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Biafra: Nigeria's Ibo-dominated eastern region - comprising three states - seceded in 1967 as the Republic of Biafra, even though it was not universally recognised.

1. Ender’s game is about this book

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Today’s is a slow day at the Circus of Distractions. Let me think rather than react (angrily):

SUNDAY SERVICE. [contemplation: If the difference between a cult and a church is the size of the Congregation, then White Supremacist Extreme Christianity, AKA Trumpianity, is the largest Church in America?]

SHUTDOWN. No end in sight. Remember a Narcissist is a Sadist that doesn’t admit they are enjoying causing pain to others.

US SOCIALISTIC REVOLUTION. Not likely concludes @jeffbezosdivorcelawyer. Reblogged to @longwindedbore [Comment: I agree with OP: the US system will introduce a palliative. And Capitalism will continue. Because a Republic is an oligarchy in which every so often the People in a angry mob can threaten the Oligarchy. The Oligarchs then have a choice to listen. And act or not. Listened/Listening in Switzerland for 500 years, in Venice for most of 1,700 years, in San Marino for all of 1,900 years. Will the Oligarchs listen in US? Probably against their will at some point. The point of voting is to have voices of the angry people in positions to affect demands to be ready to GET AS MUCH as we can including regulations to prevent the Oligarchs from getting concessions back. A true Democracy only ever occurs in small groups or communities and then may include professionals, Administrators, PhDs, artists, small business owners and workers. At the City size and larger, it’s only ever been the Owners or their avatars. Athenian “democracy” involved 400 voters who were Rich Owners. In the American colonies and early US, voters were required to own a minimum of property. Comrades seeking Revolution are about 20 years behind the Socialists of 1917 in organizing and educating workers. Whereas the Fascists are pretty much concurrent with 1922 Italy.]

INFLATION. US inflation per year: 2009=1.64%, 10=3.14%, 12=2.08%, 13=1.47%, 14=1.67%, 17=2.14%, 18=2.54%. Average for 10 years = 1.60%. Average increase in Federal minimum wage across one decade = 0.0000000%. The minimum Federal wage was $7.25 in 2009 and remains $7.25 in 2019. In that 10 years $100 worth of any necessity with compounding interest now costs $116.07. Considering this wage suppression has been going on since Regan. We applause the number of Billionaires as “healthy” for Capitalism.

FOOD STAMPS: With the Trump’s Shut Down Food Stamps are being cut off. Many of us said , elect Trump and people will die.” Well? More accurately food stamps are called SNAP, or ‘Atheists Imitating Christ Because White Supremacists Evangelicals Won’t’. I suppose White Supremacists are above it?

“INJUNS GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM”. Of course we know of those red MAGA hat Racist sons of Racists who confronted America’s indigenous last week. Certainly the little shites know that the indigenous were here first. Remember, the shites and their line descend from the genocidal shites that consider themselves, NOT immigrants, but Pioneers. “Pioneers” = aggressive invaders that “cleared the land”. “Cleared” = “murdered or drove out the original inhabitants.”

DEPORTING 11 MILLION: Mr. Trump’s current threat is to deport long term residents [AN IDIOTIC EMPTY THREAT? At $12,500 to arrest detain and deport one individual it would cost $12.5B per each one million and $137.5B for all 11M individuals. Of course all this takes time. Deporting 100,000 with current resources per year = 110 years to deport 11M people.]

On this day 225 years ago, the Imprimerie nationale in Paris was certainly busy printing what were destined to become historic documents. The day before, on 21 September 1792, the National Convention formally declared that the monarchy was abolished in France.

A few weeks later, 22 September 1792 was retroactively declared the first day of the French Republican Calendar.