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		By: Bill		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599815</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I, too, cherish TBOLAF, 25 years after I first read it.  That Kundera quote about &quot;The first step in liquidating a people...&quot; has been posted above my desk for several years.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I, too, cherish TBOLAF, 25 years after I first read it.  That Kundera quote about &#8220;The first step in liquidating a people&#8230;&#8221; has been posted above my desk for several years.</p>
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		By: SteveS		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599813</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cloward-Piven total chaos strategy has been fully implemented and is succeeding. They are 100% going for it. And it&#039;s right in our face.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cloward-Piven total chaos strategy has been fully implemented and is succeeding. They are 100% going for it. And it&#8217;s right in our face.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599529</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More Democratic Party distractions, courtesy of Marc Elias...who seems to believe that he, and those he represents, haven&#039;t done enough to &quot;transform&quot; the country and damage it beyond all recognition. Nope, not nearly enough....:

&#039;2022 Desperation: Dem Lawyer Marc Elias Threatens Lawsuits To Disqualify GOP House Members&#039;---
&quot;It’s a combination of bluster, giving hope to Democrats, and planning to drain Republican coffers, but the lack of likelihood of success won’t deter the Clinton campaign lawyer whose firm was the driving force behind the discredited “Steele Dossier”.&#039;
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/2022-desperation-dem-lawyer-marc-elias-threatens-lawsuits-to-disqualify-gop-house-members/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More Democratic Party distractions, courtesy of Marc Elias&#8230;who seems to believe that he, and those he represents, haven&#8217;t done enough to &#8220;transform&#8221; the country and damage it beyond all recognition. Nope, not nearly enough&#8230;.:</p>
<p>&#8216;2022 Desperation: Dem Lawyer Marc Elias Threatens Lawsuits To Disqualify GOP House Members&#8217;&#8212;<br />
&#8220;It’s a combination of bluster, giving hope to Democrats, and planning to drain Republican coffers, but the lack of likelihood of success won’t deter the Clinton campaign lawyer whose firm was the driving force behind the discredited “Steele Dossier”.&#8217;<br />
<a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/2022-desperation-dem-lawyer-marc-elias-threatens-lawsuits-to-disqualify-gop-house-members/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/2022-desperation-dem-lawyer-marc-elias-threatens-lawsuits-to-disqualify-gop-house-members/</a></p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599528</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Gateway Pundit is reporting that T-Mobile is literally erasing links to their articles from text messages...&quot;
(Continued from previous post)

&quot;Banned Content: Robert Kennedy’s Book, The Real Anthony Fauci, Destroys Fauci, COVID Vaccines, and US Vaccine Industry&quot;---
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-01-04/banned-content-robert-kennedys-book-real-anthony-fauci-destroys-fauci-covid
Key graf:
&quot;Preface: Something happened when I was working on this article that did not allow me to make any revisions, including adding the usual photo at the start, so the typos remain and a few thoughts were not finished. For the first time I recall in the years I have published this website, I was frozen out of my own article. In fact, I was not able to publish the article, which remained in inaccessible draft form, until I found a way to publish it without having to open the draft in order to click &quot;publish.&quot; I also decided to copy and paste it into my ZH post just as it appeared on my website....&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Gateway Pundit is reporting that T-Mobile is literally erasing links to their articles from text messages&#8230;&#8221;<br />
(Continued from previous post)</p>
<p>&#8220;Banned Content: Robert Kennedy’s Book, The Real Anthony Fauci, Destroys Fauci, COVID Vaccines, and US Vaccine Industry&#8221;&#8212;<br />
<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-01-04/banned-content-robert-kennedys-book-real-anthony-fauci-destroys-fauci-covid" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-01-04/banned-content-robert-kennedys-book-real-anthony-fauci-destroys-fauci-covid</a><br />
Key graf:<br />
&#8220;Preface: Something happened when I was working on this article that did not allow me to make any revisions, including adding the usual photo at the start, so the typos remain and a few thoughts were not finished. For the first time I recall in the years I have published this website, I was frozen out of my own article. In fact, I was not able to publish the article, which remained in inaccessible draft form, until I found a way to publish it without having to open the draft in order to click &#8220;publish.&#8221; I also decided to copy and paste it into my ZH post just as it appeared on my website&#8230;.&#8221;</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599496</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Related:
&quot;The Death Of Truth&quot;---
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/death-truth
Key grafs:
&quot;...[T]the Internet was one of the greatest tools for free speech that the world has ever seen.  It allowed ordinary people like me to share truth on a massive scale with other ordinary people all over the planet.  I have always been grateful for that opportunity, but now our ability to share truth with one another over the Internet is being systematically eroded.  Nobody can deny that this is taking place, because it is literally happening right in front of our eyes.  Over the past decade, control of the Internet has become increasingly centralized. 
&quot;The big tech companies have become exceptionally powerful, and they have become addicted to using that power to suppress speech that they do not like.
&quot;When a society gets to a point where you aren’t even allowed to ask questions, that is a very clear sign that you are living under a very oppressive authoritarian regime....
&quot;...Years ago when they started banning various prominent voices we all knew that it wouldn’t end there....
&quot;...Today, the big tech companies have no problem banning literally anyone....
&quot;...[N]ow it appears that Twitter is preemptively banning people....
&quot;...Just consider this example.  Gateway Pundit is reporting that T-Mobile is literally erasing links to their articles from text messages….&quot;

And so... the writing is on the wall.
(Alas, that may no longer be true in the current age; since IF the writing WERE on the wall, that writing would be summarily painted over. Whitewashed. Chiseled out....)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Related:<br />
&#8220;The Death Of Truth&#8221;&#8212;<br />
<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/death-truth" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/death-truth</a><br />
Key grafs:<br />
&#8220;&#8230;[T]the Internet was one of the greatest tools for free speech that the world has ever seen.  It allowed ordinary people like me to share truth on a massive scale with other ordinary people all over the planet.  I have always been grateful for that opportunity, but now our ability to share truth with one another over the Internet is being systematically eroded.  Nobody can deny that this is taking place, because it is literally happening right in front of our eyes.  Over the past decade, control of the Internet has become increasingly centralized.<br />
&#8220;The big tech companies have become exceptionally powerful, and they have become addicted to using that power to suppress speech that they do not like.<br />
&#8220;When a society gets to a point where you aren’t even allowed to ask questions, that is a very clear sign that you are living under a very oppressive authoritarian regime&#8230;.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;Years ago when they started banning various prominent voices we all knew that it wouldn’t end there&#8230;.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;Today, the big tech companies have no problem banning literally anyone&#8230;.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;[N]ow it appears that Twitter is preemptively banning people&#8230;.<br />
&#8220;&#8230;Just consider this example.  Gateway Pundit is reporting that T-Mobile is literally erasing links to their articles from text messages….&#8221;</p>
<p>And so&#8230; the writing is on the wall.<br />
(Alas, that may no longer be true in the current age; since IF the writing WERE on the wall, that writing would be summarily painted over. Whitewashed. Chiseled out&#8230;.)</p>
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		By: Edward+R+Bonderenka		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599444</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward+R+Bonderenka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bill Federer once told me (and I believe he was quoting someone else) :
&quot;A nation that loses it&#039;s history is like a man who loses his memory&quot;.
We know how that turns out.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bill Federer once told me (and I believe he was quoting someone else) :<br />
&#8220;A nation that loses it&#8217;s history is like a man who loses his memory&#8221;.<br />
We know how that turns out.</p>
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		By: Zaphod		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599427</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaphod]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 01:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@Rufus:

&quot;On the other hand, American revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Paul Revere were a minority.&quot;

Minority yes.. but the instigators and leaders were not guys who met over a beer at bowling night. The core of the Revolutionaries were very successful folks who had their #$%^ totally together and were thriving in the existing system except for those few irritating bits of grit in the shell which drove them to Make a New Thing.

Paine was not one, being a kind of better class of David French (one would hope better!), but the Revolutionaries had a significant chunk of the Gates, Buffets, Bezoses, Musks of their day on their side. What better thing than to have your own shiny new Government close at hand to play with and tweak the excises and slap tariffs just for you on copper sheeting (hello Paul Revere), etc.

You&#039;re going to need some heavy duty elite defections. Successful revolutions which *really* are led from below are vanishingly rare.

The Trotsky quote is most apt.

Somehow reminds me of a line early in The Good Soldier Schweik about how all over the empire men were having their day ruined as their class call up letter was delivered by the postman.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Rufus:</p>
<p>&#8220;On the other hand, American revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Paul Revere were a minority.&#8221;</p>
<p>Minority yes.. but the instigators and leaders were not guys who met over a beer at bowling night. The core of the Revolutionaries were very successful folks who had their #$%^ totally together and were thriving in the existing system except for those few irritating bits of grit in the shell which drove them to Make a New Thing.</p>
<p>Paine was not one, being a kind of better class of David French (one would hope better!), but the Revolutionaries had a significant chunk of the Gates, Buffets, Bezoses, Musks of their day on their side. What better thing than to have your own shiny new Government close at hand to play with and tweak the excises and slap tariffs just for you on copper sheeting (hello Paul Revere), etc.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re going to need some heavy duty elite defections. Successful revolutions which *really* are led from below are vanishingly rare.</p>
<p>The Trotsky quote is most apt.</p>
<p>Somehow reminds me of a line early in The Good Soldier Schweik about how all over the empire men were having their day ruined as their class call up letter was delivered by the postman.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2022/01/04/milan-kundera-on-national-memory/#comment-2599400</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Related (purveyors of hysteria and lies shriek their manic delusions from the rooftops):
&quot;CBS Warns GOP Midterm Wins One of the ‘Top Global Risks’ in 2022&quot;
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/495097/
H/T Instapundit.
Key grafs:
&#039;...sounded the alarm over the possibility of Republicans winning big in the 2022 midterm elections, something they hysterically labeled one of “the top global risks” in the year ahead...[and]...claimed any GOP victory in the midterms or the 2024 presidential contest would be seen as “illegitimate.”&#039;...
&#039;...[then] went on to specifically identify the Republican Party as the source of the supposed global threat: “...the United States has an election process that is increasingly broken, increasingly delegitimized. And the midterm elections, especially if you have significant win for a Trump-led Republican Party, means that 2024 is going to be seen as illegitimate and potentially a constitutional crisis.”&#039;

Etc....

This sickening confabulation appears to be the warning before the storm; the &quot;softening-up operation before the upcoming election&quot;; the beginning of a new phase of TOTAL DELEGITIMIZATION by &quot;Biden&quot; of &quot;his&quot; political &quot;enemies&quot; (IOW at least half the country).

Appears to be an intensification of the Democratic Party&#039;s declaration of war against its opponents.

One need not wonder at the incendiary and fraudulent theater that is being planned for this Thursday: an extravaganza of hatred and lies.

They have totally lost control and are running on pure fear and propaganda.

So far, it has worked for their Covid &quot;policy&quot; such as it is. It remains to be seen whether such a strategy will continue to bear destructive fruit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Related (purveyors of hysteria and lies shriek their manic delusions from the rooftops):<br />
&#8220;CBS Warns GOP Midterm Wins One of the ‘Top Global Risks’ in 2022&#8221;<br />
<a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/495097/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/495097/</a><br />
H/T Instapundit.<br />
Key grafs:<br />
&#8216;&#8230;sounded the alarm over the possibility of Republicans winning big in the 2022 midterm elections, something they hysterically labeled one of “the top global risks” in the year ahead&#8230;[and]&#8230;claimed any GOP victory in the midterms or the 2024 presidential contest would be seen as “illegitimate.”&#8217;&#8230;<br />
&#8216;&#8230;[then] went on to specifically identify the Republican Party as the source of the supposed global threat: “&#8230;the United States has an election process that is increasingly broken, increasingly delegitimized. And the midterm elections, especially if you have significant win for a Trump-led Republican Party, means that 2024 is going to be seen as illegitimate and potentially a constitutional crisis.”&#8217;</p>
<p>Etc&#8230;.</p>
<p>This sickening confabulation appears to be the warning before the storm; the &#8220;softening-up operation before the upcoming election&#8221;; the beginning of a new phase of TOTAL DELEGITIMIZATION by &#8220;Biden&#8221; of &#8220;his&#8221; political &#8220;enemies&#8221; (IOW at least half the country).</p>
<p>Appears to be an intensification of the Democratic Party&#8217;s declaration of war against its opponents.</p>
<p>One need not wonder at the incendiary and fraudulent theater that is being planned for this Thursday: an extravaganza of hatred and lies.</p>
<p>They have totally lost control and are running on pure fear and propaganda.</p>
<p>So far, it has worked for their Covid &#8220;policy&#8221; such as it is. It remains to be seen whether such a strategy will continue to bear destructive fruit.</p>
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		By: Geoffrey Britain		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoffrey Britain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;&quot;The first step in liquidating a people,’ said Hubl, ‘is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.&quot;&lt;/i&gt; Kundera 

That is certainy part of the Left&#039;s agenda. Yet in a society in which free speech is woven into its constitutional fabric, deceit and lies have a limited shelf life. To name but a few, the impact of Tucker Carlson&#039;s monologues, Joe Rogan&#039;s show and Candace Owen&#039;s forthright and articulate arguments is not to be underestimated. They are a verbal  acid eating away at the Left&#039;s credibility. 

Even more impactful are the results of the democrat&#039;s policies; rampant crime without consequence, homeless addition and public defecation, ineffective and nonsensical covid restrictions, supply chain shortages evident every time people buy groceries and increasing inflation of necessities... foretell a massive payback. Political rejection is the best that the left can expect. If they&#039;re truly stupid, they&#039;ll derail political rejection and reap a more physical... whirlwind.

Kate, 

She&#039;s just repeating the lie. Nor does she and those of her ilk care in the least what the facts of the issue consist. &#039;Truth&#039; over facts, specifically her truth, the only one that counts. Such as she deserve permanent loss of citizenship, seizure of assets and mandatory deportation.  

&lt;i&gt;&quot;Teachers’ college graduates are doing this to us. Shut the teachers’ colleges down and throw their faculty out on the street.&quot;&lt;/i&gt; Art Deco 

That&#039;s a start and certainly the first step after our disagreement is settled. The rot however extends far beyond the &#039;teaching&#039; profession. At least 25% on the Left are TWANLOC.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8220;The first step in liquidating a people,’ said Hubl, ‘is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.&#8221;</i> Kundera </p>
<p>That is certainy part of the Left&#8217;s agenda. Yet in a society in which free speech is woven into its constitutional fabric, deceit and lies have a limited shelf life. To name but a few, the impact of Tucker Carlson&#8217;s monologues, Joe Rogan&#8217;s show and Candace Owen&#8217;s forthright and articulate arguments is not to be underestimated. They are a verbal  acid eating away at the Left&#8217;s credibility. </p>
<p>Even more impactful are the results of the democrat&#8217;s policies; rampant crime without consequence, homeless addition and public defecation, ineffective and nonsensical covid restrictions, supply chain shortages evident every time people buy groceries and increasing inflation of necessities&#8230; foretell a massive payback. Political rejection is the best that the left can expect. If they&#8217;re truly stupid, they&#8217;ll derail political rejection and reap a more physical&#8230; whirlwind.</p>
<p>Kate, </p>
<p>She&#8217;s just repeating the lie. Nor does she and those of her ilk care in the least what the facts of the issue consist. &#8216;Truth&#8217; over facts, specifically her truth, the only one that counts. Such as she deserve permanent loss of citizenship, seizure of assets and mandatory deportation.  </p>
<p><i>&#8220;Teachers’ college graduates are doing this to us. Shut the teachers’ colleges down and throw their faculty out on the street.&#8221;</i> Art Deco </p>
<p>That&#8217;s a start and certainly the first step after our disagreement is settled. The rot however extends far beyond the &#8216;teaching&#8217; profession. At least 25% on the Left are TWANLOC.</p>
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		By: neo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[neo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Art Deco:

It&#039;s  WAY past that point.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Art Deco:</p>
<p>It&#8217;s  WAY past that point.</p>
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