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The Show Must Go On

Jarrod Shanahan

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โ€œItโ€™s so great that we are all together in one place,โ€ a middle-aged white woman gushed, almost directly in my ear. โ€œTrump was sent by God!โ€ I had other theories, but she was right about one ...

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The Shebeen

Mike Morgan

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Hereโ€™s a bit of a lingo lesson.ย  A shebeen, according to Wikipedia, is an illegal establishment (in Ireland, Scotland and South Africa) that specializes in the sale of distilled alcoholic beverages and is typically regarded as ...

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What are we supposed to do in Brooklyn?

Mike Morgan

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โ€œDo Nothing Until You Hear From Me, And You Never Willโ€ โ€“ Duke Ellington It is patently obvious that America is screwing up royally on the COVID-19 plague. ย Essentially the leadership, whether it be de Blasio, ...

Politics from a Baby Boomer

Tanzeem Ajmiri

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In March of this year, a Hard Crackers correspondent took a trip to New Hampshire to visit a friend. It was her first time being in a place that was majority white and she was interested ...

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What is the American Ruling Class Up To?

Hard Crackers Editors

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More importantly, how might we respond?–ย A Hard Crackers Roundtable Seriesย  John: Let me begin with what is probably obvious.ย  The last several weeks have witnessed an extraordinary explosion of protests, of just about every imaginable variety, ...

DOWNFALL! Trump in the Bunker

Mike Morgan

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The image of the clot Trump being whisked by Secret Service agents into the White House underground bunker last Friday night (May 29th) to avoid the protests is a satiristโ€™s dream come true.ย ย  Excuse me for ...

Cats, Rats and Bats: Dick Whittingtonโ€™s Cat, Rat Infestations and the Trump Quackery

Mike Morgan

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At the foot of Highgate Hill in North London is a statue of Dick Whittingtonโ€™s cat.ย  The Dick Whittington story is a part of English folklore.ย  It has been embellished over the centuries, and re-enacted through ...

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The Death President

John Garvey

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Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln (1864), James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy (1963).ย  An additional fourteen presidents are considered to have been the targets of assassination attempts.ย  Keep ...

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The Guessing Game

Mike Morgan

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Every now and so often, we are reminded of how much the inexact art of prediction dominates all facets of American society. The numbers that are crunched by non-humans (computers) find their way into reports and ...

Conversations with โ€œThe Enemyโ€

Curtis Price

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Last year on my then-job, work was slow. A late middle-aged RN supervisor who worked in a different wing came in to file papers. We exchanged superficial pleasantries, the mask everyone wears in everyday life. And ...

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