Dystopia

Gonzo State: [Untitled] Meanwhile, in America...

“Victory is ‘The Absence of Defeat'”

“Bentley! Bentley. I suggest…I suggest that you do something different with your life right now.” This instruction was delivered by..................   read more

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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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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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Fabriqué en Babylon: Mueller’s Brass Tacks Vol. 2

You can’t make this [expletive deleted] up. Nobody’d believe it, that I can tell you. Many people tell me. BELIEVE ME! SAD!

Beyond the distinct possibility being the more innocuous explanation previously stated by the Special Counsel himself, the assertion that McGhan is beyond reproach, that he had “no motive to lie or..................   read more

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Fabriqué en Babylon: Mueller’s Brass Tacks Vol. 1

“SAD!”

Quite a few million taxpayer dollars, countless hurt feelings and one slightly disgruntled POTUS later, I had my chance at last to consume the report of The Special Counsel, one Robert S. Mueller III...................   read more

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Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective

And somewhere, weeping in the still of the night, came bleating The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun”

The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells
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The Living and The Dead: Dystopia as Pastime [or: “The Road to Megiddo”]

Norman Reedus as fan favorite Daryl Dixon from “The Walking Dead”

If you’re awake and at all oriented to the world at large, you needn’t go far from the comforts of your mobile phone, laptop or television-hub to see that post-apocalyptic
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