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Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

@smpaulsen.bsky.social

Questionably pretty. Unquestionably prickly with lots of thorns. Non Sequitur. Non Serviam.

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Two Myths Are Destroying Us In which our Author meditates on how our American Myth has betrayed us.
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

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In Praise of New Fascism in which Our Author takes an opposing view.

This week’s satire.

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It Is Only a Matter of Time In which The Author gently approaches the inevitability of self-destruction.
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“What lies in the shadow of the statue?”

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“Can you describe the ruckus?”

10.12.2024 19:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Is it kosher?

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Well, assembling a working guillotine does take time. If you don’t have time for a homemade punch, store-bought weaponry is fine.

06.12.2024 13:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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