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America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:59 PM

    @Electro

    At least the screen names used to be somewhat witty. You're just mailing it in now.

    It hurts me when you don't even try.

    —Paul Daniel Ash Read Paul Daniel Ash's other letters

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