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Waypoint 3.2 — The Loudest Belch: Reagan’s Revolution & The Birth of Outrage Media
from Chapter 3, The Blasted Heath “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Anonymous, often misattributed to Plato “I don’t need scientific proof — because the people promoting global warming are frauds.” — Rush Limbaugh In 1778, far from home, shivering and doubtful of their…
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Field Note 3¾ — The Rainbow Connection: Don’t Believe Everything You Think
We’re steeped in phrases, slogans, narratives, and interpretations — authored by others, many of whom have anything but our best interests at heart, and are all too ready to turn us into croaking frogs, gig us clean, and fry up our meaty legs.
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Waypoint 2.4: The Soul, The Strongman, and The Second Sex
Venus was more than that — she was an institution. An aging one, whose will was carved, it seems, in stone tablets. And like all aging institutions that feel their power waning, she longed to reclaim old glory — to make herself great again.
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Waypoint 2.3: The Birth of Pleasure
“Who are you?” she asks. With an infinitely tender voice, the stranger replies: “That, I can never say. Nor do you need to know who I am — if you love me.” Night after night, he returns to this room — to her. And night after night, they make love in the moonless dark. Invariably,…
No Shortcuts to Now 