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This article is amazing! 🙌

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Thank you Toby, that's really appreciated.

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Feb 14, 2022Liked by Unbekoming

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."

Care to guess who said that?

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Kissinger?

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CLOSE!! But no cigar. Try again?

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OK, must be Machiavelli...?

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Feb 14, 2022Liked by Unbekoming

Well, I thought it was Groucho Marx, but apparently he stole it from Ernest Benn!

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ok, that makes sense :)

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Feb 15, 2022Liked by Unbekoming

Benn left out the best part!

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." AND wasting enormous quantities of cash in the process!

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Feb 14, 2022Liked by Unbekoming

When I think about the money involved, I have to ask myself how much it would take for me to look the other way, or advocate, for these clot shots. I wish I could say that there's no amount of money, but being a human . . .

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I understand that train of thought, but is situation dependent, because it would have to override my conscience.

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Nov 23, 2023Liked by Unbekoming

Yes, dear. All tobacco is toasted..

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Excellent analogy! I've spent time in Queensland and the toads are truly a horror show.

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Feb 16, 2022Liked by Unbekoming

Interfering and trying to outsmart nature is always doomed to fail!

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