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(Policy of Truth) COVID-19 Narratives (6): Nursing Assistant in a War Zone
Nursing Assistant in a War Zone: COVID-19 at Englewood Health Center Kendra Francisco Three to eleven pm was the shift I worked. I remember being at work one evening, looking at the news, and regarding myself as lucky not to have to work with or around COVID patients. Unlike a lot of my colleagues at…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – The only one for me
New comic!Today’s News:
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (58): Yet More on the Jersey Surge by Irfan Khawaja
This happens to be about New York rather than New Jersey, but it’s a brilliant piece of reporting, and it echoes an earlier story the Times did on EMTs in New Jersey. Apart from certain particularly gonzo sociologists and archaeologists, I don…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (50): Rob Roberts, Glen Ridge PD by Charles “Rob” Roberts, RIP | Policy of Truth
[…] I first mentioned the story here at PoT back on April 22nd. […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Charles “Rob” Roberts, RIP
I’m saddened to report the death, due to COVID-19, of my friend and one-time neighbor Charles “Rob” Roberts, of the Glen Ridge (NJ) Police Department. My deepest condolences to his wife Alice, and his kids, Natalie, Shea, and Gavin. Even in memory, I think of Rob as too vividly alive to be fully gone. I…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Coronavirus Diary (56): Parks and Privilege in New Jersey by Irfan Khawaja
I would say that I “scooped” the mainstream press, but that may call the wrong associations to mind. Seriously, though, what did they expect? Shit happens. The second weekend of New Jersey’s county and state parks being reopened after wee…
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Luke Island Blues by Roderick
In reply to Brandon. The final episodes of the Clone Wars were pretty awesome.
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Luke Island Blues by Brandon
There is a rumour, talked about on the Overlord DVD and Midnight’s Edge YT channels and also some Reddit threads, that part of the Disney/Lucas deal was an agreement that Lucas would receive a merchandising royalty from certain core original tril…
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(Austro-Athenian Empire) Luke Island Blues
Rian Johnson has been either praised or blame, according to taste, for subverting, in The Last Jedi, the expectations raised by J. J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens. In some respects the description is accurate – for example, in regard to Rey’s parentage, with Johnson subverting Abrams, and Abrams subsequently counter-subverting Johnson (like the humorous alternating-teacups-and-battlefleets…
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