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Jim Kunstler, journalist and writer, is best known for his podcast Clusterf— Nation, where he questions Western society coping with lessening amounts of civil and societal order when technology and bureaucracy no longer offer magical solutions to problems of scarcity and mismanagement. (As he remarked in a recent panel show, “prepare for less Superman movies and more puppet shows”). (more…)
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James Howard Kunstler, whose blog Clusterfuck Nation covers both political and cultural events, published Young Man Blues last year, a fast-paced and enthralling memoir about his troubled adolescence. When he was released from a mental institution he called The Laughing Academy, he judged “My childhood was over and the statute of limitations on my childhood grievances was over, too.” (more…)
Grant Wood, Spring in Town, 1942
Grant Wood, Spring in Town, 1942
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John Robb
The American Way: The Lost Secret to American Prosperity and How to Get it Back
HomeFree America, 2014
I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work, or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth. (more…)
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“I like killing guys when I’m wearing a tux. Makes me feel like James Bond.” — Brock Samson, The Venture Bros.
Joel: You can bet that anybody seriously interested in world domination is going to end up looking like a real snickerdoodle. (more…)
Correlation of forces
Correlation of forces
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“These ladies were so much of the place and the place so much of themselves that from the first of their being revealed to me I felt that nothing else at Brookbridge much mattered. (more…)