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REQUIESCAT IN BELLO

Michael Henry
Michael Henry
78
 

“What’s that darkish smudge on your forehead?” I asked my longtime friend and attorney, E. Hobart Calhoun.

“Lent,” he said. “You’re not supposed to wash it off.”

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Yarob
Yarob
13124
 

Of potential relevance to our discussions of import tariffs, a poem that made its first appearance in 1926 when it was recited at a social event by its author, the Irishman Raymond Colville Calvert (1906-1959). I have seen it anthologized under various titles—Irish Linen, Belfast Linen—and attributed to Traditional instead of to its actual author, […]

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Yarob
Yarob
03260
 

A friendly aircraft mechanic in Nairobi once lent me copies of the internal newsletter, British Airways Safety Review, which contained a regular feature, “Overheard on the Flight Deck.” In the issue dated Dec. 1981, with original publication attributed to the Cathay Pacific Advisory Bulletin, the following transcript appears. Clipper One has just landed and is […]

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Schrodinger’s Voter

jaWes
jaWes
859
 

Some on the right say that not supporting Trump is supporting Harris. Likewise, some on the left say that not supporting Harris is supporting Trump. This leads to a curious paradox where the undecided voter is supporting both Trump and Harris, at least until political scientists observe their voter registration card.

Another paradox occurs when the undecided voter abstains on election day. Having now observed his voter registration card, we know that he is a Republican. Since he did not vote for Trump, he is supporting Harris. Clearly, voting for Harris would also be supporting Harris. So not voting for Harris = support for Harris = voting for Harris. To simplify: not voting for Harris = voting for Harris.

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Yarob
Yarob
43209
 

On November 14, 1974, during a mainland bombing campaign by the IRA targeting civilians, one James McDade planted a bomb outside the telephone exchange in Coventry. He is thought to have been leaning over the bomb when it detonated prematurely, killing him instantly. Some clothing and a thumbprint were all that was left to identify […]

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Komrade Kamela

Doug Watt
Doug Watt
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Back in the USSR, forward into the past. Komrade Kamela is proposing price controls on groceries. The USSR had Five Year Plans. They failed, with the exception of vodka. Vodka dulls the pain and keeps the serfs too intoxicated to plan an overthrow.

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