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ADD MOZART TO BALANCHINE
And, well, you’ve really got something. Watching Symphonie Concertante from the wings of the theater, the stage during the orchestral climaxes seems to be a geyser of women’s legs vectoring in every direction, enormous white tutus frothing and cascading in mathematically … Continue reading
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AND ON TOP OF THAT BOLTON’S AN NRA WHORE
Was anyone, except Trump and his entire cabinet, as unqualified for a government position as John Bolton? A horrifying appointment. This confirms Trump’s Plan B: now begins the run-up to our midterm wars. Naturally, the Mercers are on board. As … Continue reading
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SEN. SCHATZ REFUSES TO BE FRAMED
He won’t play defensive on that how-will-you-pay-for-it standard-issue hustle, which is sprung by the GOP as well as Democratic “fiscal hawks” whenever a politician advances legislation that actually address human needs. When it comes to the black hole of military … Continue reading
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KYRA ROBINOV’S CHANGE OF SCENERY
She recalls it for Wanderlust Journal: “Sexy, Sultry, and Migraine-Free.”
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YES, BUT I WOULD SAY “INDEFATIGABLY CORRUPT”
Josh Bliven tweets: “Good lord Mulvaney is energetically corrupt. Took time out from his crusade to unleash big banks and let them ruin the economy again to make sure waitstaff in restaurants had their tips stolen.”
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DERSHOWITZ IS A RIGHT-WING DEMOCRAT WITH A LOVE OF DESPOTISM
He is quickly moving beyond the pale of legitimate legal analysis. And the fact that Trump keeps running to him for exoneration shows how desperate the president is to evade redress for his crimes.
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ZUCKERBERG IS AN ELITIST PROTO-FASCIST
The folly of the media and our politicians venerating Silicone Valley becomes more apparent by the day. A Zuckerberg is potentially even more dangerous than a Trump, because so much more intelligent and informed. Mehreen Kasana at Alternet snapshots Zuckerberg’s … Continue reading
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DEREGULATION KILLS
In fact, as Charles Pierce in Esquire reminds us, it “kills more people in this country than ISIS ever will.” Only the Democrats’ weakness, passivity, and silence, allows the GOP to continue to tout deregulation as something worth keeping them … Continue reading
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ART ABHORS A VACUUM
Given the current dearth of theater reviews in the “mainstream” media, just-launched The New York Stage Review aims to pick up the slack. NYSTAGEREVIEW.COM
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NOW THE KOCHS HAVE THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IN THEIR RIFLE SIGHTS
Michael Corcoran at Truthout describes the way they’re licking their chops at the chance to dismantle the VA. It’s their latest coup against American democracy.
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