11 thoughts on “Hoist with their own Blowhard

  1. related wonkness. I finally got around to reading Loomis' [ of LGM ]
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/empire-of-ti

    It's not really an action-packed torrent of a read, as you might expect, but pretty interesting nonetheless.

    e.g. ca: 1939 Southwest Washington State
    The union [International Woodworkers of America ] counter seventy six towns in the region
    that had completely disappeared due to forest depletion,
    and another seventy five in decline.

  2. For the most part, though, the very folks in trouble on the Eastern Shore refuse to see the connection.

    “There are different sides to it.”

    “Finger-pointing won’t help.”

    “Immigration has to be legal.”

    “He’s the best president we’ve had in a long time.”

    Those are all things that residents of this enclave said when I asked them about the anti-immigration policies damaging their livelihoods.

    Oh, for fuck's…you know the rest.

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