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kevingan52

@kevingan52.bsky.social
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Retired professor of literature & writing and critical thinking, Yale and USC. Also 10 years’ teaching high school English. NYC native, now in CT. New Deal Democrat, like my parents before me.

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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He does great work on the justice system and the Supreme Court. This is insane! Sell the stocks, bank the profit, stop destroying your own sterling reputation.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Keep a whoopee cushion in your pocket and squeeze it frequently. Should work!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He’s already helping Putin to help Iran’s targeting American soldiers. If he does that to Americans, imagine what he’d help Putin do to Europeans! Ukraine is the appetizer: Europe is the main course.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Zelenskyy two degrees of separation from Winston Churchill here…well done, Charles!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Actually, his starts with him throwing rocks at a baby carriage. Still that guy.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you’ve lost Brian Kilmeade…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well-summed! Thank you.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What is the name of the quisling they’re promoting? What’s his story?
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And in the top five, surely? In no particular order, Putin, Trump, Kim Jong-un; Musk, Sam Altman. Honorable mention: Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison. 
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
First time I ever heard someone damning *herself* with faint praise!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
African proverb: “The White Man has no God—his God is money.”
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Eew…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fair enough! Plenty of quiet spaces in NYC—try The Ramble in Central Park. All you’ll hear are the birds…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Well, great! But what was the holdup? It’s been the greatest city in the world for a long time!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m sure he’d love to, but just look at him! Ain’t happening… Of course, they have other options… music.apple.com/us/album/you... 
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You Can Leave Your Hat On by Randy Newman on Apple Music
Song · 1972 · Duration 3:18
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Moore should only get on TV on one condition: he must wear a red nose and floppy shoes 
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Goldhagen’s “Hitler’s Willing Executioners.“ Never again?
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Everything has two handles – beware of the wrong one!” Emerson
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember the fairness doctrine? Remember when no one could own two television stations in the same market? Losing those two rules, just those two, explains a lot about where we are.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“I thought I could get a couple more meals out of that last kid,” said Jeffrey Dahmer, when reached for comment. “There are very few people who can do what I do with the skill with which I do it!”
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump feeling nostalgic…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Soundtrack: “This nearly was mine…“ from South Pacific. 
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I worry too! Why tempt fate? I get not wanting to spend four hours on the Jersey Turnpike—or more—but why not have a home in or around Philly? It’s a great town and it’s the home of his new team! Of course it’s not New York – no place is. But Los Angeles wasn’t either! apple.news/AiSakI9jhR--...
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Why LeBron James’ helicopter ride had so many NBA fans thinking about Kobe Bryant — The Athletic
Picture it from above.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Apples and Oranges: player performance and player marketability.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you go to Trump‘s attic, either at the White House or at Mar-a-Largo, you’ll find two more photos: Trump with Pontius Pilate; and Trump with Judas Iscariot. AI-created, of course!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That is civic sacrilege, profaning the People’s House. And don’t think he doesn’t know it. It’s one of his favorite activities: from Jackie Kennedy‘s Rose Garden to the Kennedy Center to the East Wing to the Arlington Cemetery/Lincoln Memorial Vista, Trump‘s fetish is taking a shit on his betters.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not very surprising from a man who’s only read one book in his life—a collection of Hitler’s speeches! But even Hitler liked to paint, and he actually had some talent.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You are absolutely entitled to your absolute opinions — good night.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Early days yet… people were already mad at her because of Trump‘s attack on Canada, which is hurting Maine’s economy significantly. Drip, drip, drip…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, Vaclav Havel wasn’t American, but if you haven’t read it, check out his essay The Power of the Powerless—pointedly cited by Mark Carney recently. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pow...
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The Power of the Powerless - Wikipedia
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To change actions, you must change attitudes first. As for 40 years ago, consider Faulkner: “ the past is not dead – it’s not even past.”
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Much increased awareness in the public, in Sheeran (an influential artist), and in Robert Kraft, an influential oligarch and reflexive supporter of Bibi—but now not as much. Thought of a better example: Czech Velvet Revolution. Boycotts and general strikes toppled the government without violence.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The boycott of Ed Sheeran. Special case, but it tells us something about what can work to force change. Historically, grape boycott; South Africa; partial success with divestment campaign against oil companies.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good student!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brilliant!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lookin’ good!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And quickly, if they’re widely publicized.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Boycotts work best.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That’s not about the looks one can’t help, like jug ears or a lantern jaw. As we age, our faces are molded by our thoughts and emotions. In her case, I see what you see—and our impressions receive factual support when we consider her long, long record of lies, equivocations, and hypocrisy.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Agreed—I’m hearing your remark in Garry/Larry’s voice—it’s exactly the point he would make to Hank!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She’s counting the days…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just saw this—very kind! Thank you!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Like it wasn’t hard enough making a living as a cartoonist…
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They have infinite money. Jail is the only thing that would work. Would love to see it!
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Surprisingly tough to pick one! But if only one, then Jaco. (Apologies, Paul! Ask me again tomorrow!)
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ugly human being modified ugly POS cars, and found a way to inflate that résumé…a real Cincinnatus. Only the best people.
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI can just spit out a New Yorker style pen and ink cartoon like that? Fooled me. Now I’m worried! Which AI did you use?
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Nathalie? Where’s Nathalie?!?!”
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cream
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kevingan52 @kevingan52.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fantastic cover!
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