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Amoeba’s Lorica: Of Feeling Good

… for the passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 Your Friendly Neighborhood Amoeba once lamented that he was in his seventh decade on this third rock from Sol. He is now … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Meme-ories 38 (Revolutionary Similarities)

Or … if We the People are unwilling to bear the cost of suppressing “fundamentalist” revolts, and the cost of creating societies that serve people so that they don’t feel that they have nothing to lose by revolting … maybe … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Mongolia

[US President Joe] Biden blamed for Afghanistan debacle. – News headline “This is not Saigon”: US Secretary of State defends US evacuations from Kabul. – News headline In the year 1 BC (Before COVID), some of Dame Amoeba’s friends and … Continue reading

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