison Rico — benevolently, of course. 1969—Bribe-accepting Veep “Ted” 1944—Two natural gas tanks explode noles are captured and imprisoned at McAttee, who’s Black, to death. bomb Cuban SAM sites if any U.S. baggage to no avail; 52 perish. 1891—On the basis of false rumors Agnew denounces “an effete corps in Cleveland with 1/6th of the force of Ft. Payton, Fla. by U.S. troops using a 1913—A dynamite blast, detonated in planes are shot down. 1930—The Washington Post reports and a dubious identification, a mob of impudent snobs who characterize the Hiroshima bomb, killing 130. false flag of truce. violation of safety rules, kills 265 at a 1955—In a South Vietnamese refer- on the ten-year career of George “The of 1,000 lynches Joe Coe, a married themselves as intellectuals.” 1935—The Red Army’s 6,000 mile 1835—William Lloyd Garrison is Phelps Dodge mine in Dawson, N.M. endum with 108% participation, Ngo Man in the Green Hat” Cassady, who Black man with two children, as 12 1936—Watertown, Mass. becomes “Long March” ends. paraded through the streets of Boston 1909—A judge tells striking female Dinh Diem wins with 98.9%. bootlegged out of House and Senate Omaha, Neb. cops just watch. the first town to fingerprint its high 1930—William Kogut, while incar- with a rope around his neck for saying garment workers in New York, “You 1954—Pres. Eisenhower authorizes office buildings. 1775—Capt. Henry Mowat destroys school students. cerated on Death Row at San Quen- “all men are created equal.” are on strike against God.” direct U.S. aid to South Vietnam, by- 1929—The irrational exuberance of Falmouth [now Portland, Maine] 1935—At the AFL convention in tin, kills himself with a pipe bomb 1797—After two failures, the U.S.S. 1868—James M. Hinds [R-Mo.] is passing the French. the 1920’s stock market undergoes a with an incendiary bombardment. Atlantic City, UBC boss “Big Bill” made from playing cards. Constitution is launched in Boston. shotgunned in the back, becoming the 1775—The Continental Congress correction on “Black Thursday.” Result: collateral damage to Mowat’s Hutcheson calls UMW chief John 1842—Commodore Thomas Jones, 1556—Poet, playwright, satirist, and U.S.’s first assassinated Congressman. bars Blacks from the Army. 1901—General “Hell-Roaring Jake” career and British hegemony. L. Lewis a “bastard.” Lewis leaps on- USN, attacks Monterey in the mis- blackmailer Pietro Aretino—“the No charges are filed against the killer, 425—Valentinian III becomes Em- Smith tells Marines at Samar, “burn 1648—Boston shoemakers form stage, punches “Big Bill” in the face, taken belief that the U.S. is at war with Scourge of Princes”—laughs himself George Clark, Secretary of the Mon- peror of the Western Roman Empire; and kill; the more you burn and kill, America’s first labor organization. re-lights his cigar, and sits back down. Mexico. He then apologizes. to death. roe County Democratic Party. he’s six, but it takes 30 years to fall. the better it will please me.” 12:32 12:49 1:22 1:38 2:15 2:28 3:10 3:23 4:09 4:22 5:13 5:27 6:21 6:37

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