WELCOME TO THE BANANA REPUBLIC

Littlechild@emperorsnuclothes.com/ May 28, 2023/ Uncategorized

-By guest writer Little Sister “Imagine if someone told you that in a run-up to a US presidential election, the FBI tried to undermine a candidate at the behest of the opposing campaign by cooking up a false narrative of collusion with Moscow. And let’s say this conspiracy implicated not just the FBI but also but also the White House,

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Breathtaking Stupidity

Littlechild@emperorsnuclothes.com/ May 25, 2023/ Uncategorized

Like the vending machine thief in Rhode Island who, after he was apprehended by the police, made his public defender’s job much more difficult by making his $400 bail using ONLY QUARTERS (true story!), there are some reports you hear on the radio or see on TV that are so breathtakingly stupid, they’re hard to believe. Let’s look at a

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FLASH: Weird People (Part Two)

Littlechild@emperorsnuclothes.com/ May 16, 2023/ Uncategorized

In my last essay, I discussed whether our very permissive society should be as tolerant of weirdness and deviance as we appear to be. I went on to describe the startling “revelation” that “weird people DO WEIRD THINGS!” Now, I’d like to look at some of the weird things that weird people do. First, consider the case of Kayla Lemieux

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FLASH: Weird People Do Weird Things!

Littlechild@emperorsnuclothes.com/ May 10, 2023/ Uncategorized

In the delightful 1997 Disney movie “George of the Jungle,” staring Brendan Fraser, the narrative is interrupted a number of times by satirical “news flashes.” One of the interruptions goes as follows: “FLASH: scientists have discovered that Canadian bacon… is really HAM!” In today’s America I have a similar bon mot: “FLASH: Weird people… do weird things!” You wouldn’t THINK

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Recap

Littlechild@emperorsnuclothes.com/ May 7, 2023/ Uncategorized

Well, that does it. The coronation of King Charles the Third makes it official. The boomer generation in the U.S., Europe, and indeed the remainder of the globe, has distinguished itself by making the worst leadership choices since January 30, 1933 when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. The world now has: 1: An eloquent fool as King of

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