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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

If you are interested in the Farmers Strike in Britain… the NYT of 11/20/2024 is busy with Friedman, Stephens & ‘The Reintroduction of Daniel Craig’!

Newspaper Reader. Headline: NFU chief hints farmers could take more extreme action if government ignores inheritance tax protest Subheadline: More than 10,000 farmers descended on Westminster on Tuesday to urge the government to backtrack on the levy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farmer-protest-inheritance-tax-next-b2649749.html The general … Continue reading

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@NYT celebrates the beginning of WWIII on its Front Page!

Newspapaer Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ By Marc Santora and Eric Schmitt Marc Santora reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Eric Schmitt from Washington. Nov. 19, 2024Updated 10:59 a.m. ET Ukraine’s military used American-made ballistic missiles on Tuesday to strike into Russia for the first time, according … Continue reading

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Consider the panic of Legacy Media: MSNBC on ‘Morning Joe’ and Adam Roberts of The Economist!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 18, 2024 Headline: MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Meet With Trump in Bid for “New Approach” to Coverage Sub-headline: The hosts traveled to Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, where they agreed to “restart … Continue reading

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WWIII awaites @NYT of November 18, 2024!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 18, 2024

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Robert Colvile of Sunday November 10 2024, 12.01am, The Sunday Times: The Defence of Free Schools!

Newspaper Reader , with the assistance of Queer Atheist, on the Biblical Quotation! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 17, 2024 After Mr. Colvile’s defence of ‘Free Schools’ in the Times of last week and his advocacy as Director of : Robert Colvile, Director … Continue reading

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The Economist’s Book recomendations of Nov 15, 2024.

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 16, 2024 What has happened to the once ascendent Oxbridgers at The Economist? The first paragraph of these book recomendations/reviews read as if it were in The Telegraph! Editor: The opening parqagraphs of this essay: … Continue reading

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The New York Times of November 14, 2024: cameo’s from Thomas Friedman & the bellicose Leon Aron.

Political Observer posts the latest NYT Zionist Propaganda! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 14, 2024 NYT latest Zionist Propganda, with a cameo by Thomas Friedman & Russia expert Leon Aron, from the American Enterprise Institute: The Marriage of Zionist Propaganda & perennial Neo-Conservartive … Continue reading

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Under the rubric: Let Justice be done though the Heavens Fall?

Political Cynic. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 13, 2024 Legal Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42M, holds contractor responsible The three plaintiffs testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/12/abu-ghraib-detainees-awarded-00189058 By Associated … Continue reading

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Francis Fukuyama counsils Elon Musk,in the pages of ‘Persuasion’ .

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 12, 2024 Editor : The Reader must recall the auspicios debut of Francis Fukuyama? What Is Fukuyama Saying? And to Whom Is He Saying It? By James Atlas Oct. 22, 1989 … In Fukuyama’s interpretation, … Continue reading

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Reading Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison’s ‘Objectivity’was both revelatory & enlightening: it’s about the evolution of a practice over time! This, probably too simplistic!

StephenKMackSD stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 11, 2024 Here are Alex Pleshkov and Jan Surma interviewing Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison on ‘Objectivety’ : Objectivity https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781890951795/objectivity?srsltid=AfmBOopZZd8highLnjuQiW_nbaUCDTFqe5CPz9e-KFAiZA-poYDtJXZU StephenKMackSD

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