Fabriqué en Babylone

Six Degrees of Knowin’ Nothin’: [Untitled]

And on the 8th day, God made bears. Lots and lots of bears.

Does this era need introduction? Or, rather, may a suitable introduction be written? I report, you deride.

1: In any rational era, the sudden appearance..................   read more

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Contrast: Black Lives Matter v. All Lives Matter (et al) BLM meets ALM, etc., in this series pilot; Michael DeViney, Jr., marks his editorial debut with the rebuttal in the 2nd half of the piece.

Black Lives Matter: Let’s cut through the fat together, shall we? Yes or yes? Good. With that, we have a problem in America...................   read more

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Fabriqué en Babylon: Meanwhile "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

With the majority of public discourse non-existent and what discussion does occur usually ending..................   read more

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State of Mind: A Person is a Person A solemn topic marks the editorial debut of an immense psychological mind (and imminent PhD), Brittany Goforth. Nevertheless, the lingering poison in the sociopolitical landscape makes for apropos discussion at nearly all times. It's high time we dial it back from "11", 'Merica!

“If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don’t mind being completely insane.” – Kate Winslet

There’s a fundamental breakdown that, for whatever the reason may be, is completely disregarded by many modern Americans. While there are so many..................   read more

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INTERVIEW: GCHQ Endeavors to Bring Medical Marijuana to Mississippi Their COO, Emily Osborne Rhodes, graciously meets and fills us in. But for the record, there's something dank in Gluckstadt, Dude!

Emily Osborne Rhodes, COO of GCHQ

DeViney, J.:  Emily, thank you for taking the time to talk about what it is you’re doing to improve the status quo in the State of Mississippi and, by proxy I feel, the nation.

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Political Beast: Democratic Debate Night 1 Round 2 Dembate!

Dembate 1!

Here are the contestants again (in brief):

-Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey

-Julian Castro, former Secreatary of Housing an Urban Development

-Bill de Blasio, Mayor of NYC

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Political Beast: Democratic Debate Night 1 Round 1 Dembate! [Or: "...our first round of candidates and the members of the inquisition..."]

Dembate 1!

We at Political Beast aren’t known for breaking news, thus the delay in reviewing the performance of the Dem candidates at Night..................   read more

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Six Degrees of Knowin’ Nothin’: How The Donald Gets Re-Elected (BIGLY) How 6 = 270 = 4

You don’t like me? I don’t like you either, so it’s even-steven.

Forget what I want. What I want is irrelevant. What is at hand is what matters: it’s a debut, six points of varying degrees of severity that may or may..................   read more

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INTERVIEW: Is It Just Us

Is It Just Us (http://IsItJust.Us)

DeViney, J. (ModState): Hello, Mr. Alford, and..................   read more

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Commentary on the Movie, “The Post” [Excerpt]

[The following is an excerpt from the blog and publishing site of Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq., author of “The Real Watergate Scandal”, kindly used with permission of the author.]

The top-secret report which became known as the Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is an internal analysis of documentation about the origins and conduct of the Vietnam War from 1947 to the end of the Johnson Administration, prepared over the course of three years under the supervision of three anti-war DOD officials.  It ultimately consisted of some 3,000 pages of analysis and 4,000 pages of documentation. It was not peer reviewed or circulated outside of DOD.

Publication of the first article by the New York Times on June 13, 1971 caught the Nixon Administration completely by surprise.  The Papers contained nothing adverse about the Nixon Administration itself, since the study concluded with the Johnson Administration, but there were three principal causes of concern:

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