Kathleen J. Frydl

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Kathleen J. Frydl

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in 2024: Liberalism & the Modern Reinvention of the Corporate Person

previous: The GI Bill; The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973
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I still believe the most functional definition for the modern Democratic Party is the party of anticipatory surrender.
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I've heard some analysts say that fentanyl showing up in cocaine & amphetamine ODs is co-use, not contamination. But I don't think so. We keep seeing/hearing about stuff like this:
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Imo this is the right answer until the behind-the-scenes can't do anymore (& changes to approval ratings show up a few days from now). This is Washington-speak for "Yes"
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Denmark weeps...let them cry. Na zdravje Slovinkso
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Stares in *Catholic hospitals are a fundamental building block to the modern corporate person & a key to this story of the erosion between church and state*
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Here is photo of a slide that is usually a part of any opioid/fentanyl presentation I give (helpfully provided by the U.S. military) I should title it "Plan Colombia"
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right track; just swap out "where" for "why"
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It's been well-established in research that the "atomization" of criminal groups depicted by the Post here is a market resiliency response to militant drug prohibition enforcement But the role of the U.S.-led drug war goes unmentioned
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Tokyo airport accident: essentially a commercial for Airbus, a robust design that allowed an adept crew to evacuate orderly passengers. Boeing this morning:
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Marching off to the holidays. Blessings and best wishes to you & yours
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I also just read that police had a tip-off in advance and evacuated a building on campus, but the shooter went into a different one. Jaw-dropping:
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err...maybe more could be said here
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Well my Aussie didn't make the cut but hopefully pear frangipan tart will. Onward.
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all the articles purportedly about political dysfunction really describe the obstruction & incalculable damage of the Republican Party. From this morning's Post:
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Hard to believe the Dems are underwater in any poll, anywhere
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Unlike a lot of folks on here/on the progressive left, I don't quibble w Israel's right to respond to these heinous attacks. This is where I get hung up:
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It seems editors & journalists will do whatever they can to avoid confronting the reality of the modern Republican Party. No way to merely replace "Democrats" with "GOP" in the now legendary "in Disarray" headline. Nope.
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