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COVID Tyranny and Merle Haggard’s Forgotten Warning

COVID Tyranny and Merle Haggard’s Forgotten Warning by Jim Bovard | Jul 1, 2024 Since the start of the COVID pandemic, many Americans have been appalled at the tidal wave of dictatorial and futile decrees that sought to vanquish a virus. Even more shocking was the craven response by many citizens who believed that groveling […]

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Merle Haggard and the Lost “Free Life”

Merle Haggard and the Lost “Free Life” by James Bovard “Is the best of the free life behind us now?” Merle Haggard asked in a haunting 1982 country music hit song. Nine years earlier, Haggard had scoffed at potheads and draft dodgers in a White House performance of his song “Okie from Muskogee” for President […]

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Politicians Will Always Be Shameless Liars

Counterpunch, June 13, 2024 Politicians Will Always  Be Shameless Liars by James Bovard Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Former president Donald Trump was recently convicted by a New York jury after prosecutors claimed he was guilty of  “hoodwinking” voters in the 2016 election by paying to cover up his boinking a beefy porn star.   Manhattan […]

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Politicians Will Always Be Damn Rascals

Politicians Will Always Be Damn Rascals by James Bovard, June 10, 2024 Former President Donald Trump was recently convicted by a New York jury after prosecutors claimed he was guilty of “hoodwinking” voters in the 2016 election by paying to cover up his boinking of a beefy porn star. Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg proclaimed that […]

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Did Facebook Ban my Book Title?

I cross-posted yesterday’s blog on the FFF podcast on Last Rights on Facebook. I learned late last night that I had sinned. Facebook decreed that my post violated “community standards” and removed it. YouTube had no trouble with the FFF post. But Facebook has a different “sniff test,” apparently. I have had trouble with Facebook […]

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